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I—THE FORSYTH COUNTY NEWS-WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 27.1980
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summing Optimist Club President Carl Cone (1) is shown
presenting the Youth of the Month Award to Marty Spence.
Pictured with Marty is her parents Mr. and Mrs. Neal
Optimist Club Announces
January Youth Of Month
Marty Spence has been
selected as the Optimist
Club’s Youth of the Month
for January. She and her
family and Home Economics
teacher were honored at a
breakfast recently by the
Forsyth’s Republican Head
Sees Bright Future Here
BY CATHY PUCKETT
Staff Writer
Ben Jordan is active in
politics and has held a state
office, as well as working ac
tively in the Republican Par
ty on local, district, state and
national levels.
Jordan feels as a former
State House Representative
serving his native Cobb
County, he accomplished a
main political goal in helping
to build a two-party system
in his native county, and to
day in Forsyth County he is
back at the grindstone work
ing for Republican leader
ship in our county.
When Jordan and his fami
ly moved to Forsyth County
in 1978, he didn’t by any
means leave his dedication
to the political scene behind.
Currently he serves as
Chairman of a growing For
syth County Republican Par
ty. But the political leader
says not to bother com
plimenting him on the good
of the local party, as he has
many dedicated workers and
members that need patting
on the back. Heading up the
local Republican Party, Jor
dan said the area officers
that represent various parts
of the community are mak
ing the Party become what is
needed in the area. Norman
S. Welch is first vice chair
man of the local Republican
Party, and other officers in
clude: Mrs. John T. (Nettie)
Lee, vice chairwoman; Mrs.
Bruce (Reva) Jennings, se
cond vice chairwoman; Mrs.
Charles G. (Priscilla) An
drews, secretary; George T.
Tornado Drill
Set March 6
Governor George Busbee
signed a proclamation
recently declaring the first
week in March “Tornado
Preparedness Week” in
Georgia. Late February
marks the beginning of the
most dangerous time of the
year for Georgia’s tornado
season.
According to Carlos R.
Dunn, Meteorologist
incharge of the National
Weather Service Forecast
Office in Atlanta, “Georgia
has suffered 580 tornadoes
since 1950.” He added that
since 1916, Georgia has had
586 tornado related deaths,
placing the state in a
category with Kansas,
Missouri, Nebraska, lowa
and other states throughout
to be most vulnerable to the
storms.
“If tornadoes are expected
to develop in our area, the
National Weather Service
will issue appropriate public
statements,” said Dunn.
“People should remember
that a tornado WATCH in
dicates that tornadoes might
occur in our area, while a
tornado WARNING means
that one has been spotted. ”
The warning system for
Youth Of Month
Optimist Club at Jack’s
Restaurant.
The Optimist Club award
is presented each month to a
young person in recognition
of excellent achievement in
Robertson, treasurer; Mrs.
George T. (Mary) Robert
son, sustaining membership
chairman; and Mrs. Spence
(Lynda) Closson, telephone
action chairman.
“I’m very optimistic about
the future of the Republican
Party in Forsyth County.'
The county is a growing
county and with growth
many problems arise that
must be solved,” he said. He
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BENJORDAN
feels qualified and dedicated
Republican leaders are
needed in the area to work
out these problems and
forsees the county becoming
a “solid” Republican Party
in the future.
The local Party is “very
interested” in the election,
not only because a president
will be elected in 1980, but
mainly because local pro-
Georgia will be tested during
Tornado Preparedness Week
by means of a statewide tor
nado drill. Dunn said the Na
tional Weather Service will
be working with the state
Civil Defense, the Georgia
Department of Education,
the news media, and state
and local officials to make
the drill a success.
The primary day for the
drill is> Thursday, March- 6.
In case of bad weather, the
drill will be rescheduled for
Friday March 7. The Na
tional Weather Service will
issue a practice tornado
watch and warning and most
of the standard warning
systems will be activated.
This is the second drill of
its type to be held in our
state. Last year’s test
pointed out many strengths
and some weaknesses in the
warning system. Hopefully,
many of the faults have been
corrected. This year’s drill
should demonstrate the im
provements.
Joining Georgia this year
will be North Carolina, South
Carolina, Alabama,
Mississippi, Louisiana,
Arkansas, Tennessee, and
northern Florida.
Spence, her sister Stacy, and her Home Ec. teacher at For
syth County High School, Mrs. Martha Chastain.
various areas.
Carl Cone, the club presi
dent stated, “Not enough
recognition is given to
students like Marty, who ac
complish a wide variety of
worthwhile activities. We
blems need solving. “We are
studying the needs of the
county on a regular basis.
