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MR. AND MRS. THOMAS MARION OWEN ON THEIR 70TH
WEDDING ANNIVERSARY
SEVENTY YEARS WED
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Owe
BY IDA FRANCES BUTLER
In the Gay Nineties when
Thomas Marion Owen was a
dashing lad of 17 and Mlttie Mis
souri Curtis was a southern
belle of 19, up in Gordon Coun
ty near Calhoun, Mr. Tom
went a-wooing Miss Mlttie
Missouri and won the heart
and hand of the object of his
affection. On Christmas Day,
1895, among an assemblage of
family and friends Miss Curtis
became the bride of Mr. Owen.
Seventy years agone!
Christmas Day, 1965, Mr. and
Mrs. Owen celebrated their se
ventieth wedding anniversary at
the Faith, Hope and Charity
Nursing Home, with other resi
dents and their granddaughter,
Mrs. Robert P. Gay ofMorrow,
present to wish them well and
to look forward to their 75th
Diamond Anniversary.
The spry couple maintained
their own home until May 1965.
Having enjoyed good health and
survived good and bad times,
lady luck smiled on them and
they still hold their own.
When newly wed they owned a
farm and general store in Gor
don County and maintained them
for 40 years.
In 1919 Mr. Thomas Marlon
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i Owen was elected to the State
i House of Representatives and
served through 1922.
i During his tenure some of the
important bills passed that he
remembers were the establish
ment of a State Highway De
partment. Mr. Owen mapped
out the first paved roads in
Gordon County. He helped to
sponsor a bill to make man
datory the recording of all
births in the state which was
passed. They also passed the
bill to abolish the whipping
post.
While still owning the farm
and store Mr. Owen also be
came a salesman for Wrought
I Iron Range Co. and traveled
all over the states to sell
Southern Comfort Stoves. His
mode of transportation was far
different from the sleek, speedy
supers of automation today. He
drove a horse and buggy and
carried a sample of his wares.
In the late 20’s during the de
pression Mr. Owen was in In
diana and business was dull,
so he started home with $2.70
In his pocket. When he arrived
back home he still had $2.50
of his money. People every
where were hospitable and re-
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WHAT’S NEW IN
THE NEW YEAR?
BY LEWIS LLEWELLYN
What’s new as we enter the new year?
The war still goes on in Viet Nam, still undeclared and still
bloody and gruesome. “Peaceniks” continue to protest, doing
what they feel to be their part to weaken this nation’s resist
ance to Communist aggression.
Crime, especially among teen-agers, continues to increase
at a rate five or six times the rate of population growth.
The destructive power of the armaments of the leading na
tions of the world continues to climb — with everyone won
dering when some erro, in judgement on the part of a world
leader may precipitate a holocaust of death and devastation.
Individuals — you and I — still have personal problems which,
while they do not loom large on the scene of world events,
still present us with perplexing situations which demand
decisions.
What’s new about that? Isn’t this the way it was last year —
and the year before that?
What’s new is that we have a new opportunity to face these
problems and, with the help of God, to do something construc
tive about solving them.
We are entering a brand-new year —a year which has never
before offered Itself to mankind. What will we do with it?
Will we, like David, pray, "Create in me a clean heart,
0 God, and renew a right spirit within me?”
Or will we go stumbling on, “doing the best we can,”
staining and blotting the fresh pages of the book of the new
year, as we have done with so many of the years that are past?
One of the greatest things about the gospel — in fact, the
very thing which makes it really “good news" — is the offer
which God makes to each of us that there can be, for us, a
new start.
The Bible refers to this experience as being “born again”.
If you have not yet enjoyed this experience, what better time
is there than now — at the beginning of the new year?
It can be the beginning of a new life for you.
n Observe Anniversary
SI
PIONEER IN
AUTO-OWMNG ERA
fused to accept pay for their
kindnesses In those bleak days.
Such long, slow travels Inspired -
Mr. Owen to be one of the first
to own an automobile in Gor
don County.
