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DEDICATED TO THE PROGRESS
OF CUMMING AND FORSYTH COUNTY
CUMMING, GEORGIA
Cumming Mayor Protests
County Okays
Land Fill Site
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VISITORS FROM HOLLAND—Cees and Alice Tavenier, on the davenport with
his mother, Mrs. Marines Tavenier, are spending a month-long holiday in
Cumming. From Amsterdam, Holland, they and their children, from the left,
Robert, Danniele and Frances, they are in America for the first time.
Queen’s Flag
Flies On Wall
By VIRGINIA WOODWARD
Cees Tavenier of Amsterdam, Holland, loves Lake Lanier and its boating. He
comes by that love honestly. His father, whom he is visiting here, is Marines
Tavenier, formerly a yacht captain, who has sailed on waters around the world.
Hanging on the wall of Marines’ bedroom is the late Queen Wihelmina’s flag,
which was raised when she boarded the yacht, owned by an Amsterdam
millionaire.
“My boss died when he was in his 80’s,” the elder Tavenier said, “and when
he was on his deathbed, he sent the Queen’s flag to me.”
Also among his souvenirs are several ship models, which he built, including
the classic Dutch schooner, which is made only in Holland.
Cees, his wife Alice, and their children, Frances, Robert and Dannielle, are
visiting America for the first time. Cees, who stayed in Holland when his
parents came here 17 years ago, was determined to visit them when they had
been married 50 years. This was the year and he made it.
A research welder with the Shell Oil Co., Cees learned his English from
television, as did Alice. Their two older children, Frances and Robert, studied
English in school. Dannielle speaks no English, but communicates well with a
winning smile.
1116 Taveniers are impressed with the cost of living in America. “Everything
is so expensive in Holland,” Robert said. “Food, rent, everything costs. The tax
on electricity is as high as the bill.”
In spite of the high cost of taxes, the Taveniers are fiercely loyal to their royal
family. “Queen Julianna is good, too,” Cees said.
When asked about sports, Robert’s surprising answer was Judo. With Hans
Brinker in mind, I asked if he skated. But no, the Taveniers said. Hie Zuyder
Zee no longer freezes over in winter. Marines, however, can remember when he
skated its length to a nearby town to visit a girl.
Hie dykes are still there, keeping the Baltic away from below sea level land.
Holland experienced disastrous floods in 1916 and in 1953, when the gates gave
way to the tremendous water pressure.
The senior Taverniers have been back to Holland once, sue years ago. “I loved
going, Mrs. Tavenier said, “but I couldn’t wait to get back here.” They have
three children in Cumming, Mrs. Bud Lang and Hans and Marinas, Jr. They
would like to have Cees and his family here too. With the enthusiasm they show
for America, it could be.
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HE REMEMBERS WELL—Marines Tavenier, former yacht captain,
remembers well when the late Queen Wilhelmina boarded his yacht. Disabled
from the effects of a fall, he came to Cumming and with his wife became
custodian of First Baptist Church. He is now retired.
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A nil COUNTY IVIIVV9
VOLUME LXVII
By VIRGINIA WOODWARD
News Editor
Forsyth County Commissioners
Monday night approved location of a
sanitary land fill system on 18.7 acres on
the Kelly Mill Road, over the protests of
Cumming Mayor Ford Gravitt.
Gravitt spoke on behalf of some 50
homeowners in the area, and said he
would call a meeting of city council for
Tuesday night, to consider action that
might be taken to stop the location of the
land fill.
The commissioners also approved
recommendations on operation of the
landfill, submitted by Joe Hunt, con
sultant engineer. The plan has been
submitted to the Georgia Department of
Natural Resources, which had
previously condemned the old dump.
The site of the land fill is under a four
year lease, the estimated period of time
it can be used. It will be operated from 10
a.m. to 7 p.m., with two people on the site
at all times.
The area will be fenced in with steel
link fence, and a fee for dumping will be
charged at the gate.
All areas will be seeded when they are
brought to the final grade. An equipment
operator will be responsible for com
pacting and covering the solid waste
each day with the required amount of
dirt. Additional equipment operators
will be used as needed.
No hazardous wastes will be accepted,
other than those contained in normal
household garbage. No septic tank
sludge will be accepted.
The only salvaging operation per
mitted will be junked automobiles.
These will be placed in one certain area
and will be periodically crushed and sold
for scrap metal. No more than 10 or 12
are expected each year.
All equipment will have fire ex
tinguishers while operating at the land
fill area. If a major fire should start,
there will be enough fill material to
cover it. Both the city and county fire
departments will be on call.
