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VOL. 42 — NO. 27
Federal Aid to Education has been a major issue in United
States Politics for a great many years, having been discussed, in
dorsed, advocated, lobbied, and fought for by the Liberal elements
public education, certain restrictions and stipulations will accom
pany the grants. In other words, integrated public education will
be one of the stipulations which accompany these Federal grants.
This, of course, is the main objection to Federal Aid which is held
by the conservatives.
Now, my only question at this point is, how much more Fed
eral dictatorship could we possibly have than we have at the pres
ent time? The situation which now exists at the University of
Georgia is only one of many examples. During the past two weeks
Judge William A. Bootle of Macon has handed down three his
toric decisions which has forced public education in Georgia to be
desegregated. The first decision forced the University officials to
accept and enroll two Negro students. The second decision placed
an injunction forbidding the closing of the University. The third
decision was another injunction forcing the readmittance of two
Negro students after they had been expelled for their own safety
after student riots. This is purely and simply a case of Federal
dictatorship of the most despicable type.
In other words, Judge Bootle has already given the State of
Georgia one form of Federal Aid. If the people of the state are
going to be subjected to this tyranny, and it appears'that it will
continue, it seems only reasonable that we should receive the
money which goes along with it. The day when public education
is controlled on a state by state basis is ever so quickly becoming
extinct. Each year the Federal Government gains more and more
dictatorial powers, as the United States Constitution is interpreted,
construed and twisted for the sake of political expediency.
The issue of Federal Aid to Education will be one of the main
topics of discussion in the upcoming 1961 Session of Congress. It
£ ~will no doubt have -a-great deal -of -opposition from conservative
elements. And in the minds of a great many people, it will mo
doubt pass.
It appears at the present time that our state government has
exhausted every legal means to prevent desegregation in the pub
lic sehools. It is time now to look at the cold hard facts. Integra
: tions in the State of Georgia is a reality. No one in their right
mind is pleased about it, but it is here and we must endure ity We
must do everything in our power to preserve public education.
At the same time, if integration is going to be forced upon us,
it is only practical that we should try to get Federal money to
help support their schools.
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League who won the 1960 football championship.
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Bosses Night Jan. 24
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Bosses’ Night, the annual banquet meeting of the
members of the Junior Chamber of Commerce and their
employers, will be held at the Youth Center, January 24,
beginning at 7:30 p.m., according to Wm. “Dub” Currie,
Forest Park Jaycee president,
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Jaycee Week
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Is Proclaimed
In Clayson County
The two Clayton County Jun
ijor Chamber of Commerce Club
Presidents, W. E. (Putt) Putnam,f
of Jonesboro, and W. M. (Dub) |
Currie, Jr., of Forest Park, an-li
nounced jointly that JAYCEE
WEEK will be January 15th, |
through January 21st, this is thef
( annual anniversary observance |
of the Junior Chamber of Com-|
merce. : !
The week celebrates the]
founding of the Junior Chamber |
of 1915 in St. Louis, the brain- |
child of Henry Giessenbier, Jr., |
who called together members of |
a St. Louis dancing club to form |
the Young Men’s Progressive‘
Civic Association. The name was
later changed to the Junior Cit-l
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Che Horest Park Free Press
Clayton Connty News aud Farmer
- in both major political parties. On the
‘ other hand the Conservative elements
~ have damned, condemned and fought
~ equally as vigorously against Federal Aid
~ as one more step in the direction of So
. cialism.
The main objection which the Con
servatives have against the measure is
the pure and simple fact that Federal Aid
means Federal domination or dictatorship,
if you please. This would completely take
public education and its control out of
the hands of the several states and place
it in the hands of the Federal Govern
ment. .
Another objection to Federal Aid to
Tducation comes under the rather broad
heading of Civil Rights. It is obvious that
if the Federal Government is going to aid
e A high point of the evening
will be the announcement of
Forest Park’s Outstanding Young
Man for the Year. A committee
of some of Forest Park’s most
outstanding and prominent citi
zens is canvassing churches,
businesses, clubs, and organiza- |
tions to determine which young
man—2l through 35—has con
tributed the most to the com-i
munity during the year. An hon
orary membership to the Jay—‘
cees and other outstanding
{awards will also be presented, 1
| Bosses’ Night is an annual
Efeature of Junior Chambers‘
|throughout the nation. It ls‘
| dedicated to the bosses who sup
|port the Jaycees and recognizel
the value of the organization.
