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LEAD JONESBORO ELEVEN—Coach Frank Plant and Co-Captains Wayne Kendrick and Gene
Irvine map plans for the season opener Friday night against Hapeville on the Jonesboro High field.
Kendrick and Irvine are shown in new tear-away jersies to be wor this season. Coach Plant is
starting his third season.
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CIVIL SERVICE ASKED
FOR COUNTY POLICE
Clayton County Commissione:s
at their meeting last week peti
tioned State Representatives Blu
lock and Foster to put the Clay
ton County Police Department
under civil service.
No action on the matter can
be taken until January 1, when
the State Legislature recon
venes. Under Civil Service ai
members of the force would be
required to take various exami
nations.
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Forest Park’s high school team
will open the season’s play Fri
day night against South Cobb
. The Panthers have been hard
at work in preparation for the
opener and it should be a good
game to watch. ;
The team elected center Her
man Smith captain and halfback
Bobby Mitchell co-captain at a
recent meeting and both along
with the rest of the starting line
up should show, some real ability
against South Cobb.
Forest Park’s fine high school
band is expected to perform at
the game so let’s all turn out and
get behind those “Panthers” and
push them to victory.
The kickoff is at 8:00 p.ni.
Rabies Control
Program Shows
Good Results
During the period beginning
January 1, 1955, and ending Ju'ly
31, 1955, a total of 438 dogs were
impounded at the County dog
pound in the Rabies Control
Program, Robert B. Gunby, Sani
tarian, County Health Depart
ment, announces in his report.
The daily activity reports of J.
J. Edwards, Rabies Control offi
cér, are on file in Gunby’s office.
A break-down of this total re
veals the following information:
From Forest Park area ‘of
County—l4l dogs; from College
Park area of County—l2l dogs:
from other areas of County—l 76
dogs. Total 438 dogs.
In making this report to mu
nicipal officials, Gunby said.
“This office feels that the pro
gram is progressing satisfactorily
and hopes that you and your
council are pleased with the
above results.”
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Prime ribs o’ beef ain’t necessarily found always in a butcher
shop, ’cause there was some prime ribbin’ an’ beefin’ goln: on
operate; wish everybody would take a tip from this. Nuthin’ beats
cooperadtion at 6 dyem. %
. Cle Forest Park Free Yress
Clayton Covnty News and Farmer
Joneshoro 11 Opens
Against Hapeville
Coach Frank Plant’s Jonesboro High football team opens
the season Friday night against Hapeville at Jonesboro
without 22 lettermen of last season.
“We’ll goon speed alone”
Plant said. “We lack experience,
but we should gain a lot qf ex
perience in our first two games.”
The cecond game is the following |
Friday at Newnan. |
Jonesboro’s Co-Captains are
quarterback Wayne Kendrick
and tullback Gene Irvine. Ken
drick weighs 117 pounds and does |
a lot of things for a boy of this
size. He won his first letter
weighing only 111 pounds. |
Bobby Camp is a sophomote
right halfback, and Gene Taylor,
a good breakaway runner, is back
to play left half.
The remainder of the nucleus
‘for the line includes guards
David Duffy, a junior, and Ron
ald Drennan; center Donnie
Stevens, and tackles Ector Fuller,
who weighs 216 pounds, and
James Elliott.
Plant lists his main trouble as
inexperience but guarantees tha’
“we’ll have a spirited team that,
win or lose, will give a good ac
count of itself.” |
The Jonesboro High schedule:
Sept. 2—Hapeville, home
Sept. 9—Newnan, there
Sept. 16—McDonough, home
Sept. 23—Forsyth, home
Sept. 30—Manchester, there
Oct. T—Jackson, there
Oct. 14—Hogansville, home
Oct. 21—West Point, there
Oct. 28—Fort Valley, home
Nov. 11—Forest Park, there
Treasure Chest
Now Worth $484 |
Treasure Chest next week in
Jonesboro will be worth $484.
Last week’s winner, a 10 per cent
ticket worth S4O, but not present,
was Geneva Dunson.
Margaret Betsill did the draw
ing, and the following were win
ners—W. T. Fincher, Bill Morris
Service Station certificate; Mii
ton Bruce, Wayne’s table lamp;:
C. B. Chesney, Western Auto
electric clock; J. T. Duncar.
Corley’s market certificate worth
$5 in trade.
