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VOLUME 2
From This Corner
By Anthony Grey
When an employee of a long established firm retires, it is usual
that he is tendered some recognitign of his service. Often there is
a banquet or some similar gesture of the company’s esteem. Top
company officials attend. Sometimes the retiring employee is pre
sented with onec or more gifts, indicative of the appreciation of the
firm for his services through the years.
Yet this is not often the case when a public servant of many
years retires.
Publi¢ service seems to be a thankless job in
many instances.
Yet it seems manifestly proper that some re
cognition should be shown those public officials
whose service has been long and outstanding.
This coming January, clerk .of Superior Court
P. K. Dixon will retire after 34 years service.
Mr. Dixon has worked hard for many years
and has contributed to the growth of Clayton
County. A true public servant, Mr. Dixon has
never been what we are often inclined to call a “politician”.
Between now and the time he retires, the leaders of the County,
in govermment, civic and other organizations may tender some well
deserved recognition to a truly fine gentleman, Hon. P. K. Dixon,
our retiring clerk of court.
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Now that the bond election is over and the citizens of Clayton
County have approved the construction of a new and greatly needed |
health center, it does not seem improper that the attention of citizens
should turn to the needs of our county law enforcement departments.
About the greatest need in the county at the present time is
an expanded jail, ;
Please consider the following points, which seem to indicate this
need:
1. The present juil was built in 1899 when there were about
2000 citizens in the county. The estimated population of Clayton
County is mow in excess of 30,000—more than ten times greater.
2. The County jail had already become too small just before
the outbreak of World War One (not Two) and construction of a
new wing for the jail got as far as a shipment of building materials
being desposited on the Courthouse lawn for that purpose. When
that long-ago war started, the project was forgotten in favor of
more pressing matters.
3. The present jail only has sleeping facilities for 12 persons.
When more than that number are being held they must sleep on
the floor and this happens regularly. At times there have been as
many as 30 held in the jail.
& 4. Quarters are so inadequate that white and colored prisoners
have been placed in the same cells. It is often the case that a white
person would sleep in a cot one night and a colored in the cot the
Qnext night, followed the next night by another white person.
5. The arrangement of the jail is so poor that there is very
little fleXibility “Tor holding male and female persons.
6. If dangerous persons are held at the jail, the arrangement
of the cells is such that it is unsafe for guards to work in the cell
area.
7. The walls of the jail are so old and have suffered so much
from the ravages of time that it was possible for a prisoner to use
a spoon to makc an escape hole im the wall mot too long ago. If
he had not beea discovered he would have been free in a few hours.
8. Sanitary facilities and plumbing in the jail is far below par.
9. Every Grand Jury which has inspected the jail for the past
many years has urged that it be completely remodeled and expand
ed, or destroyed and a mnew jail built.
All the above is not given byway of blaming anyone, for this
is & case where no official, or group of officials, are to blame. It
is just a case of time and expansion rendering a public facility
unfit for use by humans.
Even the livestock on farms have more appropriate quarters.
Seme years ago a bond issue for the construction of a mew jail
was proposed at an un-opportune time and did not receive needed
publicity. The bond issue failed to receive the required number of
votes.
It is the wish of many in the county, including the citizens of
(many grand juries and most of the officials, that the day is not far
im the future when a bond issue can be proposed to construct a
new jail and will meet with acceptance. The cost would be less than
a dollar per citizen, total, spread over several years.
BETTER GOLF
By BILL KING
Arrowhead Golf Club Pro.
Lesson 3—THE STANCE
Much depends upon balance—
which means your weight’s got to
be evenly divided with your legs
not too far apart. Naturally, this
balance depends greatly on the
golfers’, physical build, and it is
therefore most difficult to write
intelligently on this subject. Os
course, the best way to get
started correctly is to consult
your club professional.
