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SEASON ENDED, FOREST PARK
ALL-STAR TEAMS CHOSEN
Clayton
Federal
Plans New
Building
Clayton County Federal Sav
ings and Loan Association,
Clayton County’s only home
based and managed, Insured,
Savings and Loan Association,
reports total assets of $9,181,
248.80 as of June 30th, 1967,
savings Increased to $8,601,
035.60, and first Mortgage
Loans Increased to $7,864,405.
48, a new high In all figures,
according to G. M. Kilpatrick,
Chairman of the Board of Di
rectors.
This represents most satis
factory growth, states Mr. Kil
patrick, In spite of the uncer
tainties and changing conditions
In the money market and In
home building during the last
year and a half.
Mr. Kilpatrick continued-
In the last twelve months we
have distributed to thrifty
savers $364,030.32 In earned
dividends, most of which
went to local people, while
helping many families to
acquire homes. Loans closed
totaled $1,018,235.00.
Thrift and Home Owner
ship is the two objectives al
ways before us, states Mr.
Kilpatrick, and the two go
hand in hand. There is no
risk in saving with us, no ex
pert investment knowledge
Is required, and Clayton
County Federal gives per
sonal and friendly service to
every saver. Likewise, we try
to give the same personal
service to those who want to
own their homes.
Another very Important
step Is being planned by
Clayton County Federal. The
large lot at Main and West
Mill Street in Jonesboro,
where several buildings are
being demolished at this
time, has been acquired, on
which is to be erected a large
modern home office build
ing.
Details are not available
ust now, states Mr. Kilpat
ick, but we are planning a
fuilding with over five
thousand square feet of floor
space on each of three floors.
This will not only provide
adequate space for Clayton
Federal to grow, but modern
office space for rental pur
poses. He stated further that
Jonesboro will need more
and more of this type space
as Clayton County grows,
and that the Directors of
Clayton County Federal Sav
ings and Loan Association
are expressing their utmost
confidence In the future of
Jonesboro and Clayton
County in the planning of
this building. More details
will be available soon.
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JAMES C. WILSON
Planning National Convention
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Wednesday, July 5, at Campbell Field the Little League
of Forest Park’s selected All-Stars were announced. Bill Mc-
Coy, president of little League, thanked all people for their
help during the season. "It has been a good season,” said
McCoy, and as excitement mounted he began with the announce
ment of the Pee Wee All-Stars, then continued with Low Minor,
High Minor and Major League. The Major All-Stars will play
July 17 at Sandtown Little League Park in Ben Hill. A motorcade
will leave Campbell Field at 5 p.m. that day. Come out and
support our team In the Ninth District Tournament.
MAJOR LEAGUE ALL STARS
Mark Teems - Cubs
Barry Evans - Phils
Billy Pierce - Cubs
Byron Fulton - Dodgers
Richard Durmire - Braves
Mark Toney - Yankees
David Reynolds - Phils
Daryl Smith - Pirates
Don Ford - Pirates
Gene Moss - Pirates
Don Dalton - Reds
Mike Boster - Braves
Cary Thompson - Phils
Robert Grubaugh - Dodgers.
MANAGER - Gerald Reynolds,
COACH - Jim Davis.
HIGH MINOR ALL STARS
Joe Spell - White Sox
David Stanford - Cards
Gary Jester - Orioles
Robert Collins - Tigers
Doug Whitfield - Tigers
Dean Lang - Giants
David Robertson - Giants
Steve Ballard - Orioles
Harry Russell - Indians
Matt Simmons - Angels
Duane Varner - White Sox
Lee Hinton - Giants
Tim Chase - Tigers.
