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IcOvBHoNESBORO. MORROW, LAKE CITY, RIVERDALE, REX AND ALL OF CLAYTQ^COUNTyI
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WANDA BRUMBELOU
. . . North Clayton High
GUY LINES ,VGUY BUTLER
They’ve Had It!
The “We’ve Had It” girls
are taking over in various parts
of the country
and soon It will
be a pretty
widespread
movement thr
oughout the
U.S.
And It’s about
time some
thing was done.
When the fe
male of the
•pecles makes
up her mind—that’s sort of
rare, remember—-she means
business and no mere man,
especially a chainstore man
ager, dare stand In her way.
So you may be quite sure that
the shrill outcries and the pic
keting are going to continue un
til the High Cost of Living Is
not so high anymore. They won’t
quit until they can feel the ef
fects In their wallets.
Forest Park and Clayton coun
ty matrons have gotten into the
swing and they’re protesting
too along with Greater Atlanta
and many other places.
A spokesman for the gals out
in Denver keynoted the drive
to get lower food prices by
saying they were not particu
larlj aiming their guns at the
chain stores but at all who had
a hand in jacking up prices.
And at those responsible for
the SI,OOO jackpots and other
giveaways and the trading stamp
gimmick.
Most housewives agree they’d
give up the stamps and all the
other prizes In exchange for
lower prices on eggs and bacon
and bread and milk, plus other
staples.
The cost of living has really
blasted off and gone sky high
under Mr. Johnson, also it did
some of that under the late
Mr, Kennedy.
Worse yet prices continue to '
spiral upward.
Up 10.4 Under LBJ
Inflationary pressures gener
ated by the Johnson administra
tion—the biggest spender In
American history—have boost
ed food prices by 5.2 percent
in the past year. They went up
again In August to the tune of
1.3 percent. If, over the next
12 months, food costs for stap
les continue to advance at their
August rate the Increase will
amount to 15.2 percent.
During the 34 months of John
F. Kennedy’s administration the '
Labor Dept’s Index for retail
prices for all food Increased by
2.3 points, from 102.8 to 105.1.
Lyndon Johnson has been presi
dent for 33 months, during which
time the same index has in
creased from 105.1 to 115.5,
a total of 10.4 points.
Don’t blame the farmers —
blame Inflation. Studies show 61
percent of the retail prices of
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EIGHT OF CLAYTON’S LOVELIEST WHO COMPETE IN JUNIOR PAGEANT
JAN CARTER
.. . Forest Park High
foods is added after the pro
ducts leave the farm.
How fast is the Democratic
administration putting you and
your country In debt? An as
tounding $40,000 a minute! Since
the Democrats took office in
1961 the government has spent
approximately S4O billion more
than It has taken In. Tills a
mounts to going In debt at the
rate of $40,000 a minute or
about $2.5 per hour on the
basis of a 40-hour week.
These facts were presented in
the Senate and were contested
by not one, not even a Demo
crat.
The cost of reaching age 65
under Johnson: Every day 3,800
। Americans reach the age of 65.
Only then do they suddenly real
ize or discover that each $5
they put aside before World
War II brings home only $1.85
In groceries.
INFLATION’S BIG BITE—A
widow or retired teacher, or
a man who retired on $3,000
a year pension after years of
work, or anyone else who began
receiving a fixed Income of
$3,000 in 1940, has been hard
hit by Inflation.
In July, 1966, what was sup
posed to have been a $3,000-a
--year Income was worth, after
taxes ahd higher prices, just
$1,195.1
Chiropractic
Assn. Names
Foley as Head
Dr. Henry L. Foley of Forest
Park Is the new president of the
Georgia Chiropractic Assn.,
succeeding Dr. George D. Step
henson of Augusta.
Dr. Foley, assistant coroner of
Clayton County, was elected
without opposition at the annual
convention of the assn, last week
at the Marriott Hotel in At
lanta.
