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Retired Colonel
FP City Manager
William E. Bennett is the new
city manager of Forest Park.
He assumed the managerial du
ties Monday, May 29, after be
ing unanimously selected by the
City Council at a special meet
ing May 23.
A retired Army colonel, Mr.
Bennett was highly recommend
ed for the Forest Park posi
tion by his former superior
officers. While stationed in
Frankfurt, Germany, for three
years, he was assigned to the
Taunus District where his du
ties included those normally
handled by a city manager in a
civilian position. He was re
sponsible for establishing a wa
ter and sewer system, provid
ing fire and police protection,
maintaining the utilities sys
tems for both the residential
areas and administrative build
ings, directing athletic pro
grams and junior actlviity pro
grams for the youngsters in the
district.
While at Taunus, Mr. Bennett
was responsible for coordinat
ing actions involving a staff of
approximately 250 military
personnel and 2,500 local na
tional employes in providing
service and support to a mili
tary community of approxi
mately 41,000 members spread
over an area of nearly 90-
square miles. The budget for
this purpose ranged from $lB,
000,000 to $20,000,000 annually.
The new city manager, a na
tive of Alabama, was educated
at Balboa Junior College, Au
burn University and Purdue
University. In addition, he
completed courses in personnel
management for executives in
Garmlsch, Germany, and tech
niques of Municipal Adminis
tration given by the Institute
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Forest Park High Seniors
of the International City Man
agers’ Assn. He completed a
course in comptrollership at
Fort Benjamin Harrison.
Mr. Bennett has served as an
adviser to the Turkish Arm
ed Forces in Istanbul! com
manding officer of the armor
ed field artillery battalion, Fort
Hood, Texas; division adviser
to South Vietnam at Song Mao,
Vietnam; division adviser to the
National Guard in Indianapolis,
and was an assistant inspector
general at Fort McPherson.
Mr. Bennett and his wife,
Flora, who reside with their
three children—Richard, 12,
James, 15, and David, 16— at
1575 Beecher St. SW, Atlanta,
are members of the Episcopal
Church. Another son, Robert,
is stationed with the Army in
Alaska. The Bennetts’ daugh
ter, Sally, is married to Ro
nald Payne and they live In
Pittsburgh.
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GUY LINES BY GUY BUTLER
Israeli Can Fight
There is much concern over
Egypt’s determination to wipe
Israel off th*
map and what
can be done to
halt the blood
thirsty Col.
Nasser’s an
nounced deci
sion to rid the
world of the
little country
recreated by
the United
Nations and
the United States a couple of
decades ago.
Truly there is dynamite in this
threat, mainly because the So
viet Union has been supplying
Egypt with arms and ammuni
tion plus other items likewise
Syria.
But, at the same time, we have
been bidding up the Israelis
' with the same sort of stuff.
The dynamics come about be
cause this could be the begin
ning of World War 3.
Well, you remember about ten
years ago the Egyptians decided
to run Israel out of town but
as I recall It the inspired
Israeli grabbed Mr. Nasser and
his outfit by the scuff of the
neck and were about to throw
them into the Mediterranean.
The Egyptians have proved they
are not great fighters and as
suredly Col. Nasser is no Na
poleon, whereas the Israeli are
fine little battlers.
Maybe the thing for us to do is
to see that the Israel boys are
well supplied with all that it
takes and turn’em loose against
those guys. I’d place a well
worn buck on “our” side.
Os course if Egypt and Syria
attack on both fronts it might
be pretty tough. Still, I’d risk
a bob Israel could whip the two
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of them, based on past perfor
mance.
Speaking of Jewish fighting
men they have proved their
courage and ability in the prize
ring. Down through the decades
they have produced some of the
outstanding glove-wielders of
all time.
The list is brilliant. . . Joe
Choynski, Charlie White, Benny
Leonard, Maxie Rosenbloom,
Battling Levinsky, Ted-Kid Le
wis, Barney Ross, Max Baer are
names that come to mind. All of
them champions in various di
visions, except Choynski who
might very well have become
one but for the fact that he
came along at a time when
James J. Jeffries, the famed
boilermaker with muscles of
steel and a jaw of concrete,
ruled the heavyweight domain.
