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A CAPRICORN IS BORN, baby Steven finds life interesting.
Steven Leslie Jenkins bowed
into this world at exactly 4:15
p.m., January 1, and became the
first Forsyth baby born in 1970,
His mother Mrs. Louise Jen
kins, is the mother of five
other children. They are Danny,
16, Donna, 13, Ricky, ll. 4 ,David
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«tnd their dog, Queenie, get warmed up for big battle.
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9, and Sherry, 6. Her husband
is Frank Jenkins.
The family iaced the new arr
ival with mixed emotions. Sh
erry wanted a boy “to avoid
competition” (commented her
mother; wnue tne most of tne
others anticipated a girl. But
the whole family pitched right
in and, according to Mrs. Jen
kins, have really helped out
during the hospital stay and
later at home from doing the
dishes right down to changing
diapers.
The Jenkins moved to Forsyth
County six years ago from At
lanta and have a large chicken
farm. Frank Jenkins works at
the George Bagley Feed and
Hatchery Company.
Mrs. Jenkins says she thinks
six children are a very nice
number and doesn’t feel that
one or two are nearly as much
fun or that a few children have
as good a time together. She
said she always wanted to be a
mother and when she married
instead of desiring alot of ma
terial things, she wanted a baby
right away. “If you wait and
say you’ll have a family when
you are financially able or when
you have gotten all of the other
things first, most people would
never have a family,” she said.
She believes children learn alot
about sharing when there’s a
large family but when any tr
ouble develops, she uses the
belt and “straightens everyone
out right away.”
Little Steven Leslie has bl
ack hair and blue eyes and he
could be come a redhead, says
his mother. Sherry, the young
est child has auburn hair, taking
alter some relatives on her
mother’s side of the family.
"But, commented Mrs. Jenkins,
"He could just as easily have
dark brown hair like the
others."
The youngster weighed in at
nine pounds, five ounces and
measured 20 1/2 Inches In len
gth. The doctor was Mark Ma
shburn, Jr.
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TAKING A SLEIGH RIDE.
Glen Mizer 111 of Church
Street finds snow pretty
interesting.
THE r <SSE? NEWS
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Dedicated to the Progress dl Cumming and Forsyth County
CUMMING. GEORGIA 30130
[ Chamber Of Commerce Selects Board; Cree,
Istansell, Neville, Boling Among Those Named
Some Don’t File Property
Not every Georgia property
owner will be required to file
a county ad valorem property
tax return this year.
Due to a 1969 legislative am
endment to the state’s property
tax laws, the only taxpayers who
must file in 1970 are those who
have made a change in their
property status during 1969.
Property changes include, a new
residence, home improve
ments, and additional acquired
property.
Snow Problems
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State Highway Department clears roads of slush and snow.
NEXT WEEK
IN THE NEWS
IN NEXT WEEK’S FORSYTH NEWS
A BIG PICTURE FEATURE ON OPERA
TIONS AT THE LOCKHEED GEORGIA
NUCLEAR LABORATORY IN DAWSON
COUNTY
Snow
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by Sara Flint
By 8 a.m. Tuesday morning,
January 6, approximately two
inches of snow had fallen In
Cummlng and around Forsyth
County. Reports Indicated that
over one Inch had hit the gr
ound in north Fulton and three
to four Inches fell in and around
Gainesville. Forsyth, Cherokee
and Hall schools were closed by
school officials and children of
> all ages were playing, eating,
throwing and sliding through
piles of white fljjff which su
ddenly began to turn into slu
dge. The temperaturecimiDeaio
33 degrees from a low of 30
and the U.S. Weather Bureau
in Atlanta began to predict rain
followed by ice with a plunge
in temperature to 18.
Taxpayers who have made no
changes in their property status
during 1969 will be assessed by
their respective counties based
upon the property shown on their
1969 return.
Essentially the new act says
that if a property owner is re
turning for taxes this year the
same property that he returned
for taxes last year, he will be
deemed to have returned that
same property this year, and it
will not be necessary for him
Miles Wolfe at the Cumminj
Water Department said that me
asurements at the water works
on Highway 19 north of Cum
mlng indicated one half an inch
of rainfall with a combination
of melted snow. He said he co
uld make no predictions on the
weather but due to the over
cast, it could become very bad
for Forsyth countlans.
Meanwhile the State Highway
Department had snow plows att
ached to the front of tn cks cl
earing the roads as the slush
and snow refused to melt.
Compared to last January's
weather which was almost
b%lmy at times, 1970’s snow
fall came early in the year.
to file a return. However, if the
property owner has moved since
he last filed a return, or has
made improvements upon the
property returned the last year,
then he must file a return for
the current year.
