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VOL. 41—NO. 36
POINT OF VIEW
- By JACK TROY ।
Mrs. George Miller of Linda Way, Forest Park, has sent us a
poem that fits in with what we’ve been thinking ever since the re
cent siege of ice, then snow.
Are we getting soft!
We have never said anything critical or otherwise about payola,
that money-passing deal that has caught a few disc jockeys in
the butterfly net, and we believe sincerely that irresponsible re
porting on weather conditions is a lot worse.
But to get back to Mrs. Miller. She wrote—" Ran across the
poem ("When Grandma was a Girl”)—and thought it cute and
thought you might like to share it with others in your paper. After
reading it maybe some of us girls won’t feel quite so abused. Ha!”
Here’s the poem. Read it carefully.
"Grandmother, on a winter’s day,
Milked the cows and fed them hay.
Slopped the hogs, saddled the mule
And got the children off to school;
Did a washing, mopped the floors,
Washed the windows, did some chores;
Cooked a dish of home-dried fruit,
Pressed her husband’s Sunday suit,
Swept the parlor, made the bed,
Baked a dozen loaves of bread,
Split some firewood and lugged in
Enough to fill the kitchen bin;
Cleaned the lamps and put in oil,
Stewed some apples she thought would spoil;
Cooked a supper that was delicious
And afterwards washed up all the dishes;
Fed the’cat and sprinkled the clothes,
Mended a basketful of hose;
Then opened the organ and began to play,
‘When You Come to the End of a Perfect Day’.”
Thanks a lot, Mrs. Miller. By and large, you have something
there.
Kiwanis Korner
Those wonderful gals who make up the Harmonettes
of the First Baptist Church of Forest Park entertained Ki
wanians Thursday night to put the final nostalgic touches
on St. Patrick’s Day.
Mesdames Juanita Bowlden,
Celeste Starr, Carolyn Nipper,
Margaret Diggs, Sara Baker and
Margaret Guice sang Irish songs
in their own imimitable manner
and stirred the souls of the men
of Irish descent present.
Program Chairman Belton
Haynie, in introducing the girls,
declared they are all “cousins”
of his, but after listening to him
sing there was some debate
about this.
The Harmonettes last year
made a splendid album of re
ligious songs which has been
selling right along. They are
outstanding in songs of this kind
and in all others in their large
Model Plane Club
Is Organized
In Forest Park
On March 26 at 7:30 p.m. the
Council room at the City Hall
will be the scene of the in
auguration of a new club for the
youth of the city. All who are
interested in Model Planes Free
Flight, Radio Control, and U
Control are urged to attend.
The club will have the guid
ance and help of four mechanics
from Delta Air Lines. They are
Don Fowles, Irwin Gettes, Bill
Hunt and John Shannonhouse.
These men are prepared to give
their time and experience to
form the first club of its kind
in the community. All they ask
is that all who are interested
turn up at this first meeting,
March 26, this Saturday, at
7:30 p.m.
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Mtn. View Host
To Big Barbecue
Don't forget the barbecue at
Mountain View Fire Depart
ment, old Highway 41, on Sat
urday, 11 a.m. to 9 p.m.
Orders to take out and de
livered. Phone the Fire House,
POplar 7-3004. Fine food for
SI.OO a plate. Mountain View
invites you.
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Form 3542 Requested
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Comes a flareup by nature and the
radios go crazy with misleading announce
ments about “impassable” conditions, and
as you ride along the “impassable" roads
listening to it, you wonder why, instead of
reading something off a news bulletin, the
boys don’t get out and see for themselves.
Riding through Rome a few weeks ago,
on a bright sunshiny day with not a cloud
in the sky, I had the radio on and a Rome
announcer blandly said it was an overcast
day with rain threatening.
Listening to some of the reports from
mobile units of radio and TV while driving
along on wet but not slippery roads, I be
gan to realize what irresponsible reporting
does to people who are inclined to believe
the worst. What would happen if a bomb
were dropped by some enemy country?
.and varied repertoire.
Kiwanians thoroughly enjoyed
their performance in this and
previous appearances at the
club.
The girls, as they always do,
dressed for the occasion; that is
to say, they wore green necker
chiefs as a striking part of their
attire.
It is always heartwarming
when the Harmonettes sing at
Kiwanis and it is actually be
lieved the men sang better when
asked to join them in song. That
is a real tribute to the girls.
President Bill Foust presided.
S. College Kiwanis
Hear Tom Brown,
Lt. Governor
The regular monthly meeting
of the S. College Park Kiwanis
Club was an Inter-club meeting,
members from the Air Port Ki
wanis being present.
The guest speaker was Tom
Brown, Lt. Governor 12th Dis
trict of Kiwanis International.
Mr. Brown spoke on the 1960
Kiwanis theme, “Freedom is up
to You” and the Kiwanis Inter
national for this year.
