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VOLUME 37 — NUMBER 39
POINT OF VIEW
By JACK TROY ■
“I believe that clear thinking and clear statement, accuracy
and fairness are fundamental to good journalism . . .
“I believe that suppression of the news, for any consideration
other than the welfare of society, is indefensible . . .”
— Walter Williams, First Dean of the School of Journalism,
U. of Missouri
vied a fee of $25.00 for qualifying to run for the office of Council
man and $50.00 for qualifying to run for the office of Mayor.
“Motion was made by J. C. Collins, seconded, and carried, that
a bill be introduced into the Legislature changing the salaries of
the Mayor and Councilmen to SSOO and $250, each, respectively,
retroactive to January 1, 1956.” (Mayor previously received $250
annually, Councilmen $l5O annually. Mayor does not now receive
$650 and Councilmen do not receive $350.)
The bill was not drawn, submitted and “passed very quietly”
as an irresponsible political hack has charged in a throw sheet,
and the reason for setting qualification fees which were not
mentioned in the charge was to pay for future elections. There
had not been any qualification fees heretofore. Now the fees
will pay for cost of election, plus runover.
The increase in pay for Mayor and Councilmen will hardly
pay for gasoline and other expenses these public servants accrue
in pursuance of their duties ... in a year's time.
The matter may be an issue in the next election, as it is
loosely charged, but anyone running for Mayor and Council
should make it plain that they will pay their own expenses and
not accept these token allowances for the right to serve.
This is just another outstanding example of the carelessness,
half-truths, untruths and misrepresentations so often noted in
the sheet that is circulated free of charge for propoganda pur
poses. •• - -
Dean Walter Williams further said, regarding newspaper ethics,
that a newspaper (he didn’t mention free throw sheets) is always
respectful of its readers and is quickly indignant at injustice; seeks
to give every man a chance.
Mayor J. K. Currie was not even present at the meeting in
question, and all acts were open and aboveboard.
Green Opens New Gulf
Station Friday, Saturday
A new Gulf Station, South Ex
pressway at Riverdale Road,
owned and managed by L. H.
Green, 121 Lakeshore Drive, For
est Park, will have its grand
opening Friday and Saturday.
There will be balloons and loli
pops for the children and key
holders for adults. Fine prizes
will be given at the drawing at 8
p.m. Saturday.
Tire new station, set up to
handle all filling station serv
ices, has ample parking, and is
in a fine location.
Grand prize at the drawing
will be 6.70x15 white sidewall
tubeless tires. Other prizes:
Westinghouse roaster oven,
Westinghouse pop-up toaster,
Clayton County PTA
Council Has Meeting
The regular quarterly meeting
of the Clayton County P.-T. A.
Council was held Thursday, May
10th, at the East Clayton Ele
mentary School.
Mrs. Betty Kilpatrick, presi
dent, presided at the meeting.
After a short business session
the new officers wdre installed.
Mrs. A. A. Lipshutz, who is Di
rector of the Bth District,
charged the new officers with
their duties and responsibilities.
The officers serving for the
coming year are: Mrs. L. S.
Terrell, president; Mrs. James
Civil Defense Evacuation
Success in Clayton County
Clayton County’s part in the
Civil Defense evacuation of
schools op April 24th, at 9:30
am., was very successful, with
approximately 1100 children
being evacuated from Fulton
County Schools to Clayton
County and Jonesboro, Ga. re
ception centers and 405 children
evacuated from the Hendrix
Drive Forest Park School to
Jonesboro, Ga. Receptions cen-
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Published in The Forest Park
Free Press and Clayton County
News and Farmer January 26,
1956, were the minutes of a call
ed meeting of the Mayor and
Council of the City of Forest
Park of December 30, 1955.
“The meeting was called to
order by Mayor Pro-Tern W. H.
Fleming, with the following
Councilmen present: J. C. Col
lins, E. L. Foster and H. E. Wal
drop.
“Present also were Councilmen
elect O. E. Haynes, L. E. Helms
and L. D. Strietelmeier; State
Representative E. A. Foster and
City Attorney Rex T. Reeves.
“Motion was made by J. C.
Collins, seconded and carried
unanimously, that a bill be in
troduced into the Legislature
changing the charter to pro-
Westinghouse waffle iron and 25
gallons of No-Nox gasoline.
