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VOL. 12—NO. 35
POINT OF VIEW I
■ By JACK TROY ■ ।
D. M. Johnson—some say the initials stand for darn mean—
is a Solicitor General who operates by the law with no thought of
re-election, which means that he’s getting a job done in the
Clayton Superior Court. He is, in short, as rough as a cob when the
occasion calls for it.
numerous other counties faced with insuperable court dockets. In
the meanwhile, you’ll find court in session just about all the time
in Clayton County.
Solicitor Johnson presents some interesting code sections
which are being enforced—
-27-9901 (923 P.C.) ARRESTING OFFICER ADVISING DIS
MISSAL OF WARRANT—Any arresting officer who shall advise or
encourage the dismissal or settlement of any criminal warrant
placed in his hands for execution, either before or after an arrest
is made on the same; or who shall procure or encourage the dis
missal or settlement of such warrants by threats, duress, intimi
dation, promises, or any other artifice or means, SHALL BE
GUILTY OF A MISDEMEANOR.
27-9902. (924 P.C.) ARRESTING OFFICER RECEIVING BE
FORE RETURN OF WARRANT. Any arresting officer who shall
collect or receive any costs or other charges of a prosecutor or
defendant in a case made on a State's warrant, or of anyone acting
in the interest of either of them, BEFORE THE WARRANT IS
RETURNED TO THE COURT TO WHICH IT IS MADE RETURN
ABLE, SHALL BE GUILTY OF A MISDEMEANOR: Provided, that
nothing in this or the preceding section shall be construed as
prohibiting arresting officers from receiving from prosecutors
sums of money sufficient to defray their expenses in going beyond
the limits of the jurisdiction of such arresting officer to search
for or to make the arrest of the offender.
No. 15234. Stembridge v. Wright, et al. 32 Ga. App. Rep. P-587
Stephens, J. 1. A municipal magistrate such as a mayor or a re
corder can inquire into the violation of a State statute only in a
case pending before him wherein the defendant is charged with
the violation of an ordinance of the municipality. P.C. (1910) P.
952.
2. In no event has a municipal magistrate jurisdiction to as
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PICTURED ABOVE are the members of the Forest Park High
School Basketbail Team which was recently honored by the
Forest Park Optimist Club for their highest successful season
this year. Left to right: Coach Allan Johnson, Randy Snrth,
Jimmy Abner, Hugh Gibbon, Jerry Stull, Doug Butler, Gene
Johnson and Paco Tilson receiving an award from Optimist
President Ed Allan for their outstanding season.
International Pres. To Visit Mar. 28
Optimist’s Honors
F P Basketball Team
Recently the Forest Park Optimist Club honored the
Forest Park Basketball Team at their regular Tuesday
morning meeting in honor of one of the finest seasons in
the school’s history. The basketball contingent has lead by
J. E. Edmonds School
To Present Spring
Festival March 25
The Spring Festival will be
held at the school on March
25, 1961, 10:00 a.m. till — your
money runs out.
The following are some of the
attractions of the day: Pony
Rides, Cake Walk, Fish Pond,
Ring Toss, Clown Face, Grab
Bag, Wheel of Fortune, Talent
Show, Crowning of the King
and Queen and Prince and
Princess along with delicious
food such as: burger basket,
hot dogs, french fries, potato
chips, soft drinks and sweets
on the side.
Come one, come all, young
and old, entertainment for all
from one to 100.
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Hours don’t mean very much to D. M.
either. He has often been found working
up indictments for the Grand Jury from
the hours of 7 a.m. to, say, 1:30 a m.
When Judge Harold Banke and "Solicitor
Johnson started a bright new year they
found staring them in the face some 1,600
or so cases, with more coming in all the
time.
To clear such a docket is a. monumental
task, and they’re doing the best they can
with three weeks of jury trials out of the
four weeks in the month. It means a lot
of hard work for both, but they work fine
together as a team and they mean to get
the job done, come what may.
It may be shown, as time goes on, that
Clayton County needs an additional Su
perior Court judge, as has been found in
their fine coach Allan Johnson
and the captain of the team
I Pasco Tilson, a Junior.
President Ed Allen of the
Optimist Club presented the
team with a trophy for the
, wonderful job which they did
throughout the entire season. 1
Everyone was proud of the
■ team and the record which they *
compiled, including winning the
annual Flint River Tourney, i
The interesting thing about this
team is that every member will • !
be returning next year, which | ]
promises to produce the finest I j
team that the county has seen ',
in a great many years. i
President Ed Allen also an
nounced at this meeting that
। the Club would be honored on
March 28 with a visit from John
Watley, President of Optimist
International. This is indeed a
distinct honor for a small town
club like this. Mr. Watley is a
member of the Atlanta Optimist,
Club. ’ i
Sol Turner Receives Conservation Award
Jonesboro Bank Is Named District Winner
Robert Strickland Award
For Agricultural Service
Given Outstanding Banks
ATHENS, March 15—Selection of the Bank of Jones
boro as district winner for the Fourth Congressional dis
trict in the annual Robert Strickland Memorial Award pro
gram for Georgia banks rendering outstanding service to
TB Campaign
Funds Go
Over The Top
The Clayton County Tubercu
losis Seal Sale Drive has re
ceived $1,171.74 for 1960-61, re
ported Mrs. T. L. Thompson, Seal
Sale Chairman. This is an in
crease of $176.74 over ’59-60
campaign, though most counties
in Georgia were far under last
year’s quota.
