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VOL. 41—NO. 37
POINT OF VIEW
— By JACK TROY ■*
Now, looka here, Joe Mundy, you have gone and sabotaged our
Jonesboro Exchange Club, so maybe it’s just as well, despite the
fact that you have no opposition as a candidate for re-election
(Clerk of Court), that you are being seen with your old campaign
manager, the Hon. Lee Webb, of Riverdale.
Here's what we mean, friends, about our old friend, Joe Mundy.
Someone was heard to remark Friday night that this is the
finest event sponsored annually in Clayton County, and for this
the Jonesboro Jaycees deserve a vote of thanks.
The Jaycees and their ladies, the Jaycettes, have worked un
tiringly on this annual event to make it what it is today—out
standing. Better by far than TV, as the announcer said.
All contestants were fine home grown girls, beuatiful, gracious
and talented. They were stunning in evening gowns, original in
their talent presentations, and WOW! in their bathing suits.
But to show you really what kind of girls they are—the only
qualms they had were about appearing on stage in bathing suits.
All we can say is, knowing that the girls are wonderful repre
sentatives of their communities—in all respects—that wearing
bathing suits is part of a beauty contest, and for that, judging by
the applause, many of those who support the fine annual event
are appreciative of it all. We salute the Jonesboro Jaycees and
their ladies for a splendid contribution to the county’s public af
fairs.
150TH ANNIVERSARY OfITaRTFORiT
A. 0. Williams Jr. Notes
Firm's Colorful History
A. O. Williams, Jr. of the Williams Realty & Invest
ment Company, Forest Park, local representative of the
Hartford Fire Insurance Company, is today marking the
150th Anniversary of his company. The Hartford, oldest
company in the Insurance Capital from which it took its
name, has served the public through independent agents
like A. O. Williams since 1810.
“It’s been a colorful history”,
A. O. Williams noted. “Founded
with but $15,000 in capital and
not even one fulltime employee,
the Hartford today serves all
50 states. Such famous persons
as Abraham Lincoln and Robert
E. Lee were policyholders. Fa
mous structures like the Golden
Gate Bridge and the Grand
Coulee Dam were built under
Hartford financial protection.
Even Man O’ War, the famous
race horse, was insured by the
Hartford. In 1958, the last year
for which figures are available,
the Hartford Fire Insurance
Company Group paid out $247,-
000,000 in claims to its insureds.
“However, this history had
dificult beginnings”, A. O. Wil
liams pointed out. “Not until
1835 and dramatic claim pay
ments to thousands of New York
ers who were burned out in a
catastrophic fire did the young
company get on its fee L—and,
incidentally, establish public
confidence in the whole in
surance industry.
“The Civil War which tem
porarily cut off South from
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JAMES B. (Jim) KEMP, Jonesboro, is sworn in as County Treas
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Ordinary’s office in the- Courthouse. (Photo by Pete Smith
Studio).
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i That most charming young lady, Gwen
| Partin, who won the Miss Clayton County
beauty title Friday night, works in the
; Clerk's office. Joe also is a member of the
i Exchange Club, and we were sponsoring
j beauteous Elizabeth Welch.
That put old Joe right in the middle. Last
I week Exchangites were screaming “sabo-
I tage!” and sure enough it worked out that
i way.
| Well, all kidding aside, the judges did
the fair thing. While Miss Partin, whose
beauty and talents and poise and projec
tion make her a most desirable queen. Miss
Welch won TWO cups—for being second
runnerup and being selected by the con
testants as Miss Congeniality. We thank
Miss Partin for casting her vote for Miss
' Welch. That w’as the fair thing to do too.
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CHARMING GWEN PARTIN (No. 3), Miss Clayton County of 1960, is crowned by last year’s queen,
Mary Lou Anderson, as Nick Nichols of the sponsoring Jonesbo.j aycees preset <s the trophy last
Friday night on the Jonesboro High School auditorium stage. This outstanding event was held
before an overflow audience. (Photo by Young Studio).
