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THE NEWS
CUMMINS. GEORGIA 30130
Sara Flint, News and Feature Editor
Published Every Thursday By The Forsyth Co
unty News Company. Second Class Postage Paid
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Editor’s Desk
Bandleader Lawrence Welk, well known for his "champagne”
music, believes " . , .A human being grows and prospers
through the dignity of work. Rather than give a man money,
simply because he exists, let us educate him to the glory that
can be found in work , . .and then bend every effort twoard
helping him find and hold a job.”
Mr. Welk also has a word to say on the effect of a guaranteed
annual income on our children. He believes: “ .. .A child
raised in an atmosphere of defeat and apathy, and taught to
expect that his every need will be taken care of whether he
works or not, stands little chance of developing a strong
character. His own natural eagerness to learn and to grow
and to excel is cut off at the very beginning of his life, and he
may never know the thrill of achievement on his own. A child
who is encouraged early to earn extra pennies by shining shoes
or selling newspapers or doing household tasks, stands a much
better chance of achieveing his goals than a child who is taught
to do nothing.”
Thses words of wisdom from a man of music and entertain
ment come as a refreshing break in the daily litany of security
without effort that we hear on every side.
Outdoor Fires
Outdoor fires this time of the year cost American people
billions of dollars and account for a number of tragic accidents,
which take many lives. The brisk, fall andwiner smell of leaves
burning or of other rake-piles is nostalgic, but often produces
a poor ending.
To avoid uncontrolled fires, and the tragic results which
occur in their wake; the accident prevention unit of the Maryland
State Department of Health once offered several suggestions
which we think are worth repeating.
Among them were:
1. Burn only in areas where fires are permitted.
2. Never start an outdoor fire on a windy day.
3. Clear an area around the spot where the fire is to be started.
4. If possible, hook up a garden hose for use in an emergency.
5. Use a covered wire basket for burning trash and leaves
where possible.
6. Never start a fire near wooden buildings.
7. Never leive a fire until you are sure it’s completely
out.
Make Your
Own
Xmas Gifts
FAIRLY SPOKEN ... By Sara Flint
There is a new policy at our house this year. It is in regard
to Christmas presents. We have agreed that everyone will
make all of the presents that are given in the family.
You know how it is. At Christmas everyone is so intent
on getting all that shopping done, the idea of selecting each
and everyone something that REALLY want is impossible.
There’s not time to even sit and think about what they want
wither. As for buying a wonderfully unique gift just for that
certain someone and no one else, well, that idea goes down the
drain fast as Christmas approaches and time disolves into
hours and minutes.
So, to avoid useless gifts, and to put real meaning into Christ
mas, we made a little “make it yourself or not at all” resolu
tion. So far, the idea has been rather fun. I decided to make my
daughter a crystal ball. Unfortunately, the plastic which I
bought at the craft shop had no adequate instructions on it
and I put in too much catalyst. As a result, it cracked beauti
fully inside and as I stood around, thumb in ear, wondering
how to make a cracked ball into a crystal one, my eldset
son wondered by ano remarked on how beautiful it was. Now
its his. See, another Christmas problem solved. But then my
husband got hold of the plastic mix and couldn’t stop making
little balls with it. At last count he had seven. They are attrac
tive, but I just can’t figure out what to do with them. My other
son suggested giving them as a set of pool balls. Now, that’s
an idea -- but who wants seven clear plastic pool balls (one
has a cigarette butt in it, too. You see, my husband accidently
dropped his while making number four.)
But, no kidding, the idea of making your own gifts if conta
gious. Everyone is tippytoeing around carrying bottles of glue,
peices of wood and other intriguing items. Some are busy
in closets, cutting and sewing, others are at work in the kitchen,
cooking and burning. I mus t say, it really puts suspense into
the whole business of gift giving.
Why don’t you try it. One thing about it, when the family
opens each Christmas present on that day of days, you will
feel that your heart has really gone into the makings -- and
not only that, bits of sking, blood, sweat and a few tears!
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Snakes have no ear openings. They are deaf to sound waves
traveling through the air, but they get vibrations from any solid
object they touch.
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SENSING THE NEWS . . .
Some of the most remarkable
feats of the free enterprise
system are being accomplished
on Alaska’s North Slope where
U. S. oil companies are opening
, a colossal new oilfield that will
end American dependence on
foreign crude oil and add
immensely to the wealth of the
State of .Alaska. Unhappily,
there is opposition.
One of the projects involves
shipment of oil to the East Coast
by icebreaker-tanker, a feat
that the icebreaker-tanker SS
Manhattan proved feasible in
September by navigating the
ice-choked Northwest Passage.
