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VOLUME 37 — NUMBER 37
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SCENE AS NEW OFFICERS OF JONESBORO
Woman's Club were installed. Left to right, Mrs.
John A. Suder, outgoing President; Mrs. Hallice
Clark, State Executive Secretary of Georgia
Federation of Women’s Clubs, and Mrs. Betty
Kilpatrick, new President, Jonesboro Woman’s
Club. (See Clayton County Views, P 3)
Photo by Eddie Keller
POINT OF VIEW
in By JACK TROY — —-
"Where there is no vision, the people perish" — (Proverbs 29:18)
Forest Park’s Council parks committee, headed by Bill Flem
ing, have been described as heartless individuals, and we wdnt to
tell you that they made it rough on wildlife and mosquito larvae,
no later than last week-end.
When dynamite charges were I
set off to deepen a ditch in the j
area of the swimming pool for 1
the purpose of draining some of |
the swampy land, nice fat moc- I
easins and their offsprings (20 1
or more) became victims of pro- 1
gress. *
The fact that there were a lot ]
of snakes practically in the j
middle of town may come as a I
surprise to some. Now the moc- 1
easins are gone and gone also, j
in the near future, will be choice
breeding area for mosquitoes.
The ditch will be covered as
soon as the drainage is complete, I
and then the area will be cover- I
ed with grass and flowers, and 1
spotted here and there will be
barbecue pits both for large
groups, and family size.
Also planted through the area come fail wiiTbe some 500
dogwoods and a profusion of shade trees.
The transplanting of trees has to be done in the fall when
the sap is dormant. But it will be done in a general plan for
beautifying the area.
Paving of the swimming pool parking lot began last week,
and sidewalks were ready for pouring on all sides of the pool.
Contractors should have the pool in good shape in another week,
and there is a good possibility that the official opening may be
held ahead of the scheduled June 1 opening.
But there is much still to be done before this splendid re
creational spot can be enjoyed by the public. The parks com
mittee wants everything to be right before the pool is opened
for swimming, sunning, and relaxation.
Prison labor is reducing costs of getting the area ready for
everyone to enjoy. It will take years to complete the entire project,
but part of the plan is taking shape in enough detail to give an
idea of what the future promises.
Mayor and council have made a promising start.
Scout Exposition May 7-8
At Atlanta Auditorium
Several Scout Units from Clay
ton will participate in the
gigantic Scout Exposition to be
held May 7th and Bth, 7:30 p.m.
to 10:00 p.m„ at the Atlanta City
Auditorium. Approximately 150
booths, each demonstrating a
different Scouting skill, will be
prepared and manned by Scouts
and Scouters from the Atlanta
Area»Council, of which Clayton’s
Tara District is a part.
Pack 279, sponsored by Ash'
Street PTA, will have a booth
portraying Wolf Handicraft.
Jones Memorial Methodist;
Church’s Past 119 will feature
Trail Hiking. First Class Scout
Requirements will be exhibited
by Troop 118 from Mountain
View Baptist Church. The
Kiwanis’ Troop 255 has a booth
featuring an Explorer Social.
Pack 412 from Philadelphia Pres
byterian Church, has a basket
weaving exhibit. Requirements
for Eagle Scout rank will be
shown by Troop 412 from North
Clayton. The Pinewood Derby, a
thrilling race between miniature
Cub-made racers, will be held at
Pack 189's booth. They’re spon
sored by Forest Park First Bap
tist.
Ticket chairman for Tara Dis
trict is Rev. Hoyt C. Farr. Ex
position chairman is T. E. Allen,
with W. W. Hudson as vice
chairman. Cub chairman is Col.
W. D. Gardner, Boy Scout chair
man is Fred Crispen, Explorer
chairman is T. E. Durham, and
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dlaytnn ©nuntu Nms anh ^Farmer
Publicity, E. D. Brown.
Thousands of tickets have
been sold, many of them by Tara
Scouts. This Exposition will af
ford an excellent opportunity to
learn. all about Scouting, as
booths will be staffed continu
ously by Scouts and Scout lead
ers, who will answer questions
and show the public every phase
of Scouting activity. Each booth
will be different, which means
I everybody will have a chance to
see everything that goes on in
Scouting.
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MRS. MATTIE MEYER
GETS GOLD PIN
FOR HER SERVICE
Mrs. Mattie C. Meyer, a native
of Clayton County, has been
awarded a gold pin in recogni
tion of ten years’ service with the
Georgia Department of Labor.
In presenting the pin. Com
missioner of Labor Ben T. Huiet
said, in part: "I appreciate the
contributions that you personal
ly have made to the achieve
ments of the Department of La
bor and I wish for you continued
success and satisfaction'in your
efforts to courteously and effec
tively serve the people of Geor
gia.”
