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Unicity Gets $3.2 Million Loan
Approved On Habersham
Uniclty, Inc., an Atlanta de
velopment company, has obtain
ed a $3.2 million loan with Co
ntinental Mortgage Investors
(REIT) to develop the first ph
ase of the totally planned re
sidential community, “Haber
sham.”
To be developed over a 10
year period, the total construc
tion of the 940-acre Habersham
is an estimated $l5O million
project.
The first stage for the re
Three Area Exhibits On Display
In Stay, See Georgia Week
Exhibits from three area
facilities are on display at Stay
and See Georgia Week at Lenox
Square Shopping Center, At
lanta.
An exhibit of the Lake Lanier
Islands Development Authority,
is located in front of Kersge’s.
The exhibit features a 12 foot
by 6 foot winged display depict
ing a map of the Islands.
In front of that display Is
another display model under
glass showing the village area.
Road Projects Affect Forsyth Area
ATLANTA--Several road pro
jects in the area are included in
the letting of 33 contracts cov
ering highway improvements in
34 Georgia counties, according
to the Department of Transpo
rtation.
Following is a list of area
projects:
DAWSON COUNTY 2.738
miles of grading and paving on
Amicalola Road, beginning at
FAS Route 2275 near the Ami
calola Church and extending N
orth. 40 available days. Appa
Mountains Authority Names
Russel Caldwell To Post
HELEN—The North Georgia
Mountains Authority has ann
ounced the appointment of Rus
sel B. Caldwell to the post of
Executive Director of the Au
thority.
He replaces Chris T. Dela
porte, who has resigned to be
come Director of the Division
of State Parks of the state of
Oklahoma.
The new Director originally
Joined the staff of the Mountains
Authority in 1969. He has
functioned as program director
and construction coordinator
and, after returning from a 10
month tour In Europe with the
U.S. Army, was serving as assi
stant executive director at the
time of his appointment as dir
ector at the Authority's monthly
meeting on July 11.
Amllee C. Graves, Chairman
of the Authority, stated that
Caldwell was recommended by
Delaporte to be his replace
ment.
“When you've got a work
horse in the stable, you don't
go looking for anyone else.
Russ Caldwell has proved him
self time and time again to be
an effective agent of the Au
thority, and we are delighted
that he has accepted our offer
to become Executive Director."
Outgoing Executive Director
Delaporte commented:
"There Is no question In my
mind but that the Authority is
In the best of hands. I have
known Russ Caldwell for three
years as friend and associate,
and I know that he has the abi
lity, Integrity and tenacity to
give the Authority aggressive
and progressive leadership."
Caldwell Is a native of Mur
phy, N. C. He graduated from
sidential environment shouldbe
completed early next year. A
ccording to details released by
Unicity’s President, J. William
(Billy) Martin, the community
will include 2,000 homesites and
condominiums.
Adjacent to the Canon-gate
on- Lanier golf course, other
sub-phases of the planned de
velopment will include a shopp
ing center, office park, mar
ina, racket clubj resort vill
as and a motel.
Literature on the development
also is available.
On display also is a race
car that has been driven on the
Road Atlanta Race Course near
Gainesville.
Literature is available at the
exhibit on the L and M Grand
Prix and on the 2.5 mile ch
allenge Race scheduled Aug. 18-
20.
Another area display featured
is that of Gold Hills of Dah
lonega. The exhibit is featuring
rent low bid: $169,515,50. So
utheastern Highway Contracting
Company, GainesvlUe.
DAWSON-LUMPKIN COUN
TIES—IO.S miles of resurfacing
on Georgia Route 9E beginning
0.4 mile northeast of Georgia
Route 136 and extending north
to U.S. 19 near Dahlonega. A
pparent low bid: $145,750.C.W.
Matthews Contracting Company
Inc., Marietta.
FULTON- FORSYTH COUN
TIES—2.7B4 miles of grading
and pattng to provide passing
Young Harris College and att
ended Georgia State University,
where he majored lnUrbanStu
dies. Prior to comingtotheAu
thorlty In 1969, he worked for
the Georgia Municipal Associa
tion as a Technical Assistant
Associate and served as an In
ternship Consultant to the Sou
thern Regional Education Bo
ard.
