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VOL. 41—NO. 31
POINT OF VIEW
— By JACK TROY ।
Joe Lane, many pounds thinner, was able to eat a hearty
meal Sunday for the first time in some weeks.
He had been down with the flu during the campaign but
that didn’t cause him loss of appetite.
election.
In the primary several thousand more voters are expected to
cast their votes in the various races.
Lane has been elected to fill out the unexpired term of Frank
Adamson, who resigned. He is officially in office until the end of
the year. So he faces another election to hold the office beyond
this year.
Lane said, in a statement Sunday: “It is my solemn promise
to each of you that you will never have reason to regret having
cast your vote in my behalf.”
D. M. Johnson
Is Candidate
For Solicitor
D. M. Johnson of Forest Park,
a practicing attorney in Clayton
County for 13 years, has quali
fied with the Democratic Execu
tive Committee as a candidate
for the post of Solicitor General
of Clayton County in the Dem
ocratic Primary April 23.
“I am a candidate for this job
because I feel that I am quali
fied to handle the duties of the
office of Solicitor General,” Mr.
Johnson said.
He was born in Caldwell
County, N. C., moved to Clayton
County in 1946. He began prac
tice the following year.
He is a graduate of Cumber
land University, Lebanon, Tenn.,
and of John Marshal Law
School, Atlanta, and the Atlanta
Division of the University of
Georgia.
GET COOKING
SCHOOL TICKETS
WHILE THEY LAST
Tickets are still available for
the Georgia Power Company
Cooking School sponsored by the
Kiwanis Club of Forest Park to
be held Monday and Tuesday
night, Feb. 22 and 23, at Forest
Park High Auditorium.
There will be door prizes and
free food prizes nightly. See
any Kiwanian or the Georgia
Power Company for tickets at
50c each.
THEY HANDLE THE HEAVY STUFF
Stith Equipment
Moves to Clayton
Stith Equipment Company is,
now in operation at its new lo- I
cation on Clark Howell High-;
way just south of the Atlanta
Municipal Airport.
They came to Clayton County
from Atlanta because, as Mr.
James A. Walhaven, operation
manager, put it: “Because of a
more favorable tax set up and
to get into the center -of dis
tribution for the Atlanta Area.”
This is at the junction of the
South Expressway and Circum
ferential Expressway.
They will handle heavy equip
ment for use by contractors and
others. Their main line is Mich
igan, by Clark Equipment Com
pany of Benton Harbor, Mich.
They have built a most attrac
tive building of 15,000 sq. ft
floor space, where they are em
ploying 15 people, all skilled.
They will not only sell, but
will also service heavy equip
ment and carry spare parts.
Mr. H. H. Stith is owner. I
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“I guess I was pretty keyed up over
j the race,” he said. "Truth is I couldn’t eat.
My wife would put fine food before me. I’d
take a couple of bites and push it aside.”
He stayed keyed up and ran a winning
; race against a large field for the post of
I Ordinary. Former county agent and county
I policeman, Q. E. Bell, offered opposition
’ that probably surprised every candidate in
the race.
Bell was only 28 votes off the pace.
Lane is young and aggressive and prob
ably will regain some of his weight before
he plunges back into the campaign for a
full term in the Democratic Primary. Bell,
it is understood, will be a candidate in the
Primary.
Less than 3.000 persons turned out in
I inclement weather to vote in the special
Appeal Made
For Census
Crew Leaders
The district supervisor of the
1960 Census of Population and
Housing which starts April 1,
i today issued an appeal to resi
. dents of the area to become can
. didates for jobs as crew leaders.
, Applications for jobs as cen
। sus crew leaders may be obtained
. from: Mr. Jim Price, Technical
Officer, who will be at Clerk’s
! office in Courthouse at Jones
boro at 2:30 p.m. Friday, Feb.
' 19th.
i Applicants for jobs as census
; takers must be over 18 years of
।' age, be citizens of the United
States, and have a high school
। education or its equivalent. Can
didates will be required to pass
! a selection test demonstrating
their ability to understand
J written instructions and read
maps. Persons who are presently
■ or recently associated with law
। enforcement or tax assessing or
; collection agencies are not
eligible.
Crew leaders will be paid by
the day and will earn $15.60 per
1 day, the district supervisor said.
Old Grads Plan
Two More Games
: March 5 and 12
; The popular Old Grads basket
ball game is scheduled again,
I sponsored this year by Optimists
' of Forest Park and Jonesboro.
