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VOL. 40—NO. 34
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PATRICIA PEACOCK
POINT OF VIEW
— By JACK TROY ———
Editorially, the Atlanta Journal recently came out strongly for
a new jail to replace overcrowded Fulton Tower.
Probably the ratio is no greater than the present situation at
prisoners breaking out. A spoon is a good enough tool for an es
cape, as has happened in the past.
Recently a prisioner got away, temporarily, but the Sheriff
couldn’t bring a weapon into play until too late for fear of hitting
an innocent bystander or a car that might come around the corner
of the courthouse at any time.
If anyone thinks he is overdoing his insistent demands for a
pew jail, take him up on his invitation for Open House, and go and
see for yourself.
But only those with a strong stomach are advised to go.
Pure Hereford
Ever since the meeting of Forest Park Kiwanis last week
we’ve been wondering why Walt White, the sage of Woodland
Way, handed us a clipping from the Hereford Journal. We all
know that Hereford can also mean bull.
However, he was seated in the vicinity of Bill Fleming, Lamar
Foster, George Sargent and Robert Coleman, and so naturally
such eminent dinner companions were exempt. ,
Headed “The Strife of Life is Terse in Verse,” we’re passing it
along without further comment
When I was young and my slippers were red,
I could kick my feet clear over my head.
Then I grew older and my slippers were blue,
But I still could dance the whole night through.
Now I am old and my slippers are black,
I walk to the corner and puff my way back.
The reason I know my youth has been spent,
My “Get up and Go” has got up and went.
But really I don’t mind when I think with a grin,
Os all the grand places my Get up has been.
Since I retired from life’s competition,
I find every day an exact repetition.
I get up each morning, dust off my wits,,
Pick up the paper and read the “Obits.”
If my name is missing I know I’m not dead.
So I eat a big breakfast and go back to bed.
And that’s straight from the Hereford’s mouth.
KIWANIS KORNER
Kiwanians of Forest Park and their guests enjoyed
an “armchair tour” of Fulton County’s Crime Lab via
color slides presented by James Pritchard last Thursday
night.
Operational procedures and
some case examples were shown
in this educational presentation
Kiwanians were invited to visit
the lab for a personal tour.
The club’s pancake breakfast
Saturday was the usual success,
with breakfast- a la Foust being
warmly received by a large num
ber of diners.
President George Kilpatrick
gave program chairman Ernest
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the Clayton County jail. Sheriff Loy Dick
son, who has been conducting Open House
and personal tours for prominent citizens
to show them the deplorable conditions
that exist there, has had to “farm out”
some of the prisoners to Fayette County.
Atlanta doesn’t need a new jail — re
gardless of the high rate of crimes there —
any more .than Clayton County does.
It disturbs Sheriff Dickson to read
about boys burning to death in an Arkanas
Training School because he is custodian of
a fire trap as well.
He can sympathize with overcrowded
conditions at Fulton Tower because he is
usually faced with the same problem. And
he is faced also with the problem of un
sanitary conditions, a jail that is structur
ally unsafe, and the ever-present danger of
[ Cheeves an opportunity to tell
about this week’s program, and
' Mr. Cheeves announced that it
: will be a “surprise” event that
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year.
' What Mr. Cheeves has up his
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Kiwanians and their friends
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Panther Stars On Parade
Annual Wine, Gold
Game Friday Night
Forest Park Panthers play their annual Wine and
Gold game Friday night at 8 o’clock at Kiwanis Athletic
Field, and a large crowd of supporters will doubtless be on
hand. A nominal admission fee will be charged to defray
expenses. Regular officials will be in charge of the game.
Coach Pat Patterson was to -
flip a coin Monday with Assist- i
ant Coach Melvin Lucas to de
cide which team they’d coach in
the fray.
The seniors will include su^h
stars of last season as Jerry
Watkins, Wayne Smith, Donald
Cook, Mac Taylor, Eddie Mc-
Gowin, Larry Foster, Dwight
Campbell, William Hayes, Skippy
Sanders and Douglas Phillips.
In making their last stand in
Panther uniforms, the seniors
will give it all they’ve got to
leave a victory behind them in
the annual spring game.
Next season’s varsity standard
bearers will include Melvin
Blackman, quarterback; Ed Lov
ing and Jerry Coble, halfbacks; ।
Kytle Davis, fullback; Dave
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This Wednesday Morning
Langdale Speaker
At Jonesboro High
President Noah Langdale, Jr., of the Georgia State
College in Atlanta, will speak to the senior assembly of
Jonesboro High School on Wednesday, March 11, at 11:15
in the school auditorium. The public is invited to hear
this distinguished educator.
