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VOLUME 37 — NUMBER 5
Treasure Chest
At Jonesboro
Won By Crane
The popular weekly merchants’
Treasure Chest amounted to $46
for P. R. Crane, of Jonesboro,
who drew a 10 per cent ticket as
a large crowd attended.
Thus for the second week in a
row Jonesboro citizens attending
the drawing were rewarded with
a sizeable Treasure Chest.
This sort of thing is bound to
spur interest in the event, which
has grown steadily in popularity
since its inauguration in early
summer. E. J. Swint has been
emcee since the first event.
Treasure Chest is sponsored by
a group of public-spirited Jones
boro merchants, and their efforts
have been rewarded by larger
shopping crowds in Jonesboro on
Saturdays.
Special awards last week:
Dickson Appliance Co., electric
iron. Winner, J. C. Jones.
C. J. Wiggins Grocery, box as
sorted groceries. Winner, Claud
ine Faulkner.
McKibben Furniture Co., Otto
man. Winner, Dora Harris.
Kent’s Super Market, one set
bathroom scales. Winner, Mrs.
Jewell Betsill.
Adamson, Adamson & Hooks,
$5,00 trade certificate. Won by
D. F. Wheeler.
Kiwanis Corner
BY CAPTAIN CHARLES S.
ROBERTS, JR.
The regular meeting of the
Forest Park Kiwanis Club for
September 15, 1955, was held at
the High School Cafeteria at
7.00 p.m. Jack Gray, manager of
the Atlanta Airport and member
of the Airport Kiwanis Club, was
the speaker.
Mr. Gray stressed the increas
ing importance of air transpor
tation to the economic expansion
of any area. There were 33 mil
lion air passengers last year and
approximately seventy-five per
cent of them were traveling for
business reasons. Sixty million
air passengers are expected by
1960. Air transportation is taking
care of all types of cargo today.
It saves industry time and mon
ey by expediting shipments and
reducing crating costs.
Air mail consisted of 1,586,000,-
000 pieces last year at a cost of
6c per ounce. This is a marked
reduction from the 45c per ounce
charged in 1926 at the initiation
of the first air mall service.
The Atlanta Airport employs
4.361 people, with an annual pay
roll of 22 million dollars. This is
a great contribution to the city
of Atlanta.
Guests were Lt. George R.
Schrodt, a physician at the At
lanta General Depot, and Major
Whitt also of A.G.D.
SEWING CLASS
MODEL WINNER
The Singer sewing class met
Monday evening at the East
Point Woman’s Club and model
ed dresses made in the class this
summer. Ages of the girls ranged
from 10 to 14 years of the 15
girls showing.
The first place winner was
Miss Jeanne McKown, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Colie McKown
of Forest Park whose entry will
go on into the main showing
from the states. Her prize was a
set of three pairs of Singer
scissors.
Clayton. County Cal
Says . . .
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DEAR MISTER EDITOR:
Some of our citizens seems to need eddicatin’ behind the wheel
of a automobile almost as muchi
as the young’uns need the 3 r’s.
Nowadays when our streets Is
full o’ youngsters goin’ to school,!
don’t you think it’d be a good idea
for everybody drivin’ a car to be
extra careful.
Especially in Forest Park there’s
a problem of youngsters havin’ to
get out in th’ streets. Drivers goin’
to work don’t want to hurt no
youngsters, we know. That’s w’hy
we urge everyone to drive with
extra care.
We’re hopin’ this will be a acci
dent-free school year, as far as
automobiles is concerned. Young
sters can find enuf ways o' gettin’
hurt, 'thout bein' run dowm by
careless drivers. Thanks for listenin’.
Yrs. Very trly,
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TWO-WAY RADIO communication is shown on Forest Park
Volunteer Fire Department Rescue Truck, with Secretary W. C.
Hobbs at the “mike.” The boys are proud of their new equipment
and the increased efficiency it makes possible.
Two-Way Radio Installed
In Forest Park Fire Trucks
Forest Park’s fine Volunteer Fire Department is now
on the beam in the biggest sort of way, with two-way radio
and walkie-talkie equipment for all future operations.
