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COVERING JONESBORO, MORROW. LAKE CITY. RIVERDALE. REX AND ALL OF CLAYTON COU^T^^^[
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ning July 24, 1967, $1, 5 0 for ads not
more than 20 words. Extra words 5?
per word. Phone numbers count as
two words. Classified Deadline: Tues
day Noon Before Each Issue.
PHONE 366—3080
10 CENTS PER COPY
Next Thursday, December 7, will be a memorable date
for Clayton Countians and hundreds in the fringe counties.
That is the day on which your two favorite weekly news
papers— The Forest Park Free Press and Clayton County
News and Farmer, and The Forest Park News--will be
officially combined and come to you as one package.
For years you have been accustomed to receiving your
Free Press on Tuesday and your News on Thursday, both
representing the brightest and most interestingof the news
and pictures, plus features, that most affected you.
In order to present to you the ultimate in coverage and
economy by the most capable and efficient news people in
the area, Jack Troy, owner of both publications, decided to
combine the two into one big paper. AND FOR THE SAME
PRICE YOU’VE BEEN PAYING: $3 per year on subscrip
tion and 10 cents each when bought on the newsstands or
at the office.
Before making the decision, the merchants of the com-
FP CITY ELECTION SATURDAY;
4 BATTLE FOR MAYOR JOB
JOE B. DAVIS, JR.
DA VIS BELL
SOUTHERN
MANAGER
Joe B. Davis, Jr. has been
named Atlanta division com
mercial manager for Southern
Bell. He succeeds M. N. Bea
vers, who has been appointed
administrative assistant in the
company’s Georgia area head
quarters. The company’s At
lanta division Includes the For
est Park area.
A graduate of Auburn Univer
sity, Mr. Davis joined Southern
Bell In 1954. He gained early
experience on assignments In
New Orleans and Shreveport.
He served In Savannah from
1962 to 1967, first as district
revenue accounting manager
and later as district manager.
He was named “Young Man of
the Year” by the Savannah
Chamber of Commerce In 1964.
Mr, Davis was transferred to
the company’s area staff in
Atlanta in March of last year.
He is married to the former
Diane Lindsey of Savannah and
they have two children: Joe,
17, and Gregory, 2.
Mr. Beavers joined Southern
Bell in Atlanta in 1940. He
had held a number of respon
sible assignments in Atlanta,
Waycross, Albany and Savan
nah prior to being appointed
Atlanta division commercial
manager in 1963. Mr. Beavers
has taken as active part In
Atlanta civic and community
affairs.
'methodist meet
The District Conference of the
Atlanta-Southwest District of
Methodist churches will be held
at Headland Heights Methodist
Church, 2147 Dodson Drive,
East Point, Tuesday, Dec. 12,
from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Pastors and lay representa
tives from southwest Atlanta,
south Fulton County, Douglas
and Clayton counties will at
tend the conference.
Sandwich
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FOREST PARK FREE PRESS AND NEWS TO COMBINE ON DEC. 7
In the exciting election for Mayor and Council candidates
this Saturday In the Recreation building at Forest Park
City Hall there Is a likelihood of a runoff election the follow
ing Saturday, December 9, for Mayor and one council post.
The Mayor candidates are
Raymond Johnson, Vollie
Burks, Charles Summer
day and Harvey B. Osborne.
One of these esteemed gen
tlemen would have to poll a
majority of votes to win
without a runoff.
There are three candidates
for the Ward 5 Council post
—namely, Chuck Toole,
Larry Pearson and B. A. (T.)
Ellis. One of these fine men
would have to achieve a ma
jority vote to win without a
runoff.
Candidates in the Ward 4
race to elect a successor to
Vollie Burks, who has re
signed to run for Mayor, are
D. W. Hensley, Sr., and R. J.
Owensby. A special election
is being held.
Council candidates for
Ward 2 are Loren B. Cheaves
and Paul T. Addis.
W. Norman Jenkins is
running unopposed for the
Ward 1 councilmanic spot.
A lively election is in
prospect. Voters will also
vote a straw ballot to give
an idea of what kind of a
Mayor-Council government
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BEVERLY DAVIS
The Forest Park News
DEDICATED TO PROGRESS ANO SERVICE IN CLAYTON COUNTY
PHONE 366-3080
Morrow Gives
Candidates
Quiz Friday
On Saturday, Dec. 2, the ci
tizens of Morrow will elect a
mayor and two councllmen.
Sometime later will again be
voting In a referendum.
