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Voice Of The People
Inmates Receiving
Gov’t Benefit Checks
TdThe Editor:
have heard all kinds of
stories about Social Security
btmefits running out in a
couple of years.
Would you believe our gov
ernment is paying S6O mil-
Uon a year to criminals? Ten
pwcent of the prison popula
tion is receiving Social Secu
rity benefits. Furthermore
Congress has known about it
for years and has made no
effort to do anything about it.
Meanwhile the pot is truly
running empty. Whose fault
would you say it was? Could
it lie the derilict politicians ?
When Social Security was
set up in the 1930 s it was
designed to be a retirement
pension system. Our politi
cals found they could drag on
it for other things, including
criminals and disability fak
ers. They voted it in so it
might get them a few more
votes And what has it got
you, the Social Security re
cipient?
# The following cases
The Lost Purse
Was Returned
To the Editor:
T just wanted to tell about
something that happened to
me and the good person who
cared enough to help me.
I went out to eat and lost
my purse. It was given to me
as a birthday present and
meant a lot. It had pictures,
my driver’s license and over
S2OO in it. Also, my house
keys were inside.
I didn’t know I had lost it
till I got home. I went back
and couldn’t find it.
fc had to climb in a window
to get inside my house. I just
Cemetery Book
Is Being Printed
To The Editor:
Several times in the past
we have had letters to you
printed asking that we be
notified of any private or
abandoned cemeteries in the
county. The response was
tremendous.
We want to thank the peo
ple who called in and gave us
directions to these cemete
ries.
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It was not an easy task, but
between 1972 and 1981 we
invisited each cemetery and
copied any markers there
(tombstones, funeral home
markers, and those
scratched on rocks). The job
is complete.
A total of 95 cemeteries
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3 miles West of Cumming, Hwy. 20
(Formerly M&G Cothing)
clearly distort the “disabil
ity” definition. Cheap law
yers and their criminal
clients, the prisoners, plead
insanity and then are de
clared disabled. One horror
story is the case of a crimi
nal named “Satan”, con
victed of a sex offense
against a six year old girl.
He has now received $3,642
in back disability payments
after his conviction. His ex
cuse is he has dizzy spells
from the beating the police
administered. Evidence
shows that “Satan” was ap
prehended without any type
of injury. Neither do the
X- rays show any injuries.
Another, named Gary
Maik, is serving time in
Trenton Psychiatric Hospi
tal for stabbing his best
friend 66 times while under
the influence of LSD. Be
cause of the psychiatric re
port h e i s
declaredunemployable in
American Society and is re
ceiving $214 per month in
disability checks. He has
sat down and cried because I
thought my purse and all its
contents were gone.
The next day a man called
my aunt and said he had
found the purse. I got every
thing back. He went to a lot
of trouble.
I would just like to say I
am so glad there are still
people who are honest and
care about other people. I
would like to say thank you
very much to Jessie Wilson
of Cumming for caring
enough about someone else.
Karen Shoemake
and about 15,000 names have
been copied, indexed alpha
betically by cemetery, and
all put into one book “Ceme
teries of Forsyth County.”
The book is at the printers
and will be available for pur
chase for S2O on June 29.
If anyone is interested in
reserving a copy, please ei
ther call Bonnye Leary at
887-2293 or Donna Parrish at
887-7429 or write to us at Rt.
9, Box 197, Cumming, Ga.
30130.
Again our thanks to the
people of Forsyth County for
their response and interest
in this project.
Bonnye Leary
Donna Parrish
COUNTRY CASUAL S
MEN'S DEPT.
Stututta C il I C
Vacalm 9nLE
•JOGGING SHORTS
reg. $5.00, *3.50
•WRANGLER-SHORT
SLEEVE PULLOVERS
values to $12.00
NOW *5.99
•ONE RACK - CAREER
CLUB SHIRTS
values to $20.00
NOW *12.00
•SPORT COATS
reg. $34 and $35.00
NOW *29.00
•MEN'S 3 PC. SUITS
*IO.OO OFF
SALE PRICE
OPEN:
MONDAY - SATURDAY
10A.M. -6P.M.
saved up $6,000 so far. We
should wonder what he in
tends doing with this money.