On assuming his new position,
Caldwell commented:
“The Authority, our staff, and
I, personally, are saddened by
lb
Russel Caldwell
Habersham will be within 20
minutes of Sandy Springs upon
completion of the North Fulton
Expressway next year.
Martin , former Georgia T
ech All American and Atlanta
Falcon standout, is joined by
James E. Grlgg and Jack H.
Ward in the management of the
Unicity Company.
Unlcity, Inc. is located i
Dover Square on Copeland Ro
ad, Atlanta.
a colorful stagecoach of the type
used during the early 1820 s.
There is panning demons
trations each hour.
Gold Hills is a project of
Hardman and Stuckey Travel
Investments of Atlanta.
The three exhibits are among
30 on display in the Lenox Sq
uare Mall.
The Stay and See ceremonies
got under way Monday night
on the Fountain Stage at Lenox.
lanes as follows-1.743 miles and
one bridge culvert on U.S. 19
between Roswell and Alpharetta
and 1.041 miles on Georgia Ro
ute 141 at the Fulton-Forsyth
County line. 80 available days.
Apparent low bid: $494,185.
C.W. Matthews Contracting Co
mpany, Inc., Marietta.
All bids were rejected on a
new bridge over Yahoola Creek
and 0.079 miles of approaches
on State Route 9, US 19, north
of Dahlonega, in Lumpkin Co
unty.
the departure of Chris Delapor
te. He has provided this agency
and our state government with a
rare breed of creative and for
ceful leadership. We are grati
fied that he will continue to
have an association with the Au
thority in the future, making his
knowledge of the overall pro
gram and of specific ongoing
projects available to us when
needed.
“As for our operations, I do
not envision any major changes.
We are in the process of com
pleting a major construction
program and planning theoper-
atlon of our new facilities here
at Unicoi. Our task, problems
and opportunities remain the
same; and the Authority will st
rive to meet Its challenge of
becoming a unique public ser
vice Institution."
The Mountains Authority was
originally created by the
General Assembly in 1963 and
established In Its present form
In March, 1968; It's purpose
being to construct, operate and
maintain recreational facilities
In the North Georgia mountain
counties of Banks, Catoosa, Ch
attooga, Cherokee, Dade, Daw
son, Fannin, Forsyth, Franklin,
Gilmer, Gwinnett, Habersham,
Hall, Lumpkin, Murray, Pic
kens, Rabun, Stephens, Towns,
Union, Walker, White and Whit
field.
Its chief project, the Unicoi
National Outdoor Recreation
Experiment Station, is a faci
lity to provide, study, develop,
teach, and “export" new tools
and techniques for the rapidly
growing outdoor recreation In
dustry.
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Dedicated To The Cum m ing And Forsyth County
CUMMING, GEORGIA LXV ISSUE 30 15 CENTS PER COPY
Planning Board Nixes
Development Addition
The Cumming - Forsyth Co
unty Building and Zoning Board
Tuesday Night denied a request
for a proposed 24-unit addition
to the current 52-unit complex
of WestPort-on-Lanier, an
apartment complex.
The addition was proposed by
Hugo Jahnz, developer of the
apartments near Bald Ridge
Marina, one mile east of Cu
mming.
The Board denied the
proposal on the grounds that
the 24 additional apartments ad
ded to the current 52, which have
already been approved by the
board, would create density
problems. The apartments are
planned for construction ob an
8.4 acre site.
About 20 residents of the
Cumming area were on hand at
the board meeting to oppose the
proposed addition and even thr
eatened to go before Blue Rid
ge Circuit Judge Marion Pope
to seek an injunction to halt
construction.
Since the proposal was turned
down by the board, it will be
six months before the developer
may bring his proposal before
the board again.
J. Lanier Bannister, who was
at the meeting, told the people
present and the board that “it
is my intention to ask the next
Grand Jury to move to hold
Leads Found On Missing
Youths; Reward Still Posted
Mrs. Cecil S. Welch of Ro
ute 5, Alpharetta, said early
this week that she received a
lead on missing 16 year old
Larry Cecil Welch and Jenny
Roxanne Welch.
