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SAFE WAYS TO CUT FIREWOOD- Forest Park area Boy
Scouts, Cub Scouts and Explorers, along with their families,
will see demonstrated at the fourth annual Scoutcapades at
Lenox Square on Scout Sunday, Feb. 9, from 2to 5. There
will be dozens of other free, fun-filled exhibits when the Scouts
celebrate their 54th anniversary. Here Scoutmaster W. Wilson
McClure is pictured helping Tenderfoot Scout Billy Mankin
CLAYTON SCOUTS
IN NATION-WIDE
WEEK OBSERVANCE
Clayton County residents are
proud to recognize all Cub
Scouts, Boy Scouts and Explorer
Scouts during Boy Scout Week.
All over the U. S. this year
from Friday, Feb. 7 through
Thursday, Feb. 13, Boy Scout
Week is celebrated.
Everyone in Clayton County
has seen Cub Scouts in their
blue uniforms. Their age group
is eight, nine and ten. They
are set up in dens under a
Den Mother. Then, the Boy
Scouts, in their kahki uniforms,
whose ages are 11 and up.
They are set up in troops under
a Scoutmaster. Finally, the Ex
plorer Scouts, 14 or older and
in high school. They belong to
groups know as Posts and have
an adult leader called an Ad
visor.
There are about 1200 Scouts
in Clayton County. Anyone want
ing information about having a
GUY UNIS
Boy Scout Week
The 54th anniversary of the
। Boy Scouts of America Is
being observed during Boy
Scout Week, February 7 to
13, under the theme, "Str
engthen America -- Scouting
Can Make the Difference.”
Across the
nation there
are now 3,990,
000 boys in
136,000 Cub
Scout Packs,
I Boy Scout tro
ops, and Ex
'plorer posts.
It is in these
units that boys’
characters are
[influenced bv
Cubmasters, Scoutmasters,
and Explorer Advisors. Here
boys learn skills and leader
ships and are encouraged to
become men of character and
participating citizens.
Nearly one and a half mil
lions adults gladly Invest their
time and energy as leaders
in Scouting so that boys may
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boy get into scouting should
contact E. P. (Penny) Jones at
JA-3-7805 or 366-9854.
Mr. Jones is the Scout Exe
cutibe of the Tara District,
which is mainly located in Clay
ton. He is a graduate of Ogle
thorpe University and is a pro
fessional scouter.
Tomorrow, Uniform Day, all
acouts will wear their uniforms
to school and will take part in !
special school programs.
On Saturday, which is known
as Anniversary Day, all Scouts x •
and adult leaders will rededi- '
cate themselves to the ideals
of Scouting.
On Sunday, Feb. 9, all Scouts !
will wear their uniforms to I
church to observe Scout Sunday.
Scouting has grown with Clay
ton County and all pay tribute
to these fine young men and to
their adult leaders.
GEORGE B. SMITH
PUBLICITY CHAIRMAN
BY GUY BUTLER
grow into better citizens.
Sence 1910 there have been
37 and a half million Amer
ican boys and men in Scouting.
Recently, Malcolm B. John
son, executive editor of the
Tallahassee “Democrate”
wrote of his experience with
personnel experts who told
some editors how to inter
view, test and select employe
es. They had a test for near
ly everything --aptitude, work
skill, personality, alertness
and the like—but they didn’t
have a workable test for ini
tiative or judgement.
Someone suggested,” Ask the
applicant how far he got as a
Boy Scout. If he tells you he
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make a date
For a Fried Chicken Dinner
Place - Youth Center
Time 4 p.m. -7 p.m.
Date Feb. 22 - 1964
Help build new Sunday School
Buildings for
Rex Methodist Church.
Tender
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practise cnopping metnoas for small branches. Scouts Doug
Booth, left, and Larry Thomas pay close attention. Their Troop
86, sponsored by St. John Methodist Church on Mt. Paran Road,
will set up several different types of all-weather camping shel
ters, the one shown here being the rough lean-to variety so
necessary for keeping off wind and rain.
TEAMING UP FOR FOURTH ANNUAL SCOUTCAPADES are E.
P, “Penny” Jones, of Forest Park, District Scout executive
for Tara District, and Roger Pace, of Park Circle, Atlanta,
who is Assistant District Scout executive for the Polaris Dis
trict. Both are bringing Cub Packs, Scout Troops, and Ex
plorer Posts to the Scoutcapades set for Scout Sunday, Feb.
9, at Lenox Square’s green parking area from 2to 5 p.m.
Polaris is the new name for the recently-combined North
Fulton and North Atlanta Districts. Joseph R. Davenport is
District Executive for Polaris. Spot announcements will be
made Saturday over WSB by these Forest Park boys: Terry
Parker of Cub Pack 169; Timothy McKoy of Troop 488; and
Jimmy Connally of Explorer Post 169.
