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Selected For Honors Program
Two Forsyth County Juniors
and one Sophmore have been
selected as participants in an
Academic Study Program which
will involve 400 honor students
selected from Georgia high
schools. The program will take
place at Wesleyan College in
Macon. Forsyth Juniors selected
were Angela Bagley and Laura
Fowler, Shelley Turner is the
Sophmore. Two students were
selected as first alternates:.
Dwight Bennett and Janet Tho
mas.
Angela is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. George Bagley. She
is vice-president of the Student
Council, Senior Beta member,
Flash of Crimson Band and Red
Peppers. She participated in the
Summer Science Institute and is
Jury Presentments
The Grand Jury presentments
for the March term (listed on
Page 14) included the jury as
going on record in favor of the
upcoming School Bond Issue.
The Grand Jury recomm
ended the purchase of an Intox
imeter and new finger-printing
equipment for the Sheriff’s off
ice also that county offices stay
open during lunch hours of 12
noon to 1 p.m. to accommodate
county people and that monthly
traffic court be continued on an
experimental basis and be made
permanent if found to reduce
the congestion and costs of the
court as well as the existing
inconvenience of those charged
with traffic violations. Among
other recommendations, they
listed the present law be
changed to provide that trial
court shall have the discretion
to determine whether or not
jointly indicted persons are to
be tried together or seperately
and that the County Board of
Education install flashing lights
at all schools located on state
highways.
Inspection of county property
found conditions which included
jury recommendations on the
following:
Water Bids OK’ed By Council
The low bidders on the dim
ming water system were acc
epted Monday night by the city
council at a call meeting. The
Mayor and Council adopted a
resolution to accept the bids of
Burgin and Gurley of Bir
ingham on the plant con
struction, Taylor Iron Works
and Supply Co. of Macon on the
water tank, and Abernathy Con
struction Co. of Helen, on the
distribution system. These bids
will go to the Department of
Attention,
Young
People!
Bill Stanfill, three time All
American player, will be featured
speaker at county-wide F.C.A.
this Sunday, April 5, at 2:30p.m.
Also, appearing on the program
will be Larry Kahn, Debra Lum
mus, Danny Vaughan and Steve
Greer. Steve Is an All American
football player.
Music will be furnished by the
Red Peppers Band!
All young people and their fam
ilies are invited to attend. Ad
mission free. Meeting to be
held at Forsyth County High Sc
hool Cafetorium, in Cumming.
active in the Humanities Sem
inar. She will major in math
at G.H.P.
Laura is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. W.E. Fowler. She
will participate as a science
major at G.H.P. Laura is an
active member of the humanities
group and studied in the 1968
Summer Science Institute at
F.C.H.S. She is secretary of the
Senior Beta Club and a member
of Flash of Crimson Band.
Shelly is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Lon Turner. She will
be a music major in the pro
gram. She has received many
awards in the area of music at
district festivals and locally. In
addition to her musical feats she
is also active in the Future
Teachers of America's SCALP
Upper Elementary School be
thoroughly cleaned, Big Creek
and Midway driveways be re
paired, plumbing, stairway
rails and fences around jail be
repaired, and faulty roofing be
repaired at the county library.
Dawson
Shooting
A shooting which occurred
Tuesday night in Dawson County
left Charles Rider of Lumpkin
County dead and Roy Lance of
Atlanta in the county jail. Lance
has been charged with murder
according to Dawson County Sh
eriff Major Hamby. The shoot
ing occured while the two men
were driving on Highway 19.
A scuffle started over the pos
ession of a gun which was in the
car. The gun went off and
Rider was killed immediately.
Lance quickly drove the body
to the Bannister Funeral Home
in Dawsonville and was taken
to the jail by the Sheriff. Both
men involved were in their late
twenties and Lance is a former
resident of Dawson County.
Housing and Urban Development
and, according to officials
there, they will be approved
within 10 days. The contractors
have another ten days to accept
the bids.
Lafayette 1t44
La Fayette Lodge #44 will
confer the Entered Apprentice
Degree Tuesday night, April 7,
1970. All qualified visitors and
members are invited to attend.
Refreshments will be served.
Meeting time 7:30 p.m.
Scout
Art Show
The Forsyth Co. Area Girl
Scouts will hold their Annual
Art Show Saturday April 4,
1970 at the Lower Elementary
School Cafetorium.
All entries are to be at the
school and in place no later
than 11:00 a.m.
Qualified judges will judge
the show from 1 to 3:00. The
public is cordially invited to
view the work of these girls
from 3:30 to 5:00 p.m.