The club plans to put on an
other Merry Minstrel show, this
time at the Riverdale High
School gym. Tickets are 65c for
adults and 45c for children. It
is hoped there will be as good
a turn out as at the first show.
Jonesboro Band
Honored With
Two 'Superiors 7
On March 9, 1960 the Jones
boro High School Band, under
the direction of Marvin W. King,
received a “Superior” rating at
the Fourth' District Music Fes
tival held in Griffin, Ga. The
band this year is especially
proud to have lived up to the
fine traditions which it has set
in the past nine “Superior rat
ing” years.
However, not only the band
as a whole, but also several in
dividual band members received
top ratings at the festival. In the
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14 BEAUTIES SEEK MISS CLAYTON TITLE
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DEFEATS “DUB” CURRIE, 715 TO 503
James Kemp Wins Race
For County Treasurer
James B. (Jim) Kemp, Clayton County businessman
who has lived all his life in the Jonesboro area, is the new
county treasurer.
In a heavier vote than was
anticipated, citizens went to the
polls and cast 715 votes for Mr.
Kemp, 503 for W. M. (Dub)
Currie, Jr., Forest Park, and 136
for Charles Crawford.
Mr. Kemp carried all but two
precincts, Forest Park and Old
Oak. He scored two to one in
New Oak and had an overwhelm
ing majority in his home pre
cinct of Jonesboro.
Mr. Currie carried Forest Park
by more than 2 to 1.
The heavier vote in this spe
cial election seemed to promise
all-out voting activity in the
Clayton County Democratic Pri
mary on Saturday, April 23,
when Mr. Kemp, who has won
election for the unexpired term
of Joe Lane, will also be a can
didate for a full term.
The victor in the special elec
tion is 26 years of age, has two
children and is married to the
former Miss Jo Anne Bray of 128
Ash Street, Forest Park. After
graduating from Clayton Coun
ty Public Schools, he attended
Woodrow Wilson Law School and
was awarded his Bachelor of
Science Degree from Georgia In
stitute of Technology in 1954.
LOCAL EMPLOYEES REWARDED
'Operation Searchlight'
Is Under Way at Depot
ATLANTA GENERAL DEPOT—Employees of Atlanta
General Depot are going all-out on “Operation Search
light,” an Army-wide drive for work improvement sugges-
tions.
Since its beginning last July,
a total of $4,570 has been paid
out in awards. Annual savings so
far are estimated at $67,150.30.
One highlight of the drive has
been the application for a patent
on a machine which was de
veloped as a result of a sugges
tion. The original idea came
from Lt. Col. John S. Hassell,
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He is a veteran, having served
two years in the counter-in
telligence corps of the U. S.
Army.
Mr. Kemp is past vice chair
man of the Tara District Boy
Scouts. He is a Mason and has
been active in various Clayton
County civic organizations.
Chief of Post Engineers, the sec
tion responsible for keeping the
buildings and grounds of the
1500-acre reservation. He shared
his idea with Robert A. Babb, 97
Jodeco Driv.e, Jonesboro, and
Charles K. Roberts, 190 Mc-
Donough Street, also of Jones
boro. Combining their ingenuity,
they designed a machine which
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Watterson
And Stevens
Head Drive
Two of Jonesboro’s prominent
civic leaders will head Clayton’s
1960 Easter Seal Campaign re
ported District Chairman, Hill C.
Seaton.
Serving as County Chairman
will be Mr. James W. Watterson
and acting as County Treasurer,
B. H. Stevens. They are officials
of the Bank of Jonesboro.
As County Chairman, Watter
son will direct his volunteer
teams who will work from March
17 to April 17 in raising needed
funds for maintaining and im
proving services and programs
provided for crippled children
and adults.
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Approximately 90 per cent of
funds raised remains in Georgia
to finance rehabilitation serv
ices for the physically handi
capped. The remainder helps
support a national program of di
rect service, education and re
search.
The annual Easter Seal appeal
is sponsored by the Georgia So
ciety for Crippled Children and
Adults, one of 1,585 affiliates of
the National Society for Crippled
Children and Adults.
The Easter Seal Society na
tionwide has fought crippling
disabilities for 39 years.
Amoco Opens
Friday, Saturday
Postponed from last week so
as to avoid a conflict with the
Lions Club gas-up day at an
other station, Forest Park’s new
Amoco station at Main and
West Streets will celebrate
Grand Opening this Friday and
Saturday. Register for such
grand prizes as 100 pounds of
steak and two recap tires. Grand
drawing Saturday night, 8:30.
Get set of four antique water
tumblers with purchase of
' eight gallons of gas or more. '
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Rescue a Bov
Out on a Limb
Forest Park fireman Richard
son and Cole have rescued cats
from trees, but they had a new
experience last week on Main
Street when they rescued a
member of the younger genera
tion who doesn’t fit as a hep
cat.
