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THIRD YEAR
Panthers Ready For North
Georgia Title Battle Friday
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Forest Park And NorthHabersham -
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Meet On Kiwanis Field At 8 o’Clock
By George Hext
Forest Park High School’s powerful Panthers will battie North
Habersham High, of Clarksville, for the North Georgia Class A
championship this Friday evening at Kiwanis Field.
A record crowd is expected to be on hand for the 8 p. m,,
kickoff between the local Region 3-A winner, and the invading
4-A titleholders.
Most observers rate the clash a
toss-up, but a hard fought, excit
ing game is expected, as the vic
tors will win the right to meet
the South Georgia Class A cham
pions for the state title.
The Forest Park team is in good
physical condition and ready for
a hard game. They were to hold
final ‘knocking’ sessions Wednes
day afternoon, and would taper off
with offensive drills Thursday.
Head Coach Albert Patterson, in
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Jaycees'Empty
Stocking Campaign
Sunday Morning
The annual Empty Stocking cam
paign, sponsored by the Forest'
Park Junior Chamber of Com
merce in cooperationv with othvr,
community organizations, will be
conducted Sunday morning, De~-
cember 8, from 7:30 to 9:30 a.m. l
Jaycees will make a house-io-|
house canvas seeking contribu
tions which will be used to pur
chase Christrnas toys and gifts for
150 needy children.
A goal of $1,200 has been set
by the sponsors. f
Following the campaign, appro- |
priate gifts will be purchased for |
children of various ages and dis
tributed bdfore Christmas Eve
by Jayeees. .. . .. ; }
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Christmas Program
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Saturday Evening
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At School Gym |
The Forest Park Music Club will |
sponsor the annual communityi
Christmas program at the Forest |
Park High School Gymnasium this !
Saturday evening (December 7) at |
8 o’clock. ‘
The program will include selec- |
tions by the Forest Park High
School Band, congregational sing
ing, selections by the choir, group
singing, and instrumental solos. \
. Admission is free and the pub-|
lic is invited.
Forest Park Garden Club And Jaycees
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Sponsor Christmas Decorating Contest
The Forest Park Garden Club and the Forest Park Junior Cham
ber of Commerce are sponsoring a Christmas Decorating Contest
this year with first place winner having a chance to win ‘@ nation
wide contest.
Three cash prizes are beingl
awarded locally, with honorable
mentions going to runners-up. First’
place winner will be entered in |
nation-wide Christmas Decorating
Contest sponsored by Gencraxi
Electric. First prize in this con
test is $5,000, '
Rules for the contest, as set!
forth by the sponsors, are: l
1. Residents of the Forest Park
area are eligible to enter.
2. Entries must be postmarked
not later than December 18.
3. Displays should be lighted
from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m.
Entry Blank-Christmas Decorating Contest
TO: Forest Park Garden Club And
Forest Park Junior Chamber of Commerce,
129 Spring Valley Road, i :
Forest Park, Georgia. :
Please enter my home (apartment) in your Christmas
Decorating Contest. | understand the winner will be
entered in General Electric’s $5,000 nation-wide Christ
mas Decorating Contest.
Ly eRI R
Address
Telßpßonp INUIIBEe L R
Vote For The Candidates Os Your Choice This Saturday!
The Forest Park News
PHONE: POplar 1-2282
a statement to The NEWS, said the
team showed good spirit in recent
practices, and that he felt that
the boys would hit their peak by
. Friday.
. “They are looking forward to
this game,” Patterson added, ‘‘and
they want to play a good game
against North Habersham. From
the spirit we've seen this week,
we feel certain that our boys will
gbe up this weekend.”
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~ Line Coach Melvin Lucas pointed
out that the Panther line will
face two very fine tackles on the
North Habersham team, and said
‘“The line we’ll play against Fri
day will be the best overall that
we have faced this year.”
Lucas added that ‘lt will.prob
ably take at least three scores
to win, and our team will have
to surpass the Carrollton game
performance.”’
The Forest Park team will be
faced with the task of stopping a
205 pound fullback who is also
fast, and the center of the Panther
line will have to come up with
fierce defensive play.
North Habersham will show lo
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IN THE
City Election
THIS
SATURDAY
December 7
| 4. The judge’s decisions will be
based on artistic merit, 30 polats;
’ originality, 20 points; lighting tech
' nique, 30 points, and ingenuity, 20
points.
' 5. Prizes will be awarded as fol
| lows: first prize, $25; second priz2,
l!1515; third prize, $lO, with honor
able mentions.
l 6. First prize winner will be en
tered in the General Electric $5,000
nation-wide Christmas Decorating
Contest.
