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BONDS FOR THREE--Jackie Anne Clark, Charles Curtis
(Chuck) Clark, and Renee Cobb are all smiles as they receive
their $25 U.S. Savings Bonds from John Knox, Forest Park
Athletic Association president. Jackie and Chuck, children of
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Clark, 133 Oakdale Drive, Forest Park, won
their bonds for barbecue ticket sales for Opening Day. Renee,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Cobh, Rt. 2, Slate Road, Ellen
wood, received her bond for the Miami Vacation ticket sales.
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BECAUSE MRS. HAZEL MCGRAW couldn’t resist the sales
pitch of a little girl in baseball uniform she is the winner of a
Miami vacation for two, given away by the Forest Park Athletic
Association on Opening Day. John Knox, president, is showing
Mrs. McGraw a brochure of the Waikiki Beach resort motel
where she and hubby David will vacation for a week. Mr. and
Mrs. McGraw reside at 125 Valley View Dr., Forest Park.
PHOTO BY BEN PECE
Don’t Despair. Bunnies
Are Coming Sunday
There we were, all geared
for what was shaping up as the
event of the year, when old
Jupiter Pluvious just didn’t feel
like cooperating! That’s the
trouble with those gods, they
don’t think like people!
So, soaked to the gills, we stood
there, especially the men,
gnawing their nails and watch
ing the sky, hoping for a few
rays of sunshine to ward off
the ominous clouds that ho
vered, and hovered, and ho
vered, but alas! The rains
came anyway. Some said they
thought it was trying to break
the record of 40 days and 40
nights, and it darned near did.
(Or did it just seem like that
because school’s out?)
Anyhow, Ticket Holders
Anonymous, your tickets are
good, for the Bunnies are still
coming to Morrow, bless their
little cotton-tails! They’ll be
here Sunday, June 11, at 4
p.m. for the longer-await
ed event. (And won’t we all be
glad!)
Radio station WTJH is coming
out to tape the play-by-play
description to be called by Bud
Walker of that station, and it
will be broadcast at a later time.
Wendell Watterson, “The Coun
try Boy” known and loved by all
in these parts, has kindly con
sented to umpire for us, or
whatever else we can find for
him to do. (Better watch out,
Wendell. That’s a pretty gen
eralized offer you’ve made
there!)
Sandwich
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Ofd Jliyluuay 41 ol Partner A W]arket /^hone 366-6549 WITH US!
_COVERING gmpßO. MORROW. LAKE CITY. RIVERDALE.REX AND ALL OF CLAYTON COUNTY
Now, just you wait, Charlie
Brown, your day will come!
We’re going to scare away this
nasty old rain if it’s the last
thing we do, and it won’t be!
Why? Because we’re the Mor
row-Lake City Recreation As
sociation and "nothin’ can stop
us now!”
Osps! Don’t forget...the Dy
namic V will entertain from
3 to 4 p.m. on the field. Your
tickets (or money) are still
good, so come on out!
S.J.
2 Girls on GSW
Student Council
AMERICUS—The student body
of Georgia Southwestern Col
lege recently elected officers
for the 1967-68 Student Coun
cil and for the sophomore, jun
ior and senior classes. They
include: Sophomore class, vice
president, Darla McDonald,
and secretary-treasurer Mar
sle Martin, Jonesboro.
Miss McDonald is a graduate
of Jonesboro High. She is a
psychology major at Southwes
tern. Her parents are Mr. and
Mrs. Harold F. McDonald, El
lenwood, Ga. Miss Martin
finished Jonesboro High and is
an English major. She has made
many appearances, in person
and on radio and television, as
one of The Top Twenty, spec
ial GSC choral ensemble. Mrs.
Carolyn Martin, Jonesboro, is
her mother.
ie Forest Park News
VEO TO PROGRESS AND SIKVICC IN CLAYTON COUNTY
GUY LINES
BY GUY BUTLER
Fay To End It
Although the Middle East si
tuation is so “fluid” as this
is written on
a Wednesday
morning — al
most too fluid
to hazard any
kind of a guess
—this depart
ment would
like to suggest
that if the
peace-making
powers that be
are really in-
teres ed in restoring peace, why
r not jue‘ keep hands off for a
; couple nr three days?
I” The way the Israelis were •
moving in the first 48 hours
or so they will see that there
is a cessation of hostilities.
- By the simple routine of whip
ing all their adversaries.
What could be simpler?
This corner cannot help but
admire the Israelis for the
swift, efficient and courageous
manner in which they have gone
about this task of disposing of
the dozen or more nations ar
rayed against them. And admire
their spunk in standing up to
them, asking no quarter and
giving no quarter.
The way it looks from here It
is not important who fired the
first shot—maybe it WAS Is
rael. So what? If you were con
fronted by armies of ^coun
tries and you were alone, and
their head man (Nasser) had
stood right up to TV and de
clared it was their intention
of “destroying Israel” would
n’t you put your index finger to
the trigger? I would. The hour
was so late—that is, the shoot
ing was so near—when Nasser
made that statement of brag
gadocio, nothing could have
stopped a war then. Not even
the UN, it appears. . .