Mr. Langdale is a native of
Valdosta, Georgia. He received
his A. B. degree from the Uni
versity of Alabama in 1941, his
LL. B. from Harvard University
Law School in 1948, and an
M. B. A. from the Harvard Grad
uate School of Business Admin
istration in 1950. Mr. Langdale
was elected to Phi Beta Kappa
and to Omicron Delta Kappa,
honorary leadership fraternity,
at Alabama, and was a member
of Delta Chi, social fraternity.
In addition to scholastic and
leadership achievements he was
varsity tackle on the Alabama
championship football team
from 1937 to 1941.
During World War 11, Mr.
Langdale served in the U. S.
Navy in the North Atlantic and
South Pacific from 1942 to 1946,
leaving the service with the
grade of lieutenant (senior
grade).
Mr. Langdale is married to the
former Miss Alice Elizabeth
Cabaniss of Athens, and they
have one son, Michael, born in
1947.
Mr. Langdale went to Valdosta
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FOREST PARK, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 11, 1959
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NOAH LANGDALE JR.
Noon Offset
Printing Is
Finest Kind
Noon Card and Office Supply,
operated by Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Noon in the Main Street Shop
ping Center, has supplied a real
need for the area in their pio
neering venture in Forest Park
offset printing.
The new offset press has been
operating for a week now, and
the press and business are roll
ing.
The Noons are set up to take
care of the area’s needs in off
set printing ... in stationery,
letterheads, business cards, cir
culars, bulletins, etc. You name
it. And they do attractive color
work, too.
Heretofore, those who needed
offset printing had to go out
side the area for it. Now you
can get it in Forest Park, and
the finest kind. See Noon Card
and Office Supply today.
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Old Grads Will Play
2 Games Saturday
JONESBORO SEEKS REVENGE;
GIRLS RENEW OLD RIVALRY
A double header basketball game between Forest Park
and Jonesboro Old Grads, ladies, too, will be played on
Saturday night, March 14, at 8 p.m. at the Jonesboro High
School gym. Proceeds from these games will be for the
Jonesboro Recreation Center building fund.
In the first game, the extra
added attraction will be a game
between “girl graduates” of
Jonesboro and Forest Park. The
following “girl graduates” of
Jonesboro will participate: Mur
die Lewis, team captain, Mary
Evans, Helen Wiggins, Marjorie
Thompson, Carolyn Cash, Lucy
Welden, Lillie Suder, Jo Ann
Kemp, Marion Hodges, Elaine
Phillips, Evelyn Hooks, Grace
Porter, Kathryn Gibbs and
Trudy Ivey. Forest Park Team
Captain Margaret Haynie gives
her players as follows: Jeanne
B. Wells, Ginger R. Lee, Emma
Joe Chasteen, Geraldine J.
Stone, Merle C. Barrow, Laura
Babb, Mildred Shepherd, Car
olyn Trammell, Jane Ann Stone,
Jane D. Ewing and Jo Nell
Smith.
This should be a fine one
hour “spectacle” in color. Come
see the “girls” in action as they
are working very hard for a
win.
In the “nite-cap” Manager
Ted Wright says that his game
is a “must” for his Jonesboro
team. They were defeated by
Forest Park in a good close
game last week. However, Man
ager Terrell Starr of Forest
Park says “It can’t be done,”
that they will make it two in
a row.
So, it looks like a very inter
esting evening at the Jonesboro
Gym Saturday night the 14th.
You better come early if you
want a good seat, we are going
to have a full house.
Forest Park “boys” are Hayn
ie, Bryant, Shields, Duffey
Echols, Estes, Berry. Bell, Bla
lock, Babb, V. Miller, Betsill,
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SCOUT TROOP
HAS FISH FRY
ON SATURDAY
Scout Troop 169, sponsored by
the First Baptist Church of For
est Park, will hold the annual
fish fry on Saturday, March 14
(this Saturday.) If you are look
ing for a fish lunch or a fish
supper anytime from 11 a.m.
through 8 p.m., you will find all
you can eat for the cost of just
one dollar for adults, 50 cents for
children. Add to all that, good
cooking and excellent service,
and the thought that you are
helping our boys to maintain
their part of scouting, and—
we’ll see you there.
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CABS NOW HAVE
TWO-WAY RADIO
Manager Norman Dalton an
nounces that Forest Park City-
Veteran cabs are now equipped
with two-way radio to provide
area residents with the fastest
possible service.
He also announced that a new
cab has been added to the fleet.
The new office is at 1100 Main
Street. Prompt county - wide
service is available. Call for spe
cial rates outside the county.