In 1927 they moved to Atlanta
and owned several stores, the
last one he operated 15 years
on Trinity Ave,
Mrs. Owen, nee Mlttie Mis
souri Curtis, daughter of Ann
and Thomas Curtis, was one
I of nine children.
Reminiscent of her family
1 highlights, Mrs. Owen proudly
J related how her mother enter
-1 ed a contest to name a new
I patent medicine and that her
I mother’s entry won. Many de-
I cades her “namesake” enjoyed
I wide-spread popularity and Is
I still a “best seller” -
I “Carter’s Little Liver Pills.”
I Carter’s Products Corporation
I which was established in 1880
I recently omitted “Liver” from
J the title and It Is now Carter’s
| Little Pills.
Mr. Owen, son of Tom and
I Sleana Owen, was one of five
I children.
■ Celebrating their seventieth
I wedding anniversary six months
I after the birth of the great,
great grandson also marks a
fifth generation for them in
1965, Needless to say Mr. Owen
is the family patriarch and still
maintains a sharp wit and sense
of humor, and commands a
FOREST PARK, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 30. 1965
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A
STATE REPRESENTATIVE
IN 1919-1922
healthy respect from his des
cendants.
They have three children, five
GOES’ HOLIDAY GREETING
DEAR FRIENDS:
We wish to greet each ofyouinthe name of the one whose birth we celebrate - Jesus of Nazareth,
the Son of Mary - the Son of God. May this Calendar poem give you an Idea of some of our acti
vities during this wonderful year.
January, started the year at Church with prayer that the New Year be improved.
The Lord watched over Grace as she had her gall bladder removed.
February, saw the men at Ash Street working every Saturday at the Church,
Building equipment for the new building out of pine and oak and birch.
March, came in and we rejoiced with progress on the way,
For the three story Educational building it was Dedication day.
In April, we had a Revival and saw several accept the Lord,
It was my privilege to preach the Marvels of His Word.
May, found the South Baptist Convention in Texas at Dallas (big D).
The family drove to meet me In Missouri for my William Jewell 25th anniversary.
June, saw my mother with us, headed for the Baptist World Alliance at Miami Beach.
Cara went as a Summer Student Missionary to Oklahoma in Bible Schools to teach.
For July, to preach at the Youth Temperance Camp at Reinhart College they asked me to save the date.
Corky joined me for the event and was elected Treasurer for the State.
August, to Oklahoma to pick up Cara, back to Birmingham to help make her roommate a bride.
Corky’s 16th birthday brought drivers license and some horses he could ride.
September, found Cara back at Howard for her senior year.
Corky is a High School Junior and their Forest Park Band is still in high gear.
October, brought new HfetoAshStreetChurchwith over 750 weekly average in our Sunday School.
Parents day at Howard helped us to know their every joy and rule.
Nobember, made us truly thankful for over 180 new people on our roll.
A revival with Dr. Harold Lindsey helped us Intensify our efforts to reach every lost soul.
December, gave me the opportunity as M-Nlght speaker to leave a challenge to right all wrong.
May Christ be yours at Christmas and also as 1966 comes along.
The highlight of the year was Cara’s decision full time religious work to do.
Corky plans to preach and prepare for foreign mission service too.
We rejoice that we can serve the Christ who sacrificially came to earth,
For indeed it is the greatest joy to serve the One whom the angels announced His birth.
Sincerely,
CHARLES, GRACE, CARA AND CORKY GOE
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Clayton’s Business
Population Gain
Reaches! 3 Percent
The business population of Clayton County increased 13%
during 1965, according to statistics released by George F.
Hurayt, district manager of the Atlanta office of Dun and
Bradstreet, Inc. A physical count of the Dun and Bradstreet
Reference Book for January, 1966, revealed 534 businesses -
manufacturers, wholesalers and retailers - in this area.
Mr. Hurayt stated that during January business concerns
in all parts of the United States are asked by Dun & Brad
street for copies of their financial statements. This year
requests are being sent to approximately three million busi
ness concerns — to the corner grocery worth a few thousand
dollars as well as to businesses worth millions.
