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VOLUME 39—NUMBER 12
Tim Flock, Famous Race Car
Driver, Slates Local Showing
' Racing and sports cars enthusiasts of Clayton County
will have the opportunity to meet Tim Flock, nationally
known lace driver who will make a personal appearance at
8 p. m, Friday at Mobley’s diner on the expressway.
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EFFECTIVE LEADERSHIP
Instructional Supervisor
Views Progress In Schools
r By Mrs. Thelma Byars, instructional Supervisor
The services of the instructional supervisor is new in
the Clayton County public schools this year. The purpose
of the program is to improve the learning situation. This
^R’oad objective is achieved by the supervisor’s working in
many ways. The supervisor works with the administration,
teachers, children, and community organizations and in
dividuals. One chief responsibility of the supervisor is to
bring together methods and materials of instruction and
resources so as to produce the best and most efficient learn
ing. In the capacity of supervisor I would like to discuss
some interesting features and situations that exist in the
Clayton County school system.
First, I would like to say that
Clayton County has a superin
tendent of schools who is a
scholar and a school adminis
trator of the highest type. He is
recognized as one of the most
enthusiastic, efficient, and
thorough administrators of the
state. He is consistently in the
Manguard in matters that affect
tme improvement of schools and
the well-being of the youth of
tiie county.
Continuity of growth and de
velopment is provided in the
^•.school program by forward look
ing principals who are promoted
within the system. The bases of
these promotions are profession
al growth and efficient adminis
tration of schools. The superin
tendent, the principals, the visit
ing teacher, and the instruction
al supervisor come together
regularly for professional study,
planning, and fellowship.
Good clerical and secretarial
personnel help in carrying on an
efficient, well directed program
which is observed in such things
as personnel services of payroll,
records and accounts. The lunch
room, ^maintenance, and trans
portation programs are headed
by capable, hardworking people.
' The lunchroom program is con
■ sistently good.
These features of this system
serve to make a good program
of instruction.
Teachers arc doing creative,
• efficient jobs. They are spending
much time in study and experi
ences which help them to ^o a
better job. They work hard to
meet the needs of children. They
are personable, public spirited,
^ood citizens. Students who go
out from our schools do well in
colleges and other situations.
The Jonesboro schools have
many good programs of instruc
(iWon. The music program, the
'English and Mathematics courses
are among the consistently good
programs of study in these
schools. Jonesboro High School
band has received a superior
rating In Class B schools for the
fifth-consecutive year. The band
is directed by Mr. E. W. Woods.
This school is having students
rank in the upper one per cent
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Flock, who is a brother to Mrs.
Mobley, will show movies of the
most recent convertible race at
Daytona Beach, Fla., as well as
films on the two most recent
500-mile races at Darlington, S.
C. Show time is 8 p.m.
Well-known for his racing
ability, Flock has won every kind
of competition staged at Day
tona Beach—the Grand National
in both the convertible and
modified divisions.
Jonesboro Schools
Summer Round-Up
The Summer Health Round-up
Day for North Jonesboro and
the Lee Street Elementary
Schools will be held on Wednes
day, May Ist, in the Lee Street
Eleiftentary School ladies’ lounge
between the hours of 1:30-3:30
p.m.
Dr. Riley, county nurses, and
the Health Committee will be on
hand to examine your child.
Mothers, please have the medi
cal records of polio shots, dental
examination certificates, im
munization shot records, etc., of
your child to be placed on the
school records.
Don’t forget the date, May Ist
—it is very important to your
pre-school child.
in the nation in college en
trance examinations. These ex
aminations emphasize academic
training. Students from this
school rarely fail in college. This
school is accredited by both the
Georgia State and the Southern
States Association of Accredita
tion of Schools and Colleges.
The Forest Park High School
is the largest high’school in the
county and continues to grow.
The leadership of this school has
worked diligently to meet the
needs of the rapidly growing en
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Waldrop Retires After 50 Years
Service With Otis Elevator Co.
NEW YORK, N. Y.—Manse
Waldrop, Sr., 140 North Avenue,
Forest Park, retires this month
after nearly half a century of
continuous service with Otis
Elevator Company in the At
lanta Office.
Starting with Otis before
World War I, Mr. Waldrop was
paid at the then prevailing wage
of 20 cents an hour, but this
month he retires as a construc
tion superintendent, having in
stalled hundreds of elevators
throughout the Southland.