Joe Lane, chairman of Bosses’
| Night, said that the speaker for
{the event will be Mr. Abbot
IMassey, past president of the
| Georgia Jaycees and. also past
| national president of the United
| States Jaycees.
[ The man chosen as the Out
standing Young Man of the Year
lwill be entered in the Georgia
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Bass Furniture Company Opens in F. P.
B. C. Haynie Retires From Commission Office
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Completes 8 ‘
Successful
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Years In Office
Retiring from public office at‘
this time, Commissioner B. C.!
Haynie can look back’ on his)
record during the past eight
years, with pride.
He has lived in Clayton County
for 40 years, years in which he
has learned to know his County,
and to understand its needs. He
knows its people, and while his
circle of close friends is by no
means small, that of acquaint
ances reaches to the borders of
the County. Long before he be
came a member of the Commis
sion he was interested in many
civic affairs, putting in some
hard work in the interest of the
public.
1 Mr. Haynie is a member of
Jones Memorial Methodist
Church, has served on the of
ficial Board, taught in the Sun
‘day School, and done much use
ful work, over and above the
call of duty.
- Clayton County is justly proud
~of this man to whom goes a very
sincere “Thank you, for a job
‘well done.”
Physical 'Recks'
Physical "Recks
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Club Sponsors
’ On Saturday, January 21, 1961,
at 7:30 pm. there will be a
‘Wheelchair Basketball game at
the Hapeville Recreation Center
‘between the Chattanooga, Tenn.
‘Big Wheels and the Tampa, Fla.
Wheels. Both teams are members
of the Southern Conference of
the National Wheelchair Basket
‘ball Assn.
Wheelchair basketball is an
exciting, fast game and will be
enjoyed by all that attend.
The two Wheelchair basket
ball teams are coming to Hape
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Forest Park Teacher Wl-l;
Doctorate Os Philosophyv
Fulton, Claytan
To Hear Plans
On Rapid Transit
The Atlanta Region Metropol
itan Planning Commission will
explain general area plans and
discuss the development of a
five-county rapid transit system
this month to Fulton and Clay
ton County groups.
Glenn Bennett, executive di
rector of the commission, said
metropolitan planners will dis
cuss these subjects with the Re
gional Development Council of
Greater Atlanta at the Life of
Georgia Building on Jan. 25.
The planners will be at the
Holiday Inn Motel in Clayton
County on Jan. 30. This meeting,
scheduled for 7:30 p.m., is being
held by the local chambers of
commerce and Clayton County
commissioners.
Lake City School
To Hold Group
Meeting Jan. 19
The Lake City Elementary
School will hold a meeting,
Thursday, Jan. 19, at 10 a.m., at
the Ash Street Baptist Church.
Mrs. Hugh Stanley, Study
Group Chairman, is presenting
a program of interest to the
present as well as prospective
officers of PTA.
Mrs. Howard Howell, Publica
tion Chairman for Fulton Coun
ty Council, will speak on the
general duties and workings of
PTA for every officer, chairman
and parent in PTA, also there
will be a film on “Parliamentary
Procedure”.
Mrs. Howell has served in
many capacities in the council
and at present is Character and
Spiritual Chairman for the Bth
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FOREST PARK, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 18, 1961
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NEWLY eLECLED OFFICERS FOR 1961 JONESSURO MASONIC LODGE NO. 87 — Shown from
left to right, front row: Pope Dixon, Senior Steward; H. F. Bell, Senior Warden; F. S. Swain,
Worshipful Master; T. J; Alford, Junior Deacon; G. L. Jackson, Junior Steward; R. W. Woodall,
Treasurer. Back row, left to right: W. B. Foster, Chaplain; W, E. McMullin, Tyler; W. W. Conkle,
Senior Deacon; Davis Roberts, Senior Warden; W. T. Fincher, Secretary. —Photo by W. J. Victor
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Woman’s Club
To Meet Jan. 23
The Jonesboro Woman'’s Club
will meet at the Jonesboro
High School Library on Mon
day night, Jan. 23, at 8:00 p.m.
The program to be present
ed is International Affairs.
Mrs. R. Z. Gardner will show
slides of the President, Mrs.
T. C. Sowell’s trip to Europe
in August. The public is cor
dially invited.
