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Coaches and athletic directors Region 4 AAA high schools
held their annual confab at Forest Park High Saturday, realigned
somewhat and arranged their baseball, track, tennis and golf
schedules. They also completed their football scheduling. Shown
around the conference table, left to right: Ralph Brandon,
4AAA Realignment Places Forest Park,
Jonesboro In South Bracket Os 5 Schools
Realignment of Region 4-AAA, which takes place generally
every two years, has been effected in the Georgia Interscho
lastic Athletic Association, and both Forest Park High and
Jonesboro High, formerly in the West subregion, are now in
the South.
That is to say, there is no
longer and East and West with
in the region but a North and
South, and these two Clayton
County schools, previously list
ed the West, now are both in
the South and instead of six
schools as formerly there are
only five schools in this sub
division.
And whereas there are just
five in this bracket there are
seven high schools in the Nor
thern division.
In the South are Forest Park,
Jonesboro, Decatur High, Grif
fin High and Robert E. Lee.
They must play four games
within their subregion to be
eligible for a playoff for the
regional championship.
The North embraces seven
Grid Schedules Complete
Spring Drills Begun
Football practice is under way,
spring variety, at all the state
high school just about. Sche
dules have been arranged and
Forest Park High and Jones
boro High went to work of
ficially in pads.
North Clayton High started
the ball ovalling last week, get
ting in three days’ practice.
Forest Park began in pads Mon
day and Jonesboro High today,
Thursday.
A faint note of optimism was
descerned all along the line.
Coach Milton McDonald of
Forest Park was cautious after
a 2-8 season but admitted he
should have “more depth” than
in any recent year. He cited
his entire starting backfield is
returning but is worrying over
replacing Tackle Eddie Walker
and guards Robert Love and I
Mike Maness plus Sub Full
back Steve Wilson.
“We have four weeks of prac- I
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schools--Towers High near
Avondale, which is a new scho
ol; Avondale, SW DeKalb, Gor
don, Druid Hills, Briarcliff, and
Cross Keys. All DeKalb High
schools are in this subregion--
all save Decatur, which has its
own city system.
The North sector, being lar
ger, must in each case play
six games within its subregion
to be eligible for the playoff
for titular honors.
Last year the West was com
posed of Forest Park, Jones
boro, Griffin, Decatur, Gordon
and SW DeKalb, and the East
was Avondale, Braircliff, Cross
Keys, Robert E. Lee and Druid
Hills.
The new subregional set-ups
apply in football, baseball,
track, tennis and golf.
tice,” said Coach McDonald,
"And we hope to find out a
lot of things in that time. Our
team should produce something.
We graduated six seniors but
have 21 boys returning. I am
happy to say in the backfield
coming back we have Charlie
Hodges, our kicker; Mack Bass,
quarterback; Ronnie Stroup,
halfback; Julian Akin, fullback;
Warren Vaughan, quarterback;
Glen Baker, quarterback; and
Steve Donahoo, halfback. Danny
Payne will be back for center
along with Mike Copeland; Way
ne Bolling, Glenn Payne, Ken
neth Prock and several others
of experience.
Actually, Coach McDonald
might be termed as being more
optimistic than in several sea
sons, particularly with regard
to depth in his squad.
North Clayton High hopes are
higher than anybody else’s in
the county, obviously, since they
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School Leaders Hold Meeting Here
At the meeting held in For
est Park High last Saturday
this pow wow in which Dewey
Alverson of SW DeKalb and
secretary of the association,
was in charge.
Some open dates remain to be
filled but football is complete
and baseball is almost com
plete.
Subregion 2AA has also done
some realigning with College
Park joining up with the South,
giving that subregion seven sc
hools-- College Park, North
Clayton, Henry County, Troup
County, Newnan, Campbell of
Fairburn, and Lakeshore.
The North circuit of 2AA con
sists of two new members, St.
Pius and Russell High, to add
to Headland, Sandy Springs,
Hapeville and Douglas County.
Milton has dropped out and
gone into A. Thus the North
subregion has six schools and
the South seven.
have penetrated to the finals
for two years hand-running in
the State Region AA football
bracket and, despite rather for
midable losses, are returning a
strong necleus and have under
standablly sights set on anot
her good campaign.
Thurston Taylor and KenGos
din, plus Buddy Moore, Steve
Davis, Ken Ross and Jerry Zel
lner, on the loss side might be
enough to discourage an ordi
nary coach but Max Dowis is
far above the ordinary and be
sides he has some mighty good
boys coming back.
They defeated the Triple A
larger schools, Forest Park
and Jonesboro, the last two
seasons, and barring upsets
figure to do so again. And to
go on from there to a suc
cessful campaign.
