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VOLUME TWO—NUMBER FORTY-FOUR
DOWN BY THE OLE MILL STREAM, Rex. Ga.—Walter Estes has
spent most of his life in these relaxing surroundings on Mock-
Walter Estes
Relaxing By
A Water Fall
By JOHN CURRIE
Mr. Walter "fetes, who lives in
Rex, is one of Clayton County’s
and Georgia’s leading indus
trialists. He lives on Rex Road in
a beautiful home and his prop
' crty is adjacent to the old mill
pond on Mocking Bird Hill.
Generations of the Estes have
lived in Rex and in the vicinity
of Rex since the Civil War when
Sherman marched through At
lanta. At that time, Allen Estes,
Mr. Walter Estes’ grandfather,
lived there. Then there was
Allan Callaway Estes, Mr. Walter
Estes’ grandfather, and the next
generation was Mr. W. C. Estes,
father of Mr. Walter, who bought
the old mill at Rex in 1887.
The mill is on Rex Road, and
has a water wheel which grinds
Rex Water Ground Meal. There
is a beautiful water fall which
spills over the dam that is just
beside the water wheel. The Rex
Road bridge crosses the stream
just below the dam. In 1918 the
dam, then used, was washed
away and later replaced by the
present stone dam.
Big Rain
In 1887, Mr. Estes relates that
a big rain washed away the
bridge, and the creek overflowed,
threatening to wash away the
mill also. So, some of the men
tied a long rope around the mill
and then secured it to a tree to
keep it from washing away.
Since the women were on on?
side of the stream and the men
on the other, one man tied a
rope around his waist and swam
the stream. He then tied the rope
to a tree and the rest of the men
forded the stream holding onto
the rope.
Mr. Estes, who is one of Rex’s
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Know Your Merchants
Jean George Perry, an admir
able lady, is doing an outstand
ing job as owner and proprietor
of Jean’s Flowers, Main Street,
Forest Park.
When Jean, a graduate of
Jonesboro High School and rea
sonably good basketball player,
finished at the University of
Georgia in 1952 she had made a
pact with a couple of other girls
to go into the flower business.
The others “chickened out,” as
the saying goes, but Jean
plunged into the business world,
and at the end of last May she
had completed her second year.
She has a most popular flower
shop and services not only Clay
ton but adjoining counties.
Daughter of County Commis
sioner Tarp George, Jean is mar
ried to W. L. Perry, who is asso
ciated with Drugs Mutual, At
lanta.
At Georgia Jean was a mem
ber of Pi Beta Phi Sorority and
she worked at getting up ads for
the annual. That was about the
catent of her business expert-
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To the Citizens
Os Clayton County
FROM: ESTER FOSTER
may keep you guessing, but I’ll never deceive you.”—
liugene Talmadge
As your representative in the State Legislature I am glad to
report to you on my activities thus far. As I tdld you so often dur
ing the campaign for election, it is my purpose to reflect the wishes
of the majority of people in Clayton County, in so far as those
wishes are made known to me.
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ESTER FOSTER
YOU CAN FIND
THIS LUCKY NUMBER
Since some of our readers like
it the easy way, we’ll give clues
again as to the lucky number
in the Cracker-ad baseball con
test.
Look for the number 66 in one
of the ads, clip the ad and mail
to us. We’ll have a drawing, and
the three lucky ones will receive
two passes each to future At
lanta Cracker games as guests
of Earl Mann, president and
cwner.
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ence, but she had been exposed
at home to the manifold busi
ness activities of her father
<Aristocrat Farms and Aristo
crat Dairies).
It's natural for Jean to be a
successful business woman—and
she has a fine personality to
match.
> ingbird Hill. He can walk off his front porch and fish, as he is
doing here. See picture on Page 2 for real southern comfort.
Many of you called my office
or spoke to me personally re
garding the tax issues which
came before the recent “Special
Session”. The vote on each of
these bills was on a “roll-call’’
basis— meaning that the position
of each representative was re
corded, and in most instances,
published in the press. It is my
duty to inform any one who did
not see these reports just ex
actly what my position and vot?
was on each bill.
