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THE FORSYTH COUNTY NEWS, DEC. 30, 1971,
THE NEWS
Established 1908
Tony Maddox. Editor & Publisher
Minor Martin, Advertising Manager
John Reynolds, News Editor
Published every Thursday by The Porsyth
County News Com pany. Second Class Pos
tage paid at the Post Office in Cum m ing ,
Georgia, under the Act of March 8, 1897.
Subscription rates in Forsyth and adjoining
counties, $4.12 per year, including state
sales tax; elsewhere, $5.15 per year. Telephone
887-3127.
107 DAHLONEGA ST. CUMMING GEORGIA
30130
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By JOHN REYNOLDS
CENSUS BUREAU TO ASK ABOUT BUYING HERE
A sample of households in this area will be asked about their
buying and home improvement expectations when visited by a
Bureau of the Census interviewer during the period January
3-15, according to Thomas W. McWhirter, Director of the
Bureau’s Data Collection Center in Atlanta.
The survey is made four times yearly as a part of a nationwide
effort to guide governmental agencies in developing programs
based on consumer purchasingpatterns. Households in the survey
will be asked if they expect to buy a house, car, or major house
hold applicances during the next year, and if they have made
recent purchases of these items. Homeowners will be asked
about home improvements and repairs made during the last
three months and any planned for the future.
The October 1971 survey showed an increase over July in
consumer plans to buy new cars, household appliances, furni
ture, and carpets. The October survey was conducted in the
middle of the 90-day freeze on wages and prices, but the
impact of the freeze on income expectations appeared to be
minimal.
Information supplied by persons participating in the survey
is kept confidential by law and will be published only in the form
of statistical totals.
The Census Bureau representative in this area is : Mrs.
Edith Gwen Jones, 19 Frontier Drive, Buford, Georgia 30518.
CO-OP PRICE REGULATIONS EXPECTED SOON
Expected regulations relating to rate increases for rural elec
trics still have not been published by the Price Commission,
but a Commission spokesman has indicated what those guide
lines will be.
The spokesman said that REA borrowers will not be required
to pre-notify or secure approval of the Price Commission or
the local IRS office nor report rate changes to either.
Rural electrics under rate-making jurisdiction of state reg
ulatory commissions will continue to seek approval as before
and REA guidance over rates will continue.
The systems will be subject to monitoring on their rate in
creases, the same as other small enterprises, and they will have
to adhere to the general guidelines set forth by the Price Comm
ission.
The general guidelines that rate increases must follow:
1. The increase would not contribute to inflationary expect
ations.
2. The increase is reduced to reflect productivity gains.
3. The increase is the minimum rate which is necessary to
assure continued and adequate service, and
4. Any requested increase in the rate of return above that
allowed previously is required either by an increase in the cost
of money, including equity capital, or is necessary to assure
continued adequate service and provide for necessary expansion
to meet future requirements, and that it is in the minimum
rate of return needed to attract capital.
Regulations for the rural electrics are expected to be published
momentarily and REA has indicated that as soon as they are it
will send a memo to all borrowers based on these regulations.
Meanwhile, the Federal Power Commission last week issued
a new order supplementing its policy statement implementing
Phase IlofthePresident’seconomicprogram. One of the supple
mental orders said that fuel adjustment clauses that comply
with FPC regulations are consistent with the Economic Stab
ilization Act, as amended, and can take effect.
iLETTERSjtoEDITO^j
Mr. John A. Reynolds
The Forsyth County News
Dahlonega St.
Cumming, Ga.
Dear Mr. Reynolds:
1 have heard much interested
comment among citizens of
Forsyth County concerning your
front page story in the Dece
mber 23rd issue regarding the
ecological problem which may
be posed for the Forsyth County
area by the Lanier Islands Dev
elopment. Many concerned cit
izens of this area feel that the
ecological problems have rec
eived too little attention in the
haste to commercialize these
islands.
If Lake Lanier is damaged
Forsyth County and other co
unties surrounding the Lake will
lose their greatest asset. It
would be difficult to imagine the
devastating effects upon this
entire county which would re
sult from a pollution of Lake
Lanier.
Sincerely yours,
Don Gaynor
Dear Sir:
With reference to your issue
of December 23, please allow
me to compliment you and Mr.
John Reynolds, News Editor, on
your lead story concerning the
Lanier Islands Development
Program and the serious pro
blem it poses for Forsyth Co
unty.
