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Nostalgia’s Easy:lt’s Now That Hurts
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Lanierland
By Virginia Woodward
By VIRGINIA WOODWARD
Nostalgia is easily come by. To write, in
retrospect, one’s private and personal
idiosyncracies, is a simple and enjoyable task.
It is something else to look, with an objective
eye, at one’s current life and risk the cold
breath of disapproval. I find it, after con
sideration, worthwhile to share experiences
and inclinations with those who by misfortune
are my peers; the women who are alone.
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Controls Too Tight?
The American Association of
Fund-Raising Councils has issued
a report giving the American peo
ple high marks for charity. Phil
anthropic giving reached a new
high of $24.5 billion last year, up
8.9 per cent over 1972 and well
over twice the amount of giving in
1964. With all the problems of in
flation and economic uncertain
ties, Americans are still finding it
in their hearts and their pocket
books to support the myriad
charities and foundations which
could not get along without them.
The good produced in our socie
ty by these contributions is too
vast to catalog. It ranges all the
way from work at the neighbor
hood level by United Way organi
zations to the funding of major
programs in research, education,
health and the arts by foundations
with corporate sponsorship.
It appears that private founda
tions are weathering the impact of
legislation enacted in 1969 which
sought to curb abuse of the tax-ex
empt status by foundations de
voted to doubtful purposes. Offi
cials of the Council on Founda
tions, which represents more than
600 organizations, say the legisla
tion has had an over-all good ef
fect but there are still members of
Congress who think the govern
ment should hold a tighter rein on
foundation activities.
The Senate Finance Committee
last year set up a new Founda
tions Subcommittee to pursue that
very line. Sen. Vance Hartke, the
Indiana Democrat who is its
chairman, has voiced the opinion
that foundations ought to be re
quired to show they are working
Look To Child’s Safety
More families will be on the road during the
next two months than at any time during the
year, and their primary concern should be with
the safety of the children.
In 1973, more than 980 children under five
died in auto crashes, while an estimated 155
suffered significant injuries. Yet the U.S. Dept,
of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic
Safety Administration notes that countless
American youngsters are being transported
every day in automobiles without the
protection of any restraint at all.
The adults who make this decision for their
young passengers should know first that they
are subjecting the youngsters to a high risk of
injury in case of sudden stops or crash
situations.
The NHTSA has advised that the new, three
point belt systems required in 1974 passenger
cars offer improvements for protecting some
child passengers. However, for children under
five years of age, it recommends special child
restraint equipment such as child seats, child
harnesses or infant carriers.
For children over five, the NHTSA advises,
when the adult three-point system is used, that
if the shoulder belt does not fit properly it be
tucked behind him and the lap belt alone used.
Proper fit is defined as positioned firmly
across the chest and shoulder, not cutting
across the neck, face or head.
Dr. James B. Gregory, NHTSA ad
In spite of Virginia Wolff, I have never met a
woman alone who, in her most intimate circles,
will say she likes it. Admittedly there is
something to be said for the independence
enjoyed, and about one-tenth of it is even true.
To be able to go and come as you like would
be fine if there werey any purpose in going. To
be obligated to please no one but yourself is the
epitomy of freedom, but hardly stimulating
JUNE 19, ,974 CUMMING, GEORGIA
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to produce beneficial “social
change” in order to qualify for
their tax-exempt status.
Most of them would probably
have no trouble qualifying, but
foundations would lose their very
nature as private institutions if
they have to fit their philanthropic
programs to a government pre
scription subject to change
without notice of what is benefi
cial.
Melvin D. Brewer, chairman of
the Association of Fund-Raising
Councils, says some members of
Congress are advancing the idea
that since contributions to private
charities and foundations are tax
deductible, they represent money
which the government otherwise
would have and therefore the gov
ernment should decide how the
money is spent
Nothing would snuff out the
charitable impulse, in many
Americans more quickly than
having foundations and charities
begin taking instructions from the
same government that has spent
billions on “social” programs that
cost too much and often miss the
target by a mile.