WOMEN SEE CA
As part of an educational pro
gram of the Georgia division of
the American Cancer Society,
two films were shown at the
new Forest Park Recreation
Center on Janrary 31 in an
effort to alert all women to
their personal responsibility in
the problems of Cancer in wo
men. Doctors Fred H. Bell,
Jr. and Philip I. Krugman re
presented the Forest Park me
dical profession. Each gave a
brief talk and answered all
questions put before them.
These same films were shown
simultaneously throughout the
Atlanta area and surrounding
communities in an all out ef
fort in fighting Cancer. Attend
ance at the showing was ex-
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FOREST PARK, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 6,1964
NCER FILMS
ceptionally good and the re
sponse to the films was most
encouraging to all those involv
ed and concerned with saving
lives. Richard Leary, Acting
.Director of the Fulton County
Unit represented the Ameri
can Cancer Society. Mrs. Kat
herine Turner acted as Mis
tress of Ceremonies and hos
tesses were Mrs. Charles Sar
gent and Mrs. Jack B. Warner.
A special thank you is ex
tended to Mrs. Mary Pritchard
and Mrs. J. F. Picard in hand
ling the publicity.
MRS. JACK B. WARNER
EDUCATIONAL CHAIRMAN,
CLAYTON COUNTY UNIT
AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY
LIST CLOSES WITH 32 SLATED
TO FACE VOTERS APRIL 4
Spivey’s
Races On
TV Show
Lake Spivey World Outboard
on National T.V.
On Sunday. February 9, the
CBS-TV network will present
the World Outboard Champion
ships on the nationwide TV show
Sports Spectacular, at 2:30 p.m.
(channel 5 In Atlanta). The world
Championship Boat Races were
taped at Lake Spivey last Sept
ember along with Lake Spivey’s
professional water ski show,
The Jim Boyd Ski Scapades.
Five hundred and thirty-one
hydroplanes and runabouts en
tered the 1963 Championship,
and drivers from 48 states and
several foreign countries com
peted for thirteen world crowns
and $7,500.00 in cash prizes.
The classes run In the 5 day
spectacular were: A, B, C, C-l,
D, and F runabouts; A, B, C,
C-l, D, F, and X hydroplanes.
Repeat Performance
Again in 1964 the World Out
board Championships will be
held at Lake Spivey in Atlanta,
and the CBS network will tape
the races for the second con
secutive year. Although the
viewing date has not been an
nounced, it is probable that the
1964 races will be televised in
early 1965.
This year’s World Champion
ship Boat Races will be spon
sored by the Atlanta Junior
Chamber of Commerce, and
will be held on September 10
to 14.
PTA
N. CLAYTON HIGH
Mrs. Betty Huggins, president
of the North Clayton High PTA,
announced that on Tuesday, Feb.
11, the annual PTA Birthday
Dinner will be held at 7:30
pm in the school lunchroom.
All attending should bring a
covered dish.
Julian Butler will present a
program on Commercial Edu
cation.
ASH WEDNESDAY NEXT WEEK
LENT—Six Sundays To Easter
Ash Wednesday arrives Feb.
12, ere we go to press again,
which prompts this seemingly
early comment on Easter.
The first day of Lent is call
ed. Ash Wednesday from the
custom that prevailed in the
early Church of sprinkling
ashes on the heads of penit
ents In token of repentance of
sin.
Ash Wednesday comes forty
six days before Easter. Forty
week days to commemorate the
forty days Jesus spent in the
wilderness, and six Sundays.
The forty week days follow
ing Ash Wednesday constitute
Lent. The word Lent comes
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Evelyn Warr of Moler Beauty College
Peggy Dale of Tennessee School of Cosmetology
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Thursday evening by appointment
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First building on left.
Sheriff And House Seat
Jobs Promise Hot Fights
The list is closed for the April 4 Democratic primary and
32 candidates are paid and qualified to bid for the votes of
the Clayton County public on that date.
Hottest battles in the forthcoming trek to the polls in the
spring will be for the office of sheriff where Loy Dickson,
long-time holder of the job,(over 20 years) will face comptition
from Charlie Brooks, a Forest Park resident;
r or seat #1 in tne state House
of Representatives, vacated by
Edgar Blalock, which will find
Terrell Starr, giving up his
county commission job, and
Arch Gary, former mayor of
Riverdale, competing against
each other;
Chairmanship of the county
commission which will see P.
K. Dixon going against mainly
Carb Webb. A third candidate
Is R. J. Osborne, a late comer.
District #1 county commission
seat, formerly held by Starr,
ROSTER OF CANDIDATES
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
SEAT #1
Terrell Starr
Arch Gary
SEAT # 2
W. H. (Bill) Lee
(incumbent unopposed)
JUDGE CRIMINAL COURT
John E. Dean
E. A. Foster
CHAIRMAN,
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
P. K. Dixon (incumbent)
R. J. Osborne
Cary Webb
COUNTY COMMISSIONER
(DISTRICT 1)
Colie Adamson
Lamar Foster
Jerry Tomasello
Tommy Vaughan
COUNTY COMMISSIONER
(DISTRICT 2)
James Duncan (incumbent)
M. M. Buice
Howard Thornton
SHERIFF
Loy Dickson (incumbent)
Charlie Brooks
TREASURER
Rufus Camp
W. M. (Dub) Currie, Jr.
from the Anglo-Saxon word for
spring, which is derived from
a verb meaning to lengthen.
