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• The Forest Park Free Press-News, November 24,1955
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CONSERVATION OF SOIL AND WATER PROVIDES
FOR ALL PEOPLE.
Soil Conservation Activities
BY T. W. COLE
— Soil Conservationist —
Wildlife field borders and
areas are planned for establish
ment on a number of farms on
which a complete soil and water
conservation plan is being car
ried out in co-operation with the
Upper Ocmulgee Rivers District
Supervisors.
Voyles Brothers on their farm
south from Morrow on State
Highway 54 is preparing a strip
of land 20 or more feet wide
paralleled to a woodland area
adjoining a cropland field. Due
to sheet and gully erosin over a
period of years the productivity
of this area has reduced to a
very low level together with most
of the topsoil having relocated
down slope. He plans to set
bicolor lespeoeza plants tills sea
son. a perennial woody shrub, in
rows two and one-half feet apart
with plants spaced one foot
apart in the row. The four rows
of bicolor 500 feet length will
ALUMINUM AWNINGS
36 Months tn Par — FHA
ALL TYPES SHEET METAL WORK
FOREST PARK
SHEET METAL WORKS
Old U.S 41 Forest Park, Ga.
Phone POplar 7-1354
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By POPE DICKSON
“Character Is Much Easier Kept Than Recovered ..”
This sage observation by Thomas Paine is some
thing well worth remembering. Character, after all, is
a readily attainable asset which any of us can enjoy
with little effort. Fortunately enought, character isn’t
a virtue which comes more readily to those of high ,
stations. Rather, it establishes Ps own station, and it
is one which embraces all fields and all creeds.
Qualities of character may be variously defined as
those of energy or force, honesty, competence, industry,
and so forth. If w F c look objectively at those about us
we usually see that these qualities are quite lavishly
distributed. Most of us have certain of these qualities
and to certain degrees. These qualities which we refer
to as character are, indeed, quite easy to keep, but as
Thomas Paine so wisely observed, recovering them
once they have slipped away is quite a chore.
Dickson Funeral Home
IPHONE 2211
Jonesboro, Georgia
132 AC RES 2 GOOD HOMES
AUCTION
On Hampton-Woolsey Paved Road, Miles West of 4-Lane Highway
28 Miles South of Atlanta
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1955 10:00 A. M. ON THE PREMISES
PROPERTY OF MRS. E. W. WILKINS
136 acres subdivided into small acreage tracts. 87 acres open, some in pasture. Good cotton
allotmen. Good 5-KOOM HOUSE with bath, electric lights. 4-ROOM HOME with electric
lights. 4,000 capacity chicken house and .several good barns. Running water on place. Long
road frontage. This is one of the best small farms in this section and is located in a good
community and fast growing section. On school bus and mail route. Only about 2 miles
South of Lake Talmadge.
Also included are: 1955 Eord Tractor with all equipment, 1953 Combine. Compost Spreader.
The reason for selling the owner is a widow and cannot operate the farm. Look this prop
erty over before sale date. Signs on property. Title good. For full particulars see owner on
property, or write or call our office. Everything sells regardless of price. Buy any part or
all of this fine farm, for safe, sound, profitable investment.
TERMS: HALF CASH
JOHNSON LAND COMPANY
"35 Years' Continuous Service"
Brokers Haas Howell Bldg. Atlanta, Georgia MV. 8-3132
LIST YOUR PROPERTY WITH VS FOR QUICK SATISFACTORY RESULTS
occupy a strip of land 10 feet
wide taking 2,000 plants which
are provided by Georgia State
Game and Fish Commission, Di
vision of Game Management, in
co-operation with the Soil Con
servation District Supervisors
and other Agricultural Agencies.
W. C. Deaton on his farm
northeast of Morrow near Mount
Zion Church and E. L. Adam
son of Jonesboro will establish
wildlife borders on their farms
with bicolor this winter while
plants are in the dormant stage.
Bicolor lespedeza has proven
its value in producing seed
which are liked by quail and
other birds in preference to
, many other seeds. They will
grow in the shade of forest trees
along field borders that do not
, produce row crops profitably. An
, ideal border is one with four
; rows of bicolor next to woods
I with a strip of sericea lespedeza
, seeded 20 feet width, broadcast
between the bicolor and field
crops.
These borders are considered
good, profitable land use in
erosion control, food for wild
life, with seed and hay from the
J i sericea border.
Mrs. Ruskin
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name of the State of Georgia.
She called the meeting at the
Henry Grady Hotel, October 10,
1951, which spearheaded the
drive to save the old house for
posterity which is now being re
stored by the Historical" Com
mission. And it is in this famous
old house, the first brick house
in the Cherokee Nation, that
Mrs. Ruskin hopes her collection
will be placed.