A family man (he married in
1917, and has three sons, two
daughters, and ten grandchil
dren), Mr. Waldrop has not
limited his active life to business
affairs alone.
He served eighteen years as
Mayor of Forest Park, beginning
his first term in 1928. During the
early years of his administration
many civic “firsts” were com
pleted—first electric lights, first
water works, and first street
paving. Today, Forest Park is a
thriving community of approxi
mately 15,000, but its first mayor
remembers when it was a tiny
hamlet of 250 people with only
35 customers for the first waiter
system!
In addition to his terms as
mayor, Mr. Waldrop has also
HARPER EVANS NEW
JAYCEE PRESIDENT
IN FOREST PARK
Harper H. Evans was elected
at last Wednesday's meeting of
the Forest' Park Junior Chamber
of Commerce as the new presi
dent.
Other incoming officers in
clude Milton D. Worsham and
William T. Webb as vice presi
dents. Don Casey was named sec
retary, and Frank Noon, treas
urer.
Board pf director members
elected include Paul Addis, Bruce
Bannister, George P. Cages,
Wendell Campbell, W. M. Currie,
Jr., Paul Griffeth, Claude Mc-
Gavis and George Wortham.
New officers will be installed
at May 8 ceremonies at the
Youth Center to sreve one-year
terms.
Ash Street PT A
Members Hear
Rev. H. L. Cochran
The regular monthly PTA
meeting of Ash Street School
was held Tuesday, April 9, 1957
at 8:00 p.m. The President Mrs.
John Valkenburg presided.
Rev. H .L. Cochran spoke on
“Our Investment in Better Liv
ing. ”«Mrs. C. W. Williams sang a
'song for the inspirational.
Our officers for the coming
year are as follows: President,
Mrs. Ray McKenzie; first vice
president, Mrs. A. N. Doughtery;
second vice president, Mrs. Harry
Johnson; recording secretary,
Mrs. Robert E. Lee, and treas
urer, Mrs. R. C. Howell.
Mrs. J. H. Crump won the
attendance room prize for the
month of March.
Mrs. Bea Tyrell, health chair
man for Ash Street School, an
nounces the spring round-up for
pre-school children will be May
9, 1957 from 9:00 to 12:00 a.m.
Dr. Dunbar and Dr Hoge Den
tist wlil be there at that time.
—Mrs. M. F. McElwaney
Publicity Chairman
Ash Street School
PARENTS INVITED
TO RIVERDALE TEA
Parents of all children attend
ing the Riverdale School are
cordially invited to attend a tea
on Friday, May 3rd, from 4-5
p.m. in the Civic Building.
This is the time to show your
appreciation to the teachers in
our school for a difficult job well
done.
PTA COUNCIL MEETS
MAY 9 AT N. CLAYTON
The Clayton County Council of
Parent - Teachers Associations
will meet at 10 a.m., May 9, at
the North Clayton School. Prin
cipal of North Clayton School,
E. W. Oliver, will install the
council officers elected to serve
for the 1957-58 school year.
There are thirteen local units
in Clayton County who are
members of the council. We hope
to see ^t least one representative
from each of these locals present
at this meeting.
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MANSE WALDROP, SR.
served his community as council
man for two years, on the Coun
ty School Board for eight years,
on the City School Board for
two years, and Planning Board
Chairman for four years. Upon
his retirement, he plans to re
main active as chairman of the
City Planning Board of Forest
Park.
FOREST PARK, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY, MAY 1, 1957
STRIPPED OF HONOR, as well as its beauty is this one
time beautiful chestnut tree, which is located on property of
Floyd Davis in Jonesboro. This tree, eight years old, bears inute
evidence to the destruction being caused in all parts of Clayton
County as well as other parts of Georgia by the “May” Beetle,
a brown-colored pest, which visits its harrowsome destruction at
night, then goes underground during daylight hours. Predictions
that 1957 would bring an unusually heavy infestation of the
pests have proved unbelievably accurate.
'May' Beetle Slaughters Trees
In Clayton County Communities
Several trees in the Jonesboro
area have been completely de
foliated by these beetles and
many pecan trees have had the
upper third of the levaes de
stroyed. It takes three years for
the May Beetle to complete its
life cycle and 1957 was the year
for them to appear in great
numbers. Infestations have been
reported from the Forest Park,
Riverdale and Jonesboro areas.
