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VOLUME 37 — NUMBER 11
Panthers AnoCardinals Play In Forest Park Friday
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'Doctor' Young
Delivers Baby
At City Hall
Forest Park Volunteer Fire
Department, noted for saving
lives, now is credited with de
livering one.
T. E. Young, Jr., only full time
fireman, was on duty at 1 a.m.
Thursday, Oct. 27, when an ex
pectant mother went to City Hall
seeking assistance. A quick call
was put in for an ambulanie,
but before the ambulance ar
rived to take her to Grady Hos
pital, the baby had been deliver
ed by “Doctor” Young, prac
ticing without a license.
Mother and child were carried
to Giady for further care, but it
was agreed the emergency action
,of Firemdh Young ‘ was both
creditable and commendable.
Fireman Young had not had
any previous experience in such
matters, but he'saw his duty and
he did it.
Miss FP High
To Be Named
In Gymnasium
The Forest Park Music Club
announced this week that due to
a larger seating capacity in the
Forest Park School gym, the Miss
Forest Park High School Beauty
Contest will take place in the
gym instead of the auditorium,
as previously planned. There will
be reserved sections for the
sponsors and their families, Sat
urday, November sth, at 8:00 p.m.
The judges names have not
been released. However, two of
them are professionals, having
helped in judging Miss North
Carolina of 1954. The other judge,
it was reported, is also qualified
for this job. The judges deci
sion in this contest will be final.
A musical program has oeen
planned for the evening by a
25-piece band, taken from the
school band. Special vocal solo
numbers will also be featured.
Admission is free to everyone.
The 58 contestants are Jerry
Smallwood, Barbara Adams, Dot
Foster, Judy Yancy, Susan Ruff,
Dawn Holeman. Elaine Shellnut,
Francis Mitchell, Sandra John
son, Betty Withcrington, Jane
Murphy, Martha Blaine, Marlyn
Maynard, Shirley Gibby, Jackie
Hood, Jane McKown, Annette
Winfrey, Sara Jane Hale, Sue
Mays, Beverly Mays, Gcnivcve
Green, Hazel Lineberger, Carol
Lambert, Mildred Sizemore, Vir
ginia Ownes, Linda Mays, Char
lotte Lopez, Beverly Walker,
Juanita Mitchell, Jayna Whit
tington, Sonja Haist, Peggy
Echols, Mary Terrell, Pat Grubbs,
Mary Lou Anderson, Janice Fer
guson, Pat Adams, Melba Stan
cil, Toni Green, Margie Cargilc,
Brooksic Bradford, Joana Law
son, Alma Hampton, Patsy
Rogers, Patricia Bennett, Carolyn
Galleger, Barbara Elliott, Diane
Addis, Linda Hallmark, Nancy
Davis, Jackie Richardson, Judy
Tumlin, Juanita Sewell, Rose
Mary Stevens. Jackie Calloway.
Martha Jarard, Jean Brisco.
Delores Hale.
RABIES CLINIC
Rabies Vaccination Clinic will
be held on Saturday, November
12th, 1:00 to 3.00 p.m. at the
Clayton County Court House
Jonesboro sponsored by Jones
boro Elementary School.
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Annual Game
Packs Color;
Interest High
Forest Park High Panthers
and Jonesboro High Cardinals
meet head on Friday night at 8
o’clock in the annual game of
the football rivalry at Kiwanis
Athletic Field.
It’s one of the truly colorful
events of the season, a grand
climax to the grid season. Pack
ing color' and excitement, the
game is expected to draw a large
crowd.
Crack bands of the two schools
will perform, and, as always past
records mean nothing when the
rivals meet. The boys often play
beyond their ability, and such
inspiring play has been known
to equalize the odds on other
occasions.
CoaCh Al Jeffrey’s Panthers
have had a more successful sea
son than Jonesboro, but Coach
Frank Plant believes that, given
a dry field, his boys will play a
creditable game.
Jonesboro has not won a game
I this season, and in losing 30 to
0 to Fort Valley last week, the
Cardinals also lost the services
i of Halfback Tommy Mitchell for
. the rest of the season. He suffer-’
cd a broken leg.
I The Cardinals are young and
I gaining experience. Nine of their
, starters this Friday night will
have two or three more years to
Play.
Manchester blocked two kicks
to pave the way for a 14-6 vic
tory over Forest Park last week.
I Bobby Mitchell scored for the
; Panthers in the final period.
, Richard Crisp played a fine
, game against Manchester along
wfth Captain Herman Smith.
I Manchester attempted to bottle
! up Mitchell.
