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DEDICATED TO THE PROGRESS OF CUMMING AND FORSYTH COUNTY CUMMING, GEORGIA fffaw ,-v v? Kl WmmSSSSm •«■ ' ♦- ~ . v . ,■; ; I ; y>l ' . Marina Access Road Sought IjlppK; % s ■-.; : '*X| '•’ ■■ Forsyth Participates In Training Program Forsyth County will participate in a manpower training program of more than $1 million beginning with the fiscal year July 1. The Georgia Mountains 13-county Manpower Training Committee met Monday at Dahlonega and voted to contract with the Georgia Department of Labor and the Pioneer CEAS, composed of school superintendants, to administer the program. Each of the counties will receive its pro-rated share of the funds based on State Crews Begin Work State Highway Dept, crews Monday began marking the old Buford Road for grading, preliminary to construction of a new state-aid road from the city limits of Cumming to Lanier Village Shopping Center. Ministers Reassigned Five Cumming Area United Methodist ministers were reassigned at the recent Georgia Conference in Atlanta, and one new appointment was made. The new pastor is the Rev. T. L. Kirby, who will serve Midway Church. The Rev. James Luke, who was the previous pastor, was assigned as associate pastor at Sandy Springs Church in Atlanta. Reassignments are the Rev. Bob Bowling, Cumming Church, the Rev. Paul Raines, Shiloh Church; the Rev. Stewart Jackson, Bethelview, the Rev. Lane Stokes, New Hope and the Rev. Gaylon Beard, Cumming Circuit. ADDITIONAL RIGHT-OF-WAY SOUGHT ...for marina access road’s approval. Ford Gravitt, Cumming mayor, said the two-phase program will cost $150,000, all in state funds, with no cost to the city. “The city has been involved for about two years in acquiring the rights-of way,” Gravitt said. “We accepted the responsibility of acquiring the rights both in the city and county. The two bodies will share responsibility for relocating fences where necessary. All preliminary engineering work has been completed. “We feel the construction will be invaluable to the people of Cumming, not only as a route to the shopping center, but as an access road to Hwy. 19 and the Buford Hwy." The county is negotiating with the state for construction of a traffic light at the Buford Hwy. and 19. At most points, the right-of-way will be 80 feet. Gravitt said that in some cases where the road came too close to existing buildings, the state has approved a 60- foot right-of-way. Work is expected to begin within a few weeks. TUP FORSYTH vtiflfg 1 nil COUNTY nJu w 9 VOLUME LXVII BALD RIDGE MARINA AWAITS ...approval of multi-million expansion. population and need. Employment on public works will be furnished to out-of-school and in-school youths. Adult training programs will be available for the unemployed and the under-employed. An important part of the program will be job skill training through vocational schools, to provide trained labor in any specific industrial needs, such as new industries moving into an area. Dr. John Owens of North Georgia College is chairman of the committee. County commissioners will continue an attempt to secure rights-of-way for an access road from the 400 interchange to Bald Ridge Marina, a construction job estimated at $345,000, with no cost to taxpayers of Forsyth County. Thursday the commissioners met in a special session and worked out acquisition of a 60-foot right-of-way on the eight-tenths of a mile stretch. However, Monday they were informed by Don Nicholson of the Georgia Mountain Planning and Development District, that the State Highway Department will not approve the road Four Additional Candidates Offer Four additional candidates for public office qualified before the noon dateline last Wednesday. Two men, J. Lanier Bannister, the incumbent, and Joel Webb, businessman and farmer, tossed their hats into the ring for Post 1, county board of com missioners. Johnny Stone, an insurance agent, and Edsel Orr, a farmer, qualified for Posts 1 and 2, respectively, on the Forsyth County board of education. Webb is also president of the Cumming Special Court Session Opens Monday Two cases are on the docket for a special session of Superior Court start ing Monday. They are the State versus Carl Turner, two counts, and the State versus Forsyth County Sheriff Donald Pirkle, eleven counts. A third case, the State versus R. L. Garrett, who was charged with burglary, was on the docket, but Garrett escaped from the Cherokee County jail, where he was being held. m J mm* * v . fifHH WEDNESDAY, JUNE 19, 1974—PAGE 23 Development Co. Bannister is in the insurance business. Also seeking office are Dayton Allen, Post 1, board of commissioners; Kermit Karr and J. Garston Green, Post 3, board of commissioners; E. Harold Glover, Post 1, school board; and Dow Vaughn Sr., Post 2, school board. In addition, ten men are seeking the office of member of the Forsyth County Democratic Executive Committee. Bannister is secretary of the committee. A decision by Superior Court Judge Marion T. Pope on motions to dismiss the 11 criminal indictments against Pirkle by the defense attorney is pen ding. Pirkle is facing ten theft charges, stemming from paychecks issued to a man whose brother was serving time in jail, and allowing a prisoner to escape, based on the release of Jimmy Dean Hester from county jail while he was SURVEYORS, ENGINEERS PLAN GRADING ...for new road from city limits to Hwy. 19. Bald Ridge Marina Plans Expansion Approval of a multi-million dollar