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First Contestants Named
For Miss Clayton County
Only one more week remains before the deadline for
entries in the Miss Clayton County Pageant to be held
March 27. Already thirteen civic-minded Clayton County
businesses or organizations have expressed the desire to
sponsor contestants.
Eight sponsors have submit
ted girls who form a cross-sec-
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girls: The Forest Park Jaycees
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BABY
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$37.50
Old Grads Play
Basketball
i This Saturday
( For those of you who might
have heard some huffin’ and
. puffin’ around Forest Park and
Jonesboro it will probably be a
relief to know that you haven’t
been around the Big Bad Wolf
but more than likely you’ve been
around an “old grad” who has
been practicing for the Optimist
“Old Grad” basketball game. At
18 p.m. this Saturday night in the
gym at Forest Park High School
the old grads of Forest Park and
Jonesboro will settle the often
disputed issue of who has always
I been the best on the hardwood.
I Many of the fellows from both
camps have been putting out a
lot of sweat to make sure the is
sue is settled—right.
Player-manager Ted Wright
(Jonesboro) who has been put
ting his boys through their paces
twice a week recently at the
high school gym, gives a final
call to all old grads of Jonesboro
i before the game this week-end.
|To get on the team call him at
: GR 8-6685. Ted says his boys are
; looking for a treat after they
win the game. He adds that if
j Forest Park desires a rematch to
even the score, the Jonesboro
team will be available, and this
; includes the gym at Jonesboro.
' Manager Terrell Starr and his
boys don’t anticipate that a re
! match will be necessary — they
don't see why they should win
two games in a row. Any of you
Forest Park grads who still want
|to get into the game contact
Terrell at PO 1-5866.
For half time entertainment,
while the old-timers are catch
ing their breath, the Forest Park
High School Band will present a
musical program under the di-
—Mary Louise Anderson; Step-
Lite Products Co.—Leslie In
gram; Dickson Appliance Co.-
Brenda Bell; Jonesboro Ex
change Club — Joyce Padgett;
Forest Park Jaycettes — Char
lotte Lopez; Forest Park Ki
wanis—Ruth Gallager; Jones
boro Drugs—Emily Blalock; and
Riverdale Lions Club —Elaine
Tailant. The Forest Park Music
Club, North Clayton Civic Club,
Forest Park Fire Department,
Low Temp Mfg. Co., Inc., and
the Bow and Arrow Restaurant
also wish to sponsor a contes
tant.
Contest rules state that en
trants must be single and never
married; between the ages of
18 and 28 on September 1, 1959;
they must have been a Clayton
County resident for six months
prior to the local contest—al
though this regulation is waived
for college students attending
an institution in this area. Any
one seeking information about
sponsoring entrants may contact
Robert Woodward in Jonesboro.
Pageant general chairman,
Gene Putnam, has announced
that Guy Sharp, WSB radio and
television personality, will emcee
this year’s pageant.
2-Picce Reg. $129.00
Sofa Beds
now $89.50
Tri-City
Federal Savings
and Loan
Association
606 S. CENTRAL AVE.
Hapeville. Georgia
REAL ESTATE LOANS
THE FOREST PARK FREE PRESS—NEWS AND FARMER
rectlon of Mr. Tarpley.
Here are members of the line
up: Forest Park manager, Ter
rell Starr; players, W. A. “Gus”
Haynie, “Nig” Estes, Bobby Joe
Babb, Ray Bryant, Lynn Wells,
Buster Finley, Lamar Shields,
Furman Trammell, Jerry Berry,
Vernon Miller and Joe Pollard.
Jonesboro manager, Ted Wright;
players, Jack Satterfield, Don
nie Stephens, Harold Johnson,
Marcus Woodham, Joe Satter
field, John E. Garner, Harold
Mann, Bill Whaley, Glenn Camp,
J. Darwin Roberts, Joe Mundy,
Neil Foster, Ralph Walden, Sam
Kirkland, Burch Wright, Charles
Kirkland, Phil Hensley, Horace
Welch, Robert Woodward, Joe
Hooks, Catfish Whaley, Wesley
Haynie, Jerry Turner, Emerson
Brown, Lee Webb, Don Huie and
Doug Huie.
Tickets can be bought on the
night of the game at the Forest
Park gym; tickets can be pur
chased in advance at Ralph’s
Cleaners, King’s Men’s Shop and
the Kwik Shop in Forest Park. In
Jonesboro tickets are available
at Whaley’s Service Station,
Jonesboro Drug Store, Louis
Ready to Wear, Fire Department
(Chief Cliff Wiggins) and at the
courthouse Joe Mundy, W. Loy
Dickson, and Robert Coleman.
Card of Thanks
Mrs. John B. Rawls of College
Park wishes to express her sin
cere gratitude to friends and
neighbors who were so kind in
her great sorrow, during the
death of her brother, Kelvin A.
