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United Appeal To
Kick Off Oct. 3 In
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Clayton County
The population of Clayton Count, In 1950 was 22,872. By
1960, It has more than doubled ar. 1 the census was 46,365.
The experts now estimate the jopulatlon of Clayton at 73,
000 people.
Thanks to the many dedicated
and determined men and wo
men, Clayton County Is making
Its rapid transition from rural
to an urban community with
old-fashioned common sense.
However, In every booming
community with more people,
industry, roads, jobs, even
more money, Clayton County
now has more crime, accidents,
Illness, emotional crack-ups,
school drop-outs—lntoto, more
people-problems.
Prosperity—as much as we
work for It and want It, esca
lates problems, and Clayton
County now, more than ever
before, needs the United Ap
peal to help keep it a good
place for folks to live.
Last year 11,803 Clayton
County boys and girls founc
wholesome companionship, bet
ter mental and physical health
through United Appeal youth ag
encies—the Boy Scouts, Girl
Scouts, Red Cross, Camp Fire
Girls and the Y*s, to name a
few.
There are 11 United Appeal
family counseling agencies
which last year helped 2,957
troubled residents of Clayton
County, including the Clayton
County Family Care in For
est Park which assisted 773
people.
In these affluent times it is al
most unbelievable that 1,803
Redskins Throttle
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DeKalb Bulldogs
The Redskins traveled to
Honeysuckle Park at Doraville
last Saturday to down the North
DeKalb Bulldogs, 49-12.
The Bulldogs kicked off andon
the second play Jackson raced
downfield for the first score
with Slagle converting. The
Bulldogs could not gain on the
ground as Bender and Williams
made fine defensive plays for
the Redskins. On fourth down
they tried a long pass which
was incomplete and the ‘Skins
took over. A fumble was reco
vered by the ‘Dogs but a good
play by Kinney kept them from
moving. On fourth down the
punt was blocked by Wetmore
and the Redskins had posses
sion on the Bulldogs 30. Slagle
carried for a gain, Hudlow tried
a long pass which was deflect
ed into the hands of the Bull
dogs, but they were unable to
budge. The Redskins recover
ed a fumble, and Slagle and
Jackson moved the ball down
field with Britt making the TO.
Jackson ran wide to convert
the PAT and at the end of the
first quarter it was 14-0, Red
skins.
Early in the second quarter the
Bulldogs picked up their first
first down of the game but the
defense held. The Bulldog quar
terback connected with a short
pass on fourth down, enough to
retain possession. Minutes la
ter they Intercepted a Redskin
pass and were able to break
away and go for their first
touchdown. The PAT was no
good.
Jackson took the kickoff and
returned to midfield. The Red
skins executed a fine hand-off
play, giving the ball to Slagle,
who weaved his way down the
Sidelines with growling Bull
dogs In pursuit to score the
third TD. Jackson converted.
The fourth Redskin TD was the
result of a pass Interception by
McGraw. Hudlow passed to
Slagle, who eluded all tacklers
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days of care were given to Clay
ton County children last year by
United Appeal child care agen
cies. Several of these helpless
children were homeless and
many of them are fatherless.
More than 4,000 Clayton resi
dents used United Appeal health
agencies last year—among o
thers, the Cerebral Palsy Cen
ter, Diabetes Assn., Goodwill
Industries and Community Ser
vices for the Blind and the
Visiting Nurse Assn.
Totally, 19,051 Clayton County
men, women and children used
United Appeal services last
year. Your gifts to the United
Appeal make these services
possible. Makes you feel great,
doesn’t It?
E. Alvin Foster, Judge of Ci
vil and Criminal Court of
Clayton County, is chairman
of the United Appeal’s Clayton
County division. Homer J.
Youngblood, Jr., Forest Park,
is zone chairman of North Clay
ton County and Clyde Harrel
son, Jonesboro, is zone chair
man of South Clayton.
The United Appeal kicks off
Oct. 3 to raise operating funds
for 45 health, youth guidance,
family counseling and childcare
agencies which help people from
97 service centers In Clayton
Cobb, DeKalb, Fulton and Gwin
nett counties. The goal Is $5,
715,814.
and raced Into the end zone.
The PAT was good and the Red
skins led, 28 to 6, at the half.
