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. The Forest Park News
- Post Office Box 21 ; Office: 45 Oak Street
{Forest Park, Georgia Phone POplar 1-0911
_ANTHONY GREY . _ Editor and Publisher
"ED LA CHAPELLE . : : : Associate Editer
i PUBLISHED EACH WEDNESDAY
From This Corner
(From Page 1)
Goebels could not have done better!
Following publication of the Fehruary 10, 1955 issue of the
'Free Press (which was no longer very free, nor much representa
tive of the press either). | apologized to both Mr. LaChapelle and
- Mr. Banke, explaining Mr. Foster's directive. If you happen to see
. either in the future ask them about the incident. Both, rernember it
well. :
Another example of how Foster wanted to use the papers of
Clayton County for his own personal ends:
Because of a deep seatec disagreement between Alvin Foster
and certain members of the Forest Park Masonic Lodge, | had been
instructed not to be particularly “cooperative” should this or
gunization desire publicity in the Forest Park Free Press for any
of its functions.
Nevertheless, wher 7 membher of the Masonic organization
asked htat | reproduce a photograph of the officers for 1955, |
ngreed ana ran it on Page 1 ot Ihe January 12, 1955 issue of the
Free Press.
] The paper came off the press at 1:00 a. m. Thursday morn
ing. | delivered severul copies to the Foster store on Main St., and
went to bed. At 8:00 u. m. | was nwykened by the phone and for
twenty minutes had my eardrums ussailed by Alvin Foster’s hitter
denunciation because | had published the Masonic photo (sce
below.) The fact that it was worthy of publication did not matter
to Foster. (The photo of the 1956 Musonic officers was published
exclusively by the Forest Park News.)
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PHOTO OF MASONIC OFFICERS FOR 1955 appeared in the
January 13, 1955 issue ¢i the Forest Park Free Press, and this
writer, then editor of the paper, was denounced by Alvin Foster
for publishing it. Alvin Foster objected to the picture because he
was unfriendly to certain officers and members of the Lodge.
Still_ anotner example: Until March of 1955, the law firm of |
Foster and Nicholson was the only one in Forest Park. But early in |
that month Grady L. Randolph, u lawyer and member of the |
Georgia Bar, associated with Douglus Harper, a law school |
graduate, opened offices on Main Street. Randolph was to prac- |
tice law; Harper would run an insurance agency.
I thought the event significant and worthy of a story. Ac- |
cordingly | wrote an article; Ed LaChapelle tsok photographs of |
Harper and Randolph and the story and photographs appeared |
on Page One of the March 10, 1955 issue of the Free Press. '
Alvin Foster was furious, charging that i was using “his”'
paper to give free publicity to a firm which would be in com- |
petition with the law firm of which he was a partner. ‘
N | maintained | was still atteapting to run a newspaper undi
"reportthe news, and that the story was news . . . ;
Last week | stated that Alvin Foster also had in mind a set l
of flexible advertising rates which would favor friends and make !
it difficult for opponents to advertise. One example follows: |
Shortly after Mr. Foster and his brother Walter acquired con- |
trol of the paper they asked that their advertising rate be cut to[
about one half of what it had been. | declined to do this, since | |
was to receive one-third of the profits in the paper, and such an ;
arrangement would cut into the profits. When the pressure grew |
I wrote a letter of resignation as editor (in February, 1955) and |
Foster, not having anyone to replace me, agreed to a compromise. ;
At the time the advertising rate for the Foster market was 75 |
cents per column inch, and it was cut to 50 cenis per columnl
inch (Foster had wanted it cut to 30 cents an inch.) |
.. At the same time the advertising rate for the Colonial Store, [
Foster's competitor, was SI.OO an inch. The difference in rates |
was justifiable, since Foster used more space than Colonial. |
(Although Foster had hinted earlier that he would like ot see the |
Colonial rate increased, to discourage competition.) j
When Foster's rate was cut, | wrote a letter to Mr. B. L. Brown, |
udvertising manager for all Colonial stores in the Atlanta area,
" ; - < ! g the future would be 75 cents an |
: as done to bring Colonial rates in |
; & accordance with the amount of |
!
about the letter he hit the ceiling, |
taken the action to stay on ethical |
straint of trade” complaints in the |
as he was concerned . . . ‘|
picture of how Alvin Foster wanted |
on ... a tool, for personal reasons. |
es of how the paper was used to
unity, but most readers will recall |
is.) "
; H for power elsewhere, Foster pre-|
ects should read. " i
Whether | am for or against the |
f no particular significance to me, !
; hive been some good examples of |
News but they need not be re- |
5 regarding one phase of Alvin|
Br via o political machine through |
PO OT rmedium es communication . . . the local news- |
papers. A qnore important pnase naxt week. . . : 3
I do not know to what extent Alvin Foster controls what citi
zens read today. The fact that his newspaper has active and grow- |
ing competition means that he must be more careful than if he had ‘
absolute monopoly as he had originally planned.
