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VOLUME 37 — NUMBER 13
‘Uncle Doss And Aunt Lilla" Trammell
Live On Same Farm Since 1899
Mr. and Mrs. D. C. Trammell
of Morrow, better known as
Uncle Doss and Aunt Lilla, have
been living on the same farm
since 1899, the year after they
were married, and in the same
house for 45 years.
Mr. Trammell was born in Lin
coln County, Georgia, in 1868
.and his parents brought him to
Clayton County when he was
two years old.-
In 1898 he married a Clayton
native, Miss Lilla Ophelia
Mitchell. The first year of their
marriage the couple lived in the
old Reynolds farm.
Mr. Trammell was a dairyman
and farmer until his retirement
Ssome years ago.
In his younger days Mr. Tram
mell was known as the strongest
man in Clayton County. He
amazéd everyone with his
strength and skill in breaking
wild horses and mules.
As a boy Judge William Rey
nolds recalls that Mr. Trammell
didn’t need a wagon to transport
seed and implements across the
farm. He’d carry them on his
back.
The winter they married was
one of the coldest on record and
Mrs. Trammell recalls she would
feed the chickens through cracks
in the floor.
The Trammells have been good
Auto License
- Beginning the Ist of 1956 you
* will purchase your 1956 automo
bile License Plates at the County
fi& House. Please read care
ed in the last session of the
General Assembly, and rules set
by the Department of Revenue
Motor Vehicle License Unit, At
lanta, Ga. Remittance should be
by post office or American Ex
press money order cashiers check
or certified check. Checks not
certified are not acceptable,
county tax commissioner Robert
E. Coleman explained this week.
There will be no such thing as
special numbers for applicant
next year. Each Tag Agent will
be required to sell tags in se
quence. In other words, tags
shall be sold as they are reached
in the stack with no skips allow
ed.
The new law makes no provi
sion for mailing tags to appli
cants.
When an applicant shows his
address on the application to be
other than in county where ap
plication is made, no tag can be
issued to such applicatn. Tags
must be purchased in the county
of residence of the applicant.
All tags for passenger cars ‘
trucks (2 ton and under) and
trailers (3000 lbs. empty wt. and{
under) will be purchased in the
county where applicant resides.
All other classifications, includ
ing any special tags (National
Guards, etc.) will be purchased
from Motor Vehicle License
Unit, Department of Revenue,
109 State Capitol, Atlanta 3, Ga.
The restriction relative to the
mailing of tags referred to in
above does not apply to tags
purchased from the Atlanta of
fice. They will be mailed in the
same manner as heretofore.
Your application must be filled
out by typing or printing before
presenting for tags, as we are
not authorized to notorize or fill
out applications.
Affidavits of payment of
advalore mtax on motor vehicles
(See Page 4)
BY €APT. CHARLES S.
ROBERTS, JR.
The regular meeting of the
Forest Park Kiwanis Club was
held at the High School Nov. 10,
1955. This was an interclub
meeting with the North DeKalb
Kiwanis Club and was the
twenty-fifth such meeting for
the North DeKalb Club this year.
They were represented by W. H.
Sumner, Clark Hudson, R. T.
- Bells, Clifford Oxford and the
Rev. A. L. Burgreen, who was the
speaker. .
Rev. Burgreen spoke of the
«importance of knowledge—the
knowledge of one's self, one’s
friends and God. He also stress
ed that there is a difference in
making a living and making a
life for one’s self.
Othér visitors were Rev. Fred
McAlister, Charles T. Loder, V.
J. Holt and Frank Adamson.
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~ God has blessed them with six
~ neighbors'all their long and use
- ful lives. They're members of
- The Rock Baptist Church and
. Mr. Trammell was a trustee of
the old Grove School, no longer
. in existence.
A story about the Trammells,
- written by a daughter, Mrs. J. G.
. Brown, was published in a recent
issue of the Israelite, telling of
their early life.
