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VOL. 12 —NO. 36
POINT OF VIEW I
■" By JACK TROY — ।
People are talking about the ever-changing business face of
Jonesboro which is weaning the famous old town away from a War
Between the States era.
First, or thereabouts, was the handsome remodeling job at the
store with a challenging store front in keeping with the “Citizen
Wherever We Serve” idea.
Jonesboro Supply Company, I. L. Huie and Son and Dickson
Funeral Home, are all improved businesses.
Across the street on Main Street Wiggins’ Department Store
has improved, and following along the street there is the new and
improved Jonesboro Case, next door to the completely redecorated
and remodeled Jonesboro Drug Store.
Mrs. Clarence Thornton has plans for changing the case into
a cafeteria style restaurant for faster service, and this, no doubt,
will come in time.
Doc “Peavy” Evans. Jonesboro Drug Store, went all-out on the
interior of his popular store and also has a bright and attractive
store front. It’s THE drug store of the general area.
And, of course, there’s Kent’s modern Supermarket, Frank I
Adamson’s handsome Michaels, and Herbert’s Bait and Tackle
Store, and Wayne’s Five and Ten, Dickson’s Appliance Co., and
Clayton County Federal.
Jonesboro is undergoing residential change, with many new
residents buying homes in the charming and historic old town,
and on the outskirts.
Jonesboro’s mayors wear well. It’s hard to recall the name of
the last Mayor before Hugh Dickson went into office on a- more or
less permanent basis.
Jonesboro has its own water system and is proud of the fact
that is serves fully the city’s needs. An alert council serves with
Mayor Dickson to handle all city affairs.
Jonesboro is outgrowing War Between the States days, but
will always be proud of the part played by its men and women
•in that challenging historic era. It was a magnificlent part.
Jonesboro has a magnificlent past and a magnificlent future
as well. One day citizens will trade the old War Between the States
Courthouse for a modern edifice matching Sheriff Loy Dickson’s
handsome new county jail. There is real need for a new court
* house, and you h%d better believe it.
Keep your fingers crossed that there will never be a fire big
enough to destroy vital county records. May a new courthouse be
built before such a tragedy should occur.
We salute Jonesboro . . . city of beautiful women, beautiful
homes and more or less ugly men.
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SERVICES
Friends and residents of the Forest Park area are cordially in
' vited to attend.the Annual Easter Sunrise Service, April 2, Kiwanis
Field. 6:30 a.m. Rev. C. Wilson Howell, pastor, St. Timothy Luther- 1
an Church, Forest Park, will present the sermon entitled “He Is
Not Here”.
The choir will be under the direction of Mrs. Luoella Bowen,
’forest Park High School music director.
The setting for the Annual Kiwanis Club Project has changed
in appearance since last year. Now there will be abundant parking,
and the whole park has been leveled and in the process of being
completed as a fine recreational center.
SPONSORED BY JONESBORO OPTIMIST
Jonesboro Ends Spring Practice
'With. Junior-Senior Football Game
Bringing the Spring Practice of the Jonesboro High School Football squad to a close
will be a contest between the Seniors and th? “Team” for. next Fall. This should prove to
be a great game with the “fledglings” pitting their strength, know-how, and ingenuity
against the “veterans of many seasons.” Th? outcome is unknown, and the students at
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ASH STREET
PAPER SALE
MARCH 29
The Ash Street School paper
sale will be Wednesday, March
♦ 29, from 8-10:30 a.m.
In case of rain, sale will be
Tuesday, April 4.
For paper pick-up call PO
6-7712 or PO 6-3764 before day
of sale.
JFnrrst Jlark Im Jimis
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(Hlayton Qlnunty Nms anh farmer
Bank of Jonesboro, and improvements con
tinue. This is THE bank of the Jonesboro
.area.
Harry Jones of Jones Bros, moved his
general merchandising business from the
old location next door, improved his store
front and pepped up the interior along
latest merchandising lines.
Over on McDonough Street Joe and
Murdie Lewis went to work on separate
stores, and now have Lewis’ Specialty Shop
for the ladies and young matrons: Lewis’
Men’s and Boys’ Shop, and an improved
Beauty Salon.
City Hall underwent a face-changing
on McDonough Street as well, and the
Board of Education moved into shining
new offices.
Georgia Power Company has a modern
the High School are divided as
to which team will be victor. The
students will be rooting for their
favorite, and pulling for their
“team” — looking forward to a
prevue of what might be in
store for a great Fall season.