JONESBORO 11
PLAYS FORSYTH
FRIDAY NIGHT
Gaining experience as the sea
son progresses, Jonesboro’s
youthful High School football
team faces another Region 3-B
opponent at 8 p.m. Friday on the
Jonesboro field. Forsyth is the
foe.
Jonesboro didn’t have the ex
perience or the manpower nec
essary to cope with McDonough’s
fast team last week.
Scoring the first time they had
the ball, and hitting pay dirt a
couple times more, once as the
result of a long punt return, Mc-
Donough won, 20 to 0.
For Coach Frank Plant’s team
Henry and Bostwick, guards, and
Castellaw were good on defense.
It was the first Region game for
the Jonesboro squad.
Jonesboro didn’t work into Mc-
Donough territory until the
fourth quarter. This week Coach
Plant’s boys expect to muster up
more offensive strength. Grad
uation losses stripped this year’s
squad of experience and all
around strength.
But this Friday’s game with
Forsyth may tell a different
story. Jonesboro will improve. A
fine crowd attended last week’s
game.
Grain Marketing
Short Course At
Griffin Sept. 28th
From all crop reporting
sources, indications point to the
largest corn crop ever produced
in Georgia. As a result of this
high corn yield, it will be neces
sary for many farmers to store
their corn on their own farm.
Any farmer who properly stores
his corn will be eligible to par
ticipate in the Gov. price sup
port program.
In order to assist farmers in
the orderly marketing of their
corn, the Agricultural Extension
Service is conducting a Grain
Marketing Short Course on Sep
tember 28th at the Georgia Ex
periment Station, Griffin, Geor
gia. This meeting will begin at
10 a.m. and a Dutch barbecue
lunch is being prepared by per
sonnel of the Experiment Sta-
With Communications officer
Carl E. Merck in charge at the
base station, City Hall, Forest
Park, the first official call on the
new radio equipment concerned
a car in a ditch last Friday
night.
Two-way radio greatly in
creases the efficiency of the de
partment. Now equipment can be
routed to more than one emer
gency. If both the fire truck and
the rescue truck are at the same
place, it’s now possible to direct
either one to another place it
may be nedeed.
It’s a matter of immediate dis
patch, and, of course, the im
proved communications add tre
mendously to the efficiency of
the Volunteer Department, which
has been cited over and over
again for outstanding perform
ance.
With the new equipment, the
Volunteers Department, which
has been cited over and over
again for outstanding perform
ance.
With the new equipment, the
Volunteers can pick up and
transmit civil defense messages
from base station KIJ7IB here in
Forest Park.
Test run broadcasts on the
two-way radio system were made
Saturday afternoon for “blind
spots” and elimination of any
other “bugs.”
Forest Park Volunteers are all
pepped up over the two-way
communications on the fire
truck and the rescue truck, and
appreciate the value of the
walkie talkie in stepping up their
efficiency in all their fire fight
ing and associate operations.
Students Honored
By Mrs. McKown
Mrs. Marion McKown was
hostess recently at an “off-to
college-tea” in the tea room of
Franklin Simon. The honor
guests, members of Mrs. Mc-
Kown's Sunday School Class at
the First Baptist Church in For
est Park were: Misses Sally
Grenade, Pat Cattrell, Laura
Cofield and Betty Bowling. Miss
Magdalene Johnson, superin
tendent of the Young People's
Department and Mrs. C. E. Mc-
Kown, church librarian, were
also present.
tion.
Anyone interested in attending
this meeting is urged to contact
Charles S. Tucker, County Agent,
at Jonesboro—44l6 before Sep
tember 22nd.
County Fair Big Success
Home Made Cakes Highlight
The Clayton County Fair, held
September 12-17 was one of the
best, due to limited space the
quantity was limited, but the
quality was good. The Women’s
booth displayed representative
articles of sewing, canning,
handicrafts, embroidery and art.
The 4-H girls had an interest
ing exhibit of canning, dresses,
biscuits, corn meal muffins,
cakes, cookies, pictures and
handicrafts.
