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VOLUME 37—NUMBER 50
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Forest Park Free Press and Clayton County News and Farmer
POINT OF VIEW
■ By JACK TROY
Forence Dean Post, Newnan, National Vice Chairman, the
Minute Women of the U. S. A., Inc., writes
Christianity silently as we take our patriotism for granted. With
enemy forces working all around us it is necessary to show where
we stand — publicly.
“We are rapidly being rushed toward a ‘World Government’,
a world socialst dictatorship, where we will lose our Sovereignty
and our American Flag will be lowered to fly beneath another
banner. Enemies of America conspire to thrust us into a World
Dictatorship through the United Nations treaty. By treaty law
First remember this: 2nd Cornithians, 6:14,15:
“Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for
what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? And
what communion hath light with darkness?
“And what concord hath Christ with Belial? Or what part
hath he that believeth with an infidel? .
“A Christian is unfaithful to Christ if he joins ANY or
ganization that is not Christian in character. How many think
the United Nations is a Christian organization? How many think
even half the countries represented therin are Christians?
What is the difference between Peter denying Christ for fear
of offending the household of the High Priests and our Ameri
can representatives who denied Christ in the United Nations for
fear of offending the infidels there?
How many know who wrote the United Nations Charter’
Alger Hiss, Moloto and Harry Dexter White. They conspired to
write this blueprint for the destruction of America. This is a
grandeous plan to set up a government where a few people could
rule the world.
“Now compare the Covenant of Human Rights under the
United Nations Charter with our Constitution. You will find the
Covenant gives us certain rights that it in turn may take away
While our Constitution is set up to protect the rights God gave
us. Also if you place the Covenant of Human Rights beside the
Russian Constitution you will find the similarities too definite to
be accidental.
"It is time every American should be alerted. It is our task
Now we must all stand up and be counted.”
Vocation Rehabilitation
Headquarters In Newnan
Newnan has been designated ;
as area headquarters of Geor
gia’s vocational rehabilitation ;
services for disabled civilians in
three counties.
A. P. Jarrell, Director of Voca
tional Rehabilitation Services of ;
the State Department of Educa
tion, said in Atlanta that the ।
new office would be opened 1
August 1, at 44 Jefferson Street. (
Counselor A. M. Bowen, a resi- ;
dent of Newnan stationed in the
Atlanta office, has been assigned
to the Newnan office. He will '
serve disabled persons in Coweta, j
Fayette, and Clayton Counties. t
Bowen has been a citizen of ,
Newnan since 1929. He had been t
principal of the Newnan High
School, had taught in the
Fayetteville High School and at '
old Tech High in Atlanta before \
joining the State Department of ‘
Education staff in 1941. He was
textbook supervisor for three .
years and then transferred to
the Vocational Rehabilitation .
Division as a counselor.
Bowen is a former president of
the Newnan Kiwanis Club and
Vice Commander of the Ameri
can Legion. For 20 years he has
been an elder and teacher of 1
men's classes in the Presbyelrian •
Church.
Jarrell said the opening of 1
the Newnan office Is a logical ;
step in Georgia’s expanding pro- 1
237-Acre Subdivision
Started in Clayton County
Street work is starting on
Woodlawn Acres, a new 237-acre
subdivision in Clayton County,
north of Stockbridge, by W.
Your editorial on the YWCA
in the July 18th issue of the
Forest Park Free Press and Clay
ton County News and Farmer
wqs very important.
“It would be well to review
a copy of ‘Behind the Lace Cur
tain of the YWCA’, by Joe Kamp,
342 Madison Avenue, New York
17, N. Y.
“Thank you for your excel
lent reporting.”
In a speech alerting fellow
Americans to the dangers of
United Nations schemes given
before the Sara De Sota Chapter
of the DAR in Sarasota, Fla.,
last year, Mrs. Post said, in part
“The foremost duty of every
American today is EXPRESSED
allegiance to JESUS CHRIST and
loyalty to our country. I use the
word “expressed” allegiance ad
visedly, for too many accept
gram of Vocational Rehabilita
tion services for disabled men
and women. The development of
new industries in this area, he
said, is increasing job oppor
tunities for qualified handicap
ped workers.
The Division has five district
and 18 area offices in the state.
Two new area offices are being
opened August I—in Newnan
and Valdosta.