Mrs. Ruskin while Chairman
of the Junior Work in Cobb
County organized the first Girl
Scout Troop which is still func
tioning. Her most recent dra
matic play in heroic verse,
Georgia Under Five Flags, is
being considered for production
by several civic groups. She is
presently Chairman of Drama
and Pageantry for the Georgia
Educational Exchange, and re
sides at Tall Timbers, her coun
try home in DeKalb County.
The above facts are only a
tew of the reasons why Gertrude
Ruskin is an outstanding leader
in her state.
The public is cordially invited
to attend, especially the young
people who are studying the
American Indian either at school
or in their church groups. Let us
give Mrs. Ruskin a hearty wel
come from this area by trying to
attend the Pleasant Grove Meth
odist Church on Tuesday, No
vember 22, at 7:00 p.m.
School Finances,
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crease 8,500.00
Insurance 5,906.00
TOTAL $175,771.00
County tax—sl2B,oß2.oo
Above expenditures—sl7s,77l.oo
Deficit-—557,489.00
The above deficit will show
$20,000.00 more because of the
County having to pay that
amount for transportation that
is not furnished by the State.
All of us are human and do
not pay taxes willingly. All of us j
are human and want good I
schools. The usual statement
made against public administra
tion is that money is wasted or
salaries are too high. This is not
the case in our County. Records
from adjoining Counties will
prove that we are operating on a
lower cost, per pupil, than any
of our neighbors and that due’
to two facts alone Clayton Coun
ty Schools are bankrupt. These
two facts are low evaluations of
property and low percentage
used. The Clayton County Board
of Education cannot waste what
it does not receive and the Clay
ton County Tax Commissioner
cannot collect what is not on the
books. Yet Education does not
wait for children. Every child
has this inherent right to an
adequate Education and it is the
resnonsbility of all of us to help
pay this cost. We are levying the
legal rate of 15 mills for schools
and just to simply ask that the
rate be increased would only
place the increase on those al
ready paying. It would not give
the bonding ability to build the
needed school plants to house
our ever-increasing school popu
lation. Only an overall tax revi
sion program will solve most of
these problems.
The need is now and we be
lieve our people desire that our
schools be kept open and that
we do not want two sessions a
school day. We had to borrow
$80,000.00 to keep last year's
schools operating and of course
this had to be borrowed against
this year's taxes. For the past
seven years this has been going
on and each year this indebted
ness goes higher and each of us
realize that you cannot borrow
yourself out of debt.
Clayton County ranks in the
bottom twenty of Georgia’s 202
School Systems, County and
City, in the matter of local school
taxes. This can mean only one
thing—too many are riding on
the backs of too few. The State
of Georgia has told us that it
can do no more for us and it
seems that the Federal Govern
ment will not accept any further
educational obligation. This
leaves only us to do the job.
Can we count on ypu?
Five Extra Drawings For
Jonesboro Treasure Chest
On account of having five ex
tra drawings during pre-Christ
mas week, only one ticket will
be drawn for the Treasure Chest
in Jonesboro until Christmas
Eve (Dec. 24th) at which time
a winner present must win on a
better than 5 per cent ticket,
Otherwise a second winner will
be drawn.
Extra drawings will be held
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday
and Thursday (Dec. 19 through
the 23rd) at 6 p.m. A regular
drawing will be held on Dec. 24.
Last Saturday Treasure Chest
winner on a 5 per cent ticket was
Howard Duffy, not present, and
he will receive a $5 consolation.
Special awards last Saturday:
I. L. Huie and Son $5 trade cer
tificate, won by Ralph Floyd;
Bill Morris Service Station $5
certificate, won by Mrs. W. F.
Morgan; Wayne’s Five and Ten
$5 trade certificate, won by Mrs.
C. V. Brown.
On behalf of the sponsoring
Merchants Association, Emcee E.
J. Swint invites everybody to
participate in the regular and
extra drawings.
FOSTER'S
FOOD TOWN
FOSTER'S HAVE JOINED WITH "FOOD TOWN" IN ORDER TO BRING YOU BETTER PRICES!
SAVE YOUR FOOD DOLLARS
CHOICE
SWIFT’S BUTTER BALL
HEN TURKEYS lb. 55c
TOM TURKEYS ...1 lb. 49c
3 to 4-LB. AVG.
FANCY FAT HENS lb. 39c
STEW OYSTERS pint 89c
— STORE HOURS —
Monday, Tuesday 8:30-6:30
WEDNESDAY 8-30-7:30
THURSDAY CLOSED
Friday, Saturday _ ____ 8:30-7:30
SPECIAL FOOD BUYS
’/a GALLON
ATLANTA DAIRIES ICE CREAM 59c
TALL CANS
OCEAN SPRAY CRANBERRY SAUCE 19c
4'/ 2 -OZ. JAR
WHOLE THRONE STUFFED OLIVES ..... 29c
PINT SIZE
LASSIE JANE SWEET MIXED PICKLES 23c
’A-LB sticks
FOODTOWN YELLOW MARGARINE lb. 19c
4'a OZ.