LOW MINOR ALL STARS
Bubba Mayo - Bears
Tommy Brubaugh - Vols
Mark Newcomer - Chicks
Buddy Kaufman - Bears
Tim Thomas - Vols
Jerry Gentrup - Bears
Timmy Pierce - Pels
Steve Pruett - Pels
Junior Addison - Crackers
David Bailey - Crackers
Steve Balkcom - Chicks
Gordon Free - Twins
Glenn Watkins - Vols
Eddie Henderson - Chicks
Harold Gibson - Ch’cks
Gregory Pece - Twins
Randy Chambless - Barons
Mike Balkcom - Chicks.
PEE WEE ALL STARS
Del Jones - Bombers
Ricky Sounders - Bombers
Terry McClellan - Bullets
Kenneth Fleming - Bullets
David Piper - Jets .
Larry Cosby - Jets
Hal White - Jackets
Jeff Watkins - Jackets
Steve Padgett - Mets
Johnny Miller, Jr. - Mets
Rick Kelley - Astros
Thomas Bryant - Lakers
Sonny Coogler - Lakers
Roy Schofield - Hawks
Keith Caudell - Hawks.
Wilson Maps Atlanta
Vets Convention
James C. Wilson is a veteran
of two wars and belongs to nine
veterans’ organizations and
he's decided it’s time all vet
erans got together.
Recently he took over leader
ship of the Atlanta Metro Chap
ter No. 2, Federation of All
Veterans, a three-year-old or
ganization for veterans of all
wars. Their wives and widows
can also join because there’s
no women’s auxiliary.
As commander of the local
chapter — the largest in the
United States—Wilson is busy
with plans for the national con
vention which the Atlanta chap
er will host here Aug. 18-20.
“I’m convinced we’re going
to be stronger than all of the
others put together,” he says.
“There are 23,000,000 veterans
in this country and many of
them don’t belong to anything.
I think the idea of just one or
ganization is going to appeal
to many.”
Commander Wilson says he is
particularly interested in t h e
federation’s efforts’ to establish
the observance of national Me
morial Day in Georgia.
“We must honor all veterans
The Forest Park News
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The Forest Park Little Lea
gue season has ended and with
It goes a "bit of zing” from
our daily lives. The yelling un
til your throat was sore, the
rain that soaked you to the skin
—not daring to move for fear
something might happen and
you wouldn’t see it. The cour
age of the boys when they want
ed to cry because they didn’t
win, the crying when they did
win because they were full of
joy. The coaching of men who
gave up their free time to tu
tor the boys, giving them the
rules to play by and teaching
them how to play. The coach
ing from the stand on "how to
play” from parents who "some
times know” more than the
coaches.
This is Little League. Thank
God for the boys and men who
brought this "bit of zing” to
us.
MAJOR LEAGUE
The Cubs and Phils tied for
first place in the second half
and played for the championship.
Mark Teems for the Cubs and
Barry Evans for the Phils.
Barry Evans had 13 strike outs
and the only good hit off Barry
was a home run by Mark Teems.
The good hitting of the Phils
took their team to a 6-1 de
cision over the Cubs. Congra
dulatlons to the Phil team, the
coaching staff and parents.
HIGH MINOR
Tigers and White Sox are still
battling for the top place. Both
teams are great and best of luck
as they continue to play.
LOW MINOR
The Bears In first place the
second half, and the Vols, win
ners of the first half, played
off last week. The series went
the limit with the Vols taking
the first game, 9-6, Bears
taking the second, 11-3. In the
third game the Vols overpow
ered the Bears, 6-2. Both teams
played good ball and the pitch
ing was splended and the coach
ing superb,
PEE WEE
The Pee Wees have ended their
season with the Mets taking the
Astros, 15-14, then losing to
the Jet, 18-14. Bullets over the
Jackets in a good game, 13-5.
The Laker, on a winning streak,
took the Hawks, 15-3, and in a
close one that went six Innings
the Lakers took the Bullets,
8-7.
in Georgia,” he says. “I have a
medal which Gen. Nathan Bed
ford Forrest presented my
grandfather and I’ve served as
commander for the John B.
