VOLUME 37 — NUMBER 12
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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.
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Forest Park Wins, 14-7,
Ends Year With Jackson
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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-
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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.
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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.
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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,
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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
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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.
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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.