As a Forsyth Countian by ch
oice and a former newspaper
man of some twenty-odd years,
I find it most refreshing to see
a small town newspaper stand up
and tell it like it is. It takes
courage and a massive loyalty
and devotion to the town of Cu
mming and Forsyth County to
freely print the dangers of a sit
uation as exists here. Cert
ainly, you are operating in the
finest tradition of an Independ
ent newspaper.
Congratulations to the FOR
SYTH COUNTY NEWS and Mr.
Reynolds. Keep up the good
work.
John W. Collins
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UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE BENEFITS TO BE EXTENDED
U.S. Secretary of Labor Hodgson has informed the Georgia
Department of Labor that additional unemployment insurance
benefits will be paid to unemployed persons who have exhausted
their claims beginning in early January.
In communications to Commissioner of Labor Sam Caldwell,
Hodgson said that the national rate of unemployment has run
over 4.5 per cent for three consecutive months and that under
provisions of the Federal Employment Security Amendments
of 1970, he is activating a “national on trigger” providing for
extended benefits.
Under the law, an unemployed worker who qualifies is ent
itled to receive benefits in the same weekly amount that he
received on his last unemployment Insurance claim. At most,
an eligible claimant could receive an additional 13 weeks of
extended benefits.
The Georgia Department of Labor estimates that the addit
ional payments will reduce Georgia’s unemployment Insurance
trust fund an estimated $6.5 million, the state’s 50 per cent
matching funds. But Caldwell said he still intends to propose
legislation that would reduce the tax rate on employers who
contribute to the unemployment insurance trust fund, while
at the same time increase the amount of weekly benefit pay
ments to claimants. The Georgia fund now stands at almost
$360 million.
‘‘We have been reading the national barometers closely for
several months,” Caldwell said, ‘‘and we fully anticipated a
national ‘on’ trigger to activate extended benefits on a national
level.”
Georgia’s unemployment rate is currently 3.6 per cent, one
of the very lowest in the nation, according to the labor depart
ment. The federal law provides that when a national extended
benefits period is announced, unemployed workers in all states
who meet its requirements may be entitled to additional weekly
payments.
The national extended benefit period will remain in effect
at least 13 weeks but payments cease three weeks after the
national unemployment rate drops to less than 4.5 per cent,
according to the law.
Caldwell said that claimants may apply for extended benefits
at their nearest Georgia Department of Labor office beginning
January 2.
HERMAN TALMADGE REPORTS
In some respects this session of Congress has been very
productive. Conference committees, extensive floor debates,
presidential nominations, and an overabundance of amendments
kept Congress in session until almost Christmas. This was,
however, an improvement over last year when Congress worked
into the first week of January.
The Senate is especially to be commended for standing up for
the first time ever to forcefully challenge the wasteful United
States foreign aid program. I have long been a foe of excessive
foreign aid spending, and I was heartened by the late-October
vote to totally abolish the entire program. That was a break
through that I have been trying to achieve for 15 years. My
only regret is that the Senate did not stick to its guns.
The Senate subsequently voted again to continue a military
and economic aid program, but on a somewhat reduced scale.
Although the Senate did reverse itself, we have nonetheless
served notice to the Administration and to the world that our
government does not intend to go on indefinitely pouring out
American dollars abroad year after year in an effort to play
policeman, banker, and Santa Claus for the whole world.
As most Georgians know, I have never voted for a foreign
aid appropriation since coming to the Senate because I have re
garded it as a global giveaway program that we do not need
and cannot afford. This tragic policy is responsible for more than
half of our national debt of over S4OO billion, as well as the sorry
economic situation that our country finds itself in today.
The original Senate vote against foreign aid was an historic
occasion that I earnestly hope foretells the beginning of the end
of the kind of wasteful foreign aid in which the United States
has indulged since the end of World War 11.
The Finance Committee, on which I am a ranking member,
worked night and day to develop tax reduction legislation that will
hopefully aid in putting our economic house back in order. Foll
owing adoption by the Senate, I served on the joint House-Senate
Conference Committee to iron out differences between the two
bodies.
I was personally pleased that my program to expand job
training opportunities and to offer more employment to welfare
recipients through a tax incentive to private business and industry
was included in the overall tax bill.
My tax incentive legislation to strengthen the welfare Work
Incentive Program can save taxpayers millions of dollars a year
and enable more people to secure gainful employment. Federal,
state, and local funds saved would far exceed revenue lost in the
implementation of my measure.
My legislation is primarily designed to take able-bodied but
unskilled people off welfare rolls and put them on payrolls.