Nasser has been spoiling to
get at Israel for the embarass
ment the Jewish nation has
caused him in previous con
frontations.
Nasser has not endeared him
self to the Western World by
the way he grabbed the Suez
Canal and took it over for him
self and Egypt, nor just recent
ly in closing the Gulf of Aquaba
and the straits of Tlran.
Nor has Abdel Gamel proved
his friendship for the U.S., Bri
tain and France, but he has for
Russia. That’s enought to put
him off limits to our side.
On the other hand Israel.
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SNAKE (S) ALIVE!—WeII, It
is alive, right there in the
arms of Tommy Victor. But the
kicker Is that it’s a king snake
and non-polsonous. The king
rightfully deserves his title.
He’s the guy—the only one
known—that can make a rat
tler do the frug and the watusi
at the same time. Anyway,
Tommy, son of the Walter Vic
tors who live at 2745 Dodson
Lee Drive, East Point, is 12
and a snake fancier who enjoys
all animals and fish and nature.
I He has an aquarium. He col
! lects animals for pets, also
cactus and rocks and Indian
relics. Tommy likes garden
ing and even had a few toma
toes on his vines recently de
spite the weather. Young Victor
has just finished the sixth grade
at Oaknoil school and plans to
_ become an archaeologist.
JFOREST PARK, GA., THURSDAY, JUNE 8, 1967
MORROW ON MARK. . .READY TO GO!
RR Beautification
Work Begins Soon
BY IDA FRANCES BUTLER
“Where there is no vision, the
people perish...” Coupling vi
sion with enterprise Morrow
Junior Woman’s Club, the Ki
wanls Club and the Lions Club
of Morrow formed a collective
venture to improve the esthetic
scenic appearance of the town’s
main thoroughfare.
Identifying the railroad tracks
that traverse the entire length
of the city as the most of
fensive to the eye, they took
the Initiative in setting up a
feasible plan to beautify the
railroad right-of-way, to create
-a more harmonious blending
with its beautiful homes,
churches and landscaped, well
colffed lawns.
Outlining a comprehensive
plan to the Parks and Recrea
tion Commission of the City of
Morrow two years ago (June,
1965) they won enthusiastic ap
proval of the proposed Improve
ment Project. Feeling that It
was the desire of the entire
populace, Bob Kerr of the P&R
Dept, announced, “The City is
pleased to unite with the civic
groups in promoting the pro
gram.”
In cooperation with the clubs’
benefit barbecue July 24, 1965,
the city sponsored a street
dance at which donations were
accepted and the proceeds from
the combined barbecue-dance
netted the project approximate
ly S4OO.
Another fund-raising drive, a
chicken dinner, was held at the
Morrow Elementary school in
May of tills year when more
than S3OO was raised. The Mor
row Junior Woman’s Club Pub
lic Affairs Department sold
flags and contributed $149 from
the sale, the club also contri
buted SIOO from its treasury to
the Mortow community Im
provement Project.
Planning and engineering the
entire project from scratch,
with no special skills but with
tremendous civic pride, the
group’s unflagging, methodical
efforts have produced re
sults they are eager to reveal.
After a number of sessions
with officials of the city, county,
state and Southern Railway Sys
tem, approvals from each of
the following were granted:
State Highway Dept., Southern
Railway System and the City
of Morrow.
After contacting professionals
to form an impact study group
to assess the cost, the land use,
the urban design, a scale model
was prepared by David Cheaves
and is on exhibit for everyone
to see at his home, 117 Pa
tricia Dr., Morrow.
To bring to completion the dar
ing plan to reshape Morrow’s
future will Involve the active
participation of the entire ci
tizenry. By action or Inaction,
one’s environment is influen
ced.
Highlight of the plan is a
scenic tree-lined border begin
ning south atLakeJHarbln-Mor-
Woodward Scholarship
Won by Morrow Boy
Preston Parrish, a recent six
th-grade graduate of Morrow
Elementary school, has won a
scholarship to Woodward Aca
demy, formerly GMA. Preston
participated In extensive tests
at the academy with junior high
children and scored the top
grade on all the tests. He was
also one of the top three stu
dents at Morrow school the past
several years.
In a letterfromJ.W.C. McKay,
registrar of the Academy,
Preston was told...“We congra
tulate you, your parents, your
school, and all organizations
that helped you develop into a
most promising young man....
You have been endowed by your
Maker with mental and physical
strength. Your family and as
sociates have helped you deve
lop good conduct, personality
and social graces. Having re
ceived these natural and social
blessings from your God, your
row roads and Highway 64, ana
continuing north through town
along the highway to Morrow
Presbyterian Church. Land
^caped grounds around the
tracks at the city’s lone traffic
light, planters, walkways, a
small shelter to await the bus,
and a monument for the City of
Morrow. Selecting this site was
because of its prominence and
also Its easy access to either
side of the town that encom
passes the tracks.
From four separate blds the
contract was let to low bidder
William Haynie, general con
tractor, of Morrow.
Requiring five phases to com
plete the project, each will be
tackled in its turn as the funds
are raised.
The first stage is paving and
concrete curbs at a cost of SBO6.