During the fiscal year ended
June 30, 5,093 disabled persons
were restored to jobs in Georgia
through Vocational Rehabilita
tion services. Georgia stands at
the forefront among states in
this phase of education.
Two state schools for handi
capped children — the Georgia
Academy for the Blind at Macon
and the Georgia School for the
Deaf at Cave Spring—are under
the general supervision of the
Vocational Rehabilitation Direc
tor. Children with sight or hear
ing impairments, upon gradua
tion, may be aided by Vocational
Rehabilitation in advanced
training and job placement.
Vocational Rehabilitation of
fers to handicapped persons, 16
years of age and older, serv
ices such as training, physical
restoration and artificial appli
ances, to get them into employ
ment.
i Chester Wilson and asociates.
At the same time Mr. Wilson
, announced that his company has
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Veterans Laud Chamber,
Will Raise Program Funds
At Labor Day Fish Fry
By resolution unanimously adopted the American Vet
erans Post 17 voiced its appreciation of the work and ac
complishment of the Clayton County Chamber of Com
merce.
Motions were unanimously
passed to join the Chamber as
an organization and to institute
a program to raise funds to fur
ther the endeavor being made.
It is believed by the Veterans
Group that financial aid now
would be of greatest value to the
officers and members of the
Chamber who have shown what
forward thinking effort can
accomplish in way guiding and
encouraging progress in the
County.
It is further believed that this
action on the part of the Am
vets will be but a first step in
participation of civic groups by
joining and encouraging the
Chamber in its work.
The Amvets plan to have a fish
fry at the Post on Labor Day, at
Wimberly’s Lake, to raise funds.
While it cannot be expected that
all the citizenry should pay a
full membership in the Cham
ber, certainly all who wish for
the kind of progress the Cham
ber is striving for and at the
same time enjoy an excellent
fish fry will welcome this oppor
tunity to contribute to both
wishes.
COUNTYCHEST
TO BEGIN DRIVE
SEPTEMBER 17
On September 17th volunteers
from ail sections Os Clayton
County will begin their door to
door soliciting of funds for the
Clayton County Community
Chest. In some sections certain
days will be set up for the collec
tions, and in other sections
workers will spread their calls
over a two-week period.
Again this year we wish to
stress—please give your Commu
nity Chest contributions to so
licitors in your own county. The
Clayton County Chest is the only
one which will help Clayton
County people! If you are com
pelled to give at your place of
employment, please tell the per
son who comes to your home to
solicit, where you are employed.
Many of the employers who sub
scribe to the payroll deduction
plan are now returning deduc
tions of Clayton employees to
our Chest. If your employer is
not one of these, we should like
the opportunity to give him a
chance to do so.
During the past year (fourth
year of operation) the Clayton
County Chest helped 177 families
—BBS children and 240 adults. In
the first year 54 families were
helped and in the second year
108 families were helped. Each
year the call on our Chest be
comes greater. Judging by past
increases we can expect at least
225 legitimate calls for assist
ance in the year 1956-57.
Won’t you plan now to give as
much as you can when the time
comes?
SEASONTKKETS
JONESBORO GAMES
PLACED ON SALE
Season football tickets for
home games of Jonesboro High
School will go on sale Wednes
day, Aug. 1, at the office of E.
J. Swint, Planters Gin and Man
ufacturing Company.
Seats on sale are sections B
and C, which are reserved.
Jonesboro’s six-game home
schedule follows:
Sept. 21, Henry County.
Oct. 5, Manchester.
Oct. 12, Newnan.
Nov. 2, Avondale.
Nov. 9, Milton (Homecoming).
Nov. 16, Campbell.
Swint advises that fans pick
up their seats early for the best
choice.
EVERYONE INVITED
The W. S. G. of Jones Me
morial Methodist Church, in
vites the public to a Tupperware
Party, to be held at the church
in Fellowship Hall.
The date—Friday, July 27th.
The time—B p.m.
If you can’t come, phone an
order to any Guild member.
FOREST PARK, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 1, 1956
CLAYTON COUNCIL
P T A MEETS AUG. 9
The Clayton County Council
of P.-T .A. will meet August
9th, at 10:00 a.m. at the Pres
byterian Church in Riverdale,
Georgia. Mrs. L. S. Terrell,
Council Chairman, will preside
over the business meeting.
All members are urged to
attend this first meeting of
the 1956-57 year. The River
dale P.-T. A. will serve as host
to this group.
