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THE FORSYTH COUNTY NEWS, DEC. 23. 1971. SECTION A
Largest Contract In History
The State Highway Department today
held its largest road construction con
tract letting in history, taking apparent
low bids totaling $37,682,333.32 to cap
the largest year in the history of the De
partment in volume of road work put un
der contract. Today’s letting brought the
year’s total to more than $l7O million.
State Highway Director Bert Lance said
contracts this year have increased by ap
proximately two-thirds over theslosmil
lion let last year. State Highway Eng
ineer .O. Bacon said the Department
is anticipating further growth next year.
The largest contract today was for SI3.E
million for another 9.7 miles of the App
alachian Developmental freeway, Georgia
400, from Alpharetta to Cumming. This
included grading, paving and bridge.
The second largest was for $7.7 million
for another 7.4 miles of 1-85 below Newnan.
Also let were the widening of another 1.5
miles of South Cobb Drive and an extens
ion of 3.7 miles of Bowens Mill Road,
Georgia 353, between Fitzgerald and Do
uglas. Several passing lane projects were
also included in today’s work.
SCOUTER’S
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A Court of Honor was held Monday night, December 20th
in the Fellowship Hall of Cumming Methodist Church. Boy
Scouts of America Troop 39, sponsored by the Cumming Kiwanis
Club :.cr.cr°H the following boys for their achievements in
scouting.
SCOUT STEVE PRUITT - Star Scout award, camping merit
badge, rifle and shotgun merit badge, hiking merit badge,
home repairs merit badge, and mile swim award.
SCOUT MARK DEWITT - Rowing merit badge.
SCOUT RUSTY BORMAN - Stamp collecting merit badge,
reading merit badge, coin collecting merit badge.
SCOUT LENDON GUNTER - Ist class scout award.
SCOUT DENNIS ADAMS - 2nd class scout award.
SCOUT MATT LONGER - 2nd class scout award and astro
nomy merit badge.
The following scouts were appointed as troop officers for 1972:
SCOUT MARK DEWITT-Jr. Assistant Scoutmaster.
SCOUT STEVE PRUITT - Senior Patrol Leader.
SCOUT RUSTY BORMAN - Assistant Senior Patrol Leader.
SCOUT STEVE MAYS - Troop Scribe.
SCOUT LENDON GUNTER - Troop Quartermaster.
Ten young scouts were inducted into Troop 39 in a beautiful
candle-light ceremony. Senior scouts, complete with inton
garb and beating drums presented a ceremony that will long
.vmcuiucicil by those in attendance. The ceremony was
completed by the dropping of troop kercheifs and scout handclasp.
The scouts made a presentation of 3 large boxes of food and
dozens of gifts to the Forsyth County Welfare Dept. Mr. Mike
Hacke acknowledged receipt of these gifts of the heart and gave
Scoutmaster Earl Little a list of families to which the goods will
be delivered. The Scouts bought gifts for needy children instead
of for each other. Scoutmaster Little and the Senior Patrol
collected much of the food Saturday, the 18th.
Scoutmaster Little paid special thanks to Wilson Inc., Barn
ette’s Super Market, Thriftown, and Parsons for their chari
table gifts. He also added that the cash donations the boys had
received were spent to turn on electricity and gas in a less
fortunate home of the community.
The Scouts were presented with Universal Scouting Pins
and beautiful calendars, as Christmas gifts, compliments of the
Bank of Cumming.
The boys caught Scoutmaster Earl Little completely by sur
prise when they presented him with a beautiful watch for
Christmas. He also received a night light and photo album.
The Court of Honor ended with a circle of prayer in which
the Scouts repeated the Scoutmaster Benediction.
Mrs. June Little and Mrs. Jackie Pruitt who had so beaut
ifully decorated the hall for the occasion then served the 92
Scouts and Scouters delicious cake and punch.
It was a beautiful occasion, made so by witnessing the steps
of young boys into manhood through the door of Scouting.
No Fault Insurance
The Georgia Association of
Independent Insurance Agents
today presented the state insur
ance commissioner with its
conclusion that a modified no
fault automobile reparation
system offers the best possi
bilities of improving the present
process.
“We offer the services of our
association to the governor, in
surance commissioner and the
Georgia General Assembly to
help develop new insurance lee
FRESH
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DAILY
50 lbs. SPECIAL
HORSE FEED $2 15
D.M. VAUGHAN POULTRY FARM
7:30 to 5 p.m. weekdays
8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturdays
715 Atlanta Rd. Cumming, oa.
FULTON & FORSYTH: 9.765 miles of
grading and paving and also eight single
and two double grade separation structures
on the Appalachian Development Highway,
beginning at Union Hill Road east of
Alpharetta and extending northeast to
Ga. 200 near Cumming. 1000 Calendar
days. Apparent low bid: $13,962,981.73.
MacDougald Construction Co. Atlanta, Ga.
and Ballenger Corporation, Greenville,
S. C.
HALL: Construction of three passing
lanes on the Dawsonville Highway, Ga.
Route 53, Coal Mountain-Gainesvilleßoad,
Ga. Route 369, and the Buford-Gainesville
Road, Ga. Route 13. 120 Available days.
Apparent low bid: $529,959.50. Pittman
Curb and Gutter Co., Atlanta, Ga.
