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Catherine Amos:
Following a family tradition
By Laura McCullough
Managing editor
It’s been at least 16 years since Cathy Mash
burn led cheers for the Forsyth County Bull
dogs. She was just “one of the Mashbum girls”
then in a town where everybody knew every
body and everyone knew who the Mashbums
were.
That can make growing up a little difficult,
especially when your dad is mayor, your
grandfather served more than a decade in the
state legislature and the entire community is
dotted with family landmarks.
It was a place where Cathy swore she would
never return after college. After all, there were
no jobs; no opportunities for a young woman in
the early ‘7os.
But Cathy did make Cumming her home and
is well on her way to becomming what all her
classmates thought she would be when they
elected her as a senior favorite of the class of
’69.
She is now Catherine Amos, the wife of Pete
Amos, her high school buddy who became her
college sweetheart.
She is the same Catherine Amos who heads
the influential Chamber of Commerce with a
membership of more than 600 of the county’s
most powerful businessmen and women.
And she is the same person who was honored
Saturday as “Woman of the Year” by the
Cumming-Forsyth County Business and Pro
fessional Women’s organization.
The 34-year-old is hesitant to call herself a
leader, though others obviously do. She can’t
see herself becomming a political figure, but
doesn’t rule out the possibility of running for
office some day any office.
“It’s fun to entertain the thought (of being an
elected official), but actually doing it is a
different story,” said the pert mother of a 2-
year-old.
Though her Mashbum name has been re
duced to a middle initial, it’s that rich family
heritage which motivates. She is proud to be
among the “natives” of Forsyth County.
Corps asks help in cleaning lake’s shore this fall
By Chuck Thompson
New* Editor
Residents around Lake Lanier and users of the lake are
being asked to join the Army Corps of Engineers this
year in its annual shoreline cleanup program.
The program is conducted when the water level is
down and activity on the lake decreases.
Erwin Topper, the Corps’ resource manager at Buford
Dam, said the program resulted in the collection of 200
tons of debris last year.
However, because the lake has such a large amount of
shoreline (540 miles, not including islands), only one-fifth
of that shoreline could be covered last year.
For this reason, citizens are being asked to help with
the cleanup program.
Forsyth County News
Catherine Amos relaxes at the Mashburn home on Old Buford Road
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“I’m real proud of my heritage and my
family and the things that they have
done for the community and the area,’’
she said. “I don’t want to give that up,
it’s an important part of me and has
helped to make me what I am.
Catherine Amos
“I’m real proud of my heritage and my
family and the things that they have done for
the community and the area,” she said. “I
don’t want to give that up, it’s an important
part of me and has helped to make me what I
am. I gain strength from my family and they
continue to be my support ... I don’t want to
ever lose that.”
She’s particularly proud of the accomplish
ments of her father, Dr. Marcus Mashbum Jr.,
when he served as mayor and on the Board of
Education; and cites an upgraded city water
system and the vocational department of the
high school as accomplishments. His desires to
make Forsyth County a better place to live and
work challenges her to do the same.
However, allegiance to her immediate fam
ily keeps her from setting future goals too high.
Though Amos would like to see his wife become
even more involved with the community, she
enjoys motherhood too much to sacrifice time
now spent with her son Slate, age 2Vz.
Mrs. Amos loves children and after graduat
ing from LaGrange College taught school at
Midway Elementary, then later served as the
associate director of early childhood education
for the local school system and director of the
Ducktown School.
Tired of administration duties, she quit the
education field and became a part-time secre
tary for her husband’s business Amos
Plumbing and Electric Company. As the com
pany grew so did her responsibilities and she is
now in more of a business associate role.
The Amoses have also started their own
building business called Soma —Amos spelled
backwards and are subcontracting to build
This year’s joint effort between citizens and the Corps
is being assisted by the Lake Lanier Property Owners
Association.
Eileen White, spokesperson for the association, joined
Topper in a press conference on the cleanup program
Friday at the Resource Manager’s Office.
She said everyone is being asked to participate in the
cleanup, which will be an opportunity for parents to
teach their children not to litter, and to be careful about
wading around the shoreline.
Ms. White said boaters will be in a good position to help
clean up the lake’s 120 islands.
Because of limitations on the annual cleanup program,
only islands with the most litter were cleaned last year.
Saturday, Nov. 2 has been set as the date of the Corps-
Citizen Cleanup, with an alternate rain date of Saturday,
Nov. 9.
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in 17-3 upset victory
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apartments for the elderly.
The building business has taken her into the
newly-formed Forsyth County Home Builders
Association, a group organized under the in
fluential Metro Atlanta Home Builders Asso
ciation.
“It could become a strong voice in the com
munity,” Mrs. Amos said of the home builders,
of which she is treasurer, “The metro area has
been working hard to get Forsyth County and
they want to see quality building here.”
Perhaps her greatest role in the community
is being at the helm of the Cumming-Forsyth
County Chamber of Commerce.
Though the organization has come into the
forefront in recent months through growth, and
controversy, its president prefers to stay
within the boundaries of the bylaws and offer a
good-will gesture to offer quality business in
the county.
“I think we should try to stay out of political
issues and not take stands as an organization,”
she said. “Now we can certainly research and
present the facts but to take a stand one way or
another, well, that’s not the place of the Cham
ber. It’s not our position to tell the county what
to do, that’s what elected officials are for.”
