The Forest Park free press and Clayton County news and farmer. (Forest Park, Ga.) 1955-1967, November 10, 1955, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextVOLUME 37 — NUMBER 12 ■■ Ml Dniu-urcv uluki was Jonesboro’s wt>en Wayne Kendrick, above, scored the extra point for a third quarter 7-7 tie in the annual game won by Forest Park High Panthers, 14 to 7. It was the Panthers’ third win of the season. Final ga me will be played this Friday night at Jackson. REVIVAL BEGINS NEXT MONDAY IN RIVERDALE Pleasant Grove Methodist Church, Riverdale, Ga., will hold a revival beginning Monday, Nov. 14 and continuing each eve ning through Friday, Nov. 18. Services will begin at 7:30 p.m. Rev. Hoke Sewell, our well loved District Superintendent, will be the guest speaker. Great plans have been made for the revival. Special song service will be under the lead ership of Rev. Harold Brooks, Asbury College, Wilmore, Ky., who is a student at Chandler School of Theology. He will be accompanied by Mrs. Clyde Eaton, pianist. Rev. Edward L. Oinkins, Jr., is pastor of Pleasant Grove and the church has made great progress under his leadership. We are extending a special in vitation to come worship with us. With your help and the help of God, let's make this re vival a success in his name. AMVET ACTIVITIES At the regular meeting Nov. 3 general discussions on the coming election of Post Officers, equipment for the clubhouse, and the boxing and wrestling program were held. The next two regular meetings will be the most important ones of the year, since the future of the club rests in the hands of whoever is elect ed to office at these meetings. Plans are being made by the clubhouse committee to provide some additional entertainment for the regular Friday “Family Night” affairs. “Family Nights” originated from the common be lief that every man should al low his wife and family to en joy the luxury of at least one night a week away from the drudgery of cooking, dishwash ing, etc., plus enjoying the din ing, dancing and other enter tainment provided by the club All this is provided at a mini mum fee necessary to cover ov erhead expenses. All members please come and be sociable. Many thanks to the following merchants who donated prizes for the best costumes at the Halloween Dance: Dickson Ap pliance Company, Jonesboro; Lewis’ Ladies’ and Children's Ready-to-Wear. Jonesboro Drug Company, Whaley s Service Sta tion, all of Jonesboro, and Spring Lake Inn, Highway 42. Thanksgiving Turkey Shoot By Music Club An old-fashioned turkey shoot will highlight Thanksgiving Day in Forest Park and will give many a sportsman a chance to have turkey on his dinner table during the holidays. Tlfe shoot, sponsored by the Forest Park Music Club, will take place on a farm at the cor ner of Thurmond Road and Highway 54, owned yb Mr. Tan ner, a retired army band di rector. The public is invited to par ticipate in this sport. Practice up on your target shooting and come take a chance on winning a turkey. Chances are SI.OO each. 5 MORE QUALIFY IN COUNCIL RACE Five new aspirates for City Council of Forest Park have qualified with City Clerk T. J. Elliott. They are: L. D Strietelmeier, Ward 1; Paul T. Addis, Ward 2; Lloyd E. Helms, W. L. McMillian and Carl E. Merck, Ward 5. —W Jurat Park Jlras • mih GHagtun ©nuttiy Nma anb Jarmur Forest Park Wins, 14-7, Ends Year With Jackson * There was glory enough for all as Forest Park High Panthers edged the Jonesboro High Cardinals, 14 to 7, in a hotly contested game at Kiwanis Athletic Field last Friday night. • — •_ The old rivals fought it out in a traditional pattern with fa vored Forest Park cashing in on a late fumble to turn back their keyed up opponents. The teams battled through a scoreless first quarter and right after they changed goals Quar terback Harold Sewell fired a flat pass to Danny Cochran for a spectacular touchdown play that covered about 40 yards. Richard Crisp whipped into the end zone for the extra point, and Forest Park led 7 to 0. In the third quarter Jones boro’s Jack Swygert intercepted a third down pass near midfield and went all the way for the touchdown, Wayne Kendrick ran fdr the tying point. Late in the fourth quarter Jonesboro staged a desperate desperate goal line stand and took the ball on downs at their own seven-yard line. As the Cardinals tried to work the ball out of danger, there was a fumble recovered by Captain Herman Smith at the seven. Mitchell piled down to the one. Donald Cook carried to the one foot line. Harold Sewell was stopped for no gain. And then Richard Crisp barrelled over for the winning touchdown. Bobby Mitchell skirted right end for the extra point. All the dramatics weren’t over. Wayne Kendrick ran a punt back more than 50 yards and was overtaken by Don Cook. A clipping penalty was called. The teams battled on and Jonesboro came into possession of a tipped pass just as the game ended. It was a game of two well pre- (Scc Page 4» NOTICE Registration books will be open Nov. 3, 1955, in Morrow, Ga. Week days the books will be open from 7:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. Saturdays. The books will be open from 11:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. Election for mayor and coun cil will be held Saturday, Dec, 3, 1955, between 1:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. Candidates for office of Mayor and Council. must qualify in writing with the Mayor on or before Nov. 25, 1955. .. ■ < z W>w^t „ ■ ^KT W||^K ''Z^\^ -^SBh^ 9m„ 9^' jßl^ 3 iAI ’ BF- ^W® QkJKMw W® ' g® jB. Q K||| wMB r 1 * 9tBSB'9JLti % rHWS S3l i JM^MMLW^O J > rwKWBI ’ MBr >.