The best control for this in
sect is 10% Dieldrin granules
broadcast on the ground at the
rate of >/ 2 pound per 1000 square
feet. If trees that have been
damaged by this beetle are small
enough, they may be sprayed
with a 50% Wettable DDT Pow
der. Follow directions on label
for mixing with water. In the
larger trees it is not economical
to try to spray foliage with the
DDT mixture. I would advise
using the 10% Dieldrin granules.
To apply the Dieldrin, start ap
proximately six inches from the
trunk of the tree and broadcast
granules in a circle'two feet be
yond the limb spread of the
tree.
GIRL SCOUT TROOP
HOSTS SPONSORS
Girl Scout Troop 8 made a big
hit Saturday, April 20, when it
entertained sponsors, the Friend
ship Class of Jones Memorial
Methodist Church, in the Fel
lowship Hall.
Parents were also among the
guests, and very proud parents
they were, too. The troop of 15
girls presented a play, “The First
Easter Egg,” and were word per
fect—Even to the Easter Bunny
portrayed by Susan Jenkins, who
sang the solo in her part very
sweetly. Narrator was Mary Ed
wards.
The girls had provided refresh
ments of punch and cookies,
which they served most charm
ingly. This play completes 10 of
the 11 requirements for 2nd
Class Badge.
Just one of the troop was un
able to be present through sick
ness. Mary Ann Childs was so
disappointed not to be able to
take the part she had learned
so well. Leader of the troop is
Mrs. Jack Bowen, co-leader, Mrs.
Childs, and helping with extras
is Mrs. Margaret Helms.
royalthole
CROWNED MAY 3
Friday of this week (May 3),
has been set for the high school
special day, when students and
teachers will pay tribute to the I
most outstanding students of;
the year. From grade 7 (teacher
Mrs. Harris) has been chosen the
Queen, Judy Oliver. The King
will be Ray Mauldin from Mrs.
Williams’ room.
And the Royal Court will in
clude: starting from first grade,
Paula Winslett and Michael
DR. W. G. HENRY, JR.
Dr. Henry Speaks
At Jones Church
Sunday, May 5
Dr. Weights G. Henry, Jr.,
president of LaGrange College at
LaGrange, will be guest speaker
Monday night, May 5, at Jones
Memorial Methodist Church in
Forest Park.
Accompanying Dr. Henry here,
will be a girls’ sextet from the
college, which will sing a num
ber of special selections.
Persons who are interested in
sending their girls to one of the
“finest colleges in Methodism,”
I are invited to attend the special
j service.
Dr. Henry is a graduate of
Birmingham Southern Methodist
College, Emory University and of
Yale Divinity School. He is a
Methodist minister. Prior to be
coming president of LaGrange
College in 1948, he served in
Georgia Methodist Churches for
eight years, and was executive
secretary of the North Georgia
Methodist Conference Board of
Education for four years.
His other Methodist service in
cludes the role of delegate to
the Jurisdictional and General
Methodist Conference in 1948,
1952 and 1956. He is president of
the Georgia Methodist College
Association, and is also highly
esteemed as a member of sev
eral other boards, commissions
and foundations.
Rector (Mrs. Montgomerys
room); grade 2, Connie Terrell
and Michael Anderson (Mrs.
Daniels’ room); grade 3, Susan
Creel and Gary Fletcher (Mrs.
Oliver's room); grade 4, Mar
sha Jones and Wayne Fletcher
• Mrs. Alton's room); grade 5,
Elisa Howland and Larry Kitch
ens (Mrs. Hopkins’ room); grade
6, Vickie Smith and John Morris
(Mrs. Mills’ room).
Parents and teachers will be
present at this grand occasion—
a fitting ending to a wonderful
year which has had so many '
outstanding highlights for both
the student body and the fac
ulty.
Jonesboro Jaycees
To Sponsor 'Mag'
Sales To Citizenry
The Jonesboro Jaycees are
sponsoring the representatives of
the Curtis Publishing Co., Cir
culation Division, to sell their
publications throughout the
Jonesboro City and County areas.
The Jaycees will receive a com
mission on all the sales that are
made, the money to be used to
offset the costs of youth activi
ties including that of the Little
League Baseball, etc.
The Jaycees are looking for
ward to this opportunity to
sell subscriptions in Jonesboro
around this time of the year.