This will be beneficial not only to the overall economy, but ex
tremely meaningful to the individuals who become involved in
this program.
Private employers will be encouraged to hire individuals
placed in on-the-job training through the Welfare Work In
centive Program by allowing a tax credit equal to 20 per cent
of the wages and salaries of these employees. The credit would
apply to wages paid during the first 10 months, with a provision
for recapturing the tax credit if the employer terminated the
job during the first 12 months, or before the end of the following
12 months.
Though initially accounting for a loss in revenue, the job train
ing tax credit would in the long run actually save money. The
average welfare family nationwide costs federal, state, and local
governments about $2,200 a year. In Georgia, the average cost
is about SI2OO.
If the head of a welfare family secures employment at the min
imum wage as a result of my legislation, he will earn about
$3,500. His employer would receive a tax credit of about S7OO
a year (20 per cent of the employee’s wages), thereby resulting
in a S7OO loss of revenue.
But, when you figure that the former welfare recipient was
costing the government a national average of $2,200 a year in
welfare payments, and subtract the S7OO from that, a savings
of $1,500 annually can readily be seen. In Georgia, the savings
would come to SSOO, the average $1,200 payment minus the
S7OO credit.
Thus, it should be clear that taking people able to work off
welfare and helping them get a job through the tax incentive
approach, costs far less than continuing to pay people every
month for doing and contributing nothing. Multiply the single
case I have used as an example tens of thousands of times
over, which is the potential of my program, and one can see
how many millions of dollars a year can be saved, plus the h
uman gains to be derived from turning dependent citizens
into productive citizens.
Adoption of my welfare work incentive tax credit program
was the culmination of more than two years’ effort, and I have
been extremely gratified to see Congress recognize the fact that
job training and more educational opportunities can be one of the
most effective weapons against the welfare problem.
THE ECOLOGY PRAYER
Our Father in Heaven, m the name of progress we have spoiled
thy beauty and poisoned our air. We have catered to our industr
ies while ignoring our most precious commodity-our people.
Help us, God, to correct this evil imbalance before we die in our
own progress. Impress upon us the seriousness of our plight
and give us courage to overcome our weakness. Instill within
the minds of our leaders a sense of urgency so they may act
swiftly to preserve our good Earth. Help us individually to do
our part so we can leave our children a land rich in natural
resources. We ask these things for the benefit of all mankind
and for the glory of thy Handiwork. Amen.
STAY & SEE GEORGIA
Harold Northrop, Executive
Vice President, Callaway
Gardens, Pine Mountain; John
Sharkey, Manager, Marketing
Research & Analysis, Mead
Packaging, Atlanta; Chess Lag
omarslno, Vice President,
Lenox Square, Atlanta; and Sp
urgeon Richardson, Director of
Public Relations, Six Flags
Over Georgia, have been app
ointed as the 1972 Chairman,
Vice Chairman, STAY & SEE
GEORGIA Week Chairman and
Publicity Chairman of the Tr
avel Council, Georgia Ch
amber of Commerce, it was
announced today by Pat Pattlllo,
Georgia Chamber President.
The Travel Council’s two ma
jor projects for 1972 will be
the STAY & SEE GEORGIA was
created by the Georgia Chamber
in 1962 to promote and develop
the Tourist Industry at the grass
roots level. The program has
won a national award and is
recognized as the finest tourist
development undertaking among
all State Chambers. STAY &
SEE GEORGIA WEEK staged
annually the last week in July
at Lenox Square, Atlanta, is
where Georgians sell Georg
ians on the fun and exciting p
laces to stay and see in Ge
orgia. Since the - STAY & SEE
GEORGIA Program and Week
promotions have been held, To
urism in our state has incr
eased $466.5 million.
Harold Northrop, a native of
Ithaca, N. Y., received his .B.A.
and M.B.A. from Vanderbilt
University. He served as a Sec
ond Lieutenant in the U. S.
Army at Fort Benning, Georgia
and Fort Eustis, Virginia, and
was employed for nine years by
Southern Bell Telephone in Lou
isiana. His last assignment with
Southern Bell was as Division
Plant Manager for Northern Lo
uisiana during which time he
was selected as one of the out
standing young men in America
by the United States Chamber of
Commerce.
Mr* Northrop is currently the
Executive Vice President of the
Ida Cason Callaway Foundation
and Executive Vice President of
Gardens Services, Inc., the op
erating company of Callaway G
ardens. He also serves on the
Board of Directors of,the Geor
gia Chamber of Commerce and
the Georgia Travel Comm
ission, on the Executive Board
of the Chattahoochee Council of
Boy Scouts of America and as a
member of Discover America
Travel Organizations and the
Harris County Lions Club. He
is married to the former Char
lotte Jean Beasley of Nashville
and they have three children.
