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MAJORS
Major League All-Stars were
announced by Paul Cantrell,
president of Little League,
They are:
Wes Cochran and Mike Chris=
tian of the Cubs; Daryl Hall,
Donny Warr and Joe Scarbor=
ough of the Red Sox; Ken Mc-
Coy, Phil Rowan and Bobby
Kenny of the Phillies; Mike
McNabb of the Braves; Ronnie
Kinsey, Guy White and Andy
Potter of the Dodgers; Wayne
Bowers and Steve Wiggly of the
Pirates,
The All-Stars will participate
in ghe East Point Continental
League tournament with the
first game being played at
‘Adams Park on Wednesday,
July 21, at 5 p.m, Forest Park
followers are urged to attend
and root for the home team,
A team of 13, 14 and 15~
year-old girls was chosen to
play in the Thomaston Invita=-
tional tournament, They will
leave on Friday, July 16, and
are being coached by Mary
Ann Connelly,
The first game in Thomaston
will be at 10:30 a.m. Should
they win they will be eligible
to compete in the 3 p.m, game
and if they win again they will
be eligible for the final game
at 5 p.m.
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3 Milli
$9.3 Million
Bid On 21
The State Highway Dept, has
received a total apparent low
bid of $9,316,841,33 on 21 con=
tracts for new road construc
tion and improvements in 19
Georgia counties, according to
State Highway Director Jim L,
Gillis,
Included in the July 9 letting
were three interstate, four Fe
deral aid primary, two Fe
deral-aid urban, ten Federal
aid secondary, and two state
aid contracts. All of the inter
state contracts provide for the
construction of bridges along
roadway already under con=-
struction in the Atlanta and
Macon areas, Gillis said.
The director said this let
ting is the fifth for the calen
dar year 1965 and that the
award of the contracts onwhich
bids were received July 9 will
raise to some $52,9 million
the value of roadwork let to
commercial contract by the
Highway Dept. during the cur
rent year, Subsequent lettings
are now scheduled for Aug.
13, Sept. 17, Oct. 22, Nov,
19 and Dec, 17, Gillis said.
One of the four Federal-aid
primary contracts in today’s
letting provides for grade se=
paration structures on a three=
mile segment of the so-called
Gainesville connector which is
now under constructionin Gwin
nett County. Another covers
the relocation and reconstruc
tion of Georgia Route 20 bet=-
ween the Gainesville Connec=-
tor and existing U,S, 23 near
Sugar Hill, The third provides
for relocation work on Geor=-
gla Route 53 south of Calhoun
in Gordon County, and the four=-
th covers construction of a new
bridge across the Tybee River
on U,S. 80 between Savannah
and Savannah Beach,
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Want to add a festive touch
to your cookout? Then serve
wedges of watermelon for des
sert, sugguest Extension mar=-
keting specialists at the Uni
versity of Georgia.
It is easy to overfertilize you
ng shrubs, In fact, Extension
Horticulturist Gerald E, Smith
of the University of Georgia
says injury to young shrubs by
excessive rates of fertilizer is
quite common in the state,
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What away to go! Minnie Pearl of the Grand Ol' Opry can hardly hide her excitement as she gazes at all that watermelon before her.
Minnie will appear at the Atlanta State Farmers Market Sunday, July 18th where there will be free slices of watermelon for everyone.
10,000 melons are being brought in from South Georgia for the largest watermelon cutting in the state. Another special star at the
Watermelon Day festivities will be George Beverly Shea who will sing “How Great Thou Art.” All will be televised live over WSB-TYV
from 3:00 — 4:00 p.m. The afternoon will include a watermelon eating contest for the children and a contest for the largest watermelon
grown in Georgia. It’s all free—at the world’s largest farmers market.
‘WATERMELON DAY’ AT MARKET
SUNDAY, 50,000 SLICES ICED
More than 50,000 slices of
free watermelon will be iced
and waiting for visitors at the
State Farmers’ Market Sunday
from 2 to 6 p.m. The third
annual Watermelon Day eventis
expected to draw crowds which
will exceed last year’s 35,000
fun-loving watermelon-eaters,
In addition to the free water=
melon slices, visitors will have
a chance to tour the 140-acre
market, which is the world’s
largest, and be treated to a
host of other top-flight enter
tainment,
Highlighting the afternoon will
be a live television show over
WSB-TV from 3 to 4 p.m,,
direct from the Market, fea
turing Minnie Pearl and the
Town Criers of Nashville,
Tenn, George Beverly Shea is
flying in from Chicago to sing
‘““How Great Thou Art” for
the TV program,
Victims
Word was received in Morrow
around noon on Sunday, Julyll,
of an accident on Highway 76,
just north of Morven, which
took the life of a former Mor
row resident and resultedinthe
death of his wife 24 hours la
ter. The car of Mr, and Mrs,
Taylor of Steinhatchee, Fla.,
collided with the car of a man
who was also killed in the ac=
cident, Mrs, Taylor was taken
to the hospital at Hahira in a
critical condition with multi=-
ple injuries,
Funeral services for the cou=
ple were held in Steinhatchee
Tuesday afternoon at 3:30, In
ternment was in the church
cemetery at Rock Baptist Chur=
ch on Highway 42, Clayton Coun~
ty, on Wednesday, July 14, Rev.
