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OF CUMMING AND FORSYTH COUNTY
CUMMING, GEORGIA
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Murder Charge In Hyde Deal
Charles Hyde, who was shot in the
neck with a .22-cal. rifle Sept. 9, died
Tuesday morning at northside hospital.
Forsyth County Sheriff Donald Pirkle
said an autopsy will be performed to
determine the cause of death.
Hyde, who according to official reports
was paralyzed from the neck down
following the incident, was shot at his
home at the Twin Lakes Trailer Court
Fire Dept. Show Nets Truck
The benefit gospel and country music
show for the Forsyth County Volunteer
Fire Dept, was a success.
Fire Chief John C. Moore announced
that an early tabulation of proceeds
shows that more than $2,000 was netted
which is enough for the fire truck the
volunteer force hopes to add to its
growing fleet.
A final tally is expected to be made
public as soon as all the money from
advance ticket sales is in.
Chief Moore said approximately 1,000
persons attended the show.
The firemen extended thanks to those
who helped with the show including local
merchants who publicized the event;
Butch Evans, who furnished the sound
system; Cumming Supply Co.; The
Wilson Co.; Western Auto; Holbrook
Hardware; The Jaycettes; Don Glover’s
Class at Forsyth County High; The
Machine Delays Water Bills
A breakdown in the billing machine
has caused some confusion in the City of
Cumming’s Billing for water.
A city spokesman said that water
users in parts of Greenwood Acres, Bald
Ridge Road and sideroads off Canton
High, Buford Road, Old Atlanta Road
Bids In On U. S. 19 Pass Lane
The Georgia Department of Tran
sportation is scheduled to open 31 bids
Friday including bids for passing lane
construction on U.S. 19 at the south city
limit of Cumming.
U. S. Labor Dept. Raises
Farmhand Protections
Atlanta, Georgia The U.S. Depart
ment of Labor has strengthened its
regulations protecting the rights of farm
workers under the Fair Labor Standards
Act, according to James E. Patching,
Assistant Regional Director for
Employment Standards, Atlanta.
The revised regulations, based on
several District and Appeals Court
decisions, provide that:
—any employer who used more than 500
man-days of agricultural labor in any
quarter of the preceding calendar year
is required to keep records of workers’
hours, earnings and payments,
—workers are considered to be jointly
employed by the farmer and the labor
contractor or crew leader when the
farmer has the power to direct, control
or supervise their work or to deter
mine the pay rates or method of
Postmaster
Drops A Line
To the Editor:
I want to assure our customers that
employees of the Cumming Post Office
are moving Christmas mail • with
dispatch and that we fully expect to
complete every delivery by Christmas
Eve. The energy crisis may impose
some added unforseen burdens.
Nonetheless, with broad public
cooperation, we expect to make this the
best mailing Christmas in recent
memory.
To help us meet this goal, we are
urging our customers to mail first class
Christmas cards, letters and packages
earlier than usual, by no later than
Saturday. Airmail letters and packages
should be posted by December 15.
We are concerned with occasional fuel
shortages for both inter and intracity
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south of Cumming.
Hubert Smith, about 35, of Route 5,
Cumming, and his wife Montez Smith,
were charged with aggravated assault in
connection with the shooting.
Sheriff Pirkle said an additional
charge of murder has been lodged
against Smith following Hyde’s death.
The Sheriff said Mrs. Smith remains
charged with aggravated assault.
Forsyth Board of Education, M.L.
“Shorty” Hamby; The Forsyth Sheriff’s
Department; Radio Station WSNE;
Atlanta television station WQXI’s Rise
and Shine Show; The Forsyth County
News and the many entertainers who
provided their talents free for the show.
The Chief also thanked the many
women in the county who donated cakes
which sold for a total profit of S3OO. Five
cakes alone netted SIOO.
In other news from the volunteer
department, Chief Moore announced
that 18 new volunteers signed up from
the Silver City area. The volunteers will
allow for an additional sub-station to be
erected in the north part of the county.
The Chief said a new substation is also
being erected in the Brandywine area
and the foundation work is expected to
start this week on the Young Deer Creek
area station.
and Coal Mountain will be billed
simultaneously for water used in
October and November.
All bills due to be paid by Dec. 15 and
Dec. 30 will be a few days late. The city is
asking people to try and pay the bills by
Dec. 29.
The DOT’S request for bids call for
construction of 1.079 miles of passing
lanes on U.S. 19. The contract will call
for completion of the work in 70 available
days.
payment.
—where a farmer and a contractor or
crew leader are joint employers of
farm laborers, each is responsible for
maintaining and preserving the
required records. Duplicate records
are not required, but if no records
exist, one or all of the “employers”
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Chamber Notice
Will all Chamber of Commerce
members who received questionaires by
mail, please complete and return to
Headquarters so that the “PLAN FOR
PROGRESS FOR 1974” can be im
plemented without delay.