The tangible contribution which
private philanthropy is making to
our society is too precious to be
jeopardized by more federal rules
and guidelines for maintaining
tax-exempt status. The money
given freely and voluntarily by
Americans to the causes of their
choice must be kept outside the
embrace of Washington or many
Americans will simply stop
giving.
ministrator, said that parents must make an
intelligent choice between meeting Federal
safety standards or the use of the automobile’s
adult seat belt system. “Good protection is
available,” he said, “in a wide variety of child
car seats, in child harnesses and infant
carriers.”
And all vehicle passengers...adults and
children alike...should always use a restraint
system for maximum protection when riding
in any motor vehicle.
This and That
Wheelchair Lobbyists During the 1974
sessions of the Florida Legislature, a Vietnam
veteran, 31, paralyzed by wounds, and a former
workman, 30, crippled by an on-the-job ac
cident, lobbied to ban discrimination based on
physical or mental handicaps, and for parking
laws favorable to them. They were successful
in getting eight bills passed.
U.S. Asks AFL-CIO re Loans The federal
Department admits it regularly asks the
AFUCIO its opinion of rural industrial loan
applications. The union vetoed, for instance, a
loan applied for by “a manufacturer con
sidered by the Textile Workers to be anti
union.” Someone should blow the whistle on,
this unfair piactice.
And to live in an aura of peace and quiet is
wonderful, until it becomes vacuous.
There are outlets for the woman alone, and
she can take her pick. For instance, she can
enter into club work. This is an ennervating
approach if she goes into it full scale.
After pruning and cultivating the roses at
dawn, she can take off for her garden club with
an armful of prize blossoms. For luncheon, she
can meet with the committee for the
restoration of an annual Shakespearean
festival, and after an afternoon of bridge have
time only for a cold sandwich and a glass of
milk until it is time to dash off for an exciting
evening with the Literary Group for the study
of the Celtic Renaissance.
By that time, she is too tired to do anything
but fall asleep, that is if she can get the sound
of a dozen chattering female voices out of her
ears.
She can turn into a do-gooder, which is
more rewarding if she’s staunch enough to
take the emotional exhaustion inevitable for
those untrained in the clinical approach. Here
Copley Newspapers
Rubber Shortage
Was Acute Then
The following item is taken from June 17,
1943 edition of The Forsyth County News:
“Make Those Tires Last, says Jeffers”
Rubber Director William Jeffers says it will
be one more year before we are “over the
hump” in the rubber shortage. THEREFORE
we must more than ever observe the rules of
tire care. For example, DON’T BUMP
CURBS! WATCH YOUR SPEED on those
SHARP CORNERS! Precious tread rubber is
ground off by fast turning. Have your TIRES
INSPECTED regularly by your dealer. He will
spot signs of trouble. PROPER INFLATION is
one of the secrets of long tire life. Check yours
at least every week.
When your tires are completely worn, turn
them in for reclaiming: Remember TWO OLD
TIRES equal ONE JEEP TIRE, TWO INNER
TUBES equal THREE HEAVY ARMY GAS
MASKS.”
The following items are taken from June 16,
1960 edition of The Forsyth County News:
“Mr. Lawrence Gordon was elected
President of Cumming Jaycee’s...”
“Mr. and Mrs. Lanier Richard, Worthy
Patron and Worthy Matron of Cumming
Chapter No. 346, OES with Mr. Will H.
McLaran, Past Grand Patron, left Sunday to
attend the Grand Chapter Convention of the
Order of the Eastern Star in Macon, Georgia.”
“Miss Jane Carroll of Cumming received a
cash award at the North Georgia College
Honors Night Program recently for placing
Second in the Annual Speech Contest. Jane is a
Sophomore at the College and is majoring in
Home Economics. She is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. D.B. Carroll.”
“Governor Vandiver has appointed Roy P.