There is still time to get your
funds in on the TB Program.
Mail any additional funds to the
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AND THE BEAUTY SALON, TOO
Lewis Specialty Shop
Ready Now for Easter
Jonesboro’s new and exclusive Lewis’ Specialty Shop
for ladies and young matrons is ready for Easter with a
complete line of the following:
Missionary Stoned
in Nairobi, Kenya
From Nairobi, Kenya, in East
Africa comes news of a local
Jonesboro ma n, Rev. B. J.
Rowan.
Mr. Rowan lived in Jonesboro
for 31 years before going out as
a missionary to E. Africa. His
father, A. E. Rowan, is owner of
Barna’s drug store.
The incident which was re
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PICTURED ABOVE is the beautiful interior of Snow’s Cleaners
and Laundry located on Main Street in Forest Park.
Snow's Cleaners
Opens in Forest Park
Snow’s Cleaners and Laundry is no stranger to the
Forest Park and Clayton County area. Prior to the Korean
War, Snow’s operated a regular route throughout the coun
ty. Now Snow’s has opened a new branch office on Main
Street in Forest Park, across
from the Forest Park Post Of
fice.
Snow’s has been in operation
since 1946, when they opened
their first office in East Point.
Now Snow’s has a total of ten
branches throughout the Met
ropolitan area, which qualifies
it as one of the city’s largest
COMMISSIONERS
MINUTES ON
LEGAL PAGE
FOREST PARK, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 15, 1961
agriculture was announced this
week.
Selection of the Jonesboro
bank was announced by Dean C.
C. Murray of the University of
Georgia College of Agriculture
who is also chairman of the
committee which administers
the award program.
A state winner in the program,
to be selected from district win
ners, will be announced later at
the annual convention of the
Georgia Bankers Association.
Dean Murray pointed out that
the Robert Strickland Agricul
tural Memorial Award was es
tablished in 1947 by the Trust
Company of Georgia “to com
memorate the life and efforts of
the late Robert Strickland who
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Coordinates, hand bags, sports
wear, lingerie, slips, panties, gir
dles, bras, hose, gloves, hats, uni
forms, costume jewelry and gifts
for the babies.
Mrs. Murdie Lewis has a com
plete beauty course for the la
• dies, as she operates Lewis’
Beauty Salon next door at 110
McDonough street.
To serve you are four expert
beauticians, and so there is no
excuse for not looking beautiful
at Easter time, ladies. Call GR
8-6211 for appointment.
Visit the new Specialty Shop
for Easter clothing needs.
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laundry and dry cleaning
chains.
Mr. C. F. Stewart, owner of
Snow’s, announced that the new
branch office located at 1127
Main Street will feature an
almost complete laundry and
dry cleaning operation. Like all
Snow’s branches, the new For
est Park office will feature the
same high quality workmenship
and low prices that Snow’s has
been famous for throughout the
years.
Mrs. Ruth Lambert of Forest
Park will be the manager of the
new office and cordially invites
everyone in the area to come by
and visit the new office.
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■ llcruKtu ABOVE is Mr. Sol Turner receiving an award from
Mr. G. W. Dickinson, Area Conservationist, for Outstanding Ac
‘ complishmcnts in Soil and Water Conservation.
Clayton Co. C of C to
Study Rapid Transit
The Clayton County Chamber of Commerce will in the
near future start committee work on making rapid transit a
’ reality, according to Harry W. Buckley, Chamber president.
: Stanford’s
: Winning
• Compliments
Stanford’s Department Store,
, 1175 Main Street, is winning
[ well merited compliments on the
, new window front featuring
men’s, young men’s and boys’
( clothing.
Stanford’s is now stressing
clearance of men’s work clothes
at terrific savings to make room
for the new 1175 Shop. This will
be a young men’s shop of smart
new continental styling in suits,
slacks, shirts and other acces
sories.
The high school, college and
young business men are today
more dress and style conscious
than ever.
This Shop, within a store, will
carry these new styles for the
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MORROW PTA
TO MEET
MARCH 21ST
Morrow Elementary School
PTA will hold their regular
monthly meeting Tuesday
night, March 21, at 7:30 p.m.
We urge all members to
attend this meeting to elect
new officers for the coming
meeting.
ATTENTION,
SPORTSMEN!