। Jonesboro’s regulars were re
tired to the bench after Fort
1 Valley scored the third touch-
I down. Coach Plant said he want
ed to save them for Forest Park.
Friday night's game should be
a wide-open affair, with plenty
of stress on the aerial game.
Forest Park has won two games.
The starting lineups:
Forest Park Pos. Jonesboro
Cochran LE Williamson
Hale . LT Elliott
Cason LG Duffy
) Smith C Abercrombie
1 Williams RG Drennon
• Briscoe RT Kersey
• Knowles RE ... Swigert
, Sewell QB Kendricks
• Mitchell LH Camp
Crisp RH Ervin
[ Bunn FB Stevens
Mrs. Harry Johnson
Has Life Membership
i In Georgia P.-T.A.
Mrs. Harry E. Johnson, Prcsi
t dent of the Ash Street School
t P.-T. A., was elected honorary
. life member of the Georgia Con
, gress of Parents and Teachers
Association at their October
meeting.
. One of the key figures in For-
- est Parks numerous civic affairs,
Mrs. Johnson's activities include
’ serving in our community as
. Den Mother of the Cub Scouts
, for two years. She has taught
l Sunday School for a good many
. years, she was Finance Chair
. man of the P.-T. A. last year and
. currently holds the office of
. President.
I As an honorary life member.
. she will receive a life subscrip
. tion to the Georgia Parents and
Teachers Association magazine.
’ Having this life membership, she
r becomes a member of the local,
State and National organiza-
' tion.
Her efforts as a civic leader
and community worker have
. shown results of splendid work.
, Forest Park is proud of you, Mrs.
t Johnson. Congratulations!
BETTY KEMP JUNIOR
AT GEORGIA TEACHERS
• COLLEGEBORO — Clayton
> County has supplied Georgia
Teachers College with one of the
750 students attending there this
year She is:
I Betty Kemp, daughter of Mr.
‘ and Mrs. Edwin S. Kemp of
! Jonesboro, Georgia.
Betty is a Junior this year and
■ is majoring in Business Educa
tion.
FOREST PARK, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1955
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MEMBERS OF THE Forest Park High School Key Club recently completed a splendid project for
the school. They provided a handsome flag pole which they had welded in the community and did
all the work in raising it themselves. See story below for details.
FP Key Club
Given Praise
For Flagpole
Recognizing the need for a
flagpole for the Forest Park
High School, members of the Key
Club recently completed a laud
able project.
They Secured the materials for
the pole, had it welded in the
community, mixed cement, dug
the hole, placed the pole, bought
a chain and took care of all other
details involved.
Principal Bob English, Key
Club sponsor, praised the Key
Club for this splendid work. Old
Glory now flies daily in front of
the school, thanks to the efforts
of the Key Club.
Members of the club, most of
whom are shown in the accom
panying picture, are Buddy
Allen, Jeffy Benefield, Glenn
Blalock, Walter Cheaves, John
Cross, John Currie, Herbert
Duffy, Hoyt Farr, Jr., Ed Gas
tinean, Ronnie Grant, Norman
Hale, Don Huie, Ronald Johnson,
Donnie Murphy, Eddie Murphy,
Tommie Murphy, Mickey Rose
berry and Edward Sanders.
Mrs. Waldon Named
County Registrar
A change in State Vital Sta
tistics Registrar for Militia Dis
trict No. 1406 in Clayton County
was announced today by Georgia
Department of Public Health of
ficials.
Mrs. Mattie K. Waldon has
been officially commissioned as
Local Registrar to succeed Mr.
W. R. Whittaker, deceased.
Mrs. Waldon’s commission was
effective as of October 25, 1955.
SCOUT BREAKFAST THIS
SATURDAY IN JONESBORO
Boy Scout Troops 136 and 143
will serve breakfast in the Jones
boro School Lunch Room Satur
day, November sth, from 6 to 10
a.m. Pancakes and Talmadge
ham. Free Will offering.
Everybody’s invited to enjoy
breakfast and assist these fine
troops.
Children Paint Windows
Instead Os Daubing 'Em
Forest Park Woman's Club re
ceived outstanding co-operation
in the annual Halloween project
of having the children of the
various schools paint merchants
windows, instead of daubing
them with soap and chalk.
More children offered assist
ance than there were windows
to paint, it was announced by
Mrs. James Thomas, President of
the Woman's Club.
Mrs. Coe Foster, chairman of
Community Affairs Committee,
was in charge of the project.
Other members working on the
project were Mrs. Von Shelnutt.