Even before the trans-Arctic
voyage was undertaken, gloom
and doom types were creating
the bogeyman of oil leaks in
Arctic waters.
THE REAL opposition to
American enterprise is
developing in connection with
another phase of the North
Slope project, the construction
of an oil pipeline across the
Alaskan wilderness to the Gulf
of Alaska on the southern edge
of the state. Oil from this point
would be shipped to the West
Coast and Japan.
The North Slope project
already has earned Alaska
tremendous sums in leases
given for the oil properties.
When the oilfield goes into
production in the early 19705,
Alaska also will be the recipient
of a huge income in oil royalties.
As a matter of fact, the entire
nation will benefit financially.
THE ALASKAN oilfield will
generate colossal sums in
federal income taxes.
Moreover, with Alaskan oil
available, the United States will
not have to import so much
from abroad, and the gold drain
on the country will be greatly
lessened, thereby promoting the
nation’s financial health.
Despite all the good things
that the Alaskan oilfield
promises, there is developing
opposition from liberal quar
ters. The New York Times, for
example, has gone on record as
opposing prompt construction
of an 800-mile pipeline needed to
move the Alaskan North Slope
oil.
IT SPEAKS unfairly of the
"greedy haste” of oil com
panies. It raises the spectreof a
state polluted and wilderness
lands destroyed. It even bases
its opposition to the pipeline on
the argument that it would
"create a barrier to migrating
caribou.”
It’s tragic how development
projects beneficial to the
American people can be held up
by emotionalism. Conservation,
of course, is an important
cause. And the State of Alaska
has every intention of preser
ving wilderness areas and
guarding threaten 1 wildlife
species. The oil companies have
ACCELERATED COURSE
A pipeline
to progress
been most careful to take into
account the ecology of the
northern region.
THE SECRETARY of the
Interior has insisted on suitable
inspection procedures. But none
of these things satisfies the
liberals, who can’t stand to see
the free enterprise system score
great achievements and who
often do their best to block any
development that would add
immensely to the wealth and
security of the United States.
It’s interesting that American
liberals never demonstrated
any concern fluring the last
thirty years as the Soviets
developed their Arctic regions,
opening mines, constructing
power dams and building cities.
Such actions always have been
described as progressive by U.
S. liberals.
BUT AS soon as the U. S. finds
petroleum riches in the Far
North, the liberal community
suddenly discovers a variety of
reasons to oppose obtaining the
new wealth. They jump on the
bandwagon of conservation and
carry it to a ridiculous extreme.
The Upper Room
Read Philippians 1:2-7
Pray at all times in the Spirit, with all prayer and
supplication. To that end keep alert with all per
serverance, making supplication for all the saints.
Ephesians 6:18 (RSV)
My heart was heavy,
and I wanted to be alone
with God. I went into a
little prayer room, but
hesitated to kneel
because another person
was already at the small
altar. Engrossed in my
problem, I knelt anyway.
After listening to God and
communing with Him, I
felt my heart strangely
warm toward the person
beside me Especially as I
heard her muffled sob
bing. My problems
receded and hers became
of prime importance to
me as I prayed for her.
To my amazement she turned to me and said: “My
faith was on the rocks. I am not afraid anymore.
Thank you for helping me. I am confident God will
help me steer through whatever befalls.”
Right from the beginning of the church, in
tercessory prayer has been a vital part of the
Christian life. Christian love impels us to pray for
others. It is in keeping with the great commandment
“Love thy neighbour as thyself.”
PRAYER: Pour upon us the spirit of brotherly love,
O Thou Fountain of love. Grant us Thy wisdom and
insight that we may sense our neighbors’ need and
pray for them. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
Intercessory prayer greatly strengthens the one
prayed for and the one praying.
The Alaskan oil pipeline
would take a strip of land only a
few feet wide. Thousands of
square miles of wilderness area
would remain untouched. How
much wilderness does the
United States need in Alaska?
Sould there be a balance in the
state between the needs of
development and the needs of
conservation?
THE INTERESTS of the
people have to be served, not
simply the interests of those
who cherish the caribou.
Moreover, there’s nothing in the
Alaskan oil pipeline project that
even threatens the caribou or
other types of wild life.
If the New York Times’
position, for instance, had been
public policy in the United
States during the 18th and 19th
century, the United States
would be a primitive, unsettled
land in 1969. The nation would
have remained a wildlife refuge
and a giant reservation for
Indians.
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Smith Family
Yes, Christmas at the Smith
home is falvored with a good
measure of old fashioned fixings
and here are to recipes Mrs.
Smith shares with our Forsyth
County readers. The Japanese
Fruitcake recipe has been in
the family for a long time and
is made each year.
