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HIS BIRTHDAY IS SATURDAY, FEB^ 22
GUY LINES bycuybutleb
WHAT WOULD GEORGE SAY?
Saturday, February 22, is the
birthday anniversary of George
Washington, and what would he
say if he beheld some of the
strange quirks his country has
taken in the nearly 200 years
since he played his leading
role in estab
lishing it?
The Father of
Our Country
doubtless wou
ld be startled
at the antics of
his offspring.
Notably, in
the population
of it.
The tremend
ous power now
vested in federal government ;
Confiscatory taxes slapped on
gy federal as well as state gov
ernments.
The will of the majority kick- I
ed into the dirt, spat upon and
generally rejected.
Rampant graft and corruption
in public positions.
He would assuredly do a lot
a rubber-necking at the planes
overhead, particularly the jets.
The auto and the deisel en- i
gine would be of keen interest i
to him.
Expressways he’d wonder at — j
and cogitate on where all those I
Intelligence Agency Misnomer
Fidel the Beard has cut off
our water which is another
backhanded slap at us and runs
the number up to umpteen or
thereabouts.
By now, we must all concede
that the uswashed Cuban lead
er doesn’t like us a-tall and
it’s a pity. It’s a pity that five
years ago our so-called Cen
tral Intelligence Agency didn’t
suspect tor a moment that Fidel
had Communist leanings, nor
indeed for two or three years
there after. Not. even the all
seeing Mr. McGill knew that,
according to his writings back
there.
Our eagerness to be rid of
Battista in favor of Castro and
the subsequent Communist in
filtration which stripped the
Monroe Doctrine of al its
meaning will go down in his
tory as another monumental
blunder on our part, at the same
tune causingone to wonder whe
re are the great minds who led
us to the world pinnacle?
Cuba is not the most recent
mistake we made, DeGaulle de
fecting France to Communist
China ties is the latest solar
pie mus blow we’ve suffered.
The list since World War □
is Jong and discouraging of the
errors we have made, and we
wonder sometimes how we can
continue to stand up under such
sledging wsllops and keep com
ing back tor more.
Remember the Nasser inci
dent when we jerked England,
Frame and Israel sway from
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cars came from.
He couldn’t overlook commun
ism right on our doorstep.
He probably would point an
accusing finger at DeGaulle,
after first thanking him for
Lafayette. He’d remind the
French leader that the USA
saved the Frogs’ bacon in two
world wars, chasing the Ger
mans off their land and re
establishing a free France in
No. 2. And he’d say we de
served a better fate than De-
Gaulle welcoming Red China
into the fold.
He would be hard-put to be
lieve that in place of his mus
kets and puny cannonballs we
now have missiles that will
span continents and destroy ev
erything within hundreds of
miles.
And rockets in air whirling
around the world in 90 minutes,
and man about to ride one to the
moon -- well, the Father of
Our Country would swear that
he had taken on a little too
much brandy.
And when he beheld the Bea
tles in action he doubtless would
call upon his countrymen to
rise up once more against the
Red Coats. And I’ll betcha we’d
do it, too.
his throat, and at a time when
little Israel had him on the
run, even in hiding from them.
A couple more days and Nas
ser would have been finis.
But we espoused his cause and
now look: Mr. Nasser is a
great man and playing both
ends against the middle, ac
cepting help from Russia as
well as us and caring very
little for the west.
Remember, our better minds
told us to back Chiang Kai
Shek even after he was chased
off the mainland of China and
into little Formosa.
Remember, we lay back to
allow the Russians to enter
Berlin first, and they not only
entered Berlin but they took
charge of it, caring naught of
our opinion nor rights, nor
world opinion either.
Remember, the late FDR, re
vered though he was, gave to
Stalin everything he asked for
at the infamous Yalta meeting
of the Allied powers. And he
asked for plenty.
There are numerous other in
cidents, more minor in nature,
where we failed. Not so minor
perhaps was the U-2 Major Po
wers shoot-down over Russia
just when President Eisenhower
was about to get somewhere
with Khrushchev in Paris.