The outstanding contest of the
Fair was the home made cakes.
This exhibit was arranged and
exhibited by a very competent
committee composed Os Mrs. Lu
cile Mundy, Mrs. Sarah Brown
and Mrs. Mildred Swygert. Again
due to limited space the cakes
could not be left on exhibition.
Twenty seven cakes entered were
FOREST PARK, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1955
Chest Dinner
Huge Success,
Drive Is On
%
The Clayton County Commu
nity Chest dinner held Septem
ber 12th at the Forest Park
School lunchroom was a com
plete success. An estimated 200
workers gathered to enjoy a
lovely meal and listen to the
fund campaign chairman, Mr.
Richard Bowdon, outline the
campaign plans.
General Ranck, Commanding
Officer of Conley Depot, was
guest speaker and pledged coop
eration from the depot.
Each section of Clayton Coun
ty was represented and hopes are
high that this will be the most
successful drive in the history of
the Chest. Goal is SIO,OOO.
You are asked to give when a
worker calls at your home or
mail donations to Clayton Coun
ty Community Chest, City Hall,
Forest Park.
No citizen in Clayton County
is eligible to receive help from
any other County Chest. Give
your contributions to your own
Community Chest. “Give where
you live.”
The goal of SIO,OOO must be
met if the Chest continues to
meet the emergency needs of
Clayton County.
Your donation will be appreci
ated.
Chairman Bowdon urges full
support of the campaign and he
and his teams are hard at work
to meet the goal. Won’t you help
them?
AMVET Activities
After the regular meeting held
September 15 the Youth Commit
tee met to further the plans for
the boxing and wrestling pro
gram. Charlie Bartlett, Chair
man, Warren McCullough, and
“Pig” Mann comprise the com
mittee. It was agreed that only
boys between the ages of 14 and
19 would be allowed to partici
pate. Bartlett has arranged for
a professional wrestler from At
lanta to meet with the club at
least once per month to assist
with the wrestling classes. Sev
eral experienced boxers who arc
members of Post 17 will super
vise the boxing classes. The nec
essary equipment, including mat,
boxing ring, gym equipment,
etc. are being arranged for by
Bartlett and McCullough. As
soon as these arrangements are
completed definite dates for en
rollment in the classes will be
announced. Numreous inquiries
by interested boys and parents
assure the success of this pro
gram as soon as the necessary
equipment is acquired.
Post 17 now has three mem
bers and one Auxiliary member
who hold State offices. Harold
Armstrong is State Finance Offi
cer; Harvey Watkins, State In
spector-General; Ed Paul, State
Chaplain: and Alice Holberton
is State Auxiliary Treasurer.
Attendance at regular meet
ings is improving considerably.
All members are urged to be
more consistent in attending
these meetings as well as the
social functions since, in order
to improve our club and succeed
in our purposes, we must have
more active members.
SHEEP HAS QUINT LAMBS
Auckland, New Zealand — A
4-year-old Romney ewe recently
gave birth to quintuplet lambs on
a farm near Taumaruni. This is
believed to be a world record for
sheep. All five lambs arc re
ported to be healthy.
made by Clayton County’s best
cake makers. The following
classes of cakds were displayed.
Cocoanut, Caramel, Chocolate,
Pound, Sponge and Lemon
Cheese, also Divinity candy.
First place winners in each
group were: Cocoanut, Mrs. Paul
Reynolds Jr.; Caramel, Mrs. R. E.
Coleman; Chocolate, Mrs. E. L.
Travis; Pound Cake (uniced),
Mrs. L. B Duke; Pound Cake
(iced), Mrs. Audrey Mitchell;
fjponge Cake, Mrs. Hugh Brown,
and Lemon Cheese, Mrs. Dewey
Shirley.
Judges for the woman’s de
partment were Mrs. Frances Mo-
Kay and Mi£s Marlon Fisher.
Home Demonstration Agents
from Fulton County. Mrs. Sarah
Reeves and Mrs. Clennelle Lofton
of Jonesboro, Ga.
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BUBBY MITCHELL is carrying the ball as Billy Bunn (14) and
Larry Earl (on ground) pave the way. Forest Park looked good
in defeating Decatur B.