Coach Bud Amsler of Jones
boro, with a 2-8 record just
like Forest Park’s last season,
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principal of Cross Keys High; Milton McDonald, athletic director
and head football coach at Forest Park High; Dewey Alverson,
head football coach of SW DeKalb High and secretary of Region
4 AAA; Rodney Shenk, Jonesboro High baseball coach, and M.
E. Kirkland, pricipal of Forest Park High.
PHOTO BY DERICKSON STUDIO.
FOREST PARK, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1964
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TWO OF PANTHERS’ STALWARTS -Charle Hodges (left)
the halfback and kicker extraordinary, and Warren Vaughan,
stellar quarterback, shown on the Forest Park practice field.
Vaughan is pointing out a good-looking new prospect for the
team which is now in spring practice.
is not a man to be dismayed.
He sees the silvery lining. Ele
ven seniors were lost from 19
63 but he has 16 left for sp
ring practice headed by the
brilliant quarterback , Joel
Smith, plus Fred Dague, Ren
der Swigert, Butch Thompson,
Pat Avery, Bernie Denham,
Tommy Bedingfield and a few
others.
“We had narrow losses to
Forest Park, Druid Hills, SW
DeKalb and Griffin," said Coa
ch Amsler. “Mainly , we had
no depth. I believe we will be
a little better off in replace
ments the coming Fall and we
won’t run out of gas as quick
ly. If we can find 15 or 18
kids who love football and want
to play it that will be a great
bulwork to us. I have 85 suits
at Jonesboro and I hope I can
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CHARTER ASKED FOR
NEW BANK IN FP
A new bank is coming to Forest Park.
It will be named Citizens Bank of Clayton
County and the location will be somewhere
on Main. St.
Charter was filed at the court
house In Jonesboro recently
! with five men’s names listed
as charter members, all of
| which was published in the
I County’s official legal news
paper, The Forest Park Free
Press, on Tuesday.
Os course, the charter must
yet be granted but it is un
likely to be denied.
Heading the group is Henry C.
i Dorsey, retired manager of the
I Ford Plant in Hapeville and now
I prominent real estate owner of
I Forest Park.
i Charles (Chuck) Wells, mana
ger of the South Expressway
I branch of the Citizens & Sou
; thern bank.
1 Dr. E. A. Dunbar, Jr., pro
minent Forest Park doctor and
resident.
Fred Durden of Forest Park,
developer of subdivisions and
long prominent in that field.
Guy Benefield of Forest Park.
According to the charter the
slate will contain two additional
names.
Although Mr. Wells is sche-
I duled to be manager of the new
i bank, those involved deny that
Citizens & Southern is behind
the project. It is known C&S
has been interested for some
time in coming into this city.
Construction of a brand-new
building to house the Bank of
, Clayton County is likely to be
gin about mid-summer.
I Forest Park has one bank,
known as the Bank of Forest
Park, and one savings bank,
Clayton County Federal Savings
and Loan both are located on
’ Main st.
■ In its charter application the
] group stated:
“The amount of capital stock
'Of said bank shall be One Hun
fred Thousand Dollars (SIOO,
000.00), and in addition to said
capital stock, said bank will
have paid-in surplus in the a-
FOOTBALL
SCHEDULES
FOREST PARK HIGH
■ Sept. 4- North Clayton, Away.
Sept. 11-SW DeKalb, Home.
Sept. 18-Robt. E.Lee, Away.
Sept. 25-Jonesboro, Home.
Oct. 2-Decatur, Away.
Oct. 9-Cainpbell - Fairburn,
Home,
Oct. 16-Gordon, Away.
Oct. 24-Griffin High, Home.
Oct. 30 -Cross Keys, Away.
Nov. 6-Osborne, Home.
JONESBORO HIGH
Sept. 3-Henry County,Away.
Sept. 11-Decatur High,Home.
i Sept. 19-Gordon, Away.
h Sept. 25-Forest Park, Away.
I Oct. 2-Towers High, Home.
Oct. 9-Griffin High, Home,
Oct. 16-Newnan High, Away.
Oct, 22-North Clayton, Home.
(Thursday Night).
Oct. 30 - Athens, Home.
, Nov. 10- Robt E. Lee, Away.
NORTH CLAYTON HIGH
Sept. 4-Forest Park, Home.
Sept. 11-College Park, Away.
Sept. 18-Troup County, Away.
Sept. 25- open date.
Oct. 2-Newnan High , Away.
Oct. 9-Hapeville, Home.
Oct. 16-Henry County, Home.
(Thursday Night).
Oct. 22-Jonesboro, Away.
Oct. 30- Campbell - Fairburn,
Home.
Nov. 6-Lakeshore, Home.
Nov. 13-Grlffin
fill, ’em all when fall prac
tice begins."
Amsler, like most of the coa
ches , plans to stress funda
mentals in spring sessions. He
started his four-weeks’ spring
drills today.
| mout of One Hundred Thousand
Dollars ($100,000.00) and undi
■ vided profits in the amount of
Fifty Thousand Dollars (SSO,
000.00); and all of said capi
tal stock will be fully paid in
cash prior to the commence
ment of business by said bank.
