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By Guy Butler
Old-Time Cracker Passes On
Just last week we were recalling the days of old when the Atlanta
Crackers were bold and had such stalwarts in their ranks as
Wilbur Good, Nick Cullop, BertNiehoff and a coterie of others who
became idols of what now are known as the "old time” fans.
So, the day after the article appeared came the news that Wilbur
had died at age 78 in Brookville, Fla., where he had made his home
for many, many years.
Wilbur not only played right field for Atlanta for some five or six
years but he also managed the club for a year and a half.
No batsman ever had a sharper eye than "Goodie” who played
with half a dozen major league clubs such as the Cubs, Phillies,
Braves, White Sox, Yankee and Indians.
Strangely, although a consistent hitter, Wilbur was rarely ever a
regular on any club because of his fielding which was notoriously
weak. Not because of his physical structure for he was tall and
lean and quite agile. But while he could catch flies in the field he
was weak on bounding balls and rollers. They’d sift through him
too often, and he had a weak arm.
Therefore he was used largely as a pinch hitter over his big
league span, but with Atlanta he was a regular inasmuch as few
class A minor league teams could afford the luxury of a pinch
hitter sitting on the bench and anyway Wilbur’s basehits were too
prolific to warrant his inaction.
So, he was quite a factor on the 1925 pennant-winning Crackers,
along with Cullop and Frankie Zoeller and J.Carlisle (Red) Smith
and Benny Karr and Hollis McLaughlin and Jim Bagby, Sr., and Pug
Cavet.
As for Good, he was mainly a singles hitter. Calm, usper
turbable, Wilbur stood at the plate like a statue, never quivering a
muscle until the pitch was within 10 or 15 feet of him when he would
suddenly lash out and ping! went a single into right.
Tubby Walton, a great character around Atlanta baseball in those
days, and a personality-plus chap, used to say of Wilbur:
“He just stands there, never flexing a muscle kinda like an old
cow. The cow never twitches a nuscle until along comes a fly to
light on her and she quickly swishes her tailonceandit’s gone.
"That’s the way Goodie bats.”
Tubby, a 350 pounder back there who was a pretty good amateur
and briefly a pro catcher himself, could very well be the subject
of a rags-to-riches story.
No Education, Tub Made 3 Million
Mr. Walton is a long-time friend of the writer’s. We’d fish to
gether, play anateur ball together here and all over the state
when we (or at least I) were in our twenties.
Tubby ran restaurants in order mainly, he said, to feed his
family. Besides his father and mother, Tubby has severel
sisters and brothers of similar size. So they consumed a lot of
food.
Indeed, Tubby finally got out of the restaurant business explain
ing that "between my family and me we ate me out of business.”
Tubby did a little of everything, including serving as a major
league scout in this area. In fact he had a lot to do with Luke Ap
pling going from Oglethorpe University to Atlanta and then being
sold to the White Sox.
Hugh Casey, John Mize and several other standout youngsters of
this state were recommended by Walton.
But, finally, the husky Mr. W. made his rare personality (and
he had it in abundance) pay off big. He joined up with Investors’
Diversified Services-- Investors' Syndicate In those days--and
spent some 35 years with them as their star salesman. He led
the whole USA sales staff annually for them over a long period,
until age and bad health overtoook him. Recently he retired.
As for the rags-to-riches part of it, Tubby at last accounts
had run up a bank account of nearly three million dollars. And
Tubby laughingly tells everybody and it’s the truth: "I never got
past the second grade in schooL”
They talk about $30,000,000 more for state education.
Maybe what we need more among our students is willingness,
ambition and dedication to the task at hand.
Nobody ever worked harder at anything than Mr. Walton did at
selling cerificiates and mutual funds.
Fergusson Ambulance Service
J. Allen Fergusson has lived
In this area over 10 years.
He is married and has one son.
He is a graduate of California
State College of Mortuary and
also a graduate of the Atlanta,
Ga., John Marshall School of
Law.
His partner, Henry Green, is
a native Georgian and was edu
cated in Collegedale, Tenn.
Both Mr. Fergusson and Mr.
Green attend the Immaculate
Concep Church in Atlanta.
CITY OF ATLANTA SEEKS:
Male
ASS’T AIRPORT MRG. 25 - 45, $625
(large-scale bldg, maint. / some col
lege educ. req.)
LINE MAN-CABLESPLICER
(Communications) 21 - 49, $495.
ASS’T SCHOOLS ARCHITECT, 23-50,5515.
GEN’L MAINT. MECH. 11,21 - 50, $370.
GEN’L MAINT. MECH. I, 20 - 50, $340.
Check Personnel Office, City Hall, for
exact job requirements and exam dates.
WATER POLLUTION CONTROL OPR., I,
18 - 50, S2BB.
al REELECT
POPE DICKSON
■» CORONER
VlflH CLAYTON COUNTY
POPE DICKSON
DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY — SATURDAY, APRIL 4, 1964
EXPERIENCED ... QUALIFIED
YOUR VOTE AND CONTINUED COOPERATION GREATLY APPRECIATED!
