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ERNEST F. CONROY SR., CTI, U. S. Navy, passes through
sideboys on his transfer to the Fleet Reserve and release
to inactive duty.
FP Naval Technician
Finishes Up 20 Years
Ernest Francis Conroy, 412
Evergreen Drive, Forest Park,
has retired after 20 years’
Naval service that has taken
him from his native Lynn, Mass,
to Alaska, Hawaii and Atlanta.
Conroy, who Is a First Class
Communications technician,
has worked for the past three
and a half years at the Naval
Reserve Training Center on the
Georgia Tech campus. Before
that he was In Honolulu for
three years with the Armed
Forces Courier Services;
Brooklyn with the Registered
Publications Issuing Office, and
for two years with the Naval
$60,884 Is Alloted
Clayton By EOA
Clayton County will be the recipient of $60,884 from the
Economic Opportunity Agency for a six-month program In
Jonesboro, according to a telegram from Senators Richard
B. Russell and Herman E. Talmadge. The program for which
the sum will be used consists of (1) Conduct and administra
tion of Equal Opportunity in the County — to establish full
time Community Action Agency in Clayton and (2) Head
start and Child Development program, which will enable
300 five and six-year-olds to attend an eight-week program.
This latter will be for five hours daily.
This is over and above, and not directly related to the three
to five-year-old schooling planned for next fall by the Clayton
Board of Education In conjunction with the University of
Georgia System.
Jones Attraction
At GOP Kickoff
Clayton County Republicans
will have their inning Saturday
night when they hold their Kick
off Banquet, $lO per plate, at
Holiday Inn on the South Ex
pressway at 8 o’clock.
Actually they will be launch
ing G. Paul Jones of Macon,
state GOP chairman, Into the
campaign for Sixth District
Congressman ODoosing Demo
crat John J. Flynt and also a
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Communications Station Adak,
Alaska, located in the Aleu
tian Island chain . Conroy ser
ved aboard the USS Casa Gran
de (LSD-13) during 1950 and
1951 when they were carrying
Sea Bees, Army and Air Force
personnel and supplies to Thule,
Greenland. K
Now, after a varied Navy
career, Conroy Is retiring with
plans to continue to live In the
Atlanta area. He Is already
employed In the shipping and
receiving dept, of the Sloan
Paper Co. here.
Conroy lives In Forest Park
with his wife Dorothy and their
three children.
late entry, Democrat Frank
Maddox.
Jones will be the honor guest
and the featured speaker. There
will be dinner and entertainment
besides speeches. For reserva
tions you may phone 478-4549,
478-9807 or 478-8181. Sponsor
is the Clayton County Republi
can executive committee headed
by Robert Mullins of Jonesboro.
The public Is Invited.
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\TED TO PROGRESS AND SERVICE IN CLAYTON COUNTY
Big Clayton Plans
Due To Be Aired
At June 14 Meeting
The wraps will be removed in a few days and plans for several
projects of interest to the people of this area will be made
public. Although no indication has been given as to the nature
of the projects, it was officially announced this week that ar
rangments have been completed for an old fashioned Town Hall
meeting on Tuesday evening, June 14, sponsored by the Clay
ton County Chamber of Commerce.
The meeting will be held at the Forest Park High School gym,
beginning with a concert by the Third Army Band at 7:15
p.m. Following the concert, the meeting will get under way
at 8.
When questioned about the purpose of the meeting, Stan
May, executive vice president of the Chamber of Commerce,
would say only that “the Chamber has been the scene of many
meetings and much negotiation In recent weeks concerning
these projects. While the big task, that of making these pro
jects a reality, lies ahead, everyone involved feels that we
are now well under way. Upon completion, Clayton County
will have something that all its people can be proud of,
something that will serve all tills area south of Atlanta, and
ultimately, we hope, focus national attention upon Clayton
County.”
In view of the above, we can only surmise that something
Is brewing and that Clayton Countlans should be making
plans to attend the June 14 meeting, It’s open to the public,
no admission.
CAREER DAY’ HERE SATURDAY
Opportunity Knocks
For Young Folks
Opportunity Is beckoning to
young women—and young men
—Saturday In Forest Park,
particularly high school gradu
ates who are Interested In
learning a trade, and In a mini
mum length of time.
