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OFFICIAL PUBLICATION, CLAYTON COUNTY —±±^L_jnni!niM
HERMAN TALMADGE SAYS
Every citizen should be aware of an ad
dress delivered by Attorney General Eugene
Cook before the annual convention of the
Peace Officers Association of Georgia in
Atlanta last week.
His talk was very appropriately titled,
“The Ugly Truth About The NAACP,” and
both shocking and alarming to those of us
who are uncompromisingly opposed to
Communism and its unchanging aim to
enslave the minds and bodies of all the
people on this earth.
This speech represents a painstaking job
of investigation and research. It is based
upon hard, cold facts and that every asser
tion it makes and every conclusion it reach
es can be proved by the record, Mr. Cook
avers.
What is revealed here serves to substant
iate what has been suspected for many
years—that the National Association for
the Advancement of Colored People has
been infiltrated and is being used by per
sons of questionable loyalty. It serves to
reinforce the opinion held by many that
there are sinister and subversive designs be
hind the crusade of this and similar organi
zations to force a mixing of the races in the
South and destruction of our form of gov
ernment in this country.
It stands to reason that it is no accident
that virtually every major official of the
NAACP has a record of affiliation with or
participation in Communist, Communist
front, fellow-traveling or subversive organi
zations or activities.
The issue at stake, as the Attorney-Gen
eral emphasized, is not one of race but
rather of subversion. The welfare of the
Funeral
Notices
BANKS—Funeral services for
Mrs. D. J. <Nancy) Banks of
Riverdale, Ga. was held Thurs
day, Oct. 20th, at 2:30 p.m. from
New Hope Baptist Church. Revs.
Robert Taylor and Glenn Higgins
officiated. Interment was in the
churchyard.
She is survived by two daugh
ters, Mrs. Mattie Lou Harriss,
College Park, Mrs. Elza Adams,
Fayetteville; four sons, F. P.
Banks, College Park, A. F„ Jessie
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negro citizens of the South merely is being
used as a pawn and subterfuge in a deadly
game of intrigue in which the stakes are
the overthrow of our form of government.
The facts pointed out in the Cook speech
coupled with those revealed by Senator J.
O. Eastland of Mississippi last May in an ad
dress before the United States Senate re
vealing the subversive design behind the
decision of the United States Supreme
Court regarding segregation in the public
schools add up to an overall pattern of
Communist manipulation to use the race
issue as the lever with which to get at and
destroy our democratic processes.
Equally as distressing is how the NAACP
has duped will-intentioned do-gooders into
doing its bidding. The Georgia Attorney
General named three organizations which
are active here in the South in pushing the
racial aims of the NAACP and noted that
all three have hooked a lot of good, but un
thinking, citizens and leaders of this State
and region into swallowing their line.
Mr. Cook served notice on these people
that investigations are being made of the
organizations which they are allowing to
trade on their names and reputations and
advised them to take immediate steps to
disassociate themselves from these organi
zations.
And the lesson that all of us can. learn
from these revelations is that the Com
munist threat to our government and way
of life is a present one and one with which
we must come to grips now. To delude our
selves by thinking that the danger lies far
away in the dim, distant future is to court
disaster and destruction.
T. Banks, Fayetteville, Edgar
Banks, Riverdale; brother, Ed
Bethune, Griffin.
Mrs. Banks was 89 years old,
formerly a resident of Fayette
ville.
Dickson Funeral Home, Jones
boro, had charge of arrange
ments.
WILLIAMS — Funeral services
for Mrs. W. F. (Milissia) Wil
liams of Fayetteville were held
Oct. 21, at the residence in
Fayetteville. Rev. Robert Taylor
officiated. Interment services
were held in Moultrie City Ceme
tery in Moultrie, Ga.
She is survived by four daugh
ters, Mrs. V. C. Amburn, Mrs. Pat
O’Brien, Texas, Mrs. Ed Farrar,
Mrs. Baynard Stincomb both of
Fayetteville; son, C. E. Williams,
Smithfield, N. C.; sisters, Mrs. Ed
Dixon, Hapeville, Mrs. C. C.
Knight, Fayetteville.
Mrs. Williams had made her
home in Fayetteville since the
death of her husband three years
ago.
Dickson Funeral Home, Jones
boro, had charge of arrange
ments.
WHITTAKER—FuneraI serv
ices for Judge W. R. Whittaker
of Ellenwood were held Oct. 19 at
11 a.m. from Dickson Chapel.
Rev. Hoyt Henderson officiated.
HOSPITAL BEDS—for use.Ab
ercrombie-Patterson Funeral
Home. Phone 3551, Jonesboro.
FA. 2102, Forest Park.