The average short and stout
person will get far better results
if he uses an open stance, but
doesn’t spread his feet too far
apart; while the tall, lean golfer
is better balanced and more re
laxed with a fairly wide,"bquare
"stance. That'’s where your point
of balance is. To get the most
pbwer into your shot is something
vthat cannot be half taught, nor
can you expect to eventually find
it by the trial and error system.
The important thing you can
teach yourself is careful align
ment. If you will draw an imag
inary line towards the distant ob
jective from a point on the
ground a foot or so ahead of the
ball and an equal distance behind
it, and place your clubhead direct
ly back of tbebaualongfllilJ
Clayton Citizens
Approve Health
Center Bonds
The citizens of Clayton County
approved, by a margin of better
than three-to-one, the issuance
of approximately $40,000 in bonds
for the construction of a County
health center. The money raised
from sale of the bonds will be
met with an equal amount by the
State and another simi]ar amount
by the Federal Government under
the Hill-Burton Act.
Vote by precinct in the county
is as follows: Joneshoro: 238 for
to 55 against; Lovejoy: 24 for to
13 against; Panhandle: 15 for to
1 against; Riverdale: 37 for to 34
against; New Oak: 137 for to 43
against; Old Oak: 33 for to 9
against; Mountain View: 53 for to
12 against; Forest Park: 173 for
to 59 against; Ellenwood: 54 for
to 27 against; Adamson 48 for to
14 against.
The total vote was 812 for to
253 against.
desired line of flight before plac
ing your feet, it will help you to
avoid haste or carelessness and
greatly improve your direction.
Once your feet are correctly
placed you have aligned your shot
forget the imaginary line. Through
out the swing, keep your head still
and your eye on the ball,
The Forest Park News
If you live any where in Clayton County outside Forest Park you may receive
a copy of the Forest Park News in ¢he mail each week av no charge. See and
fill out the coupon at bottom of this page. ———THE EDITOR
Band Director
Benjamen Goodsell
Touring Virginia
Benjamen M. Goodsell, Band Di
rector of the Forest Park High
School, left Forest Park on June
sixth for Waverly, Hillsville and
Galax, Virginia. Mr. Goodsell will
tune and repair fifty pianos' in
schools, churches, and private
‘homes during the trip. This is the
fifth consecutive year that M.
Goodsell has gone to these cities.
Mr. Goodsell will return to
Forest Park on June 18th.
He will resume playing in the
Atlanta “Pops” Orchestra and
will attend Summer School at
Emory University.
Mr. Goodsell first visited Waver
ly, Hillsville, and Galax, as a
a playing member of the Virginia
Smyphony Orchestra directed by
William Hoaker, Concert Pianist.
Mr. Goodsell was the official pi
ano technician for the orchestra,
and the personal piano tuner to
Mr. Hoaker.
CARD OF THANKS]
Miss Leona Martin of the Gcor-}
gia Baptist Hospital wishes to
express the praise of the nurses
at the hospital, concerning the
residents of the Rock Springs
Area in Forest Park.
While Mrs. John Bostwick of
113 Foster Street has been seri
ously ill from pneumonia, her
infant son has been in the hos
pital undergoing critical surgery,
and the neighbors of Mrs. Bost
wick have been aiding in every
capacity possible, including tak
ing turns at staying in the hos
pital with ‘the . baby. ;
Renewal
. By Mary Sysk
So long as blood and sap shall
surge in cycles mingle, part and
merge
Death shall not conquer, nor shall
night forever bar the dawn of
light.
GO TO CHURCH SUNDAY
Purco Appliance Store Is Sold
To Joseph H. Peek of Atlanta
Purco Appliances of 1102 Main
Street has been sold to Joseph
Harold Peek of 5050 Woods Drive,
Atlanta, and has been renamed
Good Housekeeping Associate
Store, the Forest Park News
learned last week.
Mr. Peek, who plans to move to
Forest Park within the next week,
formerly served as advertising
sales promotion manager of Tho
benElrod Company. This firm is
the Georgia distributor of Cros
ley-Bendix home appliances.
