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JACK TROY, EDITOR
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Forest Park P.O. Box 47—Jonesboro P.O. Box 456—Phone 366-3652 and Jonesboro OReenleaf 8-6841
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MARVIN GRIFFIN ★★★★★★
I
Same Song. Second Verse
I can always tell when I have
biltoned up the hair shirt on
mj dear old political friends,
t'llw term "friends" is used ad
vii-dly because the Atlanta
Jclirnal and Constitution have
mwnowingly become my best
p(|itical boosters.•
I quite frequently use a short
st liger on these people to keep
thjin writing because sooner or
lair, and more often sooner,
tljy suffer from hoof and mouth
dilease. 1 do not mean "aftosa”
wlich is confined to cattle, but
USINESS DIRECTORY
BEAUTY SHOPS
"T^MODERNBEAUTY SALON,
Fifest Park’s newest and finest
beiuty salon. Specializing in
permanents, sets, cutting, styl
ini Bea Pruitt, owner; Aliene
Cilwder, hair stylist. 94 College
St| Forest Park. 366-1331.
JIARGUERITTE’S BEAUTY
Center
1247 Main Street. Forest Park.
8: In to ft Tuesdays through Sat
un ays. Open Tuesday and
Th arsday evenings. Nine opera
toi 5 to serve you, Specializing in
sh ping, setting, coloring and
pci manent waving. Complete air
coi ditioned with air conditioned
dr; ers. Call us at 366-4562.
. EWELL S BEAUTY SALON—
Jonesboro Road, between Plaza
Shipping Centers, open six days
a week, from 8:30 to 6 p.m. Open
anr night by appointment. Spe
cializing in hair styling and
tilling. Phone 366-5091. JeWell
Callaway, owner.
Gleaners and Laundries
/for quality cleaning^
Ila SERVICE I'D SAY /
ItALL CARTERS CLEANERS
([roDAY PHONE 366-515th J
F ALPH S QUALITY CLEAN
ER; I, 1006 Main Street, Forest
Pant. Ga. Dry Cleaning and
Laundry, Alterations, Pickup and
Delivery Service. One Day Serv
ice.sOpen 7:00 a m. til 6:30 p.m.,
Monday thru Saturday. PHONE:
PO|lar 1-5334. We give S&H
Grin Stamps.
FOREST PARK LAUNDRY i
ANb CLEANERS, 1270 Main
Strict. Open 7 am. to 7 p.m. I,
Laiaiderette open 24 hours a day I'
for (washing and drying. Com-I <
pletp laundry and dry cleaning; ।
«*r\pee. 366-4310.
CAB COMPANY
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FOREST PARK CAB
| Phone 766-6088 /
Churches
^Trest^ark^methodist
CHURCH: 199 College Street
Sunday School 10:00 a.m. Morn-'
ing^Vorship: 11:00 a m. M. Y. F. :
7:oqp.m. Evening Services: 8:00
p.m.' Rev. Jack Reeves Pastor. |
Everyone welcomed at all serv- j
ices I
Druggist
WELDON DRUGS, 1153 Main
Streit, Forest Park, where you
can [be sure that your prescrip
tion: : will be filled with the finest
druj s. Open 8:30 a.m. to 9:30
pm We deliver. Call 366-5372.
PULPWOOD
W \NTED 1 Pulpwood, sawtim
ber. timberlands. Specializing in
selective cutting. Henry County
Pulpwood Corp.. P. O. Box 346
McDonough, phone 423-3124.
Thoiias Greer, Jr., phone 786-
24101 Covington: J. D. Penn,
phoie 423-4381, McDonough.
This Newspaper Is
The Official Organ
Os Clayton County
Dedicated To Serving The
Best Interests of The County
( I do mean the utterances of
political enemies who have a
knack of putting the proverbial
foot in the mouth. 1 can tell
when the stinger smarts and the
latest outburst of political bom
bast comes from one Bill Harrell,
an editorial scribbler for the At
lanta Constitution.
Tlie piece he does is tailored
to fit the views of the Atlanta
Newspapers. Inc. and against old
Marvin Griffin. His contention is
that the County Unit System of
primary elections should be de
stroyed in Georgia and he at
tempts to give me a verbal
BREWER DRUG COMPANY,*
Forest Plaza Shopping Center,
Forest Park. Open 9:00 ’til 9:30.
Your Rexall Store. Your good
health is our chief concern. We
fill your prescriptions with al
ways fresh, potent pharmaceu
ticals. Hwy. 54, 366-4622.
MORRIS PHARMACY, 1206
Main Street, Forest Park, Ga.
Op6n: '8:30 ‘a m. til 9:30 p.m. |
Monday thru Friday. Open 8:001
am. til 10:00 pin. on Saturday.