Mayor Puckett
Buys Ticket
In Band Drive
Mayor W. Reid Puckett Sat
urday purchased the first ticket
and issued a proclamation for
support of the Forest Park Mu
sic Club’s ham dinner Saturday,
April 30, to raise
money for High
School band
uniforms.
Mayor Puckett
wa s offered a
ticket but, as is
his custom, re
fused to accept
one free and gladly bought one
for this fine enterprise.
In his proclamation, Mayor
Puckett urged “that the citizens
of Forest Park support the For-
I est Park High School band by
their attendance at the ham
dinner.”
See Proclamation on this page.
Civitans
Hear Seeby
Vote Project
The Forest Park Civitan Club
held its March 24th meeting at
Harbin’s Freez-.ette and had Mr.
James E. Seeby, vice president of
the Forest Park Athletic Asso
ciation, as special guest speaker.
Jim Rouse, president of the
: Civitan Club, presided over the
! meeting with Wilbur Peacock,
president-elect, introducing the
speaker. Mr. Seeby spoke about
the Forest Park Athletic Asso
ciation with emphasis on the
Little League Program. He gave
a complete outline of the past
and present status of the Little
League Program along with
what various Civic Clubs are
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Dime Supper
At Lake City
Dime supper sponsored by
Lake City PTA April 9, 4:00 p.m.
until ?
Menu: ham, meat loaf, potato
salad, candied yams, green
beans, corn on cob, carrots, cab
bage, raisin salad, rolls, cake,
pie, ice cream, ice tea, coffee
and milk.
Place—Lake City School.
FOREST PARK, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 30, 1960
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ELIZABETH WELCH, second runnerup and Miss Congeniality;
Queen Gwen Partin, and Joyce Padgett, first runnerup in the
Miss Clayton County Pageant, are shown on stage with their
trophies at the conclusion of the Jonesboro Jaycee-sponsored
beauty event. (Photo by Young Studio).
PLUNKETT, SKELTON “STAR STUDENTS”
North Clayton Student
Top Award Winner
Harry L. Vaught, a student of North Clayton High
School, has been declared winner of the top Scholarship
Award in the Clayton County School System for this year,
1960.
This award is a part of the
statewide Student Teacher
Achievement Recognition (Star)
program, sponsored statewide by
the Georgia State Chamber of
Commerce.
The Clayton County program
i is in turn sponsored by the Clay
ton County Chamber of Com
merce.
The plan operates on four
levels and includes high school
Seniors who take the College
Board Scholastic Aptitude Tests.
Starting in each individual
high school the student with the
top ranking score made in this !
test is declared the winner in,
this school.
Highly Competitive
This student then is in com
petition with winners of the j
other schools in the System |
where again the top ranking
score determines the “Star - Stu
dent” for the System.
The next step up pits the win- ‘
1 ner of the systems in each Con-1
Guild Sponsors
Hamburger Fry
The Wesleyan Service Guild is
sponsoring a hamburger fry at
the Forest Park Methodist
Church, 199 College Street, Sat
urday, April 9. Hamburgers will
be on sale from 11:30 a.m. until
1:30 p.m. then again at 5:00 p.m.
Hamburgers will be 25 cents
each and potato chips, drinks,
' pies and cakes will be sold.
The public is invited. Call in
orders will be filled. Proceeds
will go to the church building
fund.
gressional District in competition
for the District “Star.”
Finally from these students
comes that one with the high
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Gwen Partin Named
Miss Clayton County
JOYCE PADGETT FIRST RUNNERUP;
ELIZABETH WELCH MISS CONGENIALITY
Miss Gwen Partin, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. W. |
Partin of Morrow, was selected Miss Clayton County - 1960 -
at the beauty pageant last Friday, March 25, at the Jones-
boro Auditorium.