Upon accepting the respons
ibility, Mr. Northrop said, “T
--ourism is Georgia’s fastest de
veloping industry and we are
ahead of every other state in the
southeast, except Florida, in
vacation - recreation spending.
Just under 47 million people
took more than 15.6 million vac
ation trips in our state in 1970
and spent a record $763.5 mill
ion dollars. Ten to twelve mi
llion additional people are pre
dicted to travel through Georgia
in 1972 and the STAY & SEE
GEORGIA Program will take
advantage of increase traffic
and produce a ‘‘Welcome Vis
itors STAY & SEE GEORGIA”
theme next year. We are now
accepting entries for the 1972
Program and invite organ
izations and communities to
participate. Official Entry F
orms may be obtained from the
Travel Council, Georgia Cham
ber of Commerce, 1200 Comm
erce Building, Atlanta, Georgia
30303.”
BROILER OUTLOOK
Broiler production, running
above year-ago levels since
August, is expected to
continue above the previous
year in the first half of 1972.
The Crop Reporting Service
says lower feed prices and
stronger broiler markets in the
first half of ‘72 probably will
result in a moderate increase in
number of broilers placed for
marketing during
January-June, 1972. The
cyclical downturn in hog
slaugher during this period will
also tend to encourage broiler
expansion.
FARM NUMBERS
The number of farms in the
U. S. is projected to drop to 2
million by 1980. And the
number of families who rely
primarily on the farm for their
income will be much smaller
than this. Such farm families
could number only 830,000,
compared with some 1.5
million in 1970. And many
would have substantial
off-farm income, according to
one projection of the
Economic Research Service,
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RESIDENT CITES PROGRESS
It has been a year of change
as President of the Forsyth Co
unty Chamber of Commerce for
the past year let me thank
you for your encouragement and
support in our effort to make
Cumming and Forsyth County a
more progressive and better
community for all of us.
There are those who say that
things should not be changed,
that we should remain deeply
rooted in the past and disregard
the urgency of the present, ign
oring the challenge of the future.
This is not to be—change is
already with us and the influx
of new people into our quiet
country side is beginning to
make itself felt. Everywhere
there are the signs of future
things and we wonder where it
will end.
1972 will be a year of trem
endous growth and it makes
you wonder whether we are
ready to accept the things which
are surely inevitable. We sinc
erely appeal to you to continue
with your loyalty and financial
support during the coming year.
Dr. Noah Langdale, Pres
ident, Georgia State University,
will be guest speaker at the
Fourth Annual Membership
Meeting, January 28th, at 8:00
p.m., in the Lower Elementary
School Cafetorium. Dr. Lang
dale did us the great honor of
changing appointments that he
already had for the 28th in order
to be with us on that date. This
is indeed a compliment to our
organization and a tremendous
privilege as well—Dr. Langdale
is much sought-after and widely
known for his oratory.
Roy Burson, Department of
Industry & Trade, invited us to
participate in a publication
A Traveler’s Comprehensive
Guide to Georgia-to which we
responded with three pages of
information about Forsyth Co
unty. It is believed that this
“Guide” will be of great int
erest to many thousands of pe
ople.
Taxable sales in Forsyth Co
unty for the 3rd quarter of 1971
were $8,121,000.00 compared
with $6,431,000.00 for the 3rd
quarter of 1970-an increase of
26.3%. This figure represents
“place of sale” and does not
indicate the total consumer buy
ing power.
A HAPPY AND PROSPER
OUS NEW YEAR TO YOU ALL!
George P. Ingram
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DAZZLING DISNEY WORLD
BY JIM WALLS, EDITOR The Georgia Motor Club Traveler
‘‘Do you know the way to the Magic Kingdom?”, a television
commercial asks. AAA does, and it’s a good thing. Walt
Disney World, that 300 million dollar recreation-entertainment
complex, has become America’s most talked about visitor
attraction.
Since opening October 1, over one million visitors have
passed through the gates to view the wonders created by the
genius of the late Walt Disney. Georgians are flocking to Disney
World; perhaps out-numbering visitors from any other state.
THE JOURNEY
Disney World is located about 20 miles South-West of Orlando.