A native of Fulton, Mississippi,
Mr. Peek attended grammar
school in Nashville, Tenn. He sis
a 1950 graduate of Vidalia High
School, Videlia, Georgia, and is at
present a senior at Georgia State
College in Atlanta where he has
specialized in business admini
stration.
He is married to the former
Miss Mae Jackson, of Videlia. The
Peeks have two children, -both
girls. They are Laura, three and
Susanne, ten months.
Mr. Peek told the News that he
plans to settle in Forest Park
permanently “ and become an ac
tive member of the community.”
Concerning his newly acquired
store Mr. Peek said that he plans
to sell what he believes to be the
finest line of home appliances and
ifurniture available on the market,
‘and back each sale with friendly
service.
“We will stand fully behind
every item we sell,” he said.
Mr. Peek and his wife are
Methodists and presently have
their membership at the Videlia
Methodist Church, They plan to
move their membership here
shortly.
An announcement of the change
of ownership and renaming of the
For And About The Citizens Os Forest Park
With One Page Devoted To County News
FOREST PARK, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 20, 1956
FIRE CAUSED AN ESTIMATED SSOOO in damage
to the concession stand at the Forest Park Theater
on Highway 51 last Wednesday morning, June 13.
Blaze started about 4:30 a.m. Wednesday morning
according to Mr. Max Fowler, manager, and was
extinguished by members of the Forest Park. Vo
lunteer Fire Department about 45 minutes later.
Equipment, furnishings and supplies in the con
cession stand building were a total loss. Building
was severely damaged, but the projection booth,
above the stand, only received minor damage from
Kiwanis Club To Retail Fruit and
Vegtables at Watermelon Stand
Local citizens who find them
celves with a surplus of fruit and
vegetables from their gardens and
fruit trees are urged by the
Kiwanis Club to donate what is not
needed to a worthy cause.
‘All such surplus fruit and vege
tables will be sold by the Kiwanis
Club at the watermelon ' stand,
with proceeds going to additional
community ‘work.
If local gardeners have a good
Joseph Harold Peek
firm appears elsewhere in this is
sue of the Forest Park News.
Mrs. Emily Golden
Funeral Services
Held Thurs. June 14
Funeral services for Mrs. Emily
Mae Golden were held Thursday
from The Rock Baptist Church.
The Rev. C. L. Wilson and Rev.
Harry Wooten, Jr. officiating. In
terment was in the Church Yard.
Mrs. Golden was born in Rex,
Ga. She was 70 years old. She has
two daughters and one son sur
viving. Mrs. Harold W. Nickerson,
Hialeah, Fla.,, Mrs. Floyd B. Clan
‘ton, Fairburn, Ga. Mr. James R.
Golden of 191 Burks Road, Forest
Park, one sister, Mrs. Tommie
Lee Campbell, East Point. Ten
Grand Children and a number of
nieces and nephews also survive.
Abercrombie-Patterson was inJ
charge of the arrangements,
heat and smoke being partially protected by a
four inch concrete fire proof floor. Theater did not
have to suspend operation. Mr. Fowler was lavish
in his praise of the local fire department. He said
the structure was an ‘“inferno” when firemen ar
rived but that the men “were careful, didn’t tear
up anything they didn’t have to in order to get
to the fire and extinguished the blaze with im
pressive speed.” He asked that we convey his con
gratulations and appreciation for a “job well done.”
News photo by LaChapelle,
year, the Kiwanis watermelon
stand, located at the corner of
Ash and Main Streets, will be
come a full grown fruit and vege
table stand, one Kiwanian said.
The idea of local citizens con
tributing vegetables and @ fruit
which they could not use,
rather than letting it go to waste,
was tried by Kiwanians in Forest
Park several years ago, and met
with good response.
Money made available from that
additional project was applied to
the development of the local foot
ball field, a Kiwanis official said,
which stands as a permanent ex
ample of public cooperation.
