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The Forest Park News
Ida Frances Butler, Guy Butler, Mrs. Bobbie Gay,
Rev. Charles W. Goe, Elizabeth Kenyon
OUR SPECIAL SPORTS STAFF
Phil Sams, Jerry Gibson, Bobby Wiggins and
Tommy Mullenlx
Atlantan Struck, Killed
By Car at Forest Park
A pedestrian was killed Tues
day night when struck by a car
on Thames Road in Forest Park,
police said.
He was identified as Rudolph
Niblett. 57. of Atlanta, an em
ploye in the Slate Farmer's
Market.
Police Chief W. H. Allen said
there was no identification on
CHRISTMAS TREE LIGHTS
SOMETIMES START FIRE
Christmas tree decorations
may mean deathfor some Geor
gians during the holidays, Com
ptroller General James L.
Bentley warned this weekend.
Bentley, state fire safety
commissioner, said that an es
timated 1,000 U.S. homes were
hit by Christmas tree fires
last year.
“It’s especially tragic at this
season of the year,” Bentley
commented, “but fires don’t
take holidays.”
Bentley said the principal
cause of such Christmas tree
fires was defective wiring of
Closed
Christmas Day
and Sunday
(Dec. 26)
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the body and that identification
was made by acquaintances.
Sgt. C. 0. Holmes and M. 0.
Burgess said Niblett was hit
by a car driven west on Thames
Road by Dewey Davis of 2470
Lancaster Drive, East Point.
Davis was charged with dis
orderly conduct-involuntary
manslaughter, officers said.
lights and other decorations.
Some simple rules could help
save lives, He said: (1) Use
flameproof decorations of glass
or metal, not flammable cot
ton or paper. (2) Inspect your
lighting sets for fraying and
loose sockets. Discard dam aged
sets. Avoid overloading elec
tric circuits. (3) Never leave
tree lights burning when you go
out or go to bed. (4) Never
use wax candles on or near
the tree.
(5) Check the needles around
the lights from time to time.
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Once more, the radiance of a Holy Night
shines across the years, and
with scripture, song and prayer we recall
the Miracle of His birth. At
Christmas, as we return in heart and
spirit to the sacred manger,
let us rededicate ourselves to the mean
ing and message of this
wondrous time, that we may know “Peace
on Earth, Good Will to All Men.”
Clayton Seeks
Man’s Survivors
The Clayton County coroner's
office issued an appeal Tues
day for public assistance in
locating relatives of Dan Rob
ert “Tiny" Merritt, 50, who died
Dec. 16.
Coroner Pope Dickson said.
Merritt had worked as a ser
vice station attendant and part
time truck driver at the State
Farmers’ Market. Prior to that,
he said, Merritt had worked for
a year at Tooley’s Truck Stop
in Jersey City, N.J.
HARBIN'S DRIVE-IN RESTAURANT
OIJ JJiykway 41 at Jarmart Wlarktt Pkona 366-6549
Restaurant Includes Dinins Rooms tar Civic Clubs and Privote Parties! Room tar More Than 100 Cars in Drive-In
FOREST PARK, GEORGIA, THURSDAY. DECEMBER 23, 1965
Louis A. Welch Sr.
Louis A. Welch Sr., 67, of 3625
Hersiiel Road, College Park,
died Tuesday in a private hos
pital.
Mr. Welch was a retired gro
cer and was past president of
the Associated Grocers of Atlan
ta.
Survivors include his wife, tire
former Luna Dunagan;
daughter, Mrs. J. H. Rainwater,
Atlanta; son Lewis A. Welch Jr.,
Atlanta; sister. Mrs. John T.
Floyd. Atlanta, and brother,
Hoke S. Welch. Miami. Fla.
Funeral services will be at 2
p.m. Thursday at Cascade Hill.
Highway Patrol
Sees 33 Holiday
Traffic Deaths
(GPS) With the Christmas-New Year holiday season at
hand, the State Patrol has issued a strong appeal to Geor
gians to 6e extra cautious in driving and walking, both in the
daytime and after dark.
“With Christmas and New
Year’s Day coming only a week
apart, this is the most hazard
ous single period of the year
from the standpoint of traffic
safety,” declared Col. H. Lo
well Conner, Georgia’s public
safety director.
“We cannot urge too strongly
that drivers and pedestrians
alike do everything humanly
possible to protect themselves
and others as they move about
on our highways and streets.
Let’s not kill off our people
this holiday season. Let us hope
blood will be left in the blood
banks, not on the highways.”
While Col. Conner says he is
hopeful that people will be sen
sible and heed tills safety warn
ing, his department’s Accident
Reporting Division none-the
less foresees tragedy for some
because of the inevitable fool
hardiness of a few drivers.
Based on past holiday experi
ences and present trends, the
patrol predicts that at least
33 persons will lose their lives
TWAS THE WEEK
BEFORE XMAS AND
ALL THRU THE SKY
BY REV.CHARLES GOE
Pastor Ash St. Baptist Church
‘Twas the week before Christmas when all through the sky
Spacecrafts were flying as men watched them pass by.
The space watchers were at Cape Kennedy with care,
Watching the astronauts fly bravely through the air.
The astronauts were nestled all snug in their ships,
They were hardly able to move more than their lips;
The families were anxiously waiting at home,
Knowing the purposes of this long distance roam.
When up in the bright sky there arose a new thing,
I tuned the radio to hear what it would bring.
Along flew-the spaceships these men in their travels,
I turned up the volume to extra high levels.
The sun saw a new sight in man’s new trip to space,
The spaceships were getting closer almost like a race.
