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DISCUSS RUSSIAN TRIP - Gov. Carl Sanders discusses the itinerary for the coming trip to
Russia with, 1 to r, Mrs. Byron Holloway, Forest Park; Mrs. Sam McEver, Jonesboro; Mrs.
Frank Hudson, Atlanta; Mrs. Glenn' Segars, Hostess-leader, Winder; Mrs. H. C. Garrison,
Atlanta, and Mrs. Edward L. Huie, Jr., Morrow.
3 Clayton County Women Join
Group On Iron Curtain Tour
Mrs. Byron Holloway, of For
est Park, Mrs. Sam McEver,of
Jonesboro, and Mrs. Edward L.
Huie, Jr. of Morrow, will par
ticipate in a special People to
People good will tour of
Russia and other iron curtain
countries this spring.
The purpose of the trip is to
give community leaders and
professional women of Georgia
an opportunity to carry a mes
sage of good will to people of
both Western and Eastern Eur
ope.
During the trip the group will
see and inspect typical indus
trial and business operations,
learn and compare methods and
procedures, visit with the peo
ple of the different countries
in which they travel and other
wise assist to implement the
aims and purposes of the Unit
ed States cultural exchange pro
gram.
The informative and educa
tional trip is privately spon
sored and organized under the
••Goodwill People to People
Program" headed by former
President Dwight Eisenhower.
Primary purpose of the pro
gram is to support the cause
of world peace through better
understanding and better rela
tions among people of different
countries.
YWCA Starts
9 Classes In
Prenatal Care
YWCA and Atlanta League for
Childbirth Education are spon
soring classes for eouples in
Education for Childbirth and
Parenthood beginning Monday,
Feb. 24 at the YWCA. This
comprehensive course of nine
evening sessions includes
scientifically planned exer
cises, nutrition, mechanics of
labor, breast-feeding, post
partum and child care. This is
a new and different approach
meant to eliminate fear and
misconceptions, thereby reduc
ing tension and pain. A relax
ed and properly prepared wo
man, who approaches childbirth
with understanding and con
fidence, can have a more com
fortable labor and cooperate
intelligently with her doctor
and attendants to the benefit
of all concerned.
A registered nurse instructs.
Although it is the decision of
the prospective parents to par
ticipate, doctor’s permission
is required.
For information contact Mrs.
J. C. Harris at the YWCA,
Ja 4-3416, or Mrs. E. S. Bun
tin, 237-4806.
Delicious
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The Georgia group will leave
the Atlanta airport Sunday April
26. After a briefing in New
York City they will board a
trans-ocean jet for Brussels,
Belqium. From Brussels they
will travel to Moscow and then
Krasnodar in the Soviet Union;
Warsaw, Poland; Budapest,
Hungary; East and West Berlin
and Amsterdam, Holland. They
will meet members of the
American embassy staffs and
members of this country’scon-
GUY LINES BY GUY BUTLER
The Third Paper
The question Is often asked
this corner about the third At
lanta newspaper and what
chance it may have of suc
cess.
Promises have been made for
sometime that the Times would
be coming out
any minute,but
so far it has
n’t.
However, wh
en it does it
should receive
a cordial wel
come, judging
from comment j
coming this I
way from all
over Forest
Park, Clayton County, Atlanta
and Fulton County.
Os course, it will be bucking
two long established dailies with
strong financial backing, albeit
both are highly unpopular with
the reading masses because
of their stand for Civil Rights,
primarily; a second reason is
that the Coxes have a news
paper monopoly with only one
point of view being available
to the million people of the
metropolis, and a third reason,
tied in with the second, is
that they are Northern-owned
with no Southern voice allowed
to speak on behalf of the ma
jority of the readers.
If the Times, presumably Sou
thern-owned, espouses the pol
icy I think it will, and stands
firmly by the Atlanta and Geor
gia people and their trend of
thinking, It might make it. Also
provided it can win over a good
share of the big advertisers’
business such as Rich’s and
Sears and Davison’s.
That is likely to be the crux
of the whole thing: the differ
ence in success or failure.
Advertising is the life-blood
of every paper whether daily
or weekly or what-not. The
Times must have volume busi-
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sulates.
The group will be in Moscow
for the three-day May Day cele
bration which is the outstanding
event In the Soviet Union each
year. It is an event which, up
until recently, was seldom wit
nessed by Americans.
