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Architect’s Sketch Os New Retail Buildings Going Upa Here
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Blood Program Making Progress In ForesstPark
Forest park’s Blood Program j
is making splendid progress in
the capable hands of W, D.
(Bill) Derickson, chairman. The
American Red Cross Blood
Mobile will be located at the
new recreation center, next to
3,100 NEW TICKERS TO DOUBLE
STOCK EXCHANGE PRODUCTION
Western Union announced today purchase of 3,103 new 900-
character-a-minute stock quotation tickers and other plant
improvements that will almost double the speed of the ticker
system now serving the New York Stock Exchange.
Installation of the tickers, including a new ticker repeater
plant geared to handle the increased ticker speed, will represent
an additional investment in the present ticker system of more
than $5,000,000. s a result of the improvements, annual re
venues from the system will increase from $1,600,000 to about
$3,000,000.
The order for new type “900” tickers call for deliveries to
begin this month , according to A. E. Arnold, local district
manager of the telegraph company. Installations in brokerage
offices in Atlanta and nationwide are scheduled for completion
in time for service inauguration in October.
Delicious
Breakfast
or Lunch
"You'll
lovo HI"
the Police Dept. City Hall, Cen
' tral Ave., March 24 and a great
need for all citizens physically .
able to pay a visit to the Blood
Mobile and donate their pre
cious offering.
Physicans working there are
Fresh
Vegetables
The Forest ff ark News
DEDICATED TO PROGRESS AND SIR' -VICE IN CLAYTON COUNT,Y
PHONE 366-3080
listed as Dr. Henry Tanner,
Dr. Albert Carter, Dr. N. B.
■ Batemen, Dr. Robert M. West
and Dr. E. A. Dunbar.
Mr. Derickson reports a door
to-door canvass will be conduc
ted in Forest Park to obtain
• pledges to give blood. Some
pledges have already been
made, and it Is hoped others
will be coming forward.
I “Give one pint, and you or
1 any member of your family
can obtain blood whenever it
is needed, through this pro
gram,” is the promise of Mr.
Derickson.
The gift of blood is one of
the most precious, yet one that
is easy to give, without pain
and with very little inconven
ience, and results in real phy
sical benefit to the giver as well
as to the receiver.
Don’t wait for that caller at
your door-get your pledge in
to one of the following: Rev.
Vaughan, 366-6180; W. Guice,
HARBIN'S DRIVE—IN RESTAURANT DINNER
WITH
Old 41 Hwy. At Farmers Market* Phone 366—6549 us
FOREST PARK, GEORGIA, THURSDAVbT^, MARCH 5, 1964
366-4141, Mrs. Baker, 366- I
3538; Mrs. Phillips, 366-1515; I
■ Mrs. Young, 366-8682, or Maj. f
Blalock, 366-6180.
TURNER IS MADE
HUMANE DIRECTOR
Charles C. Turner, a resi
dent of Atlanta for 42 years,
formerly employed as stalls- ।
tlclan with the Fulton County ।
Health Dept., has been appoint- i
ed executive director of the i
Atlanta Humane Society.
Mr. Turner assumed his new
duties on Feb. 17. He has been
a member of the Georgia Bar
for 20 years, is a member of
“The Old War Horse Lawyers
Club”, and of Buckhead Ma
sonic Lodge, Scottish Rite and
Yaarab Shrine Temple.
Humane Society phone number
is TRS-0771.
Ju udy Benton
OOfficer Os FTA
N*s^4lss Judy Benton, daughter of
MExlr, and Mrs. Homer R. Ben
tonun of Watson Ferry Drive,
Fcx^orest Park, has been elected
vioice director of the sth Dls
trli~lct Future Teachers of Am
err-arlca. Judy Is a junior at For
es* «st Park High, cheer leader,
a member of the debate team,
an xwid a member of the FHA.
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PHONE 366-3080
TWO RETAIL STORES
WILL BE ALONGSIDE
NEW CITIZENS BANK
News of more “face-lifting” of the busi
ness district of Forest Park came this
week in the disclosure that two more new
buildings housing prominent merchants will
be erected on the north side of Main Street.
They will be two new 100-foot wide buildings and the buildings
plus parking in front will comprise 200 feet in depth coins
from Main St. back to Hill St. e
They will house Stanford’s Department Store and Smith Hard
ware Co., both of which are now on Main St. but their quarters
have become cramped and they purchased this property from
Chaney Burks at an undisclosed price.
Stanford and Smith will be side
by side in a 100-foot building
each, and next to them on the
West will be the new Citizens
Bank of Clayton County, first
news of which was printed in
this paper a week ago.
At that time the exact loca
tion of the bank was not re
vealed but it can now be said
Henry Dorsey and his associ
ates, charter members of the
new bank for which a charter
petition was filed in Jonesboro
some 10 days ago, will occupy
the site of the Forest Park
News and the Forest Park Free
Press. The big white residen
tial building occupied by the two
weeklies will be torn down and
it is expected construction of the
bank will begin in mid-summer.
The two weekly papers, both
owned by Jack Troy, have sev
eral sites in mind on Central
Avenue and Main Street and a
decision should be forthcoming
SECOND STAGE SOS
IMMUNIZATION SET
FOR MARCH 15-22
Remember March 15 and Mar
ch 22. Each of those days is
Sabin Oral Sunday again, mar
king the second stage of the
Atlanta area mass immuniza
tion program against polio.
This time, at immunization
centers in every neighborhood
of Fulton and Clayton counties,
Type in Sabin oral vaccine will
be offered to everyone over six
weeks of age, including adults
over 40.