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IC. of C. Representatives
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Hear Industrial Plans
The Clayton County Chamber of Commerce sent a
representative cross section of our leading citizens from all
sections of our countz to the Industrial Gold Conference
held at the Dixie Hunt Hotel, Gainesville, on Tuesday, Nov.
8. This delegation of 2¢ was one of the largest in attendance.
bring to those in attendance
some of the major problems to
be faced and solved in. their ef
forts to continue to establish
more industry in Georgia and
especially in their own individ
ual communities.
Mr. Edward Smith, president
of the First National Bank, At
lanta, developed the field of
Statellite Industries, that is
those smaller industyies who
manufacture and supply parts
and materials needed by the
larger plants such as ' perhaps
hub caps needed by the Ford
Plant. He stressed the advan
tage of these smaller plants lo
cating near the large or mother
plant. We here in Clayton Coun
ty seem in an ideal position to
attract such industries. He called
attention to the Lockheed Plant
at Marietta which 8000 workers
or smaller suppliers are furnish
ing parts and supplies for as
sembly there.
Mr. Smith stressed the fact
that 81% of new industry in
Georgia was home grown, that
‘is, organized in our own com
munities with local capital sup
port and suggested this as per
haps the most fertile field of all
for most communiites. He sug
gested the set up of a Risk Capi
tal Corporation by local citizens
to help furnish needed capital
for the purpose of aiding new
local businesses. :
Mr. L. C. Butcher of the State
Labor Department of Georgia,
reviewed the labor situation giv
ing statistics to show the favor
‘able position of Georgia in this
vital field.
Mr. Ivan Allen, Jr. emphasized
the fact that community effort
and that primarily would be the
deciding factor in securing in
dustrial - expansion for itself.
First there must be an attrac
tive appearance which a few eye
sores can spoil, good schools and |
churches, wide awake and active
clvic groups, adequate recrea- |
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'Little Starrs’ Twinkle
Ina Womanless Wedding
Forest Park Kiwanis Club is
sponsoring a Womanless Wed
ding at the Forest Park High-
School on December 2 and 3 with
nightly performj.nces at 8 p.m.
Admission for adutls is 50 cents,
children .25.
A sample of advance publicity
indicates one of the biggest
nights in entertainment in For
est Park history.
“Twinkle . . . twinkle. Little
Starrs will be flower girls. Ter
rell and Thurman (Starr, that
is). And a rose by any ot.herl
name would smell—Starrs—in a
] éhildrén, all living. An only son,
- J. C. Trammell, lives in Forest
. Park. Daughters are Mrs. F. P.
| Sudderth and Mrs. J. D. Passer
. of Morrow; Mrs. C. C. Buckalew
" of Birmingham, Ala.; Mrs. A. E.
Davis of East Point, and Mrs. J.
. G. Brown of Buckhead, Atlanta.
. It may be that the Trammells
, have been continuous residents
' of the Morrow area longer than
anyone now living.
|Mother's Club Plans
A benefit dinner sponsored by
the Forest Park Mother's Club
is scheduled for December 3rd
at the Youth Center between the
hours of 5 and 8 p.m.
The proceeds of the benefit,
which will go to the Little Red
School House for Special Chil
aren, Inc. of East Point, will
help provide an education for
these mentally retarded chil
dren.
The club specially, urges family
groups to take part in this bene
fit. There will be entertainment
for everyone after dinner. Tick
ets are SI.OO for adults, 50c for
children, and are now on sale
by members of the Mothers
Club. In order to know the num
ber to be served for dinner, there ‘
will be no tickets sold at the
door the night of the benefit,
but only through purchase of
tickets in advance, '
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M. F. Hammons Hits
M. F. Hammons hit a $27 mer
chandise Jackpot in the Jones
boro Treasure Chest drawing
Saturday. The week before the
winner was Mrs. O. T. Harbin,
and inadvertantly it was said
she won in Hapeville. It wasn't
sO. She won in Jonesboro.
