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GLUME TWO—NUMBER FORTY-FIVE
Golden Anniversary Celebration Slated August 11
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GLORY, HALLELUJAH!—How to find Forest Park with a few
simple directional signs is the theme above. At right, Ruth How
ard, recent graduate of Forest Park School, stands on state prop-
Signs, Arrows
NowShowWay
To Forest Park
Thanks to the efforts of Coun
cilman Jimmy" Collins, in charge
of roads, signs, etc., people are
now going to find Forest Park
without a compass. Signs are
going up at city limits, as shown
above, and on state property
, arrows point the way to this fair
municipality. State property ar
rows were supplied by this news
. paoer.
For years now people have
been wondering why there were
no signs giving motorists direc
tions in how to find Forest Park.
Within a few days, there will be
enough arrows and signs at city
end county limits, the express
way, and elsewhere, for Forest
Park to be as easy to find as a
lone fish in a goldfish bowl. For
merly it has been about as easy
to find as a needle in a hay
stack.
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Police, Firemen
Sell Ringside
Seats for Card
Ringside tickets for Forest
Park’s big professional wrestling
match Friday, July 15, at the Ki
wanis baseball field will be sold
this week by the Forest Park po
lice and fire departments. You'll
want to support this event.
Only 200 ringside seats will be
arranged around the portable
ring for this first outstanding
wrestling match of a series for
the benefit of Clayton County
Youth. A non-profit corporation,
Services for Clayton County
Youth, will channel all money
into youth activities.
Clayton. County Cal
Says . .
DEAR MISTER EDITOR:
I sorta felt this week like takin’ me a swig o’ good ol’ stump
water w’en I notised them signs a-goin’ up showin’ th’ whole wide
EWorld whah Forest Park is. Dog
gone, Buddy, y’d unnnerstand me
right, if’n you’d seen that pore
feller lost near Rex t’other day.
That fly boy fotagrafer, Hoop
ah, was returnin’ from a spin to
Kunnel Wattah Estes’ place, w’en
this fellow hollered out—“ Where
in the Forest Park?”
‘Toiler me, neighbor,” old Fly
Boy hollered back, and then the
feller, after a spell, figgahad that
Fly Boy ain’t no Injun scout, as
he went a-winding around curves
and takin’ all them by- pass
roads in this here direktun. We’n
ole neighbor saw that sign For
est Park at the Dwa'f house—th’
only direction he’d found — he
| praised Allah.
Now we’s got signs, like Injur errors and remindin' us “To For
est Park—Shop at Foster Brothers, centuh o’ town.” We’uns 'll buy
that.
Vry ttly yrs.,
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Treasure Chest
Awards Stevenson
It was estimated that more folks crowded downtown
Jonesboro last Saturday than at any time in recent years
for the kick-off of the Treasure Chest. Saturday was Ap
preciation Day, with a big drawing following a couple of
weeks of coustomers dropping stubs in boxes and jars lo
cated in the places of business of participating merchants.
Every Saturday there will be 3
drawing in the middle of town,
with Chairman E. J. Swint and
committee in charge, and some
youngster selected 'from, the
crowd to draw the stubs.
Big winner last Saturday was
M. A. Stevenson, retired farmer,
formerly of Rex, whose presence
now in the Jonesboro community
is highly endorsed by one and
all. Citizens of Jonesboro were
proud to see this former com
mercial peach grower receive a
slip entitling him to a nice as
sortment of merchandise. Neigh
bor Stevenson was mighty
pleased at his good fortune.
BAND PLAYS
Music for the outstanding oc
i casion was supplied by the fine
Jonesboro High School band, and
the police of Jonesboro did an
excellent job in keeping the
roads clear and the crowd happy.
Jack Troy, emcee for the oc
casion, told the hundreds of
assembled citizens that “The
Forest Park Free Press and Clay
ton County News and Farmer is
geared for service to Clayton
County, and wishes to help
everyone.” The Editor and Pub
lisher of the combined papers
urged all citizens to Trade at
Home, support the local mer
chants who are the backbone of
every community.
“When the drives for com
munity assistance dome along,
it’s the merchants who throw in
the big share,” he pointed out.
They urged that citizens get to
know their local merchants bel
ter and buy their goods from
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erty near Rio Vista admiring arrow pointing to our fair city. Hie
other sign is at a city limit. Other signs coming this week
them for the overall good of the
community.
SUPPORT FIRE BOYS
Troy also urged all-out support
of the Jonesboro Volunteer Fire
Department for their ..annual
barbecue on Jonesboro school
grounds 12 noon to 6 p.m., .July
4th. He said no outfit serves anv
community more unselfishly or
to greater advantage than do the
volunteer firemen.
Mayor P. H. Dickson praised
the continuing event as one of
the finest things that ever has
happened in Jonesboro.
For a limited time, in addition
to the drawing each Saturday
for tne Treasure Chest, four
merchants will offer special gifts
Drawing for the special gifts will
follow immediately after the
Treasure Chest and will continue
until someone present wins the
special gifts.
