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-FORSYTH COUNTY NEWS—WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1985
Forsyth CountvNews
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(Established 1908)
Forsyth County News
107 Dahlonega Street
Cumming, Georgia 30130
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—Opinion
Area should benefit
from grant for doctor
The county received some good
news with the announcement that
a federal grant has been approved
to finance the hiring of an obstetri
cian gynecologist to serve the For
syth County area.
The grant will allow the Wilson
Clinic to hire a doctor to provide ob
gyn care for Forsyth, Lumpkin
and Dawson counties.
The purpose of the federal pro
gram is to provide health care to
indigent patients who might other
wise go without. In Forsyth County
alone as many as 100 expectant
mothers who have no money to
4-H deserves honor
Eighty years ago, when the first
youngsters became involved in
local Corn Clubs and Tomato
Clubs, no one could have gueesed
that the organizations would
evolve into the ultra-successful 4-
H club
But evolve they did, and today
the 4-H is recognized as an impor
tant and positive influence for
youngsters throughout the state’s
school system.
There are few organizations
which can boast of an image as
positive as that of the 4-H. Origi
nally an agricultural club, the or
Community support needed
to keep day care center
Editor:
Much has appeared in the 'News” re
cently concerning the Forsyth County Day
Care Center. Reporting has focused on the
differing opinions of personalities involved
rather than on the issue that the Board of
Directors of the Center are trying under
difficult circumstances to keep the school
open. This school provides pre-school train
ing for the children of many young parents
in our county who would otherwise be
unable to afford day care, and thus, would
not be in the work force.
Several things happened this summer to
threaten the continuation of the school. In
July the liability and property insurance
was cancelled. This had nothing to do with
the school, but was the result of over-reac
tion on the part of the insurance industry to
national news concerning child abuse in
day care centers.
When protection was acquired it was at
300 percent increase in cost, and with
exclusions which left unacceptable levels of
personal liability for those responsible for
the center.
At the same time, enrollment slumped in
the center causing a deficit operation which
put the in financial stress. Ten to 15 thou
sand dollars was needed over stat and
county levels of support to meet budget
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pay for more traditional health car
may be served by the clinic in the
course of a year.
While Forsyth is rapidly devel
oping into a county with a stable
economy and improved economic
conditions, there are still many
who cannot afford the services of a
doctor, and during the months
preceding birth there are two
lives, rather than one, at risk.
Local health officials have
worked long to secure funding for
such a program. Their success
should be applauded.
ganization has changed with the
times to offer youngsters the sort
of advice and information they
need to become productive citi
zens.
Today, the 4-H Club provides
young people in all walks of life
with opportunities to work and
learn together in a beneficial en
virnment.
This week is set aside annually
for the recognition of the achieve
ments of the 4-h Clubs throughout
America. The honor is certainly
one well deserved.
Letter
demands. At precisely this time the board
received notice from the county that the
county support of approximately 15.5 per
cent of budget would be discontinued for
the balance of the year. Later it was
learned that support would be continued at
the pre-85 level of approximately 6.5 per
cent.
At this time, in concert with state rep
resentatives from DHR, the board re
quested the county contract directly with
DHR for the county day care center. This is
done in other counties, and the board felt
this put responsibility for the school where
it belonged, at the county level. The board
received no response directly from the
county to this request, but has learned
indirectly of the lack ofinterest in this idea.
We are now negotiating with the Ninth
District Opportunity, Inc. to take over
operation of the center. This organization
already has responsibility for federal pro
grams within the county, and is uniquely
positioned to assume operations of the
center if arrangements can be finalized.
Community involvement and especially
financial support will have to continue if
this program is to survive.
Darrel M. Wilkins
Co-chairman, Board of Directors
Forsyth Day Care Center
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‘LetY to ‘I do* in just five days
Never say that anything is impossible.