The public is invited to come
and see what next Fall’s team
will be like. Get the spirit of
Football, don your colors, and
root for your favorite players.
Give the boys your support—this
will encourage them to a great
season this Fall.
While doing this you can be
supporting the “ongoing” of
Football at the Jonesboro High
School. Not only by showing your
American Can Now Has $2-Million Payroll
Jonesboro FFA Has 20th Father-Son Banquet
J. E. Edmonds Featured
Speaker of the Evening
Future Farmers of America Jonesboro Chapter cele
brated their 20th annual Father and Son Banquet Thurs
day evening, February 23, at the school lunch room where
an enjoyable meal was served.
E. B. TOLES TO
PREACH REVIVAL
IN RIVERDALE
Evangelist E. B. Toles, Baptist
Lay - Evangelist, from Rome,
Georgia, will be the Preacher-
Evangelist at First Baptist
Church, Riverdale, Georgia,
Sunday, March 26, through Sun
day, April 2, 1961, according to
an announcement by F. J. Hen
drix, pastor.
Services will be conducted
daily, beginning at 7:45 p.m. for
the Youth Choirs. Mr. Lewis
' Seay, church Choir director, will
be in charge of the music.
A native of Rome, Georgia, Mr.
Toles has been a successful busi
ness man for many years. For
ten years he has been devoting
his time in Evangelistic Meetings
throughout the Southern Bap
tist Convention. He is in demand
for Brotherhood rallies, Sunday
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Mr. Gene Lyle
Joins Staff of the
Bank of Jonesboro
Mr. Gene Lyle of Old Dixie
Highway in Mountain View
joined the staff of the Bank of
Jonesboro this week, it was an
nounced by Mr. Charles Conk
lin, President of the bank. Mr.
Lyle was on the staff of the
Bank of Forest Park for more
than four years.
Mr. Lyle is a life time resident
of Mountain View and is a grad
uate of Forest Park High School.
His parents are Mr. and Mrs. W.
M. Lyle.
In his new position, Mr. Lyle
will be studying under the Amer
ican Institute of Banking in At
lanta so that he may qualify to
handle F.H.A. Loans. F.H.A. will
be a new service of the Bank in
the near future.
team that you are behind them,
but also by supporting the pur
chase of the Time Clock and
Scoreboards for the Gym and
the Football Field.
The Jonesboro Optimist are
sponsoring the game, hoping
that they will be able to pay for
। these items which have already
been installed and being used
and also purchase a movie cam
era to be used by the team in
studying their actions in play
ing. See a Jonesboro Optimist
and get your tickets today. The
game will begin at 8:00 P.M. The
cost will be: Adults — $1.50 and
Students — $.75.
FOREST PARK, GEORGIA. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 22, 1961
Mr. T. O. Gurley, Instructor
and Advisor reports good attend
ance of both members and
guest. F.F.A. Officers began the
meeting with their opening cere
mony. Jerry Neal, Reporter
summarized the numerous ac
complishments made by the
chapter last year.
Some of the major projects
completed were: J —Purchased
10 acre forestry plot near Jones
boro on Noah’s Ark Road which
is being used for education and
experience in good forestry
management, as tree planting,
selective thinning, harvest cut
ting, weeding, fire prevention,
( etc., 2—A planned work program
.I is prepared and followed each
,■ year resulting in 57 boys ad
vancing to higher degrees. 3—
Sixteen contests were entered
by members on a District, State
and National level last year. The
chapter was winner in Chapter
Advancement, Home Improve
ment, Painting, Cooperative Ac
‘ tivities, Livestock Shows and
Dairy Farming. 4—Chapter re
ceived Superior Rating for past
five years. s—From Project Book
records 80 members produced
an average income of $579.33
from their supervised farming
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FOREST PARK
MUSIC CLUB
TO SELL CANDY
On Saturday, March 25th, the
Forest Park Music Club will sell
candy for the benefit of the
school bands of Forest Park. In
the next two years, there will be
a junior high band in Forest
Park and this band will need
these basic instruments. A set of
pedal tympani, bass drum, snare
drums, cymbals, a sousaphone,
4 French horns, 2 bass clarinets,
oboe, bassoon, piccolo and music
stands. The estimated- cost of
these instruments is $4,000. The
present Cadet Band has been
using some of the high school
band’s basic instruments for the
past two years, but this will not
be possible when the high school
and junior high are separated.