E. J. Swint was master of cere
monies. \
Cambridge, Md.—An automo
bile carrying six people hurtled
off the highway and overturned
in a cemetery. Two of the occu
pants of the car died, one of
them being thrown against a
tombstone. Another occupant
suffered a broken leg and bruises
and three others were uninjured.
aroun’ here for a long time about
that six ayem revielle over at
the Genral’s Depot.
- For a long time nuthin’ hap
~ pened, but to show you how co
operation works, one of them ad
visory committee boys who's sleep
- may or may not have been dis
- turbed, got in touch with Gen
~ eral Ranck and said there wuz
some prime ribs o' beef about
the mattah. '
It wuz a simple mattah. The
~ General saw that immediate
steps were taken to correct this
disturbance. They’s always ways
o’ getting men up without wak
ing up all th’ innercent victims
too. The General was glad to co-
FOREST PARK, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1955
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Fund-Raising For
Boy Scouls Begins
Grady Lindsey, Tara district
finance chairman, has an
nounced that the annual BOy
Scout Fund-Raising campaign
will be started with a kick-oft
‘breakfast October first.
The following men have ac
cepted posts as community
chairmen in this compaign.
‘Messrs. B. H. Murphy, Forest
Park; P. K. Dixon, Joneshoro,
Walter Estes, East Clayton; Har
‘Hudson, North Clayton; Luther
Johnson, Philadelphia; Ivaan
(Mike) Harrison, Riverdale; W.
P. Eubanks, Lake City and Mor
row, and E. P. Echols, Mountain
View. In addition, W. W. Wells
will serve as Audit Chairman;
Robert Coleman, Prospect ana
Rating Chairman; J. W. Smtih,
Vice Chairman; E. D. Brown,
Public Information Chairman; C.
M. Daniel and E. J. Swint, Steer
ing Committee.
Clayton County (Tara Dis
trict) is a part of Atlanta Area
Council, Boy Scouts of America.
There are now 530 Cub Scouts,
Boy Scouts and Explorers in Tara
District. Funds raised in the
coming campaign will helpg
Scouting continue to grow in
Tara District.
Newcomers Are Welcomed
To Forest Park
Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Oliver
150 Pinevalley Drive ;
Mr. and Mrs, H. H. Bridger
114 Curtis Drive
Mr. and Mrs. H. R. Terrell _
101 Slaton Street
Mr and Mrs, Thomas E. Norton
107 Curtis Drive
Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Wilson
175 Rocksprings Street
Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Cash
110 White Oak Drive
Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Cook
112 Curtis Drive
Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Wuchner
130 Curtis Drive
Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Morris
146 Spring Vailey Drive
Mr. and Mrs. Ellis Newman
103 Curtis Drive
Mr. and Mrs, C. M. Haynie
132 Bpring Valley Drive
Mrs. G. R. Pruett
1012 Alder Drive
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew R. Lewis
134 N. View Drive
Mr. and Mrs. L. W. Steele
165 Burks Rogd
Mr. and Mrs, C. L. Housten
178 Rock Bprings Street
Mr. and Mrg, E. Campbell
110 East Etreet
St. Louis, Mo.—Not satisfied
to get just one degree from
Washington University, William
R. Gartenberg, 22, of Clayton,
worked a little harder and, on
graduation recently, he was
awarded three degrees—bachelor
of arts, bachelor of laws and
bachelor of sclence in business
administration.’
Commissioners
Slate Sept. 30
$ Eastern Day
At their last meeting Clayton
County Commissioners issued a
proclamation setting Friday,
September 30, as Clayton County
Day at the Southeastern Fair
CLAYTON COUNTY, GEORGIA
PROCLAMATION ‘
Clayton County Day
At Southeastern Fair |
By the County Commission: ‘
WIHEREAS: The Southeastern
Fair is an important annual
event in the life of this com
munity, and
WHEREAS: Clayton County .is
pleased to be host on this occa
sion to a great number of visitcrs
from the entire State, and
. WHEREAS: The Fair is a cen
ter of interest to all Georgians
‘concernéd with the agricultural,
‘industrial, scientific and cul
tural progress of the State, now
THEREFORE, We, E. P. Echols,
E. T. George and B. C. Haynie,
do hereby preclaim FRIDAY,
September 30, 1955 as CLAYTON
COUNTY DAY AT THE SOUTH
EASTERN FAIR, and call on our
citizens to enjoy the exhibits
‘and attractions available there.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have
hereunto set my hand and caused
the Seal of Clayton County to be
affixed. This the 22 day of
August 1955.