Issues facing the county
such as providing better
schools, roads, recreation,
having our own state
representative, a master
plan for zoning and location
of new industry to provide
jobs for our citizens, and
some of the problems we feel
deserves having a dedicated
leader to work toward,” Jor
dan said.
Jordan said he considers
the work of the local Forsyth
County Federation of
Republican Women is deem
ed “outstanding.” “The
organization has won many
awards from the National
Federation of Republican
Women. The president of the
club, Mrs. Nettie Lee, and
her members are considered
the best club in the state.
Their purpose is to support
the Republican Party and its
candidates.”
Both Jordan and his wife
Mary are native Georgians
from Cobb County. Their
political ambitions started in
1952 when they voted for
Dwight D. Eisenhower. In
1960, he was elected as vice
chairman of the Cobb County
Young Republican organiza
tion, and named a Charter
Member and chairman of
the club in 1962.
He worked actively in
building the Republic Party
in Cobb County as well as
working on several Congres
sional campaigns. He served
as chairman for the
Goldwater campaign in 1963-
64. Mrs. Jordan was named
vice chairman of the Federa
tion of Republican Women in
1964 in Cobb County.
In 1964, Jordan qualified as
a State Representative, and
in the spring of that year he
was elected. He was one of
eight Republican House
Representatives elected in
the state that year. He serv
ed two one-year terms in the
House, due to reapportion
ment.
From 1965 to 1967, he serv
ed as Party Chairman, and
was named a delegate to the
National Republican Con
vention in 1968. He ran for the
office of Commissioner in
1968, and lost by only a few
votes.
Jordan is enthusiastic
about the upcoming
Republican Patriotic Rally
to be held Saturday, March 1,
at 7:30 p.m., at the Otwell
Middle School. Three
Republican candidates seek
ing the office of U.S. Senator,
will be the featured
speakers. Also, on the agen
da for the month is a
precinct and county conven
tion scheduled for March 22.
Jordan considers politics
an interesting hobby, but a
serious sideline to his job as
a Sales Executive and Direc
tor of The Sloan Paper Com
pany in Doraville. The Jor
dans are active members of
Shores of Lanier Baptist
Church, where he serves as a
deacon. He is also active in
seem to only hear of the bad
side of youth. The Optimist
Club Youth Award seeks to
reverse that concept and
place emphasis on recogni
tion of youth’s worthwhile
achievements.”
the Full Gospel Christian
Businessmen Fellowship in
Atlanta and Gainesville.
Things are happening
within the Republican Party
in Forsyth County, and Ben
Jordan feels that’s the place
to be. According to him,
“every citizen should take
an active part in politics. We
are part of it whether we like
it or not.”
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Forsyth County Schools
Record Good Attendance
BY CATHY PUCKETT
Staff Writer
Even though Forsyth
County has experienced
some snowy winter weather
and the flu-season is here,
Forsyth County School
children are continuing to
have good average daily at
tendance in the county’s nine
schools.
With total enrollment at
5,943 students, and total
average daily attendance at
5,543 on a county-wide basis,
students attended school
during the fifth month of the
1979-80 school year at 93 per
cent attendance.
Mashburn Elementary
ranked highest in the county
with the best attendance
averages for the month of
January. There was a 95 per
cent average daily atten
dance set at the school which
has 494 students enrolled, or
average daily attendance of
469 students.
Big Creek Elementary,
Chestatee Elementary,
Cumming Elementary and
Midway Elementary Schools
all had 94 per cent average
daily attendance for the fifth
month. Big Creek has a total
enrollment of 306, and
averages showed daily at
tendance of 287. Chestatee’s
total enrollment is 438, with
412 students attending on an
average daily basis. Cumm
ing Elementary has an
enrollment of 856, with 803
students attending, and Mid
way School has an enroll
ment of 407, with 377 atten
ding.
Forsyth County High
School and Sawnee Elemen
tary both averaged 93 per
cent in attendance for the
fifth month of the school
year. The high school has a
total of 1,570 students enroll
ed, with 1,469, attending on
an average daily basis.
Sawnee School has 755
students enrolled with 707 at
tending.
Ducktown Kindergarten
has a total enrollment of 177,
with average daily atten
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dance of 164, or a percentage
of 92.
The Otwell Middle School
attendance was the lowest in
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the county system for the
month of January. With a
total school enrollment of 94C
students and average daily
attendance of 855, the school
showed an average of 91 per _
cent for the month’s enroll- -
ment records.