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Green Is Promoted
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Robert M. “Pete” Green has been
promoted from senior vice president to
executive vice president at the Bank of
Cumming, in an announcement made
this week by “Buddy” Hobbs, bank
president.
Green, who has previously been re
sponsible for the real estate and com
mercial lending areas, will assume the
duties of chief administrative officer.
Hobbs said the promotion was well
deserved and would add dimension to
the management effort to provide ex
cellence in financial services to the
community.
GREEN
Chandler Receives Degree
Paul A. Chandler has been awarded a Doctor of Chiroprac
tic Degree (D.C.) from Life Chiropractic College in Marietta,
in a graduation ceremony held at the World Congress Center
in December.
Dr. Sid E. Williams, chancellor of Life Chiropractic Col
leges, conferred degrees on Dr. Chandler and 137 other
graduates of the college.
Dr. Chandler is the son of Mr. and Mrs. A.B. Chandler of
Cumming.
Heart Fund Princess
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Four-year-old Elizabeth Eastham of
Marietta has been named the 1983
Heart Fund Princess for the American
Heart Association.
Elizabeth has had open heart surgery
twice to correct serious problems and
was honored by Gov. Joe Frank Harris
after being named state princess.
February is Heart Month in Georgia
and Gov. Harris urged Georgians to
support the Heart Association in the
fight against heart disease.
EASTHAM
He Reports For Duty
Navy Data Systems Technician Third Class Adam R.
Thornton, son of Thomas R. and Bessie S. Thornton of 100
KnoUwood Lane, Cumming, has reported for duty aboard the
guided missile cruiser USS Richmond K. Turner, home
ported in Charleston, S.C.
Local Woman Honored
A Cumming woman has been selected to appear in the 1982
edition of Outstanding Young Women Of America.
The Board of Advisors for the program announced last
week that Eula Jean Campbell, Cumming, Route 2, will be
listed in the latest edition.
CUSTOMER
APPRECIATION
DAY
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 12,1983
We, at Forsyth County Bank feel
that you, the customer, are what
make us the bank we are today.
Therefore, we would like to take this oppor
tunity to express our appreciation to all of our
customers and to invite you to come by our
main office on Saturday, February 12,1983
for some refreshments and to talk to our
friendly employees.
“Just Like An Old Time Friend”
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EQUAL HOUSING
LENDER
Infant
Seats
Clinic Offers Help
By Renting ‘Luv’
By JOHNNY SOLESBEE
Managing Editor
A pilot program whose aim is to put infants in their
places in a car that is, in a child restraint seat
begins today in Forsyth County.
The program, under the direction of the Wilson
Clinic, will offer child restraint seats for children one
year old and younger or up to 20 pounds, according to
Julia Moseley, director of the Wilson Clinic.
The seats can be rented for $lO per year with $2.50
refundable when the seat is returned. The restraint
seats, manufactured by General Motors and known as
a “Luv” seat, will be available from 10 a.m. until 2
p.m. each Wednesday, beginning today, Feb. 9, at The
Place on Pirkle Ferry Road, just outside downtown
Cumming.
The pilot program is being made possible by a
federal grant to the Wilson Clinic and 50 seats have
been ordered initially for distribution.
Although the seats will be rented to anyone, officials
of the program hope those who can’t afford to buy one
for their child will take advantage of the pilot program.
Volunteers will help distribute the seats, keep the
necessary records and give instructions on proper
placement of a child in the seats.
For persons who might not be able to afford the
rental fee, Ms. Moseley said the $2.50 deposit which
is refundable at the year’s end would be waived and
the person could work in the child restraint program
for four hours which would be considered compensa
tory for the rental fee.
Persons who have children one year old or younger
are encouraged to participate in the program if they do
not have a child restraint device for transporting the
child in an automobile.
A pamphlet being offered by the Wilson Clinic
explains the different child restraint systems and tells
why child restraints are needed. The pamphlet was
prepared by the National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration of the Department of Transportation.
After the critical early weeks of life for the newborn
baby, automobile crashes are the leading cause of
death for American children, the pamphlet explains. In
a recent year alone, 669 children under the age of five
were killed while riding in cars. Tens of thousands
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more were seriously injured.
“The tragedy is that most of those deaths and
injuries could have been avoided if parents had taken
the time to buckle their children into a proper child
restraint system,” the pamphlet explains.
To understand why restraints are so important, one
must first understand what happens in a crash,.or in a
sudden panic stop. When a car hits another object and
-stops suddenly, or when a sudden hard braking action
brings it to a fast stop, all occupants inside the car
continue to move forward at the same speed the car
was traveling, until something stops them.
“Too frequently, that ‘something’ is the steering
column, the dash board, the windshield, or some other
part of the interior of the car. It is this second collision
that causes injuries and death,” the report explains.
“In the case of small children, if they are not
restrained, they literally become flying missiles. It
happens so fast, and with such force even in low
speed crashes that neither the parent nor the child
can prevent the child from a violent impact with other
passengers or with some hard surface within the car.
‘ ‘The solution to the problem of the second collision is
a restraint system,” the report states. “For adults,
that means a safety belt, which holds you safely in your
seat, away from the car interior. The belt’s webbing
and the sturdy adult pelvis and rib cage absorb the
forces of the collision. But for children under five, child
restraints are the best solution.”
“Children need to have the crash forces spread more
evenly over their fragile bodies, and that’s what child
restraints do. They are fastened to the car by the safety
belt already in your car and in a crash they protect
children from colliding with the car’s interior.
“Some parents think they can protect infants and
young children from being injured by holding them in
their laps. They cannot,” the report states. “In a 30-
mile-per-hour crash, for example, a child may be
thrown forward with a force equal to 30 times its own
weight. If you are wearing a safety belt, the child can
be tom from your arms and hurled into the dash or the
windshield. If you’re not wearing a safety belt, both
you and your child will fly forward, with the probabil
ity that your child may be crushed between you and the
dash.”
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-THE FORSYTH COUNTY NEWS-WEDNESDAT, FEBRUARY », 19«3
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Community Calendar
Thursday, Feb. 10 The
Forsyth County Devel
opment Authority will meet
at 6 p.m. in the community
room of the courthouse.
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Monday, Feb. 14 The
Forsyth County Commission
will meet in the Commission
er’s Meeting Room of the
courthouse at 7 p.m. (It’s a
Weather
Wednesday the clouds will
increase once again with a 50
percent chance of rain devel
oping in the afternoon. Rain
fall amounts will average
around V* inch. The high will
be in the upper 40s.
The extended outlook
through Saturday calls for
partly cloudy skies Thurs
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INSURANCE
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AUTO RATES
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FREE In
TIRE ROTATION WITH
SPIN BALANCE
,o„$ 1 4?5
TIRES I TSJ t
TUNE-UP
8 cylinders - $32.00
6 cylinders - $24.00
4 cylinders - $16.00
electronic ignition -
others slightly higher
BRAKE REPAIR
$36”
Front disc brakes only - in
cludes pads & labor - rotor
refinish & rear brakes extra.
Domestic cars only.
new meeting time.)
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Tuesday, Feb. 15 The
Midway Athletic Club will
meet in their athletic club
building at 7:30 p.m.
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Tuesday, Feb. 15 The
Cumming City Council will
meet at the Cumming City
Hall at 7:30 p.m.
day with a chance of rain
returning Friday.
The ' highs will be
around 50 and the lows will
be in the low 30s.
Lake Level
Normal Leve1...1071.00
Flood Level 1085.00
Present 1071.54
Surface Temp 45°F
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