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THE FOREST PARK NEWS, THURSDAY, MAY 25, 1967
The Forest Park News
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Many Activities Mark
Fountain Graduation
W. A. Fountain High school
is in the process of culminat
ing another fruitful year. The
Elementary May Day activities,
which were held throughout the
afternoon of May 12 brought
scores of parents and well
wishers to the school. Mrs. H.
L. Emerson, chairman of the
affair, was highly commend
ed for her excellent leader
ship in coordinating these ac
tivities, Declamations, choral
readings, interpretative dan-
Class of '67
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RUDOLPH JOHNSON
JOHNSON REALTY CO., INC.
202 Jonesboro Road
FOREST PARK
How long does
a dollar bill last?
According to the Treasury Department, paper
currency lasts about 10 months. When no
longer usable, it is cancelled and burned.
But according to the housewife, a dollar
lasts hardly any time at all. Her dollar —
and yours — buys less of almost anything
you can name.
With one outstanding exception: electric
service. While nearly everything else has
been going up—up—up in price, electricity
has been coming down. The average price
per kilowatt-hour paid by our residential cus
tomers has dropped from 7.6 cents in 1927
to 1.7 cents in 1967.
Today the price you pay is nearly 23 per
cent below the national average.
So you see, your electric dollar is one green
back that lasts. And electric service is one
bargain you can count on for .. . well, forever
is a long time, isn’t it?
GEORGIA POWER COMPAIVY
Inational newspaper!
" GUY BUTLER, £Df*MR"
ces, as well as mathematics,
spelling, science, art and ath
letic rivalry were enjoyed by
all. The Junior High teachers
were judges for the entire pro
gram. Ribbons and prizes were
awarded to those students ex
celling In these areas.
On Tuesday evening, May 16,
at 8 p.m., the parents honored
the teachers with an Apprecia
tion Banquet in the school’s
cafeteria. The adult classes,
under the supervision of Mrs.
W. W. Thomas and Eddie J.
White, rendered a most ex
traordinary program in the
form of a panel entitled, “Will
Your Child Be Successful?”
This was truly indicative that
an outstanding basic education
program had been carried out.
Wednesday, May 17, at 8 p.m.
the juniors were host and hos
tesses to the seniors at a
very beautiful prom in the gym
atorium. This is an annual af
fair greatly anticipated by these
two classes at Fountain.
Every year, Fountain High ho
nors the athletes with an All
Sports Banquet. There is a re
nowned speaker each year, and
this year is no exception. The
speakers for this occasion will
be E. L. Stroud, the assistant
superintendent of Clayton Coun
ty Schools, and Bayward Mc-
Manus, the newly appointed ath
letic director for Clayton
County.
The letter “F” is presented
to the players during this ban
quet and the most valuable play
ers are given trophies. It is
also at the banquet that the cap
tains for the ensuing year will
be elected by the players who
earned letters.
The Senior Class advisors,
Mrs. E. W. Ponds, Eddie White,
and Milton Few, are working
overtime in preparation for
Senior Class Night scheduled
Friday, May 26, at 8 p.m. The
main attraction will be a play,
entitled “The Parting of the
Braves.” All seniors will take
part. This play is being direct
ed by Mrs. E, W. Ponds. Mrs.
Diane Griggs and MissCarmlta
Moreland will be in charge of
the music.
The Baccalaureate Services
are scheduled Sunday after
noon May 28, at 4 p.m. The
Rev. Warren G. Parsons, pas
tor of Providence Baptist Chur
ch, Atlanta, will bring the mes
sage. Principal M. D, Roberts
will entertain the seniors, their
parents and friends at a recept
ion following the services.
On Monday, May 29, begin
ning promptly at 8 p.m. the gra
duation exercises will be held
in the gymnatorium. The main
address will be delivered by R.
O. Sutton, vice president of Ci
tizens* Trust Co., Atlanta. Se
venty-one seniors will receive
diplomas.
The public is cordially invited,
to attend all these exercises.
For this most outstanding year
of educational enrichment for
our boys and girls, we wish to
express our deep appreciation
to the board of education, the
superintendent of schools, ad
ministrative personnel, par
ents, the community and the
press for their genuine interest
in helping us to arrive at a new
milestone in the field of educa
tion.