Competition produces a healthy situation and a better product. |
Without it he who has the monopoly can pretty much offer what |
he pleases and you have to tak= it or do without. ‘
| do know this nowever. _avaral candidates in the present |
race (who are opposed to F 25. - and most of what he stands for) |
have told me that if the:e had ~nly been the Foster newspaper in ‘
the County they would r:v-- have offered for office and that
Foster would have beer p:ctiy well able to elect an entire slate |
of candidates. . . .
As these candidates have confided, only one thing went
wrong (so far) in Foster's eluboratly laid plan to set up his own |
little political empire. That was the advent of another newspaper |
which, if not the better one, at least provided competition so that |
one viewpoint would not be able to run over another in steam- |
roller fashion. 5
This function we have tried to perform to the best of our |
abitities. . . .
l .
(.o.Simpson
| FROM PAGE 1)
space, Mr, Simpson says this will
be adequate to carry lines of wat
ches and bands, cigarette lighters,
necklaces and earrings, diamond
| engagement rings and wedding
Ibands. electric razors, wallets and
| baby jewelry.
A native of Piedmont Alabama
| Mr. Simpson attended Center, Ala.
{ High School. During World War
| Two he served in the Air Force.
| He is married to the former Miss
Mary Pence, also of Piedmont. Mr.
and Mrs. Simpson have three chil
| dren: Marcelle, 20, Bobby, 12 and
lAlicc. 10. All are members of the
| Church of Christ in College Park.
| Mr. Simpson said that he will
continue to specialize in high qual
| ity watch repairing, while operat
| ing the jewelry store. He told the
| News that if the response to his
| line is good he will expand as
| necessary to keep up with demand,
| and feels that in time he will have
g a first rate jewelry store to serve
| the community,
| S ———
|
Plays First Game
rlay
From FPage 1
‘(-humpinnship in this league and
there will be a playoff only in
case of a tie. Some of their op
position will include Jonesboro, Ze
bulon, Milner Jackson, and Henry
[ County.
!Betu Eta Chapter Meets
.
Tomorrow Evening At
lHome Mrs. Ca:l Brown
! The Beta Eta Chapter of the
}Epsihm Sigma Alpha Sorority will
meet Thursday March 22 at the
|homv of Mrs. Carl Brown at 136
Springvalley Drive. Mrs. Ken Cour.
ilnoy. program chairman, will pre
)sont a program on ‘‘Posture,”” the
'lz'lst in a series on “Self Apprecia
| tion.”’
Wall Papering
Paintiny
28 YEARS EXPERIENCE
GUARANTEED WORK
HANSON
POplar 7-9533
. ATTENTION ALL CANDIDATES . . .
| You are cordially invited to attend ...
CANDIDATE’S OPEN HOUSE .
| This Coming Saturday Morning and ,
. Afternoon, March 24,
Be Our Guest. Meet and Talk With Our Many Local Custom
. ers Who Crowd Through The Doors Every Saturday. Meet
i Your Friends, Some Who May Not Be Your Friends and Your
i Opponents . ..
We Welcome Each of You Who Are Offering To Serve
i Clayton County. 7
3 Old 41 Highway, Mountain View —— POplar 7-1015
PLEASE CONSIDER THE MERITS
\ .
AND QUALIFICATIONS Ol;'
I o Jo ' lOtt J ro
CANDIDATE FOR
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W ¢ Y
‘ - N \ \ Wi s $
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* 5 Years experience as City Clerk of Forest Park
" 10 Years tatal experience in all phases of off ce work
“ Graduate of University of Georgia—BCS degree
* 29 Years old, homeowner in Forest Park, since 1949
* Three years service with U. S. Navy, and an active member
‘of the Forest Park Volunteer Fire Department since it was
organized.
(Paid Political Adv.)
FOREST PARK, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 21, 1956
» \
Wine, Gold Game
From Page 1
than the opposition's 25 yard line.
The second quarter was much the
same story until a fumble by Var
sity quarterback. Larry Earle
gave the Seniors the ball on their
own 10 yard line. A five yard pen
alty against the Seniors put the
ball on the five and on the next
play Sewell was caught for a safe
ty.
A pass from Sewell to end
Douglas Knowles, that put the ball
on the Varsity 30, set up the first
Senior score. The Seniors then
fought their way to two first downs
and the five yard line from from
where Sewell went over.
Then on the first play of the
fourth cuarter, which was a Var
sity fourth down, Bill Barton pick
ed up a fumble on the Vargity 45
and with the opposition hot on his
heels galloped 55 yards for the
score.
The Seniors threatened again in
the waning moments of the game
when they made their way to the
Varsity for but a fumble put an
¢nd to their threat,
Blasts Foster
From Page 1’
Mr. George sald that ‘‘regard
less of what Mr. Foster may at
tempt to do to confuse the issue
regarding his part in the annexa
tion bill, the Committee to Defeat
Forest Park Annexation stands
firm against his kind of Repre
sentation, and continues to work
diligently for his defeat at the polls
on March 31.”° -
SAY YOU
SAW IT IN THE
NEWS
TO THE CITIZENS OF CLAYTON COUNTY:
During the past week my campaign to offer new leader
ship to Clayton County has met with impressive response
even beyond my earlier expectations. | am deeply moved by
this response and encouragement from every section of the
County, and promise that if elected | shall work as hard in
your behalf, if not harder, than you are now working for me.