The Dun & Bradstreet Reference Book lists those manu
facturers, wholesalers and retailers who seek or grant com
mercial credit, but it does not include some of the service
and professional businesses such as beauty and barber shops,
security dealers, and real estate brokers. Therefore, the
figures for total business in the United States would be higher
than the three million quoted above.
Back of each listing of a business in the Reference Book is
a Dun & Bradstreet credit report. The report Includes the
following: a history of the business (who owns it, who runs it,
and how long it has been operating); a description of what the
business does and how it does it; a financial section which
usually Includes the latest financial statement; and a record
of how the business pays its bills.
SAFETY AWARD TO POWER CO.
Georgia Power Co. has won a
safety achievement award for
attaining 1,748,208 injury-free
man-hours of operation, H.E.
Hatfield, the company’s ge
neral supervisor of safety, an
nounced today.
The award, a citation from the
Safety Achievement Award
grandchildren, 11 great grand
children and the great, great
grandson born last June.
Their children are a son,
Emory Owen of Knoxville, and
two daughters Etha Mae (Mrs.
G. E.) Farson of Columbus, 0.,
and Nettle Ann (Mrs. Nat) Wig
gington of Norfolk, Va.
All three of their children
made the Owens very happy In
September when they came down
at the same time to visit them.
Committee of Edison Electric
Institute, was made on the basis
of the company’s injury-free
period occurring from Sept.
11 to Oct. 29, 1965.
The latest award was the
ninth for the utility since 1943,
when EEI initiated the awards
program.
NOTICE
First 1966 Clayton
County baby gets $25.00
U.S. Bond from Evans
Motors. See details on
Page 3.
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Car Inspection
Program For ’66
Begins In Jan.
(GPS) Georgia’s motor vehicle inspection program, carried
out under a state law requiring annual mechanical checkups
of state registered cars and trucks, begins its second year
of operation Jan. 1.
Simply stated, this means that vehicle owners who had their
vehicles Inspected and approved with an official safety sticker
affixed to the windshield In 1965 must have them re-inspected
and re-annrovert 1n corresoonding months of 1966.
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For example, all vehicles
which were Inspected In Janu
ary, 1965, must be re-inspect
ed before midnight on Jan. 31,
1966. The same procedure fol
lows in each subsequent month
throughout the year — vehicles
inspected In February, 1965
must be re-inspected in Febru
ary, 1966, and so on.
The exact day and month of
the originally approved inspec
tion appears on the back — not
the front—of the first safety
sticker now on the car.
“That’s the key to the whole
thing as far as car-truck own
ers are concerned with the se
cond-year operation of this in
spection program” declared
Col. H. Lowell Conner, director
of the Georgia Department of
Public Safety. “Just observe
that date and act accordingly
In complying with the law.”
The new 1966 safety inspection
stickers are somewhat different
—and actually simpler. Black
lettering appears on red and
white background with the 12
months of the year listed on
the front. The proper month
will be punched out to indicate
when the 1967 Inspection Is due.
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For those whose vehicles are
due an Inspection early in 1966,
here is advice from Capt. E.D.
Mink, the Motor Vehicle In
spection Division’s supervisor:
“The department is still in the
process of bonding, Investiga
ting and Issuing inspection sta
tions the new material for 1966.
Should a car or truck owner
go to a station for a checkup
and find they do not have the
new 1966 safety stickers, we
suggest that he go to another one
that does have them”
Approximately 1,750,000 vehi
cles were Inspected and ap
proved during the first year
the law was in effect. It is es
timated that at least 100,000
more will be Inspected in the
ensuing year.
There are about 2,150 ap
proved Inspection stations
located throughout the state,
and more applications are being
received all along. Each ap
proved station must be inves
tigated for reapproval and a new
bond each year. Some are being
weeded out and new ones taking
their place, It was pointed out.
The Inspection fee paid by the
vehicle owner Is still the same
— $1.25.