Two games will be played—
, March 5 in Jonesboro and March
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Jonesboro Center
Woman's Club
Award Project
Mrs. L. W. Ferreira, President
Jonesboro Woman’s Club, an
nounces the Jonesboro Woman’s
Club has entered the Jonesboro
Area Recreation Center as its
project in the National Commu
nity Achievement Award contest,
sponsored by Sears Roebuck &
Co. The contest is open to clubs
of the Georgia Federation of
Women’s Clubs.
In 1955 members of the Jones
boro Woman’s Club felt that the
community should have a rec
reational center with all types of
activities for teen-agers and
residents of the area. Under the
guidance of the club all organ
izations of the area joined with
the Jonesboro Woman’s Club in
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JAMES HUGHES
Northcutt Is
Candidate for
Commissioner
Lamar Northcutt of West
Fayetteville Road. Clayton Coun
ty, has formally announced his
candidacy for Commissioner of
Roads and Revenue.
Mr. Northcutt is 35 years of
age. He is married to the former
Miss Margaret Ragsdale of
Riverdale, Ga. They have two
sons, Gerald and Gayion, ages
6 and 9.
Mr. Northcutt was educated in
the public schools of Clayton
County. He has been affiliated
with G. W. Northcutt Dairies, for
the past 16 years.
As an active member of the
Bethsaida Baptist Church, Mr,
Northcutt has served as chair
man of the Board of Deacons,
Training School director and
Sunday School teacher.
Mr. Northcutt is the holder of
a variety of offices and honors
in Masonic organizations. He is
a member of the Clayton County
Chamber of Commerce and the
Forest Park Business Men’s As
sociation. He is past president of
the North Clayton Civic Club,
and is currently president of the
South College Park Kiwanis
Club. Mr. Northcutt has also
been active in the PTA and Boy
Scout organizations.
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Mrs. S. C. Yancey
Old Resident,
Buried In FP
Mrs. S. C. Yancey passed away
on Feb. 13 at her home on Cen
tral Avenue, Forest Park. Mrs.
Yancey had reached her eighty
eighth year and was one of the
oldest residents of the commu
nity.
Until the last years of her
long life, she had been an ac
tive member of the community,
interested in all things for the
good of her fellow-man, a good
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Forest Park AA
Honor Roll of
Sponsors 1960
Forest Park Athletic Associa
tion Sponsorship Program,
Honor Roll of Sponsors for 1960
—Harbin’s Freezette, Cahaba
Motel, Bessie Brice, Robin Hood
Motel, Dub Curry, Farm House
Restaurant, Atlanta Graphic
Service, Joe T. Lane, Mountain
View Grocery, Eberhart Grocery,
Dr. Milton Bryant, Williams
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FOREST PARK, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1960
Receives Distinguished Service Award
James Hughes Honored
By Jonesboro Jaycees
James A. Hughes, 69 Ardmoor Drive, Jonesboro, re
ceived the Distinguished Service Award at the annual ban
quet dinner held at the Jonesboro Youth Center on Feb
ruary 11. This award is sponsored by the Jonesboro Junior
Chamber of Commerce, and the nominations are submitted
by eleven local churches and civic organizations.
Jaycee President Clarence.
Nichols presided over the ban
quet which was attended by 61
guests and Jaycees. Following
dinner, George Purdy, past pres
ident of the local Jaycees. pre
sented five Exhausted Rooster
Awards to: Tommy Brooks. Wil
bur Harris, Sam McEver, Bill
Casey and Dr. Wells Riley, who
had reached the maximum age
limit of the Jaycees. Linton
Deck, speaker for the evening
from East Point Optimist Club,
was presented by Jimmy Kemp,
director of the Jaycees. Mr. Deck
spoke on Distinguished Service.”
The highlight of the evening
was the presentation of the Dis
tinguished Service Award by
Robert McMullen, also a past
president of the Jaycees. to
James Hughes. James, 28 years
of age, is the son of Mrs. W. F.
Hughes and the late Mr. Hughes
of Cottonwood, Ala. He received j
his B.S. Degree in Electrical En
gineering in 1958 from Auburn
University. James jointed the
Georgia Power Company in Ma- j
con, Ga., in March, 1958, and
was transferred to Jonesboro in
January, 1959, as Distribution
Engineer. James received this
meritorious award based upor
liis contributions to the general
community welfare, evidence of
leadership ability, and evidence
of personal and business prog
ress. Among his accomplish
ments are:
President — Wesley Workers’
Sunday School Class, Jonesboro
Methodist Church.
Manager—Minor League base
ball team.
Assistant Scoutmaster, Troop
143, Jonesboro Methodist Church.
Committee chairman — Profit
Making—for Jonesboro Jaycees.
Chairman — Staging Commit
tee—Miss Clayton County Pag
eant, 1960.