RABIES EPIDEMIC
EXISTS - ANIMALS
INOCULATED FREE
During the last six weeks four
rabid dogs and one rabid cat
have bitten a total of thirteen
people in Clayton County. These
people are all being treated by
the local health department and
private physicians to prevent
their catching the disease which
is always fatal to animals and
humans alike once the symp
toms develop.
The series of dog Inoculation
clinics held last month at
points throughout the county
and the number of dogs inocu
i lated has not been sufficient to
t prevent the spread of rabies,
। State Health Department au
; thorities have requested that
local officials jointly sponsor
with them another series of
inoculation clinics whereby all
; dogs and cats would be inocu
lated free-of-charge to the
owner. The costs of these clinics
will be borne by stat? and coun
ty funds.
Too many uninoculated dogs
roam the streets. Packs of stray
dogs roam the countryside. Peo
ple from adjoining counties
drive to sparsely populated sec
tions of the county and dump
dogs and cats from their cars to
roam at will rather than have
them destroyed. Everyone for his
own protection should help con
trol these problems. All dags
should either be inoculated or
destroyed.
The free clinics are an emer
gency measure for your protec
tion and are not to become part
of the annual program. For your
convenience clinics for extensive
coverage of the county are cur
rently being arranged at times
and places convenient to all
dog owners. The times and
places will be anhounced in next
week’s paper.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION
HAVE YOUR DOG INOCU
LATED! FOR FREE!
CONLEY BAPTIST
OFFERS CONCERT OF
SACRED MUSIC
The First Baptist Church at
Murray Lake, Conley, will pre
sent a concert of sacred music at
the Church this Friday (Aug. 3)
at 8 p.m. The Choirs, Carol, Con
cord and Church which repre
sent three age groups will ren
der selections and songs. The
occasion is the termination of a
two-week study with Martin
Bridges, a period of much inter
est arid help, and a truly enjoy
able experience to all who have
had a part of it.
AIRMAN DAVIS
TYPHOON CHASER
ANDERSON AFB, GtIAM, M. I.
—Airman First Class Ronald A.
Davis, Route 1, Jonesboro, re
cently joined the famed 54th
Weather Reconnaissance Squad
ron Typhoon Chasers here.
Airman Davis came to Guam
from Travis Air Force Base,
Calif., where he was an aircraft
mechanic.
Airman Davis graduated from
Jonesboro High School in 1952.
The following year he entered
the service at Atlanta. In
August, 1955, he ^as promoted to
his present rank.
His parents, Mr. and Mrs. Al
fred Davis, reside on Route 1,
Jonesboro.
GRUBBS’TEAM
TAKES TITLE
IN LITTLE LEAGUE
Harold Grubbs’ team won the
1956 Little League pennant Fri
day night behind the brilliant
one-hit pitching of little Rich
ard Kimsey. Richard, one of
the smallest players in the
League, completely mastered Bob
Hartupee’s Wildcats with a 12-0
shutout.
This gives Grubbs an 8 won, 0
lost record for the year. Hartupee
won the title last year.
In other games during the
week Grubbs scored three runs
in the last inning to defeat the
Johnson-Speir team, 6 to 5, in
a thriller.
In the continuation of a tie
game with Hartupee’s team,
Baker’s team scored a run in
their half of the 12th to win,
17-16. Baker also won the regu
lar game, 11 to 4. .
The standings:
W L TP
Grubbs 8 0 4
Baker-Cook 4 6 2
Hartupee 3 6 3
Johnson-Spier 3 6 3
A regular schedule of games
will be played this week, and the
season will end in a most appro
priate game between Grubbs
and Hartupee Monday night,
August 6.
The Minor League winner will
be decided this week.
Director Lynn Wells of the
Little League is awaiting word on
a blanket challenge he made last
week to any All-Star teams to
play a Forest Park Little League
All-Star team.
He guarantees to field a team
that will hold its own against
any team in their age class.
FIRST BAPTIST
BEGINS SCHOOL
OF EDUCATION
A School of Religious Educa
tion has been started at the '
First Baptist Church, Forest
Park. The classes are meeting on ;
Tuesday night from 7:30-9:30
p.m., Wednesday morning from ;
10:00-12:00, and Saturday eve- |
ning from 7:00-8:00 p.m. ■
In addition to these classes the ]
pastor, Rev. Hoyt Farr, will
teach various books during the ;
prayer hour on Wednesday eve- ।
nings. There will be continuous i
classes on Religious Education ।
and will afford members of the
church and their friends the op- i
portunity to study different,
courses such as: Books of the
Bible; Various Musical Subjects;
Methods and Techniques in
Sunday School; and Training
Union Work.
