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Community Helped
When Called Upon
When Forsyth Coqntians are
called on they answer.
Over the years, local organi
zations have seen the tremen
dous generosity displayed by
their fellow citizens. If the need
has been there, it usually is
filled.
Several projects are under
way in the community now that
require contributions and dona
tions and Forsyth Countians
continue to answer those needs.
Money is continually being
contributed to the Sawnee Arts
Association in the group’s ef
fort to construct an arts center.
The Humane Society is
continuing its drive to have a
shelter built here. Land has
been contributed and projects
continue to raise money.
In addition to that, there are
any number of other projects
going on by clubs and groups
that ask for donations.
A new project initiated this
year got off to a good start,
thanks to money donated to
needy families.
Forsyth Countians contrib
High School Posts
Adequately Filled
The Forsyth County Board of
Education decision to bring
Harold Hammontree to the
high school appears to be a
good solid move with the com
bination of Rick Case and Den
nis Moore.
Hammontree has been in the
school system for 13 years and
has accumulated almost 20
years of experience.
His background and working
relationship with Rick Case at
Otwell Middle School for the
past few years should make for
a good working relationship.
Add that to the experience
Dennis Moore has acquired as
assistant principal of the high
school and that should make for
a good combination of experi
ence and talent to run the high
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uted more than S3OO to a new
“fuel fund” project to help fam
ilies stay warm during the cold
months of winter.
A total of seven families
received money to help pay fuel
bills.
The project will continue this
year and contributions are be
ing solicted to have money re
ady when it is needed this
winter.
Already the Forsyth County
Rotary Club has indicated it
will make a SIOO contribution
and challenge other local civic
clubs to do the same, v
If all those clubs contribute,
several needy families may be
able to have a warm winter. If
the winter is as cold as this
summer is hot, help will be
needed.
Our hats are off to the people
of the community who dug into
their pockets to help these
needy families. Your contribu
tions were graciously received
and you can say you sincerely
helped someone this year.
school.
Bringing this team of admin
istrators will surely strengthen
the high school, but will leave
the junior high schools “empty
handed” for the time being.
Because of the decision to
bring the three together at the
high school, there are no imme
diate principalships at the new
junior high schools. The Board
of Education must now hire
new principals at these schools.
We think the team employed
at the high school is a good one
and should work effectively. If
the board of education does as
well filling the posts at the
junior high schools, it should
make for a sound school system
for the future of Forsyth County
students and their education.
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CROSSEP OVER INTO SADW AIR SPACE AND WAS PICKER UP
FOR VIOLATING SECTION 12 OF THE U.N. SECURITY COPE,,,
Food Future To Be Different
The government is always doing stud
ies on something or another.
One thing they studied a few years
ago was food prices.
What they concluded was, “in order
to meet projected demand, a 100 per
cent increase in the real price of food
will be required” by the year 2000.
In other words, you will have to pay
twice the percentage of your income for
food at the store that you do now.
And that doesn’t count inflation.
But if you allow for a 10 percent
inflation rate every year between now
and then, consider the cost of a quick
trip to the supermarket in 20 years:
Two heads of iceberg lettuce for $9.20.
Three large tomatoes for $5.24. Green
onions $3.78 a bunch. Two pounds of
bananas for $6.56. A 10-ounce jar of
instant coffee will set you back $45.06.
Why is this?
The amount of farmland is declining.
I read someplace that every year
enough farmland to make a strip a half
mile wide from New York to Los An
geles is taken out of production.
At the same time, the number of
mouths to be fed is growing. In 20 years
there will be more Americans. Over
seas, there will be more people using
American wheat to fend off starvation.
In some parts of the country, the soil
is eroding. In lowa, the topsoil was two
Some Things ‘Bother ’ Her
About July 4th This Year
At the special times of the year,
Christmas, Easter, and the Fourth of
July, I try to write a special column for
the occasion. However, this Fourth of
July does not get the words of wisdom
that it usually gets and that I can’t
always make, this year you get the
“Bothers.”
Several times in the last few weeks I
have attempted to write the feelings
and emotions that we should feel in
Forsyth county on the Fourth of July. I
keep having a few mental blocks called
“bothers”.
