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©MOMS Card To Townsfolk From Across Miles Everybody likes to get mail except (or bills. And, this past week our town received a card. Last Saturday, our postman de livered to The News a card to “the Townspeople.” The card showed a little rural house on the cover with a stream, hunters and a garden in the back ground. It said on the front simply, “Happy Thanksgiving From Across the Miles.” Inside, there was a message that said, “Hi townspeople: I love to watch Hee-Haw. Please tell Junior A Worthwhile Project By Dedicated Workers Hundreds of folks turned out dur ing the weekend to the First Great Chicken House Festival, a worth while project that was held in For syth County by the Sawnee Arts Association. It was obvious that there was a tremendous amount of planning and work put into the festival and all for a very good cause. And, when the time comes to hold the first play in the new Civic Center, those that worked so hard can look back to these days with a certain amount of pride, knowing Congratulations To ’Dogs And Falcons How ‘bout them dawgs is an un derstatement. There are among us a number of loyal University of Georgia foot ball fans if you didn’t know it by now. Many in the community have made the trek to games throughout the south this year to follow the ‘dogs. We would probably be amiss if we didn’t take a minute to recog nize the achievements accom plished by this year’s team. Unlike any other nationally rated team, the Bulldogs are unde feated and untied and hold down the number one rating in the coun try. They are Sugar Bowl bound and are probably riding higher than ever. It’s been a long, long time since the Bulldogs have brought that kind of national recognition to the state of Georgia. It’s a historical occasion that we can share and re member, despite c r previous Selecting The Cabinet President-elect Ronald Reagan has already indicated that the new administration’s cabinet will play a major decision-making role in government policy decisions dur ing the next four years. As a symbolic gesture, Reagan has announced he will house the top-level cabinet members in exec utive offices within the White House to show the administration’s cohesiveness and to reflect the im portance of cabinet positions. There is no doubt at the presi dent-elects’ motive: i good, but we urge him to show reme cau tion in selecting appo. tees to fill cabinet posts. Reagan has indicated he will surround himself with a virtual army of experts. We hope that he will, and that those experts will uphold the principles of the na tion’s government. We are still haunted, however, with memories of former Presi dent Nixon’s elite corps of advisors Wlffl FORSYTH mitilAfg IXIXI COUNTY lIXIVVS ROGER HENDERSON Advertising Director Published every Wednesday by The Forsyth County News Company. Second Class Postape paid at: Post Oftice in Camming, Georgia under Act of March Ith in IK7. Subscription rates in Forsyth and adjacent counties. J».M per year, including State Sales Tax. Other Georgia counties and out-of state Sl].« per year. Includes solas tax. 107 DAHLONEGA ST. M 7-3 ' Samples I said Hello! I hope your weather is ok! I hope you all are ok, too! Your friend, R.J. Blum, 3- mile Road, N.W., Grand Rapids, Mi. 49504.” The printed portion of the card, on the right hand inside page said, “Hoping that this greeting and the happy wishes in it will make the miles between us disappear for just a minute! Happy Thanksgiv ing.” Well, from us to you, we say, Happy Thanksgiving Mr. Blum and thanks for the nice card. that they did something that will stand in this community forever. The Sawnee Arts Association de serves a lot of credit for the idea of putting money into this very worthwhile project. Several of their members are working hard on a project that will be very beneficial to this commu nity. We hope that the future will be good to this organization and that the community will give them sup port in this endeavor. alma maters. We’re proud of the University of Georgia Bulldogs and what they have done this season. Although it’s not over yet there’s still Georgia Tech the Bulldogs have done what no other team in the na tion has done and our red hats are off to them. And, while we’re talking about football, we’re glad to see some of our own making it big in the Na tional Football League. Right here in Forsyth County is the home of Falcon Quarterback Steve Bartkowski, June Jones and Leeman Bennett. The Falcons have shown they are a mature contender for this year’s division title and have shown determination and together ness in the battles they have fought and win this year. Congratulations to these two teams. We’re glad you represent us in the sports world today. who served as a political buffer be tween the president and the Ameri can people, and who became obsessed with the power of their positions and turned their exper tise into self-serving ventures with the protection of the president their utmost responsibility. There is already some talk that Reagan may return former Nixon appointees to high positions in the government. Let us all remember the way some of those appointees prostituted their position under the pretense of serving the nation in its best interest. We urge president-elect Reagan to patiently examine each poten tial cabinet-level appointee, judging not only the appointee, judging not only the appointee’s knowledge and expertise, but also his or her ability to handle author ity without becoming obsessed with power. The Gwinnett Daily News USPS 205-540 (Established 1000) EDOIE STOWE Publisher 4 Editor CUMMING. GEORGIA WSB Radio in Atlanta runs periodic editorial comments by its manager, Elmo Ellis, a sort of op-ed page of the airways. Usually, Ellis does a pretty good job. But every now and then, he comes out with a real zinger. He did the other