In their work with the medical
profession, the hospitals and fu
neral homes they are expected
to become quickly well-known
and depended upon.
A special feature offered by
the J. Allen Fergusson Ambu
lance Service is air ambulance
transportation for patients with
attendants from city to city.
Cost of this service is a money
saver when the speed andgroup
travel are considered.
N.Clayton
Boys,Girls
Best FP
BY 808 SMITH
North Clayton tallied its first
win by slipping by the Forest
Park Panthers, 52-50, Satur
day night in a double over
time at North Clayton gym.
Because of the 10:15 curfew
rule the basketball game ended
just seven seconds after Thur
ston Taylor of North Clayton
sank the winning two-polnter.
Clayton managed to hold the
lead most of the way. Early
In the fourth period the Pant
hers come on with a scoring
burst, and with three minutes
left in regulation play the score
was 43-all. From there It was
a race right down to the wire.
With 14 seconds remalnlngGlen
Payne of Forest Park sank
a two-pointer, making the score
Forest Park 50; North Clayton
48. The shortest man on the
court, Eagle Mike Osborne,
came through with the tying
basket just 4 seconds before
the clock ran out.
A second over-time began be
cause the score was still 50-
all at the end of the first over
time. Steve Davis of North Clay
ton, leading scorer of the night,
was forced to leave the game
on personal fouls. Then, Eagle
Thurston Taylor dropped the
winning FG on a jumper from
15 feet out. Seven seconds later
the game ended because of the
curfew rule.
Score by periods:
North Clayton
15 12 12 11 2 -52
Forest Park
13 8 11 18 50
Scoring:
Forest Park
Charles Hodges 13
Warren Vaughn -—-11
Allan Sloan 7
Richard Mercer 5
Glen Payne 4
Mike Waldrop 2
Billy Liles 1
North Clayton
Steve Davis 15
Kenneth Gosdin 13
Ronnie Huggins----------9
Mike Osborne 6
Thurston Taylor 5
Jery Zellner 2
Dannie Reed 2
North Clayton girls defeated
the Pantherettes, 50-47. Gwen
Wiggins was leading scorer for
the Eagles with 28 points, and
Linda Prock led Forest Park
with 33. North Clayton will play
Douglas County at the Douglas
Co. gym this Friday night.
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HOME ON LEAVE
Airman Second Class, John
A. Stone, son of Mr. and Mrs.
J. A. Stone, 128 E. Mimosa,
Jonesboro is home on leave af
ter thirteen months in Korea.
He was in the 6175th Air Police
Squadron Law Enforcement and
Security, at the Kunsan Air
Force Base,
He was a Jonesboro High full
back.
After renewing old friend
ships, and enjoying family life
he will be on his way to Berg
strom Air Force Base, Austin
Texas for another 2 1/2 years.
While stationed there he plans
to attend the U. of Texas, to
be eligible for his wings. Jones
boro welcomes John for his
short visit.
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POWER FOR SPACE-AGE INDUSTRY —C. W. Roberts, vice
president, Georgia Power Company, throws a switch to send
the first electric power to the New Thiokol Chemical Corp,
plant in Camden County. Also participating in the switch-throw
ing ceremony were W. L. Berry, left, superintendent of the newly
built space-age plant, and F. C. Wilson, center, Georgia Power’s
Brunswick district manager. The ceremony was the climax
of a $1,019,700 construction program during which the utility
firm built a new substation and 13 1/2 miles of transmission
line through the camden County marshland to serve the new plant.
ASH BAPTIST VOTES
BONDS FOR
$170,000 ADDITION
Ash Street Baptist members voted to sell bonds to finance
a much-needed three-story Educational Building and to make
Improvements on present property. The bond issue is for
$170,000 and will help this growing church better serve its
membership and the community.
Rev. Charles Goe is pastor at Ash Street and Casper Conner
is chairman of the bond-selling program which is directed
by Ben Strum of Bonds, Inc. Members of the church are working
as teams to get ready for the bond sale which begins February 4.
The bonds will be Issued in denominations of SIOO, $250, SSOO
and SI,OOO. They will pay 5, 51/2 and 6 per cent interest which
will be received semi-annually. Anyone wishing to may purchase
the bonds by calling the Ash Street Church office at 366-5505 or
by going to the church which is located at 810 Ash Street.
A FEW WORDS ABOUT
MW
Candidate for House of Representatives
Clayton County, Georgia
You probably know him. He's made quite a name for himself around Clayton County.
Folks know that once Arch sets out to do something, he never rests until it's done.
Take the time he was Mayor of Riverdale (he just stepped down Jan. Ist). Arch saw to it
that Riverdale built a new City Hall, that a metropolitan numbering system was in
stalled, and that 6300 feet of water pipes were laid.
All without raising taxes.
This is the kind of miracle work that we need in state government, the kind of per
sonal magic that gets the most for the least.
Arch Gary gets things done. He knows what. He knows when. He knows how.
