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BY JOHNNY SOLESBEE
News Editor
A 26 year-old Sandy Springs
man has been arrested and ch
arged with murder and armed
robbery in connection with the
June 22 robbery and murder of
Bill Cagle of Forsyth County.
Arrested and lodged in a Cobb
Primary
‘Voting Day
Next Tuesday
BY JOHNNY SOLESBEE
News Editor
It's getting down to where
you can almost count on one
hand the number of days left
before the Aug. 8 Democratic
Primary.
And it’s getting to where
■yoe 'Han't oeuat an both hands
(be number of candidates walk
ing the streets, meeting people
and making their last minute
voting friends.
There are some heated races
going into Tuesday’s Primary,
perhaps the hottest in these
parts being the races for the
new five seats on the board of
commissioners.
Eighteen candidates are vying
for these five seats, created
when a referendum was put be
fore and approved by Forsyth
County voters on April 19.
The five commissioners el
ected will take office on Jan. 1,
1973 and will choose from am
ong themselves a chairman. The
commissioners will also be
responsible for the hiring of a
county administrator, a seat
also created by the April 19
referendum.
Another race in the county
drawing attention is the race
for the tax commissioner’s se
at, left open for competition
when the current tax commi
ssioner, Hoyt Pilcher, decided
not to seek re-election. The
race has five men.
Former sheriff of Forsyth,
Carroll Tallant, is attempting
to unseat Incumbent sheriff, B.
Donald Plrkle, in that race.
Robert B. Otwell has his
eyes set on the school super
intendent’s office now held by
Clarence N. Lambert, who is
running to keep that office.
Paul W. Hammond is cam
paigning for the clerk of sup
erior court seat now held by
lncjMnbent Cecil" McClure.
The surveyor’s race has two
candidates, William C. Mundy
and Wilson M. Price.
The coroner’s race has four
contestants, Tex Smith, Way
mon Tate, F. C. Tatum Jr. and
Vandals Ransack
Cumming City Park
On Thursday, July 27th., van
dals or Idiots, whichever you
prefer, cut the chain link fence
and entered the Cummin* city
Park doing approximately $225
In damage.
In addition to cutting the fence
around the park, they also cut
the fence which houses Smiley,
the young deer which Is pro
viding many hours of pleasure
for the children and adults who
patronize the park, however,
the deer was unharmed and was
One Arrested On Murder In Forsyth
County jail is Charles Edward
Conroy, 26, of 6851 Roswell
Road, Sandy Springs. Conroy
was arrested on July 24 near
the Foxcroft Apartments in Sa
ndy Springs, according to For
syth County Sheriff Donald Pir
kle and Ray Pinyan. of the CID.
formerly the GBI.
Royston A. Ingram, Jr.
The only uncontested seats
in this year’s primary are the
justices of the peace seats, Dis
trict 4 and 5 of the board of
education and the office of or
dinary, now held by 8.8. Wal
lace.
The district 3 board of ed
ucation seat’s Incumbent, Loy
C. Day , is being contested
by Almon Hill.
Forsyth Countlans for the
first time this year will be
using voting machines in four
of the voting districts.
The courtnouse will have six
machines; Coal Mountain, two;
Settendown, two; and Big Cr
eek, two.
There will be one change
in a polling place, from Old
Friendship School to Sawnee
School in the Settendown Dis
trict.
Forsyth County has a total
registration of 7,272 voters,
according to the Forsyth County
Democratic Party.
Following is a list of the dis
tricts and the number of voters
in each district:
Barkers, 467; Bells, 362,
Big Creek, 611; Chattahoochee,
326; Chestatee, 489; Coal Mo
untain, 674; Cumming, 2,412;
Ducktown, 362; Hightower, 158;
New Bridge, 174; Rolands, 210;
Settendown, 634; and Vickery,
393.
The county this year will
also vote on two state senators,
Jack Fincher, incumbent, or
Beverly Langford, in the newly
created 51st senatorial district
which includes the northern
portion of the county. Sen. Ho
ward Overby, of Gainesville,
is uncontested for another te
rm as senator from the 49th
District which includes Forsyth
County.
The three state representa
tives , Doug Whitmire, BIH Wi
lliams and Joe T. Wood, all of
Gainesville, will go back to the
state capitol without any oppo
sition.
Polls will be open next Tue
sday from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
and the vote tallying will begin
immediately after the polls cl
ose.
hungry as usual at 6:00 a.m.
the next morning. The locks
were broken off of the doors,
but after an Inventory, nothing
seemed to be missing. There
is a reward offered for Infor
mation leading to the arrest
and conviction .of the persons
responsible for this damage.
