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FOREST PARK AND JONESBORO, GEORGIA
Forest Park Post Office Box 87
Jonesboro Post Office—Box 487
Phone: POplar 7-5811
Offices - Phone: Jonesboro 6641
1172 NORTH MAIN STREET
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E. W. VAN HOUTEN * Editor and Publisher
MRS. CONNIE BROWN Associate Editor
MRS. CORINNE BLALOCK Society Editor
HERMAN E. TALMADGE Society Editor
MRS. PAULINE BRANYON Columnist
B. M. WOOTEN — Columnist
JOHN CURRIE Columnist
D. L. HOOPER Reporter
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Reminiscences of Bygone Days
BY B. M. WOOTAN
In my teen age days I would
visit a lot with Joe and Jess
Bartlett at their father’s old
home on Courtney Drive. The
old house is still standing in its
old location.
Henry Bartlett (Uncle Hen
ry) everybody in the neighbor
hood called him Uncle Henry.
He and his wife raised a large
family; there were five boys and
two girls. Joe and Jess were the
two youngest boys, my age came
between their ages, and we had
a lot of fun. Jess and I learned
to pick a guitar. We would go
to parties and play for them and
sirig the old love ballads. Joe
(J. T. Bartlett) comes by
my house very often and we talk
about old times. Joe is 81 years
old now but he is very spry for
his age. All the family has pass
ed away except Joe and Jess.
Uncle Henry had in his fruit
orchard the only apricot tree
that I ever saw. We boys ate
fruit off of it.
And now my pet subject:
Transportation. I want to thank
the ones who have written me
erjdorsing this service that we
neeOb much. ""
J notice that one candidate
who is running for City Coun-
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cil says he is to work for better
transportation. Hurrah for him.
I hope some more of the candi
dates will speak out about this
needed convenience.
Now some good advice:
Are we willing to identify our
selves with those for whom we
pray, entering into their suffer
ing, sharing their sorrows bear
ing their burdens for Christ
sake.
God has a plan for everyone’s
life, but not everyone lives in
keeping with God’s plan.
Brother, don’t ever sit down
and say “I am a failure.” Re
member, as long as you are able
to breathe, there is a chance for
you to reclaim your lost oppor
tunities.
Every man is free to choose
between right and wrong, and
is therefore solely responsible for
his actions regardless of the
excuses he may make.
flake a long look ahead, then
work toward your goals.
Boy says to girl, let’s get mar
ried.” Girl says “o. k.” Then
after long silence, girl says to
boy, “why don’t you say some
thing.” Boy says, “I have said
too much already.”
FUNERAL NOTICES
BROWN—Mrs. Johnnie Inez
Brown, of Atlanta, died Nov. 17.
She is survived by her husband,
Mr. Thomas W. Brown; son, Mr.
Thomas Pay ton Brown; daugh
ters, Miss Ida Lee Brown, Atlan
ta; Mrs. C. E. Johns, East Point;
sister, Mrs. Ellen Ogle, Atlanta;
brother, Mr. R. V. Laney, Forest
Park. Funeral services will be
held Sunday at 2 p.m. from the
Mt. Zion Baptist Church (Clay
ton County) with remains placed
in state at 1 p.m. The Rev. Van
B. Stewart will officiate. Inter
ment in the churchyard.
MOSS—Mr. A. F., of McDon
ough, died Nov. 19. Survived by
wife; four sons, Messrs. Aldine
and Clifford Moss, of McDon
ough; Mr. Onree Moss, of For
est Park; Mr. John Moss, Grif
fin; two daughters, Mrs. Frank
lin Cawthon, Jackson; Mrs. Jack
Exum, Forest Park; four sisters,
Mrs. Cora Jackson, Sunnyside;
Mrs. Jim English, McDonough;
Mrs. Harris Crumbly, Milstead;
Mrs. Belle Carter, Atlanta; 12
grandchildren, nieces and neph
ews. Funeral arrangements will
be announced later.
Mr. Thomas Glenn Elliott of
Forest Park died November 14.
He is survived by his mother.