Gordon Camp of the Sons of
Confederate Veterans. I’m all
for honoring our Confederate
soldiers but look at the wars
ve’ve had since then!”
HE SAYS other aims of the
federation are to secure more
land for the national cemetery
at Marietta and to see army
pay of Vietnam soldiers exempt
ed from state and federal in
come tax.
Wilson served in both world
War I and World War II in
spite of being “too young for
the first and too old for the
second.” He is a past state com
mander of Retreads, an honor
society for veterans of the two
wars.
An ex-newspaperman and syn
dicated columnist, Wilson cov
ered some of the biggest
stories of the past 40 years in
cluding Charles Lindbergh’s
takeoff to Paris, the Scopes
trial^n Tennessee, the Lind
bergh kidnaping
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FOREST PARK, GA., THURSDAY, JULY 13, 1967
GUY UNES
BY GUY BUTLER
LBJ Better Leave
That SS Alone
Our Washington administra
tion is about to slap a 6-per-
। cent surtax on
and is also
I fumbling a
round with
the thought of
assessing the
poor old peo
ple on their
social secur
ity.
All of this to
i help pay for a
I Vietnam war
PLUS domestic spending which
Johnson absolutely refuses to
trim down. LBJ and his aides
have steadfastly underestimat
ed the cost of fighting this war,
always having to come back and
ask for billions more. They
continue to pour billions more
Into equal opportunity, which
Is largely a failure, and other
domestic supports that have
been found wanting.
But If he maneuvers around
so that he can tax the poor
old fixed Income social secur
ity recipients the people should
rise up and demand justice.
There is no need to ask Con
gress to see that the public
gets a fair shake because the
Congress Is under the magic
spell of Johnson and his arm
twisting. Indeed, I have been
somewhat disappointed in Sen.
Dirkson lately. I thought he was
our champ and would insist
that Johnson play the game fair
ly. But now I don’t know. May
be I should remember that all
politicians hang together. It is
unfortunate that some of them
don’t actually hang together on
the nearest sturdy oak.
This writer has often stated
that the public—the taxpayers
— must have someone to re
present them. A watchdog over
congress and the administra
tion.
We actually need a public
march on Washington, to de
mand public rights be respect
ed by Johnson and all of his
crew.
If LBJ gets Into the position
of trying to tax social security
recipients he is going to find
himself In a hot spot. Social
security Is revered and antici
pated by those who receive It.
It Is the reward for most peo
ple’s years of sacrifice, for
thousands It is their only In
come, and they’re not going to
stand by Idly while Johnson
and his grabbers start whittl
ing away at It.
Death of Vivien Leigh, (Scar
lett O’Hara) brings back
memories of Gone With The
Wind and Its premiers here at
the Grand Theatre. I didn’t
know until ex-Mayor Hartsfield
mentioned It In an article but
the 1,700 Grand Theatre seats
for the premiere were In de
mand Internationally. Mr.
Hartsfield’s revelation set me
right up ’cause I was there.
Back in Scarlett’s time women
were so modest some of them
wouldn’t even take a bath with-
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GRANT’S JUNE SALES
HERE SPURT 8.57%
J. J. Howard, manager of the W. T. Grant
store in Forest Park, today announced com
pany sales for the month ended June 30 of
$79,781,456, up $6,298,061 or 8.57% over
June, 1966, sales of $73,483,395. Calendar
year to date sales of $386,964,147 are up
$15,165,877 or 4.8% over sales of $371,
798,270 for the like period last year. This
is likewise a sales record for the company.
Louis C. Lustenberger, Grant president,
credited the favorable seasonal weather for
the sales improvement.
At June 30, w. T. Grant operated 1,099
stores compared with 1,097 a year earlier.
A major new unit is scheduled for July
opening in Birmingham.
