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By Virginia Woodward
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Established 1908
JIM COSEY— PUBLISHER, EDITOR
HARRIET WOODALL ADVERTISING MANAGER
VIRGINIA WOODWARD NEWS EDITOR
by T H e Forsyth Count V News Company. Second Class Postage
paid at. Post Office in Cummmg, Georgia under Act of March Bth in 1897. Subscription rates
"? and o,her Geor 9 ,a counties, $5.15 per year, including State Sales Tax; out-of
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“We, the people of the United States, in order
to form a more perfect Union, establish
Justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide
for the common defense, promote the general
welfare and secure the blessings of liberty to
ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and
establish this constitution of the United States
of America.”
Traffic Solution Near
Anyone who has been unfortunate enough to
leave Lanier Village on Saturday afternoon,
knows he has two alternatives: to wait in
terminably at the exits on Hwy. 19 South while
traffic flows in an almost constant stream, or
return to Cumming by way of the old Buford
Road, or the Old Atlanta Highway.
It is easy to gain access to the Old Buford
Road, because the potholes, the narrow
roadbed, and the caved in shoulders have
made it an unpleasant and hazardous route to
follow.
Last week the city of Cumming, through the
Mayor, announced that work will start soon on
an improved highway from West Maple St., not
only to the shopping center, but to the Buford
Road. After months of negotiations the city
acquired rights-of-way that range from 60 to 80
feet. State surveyors marked the center line
for the road, and the boundary lines, and the
Letter To The Editor
Editor: The Forsyth County News
Cumming, Ga.
It would be greatly appreciated if your paper
would run this letter explaining the reasons for
discontinuing my County Commission News
articles. Many people over the county are
much disturbed over this as they believe that it
is some plot to cut off information not usually
available. This is not the case and I would want
the people of this county to know that the News
and myself are fully in agreement that it would
not be proper for me to continue writing this
column during the campaign. It would violate
the Fairness Doctrine and would highly
sustain any complaint that might be made by
the other people in the Commission race.
It has been my pleasure to have worked with
this paper for almost 1% years in providing up
to date information concerning the operation of
Forsyth county. The paper has been most
cooperative and, even when there was a dif
ference in opinion between the editor and
myself, this difference was always handled in
a proper manner. My position, as expressed to
the editor, dealt with the fact that he was en
titled to his opinion and me to my own. We
operated on the basis that any editoral highly
critical of my viewpoint in any article was in'
order. I reserved the right to come back with
the reasons for my opinions and then let the
readers of this paper make their own
decisions. I can’t recall any occasion in which
an editorial was unduly critical of my opinions.
Of course, being human, I erred on occasion.
In closing, I would hope that the people
understand that the management of this paper
and myself are not in any wrangle or
disagreement. I have offered to work with
them as a county official to provide them with
any information concerning county govern
'Henry M Y HERO !'
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JUNE 26, 1974
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CUMMING, GEORGIA
30130
There follows the establishment of the
branches of government, the legislative
consisting of the Senate and Congress, the
judicial, the courts, and the executive, the
President of the United States, and the powers
invested in each, with provision for the Bill of
Rights and Amendments, to insure freedom of
decision for all future generations.
area is ready for grading.
On the same day Forsyth County Com
missioners were arranging relocation of fences
that impinge on the new rights-of-way.
The State Highway Department will ad
vertise for bids for the construction, at an
estimated cost of $150,000, at an early date.
When a bid is accepted, work will begin almost
immediately.
One problem still faces the county, an
adequate traffic light at the intersection of the
Buford Highway and Highway 19, where at
present a traffic tie-up is inevitable.
With the increased traffic projected for the
Buford Road from Cumming to Lanier Village,
the problem will become even more acute.
Both roads are state highways, and the ball
has been tossed to the Highway Department
to resolve the problem at the intersection.
ment. This information will be given and I
would hope that the paper would report it as
news when it is newsworthy. I have truly en
joyed trying to provide all your readers with
factual information concerning our county in
which might be helpful to you in understanding
the operation of our county government.
Thanks again to the News for their interest in
our county,
Sincerely,
-s- Lanier
J. Lanier Bannister
Comm. Post No. 1
Community
On The Move
It is well known that a community cannot
stand still. It grows, or like old generals, fades
away. Cumming and Forsyth County has
established a pattern of growth.
To make that growth as orderly and as
productive as possible, the Chamber of
Commerce has formed an industrial
development committee, civic minded
volunteers who will work with qualified in
dustries seeking new locations.
The United States Chamber of Commerce
has established some facts that indicate that
growth is good.
Benefits derived from each 100 new workers
include 351 more people, 79 more school
children, $1,036,000 more personal income per
year, 97 more families, $490,000 more bank
deposits, one more retail establishment, 68
more employes in non-manufacturing jobs and
$565,000 more retail sales.
The Chamber of Commerce Committee will
serve, in a way, as a watchdog to see that this
area realizes the ultimate in those benefits.
In the summer in my teenage years I often
spent time at Epworth Park, the Methodist
campground in Ohio where a three month
revival was conducted.
The cabins were two storied and unpainted
or with peeling white paint. The downstairs
served as a large meeting room and kitchen,
and the upstairs consisted of stark dor
mitories. All plumbing facilities were outside,
and you stood in line and washed up in a bowl
by the kitchen door. To fill the bowl, you
primed the rusty old pump with a cup of water,
then pumped furiously until a thin stream of
water began to flow.
Some of the larger cottages were owned by
affluent families in the river towns, and were
loaned or rented to their families for two week
vacations.
Others were campground owned, and rented
to organizations such as the Blue triangle, a
YWCA high school club, Epworth League
groups and the Campfire Girls.
