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4 Tree Grows In Forest Park
A tree grows on city property now - and has for the last few
J SlnCe Forest Park Garden Club ladies donated a
Redbud to the city as part of their planting and beautifying
program. The scene was in front of the Recreation Dept, where
GUY LINES
BY GUY BUTLER
POLITICS’ PULL
There must be something in
politics that’s highly attractive.
Could it be money?-- position
in life?-- one’s feeling the call
of duty to lead his fellow coun
tryman?
Just what is
it that would
induce two st
andout figures
within a week
to surrender
their jobs in
popular and
rewarding bt- i
sinesses ant'
decide to run
for U. S. Sen- ]
ator, both in I
different states?
Bud Wilkinson, with a 17-
year miracle record and as
coach and athletic director of |
University of Oklahoma, sum- j
marily resigns a post paying
him reportedly $19,500 a year
ostcn i/y to cast h's lot in
politics.
Right on the heels of the fam- I
ous coach comes John Glenn,
the senior astronaut who has
cashed in heavily on his orbit
of the globe as the first space
man, to leave the space pro
gram to its own devices and
get into the race for senator
from his home state of Ohio.
It couldn’t be that either Wil
kinson or Glenn feared for his ■
future security financially. Wil
kinson could have stayed at
Oklahoma the rest of his life
at a good salary, in all pro
bability, and certainly Glenn
could and did make money in
other ways.
Both being men of courage,
determination and foresight,
perhaps they saw a challenge
there, the need of men like
themselves in the senatorial
halls, and decided they would
accept it.
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Garden Club Launches Its
City Beautification Program
Forest Park Garden Club re
cently chose as one of its pro
jects the planting of trees for
the beautification of the city.
The Redbud was decided upon
as an appropriate compliment
to Atlanta’s --“City of Dog
wood.” The Redbud is a na
tive Georgia tree and blooms
at approximately the same time
of the spring as the Dogwood.
It is known for its delicate
pink blossoms in spring and
its heart-shaped leaves.
Clayton Co. Holds Lights
On School Program
Clayton County Schools reach
ed the Standard of Excellence
in its 100% performance in
The Lights On for Education
Program, Tuesday night at its
consolidated meetings of the
four schools. In their unity of
purpose the county & city fat
hers, civic groups, churches
responded with vigor to the
call to arms to "Down with
Drop-Outs”, sounded bv the
PTAs all over the county. Yes
sir: Clayton County set a per
fect example for the other 158
counties in the state.
PTA President, Mrs. Billie
Prock of Forest Park Senior
High stated that "PTA hit a
nerve and the reaction was well
received.” Around 330 were in
attendance and showed lively in
terest in the panel’s answers
on taxes, ratios, increased sal
aries and future educational
plans for Clayton County, in
the Forest Park - Mountain
View meeting. The joint PTAS
planned and worked this pro
gram out to benefit all par
ents of school aged children.
The interest in taxes, educa-
the tree was planted. City Manager John Hottman is tne re
cipient and is shown with Mrs. Charles Johnson, Garden Club
president; Mrs. Ware Callaway, vice president; Mrs. James
Heidle, secretary, and Mrs. John McCannon, project chairman
Photo by Derickson Studio.
The two Garden Clubs of For
est Park are located in the
Redbud district of Garden
Clubs.
The new Recreation Center,
the Junior High School, the
Girl Scout Hut and the ele
mentary schools of Forest Park
were selected as sites for the
Redbud trees. In addition each
member of the Garden Club
voted to personally plant a Red
bud In her own yard. Every
one In the communities of this
tion, and their Johnny and Su
zie outweighed TV, basketball
game or any other activity,
Tuesday night. The panel con
sisted of seven school princi
ples; Ash Street, Willard
Youngblood; Forest Park Jr.
High, Mack Jennings; J. E.
Edmonds, H. L. Phillips; Hen
drix Drive, J. W. Lewis; Lake
City, Wilbur Peacock; Moun
tain View, L. E. Allen; M. E.