expansion program for the Bald Ridge Marina is pending with the U. S. Corps of Engineers. If approved, work on the first phase, improvement of dock facilities, is slated to begin immediately. Carol Avery, the Marina secretary, said that all changes on government owned land, even cutting a tree, must be approved by the Corps. The expansion program, scheduled for completion in three to five years, provides for a Marina Museum, a con vention center, a skating and ice skating without rights-of-way of 100 feet. A 70 per cent grant from the Appalachian Access Roads program would go into the construction, matched by 30 per cent in state funds. The road, which is the most heavily traveled in the county, would be straightened where there are hazardous curves, and widened. The existing road is on a 40-foot right of way. Leading directly to the Bald Ridge Marina, it is traveled yearly by thousands of cars, many of them pulling boats and trailers. rink and fun center, a restaurant, a cottage area, a ship’s store built over the water, and a youth camp where water front safety would be stressed. The Marina, second largest on Lake Lanier, is on 45 land acres of government property, all of which lies within Forsyth County. A percentage of funds derived from concessions is paid to the Corps, which returns a part to the county. In addition, the Marina pays personal property tax on its inventory, a bill which amounted to more than $3,000 last year. “In 1973,” Mrs. Avery said, “over 200,000 visitors came to Bald Ridge. With the expansion program, we can expect Top of THE NEWS Voter R egistration Closes Friday The final day for voter’s registration in Forsyth County is Friday, 8.8. Wallace, ordinary, reminds residents today. Persons who are 18 or over should go to the board of registrars’ office in the courthouse. There is no residency July 4th Parade Plans Complete The Forsyth County Steam Engine Association met Monday at the Pioneer Restaurant. Donald Long, president, said plans were completed for the Fourth of July Parade, which will start Chamber Joins Industrial Group The Cumming Chamber of Commerce has been accepted into membership in the Georgia Industrial Developers Association, and the executive director, Ken Cree, and other members will at tend the meeting to be held July 8 at the held in connection with the courthouse fire. Hester was later convicted of arson and sentenced to two 10-year terms in prison. Turner has two charges against him, hindering the punishment of a criminal and transporting Hester to Gainesville, where he was interviewed by a radio commentator. Both charges were brought in March. NUMBER 25 up to 500,000 within three years.” At the present time, the Marina has 600 docking slips, most of them covered. Boats up to 58 feet can be docked. Parts and services are offered, and there is also a public launching pad, which is free, Also included are a houseboat dealership and a ship’s store that sells casual clothing and variety items. “We have a payroll of 38,” Mrs. Avery said, “and 37 are residents of Forsyth County. We expect that number to be increased to 150 when the expansion program is completed. We expect a dramatic increase in public usage when 400 is completed.” requirement. Forsyth County must hold this re registration because fire destroyed the original records. Friday will be the last day to register to be eligible to vote in the general primary Aug. 13. at 10 a.m. A picture story about the origin and history of the steam engine parade may be found on the inside of The News. Georgia Power Building in Atlanta. The association allows complete in tegration of the industrial development community for the state, and an op portunity for an exchange of ideas on industrial development problems. Southern Bell Asks PSC For Rate Hike Southern Bell Telephone Company Friday filed a petition with the Georgia Public Service Commission designed to produce $81.5 million additional in trastate gross revenues in Georgia, vice president Jasper Dorsey announced. Dorsey said, “Increased rates are necessary because of increased costs of providing service and financing required facilities.” Included in this is a proposal intended to reduce the large and rapidly in creasing volume of calls to Directory Assistance operators for telephone numbers and to place the bulk of the high and increasing costs of providing this service on customers who use it. If the PSC approves the Directory Assistance charge plan, this proposal would reduce the overall gross revenue needs to about 170 million from $81.5 million. With a Directory Assistance charge all regular business and residence customer lines would cost 60 cents less per month than if DA charges are not approved. This reduction in basic monthly rates equals the estimated net savings that Southern Bell expects from its proposed plan of letting heavy users bear the bulk of the cost. “This is a stop designed to keep basic monthly charges for telephone service as low as possible,” Dorsey said. Also, under the plan, each customer would be given an allowance of three “free” calls monthly per regular telephone line and would be charged 20 cents each for calls over and above this allowance. Southern Bell estimates the large majority of customers, under present usage, would not have to pay any Directory Assistance charge under its proposal. Directory Assistance calls from handicapped persons, coin telephones, Continued On Page Vt 15 CENTS PER COPY TELEPHONE 887 3i27i