It’s about 470 miles from Atlanta via 1-75, a brief stretch of
Florida’s Turnpike, U.S. 27 and U.S. 192 to Disney World’s
boulevard. The end of your trip stops in the gigantic 12,000
car parking lot. It’s an easy drive.
TIP: The popularity of Disney World has made motel reserv
ations at the resort itself almost impossible to get, and rooms
at nearby motels are very hard to come by. Make plans well
in advance. Consider AAA’s tour. It offers 3 and 7 night pack
ages which include hotel accommodations, admission to Disney
World, an eleven book pack of tickets to ‘‘Magic Kingdom” att
ractions and a choice of several other outstanding near-by
Florida attractions.
GETTING INSIDE
TIP: Wherever you stay, plan to get to Disney World by 8
a.m. You just can’t see ‘‘everything” in one day, but you can
see those attractions highest on your list with careful planning.
TIP: Wear comfortable clothes and, especially comfortable
walking shoes. You'll do a lot of walking and lots of standing in
line at the more popular attractions. Bring sweaters or jack
ets. Even if the day is warm, it gets chilly when the sun goes
down.
TIP: Lockers are available for rent inside the railroad st
ation at the “Magic Kingdom’s main gate. Sweaters, extra
camera equipment, etc. cam be stored for later use. Cost is
just a quarter.
You have the option to buy just an admission, a book of 7
attraction tickets or a book of 11 attraction ticket books if you
plan to see as much as possible. So, but the 11 attraction ticket
books: adult, $5.75; junior (12 thru 17), $5.25; child (3 thru 11),
$475. You’ll be able to just about use all your tickets in a long,
one-day visit.
THE “MAGIC KINGDOM”
Ticket books firmly in hand, pass through the entrance
gate and choose from three modes of transportation to the
“Magic Kingdom” (you can’t drive or walk). Use the monorail
if you want to ride through the fabulous contemporary hotel
(the line’s usually longest for this one), the beautiful steamboat
or a tram much like those used at Six Flags.
TIP: On your way to the entrance, plan with your family
which attractions you most want to see. Make up a priority
list and fill in with others of lesser importance. Maps are
available for 50 cents, and are very handy.
My kids wanted to see the “Haunted Mansion” over on Lib
erty Square, so we hurried directly there and found only about
a 15 minute wait. This one attraction made the trip worth
while, with more tricks and clever deceptions than I’ve ever
seen. .
The “Hall of Presidents” was our next stop and, although
the line was rather long, it moved fast. (My pre-teen young
sters were not too excited about seeing this presentation, but
applauded like mad at the end of this outstanding show.)
TIP: We planned our big meal for the middle of the day.
There are several of restaurants and snack shops from which to
choose. But getting into the restaurant at 11:30 we beat the
crowd and had a huge and very well-prepared meal. (Cost
for the four of us was sl2 including the tip) Ice Cream, Cokes
and popcorn kept us going until a supper of hot dogs, ham
burgers, and shakes at 8 p.m. (Cost for the four of us was
under $5.)
HOW MUCH TO DO
Kids set a brisk pace. There’s a lot to see, many interesting
shops, a number of rides and quieter activities to fill in the gaps.
Fortunately, most attractions are the sit-down variety, so you
can rest between standing in lines and walking, walking, walk
ing.
TIP: The crowds begin thinning out after supper. You might
want to plan to see one of the major attractions late to avoid a
long line. (The line during the day for “20,000 Leagues Under
the Sea,” for example, had a one to two hour wait during the
day, v but only 30 minutes at 8:30 p.m.)
TIP: IF you have a couple of days and money to spend there,
it would be better. One day is not enough time to see everything
unless you’ve got stamina, good legs and kids along that can
keep your enthusiasm running high.
ONE WORD OF CAUTION
This report has been purely subjective. Everyone who visits
Walt Disney World will have his own “game plan”, like his own
likes and dislikes and his own impressions of the various attr
actions. Also, the crowd might not be so large when you visit,
which would make for less standing in lines. I thoroughly enjoyed
it. . . .and hope my comments will provide some food for thought.
GEORGIA MARBLE GETS CONTRACT FOR MADISON LIBRARY
The office of Congressman Phil M. Landrum announced
today that the Georgia Marble Company has been awarded a
$5,279 million contract by the General Services Administration
to supply the building stone for the new James Madison Library
building now under construction in Washington.
The contract, awarded December 17th, includes $2.05 million
worth of Georgia’s white Cherokee marble, as well as $1.63
million of Vermont marble and $1.55 million of Cold Springs,
Minnesota, granite.