With this money already In the
till, they’re hoping to start
working anyday. The second
phase, the shed and monument
at a cost of $1,029. Walkways,
planters and additional concrete
work, the third phase will cost
$1,111; the fourth, rough
grading at S9O. These first four
phases will total $3,036.
For the fifth and final phase,
landscaping and planting, there
is no bld as yet. The com
mittee is waiting to see the end
results before committing to
either native wild flowers and
shrubbery or to more refined
planting.
Aside from the rising social
consciousness of Improving the
community Is the practical en
hancement of land value. Busi
ness, which provides employ
ment as well as revenue, Is at
tracted to affluent locales where
consumers are continually
seeking higher standards of liv
ing, providing a healthy climate
for the marketing of Its goods
and services.
Merchants will be asked to join
the beautification crusade by
prettylng-up their establish
ments.
Feeling that they have some
thing worthwhile to sell to the
freeholders, the group is con
fident of a successful fund-rais
ing drive to launch into Its se
cond phase of transform!ng what
they see in the scale model into
a reality.
Quietly and confidently this de
dicated group has worked to
benefit the community and they
are hoping for a keystone grant
from a wealthy philanthropist
for the rest of Morrow’s town
folk to equal the amount donat
ed. All donors are welcome,
and if you (the reader) wish to
have a personal part in the
program by contributing please
call one of the three Commun
ity Improvement Project Chair
men: Mrs. Eleanor Spelr, of
the Morrow Junior Woman’s
Club, 366-8764; Ernest Duffey,
Morrow Kiwanls, 366-0988, or
Carl Welden, Lions Club, 366-
4235.
country, and your family, It
becomes your duty to work to the
best of your ability, lead a clean
life and grow into the kind of
man who will give back to
society more than he has re
ceived.”
The scholarship will be renew
ed annually as long as Preston
maintains his high average.
Preston is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Bruce E. Parrish, 123
Pleasant Valley Drive, Mor
row. Mr. Parrish is employed
by Piedmont Airlines.
Thompson Speaks
To Massey Grads
Fletcher Thompson, U.S. Con
gressman from the fifth dis
trict of Georgia, will be the
commencement speaker at gra
duation ceremonies by Massey
Junior College Saturday, June
10, In the auditorium of Thea
ter Atlanta.
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COMING EVENTS CAST THEIR SHADOWS BEFORE, THEM
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TRANSFORMING WHAT THEY SEE IN THIS SCALE MODEL INTO REALITY SOON
Clayton Students
Get State Degrees
Georgia State College awarded 580 degrees at its
spring graduation exercises held at the Atlanta mu
nicipal auditorium on Sunday, May 28. This included
71 degrees to persons wo had earned masters di
plomas. The college did not award any doctorates at
the commencement. i
Dr. John Champion, presi
dent of Florida State Uni
versity, was commencement
speaker.
A masters degree in busi
ness administration was
awarded to Forest Park
scholar, John Barry Warner,
of 115 Waldrop Drive.
Forest Park and Clayton
County residents who re
ceived bachelor degrees at
the GSC commencement last
week are Bachelor of Arts:
Mary Elizabeth Hood, 6091
S. Expressway, Jonesboro;
Marsha Frances Lawrence,
107 Lake Jodeco, Jonesboro;
Jane Beasley Waldrop, 2425
Sherwood Drive. Jonesboro.
Bachelor of Business Admin
istration, William H. Allman,
Jr., 213 Stayman Drive, Riv
erdale; Richard Anderson
111, 144 Georgia Avenue, For
est Park; Donald Ronald
Brooks, 1913 Robertson Road,
Conley: Kenneth Gibson
Burton, 302 Kennesaw Drive.
Forest Park; William C.
Crane, 104 Flamingo Way,
Morrow; Robert David Law
son, 129 Dunmoor Drive,
Jonesboro; Clifford Larry
McDaniel, 115 Waldrop
Drive, Forest Park: Ronald
Conrad Medeiros. 290 Cam
elot Parkway, Jonesboro:
Charles Ozwell Smith. 106
Montclair Drive, Forest
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NUMBER 20
Sgt. Shanley Now
Staff Sergeant
CAMP FRIENDSHIP, KORAT,
Thailand—Sgt. James C. Shan
, ley, husband of Mrs. Brenda
Shanley, who resides with her
parents in Morrow, Ga., was
recently promoted to the rank
of S/Sgt. SSG Shanley, who ar
rived overseas March 9, is
serving with the 511th General
Supply Co. Korat, as a ware
house supervisor. Shanley at
tended East High school in Ro
chester, N.Y., and was last at
tached to the 74th Engineer Co.,
Atlanta Army Depot, Forest
Park, Ga.
, rark; Charles Nathan
Sparks, 6841 Sherwood Drive,
Riverdale - William Lewis
Sweatt, 5555 S. Expressway,
1 Jonesboro; Donald H. Voyles,
j 139 Valley Hill Road, River
dale.
Bachelor of Science: Eric
White Hearn, 102 Sweetbriar
Lane, Forest Park; Hoke S.
Thomas, Route No. 1, Forest
i Park.