As far as we know at present,
the next session of the Legisla
ture will be in January. If there
is any particular bill which you
would like to see introduced or
any other service which you
would like to have me render,
please honor me with a call.
REMEMBER—I AM ON YOUR
PAYROLL AND PROPOSE TO
REPRESENT YOU TO THE
VERY BEST OF MY ABILITY. My
personal views on a given sub
ject ard- not nearly so important
as those of the majority of the
people whom I represent.
May we all pull together in our
common effort to make Clayton
the best and most progressive
county in all the state. We stand
today on the thrcshhold of a
potentially great period in the
history of our county.
★★★ ★ ★
Fores! Park Jaycees
To "Gel Ou! the Vole"
Forest Park Jaycees will spon
sor a “Get out the vote” cam
paign as part of the national
Jaycees program between now
and the general election in 1956,
newly elected President Seth A.
Youngblood announced this
week.
Youngblood said local Jaycees
hoped to do as other Jaycee clubs
elsewhere do, map a long-term
campaign of getting votes to
register and at election time pro
vide cars for getting voters to
the polls.
The Jaycees nationally sponsor
such a program for public serv
ice and in the interest of the
public welfare, and they do not
endorse any candidates.
★★★ ★ ★ ★
South Ave. West Street
Will Be Repaved Soon
The Mayor and Council of Forest Park have voted to repave
South Avenue and West Street, both of which are part of the bus
route to Atlanta.
Mayor J. K. Currie has requested that the county furnish the
labor, and the City of Forest Park will furnish the material.
FOREST PARK, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JUNE 23, 1955
—Photo by Hooper.
★ ★★★★★
IRISHMAN GRANT
DISHES UP STEW
AT WIMBERLEY'S
If you want something good
like Irish Brunswick stew, Irish
> potatoes la Grant or mulligan
- stew a la cart, try Wimberley’s,
s whete genial son of Ireland
» Chunk Grant is presiding over
the cook stove.
5 The Amvets are proud of
- Grant’s cooking, and the joint
i is jumping with people who like
) to swim, ride ponies, enjoy gen
s eral relaxation, etc.
Sirtce the Amvets have taken
1 over many Amvet families are
taking advantage of the exccl
’ lent facilities. The public is in
-1 vited to support the outstanding
1 attractions offered at Wim
' berley’s.
? Recently, it was noted by an
inadvertant error — we don’t
■ make any dishonest mistakes—
■ that Rodriquez was still dishing
! up the tamales out at the Lake,
i What we should have said was
■ that they’ve got a new range
i rider named Grant, from South
> of the Fulton County Border.
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, TALMADGE ODDS-ON
. U.S. SENATOR FAVORITE
' According to the folks who
: publish weekly newspapers in
Georgia—results of a poll tak
r en by the Columbus Ledger’s
1 Editor Harold Brown at the re
: cent meeting of the Georgia
1 Press Association in Savannah,
i Herman Talmadge is an odds
; on choice to beat senior U. S.
Sen. Walter George, Vienna, in
the 1956 campaign.
Answering to the question:
r “Do you believe Herman Tal
madge could beat George in a
senatorial race, 36 voted yes,
j 30 no. Ellis Arnall, linked into
the deal as a third candidate,
ran a poor third in all respects.
■ Yc eds voted George more
“popular” than Georgia’s ex
-1 governor, now a highly sucess
z ful businessman.
; AMATEUR TEAM
, TO PLAY GAME
3 The city’s crack amateur base
, ball nine will play a game with
, a suitable opponent on Joe Engel
. Junior Pot o’ Gold night for the
} Clayton County area Thursday,
July 21, at Kiwanis Athletic Field.
- A big parade will proceed down
. main street to the field.
> Coca Cola, sending two mobile
t units, will serve wieners and
Cokes at a concession stand.