Early In the second half Mayo
scored the fifth TD after nice
plays by Wetmore, Slagle, Neal
and Porter. The extra point was
good. The Bulldogs picked up
another first down and two plays
later on a completed pass scam
pered all the way for the se
cond score. Again the extra
point try failed and at the end of
third quarter the score was
35-12.
In the final quarter, with long
yardage for the first down,
Hudlow passed to Slagle who
raced all the way, Jackson con
verting. The Bulldogs kept
throwing passes and one was
intercepted by Mayo deep in
Bulldog territory. They did not
pick up a first down and the
ball went over. The Bulldogs
made their final first down of
the game then but on the next
play Clark made a key play
to throw the quarterback for a
loss. They continued to throw
long passes but the receivers
were unable to get to them.
The Redskins picked up their
final TD with runs by McGraw,
a pass from Hudlow to Kin
ney, who scored on the next
play. The extra point was good
and the final score was 49-
12, Redskins.
On Saturday night, Oct. 1, the
Redskins travel to Gresham
Park for what should be one of
the best games of the season
against the DeKalb Yellow Jac
kets. Game time is 8 p.m. and
we hope to see you there sup
porting our team.
BARBARA CORNELISON
VETS’ HOME BIDS
Georgia has begun advertis
ing for blds for contruction of
the Georgia Veterans Nursing
Home Pete Wheeler, Director
of the Georgia Dept. Veterans
Service, says. The home, which
DR. BATEMAN, EX-MAYOR
OF FP, DIES OF HEART ATTACK
Dr. William H. Bateman, well-known MD and specialist in
gynecology and obstetrics and former mayor of Forest Park,
died Tuesday of a heart attack in Georgia Baptist Hospital,
Atlanta. „ „ „ „ ....
Ilin n n Hi no n r-K wu
Lane Denies
Petition Os
Earl Cherry
The petition of Earl K. Cherry
to be placed upon the ballot Nov.
8 for Superintendent of Clayton
County Public Schools has been
denied by County Ordinary Joe
T. Lane.
Cherry wished to oppose J.E.
Edmonds, long-time school su
perintendent. Cherry left the
Clayton school system a couple
of years ago after a controversy
with Edmonds.
Lane stated In a letter to
Cherry that he failed to file
the affadavlt required by Geor
gia Law. La; e said Cherry
lacked 14 names >i the number
needed.
After investigating the
names, accordingto Mr.Cnerry
he found that approximately
35 oftha names thrown-out were
because one of the petitioners
was ruled not to be a register
ed voter. After investigation, it
was found that the petitioner was
a registered voter, in the Jones
boro district, and the names
ware recounted and added to the
list, Mr. Cherry stated.
Even with enough names on
the petition, the petition was
Col. Savilla to Vietnam,
Col. McDermott Acting Head
ATLANTA ARMY DEPOT
—Colonel Roland Savilla,
Commanding Officer, of the
Atlanta Army Depot since
July 1965, has received re
assignment orders directing
his movement to Vietnam.
Though his successor has
not yet been named, Colonel
A. J. McDermott, present
Deputy Depot Commander,
has been designated as act
ing Depot Commander.
During Colonel Savilla’s
command, the Depot experi
enced a great increase in as
signed personnel strength
and a greater growth in mis
sion activity brought about
by the war in southeast Asia.
The necessary and immed
iate adjustments made at the
Depot to meet the increased
demand for materiel is cred
ited to the leadership of
Colonel Savilla..
Almost overnight, the De-
Promotion
Tax Fund
Coming Up
Voters of Clayton County will
vote Nov. 8 on a resolution to
amend the State Constitution
to allow a tax levy not to ex
ceed one-fourth mill on all tax
able property in the county to be
used to assist, promote and en
courage the location of In
dustries in the county.
The fund, if it is voted, would
be used by the governing au
thority of the county to spend
said funds to pay for advertis
ing and other promotional ex
penses Incidental thereto.
The Clayton voters in the
general election will vote yes
or no on whether the State Con
stitution should be amended to
create such a fund tor such
purposes.
will have 192 beds, will be built
in Augusta, near the Medical
College of Georgia, which will
operate the facility.
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FOREST PARK, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 29. 1966
The news came as a distinct
shock to all Ms friends and ac
quaintances for until he suffer
ed a heart attack earlier Tues
day he had seemed to be in good
health and recovered from an
attack of about a year ago.