The new property act does not
affect the ad valorem property
taxes on automobiles. Neither
does it affect requirements for
municipal taxation.
Under the new act persons
who are eligible for the regular
$2,000 exemption will not have
to make annual application.
However, those taxpayers who
are eligible for the $4,000 ho
mestead exemption must take
annual application at their cou
nty tax office.
“Convenience to Georgia tax
payers hopefully will be the eff
ect of the new filingact,” accor
ding to Property Tax Driector
Tom Sangster.
County ad valorem property
tax returns based upon property
owned on January 1 are filed by
April 1 in most counties at co
unty tax offices. Counties send
collectlo n notices to their tax
payer s during the fall months.
Property tax forms are av
ailable to taxpayers from co
unty tax offices.
Senior Scout
Troop Planned
A Senior Girl Scout Troop is
being formed in Cumming. Any
girls age 15 up who are inter
ested in joining are invited
to attend an organizational
meeting at the home of Mrs.
Louise Moseley on Oakwood
Drive Monday, January 12, from
7 to 9 p.m.
If you are unable to attend
this meeting you may contact
Debbie Wright at 887-2493 or
Lynn Patterson at 887-3312 and
register as a Senior Girl Scout.
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The Forsyth County Chamber
of Commerce meets the chall
enge of 1970 with a newly
elected Board of Directors.
Carl Curtis, Chairman of the
Ballots Committee, assisted by
Henry T. Pair, Jr., Charles
D. Ingram, and Mrs. Joyce Tu
rner, announces that the foll
owing members have been elec
ted to the Board, which will
Fatality
O.C. Eidson, 50, Rt. 1, was
killed when his car left the
road on Brown Bridge Road
last Friday night. Edison was
traveling east around 6 p.m.
when the accident occurred.
Forsyth County police were un
able to determine what caused
the wreck as he was the only
occupant of the car.
Football
Recognition
Forthcoming
Outstanding Forsyth County
High football players will be
recognized and honored at the
annual Football Recognition Di
nner Monday night at 7:30 p.m.
in the school cafetorium.
Dinner speaker will be Pat
lodson, offensive freshman co
ach at the University of Geor
gia. Hodson graduated from Ge
orgia in 1965 as a co-captain
Of his team and went on to play
two years in pro football, one
year with the Washington Red
skins and one with the Vikings.
During that time he had four
operations on his ankle and left
pro football to go into coaching.
He has been a coach for three
years.
One of the distinctions which
went to Hodson during his col
lege sophomore yea r was to
lead the Southeast Conference
in pass receiving. An memor
able play was made during a
Georgia-Alabama game when he
caught the flea flicker pass that
beat Alabama.
MORE fitn Another group tries for a snowman. Left
Rhonda and Gail and right, Henry, Jr. with little brother
Harry Moore. They reside on Ridgecrest.
OH-OH, MISTER SNOWMAN I Jefirey Brooks and little
brother, Danny, pose affectionately wtth snowman and
his girl friend, Ann Rucker. All live on Pirkle Wood.
JANUARY 8. 1970
determine the policies of this
organization, a vital factor in
the life and time of our comra
unitv.
For a three-year term: Fur
man Stansell, Richard Neville,
Ken Cree, and Leon Boling.
For a two-year term: Don
Thompson, Cecil Mize, Joe Br
ooks, and Myron Bagwell.
For a one-year term: Jimmy
S. Fagan, George Ingram, Ge
orge Bagley, and Oby T. Br
ewer, Jr.
The new Board of Directors
will have its first meeting on
Tuesday, January 13 at 12:30
p.m. at the Lanier Restaurant.
According to the Constitution
and By-laws, a President, Vice-
President, and Treasurer will
be elected from the members
of the Board.
The number of ballots re
turned in the December elec
tion was gratifying, indicating
widespread interest in the fu
ture of the Chamber of Comm
erce and its influence in the
community. Under the leader
ship of the new Board of Dir
ectors and Officers, it is ex
pected that 1970 will be a suc
cessful and prosperous year.
It is tentatively planned to
have a meeting of the entire
membership January 29. The
156 members are urged to set
this night aside on their cal
endars and to make a date
with their wives and/or hus
bans for this important occa
sion.
Scout Parents
To Attend
The Boy Scout Parents-Com
mittee meeting of Troop 39 will
be held next Tuesday, January
13 at 7:30 p.m. in the Forsyth
County Bank basement. The sc
outs need your support and in
terest. If you are a parent of
a scout, plan to be present
at this meeting.