Os course, the Bay of Pigs
fizzle, due largely to the gr
and rnixup of plans by U. S.
leaders who failed to coordin
ate the Cuban refugee chiefs,
is still fresh in our minds,
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LUMINALL PAINTS BREAKS GROUND IN CLAYTON COUNTY,
RICH’S TO BUILD ON 85 ACRES AT HWY 85 AND SULLIVAN
Two more big firms have been
added to the Clayton County bus
iness picture with word this
week that Rich’s, Inc., of At
lanta, has purchased 85 acres
along Old Highway 85, a short
distance west of the Farmers
Market, and the ground-break
ing ceremonies held Tuesday
for a warehouse of the Luml
nall Paints, inc., on Sullivan
Road in Triangle Park in the
same vicinity.
No official announcement came
from Rich’s but it is known the
huge department store has bou
ght the 85 acres and that a
complex of buildings will be
started within approximately
two years. Whether Rich’s will
occupy the entire acreage with
it s buildings and parking is
not definitely known.
The rumor about Rich’s has
been rife for sometime. They
reportedly paid SB,OOO an acre
for this property.
Groundbreaking ceremonies
were staged Tuesday, to of
ficially begin construction of
an Atlanta area ware-house and
office facility for Luminall Pai
nts, Inc., nationally known paint
manufacturers. Their home
office is Chicago.
Situated on Sullivan Road in
Triangle Park, the one-story
10,000 square-foot building is
designed to house the firm’s
I Southern Division offices as
well as stock the entire Lumi
nall line.
Triangle Park is located in
Clayton county at the Perimeter
Freeway and Sullivan Road.
"Completion of the new build
ing is scheduled for early spr
ing,” reports Stuart K. Sher
man, Luminall president.
Warren Bray, Southern Divis
ion manager, will direct the
new operation.
Clayton County officials part
icipating in the groundbreaking
were P. K. Dixon, chairman of
Clayton Board of Commission
ers; John Dean, president of
Chamber of Commerce; Rob
ert L. Mathews, developer of
Triangle Park, and Chester
Lane, manager of the Clayton
County Chamber.
Robert L. Mathews, owner of
Triangle Park, is the general
contractor for the new facil
ity. Lease negotiations were
handled by Clayton McLendon,
Inc., real estate brokers; Lo
catell, Inc. are the architects
and engineers.
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GROUND-BREAKING CEREMONIES
Shown at the ground-breaking for the Luminal! Paint co. Tuesday are, left to right: P. K. Dixon,
chairman of County Commissioners; John Dean, president Clayton County Chamber of Commerce;
Warren Bray, Luminall Southeastern general manager; Robert Matthews, developer of Triangle
Park. Others attending were Clayton McLendon, general agent for Triangle Park; Hugh Dickson,
mayor of Jonesboro; James Duncan and Terrell Starr; County Commissioners; Herman Bernand,
of College Park; Ernest Duffey, mayor of Morrow; Roland Downing, Arthur Perkins and J. D.
Shaddix, local Chamber directors. Other guests were J, B. Burns of Atlanta and Nip Golphin of
the Industrial Dept, of the First National Bank. PHOTO BY DERICKSON STUDIO.
HARBIN'S DRIVE-IN RESTAURANT
Old 41 Hwy. At Formers Market Phone 366—6549
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AERIAL VIEW OF RICH'S CLAYTON STORE SITE
This is an aerial photo of the most exciting new industrial area
in Clayton County, with Rich’s site as the center of attraction.
It has purchased 85 acres on Highway 85 at Sullivan Road and
the Clark Howell interchange, which are shown in the lower
right-hand corner. The acreage, where a complex of buildings is
to be erected, reportedly cost the department store SB,OOO an acre.
