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THE FOREST PARK NEWS
fost Office Box 21 Office; 45 Oak Street
Forest Park, Georgia Phone: POplar 1-0911
ANTHONY GREY Editor and Publisher
FRANCIS E. I.A CHAPFLLF Associite Editor
MRS. ANNA SOMMER . Business Manager |
Published Each Wednesday
From This Corner
(untinuvd From Ph yr I
changeovers, and don’t think they don’t cut tin prices and turn on i
the dteanr The same goes for the automobile dealers, and dozens I
of 'Other kinds of business down the line . . .
An interesting aspect of these clearance sales is that they are ‘
hardly ever held at the close of the season. Just as sales for most |
seasonal merchandise begin before tin eason begins, so the demand ;
for the merchandise deminishes ome .me before tre season ends.
That is why summer cleareme -ale -tai! in .Inly and run through |
August. Demand for merchandise al regular prices deminishes, but ■
is there for the same merchandise at red iced prices because there ,
are still many weeks of use for the seaso 1 J item.
SAVING: Many shoppers wondet how much they can actually i
save. Plenty, in most cases. I p to half in man;-. More than that in .
some.
The story can best be told by relating* the history of a typical
“sale" advertisement.
A businessman calls the newspaper office:
“When you get a chunce, come and ;ee me. I have got to move '
some merchandise. Got a big full order coming in Need the space. *
Also can use the cash.”
You make your appealame, with only a notebook.
Often the businessman warms to the tusk slowly, finding it hard
to adjust his thinking to the prices at which he will have to offer
the merchandise, remembering no doubt of the prices he has been
getting for months.
Sometimes hg doesn't know where to begin, so you offer sugges
tions, and the ad slowly begins to take shape, in very disorganized
form with items of wide diversity being called out. (Later in draw
ing of the ad, you will have to organize you notes putting related
items close to one another.)
“Well” the businessman says, “here is an item which we have
been selling for $7.95. Cost me $(i.5.“ . . let it go for $6.98."
You mark it down You feel tie price should be lower (thinking
like a possible purchaser) but you say nothing.
Gradually the merchant warms to his task, his voice becomes
louder, his dictation faster, his markdowns greater. You have to ask !
him to slow down.
Sometimes the sale price is decided in the following fashion:
“ . . . . cost im $4.17. Sold for $5.29. Good value at that. Mark it at I
$4.49 . . .”
At this point ym interupt.
“You can’t expect the ad to move goods if you don't get the prices
down . . . made your profit on those which you already sold.
How about giving folks a break."
advertiser pauses, but only for a moment.
"O. K.,” he says, “make it $3.98". Can’t go broke selling two dozen
a few cents below cost."
Eater the prices get even wilder. Sometimes the markdown is im
pressively below cost and you become a cus. nner and make a pur- |
chase on the spot. (I buy over half of what 1 need this way. before
a sale ad appears, while the choice is still best.)
A few days later a proof of the ad comes back. Often the prices
you were given are changed somewhat . . usually downward a little
more as the businessman contemplates the profits on the goods for
the new season, not the old one.
WHAT IT ALL MEANS: All this adds to that srtange phenomena
known as the side, which sometime causes women (and occasionally
men) to storm into a store and quickly reach a state of enthusiasm
not unlike that found at a riot, in their quest of a bargain.
For bargains there are, as the wise shopper knows. Ami the wise
shopper is not usually foaled.
So if you want to save a goodly sunt from one year to the next. 1
watch the sales. We hope you will watch for them in the Forest Park
News, because local businessmen, with lower overhead than centers
of trade, can often be found, on the scale of quality ami prive, to be
offering the best bargains you ever saw.
- For Cleaning Os Distinction -
“Where Quality Counts”
PERFECTO CLEANERS
- Pickup Service in Forest Park and (Jayton County
567 Central Avenue, Hapeville. POplar 7-1717
SILAS W. DAVIS, Prop.
(Formerly Operator of Davis Cleaners, Forest Park)
Any And All Os These C ars For SIO.OO-Down
Plus Steady Job and (rood Credit Rating!
MONTHLY NOTES PRICE
49 Ford Club Coupe (two) Clean $29 $395
51 Olds 4 door It At II White W. Tires Extra Clean . $43 .$595
50 Olds 4 dr. fully equipped. Clean $35 5195
51 Ford 4 dr. Clean S4O $550
39 Cadilac I door. One owner—Like New $23. $295
50 Ford (3) 2 dr. Radio & Heater. W. S. Walls. Perf. $35 $490
50 Oldsmobile "9S". Fully Equipped. One Owner. $35.. $590
30 Chrysler Station Wagon. Fully equipped. X-elean. $35 .$590
50 Mercury 4-dr. Radio & Heater. W. W. Tires. Clean. $35. . $l9O
50 Buick t-dr. It. & IL Hynuflovr, W. W. Tires. Clean $35 $l9O
50 Chee. 1/2 Ton Pickup. Perfect $35 $l9O
49 Ford Club Coupe (two) Extra Clean $32 $450
MANY OTHERS TO ( HOOSE FROM
MAIN STREET
MOTORS
611 South Main Street. East Point. Georgia
POplar 6-2744 POplar 7-5858
First Four Grades
Continued From Page 1
“All teachers must be on duty |
for 8 hours.
“The dividing of the children in j
the first four grades will be done ]
by alphabet.