Vote for him in the primaries April 4th. You couldn't find a better man.
VOTE FOR
MW <§MY
TO SUCCEED EDGAR BLALOCK IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
WE NEED HIM
THE FOREST PARK NEWS,
Riverdale Mayor Gary Chosen
To Report On ‘Rural Urbanism’
To Congressional Committee
John Collins Mayor of Bos
ton, has announced that he has,
as president of the American
Municipal Association, reque
sted that Arch T. Gary who
just completed his term as
Mayor of Riverdale in Clay
ton County, prepare a report
on “Rural Urbanism” and has
appointed him to appear before
a U. S. congressional commit
tee as a representative of the
American Municipal Associat
ion for the purpose of deli
vering this vital report.
Mayor Gary, in commenting
Jonesboro Socials
Miss Dunia Mercadel and Miss
Raquel Mercadal of Teguclgal
ga, Honduras, classmates of
Virginia Langston at Siena Col
lege in Memphis, Tennessee,
were recent visitors of Mr.
and Mrs. P. V. Langston and
. Virginia.
Mr. Lon Carnes Sr. left on
Tuesday evening to spend the
week with Mrs. Steve Carnes
and family in Suffolk, Va.
Miss Ellen McEver and Miss
Marsha Lawrence, Furman
University students, are spend
ing the time between semesters
with their parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Sam McEver and Mr. and Mrs.
M. R. Lawrence.
Miss Dorothy Hightower, Mrs.
Katherine Brown, Mrs. J. O.
Hightower, Mrs. Idel Lenoir
and Mrs. Lon Carnes were
luncheon guests of Mrs. J. B.
Waldrop on Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Randall Ellis of
Rome were week end guests of
Mrs. Winnie M. Brown.
A gala occasion of last week
was the tea given by Mrs. H. E.
Harrison at her home on In
gleside Drive on Thursday from
three to five p.m., honoring
upon his appointment, stated
he was selected because of
the fact there is no area any
where in the United States more
vitally affected by the trend
towards rural urbanism than
Clayton County. He stated furt
her that it is becoming incr
easingly more apparent that
Clayton is no longer a rural
community and that the entire
land area is suitable for po
tential industrial and commer
cial as well as residential de
velopment.
Mayor Gary went on to say
Mrs. E. L. Shay. Mrs. J. L.
Knight Jr. of Morrow and Mrs.
Marvin Hasty poured. Mrs.
Everett Graves and Miss Jo
anna Harrison also assisted In
serving. Mr. and Mrs. Shay
and family formerly made their
home of Fifth Avenue in Jones
boro and are now residing in
St. Petersburg, Fla.
Paul Stewman, student at
Georgia State College, has made
the Dean’s List for the Fall
Semester and is in the top
five per cent of his class. Paul
is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
L. H. Stewman.
Mr. and Mrs. G. L. Brogdon
and Mr. and Mrs. Joe Kirbo
were hosts at a birthday lunch
eon at the home of the Brog
dons on Sunday honoring Miss
Margaret Kirbo and Mrs. Eliz
abeth Waters of Atlanta. Other
guests were Bruce Brogdon and
Bill Tysinger, Georgia Tech
students.
Mrs. J. B. Waldrop was the
guest of honor at a birthday
luncheon given by her sister,
Mrs. Lon Carnes Sr. at the
Wisteria Restaurant on Thurs
day, Guests were Mrs. W. J.
THURSDAY,JANUARY 30,1964
that whether we realized it
or not, Clayton has already
become an integral part of the
metropolitan Atlanta area and
that with proper planning he
expects an unprecedented ec
onomic development In the com
munity in the immediate fu
ture. He stated that he will
make every effort to appear
before Congress, simply be
cause of the growing import
ance of such planning to this
county.
1 Troop 169 Boys
Enjoy Winter Camping
On a recent weekend Scout
S' Troop 169 loaded their camping
gear on their bus and spent
the weekend at Pine Mountain
State Park near Warm Springs.
The boys enjoyed exploring the
area and hiking to Roosevelt
Inn. They also learned a lot
about cold weather camping.
One good thing about camping
this time of the year, you don’t
have any refrigeration worries.
Another thing, the camp site
isn’t crowded. Troop 169, spon
sored by the First Baptist Chur
ch, is under the leadership of
Scoutmaster Davis Carter.
Harris, Mrs. R. E. Murray,
Mrs. J. V. Grunewald and Mrs.
George Reeves.
Mrs. A. A. Camp attended a
luncheon at Rich’s Tea Room
on Wednesday. The hostess was
Mrs. Travis Johnson (the for
mer Ann Camp) of Washington,
D. C. Other guests were: Mrs.
L. W. Zldek of Richmaond, Va.,
Mrs. M. M. Finn of Atlanta,
Mrs. H. F. Puckett and Mrs.
C. N. Landers of Forest Park.
Mr. and Mrs. Q. E. Bell spent
last week end with their child
ren, Mr. and Mrs. Tommy Min
ters and daughte, Bonnie Leigh
in Augusta.
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