I have recalled the parades and activ
ities of the past few years, the excite
ment, flurry of preparations, the
sounds in the evenings of steam engines
being readied for the big day, and the
people involved.
However, an entrance fee for Lanier
Junior Miss to ride in the parade both
ers me. It seems that too much em
phasis is placed on money. Miss Tracy
Rye is the official representative of our
The News Plans Sesquicentennial Issue
Next year, Forsyth County
will celebrate its 150th birth
day. There’s gonna’ be quite a
celebration.
It’s not too early to begin
preparations for this big event.
A sesquicentennial commit
tee has been organized and the
group will hold its first meeting
on July 7th to begin plans for
the local celebration.
We at the Forsyth County
News also plan something to
coincide with the local obser
vance.
The Forsyth County News
has scheduled a Sesquicenten
nial Edition a special edition
that will include news and ad
vertising showing tiie area’s
growth and history over the
past 150 years.
It’s a big undertaking as any
one in the community can tell
you, to gather history that cov-
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feet deep 150 years ago. Now it aver
ages eight inches and is eroding at the
rate of about an inch a decade.
In the past generation, yields have
gone up so dramatically partly because
of the intensive use of oil-based chemi
cals like fertilizers and diesel fuel. As
the land erodes, the use of these chemi
cals must increase to maintain current
yields.
As the price of fuel and fertilizer
rises, the cost of food will rise.
Processing and transportation costs
add to the cost of food. Much of the food
in supermarkets has been highly proc
essed in a factory and was grown as far
away as California. These costs are
going to increase, too.
What is to be done?
We can’t ask the farmers to grow food
for free. They must have a fair price.
Yet many people simply will not be able
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young people and having her in the
parade is an honor. To charge the
sponsoring organization of the Junior
Miss pageant an entrance fee is, in my
opinion, wrong.
Last year’s route for the parade
seemed a pretty good one, however, the
route published in last week’s paper
promises to be worse. The parade will
be over shortly after it starts and will
create the biggest mass of confusion we
have ever had. True, our town is small
and the courthouse takes up a lot of
space, but limiting the viewing area to
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ers a 150 year period. That’s
why we want to get started
now.
In order to put together a
special issue for you, we are
asking that you help us. During
the next year, The News will be
soliciting information from our
readers about the history of the
county, including local govern
ment, religion, education, in
dustry, roads, etc. There’s a lot
of ground to cover.
We will keep the information
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to double the proportion of their income
that goes for food.
What we may see is new ways of
farming and eating.
There may very well be a future for
someone with a few acres of tomatoes
and beans close to a city. He could cut
transportation and production costs to a
minimum by selling fresh vegetables
close to home in season.
Lots more people will grow gardens.
They may use low-technology meth
ods that are being pioneered right now.
In California, one man did some re
search and grew gardens for several
years and figured he could feed himself
a balanced diet of small grains and
vegetables from 2,800 square feet, or an
area the size of many houses.
In 1980, he hoped to sell SB,OOO worth
of vegetables at wholesale prices from
one-eighth of an acre.
He used only hand tools and claimed
to use far less water and fertilizer than
conventional practice required.
Heat-and-serve foods may become a
luxury. We may forget about tomatoes
in December unless we canned some
over the summer or grow some in the
greenhouse.
Our food future is probably going to
be very different. We may change sim
ply because we cannot afford to con
tinue what we are doing now.
three sides of it seems to be the wrong
action to take.
I suppose what I’ve said before, and I
say again, my biggest bother is that the
parade route is changed so that Mrs.
Ellene Kemp can not sit on her front
porch at the comer of Kelly Mill Road
and Highway 20 and watch the parade.
This is a tradition as far as I am
concerned and the last two years this
tradition has been broken.
Seeing Dr. Jim Mashbum’s steam
engine and calliope minus the Bowling
children will be a broken tradition. For
the last 11 or 12 years one and then two
of the Bowlings have been aboard. This
bothers me.
If the little engine with Ralph and
Chigger Webb pushing, pulling, and
persuading isn’t in the parade because
Ralph has gotten too big to ride, I will
be real bothered.