Panthers Beat Decatur;
Play Hogansville Friday
The Forest Park Panthers roared back against Decatur
B team here last week in an impressive 26-0 triumph, and
set their sights on their first big Region 3-B game with
Hogansville Friday night at 8 p.m. at Kiwanis Athletic Field.
NEWCOMERS
ARE WELCOMED
TO FOREST PARK
Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Thifault
1416 Ash Street
Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Parker
126 Linda Way
w Mr. and Mrs. Claude Townsend
1083 Central Avenue
Mr. and Mrs. James E. Hemp
hill
1332 Cypress Drive
Mr. and Mrs. John H. Spratlin
*l5O North View Drive
Mr. and Mrs. B. V. Spivey
109 Slaton Street
Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Barnett
142 Spring Valley Drive
Mr. and Mrs. Cecil E. Holmes
1220 Alder Drive
Mr. and Mrs. B. B. Buioe
214 Calloway Drive
Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Matthews
146 City View Drive
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Marchman
1401 Ash Street
Mr. and Mrs. Betty Payne
208 Shelnutt Drive
Mr. and Mrs. Everett T. Han
cock
1015 Central Avenue
Lt. and Mrs. Calvin H. Ussery
106 Stonybrook Road
Rev. and Mrs. R. H. Burchcr
142 Rock Springs Street
FORGETFUL REPAIRMAN
Albuquerque, N. Mex. — Roy
Huddleston was doing some re
pair on a roof and somehow for
got where he was. He said he “put
one foot out into midair and the
ground sure came up fast.” He’s
recovering from a jarred hip
bone. 1
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WITH POLICEWOMEN Forest Park Police Force has a new look. Farris, W. T Cargile, Mayor Currie/ W. F. Hill, Mrs. Hasel Isaacs
Chlrf Butler, Mrs. May Parker, Asst. Chief Blalock, Mrs. Fay M. S. Cash, Mrs. Lois DeVane and W. S. Thurston. ’
Hogansville looked terrific in I
beating Jackson, 33 to 6, last
week. But Forest Park looked
just as good in hitting a winning
stride on the home field.
Left Half Bobby Mitchell
sparked the offense as he scored
two touchdowns. Quarterback
Larry Earle and Halfback Eddie
Murphy each scored a touch
down. Mitchell kicked the extra
points.
1 Coach Al Jeffrey was highly
pleased with the play of the
Panthers.
Lauding the play of the line,
he named as standouts center
Herman Smith, guard Jimmy
Cason, tackle Jack Briscoe and
ends Dan Cochran and Donald
Knowles.
There was general improve
ment in the play of the Pan
thers, Coach Jeffrey pointed out,
and he believes the boys are now
ready to make a good showing
in their Region games.
Friday night’s game is a stand
out in interest for Forest Park
fans. The Panthers are anxious
to get off to a good start in Re
gion play, and their triumph over
Decatur B was good for the
morale.
GM SALES HIT
HIGHEST PEAK
DURING SEPT.
DETROIT — Retail sales of
General Motors passenger cars in
the United States during the first
10 days of September were the
highest in history for that pe
riod, President Harlow H. Curtice
announced today.
The all-time records were es
tablished in both new and used
car sales, Mr. Curtice said. Sales
,in both categories for 1955
I through September 10 also rep
। resented all-time peaks for that
period of the year.
All five GM passenger car di
' visions — Chevrolet, Pontiac,
I Oldsmobile, Buick, and Cadillac—
I recorded new highs in both new
I and used car sales for both the
I first 10 days of September and
for 1955 through September 10. ,
OFFICIAL CLAYTON CO
School Bonds
Are Imperative
Voters Asked To Improve Issue
For Vital County School Needs
By J. E. EDMONDS
Superintendent, Clayton County Schools
On October 18th the voters of our county are asked to
go to the polls to vote an additional Bond Issue of $224,000
to be used to provide housing and facilities for our ever
increasing school population.
