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DEDICATED TO THE PROGRESS
OF CUMMING AND FORSYTH COUNTY
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WAITING—This young girl was one of many who stood in the wet street of Cumming
last Thursday, waiting for the beginning of the annual July 4th parade. The young
lassie didn’t have to wait too long, as the parade was almost on schedule. Many
mouths were seen hanging open, especially on the faces of the younger parade
viewers, as the old steam engines passed by and another monumental event was
recorded in the pages of Forsyth County. (More pictures of parade and July 4th events
inside pages.)
No Rain On
Our Parade
The early morning rain dampened the
spirits of Forsyth Countians last Thurs
day as they woke up in eager an
ticipation of the big parade
But, the spirits weren’t dampened too
long, as Mr. Sunshine pushed back the
clcuds just at 10 a.m. in time for the flag
waving people who crowded the streets of
Cumming to catch the first glimpse of the
parade.
The town square was cluttered with
Mashburn Mill Turns With Time
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WATER WHEElv—This water wheel at the Mashburn Mill located just off
Sanders Road in Forsyth County is the only one of its kind in the county. The
wheel doesn’t turn much anymore, except when the family requests their own
ground meal. The wheel creaks with age as it turns six times per minute. The
mill was erected at the site in 1940 and is over 100 years old.
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people from far corners of the state and
even a few out-of-staters were seen.
The Fourth of July Steam Engine
Parade, which has become nationally
known, was gteeted with cheers from
onlookers. The parade featured local
ball players, cheerleaders, bands, beauty
queens, horses and riders, clowning
Shriners, floats, political cars and lastly,
but certainly not leastly, the steam
—See BIG, Page 16
Business Rebukes
’Pool Hall’ Closing
The Forsyth County Sheriff’s
Department closed five “pool halls”
throughout the county last Sunday, act
ing under what they declared is a state
law.
The matter was presented to the
Forsyth County Board of Commissioners
at their regular meeting this week when
an attorney for Tony Morgan and Doug
Taylor, owners of Fun And Games, a
game room operation located in Lanier
Village Shopping Center, appeared
before the governing body.
Jane Plaginos, representing the
owners of the shop, told the com
missioners, “Last week the game room
was asked to close at midnight. It’s an
arcade, not a billiard parlor. Young
teenagers have been going out there and
playing the machines. It’s been helping
keep them off the streets,” she said.
The lady attorney added that since the
business had been required to close their
doors at midnight, revenue had dropped
off 25 per cent.
“Last Sunday, two deputies visited the
place of business and said everything
looked all right. They’ve had good
reception from families. We need
something to bring families together.
That place is not a pool hall. The owners
have tried to operate within the rules, but
those rules keep changing,” Mrs.
Plaginos said.
Commissioner Lanier Bannister told
the group that the Forsyth County
Chamber of Commerce and Village
merchants met last Friday and ac
cording to them there’s been more
drinking in that area than ever before.
“Most of the merchants are against that
place,” Bannister added.
He revealed that on July 4th, 13 young
persons had been picked up there by the
Sheriff’s Department on charges of being
drunk. “It seems instead of crime being
reduced, it’s shot up,” he stated.
Bannister continued, “There’s nothing
but kids hanging out there, and they’re
drinking a lot.”
Commissioner Larry Watson in
terrupted the discussion and stated that
he didn’t feel the county commissioners
should get involved. “That’s a Sheriff’s
Department problem.”
Attorney Plaginos retaliated, “We
don’t want to break any rules, we just
want to know what the ground rules are.”
Doug Taylor, one of the owners, told
the county board, “We want to be
recognized as something more than a
pool hall. We have two pool tables in the
building, but more than 25 playing
machines. I can take the pool tables out if
it will make everybody happier. It won’t
hurt my business that much. I just put
them in because young people like to
shoot billiards.”
He added that the business will be
happy to operate under any rules. “It’s
By VIRGINIA WOODWARD
The wheels of the Mashburn Mill in
Forsyth County, like those of the
God’s, grind exceeding slow.. Which
explains the superiority of the old
fashioned water ground com meal it
produces.
Dr. Marcus Mashburn Sr., explains
that the mill he built in the early 1940’s
off the Buford Dam Road is con
structed with such precision that it
will grind only eight bushels an hour.
“The modern mill,” Dr. Mashburn
said, “turns so fast that the stone gets
hot and burns the glucose out of the
corn. That is why the housewife has to
add sugar to her corn meal bread.”
The mill came about because of a
leak in the dam that Dr. Mashburn
built to create a lake on the property
owned by his grandfather. He had
watched a mill at work, and when he
saw the leak, decided it was just the
thing to turn the ponderous wheel.
Along with the mill he built a cabin
on the property and acquired a
millstone from England that had been
the property of his brother-in-law, Ben
Summerour of Norcross.
The millstream was fast, and the
first wooden wheel he installed was
torn apart. Then one day Glen
Thomas, master-mechanic and
craftsman, said he saw an old mill
wheel on a junk pile in North Carolina.