JACKSON: A new bridge and 0.875
mile of paved approaches on the Pender
grass to Jefferson Road, U. S. 129, be
ginning approximately 0.5 mile south of
Pendergrass and extending southeast over
Middle Oconee River. 145 Available days.
Apparent low bid: $358,586.00. W. C.
Smith, 111. Contractor, Gainesville, Ga.
islation suited to circumstances
in Georgia to be presented for
consiueration in 1973,” the
GAIIA announced in a public
statement of policy.
The statement also urged the
commissioner to help expedite
fair insurance payments by in
surance companies and urged
the legislature to pass various
traffic safety laws, including
one to banish habitual traffic
offenders from the highways of
Georgia.
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Bowl Game
Line-Up
WSB Television will feature
live coverage of the first an
nual Fiesta Bowl with 6th ran
ked Arizona State going against
19th ranked Florida State on
December 27 at 3 p.m.
Arizona State, last year’s
Peach Bowl Champion, boasts
a 10-1 record for this season,
while Florida State shows an
8-3 record.
The first Fiesta Bowl will
feature the nation’s leader in
offense, Florida State quarter
back Gary Huff, who has an
average of 16.7 completions per
game.
Averaging more than 35 po
ints per game, Arizona State
has compiled three straight
Western Athletic Conference
Championships and a three
year record of 30-3. They have
been listed in the nation’s top
ten college football teams for
the past two years.
WSB Television will also fea
ture coverage of the Peach
Bowl, pitting Georgia Tech ag
ainst Ole Miss December 30;
the Gator Bowl, with the Un
iversity of Georgia going
against the University of North
Carolina on December 31; the
Rose Bowl with Stanford versus
Michigan on New Year’s Day;
and the biggest game in college
football this year, the Orange
Bowl, with Nebraska taking on
the University of Alabama on
New Year’s Night. Also, Ch
annel 2 will telecast the AFC
Playoffs, and the American
Football Classic.
AUTO BRIEFS
The use of plastics in Amer
ican cars has grown steadily
during the past decade, and will
become even more common
during the 1970’5. In 1960 tt
average car contained less than
25 pounds of plastics. By 1970
cars were manufactured with
more than 100 pounds of plastic
parts, and it’s estimated that by
1980, the average car will have
over 250 pounds ofplastic com
ponents.
FROM THE LABOR DEPART
MENT
The average enrollee in a
job-training program is sub
stantially and sometimes spec
tacularly better off in terms
of employment stability and ea
rnings because of his program
participation, according to a re
port recently released by the
Department of Labor.
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BERRY’S RESTAURANT SCENE OF WILDLIFE CLUB SUPPER
THE SAWNEE VALLEY WILDLIFE CLUB had its annual club
supper last Thursday evening at Berry’s Restaurant in Cumming.
On the menu for the occasion was some of the wildlife for which
their organization is named. Quite unusual was the fare, because
not too many people realize there is such a treat that
being nothing more or less than “barbecued venison”. Approx
imately forty-five people were there, with the member’s
wives being special guests. Door prizes were given and the
evening was enjoyed to the fullest. The wildlife club meets once
each month. The outgoing President, Kenneth Ingram, has been
succeeded by the newly elected Steve Woods and will take
office next month.
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thanks and good wishes to you.
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Cumming, 6a.
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JO ANN RAKESTRAW
WEAR YOUR HAIR
YOUR OWN WAY
Don’t let anybody "snow” you
ibout hair styles this year. You
can wear your hair any length
that you desire and still be very
much in fashion. There are those
who are spreading the word that
the "mini” is the only way to
go this season, but the "maxi”
jnd the “midi” have their places
ilso.
Hair styling is mainly left up to
individual taste this year. There
is no clear cut distinction be
tween what is right and wrong.
Hair styles are following today's
trend of individualism.
Our beauticians are competent
and very professional. Make an
appointment today and let us ad
vise you on the "right” hairdo
for you.
Coal Mountain
Beauty Salon
Hwy. 369
887-5327
AS I SEE IT
....FROM PAGE l
$1,515,479.00 after $4,000.00
exemptions; $35,653,880 after
another $2,000.00 exemption;
$4,000,000.00 vehicles; and .035
millage rate to make it
$1,563,427.56 total for general
operating taxes for 1971.
The total collectable taxes
for 1971 should equal $1,713,-
584.8 t) and one-quarter mill
for State of Georgia $11,167.34,
for a grand total of
$1,724,752.14.
According to unofficial fig
ures received, this is supposed
to represent an increase of
$539,779.00 over the 1970 col
lectable taxes, while the 1970
taxes increased $187,784.65
over 1969. This makes a total
increase in taxes of $727,563.65
in the past two years.
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Christmas is the time for looking up .. .
joyfully towards the heavens ... of
visualizing with thankful hearts that same
star . . . seen by shepherds long ago . . .
shedding its light on all mankind . . .
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searchlngly into our hearts ... acknow- Sail
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for us . . .of recognizing the need to
burnish our own lamp of love ... Mff
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\ turies to Bethlehem ... the humble
stable . . .the birth of the Christ.
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if days . . .other times.. . and happy
memories.
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The freshness of new fallen snow
awakens deep reflections of holiday sentiments.
We express the hope that good will and brotherhood prevail
to bring lasting peace among us. The best of the season
to you and sincere thanks for your loyalty.
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