The report said, “they were
Definite Cause For Charges,
Youth Football Spokesman Says
There have been many comm
ents made about the registra
tion fee charged each boy as
Forsyth County Youth football
players. There is a definite ca
use for this small charge, a
spokesman told the News.
The registration fee for For
syth County youth players Is set
at $12.50 per boy as compared
with $25 to S4O per boy in ot
her areas and counties.
The following list of expenses
may help show the reasons this
fee Is charged, the spokesman
said.
Each boy who enrolls will be
wearing approximately $35
worth of uniforms and equip
ment. The game footballs cost
Sheriffs Department Recovers
Several Stolen Automobiles
The Forsyth Coumy Shemi’s
Department has recovered sev
eral stolen automobiles with
in the past two weeks.
A 1963 Ford stolen from At
wood Ledbetter; a 1960 cor
up and suspend any petitions for
re-zoning until the new Board of
County Commissioners has
been elected, seated, and had
time to review the facts rela
tive to any such pending pro
posals.”
Bannister recommended that
H And K
Opens Today
For Business
H and K Supermarket, located
on Highway 19 just north of Cu
mming, will open its doors for
business today, Wednesday, Ju
ly 26.
The 16,000 square foot facility
will house everything on the
shoppers list, according to own
ers, Mark Heard Jr. and Larry
Kohn.
Kohn will manage the new
supermarket which is the lar
gest in the Cumming area.
A special section on the new
market appears inside today’s
NEWS.
living at an apartment on Me
morial Drive in Atlanta.”
The sheriff’s office is in
vestigating the case still.
A SSOO reward is being off
ered for information leading to
the whereabouts of the couple.
$8.50 each; cleaning up grounds
cost $lO per night, officials for
each game night cost S3O; first
aid equipment, S6O per year; and
uniform and helmet repair, also
S6O yearly. In addition, the In
surance coverage required Is
included in the fee.
As the directors are required
to spend many hours of plan
ning and work to keep the pro
gram organized, they feel that
the $1 gate fee to the games
and the above mentioned re
gistration fee are necessary to
continue the program, the
spokesman said, In an efficient
manner.
The concept of the youth foot
ball program is designed to
valr stolen from Jack Tatum;
a 1964 Chevrolet stolen ffom
Clyde Head and a 1963 Chev
rolet stolen from a Gaines v ill -
ian were all recovered last
BY JAN HUGHES
NEWS Staff Writer
no more major re-zoning issues
appear before the board until a
comprehensive plan can be des
igned to help the citizens get
the best from their property.
The current plan approvedfor
the townhouse complex features
a contemporaneous architec
tural design with a front view
of the lake area. The design
represents the vacation tone of
the area.
The 52 apartments will be
two-bedroom units and will be
available to long term residents
or those looking for a vacation
retreat, according to T.M. Pa
tton and Associates, Inc., a
group of 15 consulting engineers
and land surveyors who are also
connected with West Port.
The current plan for 52 ap
artments is expected to be com
pleted by November.
OTHER ACTION
In other action at Tuesday
night’s board meeting the board
approved an addition of four lots
to Mountainside Estates for
Cullen Construction Company;
granted Morris Williams a tem
porary use permit for a beauty
shop on the Buford Dam Road;
granted permission to Jarrill
Howard, represented by Bill
Cullen, for a subdivision for 10
homes in the $25,00 range;
approved an 87.15 acres to be
rezoned for the construction of
homes for Dr. Lewis Felder.
The board asked a represen
tative of J. Howard Chatham to
reappear to give further
consideration to the rezonlagof
300.5 acres of property located
near the Old Alabama Road.
The developer was proposing
a total of 2,200 condominium
cluster units. The board re
commended that the developer
change this proposal to single
unit dwellings and provide faci
lities for recreation and then
the board would give the
train the youngsters to follow
Instructions, practice good
sportsmanship, keepgoodphys
lcal and mental health, learn and
cooperate with others about the
same age and eventually lead
to a good solid high school foot
ball team with previous foot
ball experience.
This fee does not begin to co
ver all expenses. The organ
ization is completely non-profit
and must rely on public sup
port for Its continuance, accor
ding to the spokesman.
Any donations may be for
warded to any of the Forsyth
County Youth Football directors
and will be greatly appreciated,
the spokesman said.
week, the sheriff’s office said.