Everyone is requested and in- ■
vited to attend these classes as 1
they will certainly receive a
wonderful religious education ;
from having done so.
FULTHRUETA
ROUNDUP
BY JIMMY BOOTH
League Publicity Director ।
Sparkling pitching perform
ances by Stonewall’s Tonyny 1
Simpson and Tyrone’s Murray ;
Mayfield highlighted Fulthrueta
Junior League action last week. ;
Simpson hurled a no-hit, 13
strike-out victory over Madras, ।
the first no-hitter iri Fulthrueta ।
history, as Stonewall won 4-1.
Mayfield, the League’s winning- i
est pitcher, blanked Fairburn ;
VFW 8-9 for his eighth win ।
against no defeats. i
In the only other contests,
Rive/dalc bested Fayetteville
10-3 in a showdown for second
place, and Stonewall beat East
Coweta 6-5, in a make-up game.
The East Coweta-Palmetto game
was rained out.
In last week’s column the
score of the Stonewall-Palmetto
game was given as Palmetto 11,
Stonewall 8. This was an error as
the correct score of the game ,
was Stonewall 12, Palmetto 7. ’
League standings:
Tyrone 8 0 I.OQD 1
Riverdale 6 2 .750 i
Fayetteville .5 3 .625 ,
Madras 5 3 .625 ,
Stonewall 4 4 .500
Fairburn VFW 2 6 .250
Palmetto 1 6 .143
East Coweta 0 7 .000 ,
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WINNERS’ SMILES are shown here bn the faces of Harold Grubbs’ Little League champions
of Forest Park. They didn’t lose a game as they mowed down the opposition. Left to right, front
row: Billy Waldrop, second base and pitcher; Hugh Gibbon, shortstop and pitcher; Harold Grubbs;
Bobby Norton, catcher; Mickey Daniel, left field; Richard Kinsey, shortstop and pitcher; back
row, Henry Berry, right field; Marshal Acree, center field; David Hamilton, right field; P. G.
Tilson, first base; John Rector, third base. Tony Whitton, left fielder, is not in the picture.
(Photo by Keller)
Clayton County Water System
May Be in Operation Next Week
Already Meter Applications
Exceed Year's Expectations
There is a good possibility that the Clayton County
water system will be serving the 339 clients where connec
tions have already been made by next week, according to
Clayton County Water Authority Chairman Red Garner.
Contractors’ crews are working
through week-ends on testing
the water lines to speed up de
livery of water to the customers.
For more than two weeks the
lines have been flushed out and
the mains tested under 200-
pound pressure. Some leaks have
been found, and the testing and
sterilization of the lines then
has to be repeated.
The Authority is planning on
an extra crew to make meter
connections and install meters to
reach as many people who have
signed up as soon as the watei
TALES FROM THE LIONS DEN
BY LELAND PATTERSON
Today we would like to inform
you on the scope and purpose of
one of our projects, Boys’ Club
Why a Boys’ Club? There is not
a day that passes when we can
read the news and not find an
article on Juvenile Delinquency.
Nearly everyohe talks about the
deplorable situation but very
few of the people doing the talk
ing take any constructive action.
The Boys’ Club has achieved a
remarkable record in curbing
delinquency. First, the Boys’
Club is open to all boys, regard
less of economic standing. It is
open every weekday afternoon
and evening with a- program
varied so as to interest all boys.
It is always available as an al
ternative to the street. Most of
our Juvenile Court Judges ex
press the belief that a boy in
trouble is usually a boy who has
been turned out on the street to
shift for himself without any
guidance whatsoever. The Boys’
Club has a full time director
Four FP Residents
Injured In Accident
Mr. and Mrs. T. A. Barker, Jr.
and their children, Barbara Lynn
Barker, 3, Joan Barker, 6
months, and Lili Ann, 7, were
injured in an automobile acci
dent late Wednesday night. They
were returning home from their
vacation when a truck collided
with them two miles south of
Jonesboro on the Expressway
Their car was demolished in the
collision.
Mr. Barker Is an instructor at
the General Motors Training
School. He and his family reside
at 120 West Street, Forest Park.