Forest Park Builds
Walks To School
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Forest Park is making street ,
and sidewalk improvements for ,
the new Hendrix Drive Elemen- '
tary School. j
Mayor James K. Currie said a
sidewalk is being built along >
Hendrix drive, from Main street
to the new school building, a dis- (
tance of about a mile.
Hendrix drive has also been '
paved.
Two new streets are being :
opened up to the school and
Catherine street is being extend- ,
ed from College to Hendrix drive,
some 4,000 feet.
A sidewalk will be built along j
North avenue from College street
to Hendrix drive. ।
The new 12-classroom elemen
tary school opened two weeks ago :
with an enrollment of 400 pupils :
John Lewis is principal.
The school was built to serve
the northwest area of Forest
Park and to relieve some of the
congestion at College Street Ele
mentary School.
Talmadge Will Get
Gillis' Support
Political enemies of Herman
Talmadge (few in number) will
get no satisfaction in knowing
that Talmadge and the politi
cally powerful Jim Gillis are still
the best friends. Some have said
that the removal of Gillis from
the chairmanship of the High
way Board by the Griffin admin
istration would keep Gillis out of
the Talmadge camp in next ;
year’s senatorial race. Well, it I
isn't so. Gillis will continue to ।
use his tremendous influence for :
his warm friend, Herman Tai- ;
madge. Gillis, incidentally, was
a strong supporter of Lawrence ;
S. Camp against Walter George ।
in 1938.
From Humble Beginning,
Awning Business Soars
A former GI who was a light
metal instructor at Atlanta Gen
eral Depot can now be said to be
nutting competitors, if any, in
the shade. Certainly he’s winning
a lot of compliments on his work
here in Forest Park as a spe
cialist in metal awnings.
M. Moscardelli, owner and
proprietor of Forest Park Sheet
Metal Works, Route 1, Dixie
Highway, worked as a body and
tender instructor at the General
Depot 1947-1950.
In 1951 he opened his business
here. It has grown from a one
man operation to a shop that
now employs four and does busi
ness all over Fulton and Clayton
munties. ..
NTY PUBLICATION
We realize that the above fig
ure is grossly inadequate to meet
all our present needs but under
existing Georgia Bond Laws and
our present Clayton County tax
digest we cannot levy more than
$224,000.00. We cannot afford to
wait for these needed projects
because we have already enrolled
1100 more children than we had
in June of this year.
These are some of the most
critical needs the Clayton County
Board of Education hopes to
meet with this Bond Issue:
1. A six-room school at Mor
row.
2. 4 room addition to Ash
Street School, Forest Park.
3. 4 room addition to North
Jonesboro Elementary, Jones
boro.
4. 2 room addition to Riverdale
School.
5. Purchase land for additional
Elementary School in Forest
Park Area.
The children of our county
need the support of every adult
voter. Our county is one school
district and your School Admin
istration is doing its best to pro
vide adequate housing as fast as
funds are available. Many prob
lems exist in every school area
and we will work on those as
rapidly as the tax structure will
permit. In April of, this year we
Submitted to our people the total
needed housing picture and the
amount was 92 classrooms, cost
ing $1,230,000.00. This $224,000.00
is only the beginning and will be
of great help. Won’t you support
us in this effort?
TRUCK ROLLS OFF
Adrian, Mich.—Ready to load
a truck, Kenneth Deermyer dis
covered the truck had rolled out
of the garage, traveled 200 feet
across the street, jumped a curb,
smashed a fence, tore up two
trees, plunged over a bank and
stopped, resting against a con
crete abutment, inches from the
River Raisen.
> The shop does general sheet
metal work, air conditioning, ct
, cetera, but specializes in metal
awnings. It is the only metal
! awning business in our -area.
Moscardelli, who has a diploma
■ attesting to it, served a four year
apprenticeship with Bethlchehn
Steel. He has been in the sheet
1 metal business for 24 years, or
- ever since he was 16 years old.
• He is really doing a great busi
' ness here, and he is growing
I steadily because of the excellence
of his work.
> He manufactures, repairs and
: repaints all types of awnings. It’s
; another of Clayton County’s
growing industries. And from a
i humble beginning, it has an un
limited future.