Interment was in Forest Grove
Cemetery, Forest Park.
Surviving are his wife; daugh
ter, Mrs. W. H. Burks, Sr., At
lanta; son, E. A. Whittaker,
Thomasville, Ga.; two brothers,
W. V Whittaker, Lake Placid,
Fla., J. B. Whittaker, San Fran
cisco; sisters, Mrs. J. Z. Henry,
Atlanta, Mrs. R. L. Waggoner,
Atlanta, Mrs Homer Ragon, De
troit Mrs. F. A. Crabtree, Tucson,
Ariz., Mrs. R. B. Dillard, Mrs. E.
L. Richie, San Francisco.
Dickson Funeral Home, Jones
boro, had charge of arrange
ments.
CONG. FLYNT INSPECTS
THE ATLANTA DEPOT
ATLANTA GENERAL DEPOT—
Congressman John J. Flynt, Jr.,
Congressman from the Fourth
Congressional District of Geor
gia, visited the Atlanta General
Depot today (Wednesday). He
was accompanied by Colonel Ar
thur J. Copeland (USAR) of
Griffin.
The visitors were greeted by
the Depot’s Commanding Gen
eral, Brigadier General J. R.
Ranck, and were escorted on a
tour of various sections of the
Depot’s activities. Among these
were the Ordnance and Engineer
Maintenance Shops, the coffee
roasting plant, and the Ordnance
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Clayton County Views
BY MRS. PAULINE BRANYON
Clayton County is a good coun
ty in which to live, and its
people give and give of them
selves and their worldly goods to
those in need. Yet we must take
heed that we have very few who
are due material aid since most
everyone has his own trade and
is paid for his work and profes
sion. People in this county work
for their living and they ask no
concession from others, be they
friends and brothers.
Clayton County people former
ly got their wealth from the land
which is rich in black soil, red.
clay and sand. This is good farm
land, that is why farmers never
wanted for a hand to help dig
the soil and help toil from day
light to dark. The families were
prosperous, neighborly and alert
to all the material blessings as
well as the tons of spiritual ones.
They asked nothing from out-
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Attractive East Point resi
dent Miss Doris Beckham, of
217 St. Francis Ave., is shown
using the “Continental”, new
light-weight telephone made
available in three colors by
Southern Bell.
NEWEST TELEPHONE
IN FULL COLOR
Compact, light-weight, in full
color—that describes the newest
member of the telephone com
pany’s '“family of telephones” for
home and office.
It’s called the “Continental"
set because of its “French-style”
motif. The telephone has a small,
oval base which makes it ideal
for night tables, end tables,
desks or any small compact
space. Its decor harmonizes with
any surroundings.
In the modern touch, the Con
tinental features a transparent,
lucite, finger wheel for dialing.
The full colors in which this
telephone appears are green, red
and ivory l .
C. M. Eberhart, district man
ager of Southern Bell, said that
inquiries about this convenient
set are welcomed at the tele
phone business office and, he
suggests it “wherever space is at
a premium.’’
Poster Contest Al
East Clayton School
Twenty five pupils of the East
Clayton School participated in a
poster contest to help advertise
the BIG SCHOOL CARNIVAL
being held on October 29th from
4 until 8 p.m.
Cash prizes will be awarded to
the first prize winner, Lip da Sue
Clem and the second prize win
ners, Patsy Williams and Wini
fred McAllister at the Talent
Show.
The following children entered
posters in the contest: Diane
Howell, Grant Upchurch, Shelba
Adams, Mary Ann McLendon,
Diane Winn, Pat Duffy, Joan
Adams, Judy Pace, Patsy Sears,
Karen Dee Metcalfe, Marie Mc-
Coy, Sharon Blackwell, Winifred
McAllister, Dorothy McLean,
Terry Carter, Donna Parker,
Barbara Walsh, Pat Mosely, Judy
Black, Beverly Mauldin, David
Tyner, Tommy Chaffin, Linda
Sue Clem, Joanne Tester, John
Paul Jones, Patsy Williams,
Diane Wilhoit, Frances Jolly,
Ramona Padgett and Carol
Tester.
Automotive School.
Tire visit was Congressman
Flynt’s first inspection tour of
the Depot, which is located in
his District.
siders for they were “abiders” on
their own. They could really tell
those outsiders and buttinsky
riders where to get off, so they
were left free to be their own
bosses, and they never suffered
losss by using common sense and
independence.
Now, times have changed, but
not the people who still worship
God under the church steeple.