The Georgians will return to
New York May 16 and fly home
that evening.
Mrs. Glenn Segars of Winder
Is hostess-leader of the dele
gation.
ness from the outstanding
stores in the area. Rich’s,
Sears, Davison and the Furni
ture stores such as Haverty’s
Henderson, Home, et al.
Just what the attitude of these
people will be toward quitting
the Journal-Constitution or div
iding their business up between
them and the Times remains to
be seen.
Seems to me the situation hin
ges on that.
And a third point is that the
Times must have enough money
in the till to withstand a cou
ple or three rugged years. The
first year figures to be the
hardest, of course, and if it
can weather that with both ad
vertising and circulation pick
ing up, it could make the grade.
Adequate circulation at the
start probably will be no pro
blem.
'Unforgettables’
For a man with his news
paper and television experi
ence, Ed Sullivan shows less
real grasp of what the public
will thrill over than anybody
I know.
Actually, Ed, who is an old
sports writer and against whom
I used to cover championship
fights and other sports events,
used to show better judgement
than he does now.
Os course he (ar his talent
scout) scored a beat on Jack
Paar and all the other shows
of such type by landing the
Beatles first. But then, after
all, wasn’t that a natural? Most
anybody could foresee that the
dog-haired Englishmen, In their
first invasion of America, would
be Instant box office.
But when Sullivan puts Ella
Fitzgerald and Sammy Davis,
Jr., together (they took up the
first 45 minutes of a Sunday
night show for him) and calls
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FOREST PARK, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13,1964
WATCH OUT, YOU VALENTINE SWAINS, IT’S LEAP YEAR !
YOU’VE PUT MY HEART IN SUCH A FLUTTER,
I WIRE THE LOVE MY LIPS WOULD UTTER ’
Western Union’s pre-fab Valentine telegram, one of the biggest
threats to man’s freedom since the invention of bikinis and
Baby-Blue Eyes, marks its 30th anniversary Feb. 14. So, we j
boldly hail this ecstatic event by nominating Western Union, '
author of torchy telegrams for timid troubadors, as “Cupid of '
the Year”.
It all began back in the 1930’s when the telegraph company
provided special Valentine message blanks without suggested
messages. Rattled Romeos swamped Western Union with plain
tive pleas for pulse-racing prose.
Timidly, Western Union tried its hand at metered mush. Its list
of cooing couplets was sent out far and wide to be produced on
request. The business of ballads for bashful bards boomed.
Suggested sentiments soared sales sensationally. Honeymoons
hopped to new highs. It was time for action.
In 1934 out came the first Valentine telegram blank imprinted
with thirteen official ring-a-ding rousers. Samples: “To my
Valentine, you’ve put my heart in such a flutter, I wire the love
my lips would utter.”
SOS STATION DOES RUSHING BUSINESS—The first of the
Sabin Oral Sundays drew throngs to the Forest Park High
school station, which supplied more vaccine than any station
in Clayton county. Here Mrs. M. W. Talbott of Morrow (centerl
20,397 Take AdvantageOf First,
Second SOS Is Coming Up
Nearly half of Clayton County’s "eliglbles” took the Sabin
Oral Vaccine last Sunday and even more are anticipated the
coming Sunday at the five SOS stations.
Forty-three thousand men, women and children were on the
"list” throughout the county who should take the immunization
dose. The total that passed through opening day was 20,397.
Forest Park with 18,000 peo
ple, handled 8,539 in the five
hour period from noon to 5
p.m. at Forest Park Highscho
ol. The same station will be
open the same hours this Sun
day and everybody is urged to
go out and take this Initial dose
in order to "qualify” for the
March and April vaccines.
Not only Forest Park High
but the other stations of the
county will fold forth again, at
the same hours. They are W.
A. Fountain colored school in
Forest Park, J. W. Arnold and
Lee Street schools in Jones
boro and North Clayton High
school.
Here is the "list” and those
who went past the doctors and
nurses last Sundav:
Forest Park 18,000 - 8,539
W.A. Fountain 5,000 -1,436
Lee St. 8,000 - 5,172
J. W. Arnold 2,000 - 1,050
N. Clayton 10,000 - 4,200
As you see, Lee Street had
the largest number percentage
wise to go through a station,
however, Dr. Robert West, MD
in charge, Pharmacist Max
Evans, Tommy Vaughan, presi
dent of the Forest Park Jay
cees, and Mrs. Billie Frock,
president of the Forest Park
High PTA, were all pleased
with the some 40 percent chal
ked up by the local school.