Open 1 p.m. til 8 p.m. on Sunday.
Phone: 366-4211.
CHRISTIANS PHARMACY,
corner Main Street and Phillips
Drive, Forest Park, Ga. Phone
366-4320. Hours 8:00 a.m. til
J9:30 p.m. Monday thru Satur
day. Sundays 1:00 p.m. til 8:00
p.m. Prescriptions, Patent Med
icines, Sundries. Emergency calls.
POplar 761-0333.
i
Electrical Repairs And
Service
D. I. CORBETT, Electrical
Contractor, 1138 Main Street,
Forest Park. Specializing in resi
dential and commercial wiring.
। Satisfaction guaranteed. Phone
366-5033.
Finance Companies
I DIXIE FINANCE COMPANY,
I 1252 Main Street, Forest Park,
.: Ga. Phone POplar 6-8349 or
,1366-1100. 30 minutes loan serv
: i ice.
1-
FLOORING
Short Flooring Co. Floor
service. Hardwood laid
and finished. Old floors
refinished. Floor covering ,
installed. Linoleum - Tile
Rugs. Free estimates. 366-
1561. 1125 Main Street,
Forest Park.
Florist — Retail
JEAN’S FLOWERS, 1214 Main
Street, Forest Park, Ga. Flowers
telegraphed anywhere at any
time. Flowers for all occasions.
Floral arrangements delivered
anywhere. Call 366-4454.
WATKINS FLORIST: 1312 Main
Street, Forest Park, Ga. The
| finest In flowers for all occa
sions.
Hours—B:3o-6 p.m.
Also nights and Sundays. Call
Dav Phone 366-4343
Nights 366-5081
City and county wide delivery
Furniture
JONES FURNITURE COM
PANY, 631 Central Avenue,
Hapeville, Ga. Phone POplar
7-3869 or POplar 1-9805. Hours
8:30-6:00 except Friday 8:30-
7:00. Complete home furnish
ings. Low prices. Easy terms.
Special discounts for cash. Pay
I all utility bills here.
NATIONAL EDITORIAL
A Prize-Winning
Newspaper
1961
Bette r N ewspaper
Contests
thrashing for supporting it. As |
usual he makes many false
statements and his comment is
as weak as picnic dishwater.
I would like to ask Harrell how
many political leaders in Geor
gia are in favor of turning the
control of the Democratic Party
and the state primary over to
Ralph McGill and “Bugle Bill"
Hartsfield. I do not know of any
respectable Democrats in posi
tions of leadership in Georgia
who would support that propo
sition.
There is a difference between
the machinery for the County
GARDENING NEEDS
For ALL GARDENING NEEDS,
see Swint’s Feed and Garden
Supply, 132 Mill Street, Jones
boro, for lawn and garden seeds,
Fertilizers, Insecticides, Purina
Feeds, Baby Chicks.
Gas and Appliances ■
SUBURBAN L-P GAS CO. 1096
Main Street, Forest Park, Ga.
next door to Post Office. Phone;
366-5975. Hours 8:00 a.m. til
5:00 p.m. Monday thru Friday,
8:00 a.m. til 12:00 noon on
Saturdays. Gas ranges, gas heat
ers, gas water heaters, refriger
ators, air conditioning units,
liquid petroleum (Propane) gas.
We have complete line of Natu
ral Gas ADoliances.
Hardware — Retail
I SMITH HARDWARE & SUP
PLY CO. 1210 Main Street, For
jest Park, Ga. Store hours: 8:00
I a.m. til 6:30 p.m. Monday thru
Saturday. Builders Hardware,
Sporting Goods, Household Ap
plian c es, Housewares, Toys,
Gifts. Call 366-3455.
JENKINS BROS. — Grading
Contractors. Front end loader
and trucks. Phone 767-5884 or
MA 7-9962. Forest Park, Ga.
INSURANCE
'^'"l WORLD'S 1
& LARGEST :
iNtuaANCt AUTO INSURANCE COMPANY ।
~ LAMAR FOSTER J
STATE FARM MUTUAL 8 ST R M J
AUTOMOBILE _ AI AGENT
INSURANCE COMPANY LALL 3bb-3781 •
^7" B,n
Floyd F. Davis, Agent
Jonesboro, Ga. GR 8-6763
LAUNDRIES
PICK UP STATION
Pick up and delivery at new
Forest Park Laundry Station and
Washerette, Highway 54, Forest
Park. 366-9966.
Music Instruction
Instruments
LORRAINE L. KEATING, In
struction in Piano and Organ,
Harmony and Repertoire. Pri
vate — Class. GR 8-7100. 260
; Highway 54. Jonesboro. If no
answer call 478-6033.
THE FOREST PARK FREE PRESS—NEWS AND FARMER
Unit System of holding primary
elections and reapportionment
in the General Assembly.