LETTER TO
THE EDITOR
, MAY 15, 1967
Dear Sir:
I would like very much to
thank you and your newspaper
for taking the time out to send
ing me the home town news.
It really has made me feel
great to be able to take the
time out and read it.
I would also like to thank my
family, relatives and friends
for the encouraging letters I
have received during this year.
Also for the Thanksgiving and
Christmas boxes.
As of the 25 of May you can
send the paper to my home
address.
Thank you sir.
HALLIE A. GRAY, JR.
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TO ALL THE SWlNGlNGCATS^omf^ne^om^n^
The Forest Park Recreation Center will be the scene of a
real swinging Saturday night, May 27. WQXI’s own Pat Hugh’s
will be appearing with the Atlanta Daytonas. Fun for all.
Left to right: George Coats, Charles Hunter, Dale Stalkner,
Freddy Bowers, Mike Thornton, Walter Miller.
Jonesboro Optimists Hold
Fish Fry and Pool Opening
Proceeds from the May 27, fish fry at the Jonesboro Opti
mist Club will be used to finance youth work in the Jones
boro area. Meals will be served at the Clubhouse on Smith
St. from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. with adult tickets $1 and children
under 12, 50$.
Admission to the pool the 27th will be free with a fish fry
ticket. The pool hours will be 2 to 6.
Sign-up sheets for swimming lessons will be available at the
fish fry.
Miss Ruth Ann Long will teach three swimming classes
June 5-9. The class for 4-7-year-olds will be from 12:30
to 1:15 and 6:15 and 6:15 to 7 p.m. The class for 8-12-year
olds will be 1:15 to 2 and 7 to 7:45. The adult class will be
at 8 p.m. Addlstlonal classes will be taught by other instruc
tors beginning June 12. Tentative pool hours beginning June
12 are 1 to 7 p.m.
WARREN DIXON
PRESIDENT OPTIMIST CLUB
Counterfeiting Created
Our Secret Service
Mr. Barney Wentz of the U.S.
Secret Service addressed the
Forest Park Rotary Club Wed
nesday, May 17, in the Civic
Room of the Citizens Bank of
Clayton County.
Mr. Wentz, a native Texan, but
one who has most satisfactor
ily acclimated himself to At
lanta, gave a talk which largely
broke down to three large seg
ments of his work — guarding
the president, guarding the cur
rency, and some philosophic
asides as to the causes of the
marked juvenile entrance into
the criminal ranks and the ques
tionable merits of some reha
bilitations.
Mr. Wentz spoke of the Secret
Service as having been organiz
ed after the Civil War when
one-fourth of our currency was
counterfeit and when the real
currency was being issued by
private banks as private cur
rency. No one knew what to
look for in counterfeiting at
this point. Since that time there
has been standardized printing
and now knows what to look
for although with the more
advanced printing methods the
looking and detecting are be
coming harder to do.
Mr. Wentz sais that it was only
after Lincoln, Garfield and Mc-
Kinley were killed that the Se
cret Service became involved in
presidential protection. He cre
dited the success of the Secret
Service largely to the help of
a lot of the good people of the
country. He said the Service
has been and still is a small
organization, being helped all
the time by the people.
Mr. Wentz spoke of the late
tragedy in Dallas when Presi
dent Kennedy was shot and said
the Secret Service’s pride was
punctured and they were se
verely hurt. He also said that
since the Kennedy assassination
the Secret Service has been
beefed up to the point that they
now protect the president and
his family, the vice-president
and his family, the ex-presi
dents and their families (the
Eisenhowers avail themselves
of this service, the Trumans
do not); the wife and the fam
ily of any president who dies
in office (Mrs. Kennedy will be
under the Sa’s protective arm
until December of this year.)
Mr. Wentz told of counter
feiting and said that the coun
terfeiters caused them a lot of
trouble in the Atlanta office. He
spoke of the Atlanta of 20 years
ago as being a clean city; and
of the present day Atlanta as be
ing a city becoming more crime
Infested, a city whose crime
rate is increasing from 8 to
9% faster than is its popula
tion. Mr. Wentz feels that a
lot of this increase in crime
and counterfeiting is due to the
fact that so many young people
are entering the field from
lack of a suitably channell
ed outlet for their natural en
ergies.