Morrow Teams
Battling For Trophy
This Is the final week of play
for the Little League teams in
Morrow with the Twins, Mets
and Colts engaged in a three
way tie for first place in the
Major League. Rain, a very
unwelcome visitor at many
games the past few weeks, caus
ed the delay in winding up the
season but this week should
bring an end to the guessing
game as to who the winner will
be.
The All-Star team has been an
nounced by the managers and
coaches and the following boys
will participate in the regional
playoffs for the tournament, be
ginning July 19:
Greg Hodges, Jeff Denny, Don
ald Smith, Randy Jones, Kevin
Williams, Thomas Nichols,
George Loomis, Allen Mayo,
Danny McDaniel, Derrick
Brown, Dolph Bosse, Mark
Swaney, Steve Little, Terry
Malcomb and alternates Terry
Bentley and Johnny Helms.
The end of the season will
be marked by a spaghetti sup
per Saturday, July 22, from 4
to 8 p.m. at the Lake City Com
munity House, Harper Road.
This will be sponsored by the
Ladies’ Auxiliary of the Mor
row-Lake City Recreation
Assn., and it is hoped to finish
paying for the lights on the field
with the proceeds from this sup-
Dr. Barton, Clayton Co.
Native, Dies In Ohio
Dr, W. V. Barton, widely known
and beloved practicing physi
cian of st. Marys, Ohio, and
chairman of the Board of Go
vernors of Joint Township Me
morial Hospital, died suddenly
of a heart attack July 4 as he
was enroute to the hospital to
make his evening calls. He was
69.
Dr. Barton was a native of
Clayton county, Georgia, where
his father, Dr. William B. Bar
ton practiced.
c Funeral services for Dr. W.V.
Barton were held July 7th.
Surviving him are three sisters,
Mrs. Fred (Hettie) Gunn, of
Macon, Ga., Mrs. Dan (Florede)
Davis, of Macon, Ga., and Mrs.
Leroy (Ruby) Cowart, of States-]
boro, Ga., nine niteces and;
Dr. William Vollie Barton was 1
born July 29, 1897, in Clayton
county, near Morrow, Ga., the son ।
of the late Dr. William B. and'
Mary O. Maddox Barton. Fol
lowing his graduation from Ogle- <
thorpe College, he entered Emory ]
University School of Medicine i
from which he received his doc- 1
tor of medicine degree in 1930. J
He served his internship at Henry <
Grady Memorial Hospital in
Atlanta, Ga. In 1933 he was i
licensed to practice in Ohio and ;
served for one year at Ft. Ham <
ilton Hospital, Hamilton, 0., be
fore coming to St. Marys in 1935.
per.
This has been a very succes
ful season for all concerned
in the Recreation Assn., but
we have now run to the end
of the lease on the Reynolds
Road property and have no
definite place to go in the fu
ture. Plans to have a field
or several fields, available to
us through the city of Morrow
have not materialized and there
is no prospect of their doing so
anytime soon. The Recreation
Assn, had hoped to acquire
enough money in the building
fund to purchase some property
but this also has not material
ized.
If anyone knows of some land
available for recreational pur
poses in the vicinity of Mor
row- Lake City please contact
Larry Helms, (who has suc
ceeded Jack Paxton as presi
dent), 366-8297. Approximately
10 to 20 acres is the desirable
size.
There will be a meeting of
the Ladies’ Auxiliary Thurs
day night, July 13, at the Com
munity House in Morrow, 7:30
p.m., to finish plans for
the spaghetti supper as well as
plan for further fund-raising
projects. All members and in
terested mothers are invited to
attend.
SUZANNE JENSEN
■ In recognition of his contribu
tion to the hospital, his friends,
including patients and former
patients, began immediately to
contribute to a Dr. W. V. Barton
Memorial Fund for the hospital.
Dr. Barton was a member and
past president of the Auglaize
County Medical Association, a
member of the Ohio State and
American Medical associations,
and the American Society of Ab
lominal Surgeons. He was sur
geon lor the Norfolk and Western
Railway, and a member of the
American Association of Railway
, Surgeons.