I have never been opposed to
reapportionment in the General
Assembly. I have said so many
times. I have also said I would
support an equitable plan and
a workable plan to give the ur
ban or city counties of our state
more representation in the law
making branch of state govern
ment. I say this because the
General Assembly has the power
to tax and to make laws and
most thinking Georgians would
be fair enough to support legis
lation designed to give more
equitable representation in the
General Assembly.
Not What They Want
More equitable representation
in the General Assembly is not
what Bill Harrell and the At
lanta newspapers want. They
want the political control of the
Democratic Party of Georgia. I
want to say to them without
fear of contradiction that they
will never succeed in doing to
the Democratic Party of Geor
gia what they have been able to
do with politics in Fulton Coun
ty. The grass roots freeholders
of the Democratic Party of this
state will control it.
In continuing his asinine argu
ments against the County Unit
System, Harrell contends that if
the County Unit System “had
been all that it was cracked up
to be all these years why hasn’t
the state prospered as it should?
Why has Georgia not eve n
reached second base in reaping
the fruits of its economic po
tential? Why has the state not
industrialized at the rate it
should?” I would like to ask the
question: Who is crying and
singing the dirges of discontent
in this state? The answer is
easy: The Atlanta Journal and
Atlanta Constitution. Who is
responsible for Georgia's present
low ebb in industrial develop
ment? The present Governor of
Georgia, Buster Vandiver, is the
servant of the foreign-owned
Plumbers
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O. F. ELLIS, Ash Street, Forest
Park, Ga. Repair and remodel,
complete Installation of bath- j
rooms, hot water heaters, sew-1 (
age and washing machines. Free .
estimates. No down payment, ,
up to 36 months to pay. All
work guaranteed. Phone 366- (
3910.
HENRY WALDROP PLUMB- I
* ING CO., 146 Hendrix Drive, I
Forest Park. Specializing In I
plumbing and sewage installa- I
tion and repairs. Satisfaction
guaranteed. Phone: PO 7-4762.
Radiator Repair Service
FLEMING’S RADIATOR SERV
ICE: 1030 Central, Forest Park.*
Complete Radiator Repair. Free
pick-up and delivery service
Phone POplar 1-7275.
Restaurants
Harbin’s Drive-In Restaurant.
Old highway 41 at new Farmers I
Market. Broasted Chicken our *
specialty. Patio for outdoor eat-I
ing. Dining room. Phone PO
6-6544 for take out orders.
Breakfast anytime. Hours—24 *
hours a day!
MINIT INN. Hwy. 54 Forest
Park, Ga. Regular Dinners—
Steaks — Chops — Catfish with
hushpuppies. Catering to parties j
Curb Service. Open 24 Hours a
day except Sunday after 11 p.m.
SEPTIC TANKS
SEPTIC TANKS CLEANED —
Modern equipment. Work guar
anteed. Reasonable rates. Phone
GR 8-8237.
SEWING MACHINES
We sell NEW and USED
Sewing Machines. We repair all
machines regardless of name or i
age. We make Electric Machines j
out of Treadle machines. We
rent Sewing Machines by the:
month. All work guaranteed. For
prompt service, call PO 7-1616.
If no answer dial PO 7-6163
Chafin Sewing Machine Co.,
3825 Main Street, College Park,
Ga.
Shoe Stores and Shoe
Repairing
LEACH'S SHOE STORE, 1166
Main Street, Forest Park, Ga.
The best shoes and the best
• prices. Quick service on shoe re
। pair. Shoes for the entire family.
■ Massagic, Bates, Endicott John
son, Weatherbird and Treasure
Step for the children.
Television Receivers and
, Servicing
FOREST PARK SALES AND
■ SERVICE: 1235 Main Street, For
est Park, Ga. Radio and Tele
’ vision Service. Visit our Record
’ Shop. All the latest top tunes
1 Call 366-4860.
TOUR OF THE WEEK
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Georgia Department of Commerce
SUMMER FUN IN
GEORGIA S STATE PARKS
Camping anywhere is hard to beat, but in Georgia, it’s as great as
all outdoors! Nowhere do the whispering pines and meandering streams
seem to spell relaxation quite so well. Even the fish lend their support
from the rushing rivers in north Georgia’s scenic mountains to the
quiet, deep pools in the flatlands to the south. Campers are made
welcome in this Southland state of forests and wildlife parks.
The abundance of state parks along every road, in all areas of
Georgia’s fickle natureland, allows the thousands of adventurers who
congregate their choice of climatic living and adventure. It is a vaca
tion paradise for hunter or fisherman, beachcomber or mountain
climber, sightseer or sportsman.
Georgia boasts 32 splendidly equipped state parks. Practically all
afford attractive lakes and other delightful recreational facilities. Many
have comfortable cabins available for nominal rental.