E. J. Swint greeted a large
crowd for the big event sponsor
ed by the Jonesboro Merchants
Association.
Special awards: Whadey’s
Service Station certificate for a
wash and grease job won by C.
J. Barronton; Oakes Grocery
certificate for $5 in merchandise
won by Ruppert Barronton, and
McMullen Hardware certificate
for $5 in merchandise, won by
Myrtis Varner.
Womanless Wedding at the For
est Park High School.”
Last week there was notice of
a BIG WEDDING, a wedding
without tears, and citizens were
instructéd to look for details.
This is it.
Many hi-jinks are being ar
ranged for the event and will be
announced from time to time,
Committees are at work com
pleting . details.
Publicity Chairman Robert
English is burning the midnight
lou in composing attractive
literature for the big event.
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FOREST PARK, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1955
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Accreditation
Is Discussed
By ED EDMONDS,
Superintendent
For the past few weeks we
have sincerely tried to bring the
truce facts about our School
System to the attention of our
people. We can gnly hope that
our efforts will be rewarded by
action being taken to relieve the
present conditions. This week we
would like to talk with our in
terested citizens about another
phase of our school program
that is oftentimes overlooked
and that is the matter of Ac
creditation.
What is meant by an Ac
credited School? This question is
asked by many parents and oth=
er people who are really inter
ested in education. A school, in
order to have the Accredited
Stamp of Approval placed upon
it by the Georgia ' Accrediting
Commission, must meet stand
ards as laid down by this Com
mission, and each school that is
accredited is given a thorough
investigation once a year. Some
of the most important standards
to be met are:
1. Character of work done by
school.
2. Qualifications of Principal.
3. Teacher teaching load.
4. Buildings and equipment.
5. All contests must be under
complete ¢ontrol of school ad
ministartion.
6. Continuity of service and
Principal’s. contract.
7. General atmosphere of
school. :
8. Teacher qualifications—34
of faculty with college degrees
and no teacher with less than
two years of college training.
9. Overall scholastic program
offered by school.
I“We ‘havé in “our County Sys
tem the following Elementary
Schools that are accredited: For
est Park Central, Ash Street,
Hendrix Drive, Mountain View,
North Clayton Central, Maple
Street, East Clayton, Jonesboro
Central and North Jonesboro
and the three High Schools,
Jonesboro,, Forest Park and
North Clayton. Riverdale and
Morrow Elementary Schools are
beginning the move toward ac
creditation.
We are proud of these attain
ments and are conscious of the
ever-present needs for continu
ous improvements in all areas
of our schools. Schools are like
all other human institutions in
that they must justify their ex
istence in terms of communiy
service. Schools must have the
support and respect of all citi
zens if they render the services
demanded. We are !::ften told by
critics that certain schools in our
community are non-accredited.
This is certainly damaging o a
community and that is why we
are trying to get this informa
tion to our people. Good church
es and good schools are truly in
dicative of a good community.
800 Trout in Florida
A fishing party composed
largely of Forest Park -men
caught 800 salt water speckled
trout at Oak Hill, Fla., in four
days last week.
The fish were cut up into filets
and brought back for deep
freezer storage and consump
tion. The following men will en
joy trout for some time to come.
Steve Christian, Herman and
Jim Price, John Davis, J. D.
‘Purmont,, D. M. Christian, Mike
Smith, Robert Orr, Felton Davis,
Gene Garner, Harold Womack
and Gordon Causey, Forest Park,
and J. E. Moss, Mountain View.
There was another member of
the party the fellows know only
as Scotty, who caught his share
of fish.
The turkey shoot to be held in |
Forest Park on Thanksglving
Day will last from 9:00 am. til
sundown, on Mr. Tanner’s farm |
at the corner of Thurmond Road
and Highway 54.