■ The doctor was a charter mem
ber and past president of the St.
Marys Rotary Club and despite
his full schedule was one of its
members to be recognized for 100
; percent attendance. Recently he
, was recognized for his 14th con
secutive year of perfect attend
ance.
He was a member of the Ma
sonic bodies, including Mercer
lodge, No. 121, F. & A. M., Scot
tish Rite, Valley of Dayton, An
tioch Temple, Dayton, Aug-Mer
Shrine Club and Auglaize 32
Club.
Dr. Barton was a member of
the St. Marys Chamber of Com
merce and an associate member
of the Fraternal Order of Police.
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JOYCE STAPLETON, 8, BEST WATERMELON EATER
MELON CHAMP, 8,
DOWNS 5 SLICES
“I've got a bellyache." boast
ed 8-year-old Joyce Stapleton of
Atlanta after she had deftly fin
ished off five slices of water
melon Sunday to take melon
eatin' honors in the fifth annual
Watermelon Day celebration at
the Atlanta State Farmers’
Market.
Joyce was among an esti
mated 20,000 Georgians who
tasted the sweet pulpy goodness
of some 8,000 watermelons do
nated by the watermelon grow
ers and produce dealers who do
business at the sprawling 146-
acre market.
The young watermelon con
noisseur won a SIOO savings
bond and a bicycle for out-eat
ing 32 other contestants between
the ages of five and 10.
Gov. Lester Maddox was pre
sei ted the largest watermelon,
a 74-pound Tom Watson Giant
grown by Luther Odom of Don
alsonville.
The governor, caught up in
the festive spirit of the occasion,
was an unwilling occupant of
the platform for the 10 minutes
it took to get around to the
presentation.
Maddox, who hankered to mix
and^ mingle with the crowd,
commented: “Last year 1
couldn’t get on the platform and
this year I’m on it and can’t get
off.’’
Agriculture Commis s i o n e r
Phil Campbell, whose depart
ment co-sponsors the event, ex
plained that political candidiates
were not invited on the platform
last year.
Sen. Herman Talmadge and
his wife also visited the Farm
ers Market on their way to
catch a plane back to Washing
ton after the Fourth of July
:ongressional recess.
In addition to watermelon,
those who attended were treat
ed to beauty and entertainment.
Both the Georgia and national
watermelon queens were on
hand for the four-hour occasion.
Representing Georgia was Mar-
Iha Ann Sewell of Plains. Mar
garet-Masse of Maryland is the
national titleholder.
Six rock ’n’ roll bands from
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throughout the stale performed
in a contest. Winners were the
Short-Cummings of Atlanta.
Two of the band members are
sons of Newsweek magazine
bureau chief Joe Cummings,
who encouraged his boys to
form a band as an outgrowth of
his own lifelong yearning to
have a Dixieland ensemble.
The six bands were selected
from a field of 45 combos
whose leaders had submitted
tape recordings to Watermelon
Day officials.
Rain threatened—but did not
mar—the event just as it had
on every previous Watermelon
Day. A brief shower stopped
just in time for the melon
eatin’ contest.
"I think this is an excellent
occasion that the produce deal
ers and watermelon growers
have sponsored annually for
five years to promote water
melons as well as allow many
eople to visit the Atlanta
armers Market who haven't
reviously done so,” said
ampbell.
Bonds Voted
For City Hall
In Riverdale
Riverdale voters Saturday ap
- proved bond issues totalling
$50,000 for the construction of a
new city hall and the launching
of a recreation program.
The new city hall, -to cost
$20,000, was okayed by a vote of
138 to 35 while the second issue,
$30,000 for recreation purposes,
was approved 129 to 44.
The municipal building is to
be built next to the present city
hall, but a city spokesman said
no date has been set for the
beginning of construction.
The mayor and city council is
to use the recreation funds to
develop parks and carry out
other phases of a program they
will design.