day, and I am forced to disagree with him. Recently, two top FBI officers were convicted in Washington, D.C., of au thurizing illegal breakins into the homes of those the bureau was keeping under surveillance. Some of the vic tims were members of the more ex treme lunitic fringe of American politics, including the Weathermen. In case you’ve forgotten, these were the ones who rioted at the 1968 Demo cratic convention in Chicago. They were a rather incoherent anti-every thing group that no one except them selves and apparently the FBI took seriously. Ellis said, as I remember, that the FBI men should have been acquitted because they were engaged in a war with the Weathermen, who were ded icated to overthrowing the government of the United States. Also, Ellis added, the breakins hap pened a long time ago. Does Mr. Ellis know what he is speaking about? I can only fervently hope and pray that he does not. I have listened to many comments on the drug raid; I have read the letters to the editor of The Forsyth County News and the editorials in the Atlanta pa pers. I have listened as young people, teachers and parents evaluated the sit uation. I’ve heard law officers and school officials give their opinions. I’ve heard a community of people with chil dren, without children, with grown chil dren and with preschoolers express their views. With this information in mind, here is my column. If harmful drugs were in the posses sion of one child, found in file cabinets, trailers, or trash cans, we have a prob lem. If a drug raid was held to prove there was no problem in the school, the pur pose, results and the actions taken are our most dangerous problems. The use, possession, and distribution of mind altering drugs is definitely an area of concern and should get our at tention. There are many other problems that Back in the late 19605, I worked with Johnny Solesbee at The Times in Gai nesville. Johnny, as some of you might re member, worked at The Forsyth County News in the early 19705. He later went back to work at The Times, worked with me again at The Winder News in Winder and now is managing editor of The Gwinnett Daily News in Lawrenceville. When Johnny and I worked at The Winder News, we used to sit and talk about what we would write our columns about each week. Sometimes I would give him ideas, sometimes, he would give me ideas. Instead of getting an idea from Johnny this week for a column, I just took a column of his instead. And here it is: Ever since Jimmy Carter went north to be president of the United States, there’ve been various attempts by Northern folk to devise guides tohelp those in other parts of the country un derstand our Southern language. All those attempts at vocabulary SHE ILA MARTIN Classified t, Production Disagreeing With Opinion Of An Editorial On Radio There Are Many Problems That Should Get Concern He Won’t Mind If I Borried A Column i W. < What these FBI men were appar ently doing was no minor traffic of fense, but spying on those with political beliefs different from theirs. The gov ernment, or at least part of it, deemed the Weathermen dangerous and, in some twisted perception of reality, set the secret police to spy on them. To condone this is to undermine the very fabric of our republic. More tri tely, two wrongs don’t make a right. On of the cardinal principals of our system of government is that each man may believe whatever he wants with out fear of persecution. As the 18th century French philos pher Voltaire said, “I may not agree with what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it “ I think that clashes with allowing the FBI to illegally sneak in to the home of someone they don’t like. If the FBI can produce enough justification for a ■ W;. should also get our concern. Imagine yourself in the dirtiest serv ice station restroom you have ever en tered; that is the condition of the restrooms in our high school. Our chil dren cannot develop healthy attitudes about school in an atmosphere of dirt and grime. Forsyth County does not have a com munity center and many times the high school gymnasium must be used in stead of a school cafeteria. However, its availability is limited and the rules §&9>W<§> guides have been just that —attempts. If someone isn’t a bom-and-raised Southerner, he just can’t sit down at the typewriter and devise a guide to our vocabulary. i I can spot a non-Southerner-written guide with a couple of words. For ex ample, one guide I’ve seen says “spar” is a replacement tire for a vehicle in case one on the ground becomes flat. Hogwash! Everbody knows “spar” is a little ole bird that’s dadgum messy. For the benefit of those non-South eraers who continue to embarrass us true Southerners with attempts at defi- PAGE 4A search warrant, then more power to them. If not, let them leave the Weath ermen, or anyone else for that matter, well enough alone. To allow the FBI, the guardian of the law, to break it in the name of enforc ing it is shear madness. It is sort of like destroying that Vietnamese village in order to save it. Who is to determine which fringe or not-so-fringe group is a threat to the government and is thus to be sub jected to illegal breakins? How is this to be done? By a clandestine meeting in some Washington office? Never happen, you say? Think back to the Nixon years, to the Watergate breakin, the hush money, the gaps on the tapes and the enemies list. We were perilously close to having our own President steal our govern ment right our from under us. Those FBI men were convicted for doing things that strike at all I hold dear. It was only a small trial, to be sure. Most of the press coverage came be cause former President Richard Nixon testified at it, trying to justify the be havior of the FBI. But the implications are far-reach ing. Mr Ellis, I do not agree with what you say. Most assuredly, I do not. But never, ever