He served as mayor of For
est Park in 1964-65, losing
to the Incumbent Mayor Sharon
Abercrombie who took office
last Jan. 1.
Dr. Bateman Is survived by
his wife, Agnes, and five child
ren. Also he has two brothers,
both doctors, Needham Bate
man and Gregory Bateman. He
was born in Deepstep, a small
town near Milledgeville, and
would have been 51 years old
next February. The family re
sidence is 1239 Sequoia drive,
Forest Park.
The doctor maintained offices
on Main st., In Forest Park
and on Peachtree st., In At
lanta.
City Manager C. C. Davis, who
was hired by Dr. Bateman just
after he took office, paid high
tribute to the deceased. “He
was one of the finest men I
ever knew,” he stated, “and
the best mayor I ever worked
for and I have served under
several of them.”
again denied because the affa
davlt was not filed,
Mr. Cherry filed his petition
with the ordinary on September
8. Mr. Lane, commenting on the
time It took to check out the
pci went from an eight-hour
a day, five-days a week op
eration into a 24-hour, sev
en-days a week program.
•Atlanta Army Depot, in
spite of the tremendous
growth in activity, was able
to enter ito many new pro
grams involving computer
operations; it kicked off its
Zero Defects program; insti
tuted a program to increase
the number of visitors, of-
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DR. WILLIAM H. BATEMAN
names, said that hls office could
ha-e finished sooner but be
cause of ths democratic pri
miry, the voter list were not
available.
ficial and unofficial, and
saw a great Increase in Sav
ings Bond participation—
and all under the guidance
of Colonel Savilla.
Colonel Savilla was active
in the community affairs c f
Forest Park, Clayton County
and Atlanta. He was a mem
ber of the Clayton Cour.ty
Chamber of Commerce a.nd
a booster of all youth activ
ities.
The petition carried atotalof
1,653 names, covered 106 pages
and took approximately 328-
man hours to check out, accord
ing to Mr. Lane.
GUY LINES
BY GUY BORER
The Old Orioles
Baltimore Is the proud and
excited owner of its first ma-
jor league pen
nant in the 20th
Century. It was
69 years ago
that the origin
al, now le
gendary, Balti
more Orioles
captured the
last of three
straight cham
pionshlps in
the old Nation
al Association.
This scrivener wasn’t there
but in his earlier days made
quite a study of baseball and
particularly the teams of re
nown sucli as the Orioles of that
bygone era.
They were a crowd apart, the
Oriole champs of 1894-95-96.
A swashbuckling, tobacco
chewing, beer-swlggling, hell
for-leather outfit that featured
such immortals, mostof them in
the Hall of Fame now, as John
J. McGraw, Wilbert Robinson,
Roger Bresnahan, the Duke of
Trailee; Hughey Jennings, Kid
Gleason, Willie Keeler, Fred
Tenney, Dan Brouthers and Old
Hoss Radbourne, to name the
stickouts.
They won ball games by scor
ing runs any way they could,
by trickery, by hit-and-runnlng,
by spiking an opponent, by
squeeze plays, by tight pitch
ing., .the popularity of the home
run was still 35 years away so
they didn’t depend upon the
sockdolager. Babe Ruth brought
that into being in 1920.
CONTINUED ON PAGE 3
I'hnilaiti. 38-6
fountain High Rims rambled
to a 38-6 win -.er Butler of
Gainesville here Friday night
as Senior Quarterback Robert
Henderson and Halfback Melvin
Griglcy rushes for two touch
downs each. Halfback .Norman
Gamble pushed over for an
other. and Lonnie Norwood
crosod on a 70-yard pass play
from Henderson.
STRONG GRIFFIN HI
TESTS FP HERE
Forest Park High’s football legions are rolling along, with
three victories in four games this far, but tills Friday night they
face a very important date at Kiwanis Field. None other than
Griffin High, which bowled over Jonesboro’s Cards last Friday
night, will furnish the opposition—and it should be stiff—for
the Panthers of Carl Madison.
The local Catshave performed
beyond expectations up to this
point, smacking over Henry W.
Grady High on the latter’s field
last week, 14-7.
While they were so doing,
North Clayton High was yield-
Grady Bows to Cats
BY TOMMY MULLENIX
Those hard chargin Panthers
from Forest Park continued
their quest for region laurels
last Thursday night, prowling
to Grady Stadium for their first
visit to do battle with the Grady
Knights. The Cats found the
climate favorable as they
pounded out a 14-7 victory, al
though the Maroon was forced
to overcome Innumerable mis
takes. As in their first battle
with a city brother the Pan
thers caught fumbleitls, even
though they recovered in this
instance.