->■•:■ ’ -n« X tr^"l®R ^U&:>? 'WfUWv’ j| M^k ■MMrwL * - ' ■ < ’WiHM^ t 9 i phpMl^^ r ■' ■' I Pl 'V Kw ’ * £ ^-JnKhMf* ’ ■ ' " >^^®S L . - 9 ;: a ^iflH i. in«<T iizlkic i aZZ'^T' '"' • . — . n U,e abovc r ,<turr »re wises in the North Georgia Rural Improve- X i£S P M*I? P^;’® wbo v ‘ s ‘‘«> take City Improvement Club, a contestant. Judges ?re a ß ^F”n v m \. <r ^^ Ure ^ tU Service; J. E . Pollock, Soil Conservation Serv- w K nL D M B . S’ '^‘o, 111 * 1 Education Department. Next in order, left to right, are Mrs. W. B. Dake, BDs. Mary Singleton and Charles Tucker. ROBERT E. COLEMAN NAMED NEW TARA DISTRICT CHAIRMAN At the annual banquet of the Tara District, Boy Scouts of America held last Tuesday night at Mountain View, it was an nounced that Mr. Robert E. Coleman is to be the District Chairman for 1956. Mr. Coleman will be assisted by Mr. H. A. Petty and Mr. J. w. Smith as vice-chairmen. Serving as Com missioner will be Mr. James Duncan. Introduced at this meeting was Mr. Lester Dollar, Scout Executive for the Tara and New ton-Rockdale Districts. Mr. Dol lar, who comes here from Greensboro, N. C., succeeds Mr. Harry Maner, Tara Scout Execu tive for the past two and one half years. Mr. Manor’s many friendswish him the best of luck as he takes up his new duties as Scout Executive of the DeKalb District. MRS. HARBIN HITS JACKPOT Mrs. O. T. Harbin hit a $97 jackpot in the Treasure Chest drawing at Hapeville Saturday. She drew a 30 per cent ticket. Special Awards: Kent’s Super Market skinned ham won by Ruppert Barronton and McKib bon Furniture Company throw rug won by Alex H. Stephens. A good crowd turned out for the ceremonies handled by Em cee A. J. Swint. Hendrix P.-T. A. Has Meeting The Hendrix Drive P.-T. A. will have their monthly meeting Tuesday, Nov. 15, at 8 p.m. in the assembly room. The guest speaker will be Charles S. Dud ley, a lawyer by profession and his subject will be “Juvenile De linquency.” Everyone is urged to attend. FOREST PARK, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1955 LAKE CITY CLUB HOST TO JUDGES ON IMPROVEMENT On Wednesday, November 2nd, the Lake City Improvement Club was host to the judges in the North Georgia Rural Improve- : ment and Development Pro gram. This program is sponsored by the Farmers’ Club of the At- 1 lanta Chamber of Commerce for the purpose of encouraging im-, provement of rural communities, i The Lake City Improvement; Club is one of the contestants under this program and is spon sored locally by the Clayton County Chamber of Commerce. The judges were Miss Martha' McAlpine, Family Life Special ist, Extension Service; Mr. J. E. Pollock, Soil Conservation Serv ice and Mr. F. D. Brown of the Vocational Education Depart ment. Other visitors were Mr. Arnold Almand, Secretary, and Mr. James White, representing the Farmers’ Club; Mr. Norman LaMotte, Secretary and Man ager of the Clayton County Chamber of Commerce; Mrs. Mary Singleton, Clayton County Home Demonstration Agent. Mr. Charles Tucker, County Agent of Clayton County and Mr. Tom Cole of the Soil Conservation Service. The temporary meeting place on Highway 54 was attractively decorated in the harvest theme. Cornstalks and pumpkins filled the corners and sprays of lovely autumn leaves adorned the walls. Arrangements of yellow and white chrysanthemums were also used. Handwork done by the mem bers and canned fruit and vege tables with the red, white and blue ribbons won in the Clayton County Fair by club members were displayed. A program reviewing the de velopment and accomplishments of the community during the current year was given. This in cluded talks by four members and colored movies. After the program a tour of the community was made by the judges, visitors and members of the club. Upon completion of the tour the party returned to the meeting place where delicious home made cakes and coffee and tea were served. The next meeting of the club will be held on Friday night, November 11th, in Galloway Ga rage on Highway 54. All mem bers are urged to attend as offi cers for the coming year will be elected at this meeting. KIWANISKORNER By CAPT. CHARLES S. ROBERTS JR. At the regular meeting of the Forest Park Kiwanis