Are the people familiar with
the candidates and the issues
to be decided on? To be sure
the Morrow Junior Woman’s
Club, the Morrow Lions Club
and the Morrow Klwanls Club
will sponsor a meeting for this
purpose. These organizations
feel that all citizens will wel
come the opportunity of meet
ing the candidates and being
able to ask questions concern
ing their government.
Everyone in the area is in
vited to meet these candidates
at Morrow Elementary school
Dec. 1, at 7:30 p.m. Sen. Ken
neth Kilpatrick will be the mo
derator for the evening. We
believe this will be a very
worthwhile event for the city
and its residents.
they would prefer in future
days.
Polls open 7 to 7.
HARBIN'S DRIVE-IN RESTAURANT
Old JJi 9 k«,« 9 41 at P^on. '^66-6549
FOREST PARK, GEORGIA, THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 30. 1967
munity were consulted and they welcomed the move, parti
cularly the shift to Thursday. Besides being a money-saver
to them in getting their message over to the public through
one paper instead of two, it offers the opportunity for
them to take advantage of the big week-end business,
pointing up the three most profitable business days,
Thursday, Friday and Saturday.
Moreover, the circulation of the two papers will be auto
matically combined by the move, which means the Free
Press-News will go into 8,000-plus homes and be viewed
by some 28,000 people, based on national statistics which
show the average weekly newspaper is seen by 3 1/2
persons.
This, of course, means the Troy paper will be well out
in front in circulation figures and thus afford added
attractiveness to merchants locally as well as nationally
and state-wide,
MEET YOUR CANDIDATES, sponsored by the Forest
Park Woman’s Club, had the following candidates in at
tendance: (seated, left to right) C. T. “Chuck Toole,
Ward 5; Larry D. Pearson, Ward 5; B.A. “T” Ellis, Ward 5;
D. W. Hensley, Sr., Ward 4; Loren B. Cheaves, Ward 2;
BEVERLY DAVIS IS NEW
CLA YTON JUNIOR MISS
The new Junior Miss Clay
ton County is Beverly Davis
of Forest Park High. She was
crowned last Saturday night be
fore some 350 onlookers at the
Forest Park Recreation Center.
The lovely senior, who lives
In Morrow, gave a dramatic
reading as her main talent.
While the Pageant Is not abeau
ty contest, good looks plus tal
ent, poise, personality and
scholastic ability are all Incor
porated in the “musts.”
Runner-up in the contest was
Martha Currie, also of Forest
Park High and also a resident
of Morrow. Her talent was sing
ing and she gave laudable rendi
tions of “I’m So Pretty” and
“I Could Have Danced All
Night.” Her parents are Mr. and
Mrs. Dub Currie.
Third place went to Judy
Lantzy who also sang beauti
fully. She is a Jonesboro High
senior.
The Pageant theme was "Am
ericanism” and honored the
Gallant Men who lost their Ilves
-in Vietnam. r
FP Girl Invited
Jeanne McKown, of Forest
Park has been invited to join
the national honor society In
history at Georgia State Col
lege, a chapter of Phi Alpha
Theta. The Mu-Tau chapter of
Phi Alpha Theta was organi
zed at Georgia State In 1967.
Its purpose Is to promote scho
larship, provide opportunities
for research and self-expres
sion In the field of history.
Patricia Blackwell, of 320 Di
xie Road, Forest Park, is a
vice president of the Georgia
State Chapter of the history
honor society.
MARTHA CURRIE
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JUDY LANTZY
Naturally, with the two papers combined, there will be
more advertising, more women’s news, more sports
news, more pictures, more local and county-wide news,
more of everything than previously has been carried in The
Free Press or The News separately.
Under the new arrangement, Jack Troy will remain the
editor and front-page columnist, Mrs. Frederick Lee
business manager, and Guy Butler will be advertising
manager, as well as contributing his regular column.
As for the present readers of each paper, they will simply
receive their paper on Thursday, bearing the new name
at the top. All those who are subscribed to The Free Press
and all those subscribed to The News will receive the one
paper and at no extra charge.
WE HAVE AN IDEA YOU’RE GOING TO ENJOY YOUR
PAPER AS YOU’VE NEVER ENJOYED IT BEFORE.
Copy and adv. deadline will be each Monday noon.
Paul T. Addis, Ward 2; W. N. Jenkins, Ward 1. (Standing,
left to right). Mayor Candidates Charles W. Summerday,
Harvey B. Osborne and Raymond E. Johnson. (Not shown
—Mayor Candidate V. H. Burks and R. J. Owensby, Ward
4,)_(Photo by Ben Pece.)