Granted, there are some things that may
take a lifetime to accomplish, and there are
those things that seem to look impossible but
somehow they’re just not as far away as they
seem.
Like planning a wedding in five days.
When I announced to Mother on Monday
morning that Rick and I were going to get
married Friday night, now that seemed
impossible. To me.
Not to her, though. She started dialing that
very minute and five days later Rick and I
were standing in front of about 130 people at
Chicopee Methodist Church reciting mar
riage vows.
Let me tell you though a little about the
relationship to understand why we decided
to get married so soon.
To begin with, I married a minute man.
Every minute counts with him. We talked
about adding onto his home one night and the
next afternoon, they had dug up half of the
driveway and had laid cement bricks.
And as for me, well, I bought my car in
three minutes. That in itself explains a lot.
When Rick proposed to me after about a
six-week dating period, he said, “Now, I’m
not one to set a specific date. I can’t say that
on this day I’ll do this.”
So I asked him. “Well, can you give me a
specific month you think you might like to
have a wedding?”
We decided on December.
The next night I got a date. Dec. 14.
About two days after that, we decided that
Christmas would be right up on us if we were
to be married Dec. 14 so we moved it up to
Nov. 30 two days after Thanksgiving.
Plans were in the making. There were
dresses for the bridesmaids to be picked out.
Tuxes for the groomsmen. There were cakes
to bake, invitations to order, china to pick
out. For about two weeks, spare time was
spent looking through magazines and brows
ing through stores.
The only definite thing that we accom
plished was picking out the invitations.
Then, on Sunday, Sept. 22, Rick said, “I
just can’t see waiting until Nov. 30 to get
married. We know we want to be man and
wife so why do we have to wait?”
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We must all learn to ‘buy American’
It usually takes the public more time to get
together on subjects of interest than it does
financiers or unions. The public doesn’t have
the organization to guide itself in a united
way against the industrialists, bankers and
organized retailers.
This latter group is well organized, its
members coordinate their activities and
have a central motive. That motive is to
make money, lots of money, at the expense
of the laboring people of the United States.
Many wonder how this comes about. First,
carefully examine the names of those back
ing industry and retail imports. By carefully
noticing the names you can see what con
glomerate they are working for, and it
usually includes their own clique of finan
ciers.
They are the group that feels no remorse
for the working people they claim are the
chosen people of the earth. They flaunt it to
the fullest in trying to corner the world’s
money supply for their own benefit with no
regard for those who are not of thier back
ground.
Street talk
, ‘Marilyn Shipman “Yeah,
you bet. If my house was on
fire, I’d like to know someone
would be there besides me and
my bucket of water. A fire
department is very important.
The tax dollars would sure be
worth it. Ask anyone’s who
has had a house to burn.”
Do you think Forsyth County needs a full-time fire department?
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Toni Carr “I think it’s
necessary. I think they get
enough in revenue to support
one. This area is growing so
fast. You know, I don’t even
know where my department
is.”
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Dawn
Holcomb
Staff Writer
That’s when we decided Friday, Sept. 27,
would be a good time. We’d keep the wedding
just family and keep it simple.
Mother took care of the reception with
friends and family making cheese straws,
picking up napkins, cups, bride’s book and
all the little necessities you sometimes for
get about.
Tuesday, Rick and I picked out our wed
ding rings in less than 20 minutes, picked out
appliances in 45 minutes, and bought my
wedding dress in less than 15 minutes.
Rick’s just so much like me he knows he
wants and he doesn’t like to dilly-dally
around. I like that.
Wednesday, I had to get my rings sized.
Only two people in Gainesville size rings
without sending them off. The first jeweler
told me that it would be Monday afternoon
before he could get them back.
“I need them for Friday night,” I pleaded.
“I’m sorry.”
The other jeweler, a new one in town, said
that he could have them back to me Friday
afternoon.
A prayer answered.
And that wasn’t the only one.
Everything just fell into place as if we’d
planned for this three months ago.