Club on November 3, 1955, three of the oldest citizens of Forest Park were feted. James S. Burks, who is 85 years old, and Whit Phil lips, who is 83, were present at the club meeting and both ad dressed the club briefly. Both men were born and reared in Forest Park. E. J. Wells, who will be 81 years of age next month, was unable to attend because of a cold. Forest Park is proud of these citizens. Next week an inter-club meet ing witn the DeKalb Kiwanis Club will be held. Brig. General J. R. Ranck, Commanding General of the At lanta General Depot and a mem ber of the Downtown Club was a visitor. ' . .2 J RTsRh L Ho V QUEEN CHARLOTTE LOPEZ, Forest Park High School, is shown at right in above picture. Toni Green, second, and Barbara Adams, third, arc shown in order from right. Charlotte Lopez Is Queen Os Forest Park Hi School Charlotte Lopez, ninth grade student of Forest Park High School, was crowned Queen of Forest Park last Satur day evening, Nov. 5, at the Beauty Contest sponsored bv the Music Club. — Second place winner, Toni Green, sponsored by Forest Park Fire Department and third place winner, Barbara Adams, spon sored by Echols Grocery, were presented carnation corsages and a gift of costume jewelry. Fourteen year old Charlotte, daughter of Mr .and Mrs. Ben Lopez, lives at 1214 Alder Drive in Forest Park and has two sisters and a brother. She is a 4jH Club member and attends me First Baptist Church of For est Park. Miss Lopez’ reaction to being made queen was one of gratitude to the people who made the contest possible and especially to E. D. Green and Sons, her sponsor. There were approximately 600 spectators witnessing the event including the 57 sponsors and their families. The school band, ably directed by conductor John Rea from North Claytcn High School, played several selecitons. Two other musical attractions on the program were Mrs. Sarrfh Baker singing “Somewhere Over the Rainbow” and Mrs. Elizabeth William., who sang “One Kiss”. The contestants, some in bal lerina length gowns and others in the ante-bellum style, pre sented a beautiful array of colors. As their names were call ed, each girl walked the ramp while the soft appropriate piano music was played by Mrs. Ralph Bowldcn. Mrs. Wes uersen and Mrs. George Christian instructed the young ladies, giving them valu able briefings on correct walking and posture as demonstrated by models and at the same time en deavoring to retain the poised, (Sec Page 4) GIRL GUIDES LONE TROOP 6 The troop gathered at the home of Mrs. T. W. Haines (oth er leader) on Halloween. Three rooms in the basement were suitably decorated by the girls themselves who had arranged just about everything to ensure a successful party. To judge the “fancy” dress was quite a task for Mrs. Frederick Lee, who had been specially invited for the job. The girls had provided a good assortment of refresh ments and the evening was most hilarious. Jones Memorial W. S. C. S. The monthly meeting was held on Wednesday, Nov. 2, with 33 members present. Mrs. J. w. Smith presided. A Worship Bet ting by Mrs. David Evans de picted the wealth of the earth in fruit and flowers very beau tifully arranged . Mrs. Alton Clark took for the subject for the program, “Women and the Church Through the centuries” and was asslted by Mrs. W. 8. White, Mr. R. O. Barnette and Mrs. W. P. McCullough At. the business meeting members were reminded that the Turkey din ner will bo held Nov. 19. The charge to be $1 per plate and cakes and pies will also be on sale. And the place—the lunch room, College Street school. EDMONDS (ITES KIND OF TEA(HER SCHOOLS DESIRE BY ED EDMONDS, Superintendent For the past two weeks we have tried to present to our people the physicaT needs of but school system. You will recall these needs were divided, for the sake of clarity, into two parts, Elementary and High School. It is the hope of the Clayton Coun ty Board of Education that such articles will be studied by our adult citizens in order to en lighten all tax payers of the true problems facing Our School System. Through the medium of Informed Citizenry can solu tions be found for these prob lems. This week we want to take one item from the Maintenance and Operation field to bring to your attention—Teaching Per sonnel. All of us will admit that the two most important items in a school are the child and the teacher. Let us look at the teacher situation that has be come a national problem and is not confined to Clayton County alone. Believcing that we arc naturally more interested in our own system we will do our best to give you the picture by ask ing the question, “What kind of a teacher do we want for our children?” Many parents have answered this question, in per son, and we arc going to give you a few of the most often re peated characteristics: (1) Well trained person. (2.) Young enough and healthy enough to work and play with energetic youngsters. (3.) A