Mrs. George Christian, Mrs. H. A.
Petty, Mrs. Sam Gowan, Mrs.
William Morris, Mrs. David J.
Evans, Mrs. Frank Gabriel, Mrs
Glenn Carmack, Mrs. Fred
Farmer and Mrs. James Thomas.
The four winning windows
Elementary School Needs
Are Outlined By Edmonds
By ED EDMONDS, Superintendent
Clayton County Schools
Last week we tried to bring to your attention the criti
cal high school needs prevailing throughout our County
School System. This week we are going to talk about the
needs on the Elementary School level. Please read both of
these articles and add your voice to the support of your
school.
Jonesboro Cries
Election Notice
Registration books are open at
the City Hall for those not reg
istered in the City. In order to
vote in the City election one
must be registered in the County
also. Books close November 29,
1955. Election will be held the
second Wednesday in Deceuber
(dec. 14, 1955).’Three council
men will be up for election this
year. Anyone seeking a post
must qualify at least fifteen days
before election date.
ENGLISH SEEKS JC
MEMBERS TUESDAY
Heading one of three groups in
competition on the current mem
bership drive of the Forest Park
Junior Chamber of Cbmmerce,
Bob English, Pantharine Cap
tain, has addressed a letter to
young men under 35 to be his
guests at Youth Center Tuesday,
Nov. 8, at 7:30 p.m.
“Bob English,” he writes, “in
tends to eat steak, not beans,
when the membership drive is
over. Won’t you enjoy steak with
us? Call PO 7-3432, or PO 1-8729,
for further details on Jaycees
and how they work.”
"Join the Jayeees,” he urges,
"and join an organization of
young men at work—building for
themselves and their community
a ‘life’ instead of a living.”
English sets forth in his letter
of invitation—“lt is generally
agreed that we receive more by
putting more enjoyable work and
(See Page 3)
were: No. 11, McKnown and Mos
ley, by Evelyn Walker, Forest
Park High School; No. 2, Sub
urban LP Gas, by Janice Rogers
and Brenda Crook. Forest Park
grammar school; No. 4, Palmers
Repair Shop, by Shellah Hoover
and Gloria Bryson,' Hendricks
Street School; window No. 16,
Smith Hardware, by Ronnie
Lundstrom, Ash Street School.
The following merchants co
operated in the annual event—
Suburban LP Gas, Palmers Re
pair Shop, Johnson Grocery
Store, McKnown and Mosley,
Morris and Weldon, Smith Hard
ware. Jackson's Barber Shop,
Jean’s Flowers, Christian’s
Pharmacy, Stanford's Depart
ment Store, Foster's Supermar
ket, Colonial Stores, Ware’s Five
and Ten Cent Store.
In the Forest Park area we
need an additional elementary
school. The land has been pur-
IMised on Simpson Road and
this building should be built to
house 500 children. This would
enable us tb move elementary
school children from the already
over-crowded Central campus
and at the same time prevent
the children from east of High
way 54 from encountering traffic
problems as well as reducing
some of our over-crowded school
busses.
An additional elementary
school is needed for the North
Clayton area. Many of these chil
dren are now’ housed in a white
frame building that has long
been outmoded. The worst over
crowding conditions existinj in
our County prevail on the North
Clayton Central Campus.
The Jonesboro area is in need
of an additional elementary
school to replace the old out
moded two-story building and to
take care of increased enroll
ment. The Negro elementary
school in Jonesboro needs four
additional classrooms.
We need four classrooms at
Mountain View, two at East Clay
ton, two at Riverdale.
The above projects are esti
mated to cost $850,000.00 and
please keep in mind that we are
talking about what we need by
September 1956. The enrollment
in our schools is increasing much
faster than the citizens realize it
is han - d for us to always remem
ber that our School Building Pro
gram has been running behind
schedule.
We believe our people want
adequate housing for our school
system. Won’t you please study
our school program and learn its
real problem?
Four Qualified For
Fores! Park Cily Posts
Three candidates for the office
of Mayor of Forest Park and one
candidate for councilman from
Ward 2 have qualified with City
Clerk T. J. Elliott.
Candidates for Mayor arc: W.
B. Alexander, Douglas L. Harper
and D. M. Johnson.
For council: Joseph E. Chap
pell, Ward 2.
NOTICE
Registration books will be open
Nov. 3, 1955, in Morrow, Ga.
Week days the books will be
open from 7:00 pm. until 8:00
pin. Saturdays. The books will
be open from 11:00 am. until
2:00 p.m.