It is particularly important
that there be a record turn
out on March 15-- or March
22--as physicians report that
thousands of adults who receiv
ed Sabin oral vaccine during a
previous campaign in this area
did not get Type in. There
fore, anyone who is not sure
what type he had before should,
to be safe, get his dosage on
this occasion.
The SOS centers are manned ■
by volunteer workers, includ
ing physicians, nurses, phar
macists and representatives of
civic, educational, business and
youth organizations. The cen
ters are well organized, and
experience from the Sabin Oral
Sundays on Feb. 9 and 16—
when Type I Sabin vaccine was
given—has shown that the Im
munization procedure takes no
more than five or ten minutes
for each individual.
Sabin vaccine is taken by mouth
on a lump of sugar, or by drop-
within a few weeks’ time, per
haps less.
The Stanford and Smith pro
perty was purchased “be
cause,” as Tom Stanford ex
plained, “both of our stores
are overcrowded and we must
expand. We have great faith in
Forest Park and Clayton Coun
ty. Our businesses have grown
and we simply must have more
room. So we got together on
this idea.”
The new Stanford and Smith
buildings, as well as the ad
jacent Citizens Bank, will be
between Evans Street and Col
lege St. The Stanford and Smith
buildings will be set back from
the street to allow for park
ing of 50 or more automobiles
in frdnt.
Asked when the construction
work would begin Mr. Stanford
said, “We are contemplating
no actual work for a couple or
maybe three years. We just
want to be prepared when the
time comes.”
per in the case of infants. All
three types of the vaccine are
necessary for complete im
munization against polio, and
Type II Sabin vaccine—which
will complete the necessary
series—will beadministeredon
April 19 and 26.
Although some persons missed
getting Type I in February, they
should certainly avail them
selves of the opportunity to get
the other two types in March
and April. Type I will be a
vailable later from personal
physicians.
Another point to remember is
that the Sabin vaccine series
not only provides immuniza
tion against polio but also pre
vents anyone from being a car
rier of the dread virus. Thus,
by getting the full dosage, you
can strike a double blow at
the crippling disease.
Clayton Negroes
Push Registration
The colored registration com
mittee of Clayton County, For
est Park, met at the home of
the chairman, Deacon Rozle
Parks, 114 Second St. The high
light of the meeting was the
discussion on ways to work
together for the betterment of
our community. We are still
interested in getting everyone
in the Forest Park and Clay
ton County area registered so
they will be eligible to vote in
all elections. The registration
committee would be glad to
lend a hand to any committee
or committees for the improve
ment of our community. Those
present: Deacon Rozie Parks,
chairman; Mrs. Eva Leola
Parks, secretary; Elmo Keith;
Deacon Johnnie Sutton; Deacon
Homer Maddox.
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Rich’s Purchase
What is the thought behind a
move like Rich’s, inc., spend
ing SB,OOO an acre and buying
85 of ’em right out in the
««wood,”so to speak,at old High
way 85 and Sullivan road?
More precisely, where are
they going to get the people to
trade with them and warrant
such an expen
diture and such
a site selec
tion?
The question
was put to
Chester Lane,
manager and
secretary of I
the Clayton
County Cham- I
ber of Comm
erce who kn-
ows about such things.
“Well, look at it this way,”
he replied. Rich’s knows the
people are not around there
now. Actually, I don’t think
they will build before 1966 or
1967. By that time the area
will be more populous. But,
the main idea is, when Rich’s
comes in here it expects to
draw from a 10-county area,
say in a radius of 50 miles
all around. When the perimeter
road is finished it will make it
an easy haul from Decatur,
Chambleee and other places in
DeKalb and Fulton.
“A store like Rich’s will draw
from not only the immediate
towns and cities such as Jones
boro, Riverdale, Morrow, Col
lege Park, Hapeville, East
Point, Ellenwood, Rex, but it
will pull people in from Fayet
teville, and from as far away
as Griffin; yes, and even Macon
and surrounding towns.
“This is not designed as a
local shopping center, no more
than Lenox Square is. It is an
area shopping center, big en
ough and powerful enough to
attract people for miles and
miles in every direction.
"So, you see, the people don’t
have to be right there on the
spot. It would be ridiculous to
expect them to do the kind of
business they expect to , and
must do, from just the im
mediate cities and towns.”
'Crapshooters’
Formation’
Remember when the football
huddle came out one radio
broadcaster dubbed it the
“Crapshooters’ Formation?”
Well, that chap was a Geor
gian, at that time an Atlanta
Journal sportswriter not too
long out of University of Geor
gia.
He was William Chenault (Bill)
Munday.
Mr. Munday, an old buddy and
coworker of mine, and another
of the same, Lawrence Cornett,
bobbed into the office last week
to say howdy and rehash some
old touches.
Both of these men were stand
outs in their respective fields,
Munday as an NBC football
announcer, Cornett as a Jour
nal photographer who was the
most gifted of a fine staff of
shooters the paper had then,
back before Cox. Cornett was'
particularly handy when sports
came up like football, base
ball, boxing, etc.
When the City Editor had an
especially important or diffi
cult assignment for the photo
dept he always specified
"send Cornett on this one.”
Nobody was, or is today, shar
per with a Graflex than Larry.
Munday. . . well, he was among
the earlier sportscasters on
radio. The late Graham Mc-
Namee was the only name an
nouncer NBC had in those days.
Munday got his chance when
Tech played California in the
Rose Bowl Jan.l, 1929. Bill
did half the game and McNamee
half. Bill with his Southern
drawl and his witticisms pro
ved a nation-wide hit. In those
days the Rose Bowl was the only
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