For convenience of contestants,
an entry blank is published below.
THIRD ANNUAL REUNION of the Class of 1950
at Forest Park High School was held Saturday,
November 23 at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Donald
Thompson, 166 Catherine Street.
Present for the get-together were the following
men, (left to right in the background) Lane John
son, Arnold Patterson, Otis Chambers, James
Bell, Jerry Tomasello, Chester Lane, Donald
Thompson, Billy Chester, Robert Terrell and Jere
Lee. All except Mr. Tomaséllo are members of the
Class of ’SO.
Ladies present, (clockwise), are: Mrs. Lane
Johnson, Mrs. Arnold Patterson, Mrs. Donald
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Muain Fabric Center Is Newest Business \
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To Open In Main Street Shopping Center
Latest business to open in rapidly exp&nding Forest Park is the
Main Fahric. Cénter, located in the Main Street Shopping Center
few doors down from the Bank of Forest Park.
~ The Main Fabric Center will be operated by Mrs. Jack Calla
‘way, of 200 Woodland Way, and her mother-in-law, Mrs. O. H.
iCulluway, of 109 Marie Street.
' Jack Callaway, son of Mrs.. O.
H. Callaway, is @ member of Tri-
City Realty -and Insurance Com-
Ipany which is mnext door to
' the Fabric shop. He is part owner
in the shop, with his wife and
’ mother,
- Main Fabric Center will stock a
complete line of fabrics, including
Lancaster broadcloth, Stev
ens ginghams, Dan River ging
hams, Spring Pampered cottons,
plus outings, nets and taffetas.
A full line of woolens will be
added at a later date.
The shop will also offer local
shoppers a line of assorted Christ
mas gifts and assorted Christmas
materials and outings.
Mrs. 0. H. Callaway, an ex
perienced - seamstress, has had
many years experience in fabrics.
She has also had extensive sales
Forest Park Bank
Pays Over $5,000
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Christmas Savers
More than $5000.00 was paid out
by the Bank of Forest Park to
1957 members of the Bank’s Christ
mas Club, Owen V. Whitman, ex
ecutive vice president, announced
last week.
Checks began going out Novem
ber 15 and, according to Mr. Whit
man, made a ‘‘significant contri
bution tb local purchasing power”
for the Christmas season.
Mr. Whitman predicted that the
total Christmas Clib savings for
1958 wouid be ‘‘approximately dot
ble”’ the SSOOO saved this year.
He said that the 1958 club is now
being formed.
An advertisement in this issic
of The Forest Park NEWS calls
attention to the fact that mem
bership in the 1958 Christmas Club
at The Bank of Forest Park is now
heing solicited.
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Figure-Trim Salon, Owned By Mrs.
Hueston And Mrs. Spence, Opens Here
The Figure-Trim Salon opened in Forest Park, December 2, at
1243 Main Street, featuring the Figure-Trim System of Slenderizing.
Mrs. Mildred Hueston and Mrs. Nancy Spence are the owners
and operators of the new firm.
Both are residents of Forest
Park and both have had special
training in the Figure-Trim Sys
tem. '
The new business will be open
FOREST PARK, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1957
BE AT KIWANIS FIELD THIS FRIDAY
_ AT 8 O'CLOCK WHEN THE PANTHERS
MEET NORTH HABERSHAM FOR THE
NORTH GEORGIA CHAMPIONSHIP!
experience, having worked in a
number of department stdres.
A native of Henry County, Mrs.
Callaway has been a long time
resident of Clayton County. She
has six children, all living in the
area. In addition to Jack, in the
real estate business, son Robert is
a sales team leader at Martin
Burks Motors in Jonesboro and
Pete works for Colonial Stores.
Daughters are Ellen, who is em
ployed by Standard Oil Company,
Eunice, a housewife and Carol,
who attends school here. They are
members of Forest Park Metho
dist Church.
Mrs. Jack Callaway is the form
er Miss Alice Sargeant, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. John F. Sargeant
of Forest Park. She is a 1942 grad
uate of Forest Park High and later
attended International Business
Machine school in Atlanta. For over
eight years she was in IBM work.
She and her husband have one
daughter, Cathy Elaine, age seven.
The family attends Morrow Metho
dist Church.
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~IN THE
City Election
THIS
SATURDAY
December 7
Monday through Saturday from 8
| a.m. to 6 p.m.
|| An advertisement in this issue
| of The NEWS gives additional in
formation and an invitation for a
free trial of the Figure-Trim Sys
| tem.,
Thompson, Mrs. Billy Chester, Mrs. Robert Ter
rell, Mrs. Eugene Gaultney, Mrs. Chester Lane,
Mrs. Otis Chambers, Mrs. Jerry Tomasello, Mrs.