The following week-end the
winners from this show will
compete with other area win
ners in the Northeast Ga. Co
uncil show in Athens. More
about this event will be in next
weeks news.
program and the newspaper staff.
Two alternates were also sel
ected from Forsyth County High
They are Dwight Bennett and
Janet Thomas.
Dwight Bennett is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. Bobby Ray Bennett
He is an alternate for the French
program at G.H.P. He is an
active member of the Humanities
Seminar.
Janet Thomas is the daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Gardie L. Th
omas. As a Spanish first al
ternate she will replace any state
finalist that can not attend. Janet
is a member of the Senior Beta
Club, 4-H, F.T.A. and the hum
anities seminar. She was an
honor graduate of Chestatee in
the Bth grade.
Each student went through test
ing and interviews competingwith
other students in the state. They
are certainly to be congradulated!
Lanier Jr. Miss Pageant Is April 25
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LANIER JUNIOR MISS COMMITTEE. (L—R) Marie Welch, Lighting and Decorating Chairman,
Nancy Gilbert, Back Stage Chairman, Larry Smallwood, Pageant Chairman, Midge Webb, Judges
Chairman, Carol Tribble, Pageant Chairman and Linda Pruitt, Awards and Gifts Chairman.
400 Dogwood Trees Vanish
Someone is 400 dogwood trees
richer this week according to
Joe Nunn, Executive Secretary
of the Forsyth County Chamber
of Commerce. The Dogwood
Trees were a courtesy of the
Georgia Forestry Commission
through the Forsyth-Fulton
Forestry Unit. As a part of the
Circus Is Coming
The funny old circus clowns
who have made millions laugh
and a real live 7,000 lb. ele
phant that you can pet and even
ride will be coming to Cumming
for 3 days on thel3-14-15of Ap
ril . Along with the elephant will
be several "Kiddie” rides, and
there will be two free circus
performances each day
and 7:30 p.m. with trained dogs
and "Jessie” the wonder elep
hant doing many of the stunts
she has performed on TV and
in the movies. All this is being
brought here by the Chamber
of Commerce (merchants Com
mittee) as a gesture of goodwill
and appreciation to all their
friends and customers in the
trade area.
See Lady Bug-The High Diving
Dog, and "Jessie” the elephant
has been entertaining children
all over the U.S. and Canada
for many years. She is 17
THE NEWS
CUMMING, GEORGIA
Lt. Colonel Bobby Bagley Is Located In
N. Vietnam Prison After Two Year Search
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IN NORTH VIETNAM PRISON. Lt. Colonel Bobby Bagley pictured during training program
several years ago. Prison conditions are described as ‘unbelievable’.
local beautification program,
Nunn had placed some 1200
trees In front of the Chamber
of Commerce office on Dah
lonega Street with a sign saying
“help yourself”. Residents did
and when the trees got down to
around four hundred, they all
suddenly disappeared!
years old, and has traveled oyer
1,000,000 miles by truck and
air.
The only charge will be for
kiddie rides. These will cost
35? to all those who do not
have discount coupons. These
discount coupons are worth 15?
each on a ride ticket you only
pay 20? and discount coupon.
Only 35? and coupon to ride
"Jessie” a real circus elephant
and the free circus. Be sure
and get a good supply ’
of discount tickets from your
favorite merchant. Watch the
NEWS for more information on
the circus and on the special
sales to be held on "circus
days.”
It is worth a trip to the "Free
circus” to see Betty Lou and
her troupe of trained dogs,
"Top-Hat-and Tails,” twice on
Ed Sullivan. See the educated
pony, count, add and subtract
at each performance.
Dedicated to the Progress# Cumming and Forsyth County
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POST ROAD STILL UNCOVERED. A search for illegal whiskey
at the Everett Bagby home by the Forsyth County Sheriffs
office brought about the discovery of 16 gallons of white whiskey.
The whiskey was found in the woods near the house along
TEN CENTS PER COPY
The second Annual Lanier
Junior Miss Pageant will be
held April 25 at the Forsyth
High School gym according to
sponsoring Jaycees and Jay
cettes.
Larry Smallwood, Jaycee
Pageant Chairman and Carol
Tribble, Jaycette Pageant Ch
airman, have announced that a
number of girls have already
entered the contest. Deadline
tor entering ended April 1.
Scholastic Judges will be Wil
liam Edmonds, registrar and
Doyle Webb, conselor of men
at Gainesville Junior College.
The Scholastic part of the
contest will take place April
7 at the high school.
