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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 K : Jf' ■ j tM V ' * ||' * pf iiii ’ - 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 HOW^tE taftier 0501,9 ' 3 With macrame! Casual, sioretfouvs versatile macrame gifts almost seem to create themselves . . . and they’re so popular, you can’t go wrong! JfePSflflP' wkmM * OflHr . x ~ ■' jjp|> v - ..*ljis&mMaEM. 1.1 H 'QBBm t m I VHR dPgßfc ’Sir Pick your print, or bring one in... and we’ll frame it! 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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 «1-Jj I■, ■ 1 i ■ * MU- started later. 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. 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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.