Otwell, Sr. as a Georgia Delegate to the
Democratic National Convention which will
meet in Los Angeles, California in July. Mr.
Otwell was a delegate to the Democratic
National Convention in 1956 which met in
Chicago and has attended several Democratic
Conventions as a Georgia delegate prior to
1956.”
“The Day Camp sponsored by the Kiwanis
Back
When?
Norma Weber
too, she runs the risk of being a frightful pest to
all of her friends, who she is bound to try to
enlist.
The most remunerative, and in my case
essential, escape is to throw yourself into your
job. But the work day still ends, and
there’s Saturday and Sunday to get through
before you go back into the world. Of course,
you could scrub and clean, but why? You can
bake and cook all sorts of things, and throw
them out Sunday night while your heart is
heavy.
You can be interested in everything around
you, keep abreast of the news and well-read.
But yom- knowledge is your own, with no one to
share in the pleasure it gives you.
Days go by, and you do just fine at thinking
you have a heck of a good life. Then all of a
sudden you hear a tune, or a Harvest Moon
smiles through the window, and you realize
what loneliness can be.
We can’t escape it. Most of the world passes
by two by two and no matter what we do we
must face it: we’re out of the parade.
Club will open on June 27 at 8:30 and close on
July Bth, with a Water Carnival and display of
Craft work done during the camp. The ac
tivities will close each day with a free swim for
all. Mrs. Polly Gravitt will be in charge of pre
schoolers. Elaine Bagley, Basket Ball and
“Gym” activities. Remelba Bramblett, Arts,
crafts, Linda Curtis, Secretary, assisting in
swimming and basket ball. Sam and D.B.
Carroll, Basketball, Ping Pong and
Archery... The camp fee is 75 cents per day.
Coach Bryan Craft will teach swimming...”
The following items are taken from June 15,
1967 edition of The Forsyth County News:
“Miss Grace Buice was selected as The
Teacher of The Week. She taught sth and 6th
grades at Sharon during the school year just
ended.”
“The Senior Beta Club of Chestatee High
School sponsored the organization of a Junior
Beta Club, composed of twenty seventh and
eighth grade students. The Junior Beta Club
officers were installed by the Senior Beta of
ficers at an impressive ceremony. Junior Beta
Club officers are Nolan Floyd, treasurer, Hilda
Sewell secretary, Marie Chambers, vice
president, and Terry Mayfield, president.
Senior officers are Herman Jones, president,
Cathy Castleberry, vice president, Vicki
Bennett, secretary and Linda Garner,
treasruer.”
The following items are taken from June 22,
1967 edition of The Forsyth County News:
“Dedication of the completed Marbury
Creek Watershed project in Barrow County
will take place... June 30 at Winder...
Planning to attend the festivities of
dedication are Leon Boling, Ralph Kirby, Dr.
Marcus Mashburn, Jr., Everette Bettis, Royce
Samples, Paris Bennett, Vic Land, C.C.
Anderson, A.R. Housley, George Ingram, Roy
G. Holtzclaw and J.T. Coots.”
“The city of Cumming will be saluted on
WSB Radio June 27 as the “7-50 Star Com
munity.”
Attention will be focused on the historical,
industrial, business, recreational and other
proud accomplishments of Cumming ac
cording to a station spokesman.”
“Dr. Marcus Mashburn, Sr., was one of the
officials of the Gainesville Association,
Federal Land Bank, attending the Golden
Anniversary Conference of the Association
held at the Hotel Americana in Miami Beach,
Florida recently.”
“Sheriff and Mrs. J. Carroll Tallant attended
the Ninth District meeting of the Sheriff’s
Association held at the Pine Crest Inn in
Canton Tuesday evening.”
Commission
Information
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Editor’s Note: This will be the final column on
“County Commission News” at this time, in
that Commissioner Bannister is a candidate
for re-election to the office.