B. C. HAYNIE
Chairman
Clayton County Board of
Commissioners of Roads
and Revenues
Witness:
HELEN G. BARNETTE
Clerk, Clayton County Board
‘'of Commissioners :
—— ;
Mcuntain ‘View Baptist Church
has a new pastor, Paul 8. Moody,
who came from Ball Ground with
his family on July 31. |
Mrs. Moody is the former Vir- |
ginia Ashe, of Stone Mountain.
The union has been blessed by
three girls, age 8 1-2, 6 1-2 and
six months, ]
The Rev. Moody is a graduate
of Mercer and Southern Sem!-!
nary, and served for 32 months
in the South Pacific during
World War II before enterlm;‘
the University. The area wel
comes him and his fine family
Wildcat Victors
Celebrate At
Wiener Roast
Manager Bob Hartupee and his
wife, Betty entertained ther
pennant winning Wildcats at a
Victory Party in the form of a
wiener roast on August 6th at
their home at 105'S. Mitchell
Street. The Wildcats, who to
date have an outstanding scor>
of 12 wins and only one game
lost, proved to have almost as
much enthusiasm downing hot
dogs as they showed on the
baseball diamond at Kiwaris
Field this season.
During the informal evening
the boys roasted hot dogs to suit
their individual taste and dress
ed 'em up or down. Potato chips,
pickles and all the extras, plus
all the punch they could drink
helped round out the evening
(and their “middles”!) A very
“flull' and lively time was had by
all.
Members of the seam are:
David Johnson, Steve Tanner,
Otis Rector, John Hulsey, John
nie Couse, Curtis Williams, Ger
ald Knowles, Joe Dawns, Bobby
Hartupee, Billy Waldrop, Gary‘
Duffy and Dinkie Taylor.
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PLANNING SOIL CONSERVATION week at a meeting in Joneshoro . Courthouse are, left to right,
Tom Cole, U. S. soil conservationist; Warren Dixon, agriculture stabilization conservation office
manager; C. 8. Tucker, county agent; the Rev. R. J. Crouse, Bt. Timothy'’s Lutheran Church, Forest
Park; Harry Mauer, area council, Boy Scouts, and the Kev, H. K. Heflin, Morrow Baptist Church.
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TURNS TO BEE RAISING—E. C. Floyd, honored for 50 years of
continuous service as a Voluntary Reporter, now turns to bee
raising and farming .at Ellenwood, where he raises just about
{everything on the land adjacent to his terraced home.
Ell ds E. C. Floyd
enwood s k. (. Floy
Honored For His Service
Georgia Agricultural Extension
Service Honors ‘Oldest’ Reporter
The Georgia Agricultural Extension Service has honored
E. C. Floyd, Ellenwood, for 50 years of continuous service
as a voluntary reporter for the Crop and Livestock Report
ing Service of the state. !
. By 808 GUNBY ..
To help boost the current
membership drive, Post 17 1s
sponsoring a free barbecue for
prospective members on Satur
day afternoon, September 10, be
tween 1:00 and 5:00 p.m. at Lake
Wimberly. All veterans of World
War II or the Korean War aie
invited to be present. Free ticket:
will be distributed by all preseny
members. Membership has more
than doubled during recen!
‘months and it is hoped that all
eligivle veterans of Clayton
County will soon be members of
Post 17.
Plans are underway for in
augurating a training program
for teen-age athletes interested
in boxing and wrestling. Several
experienced boxers and wrestlers
have volunteered their services
for this program. All persons in
terested may secure further in
formation by contacting Charlie |
Bartlett at the Forest Park
Nurseries or Chuck Grant at the
Lake.
Mrs. Betty Strickland, Teen
Club Advisor, states that due to
the beginning of the school term
the hours of the Tuesday night
meetings are being changed to
7:00 to 10:00 p.m. Raymond
Eskew was elected Teen Cluk
President replacing Mickey Bla
lock who is entering college tliis!
fall.
Post Commander Harvey Wat
kins urges all members to be
present at the regular meeting
Thursday night, September 1
Many important matters will be
discussed.
FAILS TO CATCH BOY
Louisville, K. — Mrs. Ilene
Cook and her brother, Jimmy
Payton, 18, were standing outside
their apartment talking when a
toy pistol fell at their feet. Look
ing up, they saw a child’s legs
dangling over the roof edge. Just
then the child, William Nevitt,
22-months old, . fell. Payton
reached out to catech him, but
the child slid through Payton’s
arms and struck the . concrete
pavement, seriously injuring him.
