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Lockheed
Coining
To A Halt
Chairman Housley
Inherits Problems
BY JOHNNY SOLESBEE
News Editor
While the bills keep pouring
in for Forsyth County, already
in the deep red, it’s becoming
more apparent to A. R. “Gus”
Housley that he inherited a
myriad of problems when he
became Chairman of the For
syth County Board of Comm
issioners.
Housley was sworn in as ch
airman on June 12 after winn
ing the seat in a special el
ection after former Chairman
L. B. Munda resigned.
Housley says he’s running
the county “after June 12“ but
that the county has received
$30,000 worth of bills since he’s
been in office. These bills were
contracted by the former chair
man.
He isn’t certain how he is go
ing to operate the county for the
remainder of the year, but one
$1.5 Million Contract Let
On Middle Grades School
Bowen and Watson of Toccoa
is the low bidder for the new
Middle Grades School atsl,soo,
542.
Construction will begin ar
ound the first of July and is
scheduled to be completed by A -
ug. 1, 1973.
The total building has approx
imately 81,000 square feet and
will house an average dally att
endance of 1,000 students.
The New Middle Grade School
has facilities for home econom
ics, electronics, industrial
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OUTLINE OF THE PARADE ROUTE FOR FOURTH
thing is certain and should be
understandable to the citizens,
Housley thinks, and this is that
he can not remedy in six mon
ths the chaos that has been cr
eated during the past three and
a half years.
There are a number of things
he plans to do: he’ll cut exp
enses justto“operateandthat’s
it;’’ the county has several pie
ces of machinery at the county
barn that could be of help if the
county had the money, but Hous
ley's “going to park the mach
inery and not purchase any
thing.”
He says he might have to cut
the numbered employees at the
county barn. There are now
25 employees there.
One thing he has already done
and this is to cut off the buying
of rock for roads. Last year
Forsyth County boughts224,ooo
worth of rock and Housley has
“cut that out.”
arts, art department, physical
education, music and all the
regular academic subjects.
All the classrooms, the lib
rary and lunchroom are grouped
around an open court for the s
tudents.
Forsyth County Board of Ed
ucation will have a $2,421,952
building program under const
ruction on the first anniversary
of the successful passage of a
local bond issue July 14, 1971,
for $925,000.
Additions are being built at
BY JAN HUGHES
News Feature Writer
DAWSONVILLE— While L
ockheed officials scheduled a
closing ceremony at the Nuclear
Laboratory in Dawsonville last
Friday, other Lockheed offici
were transferring the property
to the City of Atlanta.
And now the big one: for the
purchase of 10,130 acres of
property, the City of Atlanta
presented a $5.1 million check
to Lockheed Corporation.
Before the final changeover
40 Lockheed employees worked
strenuously to decontaminate
five licensed areas of radioa
ctivity.
The decontamination of all
radioactive materials was com
pleted and by letter, Lockheed
Georgia Company President, L
arry Kitchen, informed Gov.
Jimmy Carter of the accompl
ishment.
As it was a massive effort to
remove the equipment by the
June deadline, Tom Haley, fr
om Lockheed’s Engineering
Test Division said, "it was a
fantastic education to see people
do such a good job.”
Monday morning, the salvage
of the last bullings began.
This is to be completed by
Aug. 30.
The sad thing, he feels, is that
the quarter million dollars
worth of rock was put on the
roads wrong and now it’s lying
in big piles along the ditches.
The county last year spent a
total of $1,224,000, an excess of
$224,411 over revenue. The
county received $800,889 in
taxes and total receipts amou
nted to $1,098,829. Added to the
$224,411 excess expense was a
carry over of $275,000 excess
es in 1969. This roughly is going
to put Forsyth County about a
half million dollars in debt.
Another thing that Housley
has put a halt to is the const
ruction of two bridges on two
different roads which “nobody
lives on.” One bridge, Wright
Bridge, is completed except for
the floor, but nobody lives on the
road, so Housley doesn’t see a
purpose for the bridge.
Cont'd. on Page 8
Big Creek, Chestatee, Cumming
Elementary, Midway and S
awnee.