We are back at our old stand, trying to
present to the people of this county factual
information concerning all our people. It might
be of interest to give some factual background
concerning these columns we have been
presenting for over one year. There doesn’t
appear to be another weekly newspaper in this
state that has an elected official write a
detailed article each week dealing with local
government. The reason for this might lie in
the fact that it takes a nut, such as myself, to
be willing to set himself up for all types of
cranks and also to be placed in a position of
being judged by all the readers. As anyone
familiar with politics knows, it’s never wise to
take a public position, in writing, or critical
and controversial issues. It’s much easier to
tell people something, because you can always
squirm out of what you tell them. It’s im
possible to deny your written statements. This
is the reason why so few successful people in
politics will offer to put themselves in the
position of not being able to deny what they told
their citizens.
You might also like to know that this column
is always available to the other four Com
missioners. It would be my pleasure to have
each of them contribute their own ideas and
state their position on important county
matters. I would be happy to help them
prepare any article that they might care to
have published. This would include articles
critical of myself. Any elected official should
be willing to accept criticism and this
criticism, if justified, should be used to correct
errors made by such public officials. None of
us is perfect, and all elected officials should
strive to better perform their public duties.
At our past Commission meeting, Chm.
Hamby surprised us all by voting to break a 2
and 2 tie vote in which he supported Comm.
Sosebee and myself. This was the first time
that he had ever done this since our very first
meeting on taking office. That vote employed
our present administrator. Would you good
friends and neighbors of Chm. Hamby com
mend him for this action? As you see later on in
this article, this most critical vote will have a
permanent and very important bearing for our
county. It will probably save us thousands and
hundreds of thousands of dollars in future road
maintenance costs.
Now, let us analyze and understand the
importance of the vote of Comm. Hamby in
updating and upgrading our sub-division
regulations. The two key points in this five
item Code change involved buried utilities in
sub-divisions of more than 50 lots, and in
creasing shoulder widths from six to 10 feet.
These are most important, and let’s see why!
This zoning change had gone through our
joint planning board without trouble. It had
gone to public hearing with the largest paving
outfit in this county being present. No op
position was shown. Our county engineer,
recommended it most highly, and had worked
very hard to prepare it. When it (got to us, our
speculator commissioner, wantedno part of it.
He was able to get at least 30 minutes time to
defeat the changes. I don’t exactly know the
reason for this attitude, as the only possible
reason for being opposed to the most desirable
changes would be the cost factor. The
justification used was that it would penalize
the poor by voting for these changes. This isn’t
the case at all, as we poor just “ain’t” about to
be financially able to purchase lots in these
large sub-divisions with all these extra items.
They would involve expenses of lots up to
$15,000 or more. Smaller, more modest sub
divisions, with lots fewer than 50 in number,
would be the place for us people. I would feel
more at home in these smaller, more modest
subdivisions.
The reasons for supporting these changes
are many and varied. They involve having
shoulders on each side of the road wide enough
to bury the power, telephone, water, gas and
cable TV lines and being able to service them
in the future without digging up all the lines. It
is necessary to stay three feet away from the
pavement with utilities in order to prevent
erosion and damage to the pavement. These 10-
feet shoulders will also allow for sidewalks,
bicycle paths and such other items, which
would be needed to keep people out of the
roadway.
During our most unusual discussion on this
subject, I witnessed and taped a person on our
payroll really lobbying with one of our com
missioners to influence his vote. This is highly
irregular and I question the fact that it should
De done. We commissioners should always act
to benefit the entire county, and not to our own
personal benefit. Our greatest problem facing
us tor the next few years involves muzzling the
pure speculators. If we are unable to bridle
them, our taxes will shoot sky-high, our people
°"“ xed incomes ; ill suffer, and the county
ouid be taken completely over by these
money-mad people who have no feeling for the
modest property owner.
In closing, let me continue to ask for your
eip in offering suggestions for operating your
county, your ideas on information yo:i want me
l°™ a ' ch ' and your continuing interest in
orsyth County. All of this is necessary for our
to live t 0 proSper and remain a beautiful place
By J. LANIER
BANNISTER