Your cooperation is greatly ap
preciated.
mail transport. To date, trucks and
trains, and most planes, are moving with
our mail. But periodically shortages do
occur. We are also aware that airlines
may not add their usual complement of
extra Christmas • flights, flights which
traditionally help carry the extra
volume of Chirstmas mail.
I am bringing these facts to your at
tention with the hope that your
newspaper will join with us in helping to
encourage customers to mail their
Christmas cards, letters and packages
earlier.
So, please help the Postal Service
bring Christmas a little earlier than
usual—mail earlier, by December 8, or
December 15, if by airmail.
William A. Housley
Postmaster
Lingerfelt Guilty Again
In Twin Deputy Killing
A Forsyth County jury deliberated
more than seven and one-half hours
Thursday before reaching a guilty
verdict against James Lingerfelt,
charged with the double murders of
C. D. Corn Is New Chairman
Of Ga. Mountains Plan Board
Towns County Commissioner C. D.
Corn, newly elected Chairman of the
Georgia Mountains Planning and
Development Commission, called for
continued support from commission
members at the GMPDC’s tenth annual
meeting.
Corn, who will replace John Foster of
Cornelia, thanked all persons present for
their interest and participation during
previous years, and asked for similar
support during 1974.
Other officers of the commission for
’74 are: Frank Roberts, Dawson County;
Charles Welch, Forsyth County; John
Foster, Habersham County; Mattie
Moon, Henry Waters and Randolph
Waters, Hall County; Lee Carter, Hart
County, Newt Rice, Stephens County.
Both Executive Director Sam Dayton
and 1973 Chairman John Foster spoke to
the over 200 in attendance on the ac
Christmas Is
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SANTA WILL VISIT WITH CHILDREN IN THE CITY’S FESTIVELY DECORATED GAZEBO
Santa Claus Here Friday
Santa Claus is coming to town.
Santa will ride into Ctimming on a fire
truck Friday night at 7 for the city’s
annual tree lighting.
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1973
Forsyth County chief deputy Bill Can
trell and special deputy Larry Mulkey.
The jury returned to an almost empty
courtroom at 4:30 p.m. to report an 11 to
1 vote. After further deliberation, the
tivities of the commission. Major topics
included the growth of the commission,
the auto salvage program, a new
Forsyth County High School Soccer
Team opened Region play Monday with
a 3-2 victory over Paulding County at
Dallas, Ga.
Paulding jumped to a 2-0 lead with
goals in the first and third quarters. The
Dogs got two goals in the third quarter
by Gary Barrow and Eddie Pruitt.
The go ahead goal was scored in the
Christmas music and carols will be
played and sung by the First Baptist
Church Choir and the Red Peppers band
from Forsyth County High School.
Soccer Bulldogs
Off And Kicking
guilty verdict and two life term sen
tences were reached at 6 p.m.
Court was convened Monday in the
gymnasium at the old upper elementary
school in Cumming because the Forsyth
regional data processing center, human
resources projects and an upcoming
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fourth quarter by Marc Blocker. The win
puts FCHS with a 1-1 record overall and
a 1-0 record in the North Georgia Region.
The one loss was to Riverside 2-1 in
double overtime. Jon Trammel scored
for the Dogs.
Members of the Soccer Team are: Jon
Trammel, Marc Blocker, Terri Otts,
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On The Way
City employes have been busy this
week placing holiday decorations around
the square in preparation for Santa’s
visit.
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courthouse has been destroyed by fire.
But Judge Marion T. Pope Jr. decided
to move the case to the Cherokee County
courthouse in Canton after the jury was
selected because the acoustics in the
gym were bad.
Both counties are in the Blue Ridge
Circuit.
The jury was housed in a motel at
Canton during the trial.
Lingerfelt and two others, Charles
Bennett, 28, former Buford policeman,
and Marcus Wayne Ratledge, 25, of East
Point, had been convicted earlier in the
Jan. 10, 1972, killings of deputies.
The Georgia Supreme Court ordered a
new trial for Lingerfelt on the grounds
that inadmissable evidence was used in
the first trial, in 1972.
The Supreme Court Thursday also
reduced a death sentence given Bennett
in the same case, since capital punish
ment was not on the books when Bennett
was sentenced April 12, 1972.
Bennett was the only one sentenced to
death in the case.
Investigators said the deputies were
killed when they discovered a burglary
in progress at a Cumming golf club.
Their bodies were found stuffed into the
trunk of the patrol car.
George Lawrence, Eatonton, special
prosecutor for the state, assisted Blue
Ridge Judicial Circuit District Attorney
C.B. Holcomb and Assistant District
Attorney 8.8. Robertson.
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Santa is to visit with youngsters at the
gazebo behind city hall. Pictures will be
taken of children as they chat with the
jolly elf.
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