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James A. Rouse Jr., eighth
grade science teacher at Forest
Park Junior High School, re
cently received his Doctorate of
Philosophy degree from the Uni
versity of Louisville. Mr. Rouse,
who holds a B.S. degree, from
Georgia Teachers College, a BBA
from the University of Chicago,
and a Master’s in Education
from the University of Louisville,
secured his doctorate in the
fields of school administration
and clinical psychology.
Mr. Rouse lives at 133 Cone
Road, Forest Park. His wife,
Madlyn, is a teacher at J. E. Ed
munds School. Their son, Billy,
is a senior at Greenville High,
Greenville. Ga. The family at
tend the Ash Street Baptist
Church. Mr. Rouse came here
from Luthersville, Ga., where he
was principal of the high school.
Forest Park School is fortu
nate indeed to have such a man
on the faculty.
97% Os Phones On Earth
Telephone Users Can Reach
130 Million Around World
Mother-Daughter
Basketball Game
In East Clayton
On January 20 the East Clay
ton Gymnasium will be the scene
of a Mother and Daughter bas
ketball game. The game will
start at 7:30 p.m. with daughters
lined up to take the game from
the mothers—if they can. It will
be a lot of fun, so come on out
and support BOTH sides. Fathers
and sons will have their turn
Jan. 27, same time and place,
just one week later.
Prominent Businessman In County
A. O. VWilliams, Sr.
Dies in Forest Park
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Two Churches
To Have Combined
Service Jan. 22
The public, members, and
friends of the Forest Park
Presbyterian Church and the
Memorial Christian Church
are invited to attend a com
bined service this coming Sun
'‘day, Jan.:22, at, 7:30 pm.’ at
the Forest Park Presbyterian
Church.
The service will include a
sermon in dialogue by the
pastors of the two churches,
the Rev. R. P. Perdue and the
Rev. J. D. Graham, entitled
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Bank Holds Annual Stockholders Meeting
Huie, Stevens Elected
To Jonesboro Bank Board
Sadler, Watterson Named Vice
President, Cashier Respectively
Charles Conklin, President of the Bank of Jonesboro,
has announced that at the annual meeting of the Stock
holders held on Tuesday, January 10, 1961, Arthur Huie, Jr.,
and Vance H. Stevens were elected as new Directors and
the other Directors were all re-elected.
e Bell Telephone users cannot
get through to Basutoland, Infi,
Swaziland, Christmas Island or
a few other remote spots, but
they can reach more than 130
million other telephones around
the world and these represent
more than 97 per cent of all the
phones on earth.
The 1960 edition of “The
World’s Telephones,” just re
leased by the American Tele
phone and Telegraph Company,
reports that in 1959 the number
of phones in the world rose to
133.6 million, a gain of almost 9
Imillion over the previous year.
More than half of these phones
are in the United States.
All figures in the report are
as of the end of 1959, as it takes
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e Their many friends in Clay
ton County were shocked at the
passing of Mr. A. O. Williams on
Saturday, Jan. 7, after just a few
hours illness.
Mr. Williams was head of the
Income Tax and Audit Service,
which he founded here in 1946,
and to which he has added the
business of Real Estate, more re
cently. Mr. Williams was born
in Dooley County, came to Clay
ton County in his childhood and
married, later, Miss Annie M.
Gill of Woodbury.
Mr. and Mrs. Williams had
seven children, and nineteen
grandchildren. He was a mem
ber of Mountain View Baptist
Church where funeral services
were held on Monday, Jan. 9.
(Burial was in Forest Hills Ceme
tery.
e Mr. Huie is a life time resident
of Joneshoro. He is Vice-Presi
dent of the South Expressway
Airport and has extensive farm
ing and real estate interests in
Clayton County. He was recently
elected to Joneshoro City Coun
cil.
Mr. Stevens came to the Bank
of Jonesboro in 1947. He was
elected successively as Assistant
Cashier, Cashier, Vice-President
and Cashier and has now been
named Senior Vice-President of
the Bank.
The Directors also named Robh
ert Sadler as Vice-President and
James Watterson as Cashier. Mr.