Everyone who registers has a
chance for these fine prizes. You
do not have to be present at the
drawing to win. i
On the two days of the grand
opening—Friday and Saturday—
customers will have their choice
of mixing bowls or swirl glasses
with the purchase of seven gal
lons or more of gasoline.
Everyone is invited to meet
owner Green as he begins his
new business enterprise. He has
lived three years in Forest Park
and has been working in Clayton
County for four years. He mar
ried the former Jean Mullinax.
They have three children, Deb
orah, Hilton and Patricia.
Pace, vice - president; Mrs.
Vaughn Shelnutt, secretary, and
Mrs. Deryk Spiker, treasurer.
Mrs. Lipshutz presented Mrs.
Kilpatrick, retiring president,
with a lovely gift from the Coun
cil.
Mrs. Terrell expressed regret
that Mrs. Jesse Mays, retiring
vice-president, will soon be leav
ing the community to join her
husband who is in Aberdeen,
Maryland.
At the close of the meeting de
; lightful refreshments were
I served.
ters in Jonesboro accommodated
approximately 1100 of these
children at the following cen
ters: Jonesboro High School
Gymnasium 405 school children
from the Hendrix Park School,
In charge of Mrs. Betty Kilpat
rick; 500 school children from
the Atlanta area received at the
Jonesboro Baptist Church, with
Mrs. G. W. HollingsworUi in
(See Page 8)
Par Clearance
June 1 Status
Jonesboroßank
Bank of Jonesboro, by action
of the board of directors, has de
cided that beginning June 1, all
checks drawn by customers will
be cleared at par through the
federal reserve banks.
It is the intent and purpose of
this institution to see that every
individual and business estab
lished in this territory shall have
the very best banking services
available. It is in line with that
intent that the Bank of Jones
boro feels the time has come
when it should be on what is
known as the “Par Clearance
List,”
This action, it may readily be
seen, involves considerable loss
of revenue and extra expense to
the bank, but the directors feel
the action as justified will be on
a par with the big city banking
institutions in service to patrons.
In simple language, as a
spokesman put it, “par clear
ance" means that checks drawn
upon the Bank of Jonesboro will
be paid 100 par cent anywhere
free of cost involved for transfer
of funds and remittance.
For example: Suppose a cus
tomer sends a SIOO check to Cali
fornia or any other distant
point. The money is on deposit
to cover the check in Jonesboro.
It is e^sy to see that it is impos
sible for the bank to remit that
SIOO to that point without ex
pense. Cost is involved in several
ways and it distributed some
what as follows: The check itself,
the bookkeeping Involved, it is
photographed to be safe, post
age, forms used, tellers’ time in
handling and in the other serv
ices involved in processing a
Check.
In the handling of checks and
other financial transactions the
bank has developed a fine sys-,
tern that is refined to a high de
gree.
Effective as of June 1, Bank of
Jonesboro will absorb the ex
(See Page 8)
Jones Memorial
Loyalty Dinners
Are Next Week
All preparations have been
made for two complimentary
turkey dinners for the congre
gation of Jones Memorial First
Methodist Church next week.
Half the congregation will
gather Tuesday night (May 22)
at 7:00 p.m. in the Church Fel
lowship Hall with Commander
J. W. Smith and his “Reds.” The
rest of the congregation will
dine Wednesday night (May 23)
with Commander Guy L. Bene
field and the “Blues.”
Each Commander has fifteen
co-captains. These couples will
preside at individual tables.
After a “Budget Parade” ex
plaining various items in the
local financial program, the
budget will be underwritten on
a voluntary basis by the guests.
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JAMES S. PETERS, Manchester; Judge Alan Kemper and Lee McLeod, president, are shown at
the organizational meeting last week of the States Rights' Council of Georgia, Inc., in Forest
Park. । Photo by Eddie Keller
States Rights Council Is
Organized in Forest Park
The organizational meeting of |
the States’ Rights Council of
Georgia, Inc. was held Thursday
night, at the Forest Parki
Theatre.
FOREST PARK, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY, MAY 16, 1956
Robert Coleman Explains
Position in Property Tax
What prompted me to write this article is that a good
many Tax Payers have called me in the past few days who
have received notices from the Board of Tax Assessors that
their property assessments have been raised. In a good
many cases the caller will say “What are you all trying to
do?” For those of you who do not know the procedure of
the Tax Assessors need to know that I am not included in
this grodp of You All.
NEWCOMERS ARE
WELCOMED TO
FOREST PARK
Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Eller,
461 Central Ave.
Mr. and Mrs. Douglas R. Hur
ley, 107 Alice St.
Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Craddock,
106 Ernest Drive.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul E. Rogers,
115 Warner St.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert K. Rose,
134 North View Drive.
Mr. and Mrs. Bobby K. Wil
liams, 230 Phillips Drive.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Gra
ham, 131 North View Drive.
Mr. and Mrs. James J>Reeves,
152 Pine Valley Dr.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank E. Smith,
800 Lee Circle.
Mr. and Mrs. Ronnie Terrell,
110 West Street.
Mr. and Mrs. Simon E. Lewis,
124 Slaton St.
Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Reid, 129
Valley View Dr.
Mr. and Mrs. R. L. McFarland,
106 Brookwood Dr.
Mr. and Mrs. H. K. Phillips,
158a South Ave.
Mr. and Mrs. Oscar S. Ney
lans, Jr., 1320 Kite Drive.
Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Bacon, 127
Brookwood Dr.
Mr. and Mrs. Onie F. Davies,
152 North Ave.
Mt. and Mrs. Wallace L. Wil
son, 114 Brookwood Dr.
Mr. and Mrs. J. Emmett Smith,
122 S. Parkwood Dr.
Mr. and Mrs. Donald H. Bern
er,, 1313 Shellnutt Dr.
Mr. and Mrs. F. H. Ellis, 130
Valley View Dr.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas M. Ben
nett, 104 Brookwood Dr.
Mr. and Mrs. G. L. Wortham,
Jr., 1506 Sherwood Ave.
Mr. and Mrs. T. C. Jones, 140
Fall View Dr.
Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Odom, 1500
Sherwood Circle.
GOODYEARNAMED
ORGANIZER FOR
WORLD WAR 1 VETS
A. C. Goodyear, Rte. 1, Jones
boro, has been appointed Dis
trict Organizer for the Veterans
of World War One U. S. A.
The Veterans of World War
One is a National Organization
with national headquarters at
Washington, D. C., and is the
fastest growing Veterans Or-
(See Page 8)
I The Invocation was led by J.
■ O. Berry, from the Executive Di
rector's Office. Judge Algn
| Kemper, Jonesboro, introduced
jthe speaker, James b. Peters
My duties do not include re
assessing any property assess
ments. That is the duty of the
Board of Tax Assessors who take
my current Tax Returns over
April 10th each year and return
them June Ist.
I urge you who receive notices
from the Board of Tax Assess
ors and are not satisfied with
them, please appeal to them now.
The Law provides for your pro
tection through arbitration if
you feel an injustice has been
done. You have 10 days from
date of your notice to appeal to
the Board and name your arbi
trator.
Your Tax Commissioner has
nothing to do with the amount
of tax you pay. The Assessors
fix the assessments, the State
sets the State rate of mills and
the County Board of Education
sets the rate of mills for the
schools.
Please, if you have any com
plaints, bring them now and not
when you get your tax notices
this fall, because it will be too
late then.
I appreciate the fine spirit of
cooperation you have shown me
since being elected to this of
fice. Anytime I can be of any
assistance to you please let me
know.
Yours very truly,
ROBERT E. COLEMAN
MORROW P. T. A.
PLANS FISH FRY
The Morrow P.-T. A. will
spbhsbr a “Fish Fry” in the
school lunchroom on Saturday,
May 19th, from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Tickets are on sale now by all
P.T.A. members and the 6th and
7th grade students. Prices are
SI.OO adults and 50c children.
Everyone Is invited and “you
all” come!
GEORGE MILLER
HONORED AT EMORY
ATLANTA—George D. Miller,
son of Mr. and Mrs. F. G. Miller,
112 Linda Way, Forest Park, was
among 200 students recognized
in Honors Day ceremonies held
Friday, (May 11) in Glenn Me
morial auditorium at Emory
University.
Miller was honored for his
membership in Pi Sigma Alpha,
national honorary political sci
ence fraternity at Emory.
“IF I WERE A QUEEN”
The operetta “If I were a
Queen” will be presented at the
Forest Park School auditorium
on Thursday, May 17, at 8 p.m.
Those taking part will be
scholars from grades 1 to 5. It’s
going to be a great evening so
don’t miss it. Entrance charge
will be 25 cents.
from Manchester, G. Peters is on
the Executive Committee of the
Fourth District.
A nominating committee pre
sented the following names for
officers for the Forest Park Dis
trict. President, Lee McLeod; Ist
Vice-President, E. T. Gaultney;
2nd Vice-President, Julian Es
kew; 3rd Vice-President, H. F.
