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DEDICATED TO THE PROGRESS OF CUMMING AND FORSYTH COUNTY CUMMING, GEORGIA i \ 181 lilv 'I . *• i« Jf* 3§|| ■kvv ••» ' ; 4 ••' 'Sfiff JLX-, H^W&*t.^ffsgjw®' 1 /V&v, 4 ,\ ~v > 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 . , - * f **** JMHK Kli J3) 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. mUI 1 FORSYTH Mflfltg 1111 l COUNTY IViSIWVS VOLUME LXVII 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 WEDNESDAY, JULY 10, 1974 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 l3Bg ■■ JSEhI If. OaMTCfr : •*■ '«%3F« ~ ■*''¥ ■*• - : v* : K a HSfeatJii - t ■ 4. *r A'** ?: ,£& v 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. NUMBER 28 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, —See STILL, Page 16 15 CENTS PER COPY TELEPHONE 887 3127 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