Dr. Mashburn was off to the North
Carolina Hills, where he bought the
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just a place for entertainment, like the
movies,” Taylor stated.
He pointed out that no alcoholic
beverages are sold on the premises and
said, “It’s not mv resoonsibility if there’s
drinking in Forsyth County.”
NEW COURTROOM—Examining the new courtroom facility
for the city’s Recorder’s Court (1-r) are: City Councilman
Quincy Holton, Mayor Pro-tem Rupert Sexton; Mayor Ford
Gravitt, Councilman Lewis Ledbetter, Councilman and Judge
Municipal Building Is
In Front Of Schedule
The new Cumming City Hall should be
ready for occupancy and open for
business within six weeks, according to
Mayor Ford Gravitt.
At the recent city council meeting, the
councilmen were given a tour of the new
facility by Atlanta architect Bert
Millard.
The building should be completed
within two weeks and then the final
touches of paving the parking lot and
landscaping will begin.
The new building features a modern
atmosphere with a colorful interior. The
city hall will house all city ad
ministrative offices plus the Recorder’s
Court, police and fire department offices
and a new city jail. It will feature the
latest in office equipment for city
business.
At the monthly city council meeting,
the council discussed with local store
wheel for $250 and arranged to have it
trucked to Cumming.
The day of the expected arrival the
wheel did not come. The doctor came
into town and questioned the men on
the street as to whether or not they
had seen a stone millwheel. They
pointed the way the wheel had gone
and the doctor took off after his
illusive piece of equipment. He caught
up with it about three miles out of
town and stopped the driver to ask
him where he was taking the wheel.
The answer came, “Some fool doctor
in Cumming bought it, and I’m taking
it there.” The driver, somewhat in his
cups, was turned around and the
wheel delivered.
It took Bill Maxwell of Duluth one
year to complete the assembly job.
Because all the bearings are ball
bearings and the gears are wood, the
mill grinds quietly, as well as slow.
A little later Dr. Mashburn im
ported the man who built and
designed the Calloway Garden Mill to
install a sifter and grit machine.
“About a year later,” Dr. Mashburn
said, “he decided he didn’t have all
my money, so he came back and built
a scouring machine. The corn comes
out of that glistening clean.”
A few years ago the astute
physician deeded 100 acres, including
the lake and the cabin, to his eight
grandchildren, the sons and
daughters of his two sons. Dr. Jim and
Dr. Mark. About the same time he
The owner pointed out that the reason
they were given for being closed at
midnight was due to the state law con
cerning pool halls. “And, we’re not a pool
hall. We’re an arcade,” he stated.
Chief Deputy Dorsey Rogers told the
owners who sell beer and wine, the im
portance of obeying the city ordinance
conerning the sale of beer and wine to
minors.
Several store owners were at the
meeting and told the council they had not
knowingly sold beer and wine to minors.
The council strongly urged the
businessmen to check and make sure all
potential beer and wine buyers are 18 or
over before allowing the sale.
Harry Moseley presented a letter to the
mayor and council requesting a variance
in the city’s ordinance concerning the
time element before a business can sell
beer and wine.
The ordinance reads that a business
must be in operation at least six months
and show a profit of $2,000 before ap
plying for a beer and wine license. It was
revealed that this clause in the ordinance
is to prohibit someone from setting up a
sold land for Hwy. 400 and put the
proceeds into a trust fund that will
maintain the property in the Mash
burn name in perpetua.
Dr. Mashburn has never sold a bag
of cornmeal from his mill. His family
uses it still, and the rest he has given
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OLD MILL—Long time friend of the Mashburn family, Perry Daniels, stands in
the door of the wooden mill that is over the 100 years old. Daniels said he used to
operate the mill for the family on a regular schedule, but now only grinds out
meal at the request of the family. Daniels, 77, told many tales cf the old days
when he first moved to Forsyth County from Americus, Ga.
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Bass Farr and Architect Bert Millard of Atlanta. In front is
City Manager Carroll Buice. The new courtroom features the
latest in modern equipment and is painted a dark green.
package store solely for the purpose of
selling beer and wine.
Mosely requested the variance stating
that it was a discriminatory clause. A
vote was taken following a lengthy
discussion among councilmen and three
of the five councilmen voted to deny the
variance.
A recommendation was made to look
into the possibility of changing the or
dinance to allow a business to apply for a
beer and wine license upon opening and if
a profit of $2,000 isn’t shown withing six
months, revoke the license.
In other action at the meeting, Coun
cilman Bass Farr made a motion that
city employees get two weeks vacation
after one year of service. The previous
policy has been only one week after a
year’s service. The motion passed
unanimously.
away. His long time friend, Perry
Daniels, who operated the mill for the
Mashburn family, was given the use
of it for his own purpose, and has sold
• corn meal in heavy brown bags,
marked Swanee Valley Farms,
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commissioners, “I just want to go by the
law. If they’ll close at 12 midnight and on
Sunday, then there’s no problem.”
A motion was made by the com
missioners to refer the problem to the
-See RESIDENTS, Page 16