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Flash Of Crimson Sets
Concert For Dec. 18th
The Flash of Crimson
band has set its annual
Christmas Concert for Dec.
18 at 8 p.m. at Otwell Middle
School.
This year’s program is en
titled “Christmas is Giving”
and will feature some of the
all-time holiday favorites.
The band members have
decided to donate the pro
ceeds from the concert to
The Empty Stocking Fund.
The FOC hopes not only to
brighten the day for those in
attendence at the concert,
Pugh
Mrs. Delmer (Lessie)
Pugh, 75, of 106 13th St. in
Cumming, was buried Nov.
13. She died Nov. 11.
Surviving are three sons,
John Pugh, Eugene Pugh
and William Pugh and two
daughters, Daisey Pugh and
Mary Pugh, all of Cum
ming; three brothers,
Claude Bennett and Ray
Bennett, both of Gainesville
and Otis Bennett of Decatur;
three sisters, Dora Bell
Grant, Mary Lou Hubbard
and Ola Mae Hubbard, all of
Cumming; two sisters-in
law, Kathleen Bennett of
Cumming and Minnie Pat
terson of Buford; one great
grandchild and four grand
children.
Funeral services were
held at 2 p.m. at Shady
Grove Baptist Church, with
the Rev. Ralph Lee Bagwell,
the Rev. Early Day and the
Rev. Frank Vaughan offi
ciating. Burial was in the
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Award Winner
Gerald Blackburn, director of the Cumming Recreation Da*
partment, bolds a plaque after the local park was named the
best park in the state in cities under 25,000. The award was
made in ceremonies recently in Augusta. Shown with Blade*
burn is Cumming Mayor Ford Gravitt, left, and Recreation
Commission Chairman Clyde Mize. (See story on Page hA).
Lipscomb Is
Cleared Here
A jury in Forsyth County
Superior Court last week
cleared local attorney
Emory Lipscomb of charges
of violating professional
standards of conduct.
The trial was held at Lips
comb’s request.
The Georgia State Bar
was attemptingto take away
Lipscomb’s law license and
had contended he had alleg
edly violated standards
which prohibit lawyers from
engaging in dishonesty,
fraud, willful misrepresen
tation and moral turpitude.
The Bar began its action
after Lipscomb pleaded nolo
contendre to federal charges
in 1978 of “receiving directly
but to brighten Christmas
Day for needy children in
Forsyth County.
Some of the selections for
the program include “Sleigh
Ride,” “Fantasy on a Bell
Carol,” “Do You Hear What
I Hear?” and “Snow Bells.”
The Forsyth County High
School Chorus will also ap
pear in the program.
Tickets for the concert are
$2 for adults and (4 for stu
dents and may be purchased
from any band member.
church cemetery.
Ingram Funeral Home
was in charge of arrange
ments.
Strickland
Roy E. Strickland, 88, of
315 N. Prescott St., Clearwa
ter, Fla. was buried Friday,
Nov. 14. He died Nov. 11.
Strickland was born in
Cumming and was an auto
dealer in Clearwater from
1914 to 1969. He was a mem
ber of the First United Meth
odist Church in Clearwater.
Surviving are his wife, Ha
zel; two sons, Roy Strick
land and James Strickland;
and a daughter, Lucille Fer
nold, all of Clearwater; and
a sister, Ellen Kemp of Cum
ming; four great-grandchil
dren and four
grandchildren.
Burial was in Sylvan Ab
bey Memorial Park in Clear
water.
Moss Fueneral Home was
in charge.
or indirectly benfits from
certain loans from the Fed
eral Land Bank and Farm
Credit Administration...and
in misapplying funds....’’
Lipscomb was sentenced
to three years federal proba
tion.
LIME IMPORTANT
Dolomitic limestone is im
portant to Georgia farms
and gardens because it not
only corrects soil acidity, but
also supplies the soil with
calcium and magnesium.
These are two of the 16
elements essential for plant
growth, according to Bill
Segars, Cooperative Exten
sion Service agronomist.
Otwell, Amsler See Easy Change
By LANE GARDNER
GAMP
Staff Writer
At last week’s meeting of
the Forsyth County Board of
Education, Supt. Robert B.
Otwell announced that he
would work to effect as
smooth a transition as possi
ble from his administration
to the incoming one of Super
intendent-elect B.M. “Bud”
Amsler.
Amsler, who defeated Ot
well in the Nov. 4 general
election, attended the meet
ing along with newly-elected
school board members Ron
Wood, Arthur D. Wright and
Loy Crafton Day. All four
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men will take office in Jan
uary.
Beginning Monday, Dec. 8,
Amsler, who is currently a
teacher at Forsyth County
High School, will begin
spending his days at the su
perintendent’s office.
“We’re trying to make as
smooth a transition as we
can,” said Otwell at the
meeting. >
Amsler and some of the in
coming board members will
be attending an orientation
for new school board mem
bers,! put on by the Georgia
School Board Association, in
Macon Dec. 18-11.
In other board business, a
motion by board member
Harold Glover to eliminate
all off-campus work by voca
tional students unless ap
proved by the board and
then only on public property
failed without a second.
(See separate story.)
An attendance report for
the second month of school
was released at the meeting,
showing all nine schools to
be between 94 and 97 percent
perfect attendance, only a
slight drop from the first
month. Otwell said of the re
port, “I think it speaks well
for itself.” (See separate
story.)
Progress reports were
THE FORSYTH COUNTY NEWS—WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 19,1980-
also heard concerning the
school system’s building
projects: renovation work at
the high school, and con
struction of two junior high
schools and one elementary
school.
Bob Plunkett of Lamber
son, Plunkett, Shirley and
Woodall, architects of At
lanta, reported that the
south junior high school, lo
cated a few miles south of
Georgia 400 on Highway 141,
is progressing well. The
north junior high school at
Coal Mountain, Plunkett
said, is running behind the
south job. He noted, how
ever, that the north job was
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At the north junior high
school, the gym walls are re
ady to be put up, said Plun
kett. The roofing on the
south job is expected to be
begun this week. That job
has its masonry started and
the plumbing is nearing
completion, he said.
An update on the high
school renovation project
was presented by Matt Mat
thews of Jacobs, Matthews
and Parker of Gainesville.
He stated that the remaining
casework for the art depart
ment was expected to arrive
this week. There will be an
inspection of the entire
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building after this is com
pleted.
Matthews reported that
the new elementary school
under construction at Coal
Mountain is “progressing
satisfactorily.” He said it is
running a bit ahead of sched
ule based on the revised
completion date.
He added that there are no
construction problems. The
roofing is about complete.
In further business, the
board gave Supt. Otwell per
mission to borrow up to
(300,000 for meeting operat
ing costs till tax monies be
gin coming in.