JAPANESE FRUITCAKE
Now is the right time to start
this cake, for it must set a
week or two to be really good
for eating at Christmastime.
5 eggs, 2 cups of sugar, 3
cups of self rising flour, 1
cup of sweet builk, 1 cup of
butter (margarine can be sub
stituted), 1 tsp. cloves, 1 tsp.
all apice, 1/2 tsp. 1/2 tsp. All
Spcie, 1/2 tsp. Cinnamon, 2 1/2
cups pecans, 1 lb. of raisons.
Filling: 2 1/2 cups sugar, 11/2
cup of water, 2 cans of coca
nut, flaked, 3 lemons grated,
1 tablespoon of flour.
How to mix:
Place eggs in mixing bowl and
using either electric mixer or
by hand, beat thoroughly. Add
sugar, spices and butter
(melted). Continue to mix. Pl
ace pecans and raisons in flour
and mix well. Stir in flour mix
ture at this point and removing
from electric mixer. Stir by
hand until the misture is com
pletely mixed. Cook i n thin
layers and place the filling
between each layer.
By using a nine inch cake pan
you will get four layers. Grease
the pans throoughly. (Mrs.
Smith uses Crisco) Then spri
nkle flour on the greased pan. I
Cook about 30 minutes in 3501
degree oven.
While the cake layers are
cooling, mix and cook the fil
ling. It can be placed over med- |
ium heat and cooked until thick.
Then spread between the layers
and on top of the cake.
Take sugar and flour and mix
together first, add water, le
mons, cocanut (angel flakes)
and cook about 15 to 20 min
utes.
Wrap the cake in foil and pl
ace in a cool area. In two or
three weeks you will open it up
to the best tasting Japanese
Fruitcake your teeth have ever
come in contact with.
Another recipe Mrs. Smith
thinks might come in handy
during the holidays is a fresh
fruit mix. She offers this qu
ickie which can be mixed and
served the following day.
SIX CUP SALAD
Mis: one cup of miniature
marshmallows, one cup of coca
nut, one cup of pinapply chops,
one cup of Mardarin oranges
(can be purchased in cans in
canned fruit dept.) one cup of
pecans, one cup of sour cream.
Mix the night before and serve
the next day alone or with
lettuce.
Good luck and happy cooking!
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NEWSWINDOW fll
111 by tony maddox
The accident involving a large propane gas truck Sunday
night on route 19 could’ve been a disaster had it not been
for the county fire truck. The wrecked vehicle caught fire
and was burning furiously when deputies arrived on the scene
with the fire truck. Several loads of water were required to
completely extinguish the blaze. A spokesman of the fire mar
shal’s office said everything within a one mile radius would
have been damaged had the truck exploded.
Residents in nearby houses and the Lakeview Motel were
evacuated.
On the scene was County Commission Chairman L.B. Mun
da assisting with the fire fighting.
A group of cold Jaycees manned roadblocks in Cumming
Sunday during a successful effort to raise money for the emp
ty stocking fund drive.
Rev. Roger Williams came into the office Tuesday to remind
us that a live nativity scene will be presented Monday and Tues
day at the corner of Church Street and Highway 19 by the
youth of First Baptist Church. The scene should be very
attractive and well worth seeing.
overheard
CUMMING AND GOING
IN FORSYTH COUNTY
By Mary Wright
Junior Samples would have had to step aside with his fish
story if he had been present at the WUd Life Club Supper last
week. The stories that Cecil Meritt told and the ones that
Bobby Wofford related brought some doubt to the minds of the
listeners. Meritt claimed to have shot the deer AROUND the
tree and Wofford claimed to have shot it with a 30-08. (I had
to get Ivan Holbrooks to explain this 30-08 thing. It seems that
the size of the ammunition should have been .308 or 30.06.)
I didn’t know that “BULL” would be classed as wild life
but there sure was a lot of it going on over there. By the way
Meritt did donate the venison for the Bar-B-Q supper.
There is plenty of talk around the county concerning car
thieves who take only parts of the car, leaving the rest. A
local source says this is because it takes so long to order
body parts for damaged cars, that some of the car owners
just can’t wait so they steal them.
Not many organizations can boast about the number of
members they have received in less than a years time, but
the Forsyth County Chamber of Commerce has set a record
with their 156 members since February of this yearl
It seems that the dollar doesn’t mean so much to some
people. Herman Wise’s garage on Highway 19 actually changed
a tire for a female member of the NEWS staff and didn’t
charge a penny!
Neal Maddox told one of our staff that when he was four years
olf he was going to start to kindergarten. When ask how old
he was, he proudly said, “Five!” •-