Jere Lee and Mrs. James Bell.
Mrs. Thompson, Mrs. Gaultney, Mrs. Tomasello
and Mrs. Bell are members of the 1950 class. Other
ladies are ‘wives of members.
The fourth annual reunion of the Class of 1950
will be held sometime late next spring or early
in the summer. It will be arranged by Class mem
bers Robert Terrell and Sammy Starr. NEWS
staff photo by LaChapelle.
Muscular Dystrophy
Fund Tops $929 Mark
Residents of Forest Park and
Jonesboro contributed $929.49 to
the Muscular Dystrophy Fund in
a drive conducted 'fuesday even
ing, November 19, by volunteer
firemen and National Guardsmen.
Forty-five National Guardsmen,
members of the Headquarters and
Headquarters Company of _the
Combat Command of the 48th Di
vision, and members of the For
est Park Volunteer Fire Depart
ment, collected $730.49, according
tc Fire Chief Paul Beddingfield.
R. D. Porter, secretary of the
Jonesboro Fire Department, re
ported $l9O collected by six Guards
men and six volunteer firemen.
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Four Local Firms Re-Locate; Former
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Quarters May Be New Structure Site
Four Forest Park firms have moved out of ihe residential build
ing at 1218 Main Street and it is possible that a modern store or
office building may rise at this location within the next six months.
The former dwelling house, located across the street from
Foster's Supermarket and adjacent to King Hardware, is consider
ed one of the choicest locations in the center of the Forest Park
business section.
Firms which formerly occupied
the building are: ’
The Forest Park NEWS, which
will utilize offices at the residence
of the publisher of the paper
until suitable street level quarters
can be obtained on Main Street.
These offices are located at 45
South Oak Street. (Phone POplar
‘ 1-2282.)
‘ Gaultney Realty Company, which
“has moved to the old Citizens
Bank Building, 1162 Main Street,
in‘the suite of offices on the second
floor of the structure.. Phone: POp
lar 6-0394.
- Delta Realty Company and Tri-
City Employment Agency (Phone
Sale Os Surplus
Army Equipment
At Depot Dec. 11
A spot bid sale of U.S. Army
surplus material and equipment
that originally cost over $1,600,000
will be held Wednesday, Decem
ber 11, at the Atlanta General De
pot,
The items no longer needed by
the army consists of radio parts
and electrical supplies, automotive
parts, generator sets, and miscel
laneous hardware.
The property is open to inspec
tion at any time prior to the sale
date at the Property Disposal Of
fice, Building 305-B, daily except
Saturday, Sundays and holidays
until 4:30 p.m. |
Bids may be placed anytime dui
ing this period and at the sale‘
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Record Vote Expected In
F.P. City Election Saturday
Candidates Speak
InPublicForum
Thursday Evening
Candidates in the city election
this Saturday (December 7) have
been invited to participate in a
public forum this Thursday even
ing (December 5) at the Forest
Park High School Auditorium at
8:15.
The forum is sponsored by the
Forest Park Junior Chamber of
Commerce as part of the Jaycees’
nation-wide ‘‘Get Out The Vote™
program, according to Harper
Evans, Jaycee president.
Each candidate will be given five
minutes to introduce himself, set
forth his qualifications, and out
line his program of city admini
stration.
A question and answer period
will foilow with the audience sub
mitting written questions ad
dressed to specific candidates.
The list of candidates are:
For the office of mayor: Lamar
R. Beckwith, D. M. Johnson, and
L. D. Strietelmeier,
For council - Ward One: Roy S.
Dunn and G. O. Thomas.
For council - Ward Two: Paul
L. Addis, incumbent, un-opposed.
For'council - Ward Five: Lloyd
Helms, incumbent, and O. B. Math
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Forest Park Police, Fire Departments
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Save Child’s Life, Parents Tell Mayor
The Forest Park Police Department and the Forest Park
Volunteer Fire Department were credited this week with saving
the life of the 21-month-old son of Mr. and Mrs. T. E. Conn, of
140 Valley View Drive. :
In a letter to Mayor James K.
Currie] M and Mrs. Conn said:
f‘xle wish to express our sincere
gratitude to the Police Department
and Kire Department of Forest
Park for the fine work done by
them on the night of November 1,
at 2:30.a.m.”
They explained that they had
lived in. Forest Park for lcss
than a month and knew no doctor
to call when their son was stricken
with convulsions brought on by ex
treme high temperature.