Mrs. Cynthia Elliott; r three sis
trs, Mrs! M. A. Coleman, College
Park; Mrs. W. Ha Crowell, Mc-
Donough; Mrs. F. D. Fillion. Mil
waukee, Wis.. three brothers,
Mr. Thurman D. Elliott, Post,
Calif.; Mr. Wayne F. Elliott,
Jacksonville, Fla.; Mr. T. J.
Elliott, Forest Park.
Funeral services were held
Wednesday afternoon, November
16, from the McDonough Baptist
Church with Rev. Charles Hol
land and Rev. Harold L. Coch
ran officiating. Interment,
Elliott Cemetery. D. T. Car
michael arid Son.
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ok I sass Joseph E. Chappell, President
JO Highway 54 at Thurmond Road
Dixie 7637
As a candidate for mayor I present my views
on some matters concerning the operation of the
City Government. If elected I will—
Work with the Council, any Civic Group or
individual for the improvement of our city, as far
as our finances will permit.
The business of the city will be conducted
openly and above board. No area will be annexed
to the City without a majority vote of the people
in that area.
The Chief of Police should be hired by the
Mayor and Council. The individual policemen
should also be hired by the Mayor and Council,
after investigation and on recommendation of
the Chief. The Mayor should not take the right
and duty on himself to employ the policemen
himself.
I am an independent candidate, not con
nected with any group or Clique. I urge every
qualified voter to go to the polls and vote. I
would appreciate your vote being cast for me.
D. M. JOHNSON
(Paid Political Advertisement)
Clayton. County Views
‘ BY MRS. PAULINE BRANYON
Our rural counties are the
backbone of the state, so don’t
let the city counties wipe you off
the slate. The cities which need
no pities, have been trying for
several decades to destroy our
county unit system. Such esca
pades, if passed, would give the
cities power, with their bloc
vote, to wipe out our political
views and destroy our rights to
vote as we choose.
Now the cities are paving the
way to ask the State Legislature
to give them more money and
more power, so that at any hour
they may hold a sabre over our
heads—that is the nature of the
Reds. The cities claim that there
is rural control of the Assembly,
so Atlanta nimbly asked the
Metropolitan Plannirig Commis
sion to have a Damn Yankee tax
expert to come down here to
make the dirt fly by surveying
the city’s tax structure with pos
sibilities of increasing the city
income with a flick of the
thuriib. He hasn’t made his sug
gestions on the questions, but
the city’s best bet, yet, is to ask
the state for funds so they can
get set.
It would be funny, if it were
not so tragic, that the big cities
are always short of money. They
think by some magic they can
cover up the grafting that is al
ways wafting in cities. They tax
more from more people and more
business firms, and on their own
terms. Yet they claim ♦they are
always short of cash. How rash
and brash can they get! Do the
city politicians think rural folk
need this poke to teach them
they are dumb?
No tax expert from Georgia
would be asked by the cities to
recommend from the state. No
true Georgian would give them
the notion, that a goodly potion
of funds could come straight
from the state, and they are not
late in finding this out—they
know what it is all about. The
politicians want the vote wrap
ped in their coat, and they dare
not raise taxes. A voter never re
laxes when his taxes are raised,
and he is not amazed when they
are—but, like the elephant, he
never forgets.
He frets of course, but he goes
out and votes for another can
didate. At any rate, he knows
that money doesn’t grow on
trees even when politicians plant
them with expectation of a fair
ration of returns in every service
station. If it takes integration to
bring them in, then they see no
sin in embracing something that
is not a-kin to Southern tradi
tions.
Os course there is some graft
ing in all counties, more or less,
but somehow, rural folk, you will
have to confess, get fed up
quicker than city folk. They soak
the grafting politician with their
own ammunition, and within a
few years, at most, he is as dead
as a door-knob, and there is no
sob when he is relieved of his
post.
All we rural county folk ask
of the city-county folk is to run
our own way of life though it
may be filled with toil and
strife. We don’t interfere with
city folk unless they try to “put
one over us”—then we yelp and
holler, and you can bet your last
dollar, we will fight back with
all we have. We won’t be bossed
by any city’s politicians and
newspapers in a bloc vote, and
they can’t buy our souls with
money they will try to get from
the state. As sure as fate, the
rural folk still set their own
goals, and that is not digging
moles, either. We ARE the back
bone of the state, and have the
right to lead as long as we can.