Judges, as usual, faced a.
streamlined problem, as Miss |
Partin, a 1958 graduate of Jones
boro High School, won the title
over 13 other charming, talented
contestants.
Miss Clayton County of 1959,
Mary Lou Anderson, of Forest
Park, crowned Miss Partin, and
Mr. C. E. Nichols presented Gwen
with a beautiful trophy on be
half of the sponsoring Jonesboro
Jaycees.
Miss Partin was sponsored by
Dickson Appliance Company, of
Jonesboro.
Miss Joyce Padgett, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Padgeit, of
Ellenwood, was selected first
runnerup. Miss Padgett attended
Jonesboro High School and is
presently attending Young Har
ris College. She was spjnsored
by Glenn’s Super Gas.
Miss Elizabeth Welch, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Horace
Welch, of Jonesboro, was selected
second runnerup. Miss Welch,
sponsored by the Jonesboro Ex
change Club, also received the
trophy of Miss Congeniality. Miss
Congenially is selected by all the
contestants.
Two other contestants were
among the finalists named by
the judges. They were Miss Pa
tricia Camp, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. J. A. Camp, of Jonesboro,
and Miss Dianne Roberts, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Gerald R.
Roberts, of Jonesboro.
Pageant judges were: Mr.
Jack T. Murphy, of Southern Bell
Telephone Company, Newnan;
Mr. Abit Massey, Georgia State
Director of Commerce, Decatur;
Ann Skinner, of Patricia Stevens,
Atlanta; Polly Linch, model and
fashion consultant, of Atlanta,
and Mr. Linton Deck, Jr., coun
selor, Headland High School,
East Point.
Mr. Guy Sharp emceed the
pageant which was attended by
approximately 650 persons, caus
ing standing room only for late
arrivals.
Miss Partin will represent
Clayton County at the Miss
Georgia Pageant held in Colum
bus, Ga., on Mav 12-14.
The Jonesboro Jaycees wish
to thank everyone who assisted
the club in presenting the pag
eant. The Jonesboro Jaycettes
were hostesses to the contest
ants, and all pictures were made
by Mr. Warren Young, of Fay
etteville.
Those who wish to support
Miss Partin at the Miss Georgia
Pageant can contact the Jones
boro Jaycees for tickets.
The Jonesboro Jaycees are
going to need a larger building
as their Miss Clayton Pageant
grows in popularity every year.
It is the finest event of its kind
in the area, and eagerly looked
forward to by sponsors, con
testants and viewers alike.
Jonesboro 143
Scouts Have
Honor Court
Troop 143 of Jonesboro held its
first “local” Court of Honor at
the Methodist Church on
Wednesday evening, March 23rd.
; A large turn out witnessed an
I interesting program, during
| which the following awards were
| made by a lifetime scouter,
I Judge Ed Kemp of the Juvenile
| Court: Tenderfoot badge—to Bill
' Simmons, Alan Thomas and
I James Lanier, Jr. David Porter
; received his first class scout
badge and the “Soil and Water
Conservation” merit badge.
Sandy Heely received nine merit
badges, in Reading, Fishing,
Canoeing, Rowing, Public Speak
ing, First Aid, Soil and Water
Conservation, Safety and Public
Health.
Mr. Harper Heely, the scout
> master for the past several
years, is retiring to the post of
committee chairman. His faith
ful and pleasant services ren
dered the boys of this troop will
long be remembered, and we
i wish to take this opportunity to
! say “Many thanks. Harper, for a
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'Hessie of Hills'
Repeat Friday
“Hessie of the Hills”, a three
act play sponsored by Lake City
PTA, will be repeated Friday,
April 1, 8:00 p.m. at the Lake
City Elementary School. Adults
50c, children 3 through 11 25c.
Tickets now on sale from any
room representative.
Sidewalk
Being Built
On Hendrix
The first step in getting school
children of Forest Park out of
the streets was taken Monday
when work began on building a i
sidewalk from Yancey’s Service I
Station on the left side of the
street on Hendrix Drive to the
Hendrix Drive School.