“We feel that this schedule, ।
through a spit it of co- operation I
of all patents and teachers, will j;
JONES FURNITURE COMPANY
“IN THE HEART OF HAPEVILLE”
s3l Central Avenue POplar 7-3869
Quality Furui!ore-Low Prices-Easy Terms
Frigidaire-Crmdey-Simtnons-Lane
Pay All Utility Bills Here.
PALMER'S
1100 MAIN STREET
Next To Postoffice
Phone: POplar 6-91 11
Clinton and Power
Products —Parts
Authorized
Service Station For:
COMPLETE
LAWNMOWER
SERVICE
* Minor Tune-Up
4 Major Tune-Up
* Sharpening
(Reel and Rotary)
* Overhaul
* Rebuild
WE DO WELDING
I
Citizens Bank i
(Private Bank. Not Inc.)
1162 Main St. POplar 7-5348 |
AV ANTED: Two (op notch auto-I
mobile salesmen for used car lot
in Forest Park, the fastest grow- i
ing city in Georgia. Must live in
Clayton County, he of high calibre.'
If j:m have sales experience or]
think you cun sell, investigate (he
opportunities of one of the posi- I
tions. Cull John Sprntlin at Pop
lar 7-1406 or call at Martin I’mrks
I'sed Car Eot. 991 Main Street.)
Forest Park, for interview.
FOB RENT; Three room unfur
nished apartment. Private. Lo-
Cllted at 107 Evans Drive. Phone
Poplar 7-5119.
FOI! SAFE: Three bedroom brick I
home. Wide lot Convenient loca
tion $1,450 down and assume $69.00
payments, including taxes and in
surance. 712 Ash Street. Phone
POplar 7-0680.
WANTED: Riders tn commute
daily from E’or’est Park at 8:00
a.m. to Five Points in Atlanta and
return 6:00 p.m. Call POplar 6-
2323 or JArkson 4-6338.
FOR SALE: Full Size RCA
Estate gas range. \-l condition
and very clean. Cheap. Call
POplar 7-6197.
WANTED: Experienced saleslady
for general department store seU
ing. Shoe experience preferred.
Apply in person. Lake wood
Heights Depurtment Store, 1681 I
JoneslHiro Road. Atlanta.
FOR REN I': Three room furnished
terrace apartment approximately !
one mile south of West Gate on
Highway 51. At 360 Highway 51.
Lake City. Call Jonesboro 6696.
LET
The Gamblers Gamble
COME TO
McCOY
HARDWARE CO.
Hapeville - East Point
They Specialize In
- Close Prices -
FOREST PaRK, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY, JULY 18, 1956
work to the beet educational in
terest Ci our children, By length
ening the school day no child is
losing the benefits of class-room
time and this seems to be the best
solution that can he worked out
for our serious classroom short
age.
“It is possible that other schools
in our County will be forced to
go on double sessions. As soon as
—• Open Sundays —•
Curb Scr'icy
LEE S DRIVE IN
Mountain View, Ga.
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anywhfri HRHRHHHHH^EII
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made possible®^?
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afterwards,
yon know
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I PENNSW/A^A
I PH UP iliiSEl TUBELESS
IMWMiHnI! Prop"*®" $16.95 liisi
tQtewW DURING • L|n Ml
Compare this fine Pennsvl- i\/ >$ ! *1
lake advantage of tins vania Aerolux Tubeless Tir- 11 M <WW 1
amazingly low pnee on TUIC with W other tire in its WH < $
Pennsylvania Keystone I HI J price field, and you’ll see whv
Cushion Tires. Real quality WM’. »> '' W we say: Buy Now and Save! ‘
at a bargain price. Trade VO x-lr
SALE WH
HERE ARE SOME TIRES FOR ANY BUDGET:
Below are sample prices on leading size factory imperfect tires. These tires carry a FULL guarantee on
QUALITY AND WORKMANSHIP. Some are PREMIUM tires. All others are FIRST LINE tires. Each
tire has been rejected for sale as a name brand tire due to some minor imperfection, usually in applying the
tread, or in the whitewall, which may show scuff mar ks or have an imperfect appearance where it is vul
canized to the tire wall.
BLACK WALL TIRES (Rayon)
670 x 15 . tube type If perfect, would list for $31.40. OUR SALE PRICE $13.95
710 x 15 tube type If perfect would list for $34.75. OUR SALE PRICE $15.45
760 xls tube type If perfect would list for $37.95. OUR SALE PRICE $16.45
800 x 15 tube type If perfect would list for $41.75. OUR SALE PRICE sl7 95
NYLON AND WHITE WALL TIRES FROM $2.00 TO $4.00 HIGHER THAN ABOVE JUICES
these are worked out schedules I
will be announced.
“As County School Superinten- j ।
dent I was to assure each parent |
FOREST PARK THEATER
1132 MAIN STREET POplar 1-9496
WED. - THURS. JULY 18 - 19
‘TWO LOST WORLDS”
— A Story Os Pre-Historic Time ■—
Laura Elliott
FRI. - SAT.TjULY 20-21
“ABBOTT AND COSTELLO MEET
THE MUMMY”
MON. - TUE^. JULY 23 -24
“HONKY TONK”
( lark Gable
I that we are not going to give up ,
ti e struggle to provide and Ade- |
quate Program of Education for
Clayton County. Double Sessions
