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VOL. 41—NO. 35
POINT OF VIEW
—— By JACK TROY ' *
Nature was acting up and it was necessary to postpone the
funeral of an outstanding gentleman of the coaching profession,
an all-around individual who cannot be replaced. The University
of Georgia can replace the coach, but they can't replace the man.
It seemed that even nature was reluctant to see the mortal
Georgia have lost a friend.
Frank Plant was one of those Bulldogs who thought the world
of Coach Whitworth, and Frank, over coffee at the Jonesboro
Case, spoke feelingly of the terrible ordeal Whitworth suffered
at the hands of thoughtless Alabama alumni when he returned
there with poor material to try to put his alma mater back on
its feet in football.
“Coach Whit was courageous, but I think it broke his heart.
He never got over it.”
Alumni harassed him and his family, called at all hours on
the phone to subject him to misery and heartache. Whit seemed
to take it in stride, but this close friends knew better.
He often said the last year of his coaching life, when he re
turned to Georgia to help Wally Butts win another championship,
was the happiest year of his life. Georgia always had real success
when he was on the coaching staff. The boys always spoke of him
as “like a father” to them. He kept the boys on their toes scholas
tically as well as athletically.
He'd be sitting in the training room, big feet encased in white
Shoes, and spot somebody Hke Frank Plant coming in.
“Well,” he drawl, “how many classes did you skip today?”
Whit was a great field goal specialist teaching all the real
stars of Georgia, such as Costa, how to kick goals and extra points.
He had never kicked one in a game when Alabama played Wash
ington State in the Rose Bowl, but with the chips down, he won
the game with a field goal.
Zipp Newman wrote that memorable day, in the Vista Del
Arroyo section of Pasadena, California, that “Washington State
came on the field dressed like devils and Alabama showed ’em
what hell was like.” Whit played guard that day.
I’ll never forget, on a trip with Georgia to Jacksonville for
a game with the Florida 'Gators, when Whit, who had been scan
ning the comic section of a paper, turned to me and said: “If this
character Downwind ever turns his face full view, I’m sure it
will be you.”
And so from then on. as he did with many friends for whom
he had pet names, he called me “Downwind.” Now Whit is gone
with the wind, but his memory will remain fresh whenever the
Bulldogs of Georgia take the field against an opponent. And some
how I wouldn’t want to be an opponent of Georgia when they
open the season next fall and the boys dedicate the opening game
to the memory of their beloved coach—Jennings Bryan (Ears)
Whitworth. May he rest in peace.
Kiwanis Korner
Kiwanis International has won
a top award (The George Wash
ington Medal in the Americana
competition) again this year
from the Freedoms Foundation
at Valley Forge. The award was
given for Kiwanis’ “eleven point
program on individual citizen
ship responsibility headlined by
the organization's 1959 theme
‘Build Individual Responsibili
ty.’ ” It came to Kiwanis on
Washington’s birthday at spe
cial ceremonies conducted at the
Freedoms Foundation headquar
ters in Valley Forge. Pennsyl
vania, according to Bill Foust,
President of the Kiwanis Club
of Forest Park. In addition, he
said. Kiwanis received the Dis
tinguished Service Award for
having received at least nine
awards in the eleven annual
competitions sponsored by the
Freedoms Foundation. The
award was accepted for Kiwanis
by Albert J. Tully of Mobile. Ala
bama, President of Kiwanis In
ternational.
Key Club International, which
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Gas-Up Day
Lions Project
This Saturday
Robert Bradford, owner of the
Forest Park Phillips 66 Station
at Ash and Main Streets, an
nounced that he will turn his
station over to the Forest Park
Lions Club on Saturday, the 19th '
of March. All profits will be■
donated to the Georgia Lions
Lighthouse, an organization
which provides vision and eye
care to the needy. This organ- ■
ization will take any person who,
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remains of Jennings Bryan Whitworth
committed to the inevitable six feet of
earth. And yet it was a sort of conspiracy
of the elements that allowed his death to go
undiscovered for several days, with Mrs.
Whitworth away on a trip and the other
coaches thinking J. B. was fulfilling an
assignment in South Georgia. Athens was
ice bound and the neighbor who watered
the flowers was delayed by this.
How ironic that such a warm, lovable
individual should go to his final reward
alone. You wondered if he died immedi
ately or if he lay there on the bathroom
floor and could have been saved if circum
stances had been different.
But Whittie has gone to meet his
Maker — maybe it was supposed to be this
way— and all of us who were close to
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Zion Revival
To Be Held
March 20-27
Revival services will be held
at Mt. Zion Baptist Church Sun
day through Sunday, March
20-27, with the Rev. Hendon
j Brown as evangelist.