Mayor W. Reid Puckett has
other plans for sidewalks which
will be put into action this year.
This long-awaited develop
ment, so necessary for the safety
of the school children, will be
hailed with huzzahs by parents,
pedestrians and also those who
drive automobiles.
It will reduce a great hazard
and provide far greater safety
for the youngsters.
FP Music Club
Goes Poetic
On Campaign
“WAY BACK WHEN”
Can you remember way back
when,
The streets of our little town
Were hardly ever crowded,
Not many folks around?
The years have past, so very
fast
Our town is no longer small,
But neither are the boys and
girls
They’ve grown up, big and
tall.
Corny? Perhaps, but true! Six
years ago our high school band
was decked out in spanking new,
colorful uniforms and everyone
was proud of the way the band
looked and performed. Well, a
lot of football games, parades
and other entertainment have
come from the uniforms and
those who wear them. But, con
sequently, they have just about
had it. Aside from this, there
will be an increase in the num
ber of students in the band for
1960-61, and we don’t have
enough uniforms to go around,
even if they were not worn out
and outgrown. You can have a
part in once again seeing the
band, “which was rated superior
in the recent district festival,”
outfitted in bright new uniforms
by buying a ticket for every
member of your family to the
Ham Dinner at the High School
Cafeteria, Saturday, April 30th.
Lunch will be served from 11:30
until 2:00, and dinner from 4:30
until 8:00. Tickets are SI.OO for
adults and $.50 for children. All
proceeds will go to the band
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Proclamation
Whereas, the Forest Park High School Band is recognized as one
of the outstanding High School Bands in the State of
Georgia, and
Whereas, the Forest Park High School Band is an able ambassa
dor to represent the good name of the city of Forest
Park, and
Whereas, the Forest Park High School Band is in need of new uni
forms to properly display our young men and women
who so generously serve in our band. Now therefore
Be It Resolved that Saturday, April 30th, 1960, be designated as
Forest Park Band Day.
Be It Further Resolved that the citizens of Forest Park support
the Forest Park High School Band by their attendance
at the ham dinner this date.
By Order of W. Reid Puckett
Mayor of the City of Forest Park, Ga.
Official
Clayton County
Publication For
40 Years
PUBLISHED WEEKL
Texaco Station
Buys Barton
Property Here
Texaco last week purchased
the old homesite of the late Dr.
James R. Barton, 1200 Main
Street, Forest Park, for a new
service station the company
plans to have open and oper
ating by July 1.
The deal was handled by W,
M. (Dub) Currie, local broker.
Texaco bought from the widow
of the late James M. Barton, for
mer mayor of Forest Park.
The land involved is 168 x 135
feet.
Groundbreaking will be held
just as soon as the house is
moved from the property. Tex
aco is planning the most mod
ern of stations and sees a fine
potential in this fast-growing
area.
Jr?
*•0111)’ Currie
Announces
For Primary
W. M. “Dub” Currie, Jr., today
announced his candidacy for the
office of Treasurer in the up
coming Democratic Primary
April 23.
Dub is 30 years old, married
and resides with his family at
135 Brookwood Drive, Forest
Park.
He has studied three years at
the University of Georgia At
lanta Division and is presently
a senior at Atlanta Law School.
Dub's experience includes
eight years accounting, two
years auditing experience and
he is presently engaged in the
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Mtn. View ’Cue
Bi 2 Success
More than twelve hundred
people came to eat barbecue last
Saturday with the Mountain
View Firemen and to visit the
Fire Department “Open House”
and see the newly completed liv
ing quarters in the Fire House.
The Fire Department is a non
profit Corporation of the Fire
men in Mountain View and op
erates entirely on contributions
and the proceeds from barbecues
and such.
The firemen wish to thank all
the many people who worked so
hard to make the barbecue a
success and also the people who
came from all over the county to
eat barbecue. \