That day the Beauty College
of America, located at Main
St. and Jonesboro Rd., is of
fering a nine-month free scho
larship to the woman or girl
and another to the man who
perform best in an all-day con
test running from 9:30 a.m.
until 7 p.m. Each entrant will
take a 30-mlnute test. There
will be 'no entry fee. The event
has been termed “Career Day.”
Second, third, fourth and fifth
prizes will be given in addi
tion, these being nine-month
courses at reduced charges.
The normal fee for the 1,500
hour training course Is $240.
Beauty culture has become
one of the topmost businesses
In America and experienc
ed operators are heavily in de
mand. Many beauty salons
throughout this area and over
the entire country are handi
capped by a shortage of staff
personnel, wherefore the “Ca
reer Day” affair should aid in
filling the voids, at least in
Clayton County and Metropoli
tan Atlanta.
Only professional instruc
tors are employed by the Beau
ty College. Mrs. Frances
Wright is chief Instructor and
a member of the State Board
of Cosmetology and one of the
best known supervisors In the
business. Mrs. Debbie Sitton,
master cosmetologist for 20
years, Is her assistant. Donald
Whitehead, long-time cosmeto
logist and noted for high
styling, is the male member of
the staff.
Thanks to Tom Carey and Ed
ward Graham, owners of the
Beauty College plus other
school operators who made the
request of the State Legisla
ture, a law has been enacted to
regulate beauty operations
throughout Georgia. One rule
adopted was that for every 20
students there must be one in
structor and in order to obtain
a license to open a cosmeto
logy college 20 bona fide stu
dents must be enrolled.
Another requirement Is that
a student must have 1,500 hours
of training under a profes
sional staff and the course re
quires a minimum of 300 hair
cuts. Also a ninth-grade or
equivalent education Is neces
sary. Upon receipt of one’s
dloloma In cpsmetoloev from a
FOREST PARK, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JUNE 9, 1966
recognized beauty culture col
lege he or she is licensed by
the state. Another regulation
calls for twice-weekly inspec
tions of all beauty schools.
Formerly almost anyone could
go into the field but since the
new laws were adopted and a
State Board of Cosmetology set
up that is no longer true.
Messrs. Carey and Graham
say the business has been up
graded considerably in the last
year or so.
“We intend to do everything
in our power to continue to
improve its image,” Mr.
Carey said.
The Forest Park school has
a “planned program aimed at
successful graduation,” he add
ed. “Before one of our stu
dents is allowed to work with
a customer’s hair he or she
must practice and study with
mannequins for months. As they
work and improve they are pro
moted, until finally they become
a senior operator. Only seniors
--those who really know their
business—are Jlowed to per
form on a cu< jmer.”
A diploma from such a school
as his, Carey says, “Is the
open door of opportunity for ‘
alert and ambitious students
to a profitable trade. Good hair
stylists are In great demand and
the financial returns are un
limited.”
7TH WELCOME CENTER
The seventh Welcome Center
operated by the Tourist Division
of the Georgia Department of
Industry and Trade will be
come a realty soon. The Center
will be located at the Atlanta
Airport—the nation’s fourth
busiest
CLEAN-UP WEEK
WHEREAS, experience has shown that period
ically a need exists for the Improvement of
buildings, grounds and areas within the City,
and,
WHERE AS, the citizens and City alike are in
terested In the appearance of our City,
THEREFORE, I, Sharon S. Abercrombie,
Mayor of the City of Forest Park, do hereby
proclaim the week beginning June 13 through
June 17, 1966, as SPRING CLEAN-UP WEEK,
and urge every citizen to promote and parti
cipate In programs to' clean-up, palnt-up and
fix-up property needing Improvement so that
we may continue to enjoy the reputation of
being a progressive city,
IN WITNESS THEREOF, I have hereunto
set my hand and caused the Seal of the Mayor
of Forest Park to be affixed this 3rd day of
June, 1966.