The completion of the new
Middle Grades School will allow
the Forsyth County Board of
Education to abandon the Old
Upper Elementary building.
Superintendent Clarence L
ambert reports that arrange
ments have been made with the
Forsyth County Commissioners
to do the grading for the New
Middle Grades School and the
new track and football field.
THE NEWS
Dedicated To The ing And Forsyth County
CUMMING. GEORGIA
The plant was constructed to
last 100 years. In the past three
weeks, "one of the best tech
nological centers in the world
looks like Boone’s Town, Ariz
ona,” says Environmental Sup
ervisor Harry Edmondson.
The State Radiological Health
Service worked consistently
with the Lockheed staff. At the
closing ceremony, Edmondson
received a certificate from the
State Health Service commend
ing his role in the removal of
the nuclear reactor, hot cell
area, seepage pits, the cool
ing off area, and source shack
area.
Placed in sealed containers,
the radioactive materials were
transported 190 miles to Barn
ville, S. C. and buried near the
Savannah River.,
The Bamville, S.C. area is a
licensed nuclear material
burial ground.
Other usable equipment was
granted to universities and
health centers throughout the
world.
Cant'd, on Page 12
Robbers
Shoot,
Kill Man
A man, Bill Cagle, was shot
and killed Instantly last Thurs
day when two men entered his
auto parts shop, located on Hwy.
141 one mile from the Fulton
County line. The incident hap
pened about 6:30 p.m., and an
extensive • manhunt for the
killers continued throughout the
night.
Three witnesses were at the
scene and reported the kUlers
asked about some auto parts and
then they began shooting. Billy
Sweatman, 19, a witness, said,
“I saw the gun, heard the shots
and then hit the floor.”
The two suspects were des
cribed as being in their early
20s. One had blonde hair and
the other was dark-headed.
The murderers left the scene
in a 1968 Chevrolet convertible
bearing a Hinds County, Miss
issippi, license plate.
Minutes later, the car was
found by police on the County
Fourth
Parade
All Set
The Glenn Thomas Memorial
Festival and Parade, on July 3
and 4, in Cumming, is expected
to draw thousands to this North
Georgia town.
The parade, scheduled to step
off at 11 a.m. July 4, is unique,
featuring the excitement of a by
gone era embodied in the steam
engines and threshing machines
and rolling sawmills carefully
prepared for this annual event
by members of the local Steam
Engine and Wheat Threshers
Association, with Cecil Merri
tt, president.
In 1958, Glenn Thomas,
thought that the idea of a par
ade around Cummlng’s Court
house Square, with the engines
and threshers as the primary
attraction, would Insure that
memories of the past would not
be burled under the waters of
the lake nor torn from the
hillsides of this historic land.
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SITE OF THE NUCLEAR REACTOR AT LOCKHEED: ‘LOOKS LIKE BOONE’S TOWN, ARIZONA’
Line Road. The lights were
on, and the motor was still
running. Officers are invest
igating a Grady County Georgia
license plate which was found
inside the convertible..
The killers fled in a second
car which was identified as an
old-model, green Rambler, wit
nesses said.
The area was searched with
blood hounds from the Fulton
County Police Department, au
thorities said.
Forsyth County's Coroner C
rafton Brooks said, “Caglewas
shot three times and apparently
died of a bullet which entered the
chest.”
Louis Jones Funeral Home of
Alpharetta was in charge of fun
eral arrangements. Cagle was
46 years old. His wife and six
year old son live on Route 2,
Duluth.
The sheriff’s department is
still investigating the murder.
Rupert Sexton, local busin
essman, who is parade marshal,
foresees this year's parade as
the largest and finest in its
history.
Through the years the parade
has taken on new dimensions
and new meanings and the re
lated activities involve wide
spread community participa
tion.
In addition to the colorful
steam engines, the F ish of
Crimson Band, beautiful For
syth County girls, antique auto
mobiles, horses and wagons, the
parade will feature floats pre
pared by civic clubs and bus
iness organizations.