A Kiwanis spokesman told the
Forest Park News that that “when
gardeners have a good year, they
always produce a surplus, espe
cially of vegetables like tomatoes.”
It is understood that prices of
vegetables and fruit contributed
for sale at the watermelon stand
will be at or lower than prevail
ing prices.
The stand, it was emphasized,
will continue to specialize in ice
cold watermelons throughout the
summer,
High School Evlauation Committee
Report, Sixth Section of Series
J Guidance Pregram
The guidance point-of-view and
interest of Principal and Faculty
of Forest Park High School in
Guidance is highly commended.
Before significant guidance ser
vices can be provided for students
the decision must be made: Are
we or are we not going to pro
vide adequate guidance? If the
decision is yes then two admini
strative provisions must be made:
First responsibility for providing
guidance must be assigned to
designated member of members of
the faculty and Second: Schedul
ed time free from other duties
must be provided.
~ We recommend good group
;\guidance services be continued
and expanded as the need arises
and that good guidance principles
and practices permeate all pupil
teacher relationships. |
Specifically we recommend that
personal counseling services
equivalent to a full-time counselor
Bid OF $8),89 Received On Interchange And Four .
Lane Strip At The Atlanta General Depot West Gate ™
One Additional
Case of Rabies
Found in County
One additional case of rabies
was found in Clayton County last
week, according to publi¢ health
officials, bringing the number of
proven cases to three since the
recent outhreak here.
The third case was reported
last week as being “suspected.”
Last Saturday several hundred
dogs were inoculated with anti
rabies vaccine at the Forest Park
city hall. .
Clinics were also held this past
Monday in Ellenwood and Tues
day in Rex and at the Hale Haven
Store on Highway 42.
The balance of the schedule
from today on follows:
Wednesday, June 20th, Morrow-
Murphy’s Store, 12:30-2 P.M.
Thursday, June 21st, Brown’s
Store, 12:80-2 P. M.
Thursday, June 21st Ore’s
Crossing 12:30-2 P. M.
Friday, June 22nd, Lovejoy
School 12:30-2 P. M.
Saturday, June 23d North Clay
ton High School 12:30-2 P.M.
Monday, June 25th Mountain
View School 12:30-2 P.M. .. ....
Ibe provided as a minimum. It is
| highly desirable to have two-full
time counselors.
Further that other guidance
services which support - counsel
ing such as:
1. Individual inventory includ
ing test scores and other signifi
cant facts be recorded for t,he;
use of committee and teachers. |
2. Informational materials on
occupations, educational oppor-‘
tunties and others be provided.
3. Placement service — assis
tance in getting into the next
situation — job or education—
beyond school.
4. Follow-up service.
5. We recommend that graduat
ing seniors who are not planning
to enter college be given oppor
tuirities to register with the Geor
gia State Employment Service so
that necessary tests can be com-
Continued On Page 2
Largest Circulation In Clayton County
The State Highway Board has received a bid of $85,896 for the
construction of trafic interchange and approximatly one third of a
mile of four-lane highway opposite the West Gate of Atlanta Gen
eral Depot, on Highway 54, the Highway Department has announced.
Low bidder on the project was Pittman Construction Company.
State Highway Department specifications call for a four lane
strip of .364 miles adjacent to the Depot. The Highway and inter
change will speed up through traffic on High 54 as well as making
it easier to enter and leave the Depot.
Forest Park Main Street, which ends at Highway 54, will be in
corporated in the interchange, it is understood.
This improvement of Highway 54 was part of road bids amount
ing to approximately $8 1/2 million which were received by the
State Highway Department and the Georgia Rural Roads Authority.
The strip of four lane highway and interchange was the only
work in Clayton County upon which bids were received.
Contributors To Girl Scout Hut Are
Thanked; List of Contributors Given
The girl scouts and the brown
ies of Forest Park, and their
leaders have released a partial list
of the contributors to the con
struction of the girl scout and
brownie hut now under construc
tion in the ecity park and have
asked that this list be published.