DURKEE'S MOIST COCONUT 2 for 29c
25-FT. ROLL
ALUMINUM FOIL RAP 19c
,303 SIZE CAN
DEL MONTE SUGAR PEAS 19c
SQUAT CAN
WHOLE & CUT SWEET POTATOES 23c
PEPPER RIDGE FARM STUFFING 29c
303 SIZE CAN
STOKELY’S PUMPKIN 2 for 25c
2^ SIZE JAR
RUSTIC SPICED CRABAPPLES 39c
3-LB. CAN
GOLDEN FLUFFO SHORTENING.^. 49c
BAILEY’S SUPREME COFFEE .... lb. 89c
Congressman Flynl
To Allend Luncheon
Georgia’s first statewide Con
gressional Luncheon will be held
at noon on December Ist in At
lanta when businessmen from
every county will be hosts to our
Washington delegation. Georgia
Senators and Representatives
will be honored “for their out
standing service” at this meet
ing sponsored by the Georgia
State Chamber of Commerce.
John A. Sibley, Trust Com
pany of Georgia chairman and
the State Chamber’s national
councillor, will preside. He will
express the appreciation of his
fellow businessmen to the dele
gation, presenting each of the
12 honored guests with a
momenta of the occasion.
"Both of our Senators and
each of the ten Congressmen are
expected to be present,” accord
ing to Mr. Sibley.
Edgar G. Cole of Newnan, and
other State Chamber officials in
the 4th Congressional District
will escort Congressmen John J.
Flynt to the meeting, along with
numerous business leaders of
this District who will attend.
Special seats will be reserved sc
the group from this area may be
seated together. Luncheon tick
ets may be obtained from the
Georgia Bte*e Chamber of Com
merce, Atlanta, or by contacting
the local Chamber office.
Following the luncheon, mem
bers of Congress will discuss
legislation pending in the Jan
uary session. The chances for
tax reductions and balancing the
budget, farm supports, tariffs,
foreign relations, Federal high-
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. “Complete Insurance Protection”
★ Electric Spectaculars ★ Bulletins
★ Neon Displays * Truck Signs
★ Plastic and Metal i Gold Leaf.
Letters
SALES — RENTALS
Hwy. 41 (Bus.) Forest Park (Suburban Atlanta)
way program, and similar sub
jects of interest to Georgia busi
nessmen will be reviewed during
the forum discussion. Mr. Sibley
vUI serve as Moderator.
“DEAD-EYE DOT” .
Weleetka, Okla.—Mrs. Dorothy
Hendrix, deputy treasurer of Ok
fuskee County, has a new nick
name “Dead-Eye Dot” in recog
nition of her pistol-shooting
ability. Mrs. Hendrix found a
wolf prowling in her backyard,
grabbed her .22 caliber pistol
and plugged the animal five
times.
MEATS
' BOSTON BUTT LB
: PORK ROAST 39c
- WHOLE FRESH 12-14-LB. AVG.—LB.
PORK HAMS* 49c
BEAVERS OLD SOUTH Whole, lb. 12-16-lb Avg lb
CURED HAMS 45c 49c
• FOOD TOWN LB
BACON 49c
EXTRA FANCY PRODUCE
LARGE CRISP HEAD 2 HEADS
LETTUCE 29c
WHOLE 1-l B BAG
CRANBERRIES 19c
FANCY FRESH EACH
COCONUTS 19c
LARGE STALKS 2 STALKS
CELERY 29c
FRESH JUICY . DOZEN
ORANGES 19c
VIRGINIA COOKING OR EATING 2-LB BAG
APPLES 19c
3-LB. BAG
YELLOW ONIONS 19c
FROZEN FOODS
FROSTY ACRES 1 FULL LB
STRAWBERRIES 35c
RICHIES
WHIP TOPPING 39c
FRESH FROZEN ( 6-OZ PKG
COCONUT 29c
* WHOLSUN FROZEN 6-OZ. CAN — 4 FOR
ORANGE JUICE 49c
SEE OCR FOODTOWN
AD IN THE
ATLANTA JOURNAL
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“I RAN INTO THE BACK OF
MY GARAGE AND BENT MY
HEADLIGHT BEAMS” _
You’ve got us there, madam,
bent headlight beams are the
only thing about a car that
we can’t straighten out.
BODY & FENDER REPAIR
WRECKS REBUILT
TOUCH-UP and COMPLETE
PAINT JOB
ALL WORK GUARANTEED
MARTIN BURKS
MOTOR CO.
Phone Jonesboro 2331 j
Jonesboro, Ga.
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