Kirkland, Forest Park Senior
High with Earnest Stroud,
Assistant School Superintendent
acted as moderators. EachPTA
had a representative to add
salient facts, and queries to
the panel. Mrs. E. W. Baker,
Ash Street; Mrs. James Lee,
Mountain View; Mrs. Wesley
Hainey, Hendrix Drive; L. E.
Webb, J. E. Edmonds; Sam
Lowe, Lake City; R. C. Sand
lin, Forest Park Senior High;
Platform guests were, Mrs.
E. W. Baker, Terrell Starr,
County Commissioner.
The meeting to discuss the
Governor's Plan for Education
was held in the Jonesboro Sen
ior High School Gymnasium.
, This program was sponsored by
' all PTA groups in this area,
Jonesboro Sr. High, Jonesboro
Jr. High, Lee Street, North
Jonesboro, Morrow, Riverdale,
and East Clayton. Mr. J. E.
Edmonds, Superintendent of Sc
hools, was the main speaker.
CONTINUED ON PAGE 3
HARBIN’S DRIVE-IN RESTAURANT
Old 41 Hwy. at Farmers Market Phone PO. 366-6549
FOREST PARK, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 23,;964
area is urged to join in this
project and plant a Redbud.
Monday morning the trees
were planted at the public sites
in town beginning at the Re
creation Building where the City
Manager, Mr. John Hoffman,
and the Recreation Manager,
Mr. Phelps, were on hand to
accept the trees for the city.
Mrs. Charles Johnson, the out
going president and Mrs. Ware
Callaway, incoming president,
were among the club members
there to make the presentation.
(PHOTOS ON PAGE 3)
JCs Reveal Man
Os Year Tuesday
Bosses’ Night, the annual banquet-meeting of the members
of the Junior Chamber of Commerce and their employers, will
be in Forest Park Youth Center Jan. 28 at 7:30 P.M., accord
ing to Phillip Kimbell, chairman of Bosses’ Night.
A feature of the evening will be the announcement of Forest
Park’s outstanding young man for the year. A committee, headed by
E. M. Gaultney, Jr., is canvassing churches, businesses, clubs,
and organizations to determine which young man - 21 through
35 - has contributed the most to the community during the
year. Anyone having any nominations for the outstanding young
man of Forest Park please contact one of the following com
mitteemen or send nominations to P, O. Box 364: Mayor W. H.
Bateman, 366 5703; E. M. Gaultney, Jr., 366 5907; Andrew
Leistl, 366 5037; Donald Judson 366 3101; Ted Allen, 366 5183;
George M. Kilpatrick, 366 5703; Rev. Clint Rogers, 366 4549.
Bosses’ Night is an annual feature of Junior Chambers through
out the nation. It Is dedicated to the bosses who support the
Jaycees and recognize the value of the organization.
GOOD NEWS!!
The EVELYN CARROLL re
commends column, read in
many weekly papers in Geor
gia, will start in the issue
of Jan. 30 in the FOREST
PARK NEWS
MORE REVENUE A MUST, CITY TO
PROMOTE OWN C OF C IN 'DESPERATE’
EFFORT TO GAIN INDUSTRY
CC Fund
Needs Cut
T 052,500
General Chairman H.C. Tray
lor, in able command of the
Chamber’s campaign for a new
building, announced another 12
contributions were received:
this last week pushing even
closer to the $20,000 goal.
After tabulating all pledges
of material, labor and cash
donated, the Chamber is now
within $2,500 of having a debt
free new and modern < ffice
building. Accornijig to Mr.
Traylor, one hundred/ and fifty
six contributions hjve been re
ceived during t r - four week
drive in response/ V the Cham
ber’s announcement to build a
new home on the South Ex
pressway west of Jonesboro.