Election for mayor and council
will be held Saturday, December
3, 1955, between 1:00 pin. and
6:00 p.m.
Candidates for office of Mayor
and Council must qualify in
writing with the Mayor on or
before November 25, 1935.
Forest Park, Jonesboro
Now Region 3-A Schools
Henry County, Carrollton, Monroe
Winder and Milton in Classification
Forest Park and Jonesboro High Schools are now Re
gion 3-A schools by the action of the Football Committee
of the Georgia High School Association in the recent Thom
aston meeting. The action takes place next school year.
The committee added another 1
classification Triple A for all 1
schools over 650 students, and
designated the following classi- 1
fications: ]
AA—4OO to 650 students; A— I
300 to 400 students; B—2oo to 1
300 students and C—2oo and less. ’
Old class A ran from 300 to 650 1
students, and made the competi
tion unequal.
Henry County and Carrollton, i
together with Forest Park and
Jonesboro, were changed from 1
3-B to 3-A classification, and 1
other schools to compete in this ■
classification are Monroe, Win
der and Milton.
County School Superintendent ;
J. E. Edmonds, who attended the :
meeting at Thomaston, pointed
out that the new classification
puts schools playing each other
Clayton County Chamber
Pushing For Expansion
Floyd P. Sudderth, President
of the Clayton County Chamber
of Commerce, points out in a
joint letter from him and the
Board of Directors to the mem
bership that—
“We of Clayton County are now
spending several millions of dol
lars to create in our County,
conditions which will attract
outside industry to locate here
or inside industry to organize.
Z»s you know this alone will not
accomplish this end. They must
be sought out and informed of
what our County has to offer and
convinced that they belong here.
In other words, our County with
its excellent facilities must be
“sold” to them. This is our pres
ent primary objective. To do this
your Chamber of Commerce
must have the full support of
every progressive thinking indi
vidual and firm in our County.
The task is tremendous but we
are sure that, with the fine ad
vantages our County has to offer,
with the varied and outstanding
talents of our people and their
support of their Chamber of
Commerce, we can compete suc
cessfully with any competition
and bring into our County the
much needed industry to help
shoulder our tax load and better
the living of all our citizens.”
Mr. Sudderth notes that the
Board of Directors has named
Norman LaMotte as full time
Secretary-Manager and “begin
ning as of now your Secretary-
Manager will send to each mem
ber a monthly activities report
with developing and planned
programs as they materialize
and will welcome your comn. tnts
and criticism of them at all
times.
“Yearly membership dues as
Pleasant Grove Bazaar
At Riverdale Saturday
The Woman’s Society of Chris
tian Service of Pleasant Grove
Methodist Church Is sponsoring
a Bazaar on Saturday, November
5 from 4:00-9:00 p.m. for the
benefit of the Church Building
Fund. The Bazaar will be held in
the old McKown Building, two
doors from the Riverdale Post
Office.
The Bazaar is under the direc
tion of Mrs Beverly Bartlett as
General Chairman, other offi
cers include Mrs. Maneal
Chitwood, Sewing; Mrs. Katie
Smith, Home Cooking, and Can
ning; Mrs. Beverly Bartlett,
Christmas Decorations; Mrs.
Christian Skelton, Flowers; Mrs
Mildred Swygert, Handicrafts
and Miscellaneous; Mrs. Kath
leen Hutcheson, Toys; Mrs. Sara
Brown, Posters; Mrs. Angela
OFFICIAL CLAYTON COUNTY PUBLICATION
more in line with their enroll
ment figures.
If the new classification had
not been made, he added, Forest
Park and Jonesboro would have
had to play schools like Athens,
College Park, Elberton, Gaines
ville, Hapeville, Toccoa, Marist,
Hartwell, and the like.
Monroe, with 325 students, was
having to play schools with dou
ble and triple enrollments.
"We hope the executive com
mittee will region all school ath
letics and literary activities along
this line,” Edmonds said.
He explained that last year
Forest Park high band, only two
years old, had to compete against
much older bands, and that now
the competition will be more
nearly equal.
Another point stressed by Ed-
adopted by your Board of Di
rectors for 1955-56 are as follows:
Individual, $10; Business and
Professional, $25 plus $1 each
employee over five. Restaurant
$25 plus .50 each place setting,
and Motel $25 plus $1 each unit.
“If you have not renewed your
membership for 1955-56—that is,
if you have not paid it since
June 30th, 1955, it is now due and
we feel that with much depend
ing on it we can count on you
to do so at once. Our plans now
call for rather heavy expendi
tures as we get into the cam
paign for sewers, without which,
we cannot interest big Industry.