Would he think of hiring a
lawyer to try getting out of a
place in which he rightly
belongs?
This list goes on and on
and if we, as taxpayers,
don’t raise the hair on our
elected officials, it will go on
and on, resulting in those
who look forward to retire
ment finding that the “pot is
empty”.
Each person on retirement
and those looking forward to
retirement should take time
to write a postal card to our
congressman, Ed Jenkins,
and both our senators. They
should ask what is happen
ing to H.R. 3274, a bill intro
duced by Rep. Colling (R-
Texas) which if passed will
terminate payments to those
in penal institutions. This bill
is in the hands of the House
Ways and Means Committee
where it is gathering dust.
That dust means less time
that you might be getting full
benefits from what you have
worked for so many years.
Sanford V. Wagoner
' ENTIRE STOCK''
MEN'S, BOYS , GIRLS'
AND LADIES
SWIMSUITS
20 % on
MEN'S AND BOYS'
0.5. A., JANTZEN,
CAMPUS, WRANGLER,
VAN HEUSEN, AND
DONMOOR
KNIT SHIRTS
20 % 0w
WRANGLER, LEVI, D.C.
(Pastel Colors)
SLACKS - JEANS
PAINTER PANTS,
WORK PANTS
20 % off
SUMMER
HANDBAGS
INCLUDING WHITE, BONE
AND PASTEL AND STRAW
20 % o«
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Piecing The Quilt
The Forsyth County Homemakers Council is now beginning work on its annual handmade
quilt. Betty Stonecipher, president of the Big Creek Club, is shown piecing the quilt which is of
a Dresden Plate design. Soon the Homemakers Council will begin selling chances on the quilt.
A drawing will be held during the Cumming Country Creations Bazaar in October. (News
staff photo by Lane Gardner Camp)
STARTS TODAY!
SIZZLIN SUMMER
PRE -INVENTORY
PARSONS
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THE FORSYTH COUNTY NEWS —WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24, 1981-
The Cumming City Police
Department arrested a Cum
ming woman Sunday, June
21,1981 and charged her with
shoplifting from the Best Yet
Supermarket on Highway 19,
north of Cumming.
Gloria Lynn Thomas, 22,
Route 2, Cumming is being
held while awaiting court,
after taking a nail file from
the grocery store, police
chief Gabe Dukas said.
According to Dukas, Thomas
was also charged with being
in possession of suspected
Deputies Arrest
Hospital Escapee
Forsyth County deputies
arrested a Mental Hospital
escapee, Monday, June 15,
1981 after he attempted to
pick up several children.
According to Forsyth
County Sheriff Wesley Wal
raven, Scott Summers, left
the Georgia Regional Hospi
tal where he was being held
in regards to a homicide.
Summers was arrested on
Georgia 400 at approxi
mately 4 p.m. after a lookout
ciN i me
BEACH TOWELS
AND
COVER-UPS
20 % OFF
GIRLS' JR. MISSES AND
HALF SIZES
SUMMER
DRESSES
20 - 40 °
OFF. . •As Marked
LADIES'
SUMMER
DRESS SHOES
20 - 40 %
OFF. . •As Marked
COORDINATE GROUPS
JR., MISSY, LARGE SIZES
SUMMER
2 SPORTSWEAR
*■ 25 % off
INCLUDES SHORTS, SLACKS,
SKIRTS AND TOPS.
Shoplifting
Charge Made
PAGE 5A
marijuana.
City policemen are also
investigating the theft of five
cases of Michelob beer from
the Premium Distributing
Company Truck, parked
while unloading at the E Z
Go Food Store on Highway
20, west of Cumming, Dukas
said.
Dukas said policemen are
looking for a white over
green ford pinto, and four
males were seen taking the
beer from the truck.
was posted. He was taken
into custody without incident
and returned to DeKalb
County authorities, Walra
ven said.
LEATHER TIP
Don’t use furniture polish,
oil, wax, or varnish on
leather goods, warn Exten
sion Service home econo
mists. These products may
contain solvents that will
make the leather sticky.