When what to my wondering ears should I hear
Gemini seven moving up with six getting near.
With the pilots so very well trained and quick,
I recognized Immediately It was a neat trick.
More rapid than seven Gemini six came,
The astronauts shouted and Increased their fame.
First Wright then Glen, then Carpenter, then Sheppard,
Now Schlrra, now Stafford, on Borman and Lovell
To land on the moon, to the home of the stars,
Now keep on, keep on to Venus and Mars.
As records before the bold astronauts fly,
When they conquer every obstacle out in the sky.
So on around the earth the brave heroes they flew,
With cameras full of pictures and recordings too,
And then from the air I heard above the roof
They were flying side by side and there was full proof.
The rendezvous was completed as they went around,
A little later Gemini six was on the ground.
Schlrra and Stafford were In space suits from head to foot,
There clothes were all sprinkled with star dust and soot.
A score of records they held when they came back,
They felt like a chicken getting out of a sack.
Their eyes — how they sparkled --their families how merry,
They had returned to earth victorious and cheery.
They said the beards on the others really did grow,
New facts were gathered to help future men to know.
Gemini seven kept circling its full two weeks, ,
Earth seemed far distant and the men felt like freaks.
They almost forgot the world with its dally strife.
It seemed they had been in space all of their life.
Before they came down they had a good night of sleep,
They knew the next day they would both land in the deep.
A shot of the rockets and they started right down,
Hoping the copters would make sure they didn’t drown.
Two hundred and six orbits were concluded by men
One hundred eighty-flve miles above friends and den.
The landing came and the splashdown near where planned,
This was the most successful venture ever manned.
God rejoiced at Christmas as man reentered earth,
1965 years ago, Mary to the Christ Child gave birth.
I know God is happy as the space records fall
But, The birth of Jesus is the greatest miracle of all.
Thanks to Clement Clark Moore and “A Visit from St. Nicolas”
in traffic accidents during the
combined Christmas-New Year
weekend holiday periods.
Here’s a breakdown of the
prediction for the two week
ends, each of which covers
a 78-hour period. From 6 p.m.
Thursday, Dec. 23, through
midnight Sunday, Dec. 26, death
is expected to come to 20 per
sons and 224 others will be in
jured in a total of 544 accidents.
Between 6 p.m. Thursday, Dec.
30, and midnight Sunday, Jan. 2,
at least 13 persons will be kill
ed and another 182 injured in
442 traffic mishaps.
The State Patrol will be out
In full force during both periods
in an allout effort to hold down
accidents and resultant deaths
and injuries.
Col. Conner calls on local en
forcement officers, the press,
the radio and TV stations, and
civic and safety organizations
for their cooperation In help
ing to make this dual safety
campaign a success.
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Clayton Job Included
In Highway Bidding
The State Highway Dept, open
ed blds on eight highway con
struction projects with an ap
parent low bid total of $lO,
453,580.72.
Highway Director Jim L.
Gillis said this letting brought
the total amount of contracts
let during 1965 to more than
sllO million.
He also said that the 12.6
miles of Interstate 20 in Wal
ton and Morgan counties let
this morning brought the total
of Interstate highways let to
contract this year to 101.9
miles.
With this last letting of the
year, he added, more than 42
miles of Federal-aid Primary
work and approximately 330
miles of Federal-aid Secondary
work have been let to construc
tion contract during the year.
Almost exactly 650 miles of
State-aid road contracts have
been let, he said, for a grand
total of more than 1123 miles
of road construction or im
provements let to contract in
1965, not Including county con
tract work or work done by
state maintenance forces.
This letting Included eight pro
jects providing work In 13 coun
ties. Included Is: Fulton-Clay
ton-DeKalb—Fencing on 38.647
miles of Interstate Highways
as follows: 19.472 miles on In
terstate Route 20, beginning
at Capitol Ave. In Atlanta and
extending east to U.S. 278, near
Lithonia; 6.534 miles on Inter
state Route 285, beginning at
the Interchange near Red Cik
and extending east to U.S 41
near Forest Park; 12.641 miles
on Interstate Route 285, begin
ning at the Chamblee-Tucker
Road southeast of 1-85 north
and extending west to Powers
Ferry Road, near the Cobb -
MERRY
CHRISTMAS.
EVERYBODY!
NUMBER 135
Fulton County line. Apparent
low bid: $372,417.00, Reeves
Fences, Inc., Tampa, Fla.
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Wilson New
President
Os Chest
, The Community Chest has a
। new president. He Is John C.
! Wilson, president of Horne
, ! Wilson, Inc., and chairman of
> I the Chest’s budget commltte
, । for the past two years.
। । Elected to serve with Wilson
. i at the annual meeting late
, | Thursday afternoon were: Cecil
S. Semple, Al B. Richardson,
Bradley Currey, Jr., and Wll-
J Ham W. Neal as vlce-presl
i dents; J. S. Stone, treasurer
. and William A. Parker, Jr.,
| assistant treasurer. Frank
Shackelford Is Immediate past
I president.
All officers are prominent
business and civic leanders.
FPAA Installs
Officers J an.s
The Forest Park Athletic
Association will hold its In
stallation of officers Wednes
j day, Jan, 5, at 7:30 In the Davis
; House Cafeteria at the Far
-1 mers’ Market. Mayor-elect
i Sharon Abercrombie will install
i Jim Davis as president, John
Knox vice president; Reba
Congdon, secretary; and C. B.
Howard, treasurer.
Members and guests are invit
ed to attend. For reservations
call John Knox, 366-3966, or
Reba Congdon, 366-3390.