Jeffries was a big man, about
6-1 and 215 pounds. Choysnkl
was only about 5-9 and 185
pounds.
Nobody could stand against the
mightly Big Jeff, who whipped
Jim Corbett and Bob Fitzsim
mons a couple of times each,
Peter Maher, Gus Ruhlin and
indeed all who dared to chal
lenge him from 1898 when he
stopped Fitzsimmons for the
title until, with no more worlds
to conquer, he retired undefeat
ed in 1905, only to attempt a
comeback five years later, at
public insistence, to seek to
regain the diadem from the un
popular Negro, Jack Johnson.
The aging and “hollow” Jef
fries sustained his first and
only defeat, a knockout.
But Choynski had the mis
fortune to catch the powerful
James J. when he was at his peak
and they had three brawling
battles. A murderous hitter,
Choynski belted the champ about
pretty good although never able
to whip him.
Jeff p.Jd Little Joe the com
pliment of saying he landed the
hardest blows the big man ever
had to take. And one of them was
so terrific it caught Jeff in
the mouth, drove the flesh in
between a couple of teeth and
his seconds had to take a knife
and cut the flesh loose.
That was the kind of a slugger
Choynski was. Not all the Je
wish boxers could hit like that
but many of them wrote their
name in lights In the marquee
of the toughest Individual game
of them all.
Union Camp Completes
$lO6 Million Expansion
Union Camp Corp, has just
dedicated a new SSO million
linerboard mill in Montgomery,
Ala., completing the final ma
jor element of its three-year
$lO6 million capital expansion
program.
Gov. Lurleen B. Wallace and
other state officials partici
pated with president Alexander
Calder, Jr., and chairman Hugh
D. Camp of Union Camp Corp,
in dedication ceremonies form
ally opening the plant.
The mill contains the most
modern equipment available,
including the widest linerboard
machine in the world, 328
Inches. The plant’s continuous
digester, 282 feet high, is the
tallest structure in central Ala
bama. The new production unit,
Bunnies’
Game Os
The Year
The night of Friday, June 2,
is destined to go down in his
tory for Morrow when the much
heralded, long-awaited “Game
of the Year” between the At
lanta Playboy Bunnies and the
Marvelous Managers is sche
duled. It is expected to produce
the largest crowds the little
city has ever seen. If you have
somehow overlooked buying
your tickets for the biggest
two-hour entertainment bargain
of the decade all is not lost.
You may purchase them at the
gate on the ballfield on Reynolds
Road, for only $1 per person,
over 12 years.
The Morrow-Lake City Re
creation Assn, has spent many
long hours in preparation for
this game, and those attending
will see our volunteer workers
In legion. The city has offer
ed to help too, to make our
visitors as comfortable and
happy as possible.
Don’t forget, the Dynamic V
will be on hand for the music
of the day from 6:30 until game
time at 7:30 when the umpire
will pitch out the first
“bunny-tail!”
Don’t be late!
COMING ATTRACTIONS
Connie Mack baseball offici
ally opens the first week of
June. Schedules will be pub
lished next week. These boys
play the closest thing to pro
fessional ball this area has
had, so don’t miss these games.
There is a drawing each Satur
day at 7 p.m. before the final
game of the week for lovely
prizes. Donation of 25? entitles
anyone to a chance on the draw
ing.
The Ladies’ Auxiliary has add
ed a few more touches to the
field for comfort and conveni
ence of the fans, such as a
much-enlarged concession
stand, which will serve Sno-
Cones in addition to the regu
lar bill of fare, and a portable
restroom.
Plans for future expansion of
the assn, are well under way,
but we still need YOU! Come
be a part of progress with us!
SUZANNE JENSEN
MEMBERSHIP & PUBLICITY
at maximum operating capacity,
will turn out 800 tons per day
of unbleached kraft linerboard.
Located on a 5,200-acretract,
the mill will utilize some 425,
000 cords of principally pine
pulpwood annually, a portion of
which will come from 217,000
acres of company-owned tim
berland situated 60 miles south
west of Montgomery. The com
pany will employ approximately
300 people at the mill, which
will operate 24 hours a day,
seven days a week.