The Chamber’s role in the community has
changed as the county has grown. Ten years
ago it might have been necessary to lure in
businesses, bringing jobs and creating a larger
tax base, but that’s no longer the situation, says
Mrs. Amos. The county can now afford to be
selective about the types of businesses it ap
proaches.
Mrs. Amos is one native who welcomes the
county’s growth, though pleasant childhood
memories of a rural town are fading fast.
“I often wish I could raise Slate in the same
type of environment that I was raised in and
feel a safety for him,” she said. “This isn’t
indicitive of the growth but the type of society
we have now.
“Slate will have opportunities that I would
never have if it (growth) weren’t here a good
job, education opportunities and activities I
never had.”
Topper said Ms. White will be handling administrative
details of the cleanup.
Dumpsters for collection of trash picked up around the
lake will be placed by the Corps at the following loca
tions:
Dawson County
• Thompson Creek
• War Hill
Forsyth County
• Vann Tavern
• Young Deer
• Six Mile Creek
• Mary Alice
Hall County
• Shoal Creek Day Use
• Van Pugh Day Use
Staff Photo Laura McCullough
County buys dirt
for existing landfill;
Fulton hearing nears
By Chuck Thompson
News Editor
Forsyth County has just bought
more time in its search for a landfill,
while a public hearing on a proposed
Fulton County landfill is just around
the comer.
In a called meeting Tuesday night,
the Forsyth County Board of Com
missioners voted to purchase 30,000
yards of fill dirt from E.R. Snell Co.
to extend the life of the present
county landfill, located west of down
town Cumming.
Purchase of the fill dirt is nec
essary because the county has run out
of dirt at the present landfill.
Refuse dumped in the landfill is
covered with dirt each day to main
tain sanitary conditions.
Commission Chairman Leroy Hub
bard said the fill dirt, at a cost of $1.75
per yard, will hopefully extend the
life of the present landfill by six to
nine months.
In the meantime, the commission
ers are searching for a new landfill
site.
A public hearing was held Sept. 3 on
a proposed 75-acre site at the inter
section of Namon Wallace and Riley
roads in north Forsyth County.
Building permits for Sept,
up 32 percent over last year
By Chuck Thompson
News Editor
September building permits were
up 32 percent compared to the same
month last year, while permits for
mobile homes fell 25 percent.
The planning department issued
103 building permits last month com
pared to 78 in September, 1984.
Included in last month’s 103 per
mits were 66 permits for single-fam
ily homes, an increase of 50 percent
compared to the 44 single-family per
mits issued in September of last year.
Categories of building for which the
103 permits were issued, the number
of permits issued in those categories,
and the valuations of the structures
permitted, are as follows:
Single-family homes, 66, $4,198,700;
three- and four-family buildings, 2,
$193,000; five-or-more-family build
ings, 1, $280,000; churches and other
religious buildings, 1, $240,000; indus
trial buildings, 1, $652,400; service
stations and repair garages, 1,
$51,000; other non-residential build
ings, 9, $183,500; residential addi
tions, 9, $123,700; residential garages,
8, $61,100; and all other buildings and
structures, 5, $214,000.
The total valuation of structures
permitted last month was $6,197,400.
Mobile home permits issued in Sep
tember numbered 33 compared to 44
in September, 1984, a decrease of 25
percent.
Of the 33 mobile homes permitted,
four were to be placed in parks and 29
in other locations.
Total revenue generated by the
planning department in September
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• Balus Creek
• Clark’s Bridge
• Little River
• Sardis Creek
Updating the progress of the Lake Lanier Property
Owners Association, Ms. White said the association will
be considering a new name in an open meeting Friday,
Oct. 25 at 7:30 pjn. at Holiday Hall in Gainesville.
She said the association’s new name will represent the
fact that it is more than a property owner’s association.
Ms. White also reported that the association is working
cm a number of studies to be considered in the Oct. 25
meeting.
She expects the group to take some positions at the
meeting on various issues regarding the lake.
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A petition bearing the names of
more than 500 people opposed to the
site was presented to the commission
ers.
Hubbard said the commissioners
are considering other sites, and that
another public hearing will likely be
announced within the next 10 days.
Property owners with sites that
might qualify for a landfill are asked
to contact the Commissioners’ Office.
Hubbard said the county will need at
least 60 acres for landfill operations.
In Fulton County, the governing
authority will hold a public hearing
Tuesday night on “Site 13,” a pro
posed 428-acre landfill site bordered
by Francis Road on the north, and by
the Forsyth County line on the east.
The hearing will be held before the
Fulton County Board of Commission
ers at Milton High School in Alpha
retta beginning at 7:30.
A resolution opposing the Fulton
County landfill is scheduled for con
sideration by the Forsyth County
Board of Commissioners in its regu
lar meeting Monday night.
The resolution is proposed by Com
missioner James Harrington, who
represents that portion of Forsyth
County bordered by Site 13.
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amounted to $19,347.62, and included
receipts from:
Building permits, $9,785.46; electri
cal permits, $3,367.10; plumbing per
mits, $2,432; mobile home permits,
$1,308.56; heating permits, $1,034;
registration fees, $160; code books,
$135; maps, $132.75; and certification
fees, $283.
In the first nine months of 1985, the
planning department issued 915 total
building permits compared to 762 in
the same period last year, an in
crease of 20 percent.
Single-family permits in the first
nine months of 1985 numbered 586, an
increase of 21 percent compared to
the 483 permits issued in the same
period last year.
A three-percent increase was re
corded in mobile home permits,
which rose from 332 in the first nine
months of 1984 to 341 in the same
period this year.
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