She was first employed by the
Department December 8, 1938,
and is now working in the
Machine Accounts Section of the
Central Office, Atlanta.
3 F P Residents
Share In Depot's
Top Cash Award
ATLANTA GENERAL DEPOT
—Three Forest Park residents
recently shared in the largest
single' cash award ever to be
given by the Atlanta General
Depot.
They are Mrs. Mazie G. Peavy
and Miss Llewellyn Morgan, both
of 101 Mimosa Drive, and Frank
E. Gabriel of 134 South Avenue.
The fourth member of the
group sharing equally in the
award is Charles W. Tillison,
3321 Myrtle Street, Hapeville.
This group of four Depot em
i ployees were selected as a task
for special assignment to the
Sharpe General Depot, Lathrop,
Calif. They were assigned to
Sharpe to survey, reorganize and
make any needed changes in the
Procurement Division there.
Upon their return to Atlanta,
after a 75-day stay at Lathrop,
they were presented Certificates
of Achievement and a collective
cash award of $775. The certifi
cates cited them particularly for
the ability and initiative shown
in carrying out their assigned
mission.
As a result of the work done
on this special assignment the
government will realize an esti
mated annual savings of $152,-
000.
F P Volunteers
Plan Barbecue
For June 30th
The Forest Park Volunteer
Fire Department has launched
its preparations for the 1956
barbeque with tickets now on
sale. This year, the barbeque will
be held, Saturday, June 30th,
from 11:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. at
the City Park, with the same
delicious servings as previous
years with the same cooks and
at the same donation of SI.OO per
ticket. There will also be other
forms of entertainment for the
children.
Proceeds from this barbeque
will be used to purchase various,
pieces of equipment for improv
ing the facilities of the depart
ment. We sincerely hope we have
as many of our friends attend
this barbeque as we have had
during previous years. Tickets
will be on sale from now until
said date, and can be pur
chased from any Volunteer Fire
man, Police Officer or from the
City Hall. There are plenty of
tickets and will be plenty of bar
beque, so we will be looking for
you and depending upon you to
come and enjoy another barbe
que with us.
Come one come all!
Scholarships For 4-H
Members Are Told
Four-H Club members who will
enter college this fall have an
opportunity to apply for finan-'
cial assistance via scholarships
offered through their organiza
tion. ,
L. R. Dunson, associate state
4-H Club leader for the College
of Agriculture Extension Service,
announce this week that 12
scholarships worth $6,400 are
available.
They were listed as follows:
(1) SSOO from the Atlantic
Cotton Association to the 4-H
boy with the top cotton yield in
the state; (2) Hugh Moss Comer
scholarship of S4OO from Mrs.
Mills Bee Lane of Savannah;
(3) Kitsinger scholarship of S4OO
from the fund of that name; (4)
$1,600 poultry scholarship to the
Univesrity of Georgia from Mr.
and Mrs, Roy Durr of Atlanta,
and (5) seven scholarships of
SSOO each from The Atlanta
Journal.
Dunson said these are in
addition to 22 Four-H work
scholarships that will permit
students to work off from one
third to one-half of their col
lege expenses. Ten of these are
to Abraham Baldwin Agricul
tural College at Tifton, the oth
er 12 to West Georgia College at
Carrollton.
Prc-School Clinic Riverdale
School Set For May 23rd
A pre-school clinic will be
held at Riverdale School
Wednesday, May 23rd., at 1:00
p.m.
The clinic will be sponsored by
the P.-T. A. in co-operation with
local health officials, local pri
vate physicians and dentists.
All parents in the Riverdale
area with children entering
school for the first time this fall
arc urged to take advantage of
thu clinic.
3 F P Residents
FOREST PARK, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY, MAY 2, 1956
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HENDRIX DRIVE SCHOOL AND MORROW SC iIOOL WILL have Patrol representatives in Wash
ington. Top, left to right, Don Fisher, Ellen Lewis, John W. Lewis, principal; Paulette Addis, and
Dicky Roquemore, Hendrix School; bottom, Mrs. Cecil Hyde, Barbara Jarrard, Buford Adams and
Dianne Tschudy, Morrow.
Hendrix, Morrow Schools
Patrols Tour Washington
Each year Clayton County is invited to join the Fulton
County Safety patrol children on their trip to tour Wash
ington. Clayton County does not have adequate funds to
support this trip each year for the patrols so the expense
is borne by the child’s parents.
- Hendrix Drive School will be
represented with five, members,
accompanied by the school prin
cipal, John W. Lewis, and Mor
row School will send three mem
bers chaperoned by Mrs. Cecil
Hyde.
This year'will be the first time
that Forest Park safety patrols
have had an opportunity to par
ticipate in this wonderful event.