FOREST PARK HIKES WATER, SEWERAGE AND
GARBAGE FEES EFFECTIVE ON MARCH 1
Water, sewage and sanitary
(garbage collections) fees in the
| City of Forest Park will be i
I increased as of the coming |
I
They are expected to begin building within two years. The
Farmer’s Market may be seen at left, slightly above center, and
Union Bag Camp Co. may be seen almost directly opposite the
Market on the right. On beyond are Morrison’s food processing
plant, the new Overmyer warehouse, and Knox Glass Co. is seen
at upper right. —Derickson Studio Photo
March 1, City Council decided
at its Monday night meeting
when it adopted a new ordin
ance.
Minimum water rates for re
sidential, formerly $2, will now
be $2.50 per month.
Sewage fee, formerly $2.40,
has been hiked to $3.50, min
mum for one month.
Garbage collection Is up from
$1.50 to $2.
Installation of household wat
er service including meter, for
merly S7O, has been advanced I
to $75.
City Manager John Hoffman
made the announcement for
mally Tuesday along with an
advertisement to the city’s re
sidents explaining the whys and
wherefores. It wa s explained
that the City of Atlanta went up
on Forest Park’s water rates
last year and the City of For
est Park lost $20,000 because
of this increase. Atlanta went '
up on its water charge through
out Forest Park and its sewer
charge on the North side 2
1/2 times, from $15,000 to
$45,000.
"Clayton County, which pro
vides Forest Park sewage on
the South side, has increased
charges of Forest Park par
ticipation in the operation of
the plant,” Hoffman stated.
The increase to local resi
dents on water will run about
30 per cent, Hoffman said, on
sewage it will be some 35
per cent.
"We delayed our increase,”
he declared, "because we hop
ed to renegotiate with Atlanta,
but all efforts have failed and
the Increase in now necessary.” .
SUBSCRIPTION $2 PER YEAR
The city manager explained
they still have a fourth of the
$1,800,000 bond issue of three
years ago in the bank, but he
cited that the payments on prin
cipal and interest on that is
sue run SIOO,OOO per year.”
Reporting on street improve
ments, Hoffman said the Coun
ty has taken over the seven
main thoroughfares to maintain
for a year which include Ash
St., Phillips Dr., Central Ave.
and College St., among others
and that they are already at
work on them.
Hoffman said it is hoped the
State Highway Dept, will widen
Main St., and the proposal is
to lop 30 feet off the North
side frontages from the Post
Office to College St., where
there is a big bottleneck.
Merchants along Main Street
nave been complaining to the
City about the traffic situation
City Cleaning Older Section,
Urges Residents To Plant
The City is now cleaning up the espanades (parks between
driveways) in the older section of Forest Park-Georgia Avenue,
Bridge Avenue, etc so as to make these streets more attrac
tive.
Should the residents along the streets facing these areas wish
to cooperate by planting azaleas, dogwoods, redbuds, and other
trees or shrubs, I will personally advise them as to the group
ing, planting methods and the City will prepare the ground if
they will furnish and set the plants.
Get your neighbors together and set a time for me to meet with
your group and talk with tehm. Let us make our City and streets
more beautiful.
JOHN L. HOFFMAN
CITY MANAGER
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Secured by real estate, Second mor
tgages. East repay. 5 to 10 years--
FAST SERVICE
Homes, Farms and Business. Con
solidate you debts t0day...523-7645.
Bonkers Mutuol
; on Friday afternoon and all
' day Saturday.
They are asking, if nothing
else , that the city authorities
post policemen at the various
; intersections and seek to keep
things untangled in that way.
NEW CHURCH~
Rev. Swanson and members of
Riverdale MethodistChurchare
gradually moving into their
i sparkling new church building
I on Riverdale Road across the
; street from the old church.
The new building is one of
the most beautiful and modern
] in Clayton County. The dedi
cation will be held in the next
I few months.
Clayton County salutes all the
members of Riverdale Metho
; dist on this significant addi
! tion to the many assets of our
growing county.
WE HAVE
REAL ITALIAN
PIZZA,
TOO!
NUMBER 3!