The Music Club, sponsoring|
the shoot, announces that guns |
will be furnished but you maw|
bring your own. Ammunition will
also be furnished by the Music
Club,
Approximately 30 live turkeys|.
will be given away. i
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MISS ERNESTINE ADAMS, center, Worthy Grand Matron, Eastern Star for the State of Georgia,
is'shown at opening ceremonies of her official visit to District No. i 9, with Grand Deputies Mary
Parker, left, and M. L. Haley, right. Jonesboro and McDonough chapters co-operated in the open
ing ceremonies. (See story below).
'l’out men have entered the
mk\t Mayor of Forest. Park,
ncluding the ncumbent James
'K. Currie, who recently said he
was running for re-election on a
platform of continuing his pro
gram.
Forest Park will have a con
test for three seats on the City
Council in the election Dec. 3.
For Mayor: Currie, Douglas L.
Harper, D. M. Johnson, and W.
B. Alexander. ]
For First Ward councilman; L.
D. Str)etelmeier and G. O. Thom
as. Incumbent Henry Waldrof
will not seek re-election.
For Second Ward councilman:
Joseph E. Chappell, Paul T.
Addis and Orren E. Haynes. The
ward is a newly created one.
For Firth Ward councilman:
Lloyd E. Helms, W. L. McMillian
and Carl E. Merck. Incumbent L.
R. Beckwith will not seek re
election.
Qualifications and voting reg
istration closed last Saturday.
City Clerk T. J, Elliott said a |
total of 3,000 registered to vote,(
an increase of 200.
Firemen Lead Drive On
Muscular Dystrophy
The 1955 drive for Muscular
Dystrophy has been approved by
the Atlanta Funds Appeal Board.
The campaign dates have been
set as November 15-30. Forest
Park is joining full force with
the other areas of Greater At
lanta and Cobb County to in
sure the success of the &am
paign. The firefighters of At
lanta, Decatur and DeKalb
County, Hapeville, College Park,
Cobb County and East Point are
spearheading this drive for
Dsytrophy which will end Tues
day, Nov. 30.
The drive in Forest Park is be
ing led by the Volunteer Fire
Department, headed by aggres
sive Chief Robert E. Johnson,
who is being aided by the many
fine ladies of Forest Park. In
Jonesboro the drive ds also be
ing led by the Volunteer Fire
Department. !
Preparations for the drive are
well under way. The Muscular
ystrophy Committee from the
Volunteer Department is headed
by Paul A. Bedingfield as chair
man., He s being assisted by
Carl E. Merck, Charles L. Chath
am, William J. Guice, Emory F.
Richardson and William C.
Hobbs. Their well-trained and
efficient department, which has
done so much good here, even
to the point of purchasing much
of its own firefighting equip
ment—communication, first-aid,
Tescue equipment, will be out to
equal or surpass its own record
of civic and humanitarian enter
prise. Anyone who wishes to
Jhelp contact one of the above
firemen. g
Pays Visit To District
| Miss Ernestine Adams, Thomaston, Worthy Grand
Matron, Order of Eastern Star for the State of Georgia,
paid her first official visit to District 19 last week. First
official event was a banquet Thursday night in Jonesboro
’in which the McDonough Chapter ‘cooperated ‘wth the
Jonesboro Chapter. The District visit lasted from Thursday
through Monday. [ Chgpgers_ in this District are:
Jonesboro Volunteer Fire De
partment is selling subscriptions
to the Forest Park Free Press
and Clayton County News and
Farmer as part of their project
to obtain extra equipment fpr
first aid and for the truck.
Chief Clifford J. Wiggins said
this week that members of the
party already have sold a con
siderable number of subscrip
tions and will continue their
solicitations for several weeks.
Subscriptions are $2 per year,
of which the Fire Department
receives half.
The ladies who have pledged
aid up to this time are Mrs. Bar
bara Wood,- Mrs. J. A. Thomas,
Mrs. C. J. Shatterly, Mrs. Elva
Scarbrough, Mrs. J. A. King, Mrs.
Grace Heard and Mrs. Ruby
Barnett.