REMEMBER SUNDAY
APRIL 5, AT 2:30 P.M.
see story below left
Lt. Colonel Bobby Bagley, a
former Forsyth County resident
who was reported missing in
action over two years ago wh
ile flying a reconnaissance _
mission in Viet Nam has been
found. Bagley's wife, Mrs. Sandy
Bagley of Sumter, S.C. and his
fourteen year old daughter,
Vickie, received a message last
Tuesday that he was alive but a
prisoner in North Vietnam. The
word came to Mrs. Bagley via a
peace group called “Committee
of Liaison”. Stewart Meacham,
representing the group, told Mrs.
Bagley that she would receive a
letter from her husband some
time in the near future. She
had been allowed to write a letter
to him back in the fall, through
this group, in hopes that it would
get to him and that the North
Vietnese would release informat
ion on his whereabouts.
Bagley’s parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Ralph Bagley of theSharonCom
munity were notified of the call
by Mrs. Bagley and both women
stated that they had never given
up hope that he was alive. Bagley
was flying an unarmed jet, taking
aerial photographs when he was
shot down. He had been sched
uled to return home the next
month.
Bagley was graduated from
Forsyth County High School in
1951 and following two years
at Piedmont College where he
was in the Naval Reserve, joined
the U.S. Air Force. He has
served in the Air Force for
19 years, making it his career.
During that time he has seen
service in France and other parts
of the world. He has two brothers
living in Cumming. They are
Farrell and Jimmy. Farrell
was in the Air Force at one time
and served in Alaska, Another
brother, Brenton, lives in Sharon
Community and a fourth brother,
Jerry, now resides in Decatur.
Jerry has served in the Navy.
Mrs. Bagley, in a telephone
interview with the News asked
that the mention of the work of
Texas billionaire H. Ross Perot
be made. Perot talked with Mrs.
Bagley while visiting in Atlanta
in February. He spends a great
deal of money and time trying
to locate missing servicemen
for their wives and families.
Mrs. Bagley said “Just talking
with him meant a great deal
to me.’’
Perot was on a whirlwind trip
around the United States in re
sponse to requests from families
who wished to talk with him. He
stopped over in Atlanta and re
peated his vow to relatives of
missing Georgia servicemen
that “I will go as iar as nec
essary to get these men released.
If they want a hundred million dol-
with a large number of empty bottles and a funnel which was
used to fill the bottles. Everett Bagby was arrested for poss
ession of non tax paid whiskey. Participating in the search
were Arnold Marjonhoff, Justice of the Peace, Deputy Robert
Milfow, and Deputy Bill Cantrell.
APRIL 2, 1970
By Sara Flint
lars, I’ll get it. But not in
money—in goods that people
need. That are very important
to the country.” He said, “The
thing I am dead sure of is that
the North Vietnamese are very
sensitive to public opinion. They
know what too many of us have
forgotten-- that this country be
longs to the people. They are not
too concerned about what Con
gress says—they know Congress
men are like ships that pass in
the night but they care about the
opinion of the American people.”
Perot has asked all Americans
to write to the government in
North V ietnam and ask for the
release of American prisoners.
Even if it is only a line stating:
“I am concerned. Please re
lease the prisoners.” Letters
can be address to his P.O. Box
number 100,000 Dallas, Texas
c/o of Perot, or directly to :
“Office of the President, Dem
ocratic Republic of Viet
nam. Hanoi, North Vietnam
(Via Hong Kong)
Perot further stated,
“They (North Vietnamese) want
the war to end and after the war,
they will badly need our help to
protect them from China. The
North Vietnamese use our free
press and our open system of
government very freely, pro
moting demonstrations. But on
the other hand, when I sent 165
women to Paris at Christmas,
the North V ietnamese appealed to
the French government to protect
them from these women. When
our plane arrived, there were
more policemen than women. Can
you believe it? They were afraid
of these women.”
Mrs. Bagley repeated Perot’s
request for letters emphasizing
the urgent need for this type of
help for American prisoners.
Senior Scouts
The Senior Girl Scouts will
hold a meeting this Monday night
April 6, at 7 p.m. at 208 Oak
wood Drive. They will make
final plans for a question and
answer program on “Teenagers
and Their Problems” which will
be conducted by Rev. Roger
Williams. The program will
take place in the latter part of
April.
Scout Troop 39
A Boy Scout Parent- Com
mittee meeting for Troup 39
will be held Tuesday night, April
7 in the Lanier Room at the
Bank of Cumming, time 7:30
p.m. A special program on
Rainey Mountain will be given
■ by scouts of the Order of the
i Arrow from Gainesville, Ga.
Plans for summer camp will
be discussed and all parents of
boys in this troup are urged
to attend.