No longer do they depend upon
the land to give up its treasure,
they have found that various in
dustries in our midst which per
sist in troubling their income
have been the ripe plum they
want and sought. They cling to
the traditions they were taught,
but many are selling their lands
to provide for big industry to
enrich the .county with bigger
bounty. Yet are they moving
from the county? They are not,
they won’t blot their lives and
take on the hives by moving out.
They shout they want to reside
in Clayton County, and they do.
A, few bought nearby, while
others went to the other end of
the county to send word they are
still in the till of the soil. Some
did move pext door to Clayton,
but they can leap into a jeep to
peep at the home county.
Clayton County is growing in
wealth, not by stealth, but by
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foresight in the right direction,
and by-passing each intersec
tion that gets in its way. The
filter plant is on its way and
will soon help make hay for
those who believe the future has
as much as the airplane is over
the “choo-choo.” The real wealth
has not been touched yet, but
get this: This county is going
places at rapid paces and will
join in the races of all Georgia
counties to get the bounties
that will come to Georgia
by inviting Big Business to
“Alight and ‘set’ awhile, you will
smile at the great opportunities
offered you and your pocket
book, so take a look, we have
everything in the book and then
some.”
But Clayton County still will
not tolerate any outside bosses,
not meaning Big Business which
does not but-in, but those who
sit on the outside and seek a
ride on the tide of prosperity.
They want to tell us how to run
things as if they had wings. We
mean politics that some city
slicks would like to plant in the
soil down here. We have already
planted our own ideas and ideals
and there are seals to prove we
won’t put up with any dirty
deals. We run our own politics
and if there are any nicks in
them, we have our own picks to
find the mistakes without the aid
of fakes.
Here is to Clayton County
growing faster each day! Stay
with us long enough and see the
stuff we are made of. We don’t
want a raid, but we do want the
Big Industries to look us over,
The Forest Park Free Press-News, October 27, 1955 •
Reminiscences of Bygone Days
BY B. M. WOOTAN
In my boyhood days I had a
great-uncle. His name was B. F.
Dodson. I refer to him as Uncle
Doc. That was the name every
body used for him. He was a
Methodist preacher and he lived
his religion every day. He was
another “country dairyman”. He
sold milk and butter and eggs
and chickens and produce he
raised on his farm but he never
got too busy to have family
prayer at night before bedtime.
He and his family joined old Mt.
Zion Methodist Church just
above Hapeville. He was one of
the founders of Jones Memorial
Methodist Church which is in
Forest Park at present. He ana
his family were charter members
of this last named church. He
was the father of six girls and
one boy. He gave all of them a
good education. I think there
are three of the girls living at
this time.
I used to visit in his family a
lot when I was young. In fact,
he married my wife and I on
December 19, 1897, on Sunday
evening. His daughter, Dora, was
a witness to our marriage and
she is living in Hapeville at
present. She is Mrs. Ed Hollings
worth. Another daughter, Mrs.
Kate Ragsdale, lives in Forest
Park at the present time,
I wish I could be as sure of my
name being in the “Lamb’s Book
of Life” as I believe his is. He
has always been a pattern of life
for me. Uncle Doc and his wife,
“Aunt Madge” are both buried
in Jones Memorial Cemetery,
and they will find there is a
four leaf glover in every acre of
land. All they need is a brand
new bank-note to tote, and they
they can emote.
BROCK S DRIVE - IN
Forest Park, Ga.
DIXIE HIGHWAY
Just Past Overhead Bridge
AIR-CONDITIONED
DINING ROOM
Delicious Food Served On
Sunday’s--Bring the Family
What you see here is automobile history
in the making. For this is an actual on
the-scene shot of a camouflaged *56
Chevrolet shattering the Pikes Peak
record in a dramatic, top-secret run»
supervised and certified by NASCAR*.
Here’s record-breaking proof that this
’56 Chevrolet has the power, cornering
ability, and sureness of control that will
make your driving safer and more fun.
And you can see and drive it soon now.
Just wait!
^National Anociafion for Slock Car Auto Racing whom official)
limed and certified the performance of Ihu preproduclion model,
The hot one’s
even hotter!
Uncle Doc was a real pillar of
his church.
And now don’t forget our
transportation problem.
Things to remember.
We must make our homes
dwelling places of the Holy Spirit
if we want people on our street
to desire to know about our
Saviour.
Faith leads to action, each ac
tion deepens faith.
The man who has not learned
to say “No” will be a weak if not
; a wretched man as long as he
' lives.
We would gain more by letting
ourselves be seen as we are than
by trying to appear what we are
not.
The Christian should be like a
good open-face watch, hands
busy, well regulated and full of
“good works”.
■ We suppose too much, and
know too little.
There are so many homes
where the children live in one
world and their parents live in
’ another.
Dr. K. I. Hickman
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