would I go along with turning the secret police loose on you. for its use are often absurd and unnec essary. Besides, to use it, you must be prepared to clean it up. If we expect to acquire and keep well-educated and dedicated teachers, then parents and administration should give them more support and stress dis cipline. It is not fair to teachers or chil dren when a handful of discipline problems are allowed to constantly in terrupt classes and no action be taken to stop them. The majority cf young people are not hooked on drugs. The majority are not undisciplined. The majority are in school to learn. The majority of teach ers are dedicated to stimulating young minds with knowledge. There are many problems in any school. There is much said and much read about the problems in our society and among our young people. However, there is not one problem that cannot be solved by observation, determination, concern and proper action. ning our language, here’s my bom-and raised-Southem guide: Tar what it takes four of for a car to roll on. The most recent devel opment in the line is the radial tar. Ranch that’s what it takes to get a flat tar off your car. It’s commonly known as a lug ranch. Rat-cheer that’s a specific place such as, “Put that spare tar rat-cheer till we find a ranch to get these lugs off.” Rat-now a specific time, such as “You put that spare tar rat-cheer, and find me a lug ranch and I mean do it rat-now boy.” Office a way to express the re moval of something from something else, such as, “I’m gonna need some help getting the lugs office wheel, if you ever find that lug ranch.” Fur piece a measure of distance, such as, “If you’ve left the lug ranch outta the boot, you gonna have to walk a fur piece to the station to borry one.” Boot that’s where you keep your spare tar. Your lug ranch should be kept there, also. % -THE FORSYTH COUNTY NEWS—WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1980 I ©aiffiDp M Some Notes About The Elections Some final notes on the election: Even though the entire country now knows who the next president and vice president of the United States will it is interesting to note that the outcome is still not quite official. In fact, it will not be official till De cember when the electors who were chosen in November will mark their ballots and mail them to Washington' When the Congress convenes in Jan uary, the ballots will be opened before a joint session of the two houses and the official results will be announced. This, in essence, is only a formality. Yet president-elect Ronald Reagan and vice-president-elect George Bush already preparing to take office. +++ And some interesting facts about elee; tions: • President-elect Reagan will sworn in at noon on January 20, 198 J, But did you know that, before the adopt tion of the 20th amendment in 1933, presidents were inaugurated on Mart* 4? • It seems like everyone knows. ths president earns a taxable salary , oi, $200,000 a year. But how many of us aware of what the vice-presideij; earns? Try $79,000. • Just for the record, the ex-president receives a $66,000 a year lifetime pen-, sion, free mailing privileges, free office space, up to $90,000 a year for office help and Secret Service protection for life. • There is a general consensus among political scientists that the size of voter turnout often relates directly to election outcome. A low turnout, for ex ample, tends to favor Republican can didates. And when economic issues are at stake in an election, Democratic vot ers tend to turn out in larger numbers.' Forsyth County had a 67 percent votetf turnout in the Nov. 4 general election. • In every national election there are several million voters, who, because of travel or illness, are unable to vote on election day. These people are afforded the opportunity to secure absentee bal lots, but few ever go to the trouble. If s a shame because absentee voters can influence the outcome of an election. Consider election year 1960 when a late count of absentee ballots in California swung that state’s electoral votes from John F. Kennedy to Richard M. Nixon. . • It is interesting to note the changes in campaign strategies from this coun try’s early days to the present. Today candidates travel thousands of miles all over the country, making hundreds of speeches.*But in 1860 Abraham Lin*, coin won the election for the Republi can party without leaving Illinois or making a single speech. • Ronald Reagan will be the oldest president ever to hold office come Jan uary, 1981. Because of this fact, presi dential succession is somewhat of a concern. • And one final question I have’: Should a person who has been ap l pointed to fill an elected office be con sidered an incumbent? comm a covsin mk by WALTER SMITH 1 IL^ My friend Hulen says his grandkids are a behavior problem, but can go for long periods without being ill-man nered. Then they wake up. Borry the act of getting a loan of an item or items for a short while. Such as, “Whew, dadburn the cotton-pickin’ luck! I’ve walked a fur piece, cause we gottal flat tar and I need to borry a lug ranch.” Am that’s either a hard piec6 6f metal or a thang what gets the wrinkles outta clothes. Such as, “Hey, Slim. Thjs feller here wants to borry a tar ainrt; you-me let him have it?” Ax the act of posing a question, such as, “Slim, I ax you a question" And, Slim replies, “Don’t ax me; nty head’s hurting so bad I can’t thank. ”' Are can be used several different ways. One example is that the Indians were known to use a bow and are to kill game for food. In the South, it also is used to express forthrightly a direction one should take. Such as, “That Slim Feller ain’t been right since his woman throwed the clothes am and hit him in the noggin’. But, I’m gonna loan you this here tar am, and when you finisbt you better come straight as an are rat back here with it, feller.”