OFFICIAL CLAYTON COUNTY PUBLICATION
) —, , . , —
; is turned on
There are current orders for
. 531 meters, none of which have
■ been installed to date. The
I Stockbridge filter plant is op
erating and it’s a beautiful sight
: to see. The water is clear and
I pure.
Chairman Garner announced
that already “we have taken in
i more meter applications than
1 was expected to develop during
। the whole of the first year, and
: probably will have twice as many
as expected at the end of the
counciling such boys.
Os course this Boys’ Club we
are talking about is Atlanta Boys’
Club, but it is the kind of club
we would like to see in Forest
' Park.
The Boys’ Club will not be
strictly a Lions Club project. We
are only trying to initiate the
’ program. Once the ground
work is finished, there will be
Board of Directors formed which
’ will not be affiliated with any
, onq civic club, but will solicit the
’, aid of all civic clubs and organi
zations in the promotion of this
. program. The Board will be
»
made up of men having the in
-1 terest and ability to direct such
1 a program.
As you know, the proceeds
• from the Concession Stand at
the swimming pool are going
• into the Boys’ Club Fund. We
i plan to add a certain percent
i age of some of the other fund
i raising programs to this Boys’
’ Club Fund. Your support of all
’ Lions Club activities will greatly
• aid our endeavor.
PFC. WARREN WILLIAMS
HAS GERMAN DUTY
' Warren P. Williams, whose wife,
1 Louise, lives on Route 1, Forest
Park, Ga., is a member of the
• 3d Armored Cavalry Regiment in
. Germany.
Williams, son of Mr. and Mrs.
' A. E. Williams, 2124 Jonesboro
rd., Atlanta, is a tank crewman
in Company E of the regiment.
1 He entered the Army in January
1955, received basic training at
, Fort Jackson, 8. C„ and arrived
; in Europe in August 1955.
! He was graduated from Fulton
. High School.
Clayion's
Leading
Advertising
Medium
year.”
The Water Authority is buy
ing the old Bennett water system
and will supply these 75 cus
tomers, it was announced.
It will be only a short time
now until the county water sys
■ tern is serving homes and indus
t try, and the realization of a
dream in the minds of a few
will have come true.
kiwanWrner
By Capt. Charles S. Roberts, Jr.
The Forest Park Kiwanis Club
held its regular meeting on July
26, 1956 at the Youth Center.
Carl Allen of the Airport Ki
wanis Club was a visitor.
Andrew Leistl presented two
interesting movies on Germany.
One depicted scenic German
landscapes and the other showed
the rebuilding job that Germany
has done since World War 11.
The Kiwanis Club is sponsor
ing a Fish Fry on Saturday,
September 1, 1956. The tickets
will be sold by the Girl Scouts
, of Forest Park and they will re- '
, ceive a commission on each
ticket sold.
' The last week that the Water
; melon stand is in operation it
will be run by the Boy Scouts.
, The proceeds will be divided be
' tween Troop 255 of the Boy
' Scouts and the Girl Scouts of
: Forest Park.
i Mrs. Bowdon Joins
First Baptist Staff
1 in Forest Park
' । Mrs. Elizabeth Bowdon, 111
I Maple Drive, Forest Park, has
। recently been added to the staff
of the First Baptist Church. She
> will act in the capacity of sec
- retary and will do all of the of
-11 fice work pertaining to the
: church, as well as secretary to
■ the pastor, Rev. Hoyt Farr.
I Mrs. Bowdon comes to the
’ church highly recommended.
J She has done secretarial work at
the Home Mission Board in At
lanta. Her husband, William K.
Bowdon, Jr., is a salesman for
the Remington Rand Company.
They have one little daughter,
Ruth, who is three years of age.
The First Baptist Church is
very proud to have Mrs. Bowdon
working with, them.
MORROW METHODIST
HOMECOMING, AUG. 19
The Morrow Methodist Church,
Morrow, will hold an annual
. Homecoming service on August
- 19th. All former pastors, mem
: bers, and friends of the church
i are especially invited to be
present.
Lunch will be spread picnic
• style on the grounds at the noon
i hour. The Rev. Neal Windom, a
former pastor of the church, will
' be the guest speaker in the
; morning and an interesting pro
l gram Is being planned for after
lunch.
i The pastor of the church Is
Rev. Charles J. Grihle.