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Chamber banquet was bargain of a party
By ‘Mac’ Berston
Chamber of Commerce
There are two gentlemen in this
town who really know how to “throw
a party,” and their names are
Charles Ingram and Ivan Sibley.
You’ll have read about the Cham
ber’s Annual Dinner and seen the
photographs in previous issues of The
News, but there is another side of the
story.
Everyone that I’ve talked to that
Cattle industry sees positives ahead
J Georgia’s cattle industry antic
; ipates 1965 will be a “payoff year.”
If all goes well, the state should
achieve “Class A” status in the na
, tional battle to control and eradicate
* brucellosis, a costly disease for cattle
; producers, and one that can be dan
« gerous to humans who contract it or
} who consume contaminated meat or
J milk.
? Georgia Commissioner of Agricul
ture Tommy Irvin said recently the
move from “Class B” to “Class A”
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Michael Moore receives
promotion from company
A 39-year-old Cumming resident
has been named Director of Cor
porate Operational Development for
the Cotton States Insurance Compa
nies.
Michael J. Moore, 811 Hickory
Knoll, Cumming, will conduct special
projects, examinations and surveys
designed to promote company growth
and provide efficient operations and
service. He also will be responsible
for maintaining communications that
Georgia Power customers
spend less in this area
Georgia Power Company’s resi
dential customers spent less on elec
tricity in January than electricity
users in most other areas of the
nation, according to the latest survey
by the Jacksonville (Fla.) Electric
Authority.
Carl Curtis, Georgia Power Cum
ming local manager, said the JEA
poll showed that only seven of the 60
utilities surveyed had rates lower
than Georgia Power’s for customers
who used 1,000 kilowatt-hours of elec
tricity.
Five of the seven utilities whose
January rates were lower than
Georgia Power’s are tax supported
; municipal systems, the survey
showed.
The survey revealed that a typical
Georgia Power residential customer
who used 1,000 kilowatt-hours paid a
winter rate of $58.96, Curtis said. By
comparison, customers of Consol
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attended the dinner seemed very,
very pleased with the food, the
speaker, the entertainment, decora
tions everything! In fact, I’ve only
had one negative comment and that
was from a member who didn’t at
tend, but who wrote in to complain
about what he felt was the ridicu
lously exorbitant charge of $12.50 per
head!!!
Now, just for comparison, the Hall
County Chamber held their annual
status will be an economic plus for
producers because fewer health tests
will be required on cattle they are
selling for out-of-state markets.
Many states require only a neg
ative brucellosis test on individual
cattle shipped in from a “Class A”
state rather than negative tests on the
entire herd of orgin.
To qualify as a “Class A” state,
Georgia must have no more than 2.5
infected herds per thousand for a 12-
month period.
will ensure an effective exchange of
information throughout the Cotton
States companies.
“This is a challenging assignment
that will have an impact on current
and future operations of the com
pany,” said Robert E. Carpenter,
president of Cotton States Insurance.
Mike Moore’s background in the com
pany and experience in the industry
certainly gives him the expertise to
meet the challenge successfully,”
idated Edison of New York paid
$136.05 for the same amount of elec
tricity.
The same amount of electricity cost
$129.87 in San Diego, $103.56 in Phila
delphia, $85.70 in Miami, $75.10 in
Jacksonville, $68.08 in Charlotte, and
$50.74 in St. Louis.
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bash on Tuesday, Jan. 29. Their
come-on was a “mystery speaker,”
who, for security reasons, could not
be identified before dinner and who
turned out to be a man from Chicago
who does imitations of Reagan, Car
ter, Nixon, etc.
Now, their menu was the same as
ours except for prime rib instead of
roast beef and, guess what?! They
managed it so well that their mem
bers only had to shell out $22 apiece.
“We’ve been well below that num
ber for about six months, and that’s
great considering we have 43,499
cattle herds in Georgia,” Irvin said.
However, he cautioned farmers not
to relax their standards, but continue
the hard work they put into achieving
this goal.
Payoff in ‘BS will be the result of the
combined, diligent efforts by cattle
producers, veterinarians and animal
health officials who have been acti
vely pursuing the goal of reducing
Carpenter said of the newly-created
position.
Moore had been manager of Under
writing Development for Atlanta
based Cotton States since 1983.
He joined Cotton States in 1966 as
an automobile underwriter and has
worked in a variety of underwriting
capacities in the last 18 months.
Cotton States Insurance offers in
surance to residents in Georgia, Flor
ida, South Carolina, North Carolina,
Alabama and Tenneseee through rep
resentation by more than 275 agents.
The Cotton States Insurance group
includes Cotton States Life and
Health, Cotton States Mutual and
Shield Insurance. Cotton States In
surance is traded in “Over-The-Coun
ter” market as CottonSFL.
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Now, from my point of view, saving
$9.50 eating roast instead of prime rib
and listening to Barbara Dooley in
stead of an impersonator seems like
somewhat of a bargain. I think
Charles and Ivan and all the others
who made it happen deserve a big
WELL DONE.
If you’ve had some trouble getting
through to the Chamber office lately,
I’m truly sorry for any inconve
nience. Our furnace gave up the ghost
and eliminating brucellosis, Irvin
said.
Since 1977, these individuals have
been working together in an accele
rated effort to wipe out the disease in
Georgia. At that time, Georgia had
over 500 infected herds. Today there
are only 43.
The ultimate a cattle producer can
strive for is to have his herd certified
“brucellosis free.” In Georgia today,
324 herds currently have that desig
nation, meaning that repeated offi
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FORSYTH COUNTY NEWS—WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1985
on Jan. 24, and we’ve only had one
small space heater and a little ker
osene job during all this cold weather
(Brenda’s typewriter even froze). So,
if I’ve seemed neglectful and slow to
respond, please forgive me.
• * *
New members since the last re
port:
J.R. Wheeler lndividual
McNeal Agency, Inc. Larry Sig
ler/Tom Lawson
cial testing has proven the bacterial
disease is not present.
Therefore, those “free” herds are
the safest source for bull and heifer
replacements.
Irvin said Georgia’s next goal will
be to achieve statewide “free” status.
“Becoming a brucellosis free state
will be our biggest challenge," he
added. “We’ve worked hard to get
this close to ‘Class A’ status, and
we’re certain to reach it. But once we
do, the real work begins.”
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Dodd Grading Co., Inc. Meredith
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Buice Grading & Pipe Jean
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Jannie Smallwood Carver
JMS Computer Associates
Dwight Miesse
Graves Construction Company
Fred Graves
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Here are a couple of tax reminders
from the Certified Public Accoun
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year.
When itemizing deductions on your
1984 federal income tax return, be
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held from your paycheck for health
insurance.
Also include union dues, charitable
contributions and state and local
taxes.
You won’t have cancelled checks
for these expenses sometimes that is
why they are often overlooked.
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