Chairman—Prospect and Cul
tivation Committee, Membership
and Evangelism, Jonesboro
Methodist -Church.
James is married to the former
Sylvia Lewis, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. W. M. Lewis, Jr., of Cot
tonwood, Ala.
South College
Park Kiwanis
Enjoy Singing
The regular meeting of the
South College Park Kiwanis Club
was held Thursday, Feb. 11, and
was conducted in the spirit of
good humor and good music.
A feature attraction of the
evening was the singing of
Harry Vaught. Harry also added
to the hilarity by relating some
humorous stories of his adven
tures, however some members
expressed a suspicion that the
stories were mostly fictitious.
The meeting was also en
livened by the dancing of John
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VAUGHAN MONROE, the noted singer-entertainer, poses with
Jon Farmer, chief barker of Variety’s Tent 21, and Geo Mayer
at a recent luncheon in Atlanta. Monroe, who was in town for a
night club engagement, took the opportunity to join the local
tent of Variety. While in Atlanta, Monroe also expressed a deep
interest in the club’s project, the Cerebral Palsey Center, Moun
tain View Camp for Girls and Bankhead Playground. Variety
Club International celebrated Variety Club Week February 8-14.
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JONESBORO GIRL
IS SPOTLIGHTED
AT M. GEORGIA
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Miss Gloria Callaway, a grad
uate of Jonesboro High School,
is in the spotlight at Middle
Georgia College, Cochran, Ga.
She has been elected vice presi
dent of Talmadge Hall, and is
a member of Home Economics
Club and Quintas Stellas.
She is the first freshman to be
spotlighted in “The Kernel!”,
montniy newspaper of the col
lege. Gloria won fifth, place in
the Miss Freshman beauty con
test at the Annual Banquet and
Dance Feb. 9. She is an A-plus
pupil in Home Economics and
will continue in that field of
study.
Mayor, Council
To Be Honored
By FP Church
The Forest Park Methodist
Church has extended an invita
tion to Mayor, Council, City em
ployees and families to attend
theri church service at 11 a.m.
Sunday, Feb. 21.
Rev. J.ack Reeves, the officials
and members of the church wish
to pay tribute to these people,
who by their efforts are striving
to render to the City, services
which are so necessary to the
well-being of each of us.
The occasion will be a high
light of the current year of the
church. The pastor tells us the
theme of his sermon will be
“What Does God Expect of me?”
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JOE LANE
Wes Foster
Coordinator
For Kaiser
Wes Foster of Forest Park has
been appointed coordinator of
Kaiser Aluminum’s spring resi
dential program in the metro
politan Atlanta area, it was an
nounced this week by William
H. Slemp, Kaiser
Aluminum &
Chemical Cor
poration’s man
ager, business
develop men t -
residential.
The company’s
unique spring
residential pro
gram. which will
be carried out
in conjunction
with the Atlanta Home Builders
Association, is designed to dem
onstrate the practical and eco
nomic advantages of the many
aluminum applications available
for new home construction.
In addition to Atlanta, Mr.
Foster will also coordinate v the
activities of the corporation’s
16-city national residential pro
gram in New Orleans and Or
lando, Mr. Slemp reported. He
joined Kaiser Aluminum as a
field sales representative in
charge of residential products in
the Chicago district in 1956 and
was appointed to his new posi
tion on Nov. 9, 1959. He was
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Groups Asked
To Sponsor
Contestants
Invitations have been sent to
all civic and service clubs and
all high schools in the county,
according to Charles Martin, en
tries chairman, to sponsor en
trants in the Miss Clayton Coun
ty Pageant. This event, spon
sored by the Jonesboro Jaycees,
will be held in the Jonesboro
High School Auditorium March
25.
The next Miss America might
very well be living right here in
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Billy Clarke
Is Candidate
For Sheriff
W. W. (Billet Clarke has
qualified with the Democratic
Executive Committee as a can
didate for Sheriff.
He said this week—
“l hereby announce as a can
didate for the Office of Sheriff
of Clayton County subject to the
rules and regulations of the
Democratic Primary to be held
April 23, 1960.
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PICNIC GROUNDS
TO BE OPENED
Picnic grounds are to be
opened this spring at the Jones
boro Area Recreation Center, in
Jonesboro. The Jonesboro Fire
Department is donating the pic
nic tables and benches and the
Jonesboro Woman’s Club is hav
ing barbecue grilles erected. This
picnic area is in a lovely wooded
area of the Recreation Center,
and will be open to residents of
the area.
O. E. Bell Runs Strong Second
Joe T. Lane Elected
Clayton Ordinary
Joe T. Lane received 779 votes to defeat Q. E. Bell by
28 votes for the office of Ordinary in last Saturday’s special
election. Mr. Bell received 751 votes.