The proceeds from the candy
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This Is Grand Opening Week
Shaddix Bait Ranch, and Marine
Exclusive Glassmaster Dealers
This is Grand Opening week
of an exclusive new Clayton
County enterprise—J. D. Shad
-1 dix Bait Ranch and Marine,
dealing exclusively in Glass
master outboard and fishing
boats and Scott outboard
motors.
An extraordinary opening spe
cial is a 15-foot Glassmaster ski
boat and 43.7 Scott electric
motor—ready to go with trailer
—at the remarkable price of
$1,495. (Regular retail price is
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Ad on Page One
Is New Service
Starting with this issue, as a
special service to our valued
advertisers, the official county
newspaper will run an adver
tisement on page one each
week.
This will give merchants an
opportunity to display spe
cialty items on page one, and
is calculated to be an incen
tive for better business. The
Forest Park Free Press and
Clayton County News and
Farmer is privileged to present
this new service. The adver
tisements may be in black and
white or color.
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PICTURED ABOVE is Miss Lorene Yonce with Jonesboro Jaycee
President Putt Putnam presenting the first official entry blank
to the Miss Clayton County Beamy Pageant which will be held
in the near future. Miss Yonce will be joined by 14 other attrac
tive young ladies to vie for the title.
Lorene Yonce Is First
Entry for Miss Clayton
Miss Lorene Yonce is shown presenting her official
i entry of the Miss Clayton County Beauty Pageant to Gen
eral Chairman “Putt” Putnam. Miss Yonce, the first official
contestant signed by the Pag
eant Entry Committee, is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. B. L.
Yonce of 130 Burnside Drive,
Jonesboro, and is sponsored by
Dickson Appliance,
She is a senior at Jonesboro
High School where she is a
member of the FHA and Library
Clubs. Eighteen-year-old Lorene
DORIS STULL NEW PRESIDENT
FP Woman's Club
Install Officers
The Forest Park Woman’s Club held their Installation
Banquet on Monday, March 13, at the Barbeque Kitchen
in Forest Park. The Club Colors of green and white made a
charming table decoration in
the capable hands of Mrs.
Eunice Cheves. She used pink
■ dogwood, the club's emblem
flower, for the center arrangc-
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ment, with trailers of ivy and
dogwood. Each place setting was
graced with a pink camellia. .
Each member, on arrival, was
presented a bag of “Treats” do
nated by local merchants. Each
is a music enthusiast. She plays
the piano, sings, and spends
much of her time listening to
stereo. All water sports are other
interests in which Miss Yonce
participates.
Miss Yonce is an excellent ex
ample of the beauty and talent
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bag contained among other
things, a number which later
featured in the awarding of the
door prize, won by Mrs. John
Neill.
Special guests for the evening
were Mrs. Frank Henn, presi
dent of the 4th District, and
Mrs. R. K. Upchurch, president
of the Manchester Woman's
Club. "Future Member” guests
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Local Plant Grows to
Six-Line Operation
On Lake Mirror Road
American Can Company underestimated the business
potential in the Greater Metropolitan area and has grown
from a three line operation to a six line operation since be
ginning operation on Lake Mirror Road, Forest Park.
City Awards
Stadium
Contracts
The City of Forest Park has
awarded steel contracts for the
stadium and the recreation
building.
The stadium contract went to
Tri-City Steel, Inc., for $28,143
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Noah's Ark
Revival Service
The Noah’s Ark Methodist
Church will begin its annual
Pre-Easter Revival Services on
Sunday, March 26 with Frank B.
Seghers, Jr., Pastor, conducting
the services. The meetings will
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PUBLISHED WEEKLY
William J. Smith, youngest
plant manager in the fastest
growing plant in the vast Amer
ican Can operation, told Jones
boro Exchange Club that busi
ness had far exceeded the orig
inal drawing board expectations.
“The plant went on the draw
ing board as a three line oper
ation, went to a four line oper
ation at the opening and is now
a six line operation,” the 33-
year-old plant manager said.
“Our payroll, estimated at
$1,500,000, has risen to $2,000,000
। annually, with approximately
200 persons on the payroll.”
! He explained that this aver
ages approximately SIO,OOO per
person for technical personnel.
“We are the fastest growing
plant in the American Can oper
ation and are delighted to be a
member of the Metropolitan
business area here in Clayton
County.”
American Can makes beverage
cans, food containers and draw
string biscuit containers.
Business is good with Amer
ican Can’s Canco Division plant
in Forest Park, and growing at
a rapid rate. Manager Smith’s
delight at such rapid progress
can only mean similiar pleasure
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