Lent comes in the spring when
the days become noticeably
longer.
Easter Day, of course, com
memorates the Resurrection.
The word Easter comes from
the Anglo-Saxon word Eastre,
the name of the Goddess of
Spring, in whose honor a fes
tival was celebrated each April.
Easter Day always comes on
the FIRST SUNDAY AFTER
THE FULL MOON THAT OC
CURS ON OR AFTER MARCH
21.
SUBSCRIPTION $2 PER YEAR number 37
is up tor grabs among Colie
Adamson, Jerry Tomasello,
Tommy Vaughan and Lamar
Foster.
Several candidates are offer
ing for reelection without op
position, among then Joe T.
Lane for county ordinary; Joe
B. Mundy for clerk of super
ior court, and Robert Coleman
for tax commissioner.
The list of those running, as
announced by W. W. Wells,
secretary of the Clayton Demo
cratic executive committee, is
as follows:
Lewis T. Grey
Frank Plant
ORDINARY
Joe T. Lane
(incumbent unopposed)
CLERK OF SUPERIOR COURT
Joe B. Mundy
(incumbent unopposed)
TAX COMMISSIONER
Robert Coleman
(incumbent unopposed)
CORONER
Pope Dickson
(incumbent unopposed)
BOARD OF EDUCATION
(JONESBORO)
W. J. Whaley
(incumbent unopposed)
BOARD OF EDUCATION
(JONESBORO)
Ivan Harrison
James B. Kemp
BOARD OF EDUCATION
(LOVEJOY)
Mrs. Velma Shelnutt
(incumbent unopposed)
BOARD OF EDUCATION
(RIVERDALE)
(To succeed Jack Hancock)
Roland O. Downing
Mrs. Mary Alice Rutledge
If the full moon falls on a
Sunday, Easter is tne next Sun
day. Easter can never fall ear
lier than March 22 nor later
than April 25. It might be in
teresting to know that it won’t
fall on its earliest date, Mar
ch 22, until 2285. It falls just
one week shy of this date this
year, March 29. The full moon
falls on March 27- according
to the almanac.
This certainty was not always
thus.
From the first century after
Christ until A.D. 325, some
Christians observed Easter on
the day of the Passover, while
others celebrated the follow
ing Sunday. Emperor Constan
tine determined this time for
all to celebrate and thus end
the confusion.
It is still confusing to most
of us, excepting the clergy of
course. We still have to con
sult the Gregorian calendar,
now in general use, to deter
mine which Sunday to observe.
Easter’s annual arrival has a
35-day span, reckoned by the
movements of the moon, and
practically independent of the
time schedule set up by Pope
Gregory, which rarely corre
sponds with the lunisolar or
Jewish calendar, by which
Easter Day was established,
and fittingly so!
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R. J. (JOE) OSBORNE
Osborne
Chairman
Candidate
R. J. (Joe) Osborne, candidate
for chairman of Clayton County
Commissioners, has been a
resident of Clayton County for
ten years and during that time
has been active in civic and
county affairs. He is a member
of the Masonic Order, a Royal
Arch Mason and a member of
the Coeur de Lion Commandary,
a past patron of the Order of
the Eastern Star and for the
past 18 years has been a mem
ber of the National Sheriff’s
Association.
Mr. Osborne is a member
of St. John’s Episcopal Church,
West End Businessmen’s As
sociation and is a past presi
dent of the Tri County Commun
ity Club of Riverdale and a
former member of the Georgia
Press Association.
A family man, Mr. Osborne
and his wife, the former Helen
Davies, have been married 28
years and have two daughters
and two grandsons. They re
side on Highway 138 in River
dale.
Mr. Osborne was born and
reared on a farm and through
the years has engaged in var
ious business activities, includ
ing owning and publishing the
West End Times. He has owned
a restaurant, worked in insur
ance, operated a shoe shop,
a used car, garage and parts
business, has real estate in
terest and was employed for
11 years by General Motors.
He is now semi-retired on his
Clayton farm.
In announcing his candidacy,
Mr. Osborne stated he felt a
obligation to citizens of Clay
ton County and has considered
with care his candidacy for this
position for the past eight years.
His primary concern for Clay
ton County at this time is for
better road and street main
tance and an accelerated road
and highway construction pro
gram; an enlarged county wide
program of fire protection;
greater recreation facilities to
meet the needs of the present
and future youth of Clayton
County,; a county hospital; and
a more cooperative and produc
tive relationship between county
and city governments. To each
of these programs he pledges
his earnest support.
Mr. Osborne further states he
is not affiliated with any group
or individual in offering him
self as a candidate for this
position and he will always
strive to the best of his ability
During the coming weeks Mr.
Osborne will be available to
all citizens interested in his
platform and candidacy. He may
be contacted at 478-6792 or
478-8407.
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