Mobile Blood Center
At FP Recreation
Forest Park Recreation cen
ter will temporarily be convert
ed Into a mobile blood center
for the Red Cross Bloodmoblle
visit to Clayton County Fri
day, Dec. 15. Red Cross nurses,
a medical doctor and volunte
ers will set up the operation
from noon until 5 p.m. that
date.
Andrew Leistl, Forest Park
chairman, announced this com
munity Red Cross project Is
being coordinated with mem
bers of the Forest Park Klwan
is Club, Recreation Dept, and
city employes, Forest Park
Athletic Assn., Forest Park
Woman’s Club, Junior Woman’s
Club, Rotary Club, Hendrix Dr.
and Edmonds school PTA’s,
Forest Park Junior Chamber of
Commerce, Clayton County
Fire Dept, and Morrow Junior
Woman’s Club. These groups
are helping to recruit prospec
tive blood donors.
“This is the first Bloodmo
blle scheduled in Clayton Coun
ty in three years. During this
time, Clayton residents have
continued to need and use Red
Cross blood in hospitals
throughout the area. We hope
all those who are able will give
VOTE! VOTE! VOTE!
Election Day is Saturday, Dec. 2. Polls will be open from
7 to 7 in Forest Park at the Recreation Center.
Going to the polls and casting your ballot Is Democracy
in Action and you are urged to avail yourself of this op
portunity.
Let us--everyone in Forest Park who is registered—be
sure to do your duty and VOTE SATURDAY for the candidate
or candidates of your choice.
Be a True Blue American.
E. D. BURNLEY
(ADV.) Forest Park Sinclair Service.
I E J). (DENNY) BURNLEY
■ 'aW '' Art
this gift of life,” Leistl stated.
As a participating donor
through Red Cross, the indi
vidual will receive a Blood
credit card which protects the
donor, the spouse, children,
parents, parents-ln-law, grand
parents and grand parents-ln
law for blood wherever they
might have a need.
Anyone between 18 and 59 is
eligible to give blood. Those
under 21, unmarried and not a
member of the Armed forces,
must have parental consent.
These forms are available at
the Red Cross office, 816
Main St.
Mr. Leistl pointed out that
"giving a pint of blood Is In
Itself a very satisfying act.
This needed blood cannot be
manufactured. It must be pro
duced and given by one human
being to another.’’ Appoint
ments are not necessary.
THEATRE PANEL
A panel discussion will follow
Theatre Atlanta’s performance
of Who’s Afraid of Virginia
Woolf? on Thursday, Novem
ber 30.
ENJOY
BREAKFAST
WITH US
> Forest Park
Sinclair
Please Support
Raymond Johnson
For Mayor
NUMBER 234
GUY UNES
BY GUY BUTLER
You Get A Break
If you are a subscriber to
The Forest Park News or Th*
Forest Park Free Press - Clay
ton County News & Farmer
you have a
treat coming
to you next
Thursday, Dec.
7.
On that date
you will re
ceive both of
these weekly
papers but
rolled into one
pack a ere. The
two are being
combined and the dateline will
be Thursday each week.
Jack Troy, the owner of both
publications, has long consider
ed this merger because of the
economic benefits to the county
residents as well as adverti
sers.
For some years The Free
Press, the legal paper of the'
county, has come out on Tues
day, The Forest Park News
on Thursday. As a result ol
the merger the combined paper,
the most complete ever offered
to people of this and adjacent
counties, will reach all the
homes on Thursday.
That is the day of the week
most preferred by the public
as well as the advertisers.
Most of the shopping is done
on week-ends; that is, the last
three days of the week. Most
merchants prefer to offer their
bargins in a Thursday paper.
Thus it will work out to the
mutual satisfaction of the read
ers and the advertisers.
In the combination paper, de
livered and sold on the news
stand for the one single price
of course, the features you
have been accustomed to whe
ther a Free Press or News
subscriber, will continue to be
yours. Jack Troy’s Page I co
lumn each week, Point of View,
Guy Butler’s Guy Lines, the
highly Interesting comments of
The Rev. Charles W. Goe, pas
tor of Ash St. Baptist Church;
the Informative editorials of
fered by learned professors at
LaGrange College, and the per
tinent analysis of what’s going
on in our world by Lewis
Llewellyn, all widely read and
enjoyed, will be available to you
right along.
You may rest assured it will
be a fine paper, worth the sub
scription money and also worth
the money the merchants may
put into their advertising, for
the paid circulation will be
roughly double that afforded by
each of the papers up to now.
Georgia is first in the nation
in its production of broilers,
plmlento peppers, naval stores,
Improved pecans, peanuts, and
pulpwood
