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Holiday Hosts Can Help Curb
Seasonal Highway Carnage
The problem drinker at the
wheel of an automobile has
been branded Public Enemy
No. 1, but what about the prob
lem host who insists on pour
ing "just one more drink for
the road?”
Is he an accessory to the
crime of the inebriate he al
lows to stagger out to his car
to become a killer?
With the holiday season
about to begin —accompanied
by the increased consumption
of alcohol —this question is
being raised by the Depart
ment of Safety and Research
of the Combined Insurance
Company of America.
While in the last analysis
the drinker is responsible for
his ow n irresponsibility , safety
experts say. the person who
encourages him to imbibe to
excess is contributing to his
delinquency.
Concern about the mixture
of alcohol and gasoline runs
especially high from Thanks
giving to New Year's, when
the accident rate rises.
Problem drinkers constitute
less than 10 per cent of the
total driving population, but
the fact that alcoholics are be
hind the wheel in more than 50
per cent of all traffic deaths
makes driving as risky as a
game of Russian roulette, ac
cording to the National High
way Traffic Safety Adminis
tration.
As the holiday season ap
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by Georgia Consumer Services
Fair Credit Reporting Act
Lets You Check Your Credit
A store has just refused to let me charge something,
and I want to know why. I’ve always paid my bills.
How can 1 get them to tell me why I can't charge
there?
Under the Fair Credit
Reporting Act you mast be
told why you were refused
credit.
A credit bureau is obligated
to report to you the nature of
everything in your file, except
medical information.
Additionally, the credit
bureau must tell you the
sources of their information,
except for the names of the
people who gave information
regarding morals and
character.
If you disagree with
anything in your file, the
bureau must re-investigate. If
it turns out that the
information was wrong, the
bureau must delete it from
your file, and notify, free of
charge, anyone receiving the
report in the last six months.
Even if, after investigation, the
bureau finds grounds to leave
the bad part in, you have the
right to include your own
version of the facts in the file.
This must be sent to recent
receivers of the report, at no
charge, within 30 days, and
for a small charge if later.
Finally, this law provides
that information concerning a
bankruptcy cannot be
included in a credit report
after 14 years, and other
adverse incidents, such as
suits, judgments and arrests,
must be left out after seven
years, unless the credit
involved comes to $50,000 or
REAL ESTATE
Toons **
By Gen Horney
Thanksgiving Day
Can W*ll Be SPENT
In Your Own Home
Without Paying RENT.
So if your pennies
are bent.
Call us and be
heaven sent.
Gen Horney's
NORTH©ATE
MALTY
Commercial, Farm
& Lake Lands
phone 887-7728
ATLANTA ROAD
proaches, safety researchers
warn that the 60.000.000 social
drinkers who drive appear to
be as accident-prone as the
full-blown alcoholics.
About 30.000 Americans
will die and 800.000 will be in
jured in accidents this year in
volving drunk drivers—about
half the total highway toll, ac
cording to the reckoning of
government authorities.
A study by American Youth
magazine, published by Gen
eral Motors.showed that more
than half the traffic deaths in
volving problem drinkers oc
cur in single-car accidents. It
also found that HO per cent of
the passengers who die with
alcoholic drivers are heavy
drinkers. And —four out of 10
pedestrians killed are alco
holics or heavy tipplers.
Armed with these facts.
Combined's safety depart
ment advised holiday hosts
and hostesses to help alleviate
the carnage on the highways
by learning how much alcohol
is too much. As a guide, the
American Medical Associa
tion has determined that a
IHO-pound man —a large per
son registers a blood-alcohol
level of 0.06 per cent after
drinking three 12-ounce bot
tles of beer.
His level is about the same
after consuming three mixed
drinks made with one ounce
of 86-proof distilled spirits.
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Three generous—.V: ounce
martinis or manhattans would
show a level of 0.12 per cent.
In most states you are "un
der the influence" if your blood
alcohol level is 0.10 per cent.
In some states, the level is
0.15 per cent, while in Utah,
like Canada and Great Britain,
the level at which you should
not get behind the wheel is
set at 0.08 per cent.
American Youth reported
that a series of tests had in
dicated that the probability of
being involved in an accident
increases sharply beyond a
blood alcohol level of 0.04
per cent.
Therefore, it is obvious that
the IHO-pound. three martini
drinker with a 0.12 per cent
blood alcohol level is too tipsy
to drive safely. A person weigh
ing less will be even tipsier on
the same amount of alcohol.
With this information in
mind, here are some hospitality
rules that may not appear in any
etiquette book but are recom
mended by safety authorities:
1. Forget about whether you
are being hospitable when
departure time draws
near: never offer any
guest "one for the road."
It's like handing him a
time bomb.
2. Don't let your hospitality
carry you away to the
point of constantly offer
ing to freshen drinks. Af
ter you have served the
first round, let your guests
know that it is up to them
to decide when they need
a refill. Don't offer.
3. Don't pour liquor with a
heavy hand. Measure
every drink and limit each
to no more than one
ounce of alcohol —per
haps even less as the eve
ning wears on. Make the
drinks as "tall" as you can.