We hope that you, the people
of Forsyth County realize that
this is your park and It Is up
to you to keep It a place that
all of the people In this area
can be proud of and use.
Cagle was shot and killed in
stantly June 22 when two men
entered his auto parts shop,
located on Highway 141, one mile
from the Fulton County line.
Three witnesses who were at
the scene reported the killers
asked about some auto parts and
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‘Wicked’ Ward Has Replacement
BY DOUG GRAHAM
Sports Editor
Bob Ward appeared at the Cu
mming Motorcross last Sunday,
broken hip and all; and looked
as though he was ready to att
empt his jump over the eight
car distance, but as Ward made
several passes at the ramp to
gage his speed his hip must
have bothered him to the point
that he could not make his ju
mp. It was apparent to the pe
ople standing close to his large
van that when he got off his
bike he was in a great deal of
H And K Op ens To Large Crowd
By Jan H ughes
News Staff W riter
When H & K, Forsyth Co
unty’s first independently ow
ned supermarket opened its
doors last Wednesday at 8 a.m.,
county officials and a large
crowd were on hand for the red
ribbon cutting.
Cutting the ribbon, Larry
Kohn and Mark Heard Jr., ow
ners, announced the super
market to be competitive with
other major supermarkets in
North Georga.
H & K had a continuously
heavy flow of customers throu
ghout the grand opening week.
With 16,000 square feet of sh
opping space, the supermarket
also has seven feet of space
between the aisles.
On the grand opening day,
many customers received free
merchandise as Kohn and Heard
announced winners from the
public address system located
at the head office counter.
In a congenial atmosphere,
the personnel at the check-out
centers would say, “thank you
for shopping with us and come
back to see us.” H & K has
seven check-out centers.
Goodman Decorators, Atlan
ta, designed the interior of H
4 K. The Kohns chose the color
schemes. The interior is a
combination of light pastel co
lors. Receiving a number of
flower arrangements for con
gratulations of the grand-open
ing, H & K's atmosphere is most
pleasant for grocery shopping.
Stereo music adds to the
spacious atmosphere.
Near the meat market center,
Verba Cowart was cooking sau
sage. Representing Duffey Sau
sage Company, customers could
taste the sausage which was on
sale for 40 cents a pound.
With a variety of 10,000 items,
H & K is the largest shopping
food market in this area. Field
Supervisor, Jesse Chambless
with Alterman Foods, Inc. said,
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Dedicated To The Cum m ing And Forsyth County
CUMMING, GEORGIA LXV ISSUE 31
then began shooting. The mur
derers left the scene in a 1968
Chevrolet convertible bearing a
Hinds County, Mississippi, li
cense plate.
Minutes later, the car was
found by police on the County
Line Road. The car has since
Through The Air With The Greatest Of Ease
pain and it appeared that the
scheduled jump would be can
celled because of his discom
fort, and the crowd grew rest
less, because they had already
been waiting for quite sometime
to see the feat. Then out of the
van came one of the men who
had been seen working a round
the ramp getting the ground re
ady for Ward to jump, and he
volunteered to make the jump
in Wards place.
According to a spokesman,
the volunteer, Jerry Price had
never before attempted a jump
of this nature but was a close
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“as the variety is so large, this
is the only place you can pur
chase certain items outside
of Sandy Spring.”
Former Principal Crawford
Takes Whitfield School
Leonard I). Crawford, Pr
incipal at Forsyth County High
School for thepastthreeandone
half years, will be the Principal
at West Side High School In
Whitfield County during the
1972-73 term.
Crawford goes to West Side
after three and a half highly
successful years at F.C.H.S.
During that time the school
moved through Its greatest per
iod of growth tiecoming one of
the (op Comprehensive High
Schools in the State. He holds
15 CENTS PER COPY
been determined stolen in At
lanta on the night before the
incident.
Pinyan and a Cobb County
detective made the arrest of
Conroy.
The agents had information
friend of Wards and did not want
♦o see him kill himself, so he
had agreed to attempt the jump.
Price made several passes at
the ramp and even dodged the
ramp on several occasions be
cause he did not feel that he
was ready. I for one would not
have blamed the man if he had
dodged the ramp and continued
on down the highway to points
unknown. But, he turned around
on the final pass and headed
for the ramp and vaulted into
the air and landed in a per
fect effort on the other side of
At Ribbon ('.atling
Too, the population of Forsyth
County is becoming a mixture
of people and many of the people
want quiet things to prepare,
8.5., M.A. and sixth year de
grees from Western Carolina
University and has done exten
sive graduate work at six Un
vlerslties.