Merchants making gifts last
Saturday — Lewis Men’s Shop,
Lewis’ Ladies and Children's
Shop, Dickson Appliance Co., and
Wiggins Grocery.
DRIVE SAFELY,
PATROL URGES
If you are planning to travel
over the Fourth of July, a special
caution has been issued by
Colonel W. C. Dominy, head of
the Georgia State Patrol. “It will
be a three-day weekend this
year, so traffic will be heavy,”
Colonel Dominy states, “and -is
usual, travellers will be in a
holiday mood, many of them try
ing to cram four days’ pleasure
into the three-day period. With
the 4th falling on Monday, a
longer holiday period means
greater danger to the motorist
and pedestrian on our streets
and highways.”
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AT JONESBORO APPRECIATION DAY— Members of Jonesboro
High School Band played for the Treasure Chest sponsored by
FOREST PARK, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JUNE 30, 1955
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BROCK RETIRES
FROM, RAILROAD;
TO RUN BROCK'S
Unless the Central of Georgia 1
jumps the track and winds up in ,
the doorway of Mel Brock’s Drive
In on old highway 41, chances 1
are the old railroad jinx that has
pursued Owner Brock is gone 1
with the wind.
Every two years for the past
six, Brock, who suffered a broken
neck in a Southern Railway
wreck near Empire, Ga., the last
time, has been involved in
damaging train wrecks—damag- ,
ing to his physical self.
But now he’s out of the hazard
ous game, and now is doing very 1
well at his establishment, which
is the only air-conditioned eat- ।
ing place along the “Gold Coast”
leading to the new expressway. 1
Brock has a fine dining room ■
in the establishment, serves ex- i
cellent barbecue and other fine
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Thornion, Gossell
Are on the Ball
Last week County police of-1
ficers Thornton and Gosset
tracked down a hit-and-run car
within two hours after the oc
curcnce with nothing to go on
except the color and make of
car.
Mr; Jessie McElfresh was side
swiped in her automobile by a
speeding motorist who didn’t
stop. It happened so fast that
Mrs. McElfresh did not get &
very good look at the driver nor
the car but she did get the color
and make of the car. It was later
discovered that the car was
stolen and the thief was driv
ing the car. However, the owner
paid for all damages.
Although the car was aban
doned by the thief when found,
it is remarkable how quick the
Clayton County officers found
the vehicle with so few clues to
go on.
SOCIAL SECURITY
Effective July 5, the Atlanta
Social Security Office will be
back in a downtown location
Joseph R. Murphy, District Man
ager, announces. The new ad
dress will be 265 Peachtree
Street, Northeast, near Baker
Street.
Amvets Offer Dancing for County Youth
Teen-Agers
At Wimberley
Every Tuesday
‘Teen-Age Tavern’ Mommas,
Papas Asked to Serve As
Chaperons for Project
Ainvets Club, now running
Wimoerley’s, announces through
Manager Chunk Grant, former
Marine and U. of South Carolina
football player, that each Tues
day night will be Teen Age Tav
ern night, when dancing, prop
erly chaperoned, will be “on the
house.”
Grant has arranged for three
ladies to serve as chaperones for
the first dance Tuesday, 7:30 to
11, when the nicoloden is turned
off, and the evening’s fun is
terminated.
Each week a new group of
ladies will be asked to chaperone
the dances. All parents, and ail
youngsters in Clayton County,
are invited to attend the dances.
However, only the children
will be allowed to dance. Par
ents must sit on the sidelines.
Grant long has been interest
ed in helping youth, and he and
the Amvets believe this will
supply wholesome recreation for
the youngster of the County each
week. Refreshments will oe
served at a nominal charge.
So make your plans, parents,
to accompany your youngsters to
Teen Age Tavern, Wimberley’s,
next Tuesday night for the first
of a series of dancing enjoyment.
SIOO Reward For*
Watermelon Thieves
The Free Press-Clayton
County News and Farmer of
fers SIOO reward for the ap
prehension and conviction of
the Brieves who stole about
29 watermelons from the
Kiwanis Watermelon stand
early Saturday morning. This
is the fourth time the stand
has been raided, one group
was caught.
We urged anyone knowing
the names or whereabouts of
the thieves contact this of
fice or Chief R. M. Butler,
and in the future, when the
stand is closed, please note
the license number of the
car or cars and notify the
police department immediate
ly. The money from the sale
of melons is used to pay for
the Kiwanis Athletic Field
and the Little League and
allied youth activities.
Anyone stealing the profits
of the melon stand under
these circumstances is a
pretty lousy individual or in
dividuals, and should be
prosecuted.
KAY REPLACED AS
A I. G. SECRETARY
ATLANTA—The Board of Di
rectors of the Associated Indus
tries of Georgia has elected Staff
Counsel Foy L. Hood of Atlanta
as Secretary succeeding Lamb--
din Kay who has retired, accord
ing to an announcement by
Chairman Charles K. Lovejoy,
executive vice president of
Scripto, Inc., here.