4. Don't urge people to drink
liquor if they would prefer
something else. Provide a
generous supply of soft
drinks and coffee and an
nounce their availability.
5. Don't encourage people
to help themselves to
drinks. Keep control of
the liquor supply.
6. At least an hour before
the guests are likely to
leave, start serving food
and coffee and close the
bar. While coffee will not
sober anyone up. it will
stop the flow of liquor.
Make coffee the "one for
the road."
7. Try to keep your guests
so entertained and occu
pied that they won't feel
the need to hold their
glasses out for a refill
more than opce an hour.
Perhaps you can arrange
transportation in advance for
those who will be too drunk to
drive themselves home. A non
drinking guest or a taxi service
may be the answer. Or you
may be able to accommodate
one or two heavy drinkers for
the night.
"Rather than being con
fronted with the problem of
having a problem drinker on
your hand, however," Com
bined's Safety Department ad
vised. "serve an ounce of one
hundred proof prevention to
your guests by following the
rules for a safe party.
"It will be much better to let
them go home thirsty than to
allow yourself to become a
potential accessory to crime
in the streets."
Gainesville
Basketball
Clinic Set
The annual Queen City
Invitational Basketball
Tournament held at the
Gainesville Junior College,
December 7-8 provides an
exciting lineup.
University of Georgia,
Georgia Tech, University of
North Carolina at Charlotte,
will be on hand along with
Gainesville Junior College.
Preceeding the games on
Saturday will be a Basketball
Clinic presented by the teams
under supervision of
Georgia’s head coach—John
Guthrie.
Clinic starts at noon at a
cost of $1 per boy or girl at
tending. All proceeds from
the clinic and tournament go
to the Gainesville-Hall County
Boys Clubs.
For further information,
Please contact Mr. Jim Smith
at The Gainesville-Hall
County Boys’ Club, No. 534-
3030 or 532-8102.
Conserving Fuel? Start
In The Kitchen
By Mrs. Zelma R. Bannister
County Extension
Home Economist
Now that winter is almost
here, government officials
are asking Americans to
conserve fuel. And in spite of
what you may think to the
contrary, there are things you
can do to make a contribution.
Wise use of your kitchen
range can make a big dent in
your fuel consumption
because it has the biggest
appetite of all appliances. To
reduce the fuel guzzling
tendency of your range,
follow the manufacturer’s
instructions so that you use
your range in the most ef
ficient way.
Planning to cook in the oven
is another good way to reduce
the range’s appetite for fuel.
To really cut the power
corner, cook an oven full of
food—a roast, baked potatoes
and a vegetable casserole is
one example.
When you do cook foods on
the surface unit, be sure the
pans fit the burners and
always leave the lids on your
pots. Leaving lids on keeps
steam inside and reduces the
cooking time.
Your refrigerator and
freezer are fuel drainers, too.
To reduce their consumption,
Britain uses computer
to speed its mail
Britain has announced that
a post office computer is to be
programmed to keep a check
on the flow of mail throughout
the country in an effort to
speed up letter deliveries.
From railway, road, air and
shipping timetables, and oth
er information, the computer
will select the best routes for
sending mail between any of
Britain’s 700 sorting offices.
AMATEUR BONANZA
Flint axheads and other
flint implements have been
unearthed by a team of ama
teur archaeologists at a
250,000-year-old Stone Age
hunters’ campsite in a forest
near Arundel, Sussex, En
gland.
THE FORSYTH COUNTY NEWS-WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1973-
check the door gaskets for
tight fit and keep your freezer
full. The cold you pay for is
best retained by the food—not
the air—in the freezer.
Exercising a little caution
when you wash dishes and
clothes can also reduce the
fuel drain. To keep fuel use
down, wash dishes and
clothes only when the
machines are full.
DECORATING
WITH PLANTS
Trying to decorate a home
or apartment on a budget?
Don’t overlook plants. They
are one of your best
decorating buys.
Think about large potted
plants like scheffleras and
split leaf philodendrons for
example. They can stand in
for a piece of furniture. And
when you compare their cost
of sls to S2O with the price of
an end table, you’ve got
yourself quite a bargain.
Employment outlook
bleak for
mature women
A study by the Ohio State
University for the Labor De
partment’s Manpower Ad
ministration revealed that the
unemployment rate for wom
en 40 through 64 in 1972 was
one-third higher than for men
of the same age.
Of the 415,000 women 45 or
older reported unemployed in
1972, about 18 per cent had
looked for work for six months
or more.
WATSON REALTY 111
212 Dahlonega Road ■■■■"
a 'EA'TOR
LAKE PROPERTY
295’ frontage on Hwy. 369, 328’ frontage on government line with deep water.
Business now on property, 24’ x 70’ building, drilled well, pump and septic tank.
Priced for quick sale.
Waterfront lots on Lake Lanier, priced from 54500.00 to $25,000.00 each.
Bavarian Chalet 3 BR, 3 Bath Built in kitchen wall to wall carpeting Dual
central heating and air conditioning. 2 rock fireplaces, wet bar, intercom
redwood decks. Situated on nearly level, wooded waterfront lot.