Sadler has had extensive loan
and collection experience and
since 1958 has been Assistant
Vice-President of the Bank,
Mr. Watterson started his
banking career in Atlanta. He
came to the Bank of Jonesboro
in 1959 and for over a year
has been serving as Assistant
Cashier.
| The President stated that at
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New Store To Feature Philco
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Line And Quality Furniture
Bass Furniture Company, one of Atlanta’s oldest, larg
est and most respected furniture companies, has now come
to make its newest home in Forest Park. Actually the 75-
year-old Bass Furniture Company should feel more at home
in Forest Park than in any other section of metropolitan
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Monthly Meefing
The regular monthly meeting
of Ash Street PTA was held
Tuesday, January 10. Refresh
ments, graciously served by the
Hospitality Committee, were en
joyed during the social hour.
The business meeting was
called to order by the president, |
Mrs. E. W. Baker. Mr. Walter |
Phillips, Jr., program chairman,
gave the inspirational. Mr. Phil
lips introduced our guest for the
evening, Mrs. Doris McCullough,
Clayton County Health Nurse. A
film was shown on “Community
Health in Action”. Then Mrs.
McCullough explained our coun
ty’s health program. She also
announced that a Polio Clinic
would be held in Forest Park
January 28, sponsored by the
Forest Park AMVETS—SI.OO for
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Mrs. Johnson’s second grade
won the attendance prize for
having the most parents attend
the December PTA meeting. Mrs.
Crumps’ fifth grade again col
lected the paper sale prize. Next
paper sale will be January 27.
Mrs. E. W. Baker won the vote
to receive Life Membership in
Ash Street PTA.
Mr. Younghlood, principal, in
troduced Mrs. Guy Puckett, new
sixth grade teacher.
The door prize, presented by
the Hospitality Committee, was
won by Mrs. Joshua Dooley.
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January 22 Is Date
Frank Roughton Presents
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Riverdale PTA
Sponsors Ball
Game Jan. 21
An Exhibition Basketball
Game will take place at Jones
boro Gymnasium Jan. 21 at
6 p.m. There will be four
games, men’s, women’s, girls’
and hoys.
Weiners, popcorn, Cokes,
coffee, etc. will be on sale.
The affair is being sponsored
by the Riverdale PTA. Tickets
are obtainable from any mem- |
ber of the PTA or may be pur
chased at the door—Adults,
Ts¢c; students, 35¢c. Come along,
and let’s give this effort all the
support it deserves.
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Official
Clayton County
Publicafion For
42 Years
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
®Atlanta, for its first president,
Mark Porter, is a life long resi
dent of Clayton County, having
made his home in Morrow. Mr.
Porter passed away in 1957, but
his wife still lives in Morrow.
The president of the company
now is Mr. James E. Wither
spoon, also a long time resident
of Clayton County.
Mr. Kenneth Race, vice-presi
dent of Bass Furniture, an
nounced that the grand opening
of the new operation will be held
on Thursday, Friday and Satur
day, January 19, 20 and 21. He
also announced that he is look
ing forward, along with the oth
er employees of Bass, to serving
the people of Clayton County in
the years ahead. :
Bass Furniture Company has
always been Kknown for wide
variety of the highest quality
furniture in the medium price
range. Bass has been able to
grow to the size that is is today
because of its reputation of
standing behind any and all
merchandise which their store
sells to the public. Bass. always
‘I places a personal guarantee on
every item of furniture or any
appliance which is sold.
Mr. Ken Race also expressed
his appreciation to the manage
ment of Dodd Furniture Com
pany for the cordial business re
lationship which has existed in
the transfer of ownership of the
store.
Bass will carry the complete
line of Philco appliances in the
new Forest Park store.
Free prizes will be given
throughout the grand opening
and everyone is cordially invited
to attend.
® Frank M. Roughton, actor
theology student, will present his
inspiring and dramatic inter
pretation of Jesus’ immortal
“Sermon on the Mount” at Rex
Methodist Church on Sunday
morning, Jan. 22, at 11 o’clock,
according to the Reverend Clar
ence Knight Jr., pastor.
This is a most unusual presen=
tation which features both Mr.
Roughton and his wife, the for
mer Miss Hazel Creasy of States
boro, Ga.
Mr. Roughton will be portray
ing the part of Our Lord Jesus
Christ, which he does in an
humble and reverent way.
Mrs. Roughton narrates the
program and provides special
music in song, self-accompanied
on the Irish harp and auto-harp.
Authentic Holy-Land costumess
plus special lighting and ‘sound
effects add to the program.
This presentation has been
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