Cates; Secretary, Joseph Chap
pell; Treasurer, Joe Laue.
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DR. ALLEN SMITH, DIVISION of Staff Service from the State Department of Education, and
Irby B. Evans, 4th District School Supervisor, were speakers at the Forest Park High School
banquet honoring the visiting committee on evaluation for the Southern Accreditation Association.
F P. High School will apply for accreditation in October. Photo by Eddie Keller
PRE-SCHOOL CHILDREN
MORROW, REGISTER
Children who will start to
school in the first grade next
year at Morrow, are asked to
come and register at the
school lunchroom on Friday,
May 18th, at 2:30 p.m.
No shots or vaccinations
will be given at this time.
Health Center
Would Include
Ample Facilities
The proposed Hill - Burton
Health Center for Clayton Coun
ty will be more than five times
the size of the present rented
building. Predicting the future
growth in personnel and ac
tivity, the plans for the new cen
ter include office space for a
commissioner of health, eight
nurses, three sanitarians, and
three clerks.
The center will provide the
following:
1. An assembly room where
group instruction and demon
strations are held. 2. White and
colored waiting rooms. 3. Five
restrooms. 4. A dental clinic
room where dental examinations
and corrections are made. 5. An
immunization room where shots
are given for protection against
communicable diseases. 6. Two
examining rooms where physi
cal examinations are made toy a
physician. 7. A dark room where
X-ray films are changed and
developed. 8. A room for tuber
culosis and venereal disease ex
aminations. 9. Ample storage
space for records and equip
ment.
Total cost of the center and
equipment is approximately
$135,000. Clayton County’s share
is $45,000, only one-third. Loca
tion of the center will be in
Jonesboro, the county seat.
KIWANIS KORNER
By Capt. Charles S. Roberts, Jr.
The Forest Park Kiwanis Club
had O. K. Weatherwax, Engi
neer of the Gulf Oil Company,
as their speaker, May 10, 1956.
Mr. Weatherwax gave a very in
teresting demonstration of the
part that oil plays in our every
day life. The gasoline, oil and
grease that we use in our auto
mobiles and the fuel oil or nat
ural gas that we burn in our
homes are obvious uses of oil,
but there arc over 500,000 chem
icals derived from petroleum.
Seed conditioners, waxes, in
sect sprays, fertilizers, polyethy
lene, 53 varieties of cellophane,
refrigerants, dacron, orlon, ny
lon, asphalt tile, asphalt roads,
cosmetics and their bases, leu
cite, dyes, and thousands of oth
er products arc produced from
petroleum. A new oil well is
brought in every twelve minutes
to provide the raw materials.
E. W. Stark and Hayward Cox
were visitors.
JALOPY NIGHT
REMEMBER, Wednesday nite
May 16th Is Jalopy Night at the
South Expressway Drive-In
Theatre. , ,
SKATING BADGE
IS FUN TO EARN
The Girl Scouts L Troop 6 is
wishing all the badges were as
much fun to earn as was the
Skating Badge. They had quite a
time on Monday evening over at
the Youth Center rink. Then on
Thursday they had a cook-out
and so put the finishing touches
to two badges in one week. And
they enjoyed every nihiute oi it.
OFFICIAL CLAYTON COUNTY PUBLICATION
Evaluation Committee
Is Honored At Banquet
A banquet was given Wednesday at the Forest Park
High School to honor the visiting committee on evaluation
for the Southern Accreditation Association. Rev. Hoyt Farr
gave the invocation, followed by a flute solo by Peter
Leistle, accompanied at the piano by Mrs. Andrew Leistle
The banquet, served by the
Future Homemakers Club, was
served lo approximately 150
guests. Mrs. Susie Crouse offer
ed a violin solo during the din
ner. Two vocal trios were pre
sented by Norma Parker, Nancy
Parker and Genevieve Green.
Rev. J. R. Crouse offered a pray
er at the close of the dinner. The
Forest Park Melody Makers
plaved following the banquet.
Robert I. English, Principal,
opened the meeting and intro
duced the faculty and guests.
English introduced J. E. Ed
monds, Clayton County Schools’
Superintendent, who discussed
school problems briefly and in
troduced guest speakers. Dr.
Allen Smith, Director of Field
Services, State Department of
Education, introduced by Ed
mond s, explained evaluation
committee functions. Irby B
Evans, introduced by English,
discussed citizenship in student
body and stressed importance of
teachers setting examples for
students.