Mother and my little sister, Dale, who was
to serve as my maid of honor, found their
dresses instantly as they walked into a store.
It’s not easy finding an organist to play for
a wedding on Friday night when you ask
them on Tuesday morning. But we did.
I asked Carl Martin of Martin’s Green
house on Wednesday if we could use his
ferns. He said he would deliver them Friday
afternoon.
There was no pushing, shoving or temper
S V. WAGONER
Guest columnist
Plants are built in any one of many foreign
nations, as they have representation every
where. These plants are equipped with the
latest machinery. Those paid to operate this
machinery are the natives of that country
who often have never held a job in their lives.
The pay is put at just a little better than what
they could get from the local manufacturers,
if there are any. And, of course, it represents
a satisfactory existence on their part.
The raw materials are now being taken to
these countries to be processed, dyed and
spindeled, ready for the weaving machines.
In the same countries are facilities for the
manufacture of clothing. This also is pro
duced by low paid labor.
It is shipped back to the United States and
absorbed by the same merchantile group.
When it arrives, the cost is many times less
than if it had been produced here in the U.S.
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“Well, I really don’t know.
There would be an increase in
taxes. I think the volunteers
do a good job.”
flaring the whole week. It was like spreading
icing on a cake.
And the wedding itself it was just great.
Everyone knows that I’m a pretty happy-go
lucky person who takes things as they are so
when my preacher said, “Dawn, repeat after
me. I, Dawn, take thee, Randy,” I didn’t
hesitate to look at him and say, “It’s Ricky.”
That was just another added touch to a
special memory.
Yes, it was a whirlwind romance. The kind
I’ve read about in books or seen or television.
The kind I’ve always dreamed about having
but never thought I’d really get to take part
in.
It’s like my Dad told me the night that I
announced to him that Rick and I had moved
up the date he said, “You know, your older
sister, she’s independent and I don’t worry
about her taking care of herself. And your
little sister, she’s independent and I know
she can take care of herself. But Dawn,
you’re a little bit different. You need some
one to take care of you.”
And I must say, he’s doing a great job.
I must’ve been at the right place at the
right time because God certainly planned
this one out well.
Oh yeah, Rick and I had already com
mitted ourselves to the fact that we would go
ahead and have to buy the invitations, scrolls
and thank you cards about S3OO worth.
That was O.K. though.
I talked to Mother and Dad on Tuesday
after we’d come back from our honeymoon
to Disneyworld (where they say, “Make sure
you have all your personal articles, includ
ing your children, when exiting this vehi
cle.”) Daddy said, “Dawn, you need to go
pick up those invitations.”
“Oh yeah,” I said. “I’ll go get them
tomorrow or the next day.”
“No, you don’t have to,” he said.
“Bimbo (the printer) called yesterday and
said that you needed to get back up to his
office and order some more invitations. The
ones you picked out have been disconti
nued.”
Luck? Coincidence? I don’t think so.
I think this marriage was planned in
heaven a long time before we knew about
it.
The retail price is set at what is just below
the price had it been locally produced. By
this system a much larger profit on the
products is guaranteed. Many purchasers
don’t look to see where the item was made.
We have seen where thousands of workers
in textile and shoe manufacturing have been
laid off because their plants had nothing to
do. Their jobs have been given to low-paid
foreigners, some even in Communist coun
tries.
It is time everyone took a look at the labels
in the shoes, dresses, shirts and even blue
jeans. If you find it is not made in the U.S.,
just tell the merchant you are not interested
in his product’ Go where you can find mer
chandise that is made in the U.S.
Sure you might pay a little more for the
item. Examine the materials in both prod
ucts. The products made here are more
substantial and better than imported ones in
both quality and workmanship.
Write your senators or representative
tell them to protect U.S. jobs for you and
your friends.
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Brad Fogle “Yeah, that
would help. Go ahead and put
the money in it.”