The some 350 chiropractors
and their wives attending the
three-day meeting heard Dr.
Marcus Bach, director of the
Foundation for Spiritual Under
standing, discuss the pre
chlropractic roots of chiro
practic. The world traveler and
author founded the Foundation,
which interprets through film
and other media, the common
denominators of spiritual ex
perience as they relate to man’s
work and worship.
FP *B’ TEAM
FACES GRIFFIN
Coach Carl Madison announc
ed the B-team of Forest Park
Senior High will play B-team
Griffin High Thursday (tonight)
at 7:30 p.m, on the Klwanls
Field.
DEDICATED TO PROGRESS AND SERVICE IN CLAYTON COUNTY
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JANICE RAY
. . . Jonesboro High
13 HIGH SCHOOL
SENIORS TO VIE
Thirteen trim, pretty and
talented high school seniors will
assemble on the stage of the
Forest Park High school audi
torium Saturday night at 8 for
the annual Junior Miss Clayton
County Pageant.
Buddy Farnum of Funtown and
Phil Kimbell will share honors
co-emceelng the glamorous
annual event sponsored by the
Forest Park Jaycees.
The winner goes to Carters
ville for the state finals, and if
a winner there will proceed to
Mobile to vie for honors in the
National competition.
The excitement begins Satur
day at 8 p.m. when the bevy of
young.4adies will display their
charms in appearance and poise
in sportswear, a three-munute
exhibition of talent (singing,
piano-playing, speech, drama
tics, etc.), and appearance
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QUEEN AND PRINCESSES—Homecoming Queen Jan Carter (center) snapped with her two
princesses last Friday night at Kiwanis Field following the coronation. Left Is Princess Jane
Eberhart; right, Princess Sukey Carns. PETE SMITH PHOTO
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FOREST PARK. GEORGIA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1966
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WYLENE DELOACH
. . . North Clayton High
ana poise In evening dress.
The judges’ panel has already
scored the girls in the first
phase which consisted of per
sonality, character, charm, in
telligence and beauty.
1966 out-of-county judges are:
Joe Dewberry, Imperial Man
agement Corp.; Jane Newman,
Georgia representative for
Olan Mills Portrait Studios;
William Ashby, minister of mu
sic, First Baptist Church of
Conley; Anita Reed, Civil en
gineer, State Highway Dept., and
Lynne Hodgson, 1966 Queen of
Posture.
All of the entrants, who at
tend Forest Park, Jonesboro
and North Clayton High schools,
have high scholastic ratings,
are single (never having been
married), between 16 and 19,
and are of good character, at
tractive and Intelligent.
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DIXIE LYNN DIGGS
. . . Forest Park High
SCHOOL BONDS
VOTED BY 2-1
The six million dollar school bond issue scored a sweeping
victory in the Tuesday election In Clayton County. The balloting
was 2 to 1 In favor.
The new Junior College accounts for $4,900,000 of the total
and regular school bonds for $1,100,000.
Grand totals were: Junior College, 2,895 for, 1,241 against;
regular school bonds, 2,661 for, 1,394 against.
Forest Park lone precinct went 958 for the Junior College,
518 against, and for the regular school bonds 872 for and 596
against.
Jonesboro went 754 to 198 for the Junior College and 734
against 215 for the regular school bonds.
G-E-X Awards
Banquet
For the sixth successive year,
G-E-X of Atlanta will honor
four outstanding government
employes at the Public Service
Achievement Awards banquet.
It will be held at Air Host Inn,
7:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 29.
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NORMA ROBERSON
. . . North Clayton High
Ga. Power
Opens in
New Site
This week the Georgia
Power branch store moved
into new quarters, twice as
large, at 1145 Main Street in
Forest Park, just a few doors
west of its former location
where the store has been
since 1956.
The move is being marked
by a Grand Opening Sale in
which refrigerators, stoves,
washers, dryers and various
small appliances are being
offered at very special prices.