In addition to the Forest
Park Schools faculties, the fol
lowing attended: N. A. Rogers,
Supt. Heard County: George W.
Patrick, Assistant School Supt.,
| Spaulding County; W. M. Hicks,
State Department of Education;
Miss Mary Free, Supervisor,
State Dept, of Education; Miss
i Eleanor Smith, Georgia Tech
Librarian; Grady Donaldson,
Griffin High School; Mrs. Rus
sell Housch, Smyrna High
School; Harold R. Turpin,
County School Supt., Henry
County; J. M. Gooden of the
State Dept, of Education; Rufus
Pulliam, State Dept, of Educa
tion; Roy Goslin, Professor, Og
lethorpe University; A. B. Dun
pan, County School Supt., Butts
County; Jerry Wootan, Fulton
County School Administration,
Sam Moss, Assistant Supt., De-
Kalb County; Harold Smith,
Principal, Chamblee High
School .
Citizens and friends of the
school attending were: J. E. Ed
monds, County School Superin
tendent; E. A. Foster, State
Senator; Billy Lee, State Repre
(See Page 3)
South Jonesboro
Elementary Will
Install Officers
The South Jonesboro Elemen
tary School will have installa
tion of its officers on Thursday,
May 17, 1956 at the school audi
torium at 8:00 p.m. This will be
the regular meeting night. Mrs.
Betty Kilpatrick. President of
the Jonesboro High School P.-T.
A. Council, will Install the offi
cers for the year 1956-57.
Rev. Frank Prince will be the
speaker for the occasion. The
following officers will be in
stalled:
Mrs. Alfred Davis, President.
Mrs. Emmett Plunkett, Vice
President.
Recording Secretary, Mrs. Em
erson Brown.
Treasurer, Mrs. Claude Whaley.
Corresponding Secretary, Mrs.
R. F. Tillman.
Historian, Mrs. Coley Stanford.
Parliamentarian, Mr. David
Job.
Clayton's
Leading
Advertising
Medium
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Hendrix Recital
The Music Department of
Hendrix Drive School will pre
sent the pupils of Mrs. J. Z.
Thompson in a piano recital
on Tuesday evening, May 22,
at 8 p.m. The recital will be
held in the school auditorium.
The public is cordially- invited
to attend.
Recital Planned
Sunday, May 20,
At Jonesboro
Mrs. Phillip Moughon Bonner
of the Jonesboro Public School
Music Department will present
the pupils from her classes in a
piano and voice recital on Sun
day afternoon, May 20, 1956 at
2:30 p.m.
The recital will be held in the
Jonesboro High School Audito
rium.
The public is cordially invited.
Jonesboro Area
Recreation Center
Now Organized
Members of twelve organiza
tions in Jonesboro met May 4th,
1956, at 8 p.m. in the City Hall
to accept the charter of the
Jonesboro Area Recreation Cen
ter.
Officers elected to serve on
this program shall be Mrs. T. D.
Rivers, chairman; Bill Greene,
vice-chairman; Mrs. L. W. Fer
riera, secretary; and fclifford
Wiggins, treasurer.
A committee, consisting of Mr.
Greene and Mrs. T. R. Thornton
was appointed to investigate
property to erect a building.
Those interested persons at
tending this meeting were: Mrs.
T. D. Rivers, Mrs. W. A. Evans,
Mrs. L. W.- Ferricra, Mrs. W. D.
Acker, Mrs. John A. Suder, Mrs.
Betty Kilpatrick, Mr. John H.
Scott, Mr. Bill Greene, Mr. Clif
ford Wiggins, Mr. Horace Welch.
AMVETNEWS
In keeping with past policy
the Anb-Vets invite church and
school groups to swim free in
the Post pool at Wimberly's.
It is requested that reserva
tions be made by calling Harvey
Watkins at the depot in Jones
boro or B. M. Wimberly in At
lanta.
A summer program was
adopted at the last club meeting
as follows: Ist Thursday each
month will be the regular busi
ness meeting; 2nd Thursday,
Committee Meetings; 3rd
Thursday, Family Night; 4th
Thursday, free Bingo or dance
as scheduled.
Joe Rodriquez will serve a
genuine Spanish dinner for the
club Thursday, May 17th. This
is guaranteed to be a real treat
and will be the time to bring
that new member.
—Casey Jones, Commander