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INDEX
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Classifieds 68
Community 4A
Deaths 2A
Education 9A
Events 4A
Horoscope 6A
Legate- 38
Opinion— 10A
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Dawson sheriff defends pmaom
Agency's withdrawal from Forsyth's Frady
task force due to practicality, not resources
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ll««MKR CtiHMiy Sheriff Billy Carlisle
mml the mm« hi* oAce pulled out at the
hrsttfe County Ixsi Frady U*k hme *«
hexauw the hemal Km of the vevond task
force n out netcvwy
Cool
summertime
A watering ban for 15
counties n north
Georgia went into
effect Monday The
landscapes of this
south Forsyth County
subdM&on were not
breaking the ban
thts photo was taken
on Fnday Fears of
witting flowers and
dying lawns were tem
porarily allayed on the
first day of the ban
when ram fell over the
area
Photo Tom Brooks
A county on the move
First bus line
connected
Forsyth to
rest of world
By Afton Bridges
Staff Writer
Almost every soldier from
Lumpkin. Dawson and Forsyth
County who joined the military
during World War II rode the bus
that traveled from Dahlonega to
Atlanta.
When they returned from the
war. they traveled home by bus to
be greeted by neighbors and
friends who were happy to see
them Returning veterans tell of
getting off the bus in Cumming.
Coal Mountain. Dawsonville and
Dahlonega and being greeted by
the people in the community
During the war, gas was
rationed and people traveled
between Atlanta and Dahlonega on
the bus. Many of the people
worked in Atlanta and would
return to the mountains on the
weekend. Cumming residents were
able to travel to Atlanta each morn
ing, work during the day and return
home in the evening. The bus was
usually crowded and time spent on
the bus gave people an opportunity
to visit with other travelers.
Some of the other services the
bus provided included delivering
mail, newspapers, reels of film for
theaters, including the Holly
Theater in Dahlonega, and ice
cream. Visitors also traveled to the
mountains, especially to enjoy the
changing of the leaves in the fall.
Students at North Georgia College
used the bus.
Roy Otwell established a bus
line in 1920 that traveled between
Cumming and Atlanta. Effective
May 1, 1924. he sold the bus and
business to Cliff P. Vaughan and
Claud Groover.
It cost $1.75 to travel one way
between Atlanta and Cumming,
but for a round trip the cost was
$2.75. The weekly rate was $7. It
cost 75 cents to travel from
Roswell to Atlanta or Cumming to
Alpharetta. From Cumming to
WEDNESDAY . .
"I don t sec the point tn having two
investigation* going at the same time."
Carlisle land We are ail! actnety inmti
jMing the murder“
A* a general rule of law the county tn
*hxh the body u found has the junvdKlMw
in the came
"The tai thing *e heard from Sheriff
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Roswell, or Alpharetta to Atlanta,
the fare was sl. Travel from
Roswell to Alpharetta cost 25
cents.
The bus left the Cumming
Drug Store and, if anyone had any
questions, they could call 50-46.
Other scheduled stops included the
Alpharetta Motor Co., phone num
ber 4-26, Roswell Motor Co. was
7-8. and the route terminated at the
Marion Hotel, 97 Pryor St. in
Atlanta. The phone number in
Atlanta was Ivy 2700.
Carinie t* thai he was interested to partKi
paling in the task force said Forsyth
County Sheriff v Office spokeswoman
Karleen Chalke* “He had repressed con
cerns over the amount of manpower he
could commit "
Cariidc Mud he :s not halting the imcsti
gaiuwi of the murder he is just Ml partici
pating tn the Forsyth Counts imeaigation
In addition to Dau son County’s urseWi
gatMai. the Georgia Bureau of Investigation
has been actively investigating the Frady
case since the 11 -vear-okTs body was found
On June 19, 1924, the Forsyth
County News announced that two
Ford dealers, Roy Otwell and Fred
Jones, a dealer from Dahlonega,
were soon to operate a bus line
between Dahlonega and
Cumming.
The first buses were actually
two Packard cars and Jones met
each bus that arrived in Dahlonega
and greeted the passengers.
In 1924, roads into the moun
tains were almost nonexistent and
those that did exist were usually
Roy Otwell estab
lished a bus line in
1920 that traveled
between Cumming
and Atlanta. Effective
May 1,1924, he sold
the bus and business
to Cliff R Vaughan
and Claud Groover. It
cost $1.75 to travel
one way between
Atlanta and
Cumming, but for a
round trip the cost
was $2.75. The
weekly rate was $7.
Photos/Submitted
dry and dusty in the summer and
wet and muddy during the winter.
A trip from Dahlonega to Atlanta
was a long-planned adventure. It
was only after the Civilian
Conservation Corps and the ‘‘New
Deal” of President Franklin
Roosevelt that roads were built in
the rural parts of north Georgia.
Even where roads existed, many
people did not have driveways to
their homes, so the bus line was a
See BUS, Page 2A
Oct 23. 1997 in an old roadbed in the
Dr* son Count* Wiidßife Management Are*
Frady, a North Forsyth Middle School
student was last seen ndmg his btcyclc tn
Forsyth Count) the day before he wa» found
by hunters sh»a to death
“We were called tn by Dawson Cowry
and have had agent* working the case since
the body was found." said GHI agent Jim
Hallman “Onginally, the Forsyth County
Sheriff's Office was invited to partwipaae in
See FRADY, Page 2A
Deputies
seize drugs
at house
By Colby Jonas
Staff Write'
Investigators seized an assort
ment of drugs last weekend from a
residence near Forsyth Central
High School and received an unex
pected call while inside the home
“We intercepted calls from
people wanting drugs," said
Karleen Chalker. Forsyth County
Sheriff’s Office spokeswoman
Deputies responded to the 100
block of 14th Street in Cumming
on Sunday afternoon after a neigh
bor reported a group of people was
attempting to break into cars in the
neighbor
hixxj.
The call
was received
by the sher
iff’s office at
4:20 p.m.
Deputies
did not hear
car alarms or
see shattered
windshields
in the area,
but a drug-
sniffing dog did alert them to
another type of criminal activity.
Investigators found cocaine,
methamphetamine and marijuana
during a search of the suspects'
home and vehicles. Chalker said
The drugs had not been
weighed by authorities as of late
Monday
Deann Henderson, 37, of Hall
County is charged with felony
possession of marijuana and traf-
See DRUGS, Page 2A
Officials can’t
help after pit
bull attacks pup
By Phillip Hermann
News Editor
Local authorities are saying
there is little they can do to pre
vent another attack by two pit bull
dogs that seriously injured a puppy
the night of May 31 in the 5000
block of Teal Drive.
According to reports. Matthew
Kepler and Kim Shelley were
walking the puppy on a leash
shortly before 9:30 p.m. when two
pit bulls attacked. One witness to
the incident, resident Greg Fyfe,
said he tried to get one of the pit
bulls off the small dog by hitting it
with a large rock in the side and
back.
"It just wouldn't let go of that
dog." he said.
Kepler reported the incident to
the Forsyth County Sheriff’s
Office the next morning. He said
he was bitten on the forearm and
index finger during the attack, but
didn’t require medical attention.
“They probably can’t quaran
tine the dog unless Mr. Kepler can
(identify) which one bit him,” said
sheriff’s office spokeswoman
Karleen Chalker. The pit bull
owner would receive a warning for
failing to control his dogs because
he has not received any warnings
in the past, she added, although
See ATTACK, Page 2A
Henderson