1 Mr. Floyd, who resigned Apri
‘ 1, probably was the oldest in con
tinuous service in the nation in
this field. He was paid a surprise
;lvisfif?ii@éeriflj by D. L: Floyd,
‘| State Statislician for the de
.‘ partment, Athens, who presented
to him personally a certificate of
| appreciation, which read:
| “In Appreciation
of the Lasting Public-Spirited
| interest of
| E. C Floyd
who has continuously and
f : taithfully |
cooperated with the ‘
Crop and Livestock Reportirg
Service |
| j as a ‘
Voluntary Reporter ‘
for his locality over a period of
, 50 years” |
The citation was signed by C.
C. Murray, Director. |
| For the past 30 years Mr. Flo:\‘d‘
has béen reporting from Ellen
wood on the outlook for crops
and livestock, making such a
report on the 15th of every
{month. And he reperted on
prices, too. His reporting pre
vided a general picture of the
year's outlook.
Before moving to his preseut
home in Ellenwood, he reportec
for seven years from Morrow
[and carlier from Henry ang
Candler counties.
He originally lived with an
{uncle, Rufus Floyd, ‘when Fre
| first reached Ellenwood, and he
was lalked into becoming a Vol
untary Reporter by Mail Carrier
Bird Daniel, who noticed Mr.
Floyd had been carrying on ex
tensive correspondence with a
young lady. |
Mr. Floyd has performed an
important public service in the
area. and his many friends are
proud of the citation he has re
ceived in recognition of his flne‘
service., i
DOGS KILL INFANT ; ‘
Anchorage, Alaska—Mrs. La
'vcll Betz found the body of her
21-month-old son, Danny, in the
midst of a snarling dog pack. The
infant was rushed to a hospital,
where he died an hour later. His
body was covered with deep
gashes. 4
OFFICIAL CLAYTON COUNTY PUBLICATION
Fair Slated For
Sept. 12-17
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The Kiwanis Club of Forest
Park and the Jonesboro Ex
change Club are again sponsor
ing the Clayton County Fair. Mr.
Albery Wallace of Jonesbore,
President of the association, an
nounces-that committees have
been selected from members of
both civic clubs to look after tne
different phases of preparing for‘
this annual event. ' ‘
The fair will be held at the
Clayton County work farm ona
mile north of Jonesboro, east
from highway 54 and the Centrai
of Georgia Railroad.
Exhibits will consist of farm
products, livestock and handi
craft from farmers, 4-H Club
members, Future Farmers and
Home Demonstration and Gar
den Club members. All scheols in
the county will have space to dis
play their exhibits.
Pr:mium books have been pre
pared and may be obtained by
contacting the County Agent’s
office.
Rides and shows are agamn
being provided by the Holly
Amusement Company.
The annual County Fair af
fords an opportunity to bring
out the good features of our
county, including the products
produced by the skills and et
forts of our citizens. It is a place
for all good people to meet, ex
change ideas, and develop incen
tive and ambition to improve our
county, making it a better place
to live, with its many natural
resources.
All funds obtained from the
operation of the Clayton County
Fair are divided e%auy between
the Exchange and Kiwanis Clubs.
These funds are devoted entirely
to a county-wide building and
charitable nature.
The average loan rate ror 1955
crop upland cotton, basfs Mid
dling 7/8 inch, will be 31.70 cents
per pound gross weight.
The average rate for Middling
15/16 inch cotton, the base qual
ity, will be 180 points (1.80 cents
per pound) above the average
rate jor Middling 7/8 inch cot
ton or 33.50 cents per pound,
gross weight, Premium and dis
counts for the various other
grade and staple length combi
nations of upland cotton under
the 1955 loan program will be
calculated in relation to the
price support rate for Middling
15/16 inch cotton (the Schedule
of Premiums and Discounts was
issued on June 1, 1956).
Loan rates for upland cotton
will vary according to location.
The rate for Middling 15/16 inch
cotton, gross weight, will vary
from a high of 34.55 cents per
pound in the concentrated mill
area of the Carolinas to a low
of 32.80 cents per pound in Cali
fornia and Arizona. It will be
34.31 cents per pound for Clay
ton County
J. O. Hightower Chairman
W. W. Dixon, Secretary
Families to Take Children
Is Juvenile Court Need
Clayton County Juvenile Court
stands in neced of contdct with
families that are willing to take
into their homes as wards
youngsters whose chief trouble is
parental neglect.