Proceeds will be used for the
r benefit of youth activities. i
Wrestling Here July 15
Southern Will Continue Rex Service
As Public Service Commission Denies Plea
Paul Jones
Sets Series
For the Kids
Don Mclntyre Featured
On Opening Program ’
At Kiwanis Ball Lot
Paul Jones. Atlanta wrestling
promoter, has agreed to cooper
ate with the non-profit services
for Clayton County Youth Cor
poration, and will present big
time wrestling at stated intervals,
starting Frida/ July 15, at Ki
wanis Athletic Field.
All funds collected by the cor
poration will be used for the bet
terment of youth activities in
the County.
For the first program of
wrestling, to be headlined by
Don Mclntyre and an oppon
ent to be named soon, prices
will be $1.50, ringside; sl, gen
eral admission, and 50c for
children.
Promoter Jones will use his
own portable ring for the base
ball park programs, and told the
Corporation that he will send to
I Forest Park the best available
i talent, mainly the topnotch
1 stars of the game whd appear
, regularly in the Atlanta City
1 Auditorium.
On the first program here,
there will be no wrestling pro
f gram that week in Atlanta.
; Any time Atlanta wrestling is
. off lor the week, the programs
. wil be shifted to the Kiwanis
Athletic Field here. The plan is
( for Promoter Jones to present
, the best in mat warfare about
every three months, with the
programs temporarily to be held
’ in one of the school auditoriums
' during the winter months. Four
or five programs a season will
( be held here for the benefit of
Clayton County youth.
Shop at Foster's
In Cool of Evening
Now’s the time for shopping
in the cool comfort of Foster
Brothers Supermarket, Forest
. Park, at hours to suit your
shopping convenience.
Store hours are: 8:30 to 6:30,
Monday, Tuesday and Wednes
day; 8:30 to 8:30, Thursday.
Friday and Saturday. You’ll
find everything you desire as
you shop on weekends in the
cool, cool, cool of the evening.
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i READY FOR BIG DAY—Members of the steering committee of the Jonesboro Merchant's Associa
tion, who are sponsoring Appreciation Day Saturday at 3:30 in the form of Treasure Chest coupons
s good for merchandise, are, left to right, E. J. Swint, chairman; C. J. Wiggins, W. J. Whaley, J. L.
Huie, Jr., and H. S. Cartledge. Lloyd Kent was not in the picture.
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Clayton County Cal
Says . . .
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DEAR MISTER EDITOR:
Seems to me, movin’ aroun’ this hear dry county, like Tom
Cole in a low-flyin’ jet, that hizzoner, the Mare, mought’n be ovtr-
; Big Appreciation Day
Saturday in Jonesboro
The progressive Jonesboro
3 merchants have set aside a
5 weekly Appreciation Day as a
s means of showing their genuine
5 appreciation for your patronage,
i This is their way of saying
“Thank You” for trading and
> buying in their town.
[ In addition to the special An
; preciation Day values they will
• be announcing from time to
I time, these merchants through
this sponsoring organization
named on the front of this leaf
let, have created for their cus
tomers a Community Trcasuie
Chest as a further token of their
gratitude for your continued
patronage. This Treasure Chest
will grow from week to week,
and from it a weekly award wil
be made.
Attached to this folder, you
will find a Treasure Chest cou
pon. You may secure others upon
request at any time from any
of the Appreciation Day mer
chants or at the office of the
sponsor. Coupons will be offered
to all present at the weekly Ap
preciation Day program.
An additional coupon will be
OFFICIAL CLAYTON COUNTY PUBLICATION
lookin’ a good bet in his’n’s plans
fo’ a swimmin’ hole.
I means o’ co’se, that grand
Mare o’ Fo’est Pa’k. He’s a chev’-
olay man, and he’s sho to catch
on, as he don’ drive no hoss an’
buggy to work.
Ifn the Mare will take hisself a
spin on Centrli Avenoo, it won’
take no pictur fo’ him to relize
that a leetle mo’ len’th on one o’
’em holes gives him a exeyvation.