Now that you have read my “both
ers, ” have a safe and happy Fourth and
remember why we are celebrating.
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supplied by you in files in our
offices and use the history for
stories for the special edition.
Once the edition is completed,
the information will be re
turned. If you have some valu
able historical information you
prefer we don’t keep, we will
try to make arrangements to
have copies made or reproduce
photos so we can return
material to you as soon as pos
sible.
The News is aware there are
some histories of the county in
the making, to be published in
book form soon. Our special
issue is in no way intended to
compete with the publications
of these books. We are prepar
ing the sesquicentennial edition
for our readers with the hopes it
can be a keepsake and provided
for their reading pleasure.
Forsyth County has made
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Thoughts
For The 4th
At this same time last year, I ad
dressed my column to the United States
of America. It seemed an appropriate
topic with July 4 approaching.
What I did was select some inspiratio
nal material from a book entitled “Alle
giance to America," by William Arthur
Ward.
The book is a compilation of quotes
that celebrate all that is good and right
about America.
T-nst year my reason for sharing
certain of the quotes was that I thought
they would serve to help us all get our
minds off the things that were then
troubling the U.S.: inflation, hostages
in Iran, unemployment, etc.
With it now being 1981 and the U.S.
about to celebrate its 205th birthday, I
thought I would again share some
uplifting words about the U.S. differ
ent from last year, but from the same
book.
Hopefully, after reading some of
these pro-U.S. thoughts, it will be with
greater pride that we’ll wave our flags,
sing our songs, burst our fireworks, and
march in our parades this July 4:
• During the whole history of Amer
ica... our flag has been the flag of a
country, not the personal standard of a
king or an emporer. It stands, and it has
stood for us as the symbol of an abs
tract idea, not as the sign of power of
any ruler. Edward S. Holden
• Every American is a free member
of a mighty partnership that has at its
command all the pooled strength of
Western Civilization spiritual ideals,
political experience, social purpose,
scientific wealth, industrial prowess.
Dwight D. Eisenhower
• I believe in an America that is on
the march an America respected by
all nations, friends and foes alike an
America that is moving, choosing,
doing, dreaming a strong America in
a world of peace. John F. Kennedy
• America is a hardheaded, practical
nation. It is also a generous and senti
mental country. It is a country that has
confidence in its strength and does not
lack for courage, but it has a soft heart.
It wants to be liked and it wants to be
respected, too. What it really longs for
is a world of nations among whom there
is understanding, prosperity,
friendship, and mutual confidence.
Thomas E. Naughten
• America is far more than a conti
nent bounded by two oceans. It is more
than the pride of military power, glory
in war, or success and victory. It means
more than vast expanses of farms, of
great factories, or mines, magnificent
cities, or millions of automobiles, ra
dios and TVs. America is the intangible
we cannot describe. It is a soul. The
soul of a free man, the spirit of a free
thought. The drama of an alert mind.
The simple and honest dignity of a
human bdng. The respect for the feel
ings, thoughts and concerns of a fellow
citizen. Rabbi Robert A. Rothman
• Our country is not merely the sum
of its parts. It is not the total of its
resources, the aggregate of its wealth.
Our country is much more than the
complement of all our states and bound
aries, our cities and our farms. It is the
sum of its culture, its heritage, its
tradition. It is the sum of its strength,
its vigor and its spirit. Harry S. Truman
• Our country! In her intercourse
with foreign nations may she always be
in the right, but our country, right or
wrong. Stephen Decatur.
some tremendous progress dur
ing the past few years. There is
a lot of history in this county,
and we hope to compile a sum
mation in newspaper form for
your reading enjoyment. At the
same time, local advertisers
will have the opportunity to tell
you of the progress they’ve
made.
The News is asking the coop
eration of its readers and ad
vertisers in this undertaking,
with hopes it will be a special
occasion that can be shared by
all in the community.
Watch for stories and adver
tisements in The Forsyth
County News to solicit informa
tion for our special publication.
Any questions about informa
tion for publication may be
directed to Scott Vaughan or
Eddie Stowe at The News office
by calling 887-3126.
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