Mr. and Mrs. Conn called the
police department who relayed the
call for help to thc rescue unit
POplar 6-0394) have also relo
cated in the same suite of offices
in the building, which is located
nearly directly across the street
from the Georgia Power retail
store.
TEEN-AGERS DANCE: The Lake City Commun
ity Club and the Teen Club of Lake City gave a
dance Saturday evening, November 30, with teen
agers from Forest Park as guests. The young
people are shown above enjoying the affair. Dur
ing the evening refreshments, given by Major and
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Three Candidates In Race For Mayor;
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4 Seek Two Council Posts, 1 Unopposed
Forest Park citizens are expected to turn out in record numbers
this Saturday to elect a new mayor and three councilmen.
Polls will open at the city hall at 6:00 a. m., and will close at
7:00 p. m. /
It is estimated that over 1,500 persons will cast their votes if
the weather is good.
In the city election last Decem
ber only 598 persons voted, prob
ably because none of the four
council officers were contested.
In the election for mayor and
three councilmen in December,
1955 the turnout was much larger,
with 915 voters turning out for the
regular election.
In that election there were three
candidates for mayor and all three
council posts were contested, two
of them by three candidates.
In the runoff election -which
followed, 1051 persons cast their
votes.
This year there are three can
didates for mayor and two each
for two of the council posts. In
cumbent Councilman Paul T. Ad
ais from Ward Two is unopposed.
The race for mayor this year
has attracted the most interest with
the three candidates campaigning
vigorously and the candidates for
two council posts running mlich
more conservative campaigns.
Running for mayor are Council
man (and Mayor Pro-Tem) L. I
Strietelmeier, former Councilman
of the fire department.
Members of the unit went to the
Conn home and administered oxy
gen to the child untii a doctor ar
rived. .
“This fine work saved the life
of our boy. We will He forever
grateful to the police department
and the fire department of For
est Park,” the letter to the may
or said. ' '
“It is very comforting to us!
to be residents of such a fine city,
knowing the men of the police de-'
partment and firo department!
stand ready at all times 'to aid|
those who are in distress.” ‘
Clayton 4-H Council
Elect 1958 Officers
The Clayton County 4-H Council |
clected officers for the next
year at a meeting held Saturday, ’
November 16, at the North Jones
boro Grammar School. ‘
Photographs for the 4-H calendar |
project were made and the Coun- |
cil voted to meet the second Satur- l
day of each month. .
Officers elected are: Georgianna
Brown, president; Donald Johnson, l
boys vice-president; Brenda Brown l
girls vice-president; Brenda Bell,
secretary; Patti Wilson, treasurer;
Herbert Powell, reporter, and Lin
da Plunkett, assistant reporter.
Lamar R. Beckwith and Attorney
D. 1. Johnson. :
Mr. Strietelmeier is completing
a two year term on city council
and has served as Mayor Pro-Tem
since this past July. He is a cap
tain (pilot) with Eastern Airlines.
Mr. Beckwith served. en city
council during the years: 1954-1955.
He is co-owner of a building sup
ply firm in East Point.
Mr. Johnson has not previously
served with the city government
but was a strong contender for the
office of mayor in the election two
years ago.
At that time, in a three-man
race, he emerged as the candidate
with the second highest number of
votes and since Mayor James K.
Currie failed to get a majority, the
two were in a runoff, with Mz
Currie winning by 53 votes.
All three candidates confidently
predict victory Saturday. A
Many of Mr. Beckwith’'s followers
expect that he will poll a majority
of the votes, as do many of Mr.
Strietelmeier’s.
However, most political observ=
ers feel that the possibility.: of
a runoff is great, with Mr. John
son loonirng as a aelinite ‘‘dark
horse’” with considerable variance
in estimates as to how many votes
he will get.
Most of tnese same observers
are in much more agreement on
the relative strength of Beckwith
and Strietelmeier.
In the race for councilman from
Ward One, G. O. (Tommy) Thomas
and Roy 5. Dunn have waged quict
‘campaighs. ‘WMast citizens who keep
up with politics feel that Mr. Tho
mas is making the strongest race
since he began offering for public
office. During the past decade he
has run for various city offices,
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YOUR CHOICE, BUT
VOQTE
IN THE
City Election
THIS |
Saturday, Dec 7
Mrs. E. R. Blaylock, Mrs. Bob Jernigan, and Mr,
and Mrs. William Shi, were served. The Lake City
Teen Club has 33 members. Katherine Stanley is
president of the organization. NEWS staff photo
by LaChapelle. i
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