As previously announced,
business firms and citizens are
urged to take part in this cam
paign and requested to mail
their check to the Clayton
County Chamber ofCommerce,
Box 66, Jonesboro, Georgia, or
Bank of Forest Park in care of
H. C. Traylor. All checks should
be made payable to “Building
Fund”, Clayton County Cham
ber of Commerce.
current plans are for con
struction of the new building
to begin as soon as possible.
An estimated eight working
weeks will be required to com
plete the building foroccupancy.
Fred Durden, local citizen and
director of the Chamber, will
be in charge of construction.
Manager Increase
The Council-manager form of
local government continued its
rapid growth In 1963 as 82 addi
tional communities in the United
States and Canada adopted the
Plan. This is now used by
1,954 communities In North
America. It is the most pop
ular form of local government
In American cities between 25,
000 to 250,000 population. Over
one-half of all American cities
in this population group are
council-manager cities, ac
cording to the “1964 Directory
of Council-Manager Cities,”
ooon to be published by the
International City Managers’
Association.
Hoffman Would Up Zoning,
Improve Downtown Area
Forest Park is greatly in need of a Chamber of Commerce,
according to City Manager John Hoffman, and lie is starting
the ball to rolling on behalf of the project.
The main reason is to drum up business, particularly industry,
for the city, he revealed, and he has already been in conference
with Forest Park bank officials and other civic leaders.
“The Clayton County Chamber of Commerce i ISfine and we
are for it,’’ Hoffman said. “The county has a world of industry
and the Chamber has been instrumental in landing it But Forest
Park itself within its corporate limits has no industry at all.
“The result is that we suffer financially. We need taxes, more
money to operate. But I am opposed to hiking the taxes in the
city now which are already high enough. All the money we derive
is from our water, which we buy and distribute to the public;
sewers, city taxes and ad valorem taxes.
“That is not enough for a growing city and we hope to do some
thing about it. A city ChamberofCoinmerce could render valuable
assistance and I hope soon that we can get one going.”
The city manager plans to meet with the Forest Park Busi
nessmen’s assn, soon on that and other matters.
“We want to up our zoning laws,” he explained, ’’and get on
a level with College Park, Decatur and other such cities with
our zoning code.”
One thing Hoffman said he wanted to see, besides the widening
of Main St. and Central Ave., which will be done by the Highway
Dept., is a general upgrading of business along Main St. from
Ash to West.
“We need bigger and better business houses along there,”
he said. “Not so many filling stations and coin laundries. My
idea would be to make that a’feature area’ of the city. Os course
we have a few nice stores along there but not enough.”
The widening of Main and Ash is already assured, Hoffman
said, and he hopes to get the Highway Department started on
that this spring.
Clayton County has agreed to take over seven of the leading
streets of Forest Park and maintain them for a year, which
means, according to Hoffman, top-dressing them, filling the
holes and applying dirt to the shoulders where needed. A good
topping, he said, should last seven or eight years.
The City Manager, with the blessings of new Mayer W. H.
Bateman, has other plans for improvement too, among them to
put in abigsewer from Highway 41 westward down to the Farmer’s
Market, which he thinks would help attract industry. A water
main is already in.
Mr. Hoffman had a meeting with Federal Housing Authority
representatives regarding replacing the Rosetown slums and he
hopes they get going on that by spring.
■ He also is pushing for the new library and said a couple of
sites are under consideration for that now. Last December a
county bond issue carried for $225,000 for three libraries in
the county, one of them in Forest Park.
The city has hired a cashier, Roy Cook, Jr., at a beginning
salary of $4,800. He will handle all monies and be responsible
for all funds coming into the city. Previously this was handled
by the water dept.