Mr. Lane, who tendered his ।
resignation as County Treasurer
to Governor Vandiver on Mon-:
day, will take office right away.|
He will fill the interim term
and wih qualify with the Clay
ton County Democratic Commit
tee to run for a full term in the
Democratic Primary election
April 23.
Mr. Lane was given heavy
backing in Forest Park, receiv
ing 473 of his total votes, and
Mr. Bell had strong backing in
Jonesboro, getting 356 of his
total votes at the Jonesboro
precinct.
Byron J. Turner was third
with 516 votes, W. M. Currie, Jr.,
got 407 votes, J. Carlton Ivey got
213. Wendell Terrell got 136, and
Jimmy D. Harmon got 36.
Mr. Lane, well known citizen
of Mountain View, will resign his
position with Gulf Oil Company
and devote full time to the Or
dinary’s office.
He said, following his election:
“We will immediately start com
paring for office of Ordinary
with those oi Fulton and DeKalb
counties. I’ll spend time in their
offices and find out their way.
“Our lunacy hearings will be
revised completely.
“We’ll be available for county
business every working day to
serve all the people of Clayton
County.
“We’ll know better when we
assume the duties what changes
should be made.”
A total of 2,838 persons voted.
W. Loy Dickson
Is Candidate
For Re-Election
W. Loy Dickson, 18 years in of
fice, has announced his can
didacy for re-election as Sheriff
of Clayton County.
Mr. Dickson, who staged a
successful campaign for a new
jail to replace the present out
moded and condemned struc
ture, said in his announcement:
“As best I could, I have tried to
serve the people of Clayton|
County and to protect their in-
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Jonesboro FFA Chapter
Observes National FFA Week
BY JERRY NEAL-Reporter
This is the week that Future Farmers of America
throughout the nation—more than 380 thousand of us—
have designated as “National FFA Week”—a week when
we rededicate ourselves to the purposes of our organization,
and do our best to let our friends and neighbors know what
FFA is, what it does, and why it is important to everyone
that the work we are doing be continued and expanded.
In FFA we have an organiza
tion of boys who plan to make
agriculture some part of their
lifelong occupation. Our organ
ization's name describes the
membership—The Future Farm
ers of America.
Membership in FFA is re
stricted to the students of voca
tional agriculture, thus provid
ing a closely-knit organization
of students who have common
interests. Our local chapter in
the Jonesboro High School has
110 members. Some of our mem
bers have already graduated
from high school. They may re
tain their membership until
they’re 21 years old, so long as
they attend meetings regularly,
keep up their supervised farm
ing programs, pay their dues,
and take an active part in chap
ter activities.
But most of us are students
regularly enrolled in high school. I
We are together every day when
school is in session, and when
ever special plans need to be|
made, or committees need to
meet to work out their assign- 1
ments, we can get together
quickly to do the work. Our reg- |
ular official meetings for all the
chapter membership are held;
-each third Thursday, once a-
Clayton County
Official
Publication For
40 Years
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
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E. Tarp George
Candidate for
Re-Election
E. Tarp George, six years in
office and chairman for the last
two years, announces that he
has qualified with the Clayton
County Democratic Executive
Committee as a candidate for
re-election as chairman of the
Commissioners of Roads and
Revenue.
A lifetime resident of Clayton,
Mr. George was born and raised
in Morrow near the home he has
been living in for the past 36
years.
Mr. George said it appears
that the business affairs of the
Commissioners office are now
on a current basis. He added, “I
am right proud of the record we
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EDMONDS PTA
FOUNDER'S DAY
J. E. Edmonds School PTA
will meet Feb. 23 at 8 p.m. to
hear the program chairman pre
sent an interesting program on
Founder’s Day, featuring Miss
Lois Young’s music pupils. A
I good attendancse is desired for
this most interesting meeting.
month.
FFA is a national organiza
tion, with more than 380,000
members in 9,000 local high
school chapters located through
out the 50 States and Puerto
Rico. The State of Georgia has
17,681 members in 254 chapters.
Just as the Jonesboro chapter
holds regular meetings to dis
cuss and plan its activities our
State Association holds an an
nual convention where 5,000 of
ficial delegates from each chap
ter sit in the governing body to
determine policies and set new
plans for the association.
Then, each year in October,
FFA holds a national convention
in Kansas City where two offi
cial delegates from each State—
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Lake City School
Paper Sale Feb. 25
The new Lake City School on
Phillips Drive announce their
first PAPER SALE in the new
building Feb. 25 from 8 through
10:30 a.m. If you would like your
paper picked up, please call
PO 6-4065 or PO 1-4679.