"The prices are very low,”
says genial Store Manager
W. M. Taylor, “the lowest
I’ve seen in several years.”
The new store, which is al
most diagonally across the
Post Office, is a specially
welcome addition to this sec
tion of Main Street. So, re
member the new location
when you pay your next
electric bill. But, in the
meantime, shop there now in
this big Opening Sale.
Bo and Paul
Speak Here
Saturday at 1
Bo Callaway and G. Paul Jones,
who head up a Clayton County
Republican rally Saturday at
Grant City South, will speak be
tween 1 and 3 p.m., instead of
9-11 a.m. as their advertise
ment stated a couple of weeks
ago.
The time of their appearance
was changed.
They will be in the Grant
parking lot.
Ken Prock Now
Newberry Student
NEWBERRY, S.C. — Kenneth
Ray Prock of Forest Park is
enrolled as a freshman at New
berry College for the 1966 fall
term. The student body has in
creased to approximately 839
this year.
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Clayton
Ladies in
Boycott
The chain store boycott by
housewives is widely accepted
and already being practiced in
Forest Park and Clayton
County. They’re organized as
“They Need Us Club” under
leadership of Mrs. Vicki Kemp
of Conley and Mrs. Patricia
Lasseter of Mountain View,
plus Mrs. Kathrine Warner,
Mrs. Martha Ross and Mrs.
Bobbie Roundtree spearhead
ing a Forest Park group. This
latter group known as the
“We’ve Had It Club", met twice
at the Forest Park Recreation
Center, Monday, Oct. 29; 1 p.m.
and 7:30 p.m. 75-80 attended the
afternoon meeting and 140 were
present at the evening session
when Mrs. Ivan Tucker of De
catur was the guest speaker.
Housewives of Forest Park,
East Point, Jonesboro, Col
lege Park, Morrow and Moun
tain View met at South Bend
gym in Lakewood Monday night
and a later meeting was held
in Forest Park.
The movement began Tues
day morning and the ladles
plan to continue it until their
goal is accomplished—lower
food prices. If boycotting fails
they plan widespread picketing.
Some picketing is already in
evidence.
(See story on Women’s page.)
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KATHY RUSSELL
. . . Forest Park High
C.C. Davis
Resigns
City Post
City Manager C. C.Davis, Jr.,
of Forest Park, handed in his
resignation in writing Monday
but at a special called council
meeting Tuesday night that
group failed to take action.
This could mean that the coun
cil would like to study the mat
ter further, or possibly that
Mr. Davis will be asked to re
consider his move. The re
signation is effective as of
Nov. 30, 1966.
Mayor Sharon Abercrombie,
who reputedly was the “man
behind,” could not be reached
for comment Wednesday. Earl
ier he was quoted as saying
“Mr, Davis got out of line.”
Mr. Davis’ action came as a
result of “friction” between
his office and that of the Mayor.
The city manager, who served
the city of Marietta for a total
of about seven years before
coming here, was hired In 1963
by the late Dr. W. H. Bateman,
then mayor. In the last mayor
alty campaign Mr. Davis was the
“bone of contention” In the bat
tle for the job between Aber
crombie and Bateman,
Dr. Bateman belatedly said
he “would run to protect the
job of City Manager Davis.”
Mr. Davis said Wednesday he
had no excuses or regrets over
the job he had done. Under his
administration many streets
have been Improved and con
siderable water and sewer im
provement was made. He also
cleaned up the area around City
Hall. He also was instrumental
in building a new shop area
and buildings to house the city’s
equipment from the elements
as well as thefts. His depart
ment stayed within the budget
and reduced the deficit from
the figures existing in admi
nistrations before Dr. Bate
man’s. It also refunded all
monies and is leaving no se
cond Hen money outstanding.
In his letter of resignation,
Mr. Davis asked that the two
safe locks in bls department
be changed, that an audit be
made of all funds and accounts,
as well as an Inventory be made
of all tools and equipment and
that he be furnished with a copy
of the reports.