Watts. Thank you all so much
for your cards, messages of sym
pathy, and many kindnesses.
—Mrs. John B. Rawls
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OR RIPPING AT THEIR OPPONENTS
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done when ill, by delaying a
trip to your doctor or using a
prescription ordered for some
one else. Let your doctor de
cide what you should have,
then bring it to CHRISTIAN'S
PHARMACY for accurate com
pounding . . . you’ll always
find plenty of FREE PARK
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BEN HUIET REPORTS
Clayton Economic
Outlook Is Good
Commissioner of Labor Ben T. Huiet reports that
wages of all non-farm workers in the Clayton County area
helped Georgia maintain a wage record of $3,750,000,000
(billions) during 1958, equal to the record-breaking year
of 1957. Workers in insured employment numbered over
698,500 in June 1958. Statewide insured wages were in
excess of $2.4 (billion) in fiscal year 1958, a gam of over
$25,000,000 (millions) more than in fiscal year 1957. The
information is revealed in the Commissioner’s 22nd an
nual report to the Governor and General Assembly.
These facts point up the
strides Georgia made industrial
ly last year, resulting in great
er purchasing power of the
State's residents, in spite of the
national economic recession last
year. While some states had as
high as 15 per cent unemploy
ment in 1958, Georgia’s peak was
only seven per cent.
“Last year, 1958, started out
with unemployment in an un
seasonably climb, while this
year, 1959, has begun with only
the expected seasonal slump,”
Commissioner Huiet told Gov.
Ernest Vandiver. “We are con
fident that this year will see
several new highs in Georgia
business, industrial and agricul
tural worker income. January,
1959 has seen a 15 per cent lower
unemployment rate than last
January.”
The Department of Labor's
employment service office serv
ing our county is located at 111
W Taylor Street, Griffin, Geor
gia. It also serves Butts, Fay
ette, Henry, Lamar, Newton,
Pike, Rockdale, Spalding and
Upson counties.
This office, managed by Mac
Mclntyre, assisted employers of
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—UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT—
Charley Jones, Manager
1270 Main Street Forest Park
this area in filling 2.109 non
farm jobs in 1958. During this
same time, employers hired thru
the local office workers to fill
3,254 farm jobs. The state total
of non-farm job placements for
1958 is 101,884, while state-wide
farm placements totaled 141,738,
a gain of 12,500 over last year.
.During the year job insurance
payments totaling over $42,000,-
000 were made to unemployed
Georgians, making 1958 Geor
gia’s peak year in job insurance.
Over 144 per cent of all job
insurance weeks filed were for
workers for whom employers
placed claims because full-time
work was not available and for
which the workers received
wages less than their weekly job
insurance amount. Payments
ranged from one dollar to S3O
per week. Some 48,200 workers
were laid off by employers in
large groups because of plant
shut-downs for various reasons:
over-inventory, fires, comple
tion of contracts and such.
During 1958 $52,214 in job in
surance were paid to unem
ployed workers in Clayton Coun
ty. At present there are 65 un-
TOP OFFICIALS VIEW ECONOMY
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GEORGIA GOVERNOR Ernest Vandiver and Georgia Commis
sioner of Labor Ben T. Huiet are enthusiastic about Georgia’s and
Clayton County’s economic prospects in 1959. Commissioner Huiet,
right, is showing Governor Vandiver the Georgia Department of
Labor's 22nd annual report to the Governor and General Assem
bly whose sessions ended last week.
employed workers drawing job
। insurance on claims filed in
' Clayton County.
“In spite of the fact that 1958
saw the highest year in unem
ployment in the history of job
insurance (since 1938> in the
state, the purchasing power of
our non-farm workers was as
high as at any time in the past.
The fact that insured wages
during the last fiscal year were
up over $25,000,000 (millions)
means that our economy is be
coming more and more indus
trialized; that, generally speak
ing, Georgia’s standard of living
is being raised and that our
times are characterized by an
increasing economic stability,”
the Commissioner stated.
Huiet said last year he believed
1958 would be a good year for
Georgia wage earners, although
unemployment would likely be
comparatively high during the
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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1959
first six months. History proved
his forecast to be accurate.
“Judging by information avail
able to me as your Commissioner
of Labor, I am confident 1959
will see Georgia wage earners,
Georgia business and industry
and agriculture reach new and
higher horizons,” Huiet con
cluded.
FOREST PARK LIONS
PLAN VARIETY SHOW
The Forest Park Lions Club
will present Wendall Watterson,
known as the Old Country Boy;
Harry Vaught, the East Point
Cowboy from College Park; Par
son Langley and other acts in a
Variety Show to be held in the
High School Auditorium, March
7. Time: 8 o’clock.