Alius he needs then is for the
water a-’thority to skeet in some
H-two-o, plop down a spring bod,
and Fo’est Pak swimmuhs’s in
bisness. They’s in the swim,
buddy.
V’ry Tr’ly Yrs,
CLAYTON COUNTY CAL
। offered to you every time you
. make a purchase from one of
. the participating firms. In these
instances, the percentage punch
ed on the coupon will bear a
direct relation to the amount
of the total transaction, in order
that community surveys may be
conducted from time to time to
determine the size of the aver
age unit purchases, the expan
sion of the trade territory, etc.
With purchase of $0.25 to $0.99
you get 5% coupon. With pur
chase of SI.OO to 4.99 you get
10% coupon. With purchase of
500 to 9.99 you get 20% coupon.
With purchase of 10.00 to 14.99
you get 30% coupon. With pur
chase of 15.00 to 24.99 you get
40% coupon. With purchase of
25.00 to 49.99 you get 50% cou
pon.
(Permit two coupons on any
one purchase).
Don’t let the merchant forget
to give you a coupon with every
purchase. It is to his advantage
and that of the comunity that
your coupons be included in the
community surveys. And please
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20,000 Readers
in Clayton
and Other
Counties
Station Hours
Are Cut to 2
Temporarily
Southern Drags Anchor
While Central of Georgia
Shoots for Expansion
The Southern Railway System
will remain in Rex to continue
passenger and freight service,
according to a ruling by the
Georgia Public Service Commis
sion.
Recently, Walter Estes, owner
cf the Rex Chair Company and
other enterprises, petitioned the
Commission for continuance of
Southern Railway service to. Rex
and Friday Matt McWhorter of
the Georgia Public Service Com
mission told The Free Press-News
that Southern’s plea to end fa
cilities at Rex was “denied.”
One concession was granted ,
the Southern, that the station
may be kept open only two hours
a day, in the event that future
business does not warrant this,
the station may be closed. But,
in any event, the Southern must
provide frieght service at all
times, and chances are there will
be no c|osjy* of the station. The
qucstdorT f.v -does the Southern
Railway System, dragging anchor
while Clayton County booms, in
tend to sit by while the Central
: of Georgia railroad buys indus
trial property for big-time ex
: pansion?
The Southern has been grant
ed permission by the GPSC to
remove a siding now located be
tween Ellenwood and Atlanta
General Depot, McWhorter an
nounced .
Revalidation
Os Certificates
Delays Sewer
The Mayor and Council have
stopped the revalidation of sewer
certificates in Forest Park. At a
recent meeting of the Mayor and
Council, City Attorney Rex
Reeves presented an ordinance
for the purpose of revalidating
the Northside sewer revenue cer
tificates.
It was pointed out by Council
man H. E. Waldrop that the
ordinance was not identical to
the one previously passed upon
which the time limit had passed.
Mayor Currie told the council
that he felt the ordinance, ns
written, would increase the
water rates in Forest Park, and
that he would not sign any
ordinance that would do that.
He asked the council to defer
any action until a conference -
could be held with the engineer
and the people buying the rev
enue certificates. All members
of the council agreed to the
Mayor’s suggestion, and the
above mentioned conference will
be held at a later date.
Although the construction of
the sewerage system will be de
layed, it is very gratifying to
know that our Mayor and Coun
cil have pledged themselves to
keep water rates and taxes at
the present level.
It will take approximately
forty-live days to revalidate the
revenue certificates, and work on
the system cannot begin until
this is done.
Goodsail Io Star!
Summer Band Series
Ben Goodsall, Band Director,
Forest Park High School, is
starting summer bands in the
band room of the High School
Tuesday, and will have sessions
every Tuesday and Thursday for
10 weeks.
These band sessions will be for
elementary bands, Goodsail an
nounced He is planning soon to
rut into practice his expert ex
perience as a piano technician.
Look tor announcement next
week.
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