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Joneibcro merchants last Saturday. Center, Lynn Betsill drrws
a coupon for Chairman E. J. Swint. Others on truck, Lloyd Kent,
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Blassie, Gossett Team
Against Mclntyre Boys
An Australian tag team match, with Southern Heavy
weight Champion Freddy Blassie teaming; with Ed Gossett
against the famed Mclntyre brothers, Don and Red, will
feature Forest Park’s first big-time wrestling program Fri
day night, July 12, at Kiwanis baseball field.
Mclntyre is a former Southern
heavyweight champion and, in
teaming with his brother Red,
will present a solid front against
the team of Blassie and Gossett.
The Mclntyre brothers are a
championship pair.
Naylor Stone, writing in the
Birmingham, Ala., Herald, wrote
recently: “Around the South
they’ll tell you Freddy Blassie
will be Southern Heavyweight
champion for a long, long time
“In fact, they argue you
down that this handsome, curly
hair, and well-muscled St. Louis
ian, who explodes a nice setting
of hydrogen bombs with double
yolks in the ring, will become
World’s heavyweight champion
if Lou Thesz, current titleholder,
only will give him a chance.”
Remainder of this great card,
to be presented by Promoter
Paul Jones, will be announced in
the next two issues of The Free
Press—Clayton County News.
Proceeds of the match, after
expenses, will be used by the
non-profit Services for Youth
Corporation, Forest Park, for
promotion of all County youth
activities.
Money derived from conces
sions at the wrestling match also
will be channelled into this fund.
BASEBALL CONTEST
WINNERS THIS WEEK
In the popular Cracker-ad
baseball contest of The Free
Press-Clayton County News and
Farmer, James D. Gattis, 152
West Drive, Forest Park, a pre
vious winner; Randy Smith and
Jerry Banks, 119 Bridge Ave., and
T, F. Oakes, P. O. Box 12, Moun
tain View, hit tiie jackpot.
Winners were drawn by W. H.
Bradford, Lakewood Heights.
Look tor number 777 this week,
clip the ad and mall to P. O. Box
87. We’ll draw the winners Sat-
I urday night.
OFFICIAL CLAYTON COUNTY PUBLICATION
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Roy Huie Reaches
38-Year Milestone
With Ford Company
Roy G. Huie of Riverdale, Ga.
pictured aboye began his career
with the Ford Motor Company
June 18, 1917, beginning at the
old Atlanta plant 38 years ago
as a Chassis assembler. Huie has
worked at many Ford facilities,
including a plant in Cuba. From
1922 until 1925 he was employed
1 at a Havana installation. From
; there he transferred to a parts
depot at Omaha, Nebraska, and
: a few years later transferred
back to Atlanta. Congratulations,
Mr. Huie.
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C liffcrd Wlgglni and Lacey Hulsey. At right, Mayor Hugh Dixon
looks on approvingly.
20,000 Readers
in Clayton
and Other
Counties
Forest Park
47 Years Old
On That Date
Mayor, Council Planning
Free Barbecue, Birthday
Cake, Parade for Big Event
By JACK TROY
On August 11, the City of For
est Park will celebrate a 47th
birthday, and the event will be
billed as the Forest Park golden
anniversary, with parade, free
barbecue, birthday cake, and
other events. Fireworks, perhaps.
Mayor James K. Currie, not
ing the approach of the city’s
birthday and recalling that no
previous celebration has been
held, said this week that “the
city will honor its residents
with a free barbecue in recog
nition of this outstanding
event.”
The parade, the mayor said,
will include neighboring mu
nicipalities, as all Clayton Coun
ty will be asked to join Forest
Park in celebration of the gold
en anniversary. Mayor and
Council will serve as the com
mittee in charge of bi-centen
nial plans.
It is hoped, he said, that
Jonesboro and North Clayton
high school bands will join the
fine Forest Park High band,
directed by Ben Goodsail, in
providing Festival music for
gala occasion.
This will be a combined For
est Park and countywide festival,
and as events shape up, it very
likely will be the greatest day
in the history of this fine
47-year-old municipality.
HELP THE SCOUTS!
This is the theme lor the com
paign being planned for this fall
to provide funds for the Boy
co u t program in Clayton
County.
Ground work was laid for this
campaign at a recent meeting
attended by Messrs. Grady Lind
sey, Roland S. Brown. Sr.. D. IL
Manor, Capt. J. M. Turley and
E. D. Brown.
The 1955 budget, supported In
part by funds generously pro
vided by contributions from
Clayton Countians, provides for
Administration, Field Service,
Training and Advancement,
Camping and Activities, Expan
sion. A bulletin to be issued later
In the season will show in exact
detail just what Scouting does
with the money it receives.
Scouts from Tara District w’ll
be at Bert Adams Camp the week
of July 31st. An invitation is ex
tended to all those interested to
visit the camp each Thursday at
3 p.m., when an Indian pageant
in full color will be presented.
Although there is a large park
ing area and lots of seats avail
able, free to friends of Scouting,
it is suggested that you arrive
early. There are picnic spots
which can be used by visitors
who may desire to camp early,
eat, and then watch these boys
perform. It’s a show well worth
traveling the distance.