The high spot of the summer was the ap
pearance of Billy Sunday and his golden voiced
song leader, Robespier (was it Harry)? For
those two weeks cabins were rented for years
*OurN«u> l :diTor"
SETTLING INTO a new community and new
job is probably one of the most challenging
tasks a person can undertake.
But, here I am!
As the famous matrimonial vows go, “For
better or worse,” it looks like you’re stuck with
me.
I’M SURE you want to know all about me
since my face is totally unfamiliar. So here
goes
I’m 30 years old. Now, right away those of
you under that infamous figure wiU jump to
conclusion that I can’t be trusted. And you over
that age may say that I’m settled and that will
be good.
Well, to be totally honest, I’m one of those
people who gets younger every year. About the
trusting part, you’ll just have to make up your
own mind about that.
I was bom in the small middle Georgia town
of Butler. It’s one of those places that is nice to
be from. My parents still live there and it’s
nice to visit, but that’s all!
Following graduation from high school, I
moved to the big city of Atlanta. And you know
what happens to small town boys who go to the
big city. I went to Georgia State University and
earned a degree in journalism. That may have
been one of the biggest mistakes of my life.
I went into the world of newspapering with
the idea of taking on everybody, but learned
very fast that things just don’t work that way.
I WENT to work in Warner Robins, Ga. for
The Warner Robins Sun, which was a semi
weekly paper, which later became a daily. I
learned everything I know under one of the
best newspapermen in the world, Foy Evans,
in advance, the occupants tended to be older,
and dress more austere.
You sat on hard benches without backs,
under a huge tent. Cardboard fans, held in
white cotton gloved hands, were hypnotic in
their uniform motion, but useless in com
batting the oppressive heat that fairly shim
mered under the tent.
After Billy Sunday had gone things were
more relaxed. I remember one year when the
Blue Triangle rented a cottage for a week. You
lived, without privacy, with about 20 of your
peers and two chaperones in the most
primitive conditions.
There was another side of the picture. It was
obligatory to fall in love.
My most tragic year was the one
in which I fell in love with my fourth cousin. Ha
was blond, with wavy hair, and totally un
scrupulous. He rowed me to the most remote
cove in Bethesa Lake, but another boater had
the same idea, and there was nothing to do but
row back to the dock, for the boat was rented
for only an hour. I never really knew what he
had in mind, but I thought I did. I know he
never asked me out again.
JIM COSEY
who is currently president of The Georgia
Press Association.
I started out as news editor, made it to
managing editor, then was given the “ikky”
title of executive editor.
But, here I am in Forsyth County and looking
forward to getting to know everybody and
getting totally involved in all aspects of the
community.
I HAVE a wife of almost 13 years and a
daughter who is seven going on 18. Her name is
Valori, but we call her “Charlie”. You’ll be
hearing a lot about her later, cause I kinda like
her and you can bet she’s always got
something going.
I HAVE varied interests which might give
you some insight into my world. I love music
(all types) including all the modem rock stuff.
But, classical music also has a place in my
record library.
I’m crazy about the theatre and have done
some little theatre work in the past. live en
tertainment really “sends me” and there’s
nothing better than seeing a good show.
Pets and I don’t get along too well. Dogs are
okay, but those slinky cats drive me up the
wall. I’m scared of the dentist and don’t like
shots.
I love high school kids and am extremely
jealous of their energy and knowledge.
NOW THAT you have a small insight into
what makes me tick, I’d like to invite
everybody to drop by The News office and let’s
get acquainted. The only way I can learn of
what’s happening in Cumming and Forsyth
County is with your cooperation.
We wore middys and pleated skirts that
summer, with huge hair bows at the nape of the
neck. The width and crispness of the bow in
dicated the financial status of the wearers, and
jealousy was rampant as we stood before
mirrors, tying each other’s bows before going
downstairs to meet our dates.
The evening’s entertainment was simple. If
we could escape the chaperones, we wandered
hand in hand under the trees to the soda parlor
for whatever sweet concoction our date could
afford. Even then I wasn’t home free. My Aunt
Annie lived in town, and my mother always
visited here when I was at the park. I tried to
be wary, but too often I missed the rustle of
their long skirts on the flagstones, and was
spotted and sent back to the park.
If we had to, we swung gently back and forth
in the swings on the porch, or sat in cushions on
the steps, sipping lemonade that was cooled
with ice that had been cut from the lake in the
winter and stored in the rotting old ice house in
town.
At the end of the camp we would leave,
vowing to come back always. But you really
can’t go back, can you?
Don’t hesitate to call and let me know of
your ideas.
I’m looking forward to getting to know you
and working in the community. Without people
working together, there can be no future. And,
we certainly want to make sure that Cumming
and Forsyth continues to grow and prosper.
This and That
FLAT ROCK, N.C.—The home of Carl
Sandburg-Pultizer Prize-winning poet, was
formally given to the public recently.
The 136-year-old, 240 acre farm, Connemara,
south of Asheville, has been restored to the
way it was in the 50’s, when Sandburg lived
there.
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Election reforms
have been voted in 21 states during 1974. Much
of the reform deals with conflicts of interest
laws and laws relating to the conduct of
elections.
In many limited campaigns spending and
strict accounting of expenditures are
regulated.
LEBANON, N.J.—The American Freedom
Train in Lebanon will send a red, white and
blue train loaded with exhibits covering the
history of the United States in 1975 and 1976,
including the final draft of the Declaration of
Independence.
Separate cars will be devoted to the
American Revolution, westward expansion,
immigrations, inventions, sports, music and
art.