The King and Queen of this
year’s parade will be Mr. and
Mrs. Emory Williams, who have
been married for 66 years. They
are being honored as the For-
Cont'd. on Pag* 8
Forsyth County Bank
Begins $200,000 Expansion
The Forsyth County Bank has
signed a contract in excess of
$200,000 with Pardue Construc
tion Company of Commerce for
a 6,500 square foot addition
and remodeling of the existing
building.
This will more than double
the existing area of the bank.
Construction is expected to be
gin this week and construction
time will be approximately 200
days, according to Don Thomp
son, executive vice president
of the bank.
The project will be done in
a Williamsburg style. The pre
sent structure will be refaced
with the same brick as the
addition and a Manseered roof
will extend around the entire
structure.
The architect, Arthur F. Ki
ser Jr., said that he feels
this period of architecture will
be an attractive addition to the
business district.
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DON THOMPSON AND PHIL PARDUE SIGN CONTRACT FOR CONSTRUCTION
Flash Of Crimson Sets Practice
Members of last year’s Flash
of Crimson. . .the 1971-72 ed
ition. . .will re-convene Monday
night, July 3, at 6:30 at the
high school bandroom for pr
actice for the Fourth of July
Parade in Cumming.
Director Lon Turner urges
all members and majorettes to
be ontimeandpreparedtowork.
The rehearsal has been set for
the evening to accommodate
those who have jobs, and who
have to come from out of town,
as well as in the hope that the
weather will be cooler.
Leading the F. O. C. around
the square for the parade will
be Drum Major Rex Tallant,
finishing his first year In this
position, and looking forward to
SAMPLE EDITION
THE FORSYTH COUNTY NEWS
The main entrance to the new
structure will be off the old
Atlanta Highway. This would be
in the present drive-in window
driveway. The paved area on
the drive-in side of the build
ing will be expanded for add
itional parking and an entrance
will be made to Old Atlanta
Highway, according to Thomp
son.
The new structure will have
drive-in facilities in the rear of
the complex and will have room
for several additional windows
a s the need arises, he said.
The present drive-in window
will be utilized as a walk-up
window until construction
forces it to be completely clo
sed, Thompson said.
In order to cause the cust
omer the least amount of in
convenience because of dis
rupted service, the bank’s bo
ard of directors has decided to
move the tellers, drive-in win
being the 1972-73 Drum Major
as well. He will be attending
Drum Major Camp in Florida
in August.
Flash of Crimson members
reading this notice are asked
Bus Drivers Honored
The Forsyth County School
bus drivers honored two of their
own on June 9 with a steak su
pper at the Pioner. Restaurant.
Plaques werepresentedtothe
Rev. Early Day and Charlie
Boling, with 32 and 34 years of
service, respectivley.
Guests included school sup
erintendent, Clar. ..ce N. Lam
bert, Mr. and Mrs. Charles
JUNE 29. 1972
dow and loan officers into
a “mobile bank.” The mobile
bank will consist of two 12 by
46 foot mobile units with full
teller and drive-in facilities.
Many of these units can be
seen in the metro area, Th
ompson said.
The new complex will include
a new and well-appointed co
mmunity room with its own kit
chen facilities. It will also be
unique in that it will have its
own self-contained heating and
air-conditioning, Thompson sa
id. There will also be two pub
lic restrooms in the building.
“It has been long recognized
by the bank that there was a
need for a ’closing room’ to be
used by business, social and
used by business, social and
civic groups,” Thompson said.
“This would be more along the
line of a conference room ra
ther than a community room and
Cont'd. on Page 8
to contact others and “pass the
word" about Monday’s night’s
rehearsal, when the sound of the
1971-72 F. O. C. will once again
be heard as they prepare for
the Fourth.
Cope, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Of
well, Mr.and Mrs.HaroldHam
mondtree, Mr. and Mrs. Kelly
Summers, Mr. and Mrs. Donald
Gilbert and the wives and hus
bands of the drivers.
Officers elected for the 1972-
73 year were H. E. Castle
berry, president; Eugene Ev
ans, vice president; and Loyce
Cate, secretary-treasurer.