The large group will leave
from the terminal station in At
lanta Friday at 1:30 p.m. in two
EHenwood. Methodist
To Enlarge Building
The Ellepwood Methodist
Church is going to start on an
jj^ucational building in the very
near future. The carpenters will
begin building as soon as the
grading is completed.
The building will have ap
proximately five classrooms, a
kitchen, dining room and rest
rooms.
There has been a great need
for this new addition to the
church for a long time and all
of the members have worked
Ash Street P. T. A. Observed Teachers Day
Ash Street Executive Board
PTA Observes Teachers' Day
The Executive Board of the
Ash Street PTA observed Teach
ers Day on April 27th. Room
Chairmen were present and pre
sented each teacher with a
beautiful corsage.
Mrs. Harry E. Johnson, PTA
special trains reserved especially
for the patrols. These boys and
girls, In their colorful uniforms,
will march in the Youth Parade
Saturday morning in Washing
ton, after which they will tour
Washington visiting all the prin
cipal historical points of inter
est.
After a week-end of wonderful
and memorable sights, they will
arrive back in Atlanta, at 10:30
the following Monday.
diligently, and are continuing to
work, to make their dreams
come true.
We would like to invite every
one in the community to come
and worship or visit with us. The
Rev. C. T. Weathers is the pastor
of the church and the Rev. John
Bass is the associate pastor. We
are very fortunate in having
such fine and loyal pastors to
guide and to help us.
Mrs. W. E. Adams, Secty.
1 President, opened the program
expressing her appreciation to
i the faculty members. The group
was addressed by Mr. Willard
Youngblood. A poem entitled
“Teacher’s Prayers” was read
. by Mrs. H. B. Cox and Mrs. Mar-
FBI TO HOLD
POLICE SCHOOL
FOR F P FORCE
Starting Monday, June 6, and
lasting through Thursday, June
21, the Atlanta Field Office of
the Federal Bureau o£ Investiga
tion, will conduct a police school
for the Forest Park Police De
partment.
Police Chief W. S. (Bill)
Thurston, who made arrange
ments with Special Agent E. De-
Witt Wingo, received confirma
tion of school dates this week
from J. K. Mumford, Special
Agent in charge of the Atlanta
office.
The FBI co-operates in mat
ters of mutual interest with local
police departments and the
schools are of great assistance in
improving the techniques of law
enforcement on the local level.
In a later issue the Forest
Park Free Press and Clayton
County News and Farmer will
run the complete schedule of
this school.
FLOWER SHOW AT
YOUTH CENTER
FOREST PARK FLOWER SHOW
THIS FRIDAY, MAY 4
AT THE YOUTH CENTER
Show Opens at 3 p.m.
Through 8 p.m.
Admission Free
Y’ALL COME
garet Diggs sang “God Bless
America” and was accompanied ;
by Mrs. J. H. Crump.
■ A pink and green motif in
* creased everyone’s enjoyment of
the refreshments. Table dccora
i tions cake and ice cream, and
a mints carried out the color
1' scheme.
1 In addition to those mentioned
1 above the following were pres-
1 'ent: Mesdamcs Dewey Cox, Betty
-Jackson, Harold Stuckey, Hettle
OFFICIAL CLAYTON COUNTY PUBLICATION
Gel Chest X-Ray
Monday, May 7
Monday, May 7th, there will be
a Chest X-Ray Mobile Unit in
Forest Park for the general pub
lic over, 12 years of age. The
unit will be stationed next to the j
Forest Park High School gym- ■
nasium and will be open from 1
10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Everyone ;
is urged to take advantage of
this free service.
Tax Statements
On Equalization
ReadyforMails
Claytqn County citizens will
know how they stand in the tax
reevaluation program as state
ments reach them in the mails
this week and next.
The Board of Tax Assessors,
headed by Chairman J. W.
Easley, has made a detailed but
hurried study of real and per
sonal property assessments, ac
cording to law.
It is anticipated that some
property owners who have not
made returns in the past, or who
have made low returns, will find
a nominal increase in the tax
equalization program.
Assessments, according to the
Board, have been determined at
25 per cent of present day value.
The biggest increase is in land
values.
The Board of Easley, W. A.
Lane and W. C. Deaton has been
assisted in the reevaluation pro
gram by Comer Davis, represen
tative of the J. W. Davis Real
Estate Tax Service. His main
work has been setting up plats
and maps.
Davis was for 26 years in the
Tax Assessors office, Fulton
County. The last 12 years he was
chairman of the board. During
that time he was President of
the Georgia Association of Tax
Assessors. In 1950 he was Presi
dent of the National Association
of Assessors. Only two Southern
ers have held the office.