Opening the Initial stanza the
Wine and Gold handed the Grey
Knights their first scoring
chance of the evening, fumbling
away the ball on their own 38.
However, the Parkers’ defense
held and snuffed out the threat.
Unable to move and forced to
punt, the Panthers once again
proved charitable, as Morse’s
kick was blocked by Bob Bedford
and recovered at the Panther 4.
Not to appear ungrateful, the
Knights mounted a “sustained
drive” of 4 yards climaxed
when Lucious Gantt wiggled Into
the endzone from one yard out.
Perry added the PAT and Grady
thought it was galloping to Its
first victory In well over a year.
As soon as the Cats took pos
session of the ball, the Knights
were forced to put off their
victory celebration for at least
another half. Covering 65 yards
in 12 plays the Panthers roar
ed down the field, with Tommy
Hutto jumping Into paydirt from
the one. Morse added the con
version, and the score was knot
ted 7-7.
The Wine and Gold had two
more chances to ice the victory
before halftime, but lost the ball
on fumbles at the Grady 9 and
15 yard lines. A field goal at
tempt from the 20 was unsuc
cessful for the Maroon just as
the half ended.
Coming out from their half
time rest the Panthers march
ed to Grady’s 21 before an
other field goal attempt by
Morse was barely wide. The re
mainder of the third quarter was
filled with hard defensive play
until Forest Park started to
roll late In that quarter on
Grady’s 38. Needing only nine
plays the Panthers rolled to the
winning touchdown as Pat Tur
ner took the oval across for the
Important tally. Once again
Morse’s PAT was a mere for
mality and the Cats led, 14-7.
Trying to scramble back into
the ball game the Grey Knights
began putting the ball Into the
air. As a direct result the
alert Panther secondary react
ed with 2 timely Interceptions,
and the Cats were able to get
out of town with their second
straight region victory, pushing
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NUMBER 1.7
Ing to Troup County, 21-6.
The NC Eagles this week jour
ney to Newnan to engage the
team that just wrecked Russell
High, 47-0.
Jonesboro entertains Therrell
High on the Cardinal gridiron.
their record to 3-1 and 2-0 in
region play.
The surprising Panthers run
into the always tough Griffin
Eagles tomorrow night at Ki
wanis Field. If Forest Park
plans to continue their rise
to the top a tremendous effort
will be necessary to down the
mighty Eagles. A win would
transform the Panthers to the
mighty Panthers in the eyes of
all future opponents’
FP 0 7 0 7- 14
F.P. scoring: Hutto, 1 yrd.
run, Morse kick; Turner, 5
yd. run, Morse kick.
Grady scoring: Gantt, 2 yd.
run, Perry kick.
GRADY FP
7 First Downs 17
103 Rushing Yds. 157
4-14 Passes 8-16
48 Passing Yds. 79
16 Penalties 35
Griffin
Defeats
Jonesboro
Steve Goodroe passed for
five touchdowns last Friday
night in Griffin to give Grif
fin High a 47-0 walkover
against Jonesboro High.
It was Griffin’s fourth
straight win and no losses.
The Eagles made 330 yards
passing and 168 rushing.
This Friday night Griffin
invades Forest Park to en
gage the Panthers.
YARDSTICK
Jonesboro (0) Griffin <47»
6 First Downs 17
65 YarHs Kosino? 168
113 Yards Passing 330
86 Yards Penalized 36
•Jonesboro 9 0 C 0 0
Gn 'in 21 7 0 19 47
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16 pays GooUroe). Vance 2 <7. 16. passes
iro.it Goodrnc; ('t umb ’29. pass Hum
Goodnci Martin «27. run»; Whitehead
<6. pass from WeM inon’laiul).
PATS -Prater 5 <kivk>.
N. Clayton
Beaten
By Troup
North Clayton’s Eagles,
without a victory last year
but triumphant in two of its
first three games, ran a
cropper of Troup County
Friday night and was taken
into tow 21-6, to make its
record 2-2 under new Coach
Jim Clepper.
The Eagles invade New
nan this week.
They have beaten Jones
boro and College Park and
lost to Forest Park and now
Troup.
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