Newspaper Page Text
-THE FORSYTH COUNTY NEWS—WEDNESDAY, JUNE J, 1981
PAGE 8A
<g<g)c , ifii<s i tr
Learning Experience
We had just moved here.
We hadn’t even had a chance
to unpack all the boxes when
one of my two beloved cats
disappeared We paniced, but
my cat was smart and
worldly-wise, so I knew she
would come home if she
could.
After alerting all my im
mediate neighbors, I began
telephoning the local veteri
narians, searching for the
telephone number of the lo
cal humane society. To my
dismay, I did not find it. A
call back to a vet’s office
informed me that, yes, there
is a humane society in the
Gumming area.
It is not the sophisticated,
well-established sort to be
found in the metropolitan
Atlanta area, to be sure, but
it is the nucleus of one that
will one day be able to serve
the needs of Forsyth County
to the fullest. For the benefit
of other newcomers to the
area, let me share with you
some of the things 1 found
out while trying to locate my
cat.
The Forsyth County Hu
mane Society was formed in
1976. It now has 20 members.
It meets on the third Thurs
day of the month at 7:30 p.m.
at the Cumming City Hall.
Everyone is welcome to at
tend the meetings and to join
the society.
The people who make up
the society are folks who are
saddened by the lack of fa
cilities for the hundreds
yes, hundreds of stray
animals in the county. They
are not sitting back and
wringing their hands, but
are constantly working for
their dream of having a shel
ter and a staff to operate it.
To keep the number of
strays down, the society has
adoption centers about every
two weeks. Call 887-6480 for
the date and location of the
next one.
At these centers, you can
see some of the animals
available for adoption. If one
of them captures your heart,
you can take it home know
ing that you have a healthy
animal. It has had its shots,
has been checked for worms,
and, if it is a female, it has
been spayed for a nominal
fee.
You will also take home
with you the wonderful feel
ing that comes from giving
one of God’s dependent crea
tures shelter, love and susti
nance.
The humane society has
members who provide foster
homes for animals until they
are adopted. Some care for
as many as six animals.
The society also provides
euthanasia for unhealthy,
Gilstrap Is On Panel
Earl Gilstrap of Cumming
is a director of the Hall
County Council on Moral Af
fairs.
The group recently
adopted the trade name of
Northeast Georgia Council
on Moral Affairs because it
is registered in Hall, Dawson
and Forsyth counties.
The Rev. Clack Stubbs is
president. Chairman of the
board is M.D. Jackson of
REFRIGERATOR
SPECIAL
10 YEAR
Suggested /
«849 , ’/ /
$ 26K95
Freezer Shelf
Umng". Foam
Insulation
FTC ANNUAL sCfl !«!*•**
ENERGY COST DU BeLower
SUTTON'S
APPLIANCE/TV CENTER
221 S. Main St., Alpharetta, Ga.
PHONE 475-3815
disease-ridden strays that
are a problem to the commu
nity.
The humane society has
the land for a shelter. What it
needs now is financing. A
membership drive is
planned to make a shelter
possible.
Oh, yes. My cat was found
five days after she disap
peared. She had become
locked in the crawl space
under a house used only on
weekends. She was thinnner,
but otherwise no worse for
the experience. Her owner,
though, was very much the
wiser and knowledgeable for
it.
Submitted by Betty Mac-
Dowall.
-%9> • ■ •nyiimfrmMti t 11.-... .
wf a g
■ - w~ -irriaAim
‘Pressure’ Check
W.R. Brown Sr. of Gumming was one of a number of people who took advantage of the free
high blood pressure screening sponsored by the Forsyth County chapter of the Georgia Heart
Association and the Forsyth County Hospital last week. The tests were conducted in front of
Food Giant on Friday, May 29. Hospital in-service director Ann Grimes, right, was one of
those doing the checking. High blood pressure is known as the “silent killer” because 35-
million Americans are said to have it, 19-million know they have it, 14-million do something
about it and only 5-million keep it under control. High blood pressure means there is a high
amount of pressure of the blood within the arteries.
Flag Given
By Auxiliary
The ladies auxiliary of
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Post 9143 in Cumming con
tributed a flag to the Veter
ans Administration Medical
Center in Decatur recently.
Two other auxiliaries also
contributed flags. Together,
the three groups contributed
$172 to the VA.
The flags flew, apparently
for the first time, on Memo
rial Day at the hospital on
poles around its drive way.
Gainesville. The Rev.
Charles Sutton is executive
director.
Other directors are Wil
liam H. Roper, Gainesville
Dennis H. Mull, Gainesville;
Leo L. Gehertz, Dawson
ville; Wendell Gilreath,
Dawsonville. Marie Irvin,
Lula, is secretary and trea
surer.
The council’s purpose is to
purge immoral pollutants.
isßßl
f " t
m W ■
" w 'SLk
These puppies are up for adoption by the Forsyth County Humane Society. Both are females
and are eight-weeks-old. They will grow to be small dogs. The adoption fee is $35 which
Includes spaying. For more information, contact Jeanette Wiesner at 887-9729.
THE
Estes Bros.
BAND
IN CONCERT
■fe*. Hp* ghifct .JP ■
SAT., JUNE 6 8 P.M. - MIDNIGHT
AT
Lanier Skate Center
Advance Tickets Available at Lanier Skate Center Every
Night (except Tuesday) from 6:30 P.M. - 10 P.M.