The members urge the people of
this community to subscribe for
new publications or to renew
their publications during this
campaign, in order to make this
drive a success. It is felt that this
type of subscription sales spon
sored from the Curtis Publishing
Company will halt any misrep
resentation that may have oc
curred in the past.
President George Purdy, of the
Jonesboro Jaycees, says that Mr.
Tommy Brooks will be magazine
chairman for the subscription
drive which will last two weeks.
Please feel free to discuss and
order your magazines from them
and the Publishing Company.
The sales personnel will be wear
ing Blue and Yellow Jaycee arm
bands; so look for them before
you buy. They also will possess a
letter of introduction to you.
Plan now to support your Jay
cees when they approach you
beginning Monday, April 29th.
Starr Seeks Post
As Jaycee Director
Terrell A. Starr, retiring pres
ident of Forest Park Jaycees,
has announced for the post of
director of Jaycees’ Internation
al. Starr is seeking to become the
Georgia director as the state is
entitled to elect one representa
itive.
At present, he is the only an
nounced candidate. Starr is well
known in Clayton County for his
accomplishments in civic and
religious.endeavors. A member of
the First Baptist Church in For
rest Park, he is a real estate
salesman.
REGISTRATION
MAPLE STREET
SCHOOL MAY 1
The present first grades of
Maple Street School will have a
holiday on May 1, in order that
we may entertain and register
all pupils for next year’s first
grades.
If you know of any family who
has a youngster who will enter
school next September, please
notify them of this date.
Birth certificates, records of
immunizations, polio and vacci
nation dates should be brought
by parents or sent by the child
on this pre-school day.
Beginning at 8:30 a.m., there
will be demonstrations of read
ing lessons, art work and other
subjects. Teachers will register
each pupil and get necessary in
formation as is needed to start
the individual folders.
All new first graders are in
vited to eat. in the lunchroom
on this day.
There will be a class of in
struction for mothers in the
cafeteria at 9:15 a.m., led by Mr.
W. H. Faver, principal.
All children entering the first
grade, who will be 6 years old by
Dec. 31,1957, are required to reg
ister on this date.
N. (LAYTON SEES
GRAPPLER ACTION;
MORE ON MAY 10
Friday night at 8:30 p.m. saw
the beginning of a series of
professional wrestling matches
sponsored by the North Clayton
Civic Club.
The matches were held in the
North Clayton High School Gym.
The first match saw Don
Whitlcr and the Great Mitsu ex
change body slams, elbow blows,
and tie holds, with the match
ending in a draw.
The second match brought
Guy La Rose vs. Babe Zaharias
to the center of the ring. From
this point on it was touch and
go; chest blows and stomach
punches were the order of the
day. The crowd saw a thrilling '
match, which again ended in a 1
draw.
The final match was a Tag
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OFFICIAL CLAYTON COUNTY PUBLICATION
Good Music Offered Area
In Annual Spring Festival
A well-rounded schedule of entertainment is slated for
this area as schools of Forest Park and Mountain View
present the Third Annual Spring Music Festival.
Forest Park Music Club will
sponsor the festival, and all
events will be under the direc
tion of Benjamin M. Goodsell.
Two big nights are slated.
Thursday evening, May 2, a re
cital is slated in the band room
of Forest Park High School, be
ginning at 7:30 p.m. Instru
mental students under the di
rection of Mr. Goodsell, who will
participate, include Cynthia
Chasteen, Patricia Leggett. Ken
nen Bartlett, Jacqueline Birch
field, Tony Moore, Andy Reid,
Jerry Birchfield, John Speir,
Sandra Barnwell, Billy Potter,
Peter Anderson, Linda Plunkett,
Nathan Leggett and Mary Lou
Anderson.
On Friday evening, May 3, a
concert is to be presented in the
Forest Park High School gym
nasium, Elementary school bands
of Forest Park, Hendrix Drive
School, Ash Street School. Moun
tain View School, the “B” Band
and Varsity Band at the high
school will be featured.
Special band achievement
awards will be given during the
evening by Robert I. English,
principal of Forest Park Schools.
FP LAUNCHES DRIVE
TO BEAUTIFY CITY
The Forest Park Planning-
Board has designated the period
April 15 to May 15 as “Beautify
Your City Time.”