5 room house on 100’ x 200’ lot in walking distance of Lake Lanier. Price reduced.
Owner says sell. $7800.00.
We have one 4 bedroom, 3 bath home and one 3 bedroom, 2Vi bath home on
waterfront lots in area of permanent homes.
RESIDENTIAL
3 large bedroom brick home, new carpets, furnished with new furniture, a new
well and pump also has a large 30’ x 60’ metal building, with cement floor, air
conditioner, electric heat, well insulated, 3 phase electricity, also has office in it.
Presently being used for a machine shop. The price is right on this one!
3 bedroom, 2 bath brick colonial home on 2.80 acres of beautiful level land. This
lovely home has fireplace large rooms and 345’ on paved highway, plus outbuild
ings. Close in with large garden spot.
Nearing completion. Beautiful 3 bedroom, 2 bath home off Hwy. 20 west of
Cumming in Friendship Estates. Completely carpeted, central heat and air,
large bedrooms, full basement. Assumable loan on this home.
2 bedroom home on 1.66 acre lot also has 2 insulated broiler houses with auto
matic feeders, drinkers and brooders, all on winches. 41’ x 130’ each, reduced to
$25,000
3 bedroom mobile home on 100’ landscaped lot, with 12 x 22 storage building.
Has natural gas, city water, well, 1 mile from Cumming on main highway.
Double wide mobile home with 3 room addition and double carport less than year
old on 1.1 acres. Large work shop and storage building. City water. Located 3V4
miles West of Cumming on Hwy. 20.
2 bedroom, 1 bath, living, dining and kitchen with utility building. Located in the
southeastern part of Dawson County on Hwy. 318. Close to Lake Lanier. $10,700.
2 bedroom lVi bath home located on 2!4 acres, Hwy. 369 1 mile west of Coal
Mounain. Priced to sell.
LOTS
4.3 acres located in good community with 262’ frontage on paved road. Has
septic tank and bored well. Perfect for mobile home.
Beautiful wooded lot in Deerwood Subdivision. Restricted 53900.00.
Nice building lot in Mountainside Subdivision with 350’ paved road frontage
Contains 1.4 acres.
FARMS AND LANDS
Dawson County - 1450’ highway frontage. 1361’ on Etowah River. Terms
21.1 acres on paved road off Hwy. 20. Cherokee Co. Near Forsyth Co. line. Has
bored well, pump and septic tank on property.
77 acres in southwestern part of Lumpkin County. 1300’+ frontage on paved road.
Interest only terms.
Acreage in Forsyth and Dawson Counties.
PRIME DEVELOPMENT PROPERTY
43.88 acres near Cumming in Forsyth County. Has been approved for Subdivision
zoned R-l. Beautifully wooded with cleai Mountain stream. $2500.00 per acre.
FULTON CO. 19.166 wooded acres with 1750’ frontage on Kimball Bridge road
near Ga. 400 Expressway.
9 acres on Cloverieaf Hwy. 400 and Hwy. 20 Approximately 1 mile south of
Cumming.
COMMERCIAL PROPERTY
14 acres across road from new shopping center south of Cumming. Has good road
frontage on Hwy. 19 and Old Atlanta Road, just otf Hwy. 20 and Hwy. 400. Has
city water and natural gas. Zoned, neighborhood shopping.
If you have a home, farm, acreage or Lake Property for sale, please contact us. We
have customers ready to buy.
For information on above property, call: 887-7758 - 688-6371
WANSLEY WATSON Res. 887-5277
LARRY WATSON 887-7758 NANCY ELZEY 8874096
DONALD W. MARTIN 887-3818 RONALD WATSON 887-6530
WILLIAM A. (Bill) HAMES 887-7132 RALPH HENDERSON 887-3832
Small potted plants can
replace bookends, porcelain,
glass or china—any
decorative accessory—you
might use to dress up book
cases, etageres, fireplace
mantels, and end of coffee
tables.
A profusion of green or
flowering plants (ones you
can bring inside for the
winter) can stand in for ex
pensive outdoor furniture and
SATURDAY
DECEMBER Ist 5:00 to 10:00 p.m.
COUNTRY and GOSPEL MUSIC SHOW
ADULTS $2.00 CHILDREN SI.OO
under 13
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ATLANTA T V ’s RISE AND SHINE MAN
HUGH JARRETT
with
THE LANIERLAND BAND
RAFAEL PICKLESIMER
CAROL GOFORTH
WANDA FREEMAN
THE RHYTHM MASTERS
LITTLE DANCING WONDERS
THE GOSPELETTES QUARTET
THE GOSPEL ECHOES of ALPHARETTA
THE PRUITT FAMILY
THE BENNETT SISTERS
at
Cumming Upper Elementary School
benefit
FORSYTH COUNTY VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT
HOMEMADE CAKES * FOOD * DRINKS * POPCORN *
COTTON CANDY
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convert an apartment
balcony into a private garden.
Plants can also be used to
replace curtains, or let light
into a dark room, if you put
tiers of plant shelves inside a
window casing.
Besides all that, plants
bring life and brilliant color
into a room, and they grow
and multiply—something
furniture and decorative
accessories can never do.