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THE NEWS
CUMMNS, 6EOR6IA 30130
TONY MADDOX EDITOR AND PUBLISHER
Sara Flint, News and Feature Editor
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Editor’s Desk
The recent school desegregation decision by the U.S.Supreme
Court ordering immediate total mixing of the races promises
to end public school systems in many areas.
In Mississippi, private schools are in abundance. Other
state contain school districts where attendance is divided
between public and private systems.
The wisdom of the last desegragatio n order is finally being
questioned b y educators and citizens who were, heretofore,
considered in the “liberal camp”. This last order, or course,
called for immediate and complete integration and gave very
little time for compliance.
Probably, private schools will be set up over the nation
even in the north, as a result of the unwise, arbitrary decision
of the Supreme Court. A decision which went against the will
of the majority of Americans and the government of the nation.
Thus evolves the question . . . .who really rules our nation?
The people, the government, or the Supreme Court.
A television commentator on the CBS evening news recently
reflected that “do-gooding” has become the nation’s major
growth industry. The premise that the unfortunate or under
privileged have a “right” to expect “a fair and liveable wage”
from the government has become the rallying cry of certain
factions both within and without government. Those who argue
against this premise are considered nieve or stupid or just
simply out of step with the times.
That men are created equal in terms of intellect, ability,
physical strength or appearance obviously is a theory put forth
by romantics. Those who would hope for a society of equals
have lost touch with reality.
The theory that the majority or government "owes” a min
ority a guaranteed wage or living is a dangerous concept.
Publicity and serious consideration of such a proposal can
only serve to galvanize the majority into rebellion.
The galvanization of the so called “silent majority” into
rebellion would see the “total revolution” preached by the
radicals who now command so much network TV time.
It’s been pointed out by political scientists that the decade
of the 70’s must see a turn toward conservatism and away from
the arbitrary social changes preached by radicals and the
Supreme Court if our nation is to survive. The powers to
arrest criminals without fear must be assured our policemen.
Our courts must go through a purge of the liberal elements so
dangerous and disruptive - to the extent of threatening the
existence of our very nation. The "70’s’* must see the silent
majority cease to remain silent.
The father of our country, George Washington, said "Laws
made by sommon consent must not be trampled on by indi
viduals”.
“ and to all a GOOD NIGHT!”
That was the reaction of telephone operators who put through
a record 20,992 long distance calls in Gainesville on Christmas
Eve and Christmas Day.
A total of 9,040 operator handledlong distance calls originated
here on Christmas Eve and 11,952 on Christmas Day, according
to Ned Blackman, Southern Bell local manager.
Last year’s long distance calls numbered 8,317 on Christmas
Eve and 7,896 on Christmas Day. These figures do not include
incoming calls, which were quite a few, Blackman said.
Blackman said every available switchboard was filled and
everything possible was done to speed calls to distant points.
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By Mary Wright
Guy Fowler, Cummin g and r'orsyth Building Inspector, came
in the office this week and said, among other things, that there
was no speculative home building going on in the county at
the present time. No wonder alot of newcomers are livini
in expensive apartments.
Man telling woman Tuesday that he will give her five dollars
if she would walk across Main Street barefooted. She didn’t
but it would have been a good show because the snow was really
piled up.
During the snow Tuesday Joyce Turner came in the News
office and was telling about seeing two marks which looked
like a small sports car track down the side of a big pile of
sawdust which was covered with snow. She was puzzled to see
that they became wider and wider apart near the bottom of
the pile. On closer investigation, and to her relief, she found
that they were only sled marks.
Hospitality isn’t dead in Forsyth County. Three people offered
our roving photographer cups of coffee during her tour of the
surrounding area in search of children playing in the snow,
Dorsey Rogers, Forsyth Deputy, says that most accidents
are caused by carelessness. He says Its amazing to see some
of these because you can’t figure out how in the world it could
have happened.
We Welcome
Letters To The Editor
SENSING THE NEWS . . .
By THURMAN SENSING
Parental rights and the cause
of quality public education in
the United States suffered a
severe new blow recently when
the Congress voted against the
Whitten Amendment which
would have prevented the
Department of Health,
Education and Welfare from
cutting off fupds to school
didn’t go along
with its plans.
HEW Secretary Robert H.