Judge Ed Kemp has had hear
ings for some 25-30 cases since
the Juvenile Court was estan
lished July 10, and offenses have
ranged from car stealing and
larceny to breaking and entering
and window breaking.
In many cases, Judge Kemp
has discovered in his hearings in
the court room on the second
floor of the County Courthouse,
parents don't show the right in
terest in their children.
In many cases they don’t have
the means to provide for the
children and seem anxious for
them to be placed with welfars
agency or schools of correction,
or with anyone who will provide
for them.
Judge Kemp has been aston
ished to find that many parents
have given up on their children
and won't even fight for them.
They will say in court that they
have done all they could.
In one case of recent date a
mother didn't even know
20,000 Readers
in Clayson
and Other
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SEWER BEGINNING
PLANNED TUESDAY
Ground breaking for the sewer
on ihe north side of Forest Paik
is scheduled for Tuesday morn
ing after Labor Day, with Con
tractor Arthur Pew, of Pew Con-'
struction Company, overseeiny
the project.
Forest Park has been waiting
a long time for the laying cf
sewers, and in away it’s a his
toric event. Contractor Pew will
lay the sewer line as fast as is
| feasible.
|Camp Visitors
| The Ash Street School Patrol
of Forest Park, under the guid
ance of policewoman, Mrs. Fay
| Parris, experienced a wonderful
; week’s training and fun at the
Safety Patrol Camp at Cordele,
Georgia August 14 througn
| August 20, which was made pos -
sible by the cooperation and do
| nations of the city merchants
| The camp, which is owned a=d
(operated v the State Patrol,
| offers exce’ent training asthese
| teachers from the safety patrot
|are said to be the btst in the
| state of Georgia. Two safety
| training classes were held daily.
| There were all types of recre:-
| tional facilities including every
kind of sport. Swimming and
| diving techniques were taught by
| Army instructors.
| This patrol service, which is s 0
‘jnecessary for the safety of our
'(children in this fast growing
|| community, is all volunteered
and is considered an honor by
the children taking part who ars
selected by the teachers and
must, maintain a certain scholas
tic average.
_' Physical examinations were
| given each child to insure their
fitness before the trip. This
service was donated by Dr. E. A.
‘| Dunbar and Dr. Albert W. Carter.
'| Mrs. Parris and the entire
‘| police force of Forest Park want
|to stress the necessity of this
|most important work and espe
|cially express their sincere ap
preciation to the merchants list
‘(ed below who made this trip
possible through their contribii
| tions:
| Simpson Jewelry, McKown &
' | Moseley, Smith Hardware, A. L.
| Thomas, J. P, Ware’s 5 & 10
Store, Mr. Willie Kite, Morris’
| Pharmacy, Van Houten & Shone
|Realty Co., Lions Club, Stan
| ford’s Dept. Store, Seven Grade
‘| Mothers, Colonial Store, Forest
'| Park Beauty Shop. :
% Flemmings “66” Service Sta
[tion, Silver Slipper, Christian’s
| Pharmacy, Witherington Service
| Station, Elmer B. Sanders, Pal
mer’s Repair Shop, Suburban L, 2
Gas, Yancey Service Statioa,
Echols Superette, Murphy & O:r,
! City of Forest Park, Mr. J. Parris.
|whether her boy had passed in
l I his last year of school. She didn’t
| know very much about him ex
y|cept that he had a “running
|ear” and kidney complaints.
Judge Kemp's duty is to pre
|tect the property of the citizens
'land he also would like to keep
|wayward children in their own
| homes wherever possible.
|| Recently a 13-year-old stole a
‘|car and after a hearing was re
{leased to his parents. They sent
(him to Sunday School and he
|stole another car there, he ad -
| mitted.
| Parents are liable for Tny
|damages in such a case, but tha
boy must be placed somewhere
[ln an effort to straighten out his
| life.
| Understanding couples could
|do a lot for many of these young
| sters, Judge Kemp believes, and
|he would appreciate hearing
from them at his law office in
Jonesboro. In most cases, the
| youngsiers who have come be
fore Juvenile Court up to now
will be placed. |
| Judge Kemp praised the Wel~
fare Agency for the fine coop
|eration given him in this neces
| sary work.