Union Camp operates four pa
per and paperboard mills in
the U.S., two lumber mills and
a network of 33 converting
plants.
The company’s total volume in
1966 amounted to more than
$323 million.
Jonesboro High Seniors
Colorful PT A Farewell
Party Given Mr. Oliver
Former students, teachers,
associates and friends as
sembled at North Clayton High
Gymnasium Tuesday evening,
May 23, to regale E. W. Oli
ver with deeply felt gratitude
for his 18 years of outstand
ing contribution in the field
of education in Clayton Coun
ty.
After serving as principal of
North Clayton High for 10 years
and eight years as principal of
G. W. Northcutt Elementary
Mr. Oliver will join the Clayton
County Board of Education staff,
working with exceptional child
ren.
Charming Mistress of Cere
monies Mrs. Dorothy Harris
of Mr. Oliver’s original teach
ing staff, set the tempo of the
evening that ran the gamut
of nostalgic memories from the
humorous to the sublime.
Spanning the 18 years of his
tory, students from each high
school year graduation recount
ed meaningful incidents of
school life that influenced their
thinking habits. One student ex
pounded on “D Day” while an
other said, "The friendliest
thing I ever heard from Mr.
Oliver was ‘Tuck in your shirt
tail and get a haircut!” He
endearingly continued, “I hope
someone like Mr. Oliver will
be around to caution my son.”
Each elementary grade had a
student-representative to ho
nor its principal’s regime.
Among the dignitaries present
were Emmett Lee, Clayton
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E. W. OLIVER WITH HIS PORTRAIT AND THE FOUR-FOOT CAKE BAKED FOR HIM BY THE
County Board of Education, and
Ronnie Jones, City of College
Park councilman, a former gra
duate of Mr. Oliver’s,
Clifford England who succeed
ed Mr. Oliver as North Clay
ton High principal and a for
mer teacher under Mr. Oliver,
and Mrs, Boswick escorted Mr.
Oliver onto the stage.
One member of the entertain
men committee showed a movie,
“Inside GW Northcutt.” The
camera was speeded up to
project a hilarious picture of
pupils entering classrooms,
Mr. Oliver smoking and sipp
ing coffee, physical fitness pro
gram and at 3 p.m. students
rushing out, teachers rushing to
the lounge and Mr. Oliver
asleep!
Mrs. R. M. Daily, chairman
of the PTA reception planning
committee, presented a portrait
of Mr. Oliver to Mrs. R. M.
Buck, president of PTA, to be
placed in the Northcutt school.
The PTA also presented Mr.
Oliver with a silver bowl en
graved 1949-1967. He receiv
ed an attache case and a slide
projector besides, comemorat
ing his faithful years of ser
vice.
Mrs. Daily and reception Hos
pitality committeewoman Mrs.
M. H. Patrick served cake and
punch from a beautifully sp
pointed table decorated by a
local professional caterer. Mr.
Oliver was given a four-foot
elaborately embossed cake
to take home and share with his
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NUMBER 208
Lakeshore
Drives For
Members
For the best in recreation
and social activity in Clay
ton County see James B.
Kemp, chairman, for a
membership in the Lake
shore Country Club located
on a shore of Lake Spivey,
with a beautiful view over
looking the lake.
Membership Chairman
Kemp points out that the
membership drive is now on
and will last through June
30. "Memberships are a bar
gain in recreation and social
activity. One of the main
purposes of the drive is to
finance the building of the
other nine holes to give
Lakeshore Country Club one
of the finest 18-hole golf
courses in Greater Atlanta.”
The present nine-hole
course is a very popular spot
for men ana women mem
bers of the club
family and friends.
Before coming to the North
Clayton community in 1949, Mr.
Oliver was principal in Logans
ville. He received his degrees
from University of Georgia and
Emory University.
Mr. and Mrs. Oliver have four
children — Beth, Judy, Frank
and Thomas — three of whom
graduated from North Clayton
High.