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GOVERNOR SAYS “CEASE AND DESIST”
V andiver Attacks
Left Wing Writing
Responsible business leaders
among the Negro race in Atlanta
are reported to be very much
alarmed at the prospect of fur
ther deterioration of relations
between the white and colored
; people in Georgia as a result of
the attempt of Negro college stu
i dents to overturn almost in
■ stantaneously the social order in
, this state.
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GOVERNOR ERNEST VANDIVER proudly holds up plate on which he wrote
“Georgia Invites Industry” at the formal opening of the Canco division plant
of American Can Company last Thursday morning. Plant officials, county of
ficials, city officials and other notables were present. Left to right in the pic
ture, Walter Taylor, 14 years sales manager of the Atlanta district; William F.
May, vice president and member of the board of the corporation, and Governor
Vandiver. Plant Manager Paul Adam is standing behind the Governor. In the
picture at right, front row, left to right: Vice President May, Senator Harry
Double Expansion, in Five Years
Visualized for New Canco Plant
VICE PRESIDENT WILLIAM F. MAY
SEES AN UNLIMITED POTENTIAL
As thousands of citizens took the great circle tour at
American Can Company’s magnificent new Canco division
plant in Forest Park during Open House Thursday night,
officials even then were casting speculative eyes at ways
of enlarging the present plant for future operation.
During a press conference
Thursday morning at the Dink
ier Plaza Hotel, Vice President
William F. May—“ Where there’s
a will there’s a May”—said that
there is a bright outlook for
doubling plant labor force and
productive capacity within the
next four to five years, and pos
sibly adding an additional plant
for furnishing certain of the
company’s materials.
In this forward-looking ap
praisal of a very bright poten
tial, Mr. May had the hearty
concurrence of other company
officials present.
This would mean an annual
payroll and benefits of $3,000,000
in the not too distant future.
The present plant eventually will
have a payroll of a million and
a half dollars, employing 250
people.
Approximately 5,500 highly in
terested citizens toured the
plant, watched the amazing pro
duction lines producing metal
containers with incredible pre
cision at speeds up to 500 a
minute, sort of like machine-gun
rapidity. Visitors received as
souvenirs recipe books from the
home economics department, can
piggy banks and literature, and
enjoyed soft drinks from Ameri
can can containers. (More than
7,000 drinks were consumed).
Handling of the large crowd
was accomplished by the co
operation of Georgia Power
Company in opening their lot
for parking and transporting
visitors by Atlanta Transit
Busses to the plant up the Lake
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Youmans Lose
Home in Fire
Fire destroyed the home c
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Youman
but did not spread to their Kid
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FOREST PARK, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 16, 1960
Spring Revival
Begins Sunday
In Riverdale
The spring revival of the
Riverdale Methodist Church will
begin on Sunday evening, March
20, and will continue through
Friday, March 25, at 7:30 p.m.
The Rev. William S. Echols,
pastor of the McDonough Meth
odist Church, will be the evan
gelist. Rev. Echols is also pres
ently serving as the secretary of
Evangelism in the Griffin Dis
trict of the Methodist Church.
The guest song leader will be
the Rev. W. O. Powell, pastor of
the Flippen Methodist Church.
Rev. Malcolm Coleman, pas
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PRESENTED BY YOUTH CENTER
Amateur Talent Show
This Saturday Night
The Mountain View Area |
Youth Center third annual Ama- '
teur Talent Show is being pre- |
sented Saturday night, March
19, at 7:30 p.m. at the Mountain
View School Auditorium.
The Mountain View Baptist
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SCENE FROM previous Talent Show presented last year before
a capacity audience. It was a wonderful show combining the
talents of many fine youngsters. You won't want to miss the
latest offering this Saturday night at Mountain View School
auditorium, sponsored by the Mountain View area Youth Center.
Redwine, Fayette County; Mayor W. Reid Puckett, Forest Park; Governor Van
diver, Mrs. Vandiver, Clayton County Commissioner Terrell A. Starr, Forest
Park City Councilman Elmer Sanders and Clayton Chamber of Commerce
Secretary Norman LaMotte; back row, William J. (Bill) Lee, Representative;
Plant Manager Adam; Walter White, Forest Park City Councilman; Ernest
Cheaves, Gulf Oil property division; John McCannon, Forest Park city attorney
and Clayton County attorney; Edgar Blalock, Representative.
(Photos by Pete Smith Studio)
FP High Bands
Are Top Rated
In District
The very fine Forest Park
High School Concert Band under
the direction of Lloyd Tarpley
received a “Superior” rating at
the District IV Music Festi
val in Griffin, Ga., this past
Wednesday.
This is the second consecutive
year that the band has received
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Dalton Standard
Station Offers
Big Weekend
Friday and Saturday are the
big days at Norman Dalton’s
Standard Service Station, For
est Park, on Main Street across
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Church has deeded a plot of land
for a playground and building,
and with the proceeds from this
show we can plan to get the
building under way.