S. S. ABERCROMBIE
MAYOR
State Hospital
Now Boasts 3
Pathologists
Dr. J, G. Bohorfoush, direc
tor of physical treatment at Mil
ledgeville State Hospital, has
Informed Supt. James B. Craig
that Doctors Dionisio Pinero
and Jaime Franco have suc
cessfully passed their board
examinations and are now di
plomates of the American Board
of Pathology. This gives the
hospital three certified patho
logists as Dr. Marlo P. Na
varro was already board certi
fied when he joined the hospi
tal staff.
Dr. Craig also announced Fe
derico E. Marrero has passed
his examination and is now
certified by the American Board
of Neurological Surgery. With
the addition of Dr. John W.
Kemble of the Medical College
of Georgia who joins the staff
July 1, the hospital will have the
nucleus of a sound program of
neurological treatment and re
search.
8247,377
Grant For
Transit
Congressman John J. Flynt,
Jr,, has announced $247,377
in Federal funds has been ap
proved to finance urban mass
transit planning activities in
the Atlanta Metropolitan area.
The five counties Involved In
clude Clayton, Cobb, DeKalb,
Fulton and Gwinnett.
The funds are being provid
ed under the provisions of the
Housing Act of 1954, and will
be used for two separate types
of planning activities.
Section 701 of the Act author
izes funds for comprehensive
planning activities for a lo
cality and $122,377 of the total
Federal authorization will be
used for this purpose. The
money Is an Urban Planning
Assistance grant and must be
matched by $61,189 ccmributed
by the Atlanta Metropolitan Ra
pid Transit Authority.
The second part of planning
activities Includes a $125,000
Federal Public Works Planning
loan which is made available
under the provisions of Section
702 of the Housing Act of 1954.
This section authorizes Inter
est free loans for the planning
of specific public works pro
jects - In this instance the tran
sit system - and Is repayable
upon completion of the project.
BS Degree For
Daniel Padgett
, NEWBERRY, S.C.—Daniel Al
len Padgett, Forest Park, was
one of 106 graduates who re
ceived degrees from Newberry
College at commencement ex
ercises. He was awarded the
bachelor of science degree.
Padgett is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. J. W. Padgett, 130 North
view Dr.
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ABERCROMBIE
'AHOUSETIME OF HAPPINESS’
TO BUILDOR TO BUY
(First In A Series Os Articles)
BY RICHARD L. HOT A LING,
Chairman, South Metro Chapter, Home Builder Assn, of
Metropolitan Atlanta.
If you are among those who
are thinking about buying a new
home -— and there is an ex
cellent chance that you are
— you’ve probably already
discovered that buying a home
Is literally a big deal, per
haps one of the largest deals
you’ll ever make. If you have
bought one or more homes,
you’ve probably already learn
ed some of the Ins and outs
of home buying through the
sometimes painful, sometimes
expensive method of trial and
error. If this is your first
venture Into the housing mar
ket, you needn’t be frighten
ed or confused by Ifs com
plexities; families buy homes
every day, and the greater ma
jority find that they have made
a deal that they can easily
live with.
Whether you buy or build a
home, you will be faced with
a series of choices and de
cisions, one of the first of
which is whether to buy an al
ready completed home or to
have one custom built to your
wants and needs. Since many
people choose to buy their
homes ready built, and many
others choose to have theirs
custom built, the answer to the
question of whether to buy or
build Is obviously up to the
Individual. There are advant
ages on both sides, and the un
derlying principles of good
home construction are present
In each.
One of the biggest advantages
in buying a ready built home is
that It Is there when you first
see it; you don’t have to en
vision what the finished home
will look like from a blueprint
or a sketch. You can see im
mediately how the house sits
on the lot, whether or not it
harmonizes with the neighbor
ing houses, and if the closets
are large enough. The fact that
the house is already completed
also means that you can usually
move In as soon as the closing
can be completed instead of
having to wait a couple of months
while your house is being built.
Buying a ready built home is
also much simpler than having
one custom built. Instead of
having to make a series of
choices ranging from the lo
cation of the lot to the size
of the dining room light fix
tures, the buyer of the ready
built house makes one all-ln
„elusive choice: To buy or
not to buy, that is the entire
question.