A rural county is never “an also
ran”.
CC Home Demonstration
Council Achievement Day
The Clayton County Home
Demonstration Council is spon
soring a Home Demonstration
achievement day on Nov. 22nd.
Articles for display will be ar
ranged and classified at 10:00
a.m.
The exhibits will consist of
handicraft, metal work, sewing,
cooking, crocheting, rug.-making,
reed work, and other articles
made by the members through
out the year. Each article will
be classified according to quality
and will be given a blue, red or
white ribbon. Judges are: Mrs.
Cynthia Davis, H.D.A., of Jack
son, and Miss Louise Prickett,
R. E. A. home economist of La-
Grange, Georgia.
While the judges are classify
ing the various exhibits, from
11-12 o’clock the council mem
bers will attend a Thanksgiving
program in the church. This pro
gram will consist of group sing
ing, led by Mrs. J. E .Wright of
Georgia State College
Homecoming Will
Feature Dance
The new GEORGIA STATE
COLLEGE of Business Adminis
tration will hold its annual
Homecoming celebration on No
vember the 23rd, from 7:00 to
1:00 a.m.
Ralph Materie and his band
will play for the dance which
will follow the banquet. Another
feature will be the selection of
"Homecoming Queen”,
Tickets are now on sale at the
College Book Store; the price
$2.50 each.
The event will be held in the
new school building at Ivy, Gil
mer and Courtland Streets N.E.
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FOREST PARK SALES & SERVICE
1235 Main St. Forest Park, Ga. POplar 1-8030
Circle 4, WSCS Meets
Circle No. 4 met Tuesday
morning, November 15, at the
home of Mrs. Clyde Pittman in
Jonesboro with ten members
present. Mrs. Pittman led the
devotional and Mrs. T. B. Clonts
the program. Mrs. Sam Mozley
talked on the Christian Mission
in a Revolutionary World and
Mrs. Clonts told of the World
Council of Churches as an an
swer to the world situation.
Mrs. John Segner, circle chair
man, presided during the busi
ness session. Christmas projects
for the group were planned.
Fellowship time followed with
luncheon consisting of sand
wiches brought by members plus
delicious salad, drink and des
sert prepared by the hostess.
the North Clayton Club, Thanks
giving message by Mrs. Walter
Brown of Mt. Zion Club, and a
solo by Mrs. “Bill” Mundy, Jr.
of the Fayetteville Road club.
After a covered dish luncheon
in the recreation building, Mrs.
Roy Peach, of LaGrange, will
give a demonstration on Christ
mas decorations. Mrs. Peach is
an interesting speaker and uses
materials available to all.
Silver Slipper
42 Highway Conley, Ga.
Dine & Dance Nightly
STEAKS, CHICKEN, SEA FOOD
AT THEIR VERY BEST
Every Friday & Saturday Nights - Richard Smith And His
Orchestra - Featuring Wild Fred Taylor On Tenor Sax
You Can Select The Steak Os Your Choice Before It's
Cooked (Choice Steaks Served)
For Reservations Phone Dixie 9189
The Forest Park Free Press-News, November 24,1955 •
WILL YCU Q US?
LET US PE ' A
THANKFUL 1
For a generous l Pkvidence J ■
WHICH HAS BLESSED US WITH PLENTY;
Fob A HERITAGE OF DETERMINATION ||
TO CVERCOME ADVERSITY;
For the PRIVILEGE of living in this
LAND OF PROMISE AND OPPORTUNITY;
For freedom of mind and spirit
to woeship the Infinite to
(THE BEST OF OUR RELIEF.
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FOREST PARK HAIR
STYLISIS STUDY TRENDS
Holiday Hairhos direct frdm
New York City made their na
tional debut in Atlanta and
Berdie Brogdon, Alma Mayo and
Jewell Stancil of the Forest Park
Beauty Shop were among those
from all parts of the Soutty on
hand to view them.
This important hair fashion
event which took place last week
is sponsored annually by the All
Star Beauty Forum of Atlanta.
JONESBORO
ELECTRIC &
PLUMBING CO.
—Specializing In—
WIRING AND PLUMBING
SALES AND SERVICE
GAS EQUIPMENT
SEPTIC TANKS DUG
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PHONES 2581-2671
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