Jay Cosmato, pastor of the
church, officiating at the grave=
side service,
Mrs, Taylor, the former Ena
DeFoor, is the daughter of the
late Mr, and Mrs, J, B, DeFoor,
well known and loved residents
of Morrow, Mr, Taylor is re=-
membered as the son of the
late Mr, and Mrs, William J,
Taylor, who lived on Taylor’s
Mill Road (now Lake Harbin
Road) and for a number of
years was owner and opera
tor of a grist mill,
| The many friends extend
deepest smypathy to the be=-
reaved families,
Emcee Ray Moore will intro
duce special guests, Governor
Carl Sanders, Agriculture
Commissioner Phil Campbell,
and the 1965 Georgia and Na
tional Watermelon Queens,
Officer Don of the Popeye
Club will conduct a Watermelon
Eating Contest for the child=
ren -- the winner will receive
a shetland pony complete with
saddle and a C&S savings bond
worth SIOO,OO,
The largest watermelon
brought to the Market Sunday
afternoon will win for its own=
era SIOO Government Bond
with 2nd and 3rd prizes of
SSO and $25 Government bonds
for the two runners up,
Watermelon Day is being hos
ted by the Atlanta Produce
Dealers’ Association. Truck=
loads of melons will be furn=
ished by the Watermelon Grow
ers’ and Distributors?’ Associa
tion from farms in middle and
Dancing On Lake Spivey
Beach Every Friday Night
From 8 to 11 every Friday night, Lake Spivey Park turns
into a teen-age - young adult paradise with the ¢“hip’’ music
of name bands and dancing on beautiful white sand beach,
Hundreds of teenagers enjoy famous bands such as ¢“The
Nightshadows?’, ¢“J, Frank and the Bossmen’, and ‘“Wayne
Lacadasee and the Commotions?’, who nl~* regularly for the
beach parties.
In addition to music and dancing on the beach, patrons also
enjoy the fun-rides in Playland and swimming on the well
lighted west beach,
One teen-ager had this to say about the Lake Spivey beach
parties: ‘lt may not be Hawali, but it sure is a lot closer,
just as pretty, and as much fun,”’
Regular prices are in effect for the parties., No alcholic
beverages are allowed,
449th Quartermasters In
Training At Army Depot
Army Reservists of the 449th
Quartermaster Depot, Atlanta,
reported to the Atlanta Army
Depot in Forest Park July 11
for two weeks of annual ac
tive duty training. Appro
ximately 80 reservists are
from the Atlanta area,
During the first week of train
ing, the unit engages in tac
tical exercises near Gaines
ville, During the second week
personnel will be given on
the=job training with their mi
litary and civilian counter=
parts at Atlanta Army Depot,
In the event of a national
emergency, the 449th Quarter
master Depot would supervise
supply, reclamation and sal=-
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HARBIN'S DRIVE-IN AURA
O/«l flig‘way 41 at jarmer; martef pAone 366-6549
Restaurant Includes Dining Rooms for Civic Clubs and Private Parties! Room for More Than 100 Cars in Drive-in
FOREST PARK, GA, THURSDAY, JULY 15, 1265
south Georgla,
Located just 15 minutes from
Atlanta on the South Freeway,
the Atlanta State Farmers’
Market is a facility of the Geor=
gia Dept, of Agriculture, Com=
pleted in 1959, the market is
a carefully-planned modern
hub for selling and buying farm
fresh produte, There are 57
different dealers in the per=-
manent wholesale area of the
market where Southeastern
grocers and food jobbers trade,
There are also more than 1,
096 spaces for trucks to park
in the farmers’ shed areas
where Georgia farmers, tru
ckers, ~and merchants sell
fruits and vegetables,
The Market also includes fine
eating facilitles, filling sta
tions, barber shops, hamper
houses and a cannery where
Georgia housewives can their
own food at minimum cost,
vage onerations similar to
those at Atlanta Army Dept.