Leaders of the girls offered
their sincere and heartfelt thanks
to the many organizations and in
dividuals who made contributions
to the construction of the hut.
A spokesman for the girls em
phasized that il would have been
very difficult to keep a record
of the hundreds of ecitizens who
contributed sums to the campaign
for the purchase of building
blocks, but wished to thank all
these citizens for their help.
The list follows:
Contributons of SIOO.OO or more:
City of Forest Park: $500.00;
Forest Park Masonic Lodge:
SIOO.OO.
Contributions of over ten Dol
lars; John F. Sargent, Building
contractor, $40.; Bob’s Place $25.;
labor and a heater; R. P. Bowden,
$25.44; Atlanta Beverage, $20.00;
Helen C. Thomas; Thomas; J. P.
$16.50; Excellsior Cleaners (J. A.
Bagley) $15.00
Contribution of five to ten dol
lars: Bags and Francis Inc., $lO.-
00; E. A. Foster, $10.00; Dr. Holl
away, $10.00; Forest Park Weld
ing Shop, $10.00; Colonial Stores,
$10.00; Forest Park P.T.A. $10.00;
Bill Fleming, $10.00; Forest Park
Auto Shop, $5.00; Edwin Echols,
Commissioner, $5.00; Tarp George,
Bus Company Seeks
Raise In Fares
At Hearing Monday
The Interurban Bus Company
which operates bus service be
tween [Forest Park and Atlanta
will seek an increase in fares and
reduction of service at a hearing
next week.
The petition of the Company is
scheduled to be heard next Mon
day afternoon at 2 p.m. before
the Georgia Public Service Com
mission, at Room 177 in the State
County Residents May Receive A Copy of
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|—Editor \ '
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Cl. R ——————————————————————
NUMBER 8
Commissioner, $5.00; B. C. Hay
nie. Commissioner, $5.00; Homer
Bond, $5.00; Anderson Musie Cos
$5.00; Dr. A. R. Evans, $5.00;
Dr. A. W. Carter, $5.00; Dwarf
House, $5.00; Morris and Weldon
Drug Store, $5.00; Jean’s Flower
Shop, $5.00; Carter’s Cleaners,
$5.00; Ware’s 5 & 10 Cent Store,
$5.00; Forest Park Realty and In
surance, $5.00; R. E. <Coleman,
Tax Commissioner, $6.00; Forest
Park Beauty Shop, $5.00; Shell
Filling Station, $5.00; Stanford’s
Department Store, $5.00; Ralph’s
Cleaners, $5.00.
Contributions of under $5.00;
Yancey Brothers Filling Station,
$4.00; Pierce Electronics $3.00;
Gulf Filling Station, $2.00; Palm
ers Lawn Mowers, $2.00; Abber
crombie & Patterson Funeral
Home, $3.00; Forest Park Wash
erette, $1.00; Fruit Basket, $1.00;
Mayor James K Currie $2.00; T.
J. Elliott, $1.00; Wheeler Service
Station, $1.00; Forest Park Sales
Inc., $1.00; Jackson Barber Shop,
$1.00; D. H. Williamson, $1.00;
Van Houten and Shone, $2.00 and
Lindsey Realty Co., 75c.
Mr. Henry Waldrop furnished
labor. Mr. H. R. Beale contribut
ed a lifetime asbestoes roof valued
at $600.00. Mr. Jack Callaway
contributed building plans and
supervisory time. Mr. R. P. Bowden
contributed, in addition to the
above listed sum, his time to con
tact building supply firms, several
of whom agreed to -contribute
amounts of materials. G
Office Building, 244 Washington
Street, Atlanta.
The Company will ask the Com
'mission to allow an increase of
fares (one-way) from 25 to 30
cents. Also requested is the can
rcellation of Sunday service and
!discount tickets.
~ The bus company states that
the operation of the line is not
lshowing profit under the present
scheduling and fares, and states
‘that Sunday passenger traffie is
too light to justify continuation of
service that day. v