The sheriff’s office also re
ported recovering a carat Mid
way Discount Store. The car was
reportedly stolen two or three
months ago.
THE FORSYTH COUNTY NEWS
proposal further consideration.
The Building and Zoning of
fice has no voice in making the
regulations, codes and ordinan
ces, a spokesman said. They are
made by the Forsyth County
Commission. All proposals ap
proved by the Building and Zo
ning office are further con
sidered and acted upon by the
Board of Commissionrs.
The current department has
three full time staff members.
G. W. Blair is the adminis
trator; J. Ivey Hughes conducts
inspections and checks the field.
The secretary is Gail Davis.
The Planning and Zoning Co
mmission is a body chartered by
law for the purpose of Insuring
the orderly and proper usage of
the lands of the city and the
county to the greatest benefit,
a spokesman said.
BOARD MEMBERS
Present members of the pl
anning commission are: Dowe
M. Vaughan, chairman; Lamar
Sexton, co-chairman; Edsel
Martin, Secretary; Larry Wat
son; Charles Ingram, Marvin
Boling and Amon Corn.
Meetings are open to the pub
lic.
Hal Broyles
To Cartoon
For Local Bank
The Forsyth County Bank In
Cumming has commissioned
Hal Broyles, a well-known Ten
nessee artist, to develop a ser
ies of newspaper adver
tisements, lobby posters, butt
ons and bill boards which call
attention to the bank ’s servi
ces.
Broyles, whose works have
been shown at art shows thro
ughout the country, is best-kn
own for his captivating "cri
tters”—a group of birds, mice,
lions, and other animals based
on the artist’s thumbprint.
As Broyles explains It, the
critter series began by acci
dent. ”1 was working In my s
tudlo,” he says, "when I no
ticed 1 had left a big, Inky
thumbprint on one of my draw
ings. Before I knew it, I had
reached over with my pen and
added a bill and two scrawny
feet to it.”
Because the result of his do
odling had an appealing air a
bout it, Hal drew another, and
another and a new art form was
born.
Since that time the mena
gerie of fingerprint critters has
grown to include everything
from buzzards to spiders, and
"Hal Broyles Whimsical Art”
An article In last week’s
edition of The News incorrectly
termed Forsyth County’s Youth
Football program.
The meetings are scheduled
at 8:30 p.m. In the Building
and Zoning office.
The board endeavors to hear
all petitioners who are on the
agenda and give careful and
deliberate attention to all pro
posals and requests, Blair said.
The current office was estab
lished on Oct. 1, 1971, by W.
Guy Fowler.
Big Leaguers
To Play
In World Series
Members of the North Ge
orgia Big League team in Cu
mming will be chosen Tuesday
night to participate in a Wo
rld Series Tournament in Cl
inton, Tennessee.
The first game of the series
wUI be Sunday, August Ist., at
4:00 p.m. , and will continue
as long as the Georgia Stars
remain in contintion.
Cumming clinched the first
place position in the Georgia
Big League division and they
are looking to place 4 or 5
boys on the All-star team.
has been the hit of sidewalk
art shows from Florida’s Win
ter Park to the annual Green
wich Village show in New York
City.
Not only have the thumbprint
animals caught the fancy of the
general public. They’ve won the
hearts of the professionals, too.
Hallmark currently displays B
royles’ creations on a line of
bridge tallies and party nap
kins, and Broyles Is currently
negotiating with other merchan
disers of design products.
The series, which will begin
running in August, will stress
Forsyth’s County Bank’s theme
Of' "WHERE PEOPLE MAKE
THE DIFFERENCE.”
Within that theme, Broyles’
bird critters will encourage de
positors to make use of the
bank’s many services by, for
example, opening a new "chir
ping account.”
Creating advertisements for
Forsyth County Bank presents
a new challenge to the artist.
"I look forward to working with
Forsyth County Bank,” saysß
royles. "Pve thought all along
that the "critters” had some
thing to say. Pm glad they’ll
be saying it for Forsyth Co
unty Bank.”
Correction
The article termcu we pro
gram as "The Cumming Little
Lc«*ue f ootball Aseoc.^Uon.'’
JULY 27, 1972