The roster of the Volunteer
Fire Department includes Chief
' Robert E, Johnson, Captain Les
'ter W. Boswell, First Lieutenant
| Robert L. Norton, Second Lieu
tenant Byron E. ‘Winslett, Sec
retary William C. Hobbs, Treas
urer Edmund D. Brown, first Aid
Co-ordinator, William J. Guice,
Signal Officer Carl E. Merck,
Public Relations Officer T. J. El
liott, Jr., and members J. D.
Bearden, P. A. Bedingfield, W. L.
Bersch, O. L. Broadwell, J. H.
' Chamlee; C. L. Chatham, W. M.
Curtis, R. E. Echols, L. J. Ezell,
J. M. Grant, R. G. Hornsby, C. H.
Lanier, W. L. McMillian, C. C.
Neundorfer, J. E. Pollard, E. F.
'Richardson, D. R. Stewart, W,
[H. Vinson, L. E. Walker, T. E.
Young, Jr.
‘ Leave porch lights on between
'the hours of 7 and 10 p.m. Mon
‘day evening, Nov. 21, for visits
for the Fire Department and
lhelpers for cash donations, If
you care to give and will not be
‘home you will receive an en
'velope to mail your donations.
Muscular Dystrophy is an in
’curable. non-contagious progres
sive disease of the muscles end
ing in crippling, or total dis
ability. It is always fatal in
children.
~ More than 200,000 victims of.
the disease are known in the‘
United States, most of them
OFFICIAL CLAYTON COUNTY PUBLICATION
Forest Park, No. 290; Hapeville,
No. 99; Tex, No. 293; Jonesboro,
No. 174; McDonough, No. 403;
Hampton, No. 361. Liberty, No.
147, Griffin, and Riverdale, No.
446.
Miss Adams’ project over the
| state for the year is benevolence,
helping people in the way of
charity. They don’t have to be
members of Eastern Star to get
help.
She’s an active membér of the
. Thomaston Baptist Church and
|also teaches. Her watchword for
| this year is “Found Faithful.”
kSymbol for the year: “The Open
Bible.”
Upon retiring in June after
'serving as Worthy Grand Matron
for a year, Miss Adams will then
be Past Grand Matron.
For her first visit to District
19, District Grand Deputies Mrs.
Mary Y. Parker and Mr. M. G.
Haley were responsible for plans
and entertainment for the five
days, beginning last Thursday.
Side trips for Miss Adams in
cluded trip through Atlanta
General Depot, Ford Motor
Company Plant and a visit to the
Shrine Circus.
Four banquets included: Wis
teria Restaurant with Jonesboro
and McDonough chapters in
charge, Thrusday night; Hape
ville Methodist Church , dining
hall with Hapeville and’ River
dale chapters in charge, Friday
‘nlght; Hampton High School
lunchroom with the Hampton
‘and Forest Park chapters in
charge, Satudray night; Wom
an’s Memorial Clubhouse, Grif
fin, with Liberty and Rex chap
ters in charge, Monday night.
There was a Friday luncheon
at the home of Mrs. Carolyn H.
Westberry, Riverdale, and a
Saturday luncheon at the Dwarf
House with the Forest Park
chapter in charge.
The offigial visit ended Mon
day night at Griffin with Lib
erty and Rex chapters working
together.
The School of Instructions for
this District was held on Sun
day, Sept. 25, at Forest Park
Chapter in the Forest Park
Masonic Hall.
Mr. Paul Ponder, Worthy
Grand Patron, of Madison, Ga.,
visited during the official visit
of Miss Adams to District No. 19.
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children doomed to early death. |
It can attack any one, at any
time or age, without warning. |
Muscular Dystrophy headquar- |
ters in Atlanta are at 194 Court
land Street, N. E., Atlanta 2, Ga., |
and mail may be directed to P.|
0. Box No. 4334, Atlanta, Ga. The
telephone number at headquar
ters is CYpress 4510.