If buying a ready built home
Is so simple, easy and quick,
why then do so many homey
buyers take the path of mo^t
resistance and have their homes
built from the groud up? One
reason can be found In the term
used In the building trade for
houses built for sale after com
pletion. These are called spe
culative houses or “spec”
houses; that Is, the builder
builds the house to his tastes
and then speculates on selling
that house for a profit. The
builder In effect takes a gamble
every time he builds a house
on spec, the size of the gamble
depending on the market, the
builder’s experience, and a host
of other variables. To hedge his
bet, the builder usually tries
to make his home appeal to
the largest possible market,
the hypothetical average fam
ily.
This is the reason that, ac
cording to the price range, the
speculative home usually has
three or four bedrooms, two
baths, an average size kitchen,
and is decorated in a tasteful,
but subdued manner. It is pro
bably well built, very livable,
and generally very nice. But It
Is also very probably very near
ly average and lacking In per
sonality to fit the special tastes.
Having his home custom built
allows 'the homebuyer to build
the house around his personal
ity and needs rather than those
of the “average family”. If his
tastes run to red, or glass
walls, or pocket size kitchens,
within a wide range of reason
and economy, he can have them.
Since a house has over 3,000
component parts, not to mention
the overall shape and size of I
the house, the homebuyer has !
ample opportunity to express
his personality and to plan for
his Immediate and future needs;
and because he has his house
custom built doesn’t necessar
ily mean that either his per
sonality of his needs are ex
treme. They just don’t neces
sarily coincide with the build
ers’ Interpretation of the aver
age family.
Take the Smiths,' for instance.
They are a slightly less than
middle aged couple, with no
children, and both work. Mrs.
Smith wants a smallkltchenbe
cause she doesn’t spend much
time there, but she wants a
large living room for her four
table bridge club to meet in.
Mr. Smith wants room for Ills
workshop and enough lawn space
for his roses. And they both con
sider anything over two bed
rooms extravagent. The desires
of the Smiths are perfectly rea
sonable, but try — as they
did —- to find a home with
a small kitchen, a large living
room and lawn, workshop space,
and only two bedrooms. Such
houses undoubtably exist, but
since few families are looking
for this combination, they are
rare. The Smiths decided to
build a house to fit rather than
fit themselves to a house.
Nor do the circumstances need
to be so complex. One young
couple built because they could
n’t find an Early American
house with turquoise appli
ances; another because they had
ideas about a particular type of
entertainment area. Unreason
able? Not when you consider
how long they may live there,
and how much money they will
CONTINUE
County Democrats
Set Fees, Entries
To Close June 15
The Clayton County Democratic executive committee met
June 4 for the purpose of setting rules and fees for candid
ates in the Sept. 14 Democratic Prlmarv Election.
Entries are open until 5 p.m.
June 15. This date is concur
rent with the closing date for
state-wide races. The commit
tee set the following fees:
County School Superintendent,
$900; Members Board of Edu
cation, sl2; Democratic execu
tive committee members, $lO.
There will be elected in the
Primary two members of the
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put in tfie nouse.
Whether it would be more eco
nomical to build or to buy de
pends largely on the individual.
If the homebuyer knows what
he wants, has a reasonable
amount of willpower, and is
willing to spend some time
studying his alternatives, he
may well come out several
hundred dollars ahead by build
ing instead of buying a similar
house already built. But if eco
nomy is the primary reason for
building, the homebuyer should
be careful. Many homebuyers
with the thriftiest of intentions
have discovered too late that
the S6O extra for colored bath
room fixtures, and the $2 per
door additional charge for a
special door, plus a few other
sms 11 items have mounted up
to several hundred dollars and
their economy was blown to
the winds.
For economy’s sake, the
homebuyer should first find out
from the builder where he can
save money without hurting the
quality of his house. Avoid, at
all costs, the idea of saving
money on construction mem
bers because “you can’t see
them”. As most builders will
tell you, the nickles saved on
the hidden parts of the house
:d ON PAGE 3
Board of Education from the
Forest Park district and two
members from the North Clay
ton district.
Two members of the County
Democratic executive commit
tee will be elected from each
of the nine militia districts
in the county. Candidates may
qualify with the committee se
cretary at room 301, Court
house, Jonesboro.