person who is attractive and well-groomed. (4.) A person of character and who is interested in our com - munity beyond the bounds of a (See Page 4) ^^^HJIBKSIHSii' 4 ^ ? va>’ CENTRAL OF GEORGIA INDUSTRIAL DkCglxlPMENl^^^^^^^™ OFFICIAL CLAYTON COUNTY PUBLICATION Central Praises Local Officials Perkins Cites Commissioners And Forest Park Men for Assistance The Central of Georgia Railway today cited the Com missioners of Clayton County and the city officials of For est Park for their splendid assistance and cooperation in making possible the establishment of the railroad’s new Planned Industrial District located between the South Ex pressway and old U. S. Highway 41, B'/ 2 miles from down town Atlanta. Harrell L. Perkins, Central vice president, expressed the railroad’s appreciation for their pushing forward the necessary physical improvements such as roads, water and sewerage. He also paid tribute to two outstanding citizens of Clayton County, Henry C. Dorsey and Richard P. Bowdon, for their untiring efforts in this major undertaking. “The fine co-op eration of Clayton County’s good citizens has resulted in several new industries expressing keen interest in the Planned Indus trial District, even before the property has been cleared of ex isting improvements,” Mr. Per kins said. He added that Scott Candler, secretary of the Geor gia Department of Commerce, Walter T. Cates, executive vice president of the Georgia Cham ber of Commerce, Frank K. Shaw, industrial engineer of the Atlanta Chamber of Commerce, the Clayton County Chamber cf Commerce and Forest Park Jr. Chamber of Commerce have been instrumental in helping acquaint industry with the proj ect's many advantages. The railroad’s huge 490-acre development lies at the strategic heart of a great southeastern market of 22-imllion people. Perkins listed among other ■/nwerful inducements to new in dustry the availability of plenti ful labor, a mild climate, ample power and the friendly co-opera tive attitude of business and local government in the area. The Central has wide experi ence in the development of in dustrial districts having recently sold out of available space in the Empire Industrial District located in East Point, Georgia. Twenty-two new plants have established in this district tak ing advantage of Georgia’s mild climate which is conductive to year ’round operation. Further, the availability of nearby raw materials and ready markets are added incentives for locating southeast. The Central official pointed out that the establishment of new plants in the Forest Park area would mean more jobs, bigger payrolls and a boon to the merchants in the vicinity. Several big name companies have this new district under consideration and Mr. Perkins added that they were receiving every co-opcration from the citi zens of Forest Park and Clayton County in the railroad’s efforts to bring in these indusrtics. Members of the Clayton Coun ty Commission are B. C. Haynie, chairman, E. T. George and E. P. Echols. Officials of Forest Park are J. K. Currie, mayor, and city councilmen L. R. Beck with, J. C. Collins, W. H. Flem ing, E. L. Foster, H. E. Waldrop and Hugh J. Humphries. 20,000 Readers in Clayton and Other Counties I. ’i T ■ ' 1 , SSI J 1 Sr" ■*’? 1 B & 1 *; <-T .I - JKSi ' ; 1 HARRELL PERKINS MILLION DOLLAR SHOPPING (ENTER PLANNED FOR FP Plans for a proposed million dollar shopping center to be ■ called Clayton Square, located J on eight and one-half acres at ’ Highway 54 and Marie Street, were announced this -week by ■ Larry Bartlett, owner. Bartlett’s 1 Forest Park Nursery is on the 1 land. There is also at present Dairy Queen, a filling station and Fruit Basket. Bartlett said that as soon as ; details are worked out leases will be accepted. He said he has been ’ assured by an Atlanta Real Estate firm that all the money needed for the development is available. Leases would be handled on a brokerage type basis. Forest Park Planning Board, . he said, will receive the plans for the proposed shopping cen ter within the near future. Grayson and Associates, At lanta, have drawn plans, and pictures and sketches will be , available next week, Bartlett pointed out. Bartlett said the center would include between 30 and 40 busi nesses, including hanging gar den type restaurant and com ■ munity center, drive-in bank, barber shops, beauty parlors, major chain store, hardware store and all the other types of enterprises found in shopping centers. The shopping center would be patterned on the west coast type, with accent on modern developments, Bartlett an nounced. The whole project is now in the planning stage. Bart lett said he planned to have more developments to announce next week. Chicken Supper The ladies of Circle No. 1, Riverdale Presbyterian Church, will give a chicken supper Fri day, Nov. 11, from 6 to 8 p.m. at the church. Adult tickets arc sl, children 50c. Public is invited.