Finch’s opposition to the
Whitten Amendment—indeed
his all-out fight against the
freedom of choice principle—
also represents a breaking of
faith with the millions of voters
who heard and believed
presidential candidate Richard
M. Nixon promise support for
freedom of choice school plans.
It is deeply dismaying that
President Nixon didn’t abide by
his campaign promise.
Nothing could be more
American than the concept of
freedom of choice in education.
As worked out in practice, this
concept means that a child
attends the school his parents
desire him to attend. It is the
embodiment of individual
freedom.
YET THIS freedom doesn’t
satisfy the ideologues in the
Department of Health,
Education and Welfare. They
apparently don’t believe
parents have any rights when it
comes to school attendance.
And they aren’t satisfied with
any school attendance plan that
doesn’t achieve strict racial
balance.
Emotion, not reason, lies
behind HEW’s position. Cer
tainly, there isn’t any measure
of justice in HEW’s opposition
to freedom of choice. As a
matter of fact, HEW can’t point
to any standard of logic in
espousing its school plans. If it
is unjust to bar a student from a
particular school because of his
race, how can it be just to
compel a student to attend a
particular school in order to
meet a fixed racial formula
decreed by HEW?
OBVIOUSLY, HEW’s ap
proach isn’t grounded in
rationality or justice. Instead, it
is grounded in politics and
fanaticism—the notion that
there must be carefully
calculated mix of students of
different racial groups in order
for the ends of democracy to be
served.
This is an absurd position, for
precise racial balancing won’t
be in effect in other areas of a
child’s life or in his existence as
an adult His parents are free to
establish his home environment
and to regulate a child’s
friendships. An adult cannot be
coerced into making friends on
the basis of a sociological
formula.
Or maybe HEW aspires to do
just that—take over the home
It Doesn’t Take Long
Destroying
public schools
and plan adult relationships.
That’s the type of thing George
Orwell wrote about in his book
“1984,” in which he described
the horrors of a totalitarian
society that controls every
moment of people’s lives.
THE AMERICAN people
certainly don’t want a “Big
Brother” society, but HEW is
doing its best to achieve just
that with its school plans. It is
tragic but true that Congress is
permitting HEW to engage in
government by edict, to
practice coercion against
parents.
Congress has lost sight of the
fact that children belong to their
parents, not to Big Government
agencies. The final say-so on a
child’s education should belong
to parents, not to some
bureaucrat whose mind is full of
socialist notions regarding the
way people’s lives should be
managed.
The United States has come a
long way down the road to
serfdom—to totalitarian
government—in the last 20
years. As the 1950 s opened,
public education was strictly a
state and local responsibility.
And both states and counties
were making progress on
upgrading the school systems.
TCie neighborhood was a central
The Upper Room
Read Luke 3:2-11
Prepare ye the way of the Lord.... And all flesh shall
see the salvation of
God.—Luke 2:4-6.
A young man for want
of something else to do,
decided to attend a
church service one
Sunday morning. The
music and sermon so
stirred his soul that his
life was changed com
pletely. No longer did he
refuse to help the poor
and needy. When asked
about his changed life, he
replied, “lam now trying
to live as God wishes.”
God calls all of us to
live according to His
commandments, to be governed by Christian love, to
carry the principles of our religion into all actions.
Religion involves far more than praying a few
minutes morning and evening, or reading a chapter in
the Bible, or attending church on Sunday. Religion is
living out the principles of Christ each day of our
lives. Our entire life must be made religious in the
sense that everything is done with the thought of
pleasing God, which includes doing no ill to one s
neighbor. If we do this, our lives will be radically
changed and happier. .
PRAYER: Dear God, grant that we may do all in
the name of ThjrSon, Jesus Christ. Help us to be living
witnesses for Him this day and every day. We ask
these things in His name. Amen.
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
Is my way of life governed by awareness of God s
presence and will?
feature of the American scene
and contributed greatly tb
community solidarity.
TODAY the situation is ut
terly changed. Big Brother in
Washington has taken over all
the key functions of local school
boards and state boards of
education. School officials have
to spend much of their time
checking as to whether they are
obeying Washington’s latest
edicts or answering to - the
demands ot the federal courts.
Parents see the public schools
as centers of hurtful
sociological experiments, in
which the best interests of then
children are sacrificed to the
demands of politics or the
peculiar ideas of extremists.
More and more these days,
public schools are ceasing to
serve in an educational sense—
and are becoming mere
custodial institutions. Parents
who can afford to do so are
enrolling their children in
private and church schools
where standards are higher and
politics don’t control.