Kenny Lester was doing a good
job of sawing broken limbs out
of a tree at 1172 Main Street
office of The Free Press and
Clayton County News and Farm
er—when, in sawing off limbs
behind him, he found he couldn’t
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HE RAN FOXES HERE “IN OLD DAYS”
THIRTEEN GOOD YEARS
FORGEORGECHRISTIAN
Dr. George Christian was running hound dogs down
Main Street, Forest Park, 13 years ago when he traipsed
over here from East Point to establish Christian’s Phar
macy in what is now Leach’s Shoe Store, next door to the
Forest Park Free Press-Clayton County News and Farmer.
Probably the reason George
packed up his family and cast
his business fortunes with a then
country area is because things
were getting a little crowded for
running fox hounds, or finding
foxes, around East Point. Most
cf the foxes over there are in
business.
Ol’ George, who is one of the
nation’s fine judges of fox
hounds and also one of the top
handlers—both as a hobby—
sort of likes the country life.
For a while he had things
made. Main Street was the only
paved street. George had a para
dise for running fox hounds
around his home on Warren
Drive. Actually, there were only
a few other streets then, all un
paved except main street.
The Yancey brothers were
established here, and their fa
ther was in business. Coleman
Drug was where the pool hall
is now. The post office, with
Colie McKown as postmaster,
was in the group of buildings
where D. I. Corbett has his
electrical business.
The Forest Park Masons met
above Toney’s Grocery in the
area of Witherington Gulf.
Shields was in the same loca-
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Revival Services
At Fayetteville
Corinth Baptist Church revival
services this Bunday through
April 3 at 7:45 p.m. each night.
I You are invited to come to
1 Fayetteville,
Official
Clayton County
Publication For
40 Years
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
Vie Friday
In Jonesboro
Auditorium
BEAUTY, TALENT
COMBINED IN
ANNUAL CONTEST
Fourteen lovely young ladies
will compete for the title of Miss
Clavton County, Friday night,
March 25, at the Jonesboro
School Auditorium.
The Jonesboro Jaycees, spon
sors of the Pageant, backed by
the Jaycettes, have gone all out
to provide the contestants with
a memorable event. To the view
ing audience it will be a pro
gram of stunning beauty and a
variety of outstanding talent.
The winner of the Miss Clay
ton County Pageant Friday night
will represent Clayton County in
the Miss Georgia contest at Co
lumbus in May.
Pageant contestants pictured
are:
1. Miss Patricia Camp, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Camp
of Jonesboro, is a s e nio r of
Jonesboro High School where
she is participating as a mem
ber of the paper staff and is a
cheerleader. Her sponsor is
Jonesboro Drug Company.
2. Miss Janice Buice, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. O. G. Buice of
Route 1, Riverdale, is a graduate
of Jonesboro High, class of 1958.
While attending school Janice
was a cheerleader, a member of
the Tri-Hi-Y, FBLA and "J”
clubs. Her sponsor is Northcutt
Dairy.
3. Miss Dianne Roberts, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Gerald R.
Roberts of Jonesboro, will grad
uate in June from Jonesboro
High. She is a majorette, a
member of the band and a mem
ber of the “J”, Beta, and FBLA
clubs. Her sponsor is Beta Psi
Chapter of Epsilon Sigma Alpha.
4. Miss Brenda Bennett,
daughter of Sgt. and Mrs. Rob
ert T. Bennett of College Park,
will graduate from North Clay
ton High in June. She is vice
president of the senior class, a
member of the Craft Club and
received a letter in basketball.
Her sponsor is Cactus Grill.
5. Miss Louise Easley, a senior
at Forest Park High, plans to
attend Wesleyan College after
graduation this June. She is a
cheerleader, a member of the
Drama Club, Tri-Hi-Y, and the
Student Council. She was a semi
finalist in the Miss Forest Park
contest in 1959. Her sponsor is
the Forest Park Kiwanis.
6. Miss Gwen Partin, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Partin of
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FP Music Club
Plans Program
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To Raise Funds
Ten years ago we did not have
a music program or a band in
our high school or in the ele
mentary school in Forest Park.
Today 225 students in the high
school and five elementary
schools enjoy being members of
the band under the leadership
of two professional teachers of
the highest caliber. This was
made possible by the moral and
financial support of the civic
organizations and the citizens of
our community. This is an
achievement the entire city
should be proud of.
For the 1960-61 school year our
high school band, which now has
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DIME DINNER
Place—Hendrix Drive School
Cafeteria.
Time—ll a.m. to 7 p.m. op
Saturday, March 26th.
Purpose—All proceeds to be
used for purchase of new books
for school library.
Menu — Chicken, hamburger
steaks, lima and green beans,’
assorted salads, homemade cakes
and pies, variety of beverages,
i ice cream—loc per serving.
Sponsored by—Hendrix Drive
PTA. Y’all come.