Let’s all support this drive and
“clean-up, paint-up and fix-up”
our homes and buriness prop
erties. Spring is here, and we can
help with some spring cleaning
where it shqws. Action and co
operation of the entire city is
requested.
Forest Park Planning Board
Mrs. H. E. Reeves, Secretary
Oliver Announces Program in
Schools at North Clayton
(Editor’s Note — Conclusion of a two part report to
the public on the program at North Clayton Schools).
By E. W. Oliver, N. Clayton Principal
Oui libiaiy at North Clayton is quite adequate to our
needs. It has been built up over the past few years until
we are annually expending more money on library mater
ials than is required by the state for accrediting.
We are proud of the auditing
system and bookkeeping system
set up by the county. The school
and lunchroom are now in daily
balance and our new secretary
has the office in the best shape
ever. It enhances the entire op
eration in a school this big when
office help is thoroughly de
pendable. The financial system
of a school is very impprtant
and with annual audits of ac
counts it is now reassuring for
everyone to know that every
cent is properly accounted for all
during the year.
Our lunchroom operation is
one of the biggest features of the
school. We have served excellent
meals over the years and have
never had a case of food poison
ing or illness resulting from im
proper food or food handling.
The inspection of records show
PROPOSE 'EDMONDS' AS NAME OF NEW
SCHOOL; MRS, DUKE TO HEAD PTA UNIT
Organizational plans for a new
Parent-Teacher Association at
Mie Simpson Road School which
will be opened next fall, were
laid at the April 8 meeting held
in the College Street School
lunchroom.
Presiding was Mrs. Homer
Park, president of the College
Street School P.-T.A., which is
serving as sponsor for the new
group.
The school, it was decided, will
be named the J. E. Edmonds
School, in honor of the Clayton
County school superintendent,
subject to final school board ap
proval.
Other actions concerning the
new school and its P.-T.A., con
cerned setting membership dues
at 50 cents monthly per person
or $1 per month for couples. Low
rates were set to encourage par
ticipation.
Monthly meetings, it was also
decided, will be held on the
fourth Tuesday, beginning In 1
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THOMAS NICHOLSON
NAME NICHOLSON
CITY RECORDER
OF FOREST PARK
Thomas F. Nicholson, local ’
attorney, has been appointed
'City Recorder for Forest Park,
effective May 1, 1957.
Mr. Nicholson has practiced
law in Forest Park since 1950;
he is active in the civic affairs
of Forest Park and Clayton
County, being a member of the
Kiwanis Club, the Clayton Coun
ty Chamber of Commerce, a
ruling elder, trustee, and Clerk
of the Forest Park Presbyterian
Church.
He is married to the former
Marjorie Finn of Waycross and.
they have three children, David,
: Richard and Janet Laurine. The
I Nicholsons reside at 110 Evans
I Drive in Forest Park.
j that students eating regularly in
I the lunchroom on the average
I do better work and show a better
growth pattern. We also feed
many who are unable to pay for
their own lunch.es. The lunch
room operation runs between two
and three thousand dollars per
month. Most people might like
to know that each principal is
under bond for any discrepancy
that might occur.
One of the areas covered by a
school is that of guidance and
counseling. North Clayton’s pro
gram is the most complete and
far-reaching of any in Clayton
County schools. The standardized
testing program has been in
effect for several years. This in
cludes scholastic Aptitude tests
factored to show the relative
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September. A special call meet
ing was also slated for Tuesday
May 28.
Officers elected for the P.-T.A.
। at the new Edmonds School in
cluded: Mrs. Francine Duke,
president; Mrs. Louise Corley
first vice president; Mrs. Emile
I Metcalf, second vice president;
Mrs. Judy Randolph, secretary;
Mrs. D. A. Corley, treasurer.
Committee chairmen will in
clude: Mrs. Helen Posey, mem
bership; Mrs. Helen Davis, sum
mer round-up; Mrs. Ann Daugh
tcry. special projects; Mrs. Con
nie Brown, publicity; Mrs. Rose
Mary Murphy, study course; Mrs.
Coe Foster, lunchroom; Mrs
Ann Daughtery, hospitality; Mrs.
Homer Parker, parliamentarian;
Mrs. Coe Foster, assistant par
liamentarian; D. A. Corley,
budget; Mrs. Florence Lavender^
by-laws. Program and finance
chairmen are yet to be named.
Robert I. English, principal of
the new school, will serve
P.-T.A. advLor.