Next Sunday, Feb. 16, is the
last Oral Sunday for the init
ial dose. No. 2, the strongest
"shot.” will be elven two Sun-
is registering for her children’s vaccine. Libby Hart (right),
volunteer worker for the SOS, accepts the application of a male
candidate. Photo by Lee Hooper.
days in April; and No. 3, will
be given in March.
There was adequate help pre
sent at Forest Park High last
Sunday and there will be again.
Mrs. Prock and Vaughan re
ported besides the MD and phar
macist present, there was a
registered nurse and two stu
dent nurses assisting, besides
several FP Jaycee members,
several PTA members and the
Boy Scouts.
They said the youngest “pat
ient” Sunday was six weeks old
and the oldest was 84.
The line moved along well,
they said, even though some
people approached, saw the
crowd, and departed without
their dose.
“They should not have left,”
said Mrs. Prock, “for the long
est anyone had to stay was 10
minutes, if their from was not
filled out; with their form fill
ed out when they arrived, the
average was only five minutes.”
It '« urged that all who did
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Well - tongue-tied thousands became seductive swains over
night. And one expert observer (naturally a Western Union public
relations man) says there has been nothing quite like it since
the Roman Feast of Lupercalia, which also marked the spring
mating day for birds.
This year’s Valentine telegraph blank is still in there pitching
woo. It shows a curvy blonde cupid floating on a pink cloud with
arrow aimed at your heart. Then twenty sugary messages fol
low such as: “Sending my Valentine a thousand kisses. Hope
that not a single one misses.”
What’s more, Western Union now sings Valentines to the tune
of "Oh Susanna” or Darling Clementine”. And, you can also
send your sweetheart the world’s sweetest message a candy
with-telegram called a “Candy Gram
Now for a few grim statistics. Western Union reports that
women now sign one out of every four Valentine telegrams --
the goo-er the better. One more caution - this is Leap Year.
So men, if you don’t go for this blushing business of banishing
bachelorhood, head for the high Himalayas!
not hSH an SOS station last
Sunday do so certainly this
Sunday. If they fail this time
then they will have to consult
their doctor about the vaccine.
Those who took one last Sun
day do not take another this
Sunday.
Regarding forms that must be
filled out, most of the schools
have them and some stores.
But there will be applications
available at the stations again.
It is stressed that people over
40 are particularly urged to
take the vaccine because, while
they may not have polio, they
are carriers in many instances
without knowing it.
The workers Insist everybody
in the county should feel it his
duty, his obligation to self,
family and the community, to
take the vaccine.
It was estimated that half a
million people in the 18 county
area in and surrounding Atlan
ta took the vaccine the first
SOS Sunday.
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CC Fund
Soars To
$19,000
The campaign for a new Cham
ber of Commerce Building has
passed the $13,000 mark to
ward a $20,00 goal, after six
weeks according to H. C. Tray
lor, General Chairman of the
building fund.
Mr. Traylor emphasized the
success of this campaign has
been due to united effort of
180 individual business firms
and civic-minded citizens who
have expressed their interest
in the continued development of
Clayton County. "Over 1000
manhours, (equal to 25 work
ing weeks) have been volunte
ered by local citizens during
the past 6 weeks of the drive”,
according to John Dean, Pres
ident, "making this project the
largest and most successful
in the 10 year history of the
Chamber.’’
As previously announced, all
contributors will be included on
a permanent plaque that will be
displayed in the lobby of the
new building,
Due to final plans now being
made in regard to interior dec
orating and furnishings, an
early cut-off date will be re
quired In order for such a pla
que to be available on an yet
to be determined dedication
date. For this reason the build
ing campaign committee is now
staging an all out drive to go
over the $20,000 top no later
than March Ist.
Forest Parker
Dead In Fire
Jerry Eugene McLendon IH
Lorraine Pl., Forest Park,
was fatally burned in a fire
early Wednesday morning that
heavily damaged the VFW Club
near Fairburn, police reported
He was found dead in the ashes
and rubble.
The body of McLendon was
taken to the Mitchell Funer
al Home in Hapeville.
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