There will be no after hour dumping
permitted. City and county law en
forcement officials will police the area
as needed.
Area Newspapers Win
Top Georgia Awards
Several area newspapers recently
walked off with top prizes in the annual
Georgia Press Association’s Better
Newspaper Contest. The awards were
made at last week’s convention held at
Jekyll Island.
The Daily Sun of Warner Robins was
named the best overall daily newspaper
in the state with circulation of under
20,000. Jim Cosey, publisher and editor
of The Forsyth County News, was
executive editor of that paper before
coming to Forsyth County. The Daily
Sun also won second place in local news
coverage, second in local sports
coverage, third in typography, and third
in local pictures. A columnist for The
Sun also won third place in the Atlanta
War Cry Award contest.
Cosey said he is extremely proud to
have been associated with The Sun for
eight years, but looks forward to ap
plying what he learned there to pro
ducing a professional product
newspaper for the readers in Forsyth
County.
The Gainesville Times came in third
place in the general excellence contest.
That newspaper also won second in
community service, honorable mention
for local pictures and second in best
advertising idea.
The Gwinnett Daily News tied for first
place with the Atlanta Journal for the
community service award. The Gwin
nett News also won second in
typography, second in general ad-
WEDNESDAY, JULY 17, 1974
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SUMMER WORK—Barry Payne (1) and William Kyle,
students in the Forsyth County Comprehensive High School
summer vocational class, work on putting in new windows at
the old upper elementary school in Cumming. The renovation
Merchants Meet
To Discuss Arcade
A special meeting last week among
merchants located in Lanier Village
Shopping Center resulted in more rigid
security measures being taken at the
center to supposedly put a halt to alleged
disruptions centered around the Fun And
vertising excellence, and first in best
advertising idea.
The Winder News placed third in the
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NO SHORTAGES HERE—Many businesses have reported a recent shortage of
copper pennies, but Gene McCormick (r) of Cumming doesn’t seem to have that
problem. Just this week McCormick heard that Parson’s of Cumming was ex
periencing this problem, so he took down around $65 of pennies in a big jar. Earl
Gilstrap, manager of Parson’s, accepted the pennies gladly, even though he did have
to count them.
Games arcade.
The matter was brought to attention
recently when the Forsyth County Board
of Commissioners discussed the matter
at their regular meeting. Just a week
earlier the Sheriff’s Department had told
weekly division for general advertising
excellence and got an honorable mention
for local pictures.
NUMBER 29
is being done so that the county board of education can move
their offices into the building. The summer class is under the
direction of Paul Martin, building and construction instructor
at the school.
the business that it must close its doors
by 12 midnight and not remain open on
Sundays.
Representatives of the business ap
peared at the commission meeting to
discuss with the county what rules they
must abide by.
The representatives said that the Fun
and Games arcade should not be
classified as a “pool hall” since it has
many more game tables.
At the merchants’ meeting last week,
Bob Schauman, owner of the center, told
the merchants that he agrees to: have
arcade game room closed by 12 midnight
and not open on Sundays; leave security
lights on in parking lot until 2 a.m. each
morning to discourage “hang-outs”; put
up more security lights behind the center
as an added security measure; sweep
the parking lot nightly of debris; put up
additional garbage cans in lot; and to
personally hire a plainsclothes security
guard to be on duty at Fun And Games
each evening.
County Commissioner Lanier Ban
nister agreed at the merchants’ meeting
to have the security guard sworn in as a
deputy sheriff so that he will have power
—See NO, Page 11
Firemen Rush
To Four Calls
Forsyth County’s volunteer firemen
during the past week answered four calls
and succeeded in confining the flames at
the home of Foustine Scott of the old
Flowery Branch Road to one bedroom.
The alarm sounded at 6:45 p.m. Thurs
day.
At 11:30 p.m. Thursday they were
called to Hwy. 20 where a truck
belonging to Hodge and Murphy and
loaded with chickens was on fire. About
2,000 chickens were lost and 6,000 saved.
At 9:30 p.m. Friday the firemen
received a call from Bald Ridge Marina
that a boat was on fire. They located the
34-foot fiberglass houseboat near Lanier
Beach South but were unable to reach it.
Two employees of the Marina, who were
conditioning the boat for a weekend
show, were rescued by a passing boater.
Arson is suspected in a fire which
completely destroyed a 1974 pick-up,
parked in a yard off Hwy. 369. That fire
is still under investigation.
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