Army field service activities,
including field laundries, bath
installations, air equipment
maintenance centers, and
graves registration activities,
would also be under Depot su
pervision,
Lieut, Col, William C, Paint«
er, Jr,, 217 Westchester Drive,
Decatur, became commanding
officer of the 449th Quarter=
master Depot on July 1,
Attending from this area:
SFC Harmon N,Ginn, 116 Den=
nis Dr., Forest Park; SFC Cal~
vin Wood, Rt. 1, Lombardy
Dr., Ellenwood; SPS Joe N,
Swain, 135 Mural Dr., Morrow,
GOVERNOR CONGRATULATES
Mrs. Homer Parker
Miss Georgia’s Aunt
’ The crowning of Mary Jane
| Yates as Miss Georgila 1965
is of special interest to one
Forest Park family, Mrs, Ho=
mer Parker of 109 North Ave,
is Mary Jane’s paternal aunt,
When this reporter called Mrs,
Parker she stated they were all
very excited and proud that
Mary Jane should have been
chosen, also that Gov, Sanders
had called to express congra=
tulations, learning of the con=
nection through an aunt, who
is a friend of Mrs. Parker’s,
Having visited the Parkers
l“4n Forest Bark on numerous
' occasions, Mary Jane has many
friends here, She has sung se=
| wveral times at the First Bap=-
| tist Church in Forest Park
| and her voice will be remem=
bered as having an unusual
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Chiropractic
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“Medal Winner
[ . .
! Is Visitor
1 Dr, Milton Miller of Auck=
| land, New Zealand, has just
| ended a brief visittoDr, Joseph
i Bishop of Hapeville, brother
| of Mrs, Charles Brooks of
| Forest Park,
| Dr. Miller and his father,
Maurice Miller came here
‘ from Fort Worth, Tex., where
Dr. Miller was awarded the
| Parker Chiropractic Research
| Foundation medal as the out
: standing chiropractor of the
| Yyear,
| Dr, Biship is also a chiro=-
| sractors
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TOM STANFORD
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' COMING HOME
i His condition continuing to im=
prove, Tom Stanford, owner
’of Stanford’s Dept, Store' on
Main St., is scheduled to re=
turn to his Forest Park home
Saturday,
Some three weeks ago he sufe
sered a heart attack and was
taken to Crawford W, Long
Hospital in Atlanta, For a time
his condition was critical,
'Another Record
In Delta Miles
Delta Air Lines flew a re=
cord 373,266,000 revenue pas
senger miles in June, to con=
| clude a record=-shattering fis=-
‘ cal year, The previous high for
a single month was 364,625,000
‘ flown in April 1965,
| The June total represented
a 19 per cent increase over
‘ the 313,420,000 passenger mi
| les registered in June 1964,
quality that lingers long af
ter the notes die away. An in=-
sight into Mary Jane’s fine
background and Christianchar=-
acter was given when she made
the statement that ‘““God has
given me this talent and I want
to use it for His Glory”,
She recently sang at the Pine
Festival in Swalnsboro.
Her many friends here and
friends of the Parkers will be
following with much interest
her activities and honors she
will receive as she reigns that
year as Miss Georgia - and
as she goes to Atlantic City,
maybe = oh, well, we will just
keep our fingers crossed!
MRS, ELIZABETH KENYON
MISS GEORGIA 1965 CROWNED BY VIVIAN DAVIS, 1964 QUEEN, (UPI PHOTO).
4TH DISTRICT SWIM
HERE SATURDAY
TO DRAW OVER 200
Forest Park Recreation Cen~
ter will host the Georgia Re
creation Society’s fourth dis
trict swimming and diving
championships Saturday begin
ning at 9 a.m, Eighteen coun=-
ties make up the district and
over 200 contestants are ex
pected,
Forest Park will enter their
newly formed swimming team
featuring 8-vear-old Sheron
Bakken, 10-year-old Annelie
Goodwin, 12-year-old Dianne
Matthews, and 14-year-old
Jane Bateman as starters for
the girls,
In the boys’ divisions 10-year=
old Scott Holloway, Chuck Neu
andorfer, Jon Denton, Keith
Jones, Bobby McKeeman and
Tom Hargas will compete for
$38,694 BY S
Forest Park, Jonesboro and Riverdale
all “‘profited’’ from the six million dollars
the state passed out to the 478 cities
Tuesday,
Largest amount came to Forest Park,
the largest city in Clayton County, a total
of $38,694,42, :
Jonesboro was given $8,212,45 and River
dale $3,000,
Stockbridge was handed $3,272,45.
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honors with Ricky Layson, Joe
Bateman and Tom May in the
11-12 age group.
The 13-14 boys will be repre=
sented by top swimmers Doug
Allen formerly of the Tifton
swim team, Buddy Bowles, for=
merly of the East Point Club,
and John Adams, who last swam
with a Mississippi club, all
boys now live in Forest Park.
John Stack will be missing from
the lineup as he in now in
training at Camp Chickepi in
Northern Ontario Canada un=
der Olympic coach Matt Mann,
Some of the outstanding teams
to enter the meet will be La-
Grange, Griffin, Carrollton and
East Point,
Barnesville lis expected to
show strength in diving.