The Georgia Game and Fish
Commission has furnished the
Ordinary’s Office with a sum
mary of all their rules and
regulations pertaining to
hunting and fishing.
Changes and amendments
will be added so that the book
will be kept current and up
to date by circulars issued by
the State Game and Fish
Commission.
This book will be kept on
file in the Ordinary’s Office
for the use of all interested
sportsmen. Please feel free to
come by this office and in
quire about hunting seasons,
licenses and fishing permits,
restrictions and limitations.
JOE T. LANE
Judge,
Court of Ordinary
With Metropolitan Atlanta
now over the million mark, and
considering the fact that Clay
ton County is gaining approxi
mately three thousand citizens
each year, rapid transit should
be the answer to our ever grow
ing transportation problem.
The Metropolitan Planning
Commission, which was the
guest of the Chamber and other
city and county officials in Jan
uary of this year, are expected
to release to the public their
recommendations in April as to
the details of the system includ
ing routes and types of vehicles
best suited for the five county
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CAKE SALE BY
WOMEN'S CLUB
Jonesboro Woman’s Club,
during the month of March is
sponsoring a home baked cake
sale.
Finest bakers in the Club are
baking these cakes, making
them the very finest you can
buy. Call your orders in now
to Mrs. Ed Kemp, GR 8-6179;
to Mrs. H. D. Harris, GR 8-
6037, and Mrs. Joe Lewis, GR
8-6211.
You’ll enjoy the cakes the
Club’s bakers bake.
EXCLUSIVE INBOARD DEALERS IN CLAYTON
Taylor, Haynie Have Your Boat
Ready Now for Real Spring Fun
Clayton Boat and Service
Company, Main Street, Forest
Park, has just the inboard model
for you as spring begins to make
an early appearance and the
thoughts of sportsmen turn to
the great outdoors.
George Taylor and Wesley
Haynie are exclusive Clayton
County dealers in Correct Craft
—“the boat built for you.’’ And
Correct Craft is compact!
These exclusive inboard
dealers have special bargains
for spring with prices begin
ning at $1,885. And they can
offer many reasons why an in
board boat is best for you, such
Fuel economy—about half that
of an outboard; better handling,
more power, better looking, and
equipped in any fashion you
choose.
These boats pull three skiers
with two passengers with speeds
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Clayton Farmer Receives
Award For Goodyear Co.
Mr. W. S. (Sol) Turner was presented a Certificate of
Merit being given by Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company
for outstanding accomplishments in Soil and Water Con
servation on his farm near Lovejoy during 1959 and 1960.
Mr. G. W. Dickinson, Area
Conservationist of the Upper
Ocmulgee River and Atlanta
Districts of Soil Conservation
Service made the presentation
at the weekly luncheon meeting
of Jonesboro Exchange Club
Tuesday, March 7th at Wisteria
Restaurant.
Mr. Turner was selected by
the judges as the outstanding
Soil and Water Conservation
Farmer for the year for having
established and maintained the
largest amount of conservation
practices during a one year pe
riod. For this accomplishment
he and Mr. Sanford Clegg, Dis
trict Chairman of Supervisors
were awarded an all expense
paid trip by plane to Phoenix,
Arizona last December where
Goodyear owns a 47,000 acre
farm. Goodyear Company pur
chased this farm during World
War I to grow needed materials
for the U.S. Government. It was
then converted into a general
farming operation with assist-
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Senior At Jonesboro High
Aubrey Cox Receives
Agricultural Award
Aubrey Cox, a senior at Jonesboro High School in
Jonesboro, has received word that he was chosen for a very
high honor. Aubrey, son of Mr. and Mrs. H. R. Cox of Mor
row was selected to receive the Dekalb Agricultural Accom
plishment Award given to outstanding seniors studying
AUBREY COX
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WESLEY HAYNIE, left, and George Taylor, right, stand by one
of the fine Correct Craft inboard models that will give you and
your family a great spring and summer of fun. See them today
on Main Street, Forest Park. Staff Photo
Official
Clayton County
Publication For
42 Years
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
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Bishop John Owen Smith
BISHOP SMITH TO
HOLD REVIVAL
IN MORROW
The Morrow Methodist Church
are proud to tell of the forth
coming visit of Bishop John
Gwen Smith, who will preach at
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agriculture in high schools. To
receive this award, he excelled
in Scholarship, Leadership, and
Farming Program activities
during his four years in high
school.
Aubrey ranks high scholasti
cally in his class. He is a Junior
farmer in his FFA chapter and
received the Georgia planter de
gree this year. Besides being
president of his local FFA chap
ter for two years, he has held
several offices in high school
organizations and in his church.
His farming program activities
include the production of claves,
corn and oats. Also he had
carried on extensive home
grounds improvement programs.
Following high school, Aubrey
plans to attend a vocational
trade school. He is the 6th stu
dent in Jonesboro High School
to receive the coveted Dekalb
Agricultural Award.