Clayton County headquarters
is at the Forest Park fire sta-|
tion. i |
20,000 Readers
in Clayson
and Other
Counfies
PanthersD
‘.lackson 27-7
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l Forest Park High Panthers,
carrying the big guns, fired both
barrels at Jackson there last
Friday night to capture the
final game of the season, 27 to 7.
Playing his last game for the
Panthers, Alternate Captain and
Left Halfback Bobby Mitchell
scored two touchdowns, and
“Little Dickie” Crisp, returning
to his old home, gave the Jack
son fans mixed emotions as he
scored twice. Many Jackson fans
sought him out after the game
to congratulate “Little Dickie.”
The Panthers led, 6 to 0, at the
half, and poured it on in the
third quarter. Billy Bunn took
the third quarter kick-off and
ran it back all the way, only to
have the great run canceled by
a clipping penalty. .
But Mitchell and Crisp went
on to stage a two-man scoring
show, and throughout much of
the last quarter Forest Park
High’s scrubs, the “suicide
squad,” battled against Jackson
reserves. The “suicide” squad
got as close to scoring as the six
yard line. :
Mitchell scored on runs of 11
and two yards while Crisp count
ed from 15 and three yards out.
Tailback Ryland Smith plunged
two yards for Jackson’s score.
It was Forest Park’s final game
in Region 3-B, as next year the
Panthers will compete in Region
3-A. The win was the fourth of
the season.
Prospects for next season are
viewed as good despite the loss
of many good boys. Seniors who
have played their last game in
clude Captain Herman Smith, a
star against Jackson; Bobby
Mitchell, Harold Sewell, Eddie
‘Murphy, Donald Knowles, Jack
Briscoe, Billy Williams; Jimmy
Cason and Danny Cochrane,
Larry Watkins and Walter:
4 Cheeves, ey
A fine nucleus of returning
backs includes Crisp, Jerry
Benefield, Billy Bunn, Larry
Farle, Donald Crisp and Johnny
Formby. Star tackle Norman
Hale will be back to anchor the
rebuilding of the line.
Coach Al Jeffrey loses a great
many fine boys from end to end
in the line, and some capable re
serves. His job is to put a good
line in front of a promising
backfield.
“Things look better for next
year than.they did at the start
of this year,” Coach Jeffrey ob
served.
Joneshoro Woman's
Club Has Meefing
The November meeting of the
Jonesboro Woman’s Club will be
held on Monday, November 28, at
8:00 pm. at the Methodist
Church.
Mrs. R. G. Turner, Chairman
of the Fine Arts Department, in
charge of the program, will pre
sent a recital by the Coca-Cola
Choral Club, under the direction
of Mrs. Dan Babcock and Mrs.
Paul Theros, Manager, in a pro
gram of Christmas and Winter
music.
Following the recital a recep
tion will be held in the Meth
odist Church Annex.
Hostesses will be Mrs. C. E.
Lamb, Mrs. W. D. Acker, Mrs. J.
D. Vaughn and Miss Amah Lee
Rutherford. %
The public is cordially invited
to attend the recital and recep
tion.
AMVET Activities
Nominations for Post Officers
for 1956 will take place at the
regular meeting November 17.
Elections will be held December
‘l. All members should be pres
ent.
Comments overheard in the
clubroom concerning prospective
candidates: They should (Quote)
(1) not only be hard workers bu®
leaders with ability to get co
operation from others. (2) he
sound business men in order to
supervise club finances: (3) be
regular in attendance at meet
ings and social functions; (4)
have ability to meet the public;
(5) be able to conduct orderly
meetings; (6) have constructive
ideas with forethought for the
the future; (7) have a knowl
edge of the civic responsibilities -
of the Post and the Club; (8) be
able to capably work with public
officials. Another comment over
heard: “We should not vote for
friends just because they are.
friends but vote for the ones we
think can handle the job best.”
All members ' please consider
the above when casting your
ballot. : el Wt