100 silver dollars, and a pocket
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THE MAJORITY of county and city officials attended the open
ing of the new plant, which is a tremendous asset to the area.
Shown above, left to right: Forest Park City Councilman Henry
Waldrop; J. L. Christian, candidate for coroner; Lynn Wells,
Forest Park City Councilman; Vollie Burks, Forest Park City
Councilman; Elmer Sanders, Forest Park City Councilman and
member of the Clayton County Water Authority; Mayor W. Reid
Puckett, of the host city Forest Park; Walter White, council
man; Joe Picard, chief of the Forest Park Fire Department;
T. J. Elliott, Forest Park City Manager-Clerk, and Forest Park
Police Chief Widener. (Photo by Pete Smith Studio)
OFFICES IN OLD BUILDING
New Dwarf House
Will Be Larger
Truitt Cathy, owner of the recently burned Dwarf
House in Forest Park, announced before he entered St.
Joseph’s hospital for major surgery that the present build
ing will be remodeled for offices and that a new and en
larged Dwarf House will be built on adjacent property.
The new Dwarf House will ac
commodate two to three times
as many people as the old one
which burned in the early morn
ing of Tuesday, Feb. 23. A faulty
electrical switch caused the fire,
inspectors decided.
Mr. Cathy is resting comfort
ably following his operation, and
friends may contact him at St.
Joseph’s Hospital, JA 5-4681. ex
tention 3311.
A spokesman, speaking of the
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Snow Storm
Had Effect
On Business
The snow storm of Wednes
day, March 9, following a week
to the day of the ice storm of
the previous week, crippled busi
ness in Clayton County but
didn’t actually make the high
ways as impassible as radio an
nouncers insisted they were.
It was a snow storm and was
not mixed with ice. Igloos, snow
men and other bits of snow ar
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Billy Clarke
Announces
For Sheriff
W. W. (Billy) Clarke an
‘ nounces this week that—
I am a candidate for Sheriff
of Clayton County in the elec
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Official
Clayton County
Publication For
40 Years
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
Voters Elect
A Treasurer
This Saturday
Kemp, Currie
Candidates In
Special Election
Special election for County
Treasurer is coming up this Sat
urday in Clayton County, with
James B. (Jimi Kemp of Jones
boro and W. M. (Dubi Currie Jr.
of Forest Park, as candidates.
Polls will be open from 7 a.m.
to 7 p.m.
Mr. Kemp is a young business
man of Jonesboro, Mr. Currie is
a real estate salesman in Forest
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Amoco Opens
On Main Street
This Weekend
There will be free gifts for all
| as Amoco’s new one-stop station
' in Forest Park celebrates Grand
Opening this Friday and Satur
day, March 18 and 19.
The station is at Main Street
and West Street, and is under
the direction of Hugh Hudgins
and Bill M. Yarbrough.
With each purchase of eight
gallons or more of gasoline,
they’ll give free a set of four
antique auto tumblers.
For the free drawing (no pur
chase necessary), first prize will
be 100 pounds of steak. Second
prize—two recap tires. The draw
ing will be held at 8:30 Satur
day night.
There will be free balloons and
lollipops for the youngsters dur
ing Grand Opening.
Operators Hudgins and Yar
brough invite everyone to visit
the station on Grand Opening,
enjoy the fine service, gifts and
register for the big drawing.
Long Distance
Direct Dialing
Is Year Away
In less than a year, Jonesboro
telephone subscribers will be able
to dial most of their own long
distance calls direct, without the
help of an operator.
C. E. Martin, group manager
for Southern Bell here, said the
installation of the equipment to
make this possible is almost
completed. The service will come
to Jonesboro in October of this
year. Also, at the same time,
two-way local service with At
lanta will come into existence.
This service is known as DDD
—direct distance dialing. When
it goes into effect, Jonesboro
customers will be able to dial
the ir own station-to-station
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World Day
Os Prayer
This Friday
Clayton County Council of
United Church women will ob
serve World Day of Prayer at
10:30 a.m. Friday, March 18, at
Philadelphia Presbyterian
Church. Everyone is welcome
Inside Outdoors
For Readers
Clayton County fishermen will
no doubt enjoy the new feature
to be run regularly, starting with
this issue, in the official Clayton
County newspaper.
John Martin, widely known
writer and radio announcer who
regularly beams Inside Outdoors
to listeners and readers, has
joined our staff with his column.
John Martin and the editor
worked together on The Atlanta
। Constitution in years gone by.
We heartily recommend this fine
J column to sportsmen who want
to know the who. what, why,
where and how of fishing and
hunting <in season).