HEW’S latest victory will
accelerate the process of
ruination of the public schools.
Secretary Robert H. Finch of
HEW seems destined to preside
over the destruction of the
traditional system.
Request
Notice
A farmer’s first move in
doing conservation work under
the Agricultural Conservation
Program (ACP) should be to
file a request. After the re
quest is filed, then he may
begin the work if he wishes
to. However, a farmer can
be assured of cost-sharingonly
after approval of the request
by the ASC County Committee.
Mr. C. A. Bagwell, Chairman
of the Forsyth County Agricul
tural Stabilization and Conser
vation (ASC) Committee, ad
vised farmers that the ASC
County Committee cannot ap
prove regular ACP cost
sharing for a practice comp
leted before the request is
filed.
Request for approval of a
conservation practice under the
regular ACP must be made be
forehand at the County ASCS
Office, according to Mr.
Bagwell, so that the County
ASC Committee can budget the
limited funds available and plan
the conservation program for
the year to best serve the
interests of farmers and the
public.
Under the ACP, the Federal
government shares the cost of
farm conservation practices
needed in the public interest.
The program is administered
by the farmer-elected County
ASC Committee, with each re
quest brought before the
committee for approval or dis
approval.
Initial sign-up period for 1970
is January 2, 1970 through Ja
nuary 30, 1970.
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-THE FORSYTH COUNTY NEWS-JANUARY 8, 1970
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Gov.
Atlanta (PRN)— Just as I
thank God for allowing me to
serve Him and my fellow
Georgians as your Governor, I
express to you my deep
appreciation for the prayers
and support you have given
me.
I ask you to continue to
lend your support as we turn
our eyes to the approaching
decade of the Seventies, filled
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with yet
unknown
victories
and defeats,
triumphs
and heart
breaks.
As we
turn to
greet 1970,
let us dedicate ourselves to
making even greater strides
toward realizing the true
potential of this great state.
But let us not forget that
even in the face of the
triumphs of 1969, there are
ills plaguing mankind that we
must continue to fight.
We have accomplished
many marvelous things during
this year, and we stand in awe
each day as we read of a new
achievement by man. The
world is indeed full of
wonders, but we must press
forward to make tomorrow an
even better day.
As we seek His guidance for
the trying days we will face
during the new year, let us
also give thanks for His past
blessings, and the courage we
have derived from His word.
1969 has been a year of
pride and achievement, a time
we should recall as a preview
of the wonders we are capable
of performing. We see in
retrospect the way God has
led us, and how He has helped
us.
Let us journey into 1970
with optimism, with charity,
and with the hope that we
remain worthy of His
blessings.
For there is much work left
to be done, and it will take the
assistance and example of
Jesus to accomplish the tasks
that lay out ahead of us.
1970 can be an even greater
year for Georgia, bringing even
greater leaps forward and..
greater prosperity for our
citizens.
This State has unlimited.;,
potential, and so far, we have
only tapped a small protion of
the energy and bountiful /
resources that are within us,;
all. o
Georgians are a great.-:
people, full of the patriotism,
vitality, good will, and healthy
spirit that have made America
what it is today: the mightiest
nation the earth has ever <-j
known.
We can preserve this
patriotism, this pride, and this
spirit if we, as Christians, will
resolve to face each day with
devotion and renewed
dedication to God, our
families, this great United
States, and our precious
heritage of freedom.
Yes, 1969 has seen Georgia
and her wonderful people
move forward. In the past
three years, dollars for new v
and expanded industry have
reached the one billion, 400
million mark, and every dollar
is providing more jobs and %
greater opportunities for u
citizens. I am confident that
the figure will top two billion
dollars before the new year '
fades into 1971.
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Each day finds new
construction sprouting across
our State, as businesses
discover Georgia’s excitement
and promise and build their
plants and factories on our
soil.
They are discovering that
Georgia is a State on the go -
friendly, hospitable, an ideal
place to raise a family.
Let us ask God to give us
the wisdom and guidance to
begin. And let us pray for His
help to move our nation back
to freedom, peace, and sanity.
With his leadership and love, it
can be done.
1970 will present new and
greater challenges for us all.
Let the greatest task before us
be this revival, this rebirth,
this restoration of our souls,
and the soul of our nation.
God bless each of you.
Happy New Year.