LAKE CITY CLUB
MEETS MARCH 16
The Lake City Improvement
Club will meet on Monday eve
ning, March 16, at 8 o’clock at
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On Ladies’ Night Thursday
Myhand to Visit
East Clayton Lions
Lion Hiram A. Myhand, District Governor of District
18-E, will be an honor guest of the East Clayton Lions
Club Thursday evening, March 12. The East Clayton Club
is celebrating its Fifth Anniversary on that evening with
a “Ladies Night” dinner and social. The meeting will be
at the East Clayton School Cafeteria.
Lion Myhand will be the prin
cipal speaker. He is a charter
member of the Valley Lions Club
of West Point, Ga., and has
been an active Lion for more
than twenty years. He has
earned many awards for his fine
work and is known throughout
Georgia for his tireless and de
voted efforts on behalf of the
Lighthouse.
C. L. Hutchison is president of
the East Clayton Club.
—FRANK G. MARCHMAN
Scout Notices
The scout court of honor will
meet this Thursday night, 8:00
p.m., at the Jones Memorial
Church. We have gone back to
the practice of awarding an at
tendance trophy to the troop
with the most attendance on a
percentage basis. So, come out.
and help your troop win. Re-1
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Miss Clayton County
Contestants Named
FOURTEEN BEAUTIES COMPETE
IN PAGEANT ON MARCH 2711 i
Bevies of beauties—titilating talent—stunning stag
ing: An apt description for this year’s Miss Clayton County
Pageant being presented under the auspices of the Jones
boro Jaycees and Jaycettes, March 27 at the Jonesboro
School Auditorium. ‘ ... - —_ --
Ticket chairman, “Buck” Lof
ton, announced last week that
tickets will be sold through each
sponsoring organization as well
as by Jonesboro Jaycees and
Jaycettes. Reserved seat tickets
sell for $2.00; general admis
sion, SI.OO. Mr. Lofton expects a
capacity crowd.
Accompanying this story are
pictures of a cross-section of
Clayton County’s lovely con
testants:
1. Mary Louise Anderson, 18-
year-old daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Earl Anderson of Forest
Park, is presently a Forest Park
senior and plans to attend Ogle
thorpe preparatory to becoming
a primary teacher. She is a
senior superlative and was run
ner-up for Miss Forest Park of
1956. She plans to do a comic
dance for the pageant. Her
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GRAND OPENING
New Furniture
Store Opens
On Main St.
Personable Woodson (Woody >
Houze is celebrating Grand
Opening of Central Furniture
Company, 1098 Main Street (in
the old Forest Park Post Office
Building), this week. The store
is loaded with bargains, and vis
itors are asked to register all
this week and next for the
grand drawing for many hand
some prizes which is set for
Saturday afternoon, March 21.
A Navy veteran of 21 years,
Woody and his family have lived
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Thursday night, 8:00 p.m., at the
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ANOTHER DIGNITARY
Jack Flynt Jr.
On Post Office
Program 28th
Congressman John J. (Jack)
Flynt, Jr., Fourth District, a
member of many important
committees, has notified com
mittee chairman Grady Lindsey
and Post Master Walt Phillips
that he is proud to accept an
invitation to be on the program
for the dedication of the new
Forest Park Post Office Satur
day afternoon, March 28.
Thus Flynt, who had a hand
in helping Forest Park get the
new Post Office, joins U.S.
Senator Herman Talmadge and
other dignitaries on the pro
gram.
The Fourth District Congress
man has always been outstand
ingly cooperative in area events,
having appeared for most major
undertakings, and also giving
of his valued time for lesser ac
tivities.
Chairman Lindsey said the
dedication program is shaping
up smoothly and that it prob
ably will be one of the finest
occasions in the 31-year history
of “the fastest growing city in
the United States.”
Other notables who will take
part in the program will be
announced in later issues, and
the full program will be pub
lished the week of the dedica
tion.
RIVERDALE
REVIVAL
SERVICES
Revival services will be held at
Riverdale Methodist Church be
ginning Sunday night, March 15,
and continuing through March
20.
Dr. R. V. Ozment, pastor of St.
James Methodist Church, At
lanta, will be the guest speaker
each night at 7:30 p.m. Dr. Oz
ment comes to us highly recom
mended as a great leader of the
Christian faith.
Special music has been pre
pared for each night by the
choir—if you like to sing join us.
Rev. Malcolm A. Coleman, for
merly of Forsyth, Ga., is pastor
of the church and under his ca
pable leadership the church is
making much progress.
Twenty-seven members have
been added to the church roll
this conference year to this date.
We wish to take this oppor
tunity to issue an invitation to
all former members and friends
to join us for these services.
Won’t you worship with us?
MRS. SARA SCOTT
Riverdale, Ga.