Mr. Wentz spoke of the fact
that all the “gay” stuff in the
big cities is largely syndicat
ed stuff and is sold and the coun
terfeiter travels from Chicago
or another big northern city
ant then flies to Atlanta and on
to Florida.
Mr. Wentz said that counter
feiting in Georgia has become
a problem.
He further said that from in
formation to which he is privy
that Tallapoosa is apparently
the counterfeiting headquarters
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CONCERN FOR THOSE LOST
by CHARLES GOE
Pastor Ash St. Baptist Church
The newspapers and radio and
television have carried the
message for
the past week
and a half of
three boys who
were lost in l
my home town
of Hannibal,
Mo. It has been
a tragic thing.
These boys had ।
been playing in I
and around
some of the
caves there in the south side
area of Hannibal. They had been
enjoying themselves as some
of the others had. One of the
boys had planned to go with a
church group the night he was
actually lost. The other two
had had some problem sat home,
but they did not seem to be
serious.
When the word circulated that
they were lost, people began
coming from many parts of the
U.S. They began an intensive
search through the innerlocking
caves in the area. They sear
ched every place they could
imagine. For eight full days
the search continued. It cost
the city of Hannibal alone well
over $35,000. Many people gave
untold hours in continuing the
search. Some came from as
far away as Washington, D.C.,
others came from the West
Coast, other were brought in
from many places in the mid
west to counsel how to best
carry out the search. So far
the boys are still lost. An ar
ticle in the morning paper Mon
day indicated there had come an
indistinct odor over the week
end so the search, even though
it has been stopped last Wed
nesday was started again, think
ing perhaps the boys were under
some of the debris.
A new road is under con
struction through this section
of the city. The caves have
been there many years yet Mur
phy Cave was not recognized
by many as a very large cave.
It was felt that it was much
smaller than it actually is and
when they started the construc
tion of the roads it was found
to be much larger than they
had anticipated. Some people
have felt the boys ran away.
This was thought by a number
for a little while, but in talk
ing with many people in Hanni
bal last week it is generally
felt by most of the workers
and others that they are beneath
one of the slides of rock, sand
and dirt that slid down into one
of the cave sections. This still
Is a mystery.
The point I mention is the in
tensity of the search and the
concern on the part of all of us
for those lost. With this much
effort being expended for three
that are lost in this city of Han
nibal, how much effort should
we expend also to find those
lost from God who have not
found their lives and who have
never really fulfilled a mis
sion in life Itself.
If was while this search was
on the word came that my nep
hew, my sister’s only boy, was
killed in an automobile acci
dent in Hannibal. The family
called and asked me to come
and share in the funeral. As
we flew to the area last week
and went to the home It was a
terrific tragedy for each of us,
almost unbelievable, but there
was an undergirding that came
because of a deep faith in Christ
and in the realization that we
knew where Ronnie Locke had
gone. He was a devout Christ
ian, his parents were devout
Christians. They were active
in their church and in the com
munity activities. He was about
to graduate from the Hannibal
LaGrange Jr. College In Hanni
bal. As we arose on Friday to
pay tribute to Ronnie, and as
the minister of the church where
his membership was paid tri
bute also, there was an over
whelming consciousness that we
knew where he had gone, that
God had some plan for him on
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the other shore and that his*
destiny was secure. 1
Some other friends and loved
ones who were not Christians
felt the strength of the family
during this time and marveled
In saying they could not have
taken it as they did had It
not been for their deep faith In
Jesus Christ.
Through the cries of life the
only force that can sustain each
of us is the presence of Jesus
and the reality of the fact that
He has said, “Let not your
heart be troubled ye believe
in God believe also In me. In
my father’s house are many
mansions, if it were not so I
would have told you, I go to.
prepare a place for you that',
where I am there ye may be,
also.” John 14. Surely this as- »
surance sustains us as nothing ■
else could In such a time as
this. £
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COUNCIL SUNDAY
Sunday, June 4, Is to be Christ- >.
lan Council Sunday. Mayor Ivan >
Allen, Jr., will sign an offi-^
cial proclamation Wednesday,*;
May 24. I*