“Said capital stock shall be
devided into Ten Thousand (10,
000) shares of common stock
of par value of Ten Dollars
($10.00) per share.
“The purpose and nature of
the business proposed to be
i conducted shall be that of a
bank. Said bank shall have all
powers given Georgia banks un
der Title 13 of the Code of
Georgia, as the same may now
or hereafter be amended, and
said bank shall have existence
for a period of (30) years from
the date of its incorporation,
and shall have the right from
time to time to renew its cor
porate existence as provided by
law...
“The number of directors of
said bank shall initially be sev
en (7)...
| “This 17th day of February,
j 1964. Respectfully submitted.”
HENRY C. DORSEY
2935 Piney Wood Drive
East Point, Georgia
CHARLES E. WELLS
2934 Piqey Wood Drive
East Point, Georgia
GUY L. BENEFIELD
Route 1, Box 219
Forest Park, Georgia
DR. ERNEST A DUNBAR, JR.
11l North Lake Drive
Forest Park, Georgia
FREDERICK E. DURDEN
139 Ash Street
Forest Park, Georgia
7 Clayton
- Delegates
Back Barry
Clayton County delegates to
the State Republican convention
to be held later have been se
lected and they are pledged to
support Senator Goldwater.
A. O. Williams, Forest Park
accountant, who was elected
permanent chairman at the
meeting held in Jonesboro last
Saturday, revealed that the me
i eting went unanimously for
Goldwater and that the pow
wow was very harmonious.
First vice chairman elected
, wa s Mrs. Wilma Shelnutt and
I secretary-treasurer, William
I L. Green.
Plans were made for a big
GOP rally in the county dur
ing May.
The seven delegates chosen
must first have their names
turned into the state head
quarters for approval before
they are made public.
SCIENCE FAIR
IN FP FRIDAY
Science Club of Forest Park
High is sponsoring a Science
Fair Friday, Feb. 28, at the
gymnasium. Students will com
pete for a chance at the Dis
trict Science Fair (in the Clay
ton County area) and, if they are
successful there, will go on
to the State.
Many of these projects have
a lot of work and planing behind
them and are very interesting
and educational. Everyone is
invited to drop by and look them
over any time Friday night
between 7 and 9.
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BY GUY BUTLER
Bulkeley Always
An Aetion Man
It was at the submarine base
in Key West in mid-1941, the
day Germany invaded Russia
and a few months before Pearl
Harbor.
The base commander was es
corting a couple of newspaper
men from Miami over the un-
1 derwater craft base. We all took
a peek at the submarines tied
up in their
pens along a
pier within the
base confines.
We said we’d
like to go a
board one of
the underseas
] boats and the
commander b
leckened us to
Icome on.
We went to
the end of the line. Just as
I the commander, leading the
] way, made a motion as if to
step on the sub’s deck, a uni
formed figure (all save jacket
1 and cap) stepped into view and
saluted the commander.
i “Bed pardon, Sir,” his voice
! rang clearly, “but we have
orders — strict orders — just
arrived — that nobody can come
aboard any of the submarines.”
I The commander, somewhat
startled, stepped back and ex
plained to us that orders were
orders and we would have to
forego the inspection.
The stalwart, well-built man
I who snapped out the announce-
I ment was Lt. Comdr. John D.
Bulkeley, to whom we were not
I introduced.
Rear Admiral (now) Bulkeley,
is the officer who is now base
commander of Guantanamo and
the other day had the water
main severed between Guantan
amo and C astroland when Fidel
“called me a liar” about the
allegation that the U.S. had
stolen Cuban water.
John Bulkeley is the man who
distinguished himself during
World War II by spiriting Gen
eral Douglas MacArthur off
Corregidor in a PT boat and
thus probably sparing the Gen
' eral from capture and the U.S.
i from embarrassment.
The General said he would be
I back and he went, sure enough.
MESSY CLIMAX
“Georgia Legislature Dies
Chaotic Death,” read a head
line— and wasn’t it a mess?
The members of the legis
lative body who participated in
the final evening’s wild and
i woolly session should have
: some explaining to do to their
’ constituents. That is, those who
contributed to the din and the
confusion at the climax.
The story read: “The chao
tic scene ending the session
early Saturday climaxed along,
strange day of violent taunts,
cursing and drinking, alternat
ing with amicable speeches,
presentation of gifts, pledges of
love and unity among the legis
lators.
“In between, they passed a
number of bills in more routine
fashion. Many lawmakers never
became involved in the more
flamboyant activities of the day
but ruggedly sat it through to
the end.
“In the dying minutes of the
session, parliamentary proce
dure bogged down periodically
as opponents to the conference
committee redistricting plan
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