If you have any questions about
your membership phone or sec
LaMotte.
“Looking forward with you to
a finer Clayton County.”
AMVET Activities
The next regular meeting of
Post 17 will be Thursday night,
November 3. The following regu
lar meeting, November 17, will
feature nominations of Post offi
cers for 1956 and at the meeting,
December 1, the election of these
officers will take place. These
meetings are important ones and
all members should attend and
take an active part in the “poli
ticking”, nominating and elect
ing of these officers.
This year has seen our club
grow considerably and engage
in many civic and social activi
ties. What we continue to do in
1956 will depend largely upon the*
new Post officers. Every good
member will make it a point to
be at these regular meetings if
it is at all possible to do so.
Turner, Advertising; and Mrs.
Jeanette Smith, President of the
W.S.C.S., Mrs. Mildred Stephens,
Secretary and Mrs. Leia Jones
as Food Committee.
Hot dogs with delicious home
made trimmings, drinks and
desserts may be purchased dur
ing the Bazaar hours. Numbered
stubs will be given with each
purchase. The winning number
will be drawn at 9:90 p.m. for the
door prize, a beautiful 28 inch
driftwood, table-planter lamp.
The person need not be present
to win the door prize.
The Committees are putting
forth great efforts and time to
make this a huge success and
your participation will help make
it so. Come out and see us No
vember 5 in Riverdale, well all
be looking for you.
20,000 Readers
in Clayton
and Other
Counties
monds was that Jonesboro and
Forest Park schools couldn’t fi
nance the same football program
as the larger areas like Hape
ville, Gainesville, etc., and thus
are greatly assisted by the 3-A
rating.
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Jonesboro Boy
Listed in Who’s Who
A Jonesboro boy is one of 30
of Georgia Tech’s outstanding
seniors who have been, selected
on the basis of scholarship, lead
ership, and character for listing
in the 1955-1956 issue of “Who’s
Who Among Students in Ameri
can University and Colleges,”
according to Dean of Students
George C. Griffin.
He is Andrew Gordon Oliver
who is majoring in industrial
management.
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BAKERS TO HEAR
TOMMY LOUGHRAN
The many members of the At
lanta Bakers Club who live in
Clayton County ’ will attend a
dinner meeting or the Club at
Druid Hills Golf Club Friday,
Nov. 4, at 6 p.m. to hear an ad
dress by Tommy Loughran, for
mer world's light heavyweight
champion who performed in the
ring for 19 years.
He was one of the masters of
his generation. Now at age 52 he
looks 10 years younger.
He is distinguished in appear
ance. His hair is lusn and black,
his figure trim. No marks mar his
classic profile.
It is often said that if the
boxing industry had more gradu
ates like Loughran, there would
be little in the game to investi
gate.
On Thursday night Loughran
will appear on a WSB-TV in
terview with Ray Moore.
RED SCHOOLHOUSE
FUND ENRICHED
BY $l7B TOTAL
Forest Park citizens, who al
ways open their hearts for
worthy undertakings, have en
riched the building fund of the
Little Red Schoolhouse For
Special Children, Inc., East Point,
by $l7B, Mrs. Fred Durden an
nounced this week.
“This will enable us to achieve
our aims and we want to thank
all who participated in making
this possible,” Mrs. Durden said.
The money was raised through
pony rides and refreshments at
City Hall, Forest Park. Mrs.
Durden announced that Dick
Bowden contributed SIOO. Fleet
wood Coffee supplied the coffee,
Rep. E. A. Foster donated ponies,
wieners and all the fixings, and
Jack Wells donated the ice for
drinks.
NEW INSURANCE
AGENCY OPENS
The Speir Insurance Agency,
a new enterprise, has opened for
business at 1235 Main Street,
Forest Park. The telephone num
ber is PO-1 8030.
It is a family enterprise man
aged by Lee Speir, born and
raised at Conley and a graduate
of Jonesboro High School. He
lives at 122 Dennis Drive, and is
moving in a couple of weeks to
190 South Avenue.
Associated with Lee Speir in
the partnership are his brother,
Elzie D Speir, Jr., and his father,
E. D. Speir, Sr They have lived
at Conley for the past 24 years.
Elzie Speir, Jr., is a graduate
of old Fulton High, Atlanta. His
fattier is pastor of the Forest
Primitive Baptist Church. He will
continue his ministerial duties.
The Speirs have been residents
of Clayton County for most of
their lives. The agency will deal
in all Jines of Insurance and
automobile financing.