Davis helped to establish in
service schools for tax assessors
at the University of Georgia. It
(See Page 8)
YOUTHS REPLACE
ADULT LEADERS
AT FIRST BAPTIST
This week (April 29-May 6)
the young people at First Bap
tist Church have been elected
to the various places of leader
ship, replacing the adult leaders
for one week. Youth pastor is
Herman Smith, minister of mu
sic and education is Jack Bailey,
Jr., Gene Knowles is Superin
tendent of Sunday School, Vann
Whittington is Training Union
Director, George Miller is chair
man of the deacons and all Sun
day School teachers, and other
officers of the church have a
youth on the job this week.
This is both an enjoyable and
an educational venture for the
young people. It gives them a
sample of what will be required
when they are older and actually
become church leaders.
Photo by Eddie Keller
Johnson, Kate Attaway, Carl
Jackson, Anna Jordan, Mark L.
I Cox, D. L. Jenkins and Miss Kate
Rogers. Miss Elizabeth Silvey
was unable to attend.
President Eisenhower recently
said he would be very happy to
run on the same ticket with Vice
President Nixon, a statement
that came as near an endorse
ment as any he has allowed him
self.
Clayton's
Leading
Advertising
Medium
Teen Road-e-o
Finals Slated
In FP Saturday
The search for the champion
teen-age driver of Forest Park
got under way last week. The
first test, the written exam, of
the Jaycee-sponsored Teen-Age
Road-eo-o was held last week at
the Forest Park High School by
A. L. “Pat" Patterson.
Sixty-five students took the
exam and the twenty-five high
scorers were selected as finalists.
Five others were selected to act
as stand-bys. The exam was
made up of general questions on
driving courtesy, safety rules
and knowledge of highway signs.
This exam is standard for Teen-
Age Road-e-o contestants and is
used nationwide.
The finals will be held Satur
day, May 5, at 10 a.m. at the
Jones Memorial Methodist
Church, on Georgia Ave. This
test will be made up of four
parts: three obstacle tests in
which the driver must drive
through and around the ob
stacles; and parallel parking.
Awards will be given to the
three highest scorers. The win
ner here will go to the State
Finals to be held May 26 at Ma
rietta, Ga. The winner of the
State Finals will then be award
ed an all-expense paid trip to
Washington, D. C. to compete in
the National Finals. Three thou
sand dollars in scholarships will
be awarded to the top three
Road-e-o contestants there.
Autos for the finals are being
donated by the Marietta Burks
Motor Co. of Jonesboro and the
Ernest G. Beaudry Co. of At
lanta.
We are pleased with the re
sponse shown so far and invite >
everyone to come out and watch
our younger citizens demon
strate their driving skill. Re
member, Saturday, May 5, at
10 a.m. at the Jones Memorial
Methodist Church on Georgia
Ave.
East Clayion School
Plans Fish Fry May 5
The young people of the Ellen
wood Methodist Church are
sponsoring a fish fry on May
sth, from 11:00 a.m. until 7:00
p.m. The proceeds from this fish
fry will go toward the building
fund of the church.
There will be home-made des
serts for sale, too. Anyone who
wishes to reserve or order a cake
or pie please call Di. 9667 or
Stockbridge 2381.
Come and enjoy a good fish
dinner and take home some des
sert for Sunday! Adults, $1.00;
children, .50.
Everyone is invited to come
eat with us.
Col. Reuben Mundy
On TV Program
Os Guided Missile
KENNEWICK, Wash.—Lt.-Col.
Reuben W. Munday, son of Mrs.
Jesse W. Mundy, Jonesboro, Ga.,
recently appeared on a television
program featuring the firing of
the Army’s Nike guided missle,
at Kennewick, Wash.
During KEPR-TV’s half-hour
Hanford Science Forum, six men
from the 83rd Antiaircraft Artil
lery Missile Battalion gave an
overall picture of the operation
of a Nike battery, demonstrated
the raising of a missle to firing
position and answered questions
phoned in by viewers.
A film showing a Nike tracking
and destroying a target aircraft
highlighted the program.
Colonel Mundy is commander
of the battalion. He entered the
Army in 1940 and attended Geor
gia Institute of Technology. His
wife, Joy, lives in Richland,
Wash.
HENDRIX DRIVE PTA
MEETS MAY 8
The executive board of the
Hendrix Drive P.-T. A. will meet
Tuesday, May Bt.h, at 10:30 a.m.
in the school office. This will be
the last meeting of the year so
all officers and committee chair
men are urged to attend.
NOTICE
Bids for landscaping area
around swimming pool and
sowing grass will be accepetd
Friday, May 4, 1956 at the
swimming pool in Forest
Park, Ga., between 5:00 p.m,
and 6:00 p.m.