A PROCLAMATION
WHEREAS, the civic bodies anu service organizations of our
community and the departments of the local government re
cognize the great service rendered to this community by the
Forest Park Junior Chamber of Commerce, and
WHEREAS, the United States Junior Chamber of Commerce
and its affiliated state and local organizations have set aside
the week of January 19-25, 1964 to observe the founding of
the Junior Chamber of Commerce and to commemorate such
founding by the selection of an outstanding young man Is this
community as the recipient of the Distinguished Service
Award, and
WHEREAS, this organization of young men has contributed
materially to the betterment of this community throughout
the year,
THEREFORE, I, W. H. Bateman, Mayor of the City of Forest
Park, do hereby proclaim the week of January 19-25, 1964,
as JAYCEE WEEK and urge all citizens of our community to
give full consideration to the future services of the Junior
Chamber of Commerce.
DATE January 15, 1964 Signed WM H. BATEMAN
Mayor
Dallas Joins Atlanta Phone Service
Speaking to a Dallas city
council meeting by telephone,
amplified at the Dallas end so
all could dear, Mayor Allen
has welcomed Dallas into clo
ser connunion with Atlanta that
will result from toll-free tele
phone service.
Dallas will become the 24th
exchange in the Atlanta Metro
politan telephone service area
on February 2.
Said Mayor Allen, "I am hap
py to have the opportunity to
welcome Dallas into the Atlanta
metropolitan telephone ex
change. You know, with the
addition of Dallas, we will have
over 570,000 telephones in an :
area 2, 349 square miles. This
area has over 45 percent of
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Georgia. It is the largest toll
free exchange in the world.
You know these calls use to
be long distance but you will
be able to call from Dallas to
Stone Mountain and talk as long
as you like without it costing
you anything extra. ’’
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Out,Starr
Seeks Job
Terrell Starr, County Com
| inissioner for six years, an
। nounced Wednesday that he has
i decided to seek election to the
' House of Representatives in
' the April 4 primary. He will
' contest for Fdgar Blalock’s old
seat in the House.
Veteran Rep. Edgar Blalock
said Tuesday he will not run
| for re-election in the prim
ary.
Blalock, for 12 years a mem
ber of either the House or Sen
■ ate, said his announcement was
। timed “so that the citizens of
Clayton County will have ample
time to elect a qualified person
to this responsible position.”
। P. K. Dixon will seek reelec-
I tion as chairman of the Clay
ton County Commissioners in
the Primary. He has held the
post for four years.
C. H. (Carey) Webb of Col
lege Park has announced he
will run for the same office.
Mr. Webb is a College Park
city councilman, having re
presented South College Park
on that body for eight years.
Pope Dickson, Clayton County
coroner, who was formerly
deputy coroner until this term,
announces he will be up for re
election.
Another who will go after a
county commissionership is
Tommy Vaughan, prominent
business and civic leader and
co-owner of Vaughan-Colwell,
Inc., grading contractors.
While all of these have an
nounced, those who have act
ually qualified are:
Marvin A. Miller, Solicitor,
Civil Criminal Court.
Pope Dickson, to succeed him
: self as Coroner.
| Wilbur Whaley, to succeed
1 himself as member Board of
i Education, Jonesboro.
James A, Duncan, to succeed
himself as Commissioner.
i Colie Adamson, Commis
j sioner.
. John E. Chapman, Surveyor.
Although the majority of the
elected positions in Clayton
I County will be filled in the
April 4 primary there are cer-
I tain other offices which must
be filled in the state-wide pri
mary In September. Those of
fices include: Judge of the Su
perior Court, Solicitor General,
and Senator of the 44th Sen
atorial District.
: It has been customary that
the state-wide primary be held
on the second Wednesday in
■ September; however, the State
Democratic Executive Commit
tee has not yet met and estab
lished the date for this year.
In the case of the Judge of
the Superior Court ahd the So
licitor General it is necessary
to make the race at this time
because these are state jobs.
In the case of the Senate post,
however, the race will be held
at the time of the state pri
mary because the 44th District
comprises three counties
(Clayton, Henry, Rockdale) and
the county primaries in these
counties do not coincide.
Qualifications for these posi
tions will be opened as soon
as the State Committee sets
the date.
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