The number of calls | have received from persons to help
in my campaign has been deeply gratifying. Although | have
not yet been able to talk with each of you who have volun
teered automobiles and peréonal services, you may expect to
hear from me this week.
To those of you who are with me but have
been hesitant about calling to offer your ser
vices, pleuse call! Every offer of support will
be gratefully received, as there is yet a great
deal of work to do before Saturday March 31.
My telephone number is POplar 7-4683.
Last week the man who is admittedly
writing my worthy opponent’s campaign ad
vertisements convinced my opponent that the
thing to do was to resort to name-calling.
Thus you found in my opponent’s statement
last week that | am described as: ““Cowardly
~lnsidious — Devilish — Satanic — Vicious — and
Prejudiced”’
Perhaps my opponent regrets lowering
himself and reflecting upon the dignity of
the office he now holds, by resorting to these
insults. The vast number of citizens, in stat
ing their opposition to this vile tactic, seem to
feel that public apology for these insults
should be forthcoming.
This week | would like to conclude the
discussion of my platform by covering the last
four planks of that platform.
During the past four weeks | have cover
ed the first six points of that platform in some
detail, in order that you would know exactly
how | stand on these many important issues
which face us today. It is important that you
have these facts at hand. If there are any ques
tions on any of the planks | cordially invite
you to call me at POplar 7-4683. | will be
pleased to discuss any phase of this cam
paign with you.
The seventh plank of my platform is: ‘"No
local legislation EVER introduced without o
referendum attached, giving the citizens af
fected their Constitutional right to vote for or
against that legislation. NO EXCEPTIONS
WHATSOEVER."
There have been cases in the past when
annexation legislation was introduced with
out referendum, whereby the affected citizens
did not have a right to vote. The reasons for
this seem to be very clear.
And | further promise that there will be no
unusual restrictions on who can vote on «
referendum. We are now seeing examples of
restrictive referendums.
The eighth plank of my platform is: Con
cerned efforts to acquire for Clayton County
every state and federal benefit available und
er the law.’’
Clayton County citizens are entitled to the
quality of representation which will AGGRES
SIVELY pursue every benefit available under
state and federal law.
The ninth plank in my platform is: ““Full
efforts to support the principle of segregated
schools in our county and state.’
By full efforts | mean aggressive work to
ward the goal of continued segregation, come
what may! ;
The tenth and final plank of my platform
is: “Full utilization of the power a seat in the
State Senate affords to promote more
industry for the county, including making trips
to the sites of industries considering moving
South, for the purpose of publicising the ad
vantages offered by Clayton County; these
trips to be made at my own expense.”
| am confident the influx of industry into
the County will be greater if we do not de
pend solely upon the fine work the Clayton
County Chamber of Commerce and other or
gunizations are doing. It will be a pleasure for
me to fully explore the possibilities of bring
ing new industry here and at my own expense.
THERE HAS BEEN A GREAT DEAL OF DIS
CUSSION ABOUT THE MOUNTAIN VIEW AN
NEXATION BILL. BUT THE QUESTION STILL
STANDS: WHY HAVE SOME OTHERWISE FULLY
QUALIFIED VOTERS BEEN DENIED THE RIGHT
TO VOTE IN THIS ELECTION? THIS QUESTION,
WHICH | ASKED SEVERAL WEEKS AGO, IS STILL
UNANSWERED.
HERE IS WHAT | OPPOSE
| am catagorically and unalterably op
posed to the principal of a POLITICAL MA
CHINE. A POLITICAL MACHINE is an organiza
tion of =lected servants of the people who
closely align themselves for the purpose of
converting their collective power and author
ity into personal advantages above and be
yond the considerations of the people who
elected them.
Hundreds of citizens have asked me if
there is any truth to the rumor which has been
making the rounds for nearly a year that my
worthy opponent desires to build a POLITICAL
MACHINE in the county and that he is run
ning a nearly complete slate of candidates in
the forthcoming primary election.
After much investigation | can report to
you that my opponent is certainly doing more
than running his own race. | HAVE POSITIVE
PROOF THAT HE HAS BEEN ACTIVE IN A NUM
BER OF CTHER KRACES, EITHER FOR OR
AGAINST CANDIDATES. The facts seem to
clearly indicate that he will not content him
self to being elected to the Senate. He also
wants friendly and ““cooperative’’ candidates
in other offices. | CHALLENGE MY OPPONENT
TO TELL WHY HE MAS MEDDLED IN CAM
PAIGNS FOR OTHER OFFICES.
There is also clear evidence that this has
happened before and can happen again. The
trend is definitely toward another POLITICAL
MACHINE in Clayton County with all the ef
fects a POLITICAL MACHINE once brought and
can easily bring again.
S Y op;:oneni’s activities outside of his
own elected office is a part of his record, a
record which he is running on and which he
says he is proud of.
Respectfully yours,
i
LAMAR R. BECKWITH,
‘(Paid Political Adv.)
LAMAR R. BECKWITH