Crawford has 15 years exper
ience as a teacher, coach and
principal.
Crawford wants to thank the
Forsyth County Board of Educa
tion and his many friends for
their support during his Stay in
Forsyth County.
His “one regret was not being
able to overcome some of the
Interference In the running of
that Conroy was staying at the
apartments on Roswell Road
and spotted him walking down
the driveway, Pinyan said.
Agents were acting on confi
dential information they had re
ceived, Pirkle told the News.
Pirkle also said that Conroy
the cars.
Price was no doubt elated o
ver his success, and hurried
back to offer the ramp to any
of the many spectators who wa
nted to try their luck or skill
at making the jump, there were
no takers on the offer. When
asked when he would organize
his own jumping act, Price,
still a little shakey from his
effort, said that “this is the
first and the last time that I
will ever attempt this,’’ but
who knows.
Chambless added.
H & K is the first major break
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the school,” he said.
Crawford and his family int
end to live in Forsyth County
until after the Aug. 8 Primary
election and “would like to
invite his friends to join him
in voting for and electing Mr,
Robert Otwell Superintendent of
Forsyth County Schools,”
Craw-ford said,
Crawford says, “This is an
opportunity to elect a native
son who lias the education, ex
perience, ability and honor to
do a fine job.”
THE FORSYTH COUNTY NEWS
has been identifiedas the killer.
Conroy’s commitment hear
ing has been held already and
his arraignment has been set
for this Friday, Pirkle said
Conroy is a professional bar
ber and has a criminal record
dating back to 1961, according
to records.
Information was not released
Editorial
Endorsement
For Sheriff Pirkle
Without a doubt, the most important race in this
Forsyth Democratic Primary is that of Sheriff.
Four years ago, this county had no law enforce
ment - no protection. The records of the Sheriff’s
office were not kept current, so no one knows how
much money was collected; or whatever else hap
pened.
THE FORSYTH COUNTY NEWS opposed
Carroll Tallant for re-election in 1968, and we have
not been disappointed by Sheriff Donald Pirkle.
We suffered through four years of Tallant as
Sheriff and burglaries and crime were more pre
valant for the time than they are now. The popu
lation has increased and Atlanta is moving in this
direction. Pirkle has coped with that situation as
well as any law man possibly could.
Carroll Tallant has tried to fool the people of
Forsyth County with half-truths, innuendo and st
atements which almost border on slander concer
ning Donald Pirkle.
For the record: Donald Pirkle,is an easy man to
locate when needed. He can usually be found by
any citizen who needs help, or who needs to com
municate w ith his Sheriff.
For the record: Donald Pirkle has kept written
records of all activities of the Sheriff’s office. Ar
rests, money, recovered automobiles, etc.., all are
on record for anyone to see.
For the record: Carroll Tallant. while serving as
Sheriff of Forsyth County, attempted to conceal
arrests from the press, including THE FORSYTH
COUNTY NEWS.
We can’t tolerate this in a free society and our
editorial opinion is that the election of Carroll
Tallant as Sheriff of Forsyth County will be intol
erable to those citizens of this county who w ish to
remain safe in their homes and feel that they have
reasonable law enforcement.
Check the record. The major crimes which have
occurred during the administration of Donald Pir
rkle have been solved. Pirkle’s administration has
been a public administration.
We endorse Donald Pirkle and sincerely hope he
is re-elected. His record has been a good one.
Fair’s A’Coming
To Cumming
External vice - president of
the Forsyth County Jaycees,
Charles Ingram, says the an
nual Forsyth County fair spon
sored by the group will begin
Monday, August 7 and continue
through Saturday, August 12.
The fair will he located at
the fairgrounds on Castleberry
Road in Cumming.
On Wednesday, the fair will
feature “merchandise day.”
Chairman David Carlisle said
the children can ride all they
want for S 2.
With its exhibits, the fair is
exported to be big and the Jay
coos think it is the lies! fair
to lw» scheduled by the Jayeee
AUGUST 3, 1972
on Conroy’s arrest immediate
ly because there “was a pos
sibility some more arrests
might have been made,” Pirkle
said.
“We’re hoping there’ll be
other arrests. We have other
suspects,” accordine to Pirkle.
froup. Also, the Democratic and
Republican Parties will set up
campaign booths. Candidates
plan to be present to answer
questions on fhe general elec
tion and present political plat
form leaflets.
CORRECTION
It was erroneously reported
in last week’s edition of the
News that the sheriffs depart
ment had recovered a stolen
automobile at Midway Discount
Store.
The report should have read
that the automobile was stolen
from Midway Discount Store and
recovered in DeKalb County.