ADVANCE $/[OO S7OO
TICKETS: "■ person # # # K couple
GATE SCOO $075
TICKETS: <J person # # # couple
Advance Tickets will be available
Friday, May 29, 1981.
Lanier Skate Center
Buford Hwy.
(Intersection of Hwy. 20 & 400)
Cumming, Georgia Phone: 887-3680
Up For Adoption
Brannon
Deplores
Fund Loss
State Sen. Max Brannon of
the 51st district has sent a
letter to the state Depart
ment of Human Resources
deploring the department’s
loss of $34 million in food
stamp and welfare money.
Brannon wrote to Dr. Joe
Edwards, DHR commis
sioner, and said he under
stood the money had been
lost in the Department of
Family and Children’s Serv
ices through “fraudulent and
willful misrepresentation on
the part of applicants (for
assistance), and through a
failure of the administrators
of the program to keep an
adequate check or establish
proper safeguards in the
handling of the funds.
“Fraud and ineptness are
not words that can be used to
merely explain away the loss
at $34 million. Where did this
money go? What is the ex
tent of the problem right
now, this week ? What is
being done to insure that it
will not continue to happen?
What needed services are
taxpayers going to be forced
to do without because of this
mishandling? ”
Dinner Set June sth
For Lester Maddox
The three-year-old $300,-
000 drive to pay off cam
paign debts of former
Georgia Gov. Lester Maddox
is just $25,000 away from
completion and fund officials
hope a June 5 dinner will
raise that.
The dinner will be spon
sored by Gov. George Bus
bee, Sen. Sam Nunn, Lt.
Gov. Zell Miller and Speaker
of the Georgia House of Rep
resentative Tom Murphy
and will be held at the State
Farmer’s Market in Forest
Park.
Former State Revenue
Commissioner John Black
mon, who is acting as trea
surer for the “Get well
Lester Maddox” fund, said
ticket sales are going well
for the dinner and he expects
the remaining obligation can
be retired. The Maddox debt
stood at $50,000 when dinner
ticket sales began-
Tickets are $25 each and
may be obtained by writing
the “Get well Lester Mad
dox” committee at P.O. Box
8143, Station F., Atlanta. Ga.
30306.
Blackmon said the re
sponse “not only to the din
ner but to the entire effort to
help Gov. Maddox has been
heartwarming.”
He said “our efforts have
been received, by the people
of Georgia, as a compassio
nate and human attempt to
assist a former governor
who has struggled manfully
for the last seven years to
retire a staggering debt left
over from his public career.
Keep your family healthy!
Shop at Goodson Drugs.
BAYER
ASPIRIN
STYLE
HAIR SPRAY
... 97 c
|| a mm wiper
I ban
■ ’“jsssssr
im woooMNf
BAN
ROLL ON
Reg. & Fresh Scent
994
1.5 oz. m m
MYLANTA $ 199
12 OZ. |
STRESSTAB
600 t Zinc
60
$549
MM|
I=3
NATURE MADE
VITAMIN E
400 UNITS
$029
100 w
LISTERINE
aim
•s^jg***
$| 17
18 oz.
Quantity Rights Reserved
"Cumming's family drug store for over 20 years"
GOODSON DRUG CO.
116 MAPLE STREET, CUMMING, GA.
887-5040
Maddox was defeated by
Gov. Bus bee in a bid for
reelection in 1974 and left
office with upwards of $300,-
000 in leftover campaign
debts. During the ensuing
years, and despite suffering
a heart attach and related
health problems, Maddox
has worked to pay them off.
In 1978, Gov. Busbee, for-
PRUITT'S 23rd ANNIVERSARY
<< S
23rd ANNIVERSARY
VERS ARY PRjJ|FrS_23rd_ANhriVERSARY^
PHILCO
jpS
Color TV
• 100% solid-state
Low
Prices
PRUITT'S
H FURNITURE T V APPLIANCES
8 A.M. - 7 P.M.
784 N. MAIN ST.
ALPHARETTA
473-3731
PRUITT'S 23rd ANNIVERSARY
s]s9
100
mer Sen. Herman Tal
madge, Nunn, Miller and
Murphy formed the “Get
well Lester Maddox" com
mittee with Peyton Hawes
Sr., as chairman, and cam
paigned statewide for contri
butions.
Maddox, 63, served four
years as governor and four
years at lieutenantgovemor.
*328
Best
Service
Free
Delivery
9 A.M. ■ 6 P.M.
15 MAIN ST.
BUFORD
943-3234
DIAPARENE
BABY POWDER
... 59’
ng\
■
STYLE
SHAMPOO
$155
16 oz.
CHLORTRIMETON
CHLORTRIMETON-D
, s l , ’/ S I M
CURITY
SOFT PUFFS
260
59«
CONTROL
APPETITE SUPPRESSANT
$lB9
CLOSE UP
TOOTHPASTE
: 39«
PRUITr^?3rdANNIVERSARY_ L j^RUITrS_23rd_ANNIVERSARY
Easy
Terms
8 A.M. - 7 P.M.
OLD BUFORD RD.
CUMMING
887-7331
§sanu
5
m