I During the summer weeks the Tour spotlight will reflect on each
of the state parks in Georgia’s lengthy chain, enumerating its camping
and sporting facilities.
Be it man-made creation or pristine work of nature, the wonders
of Georgia will enchant every visitor and her traditional hospitality
will cause the whole family to return.
For collective or individual information on state parks and a
Georgia Camper's Guide, write the Georgia Department of Commerce,
100 State Capitol, Atlanta.
Cox press in Georgia.
These people claim Vandiver
for their very own and he has
staked his political future, which
is a short-term proposition, on
the endorsement of this press so
obnoxious and so foreign to the
fundamental thinking of the
rank and file of Georgians.
Under the Griffin administra
tion industrial development re
ceived first consideration. Re
sults are there for all to see.
What is wrong under the present
administration?
I believe in the counties of
Georgia and their unit plan.
State Tariffs
Should Be Abolished
There is a cold war on between
Georgia and our neighboring
state of Florida. This war is ac
tuated by Florida’s determina
tion to tax Georgia chickens
one-eighth of a cent a pound.
In addition to the tax, Florida
J. VERNON ASHMORE, Pres. • ROOT. A. EUBANKS, Vice Pres. • D. P. SPIKER, Secretary • D. C. CORBETT. Treasurer
directors operating officers
:: xsr" Mountain View Volunteer Fire Dept., Inc. zrxn
O 1 / Asst. Chief, C. R. Jones
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Loy Barronton C ’ Bt - A P Cr ‘" e
E. A. Easterwood Mountain View, Georgia Capt B w Dunn
E P Echols Capt. W. D. Gilmer
b e. HamMm College Street at College Park Rd. Lt. d. j. Forrester
... .. u Lt. J. H. Olson
W. H. Herron ni
3 L(n rnone: purchasing agent
' c° e E . sp'ir Daytime: PO 7-0587 Nite Time: PO 7-8497 w. h. Herron
' CHIEF OF MAINTENANCE
D . P> S X Fire House: PO 7-3004
„ , u FIRE MARSHALL
AUGUST 5, 1961 . D .
NOTICE TO RESIDENTS OF MOUNTAIN VIEW
AND CLAYTON COUNTY
From the
Mountain View Volunteer Fire Department, Inc.
A news story in the Forest Park News of this week quotes remarks allegedly made by one
Calvin E. Stewart, Councilman of Mountain View, that reflect on the honesty and integrity of
the Officers and men of this Fire Department.
Mr. Stewart apparently states that the Fire Department conspired with members of the
City Council to accept a donation of $500.00 from the City and thot this money was to be paid
to Mr. Rex Reeves who is, according to Mr. Stewart, City Attorney of Mountain View.
And further, Mr. Stewart allegedly claims that the Fire Department has withheld its
financial records from the public and even from the Fire Department members.
This is to state that Mr. Stewart's claims are completely and absolutely untrue and false and
the Department challenges Mr. Stewart to come forward and try to prove his charges.
In the first place, Mr. Reeves is not now and has never been appointed as City Attorney
of Mountain View at any time and has never submitted a bill for services to the City or to
members of the Council, nor has he stated any intention of doing so, according to a majority of
the Mayor and Council; so this makes Mr. Stewart's charge baseless on the face of it.
Further, the Fire Department keeps a complete set of books showing income and outgo and
pays all disbursements by Fire Department Check with double signature being required, and
further that complete financial reports of all money coming in and paid out are read to the
members at the business meetings each month. The Fire Department books are audited by an
accountant each year and the books are always open at any time requested.
All interested persons are invited to attend the Fire Dept, meetings and inspect the books
arty Friday Nite between 8:00 and 9:30 at their convenience.
MOUNTAIN VIEW VOLUNTEER
FIRE DEPARTMENT, INC.
demands wing tags on all pro
cessed chickens sent into that
state.
In retaliation, the commis
sioner of Agriculture of Georgia,
Phil Campbell, has levied an in
spection fee of ten cents a box
on all citrus fruits coming into
Georgia from Florida.
No doubt this action on the
part of the Florida Department
of Agriculture is brought about
by a sincere desire on the part of
Florida officials to promote and
bolster the chicken business in
Florida which is very small at
this time.
I am constrained to say that
j this arbitrary position on the
I part of our neighbors is indeed
i silly and will bring about future
j economic reprisals which are not
| healthy to the states concerned.
The unfortunate thing about
; actions of this kind is that it is
the fanner who “gets it in the
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HERMAN TALMADGE
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Reports From
WASHINGTON
isiahs®«ss«!lh ®Ss»as,.
BY PROVOKING A crisis
over Berlin, Nikita Khrushchev
unwittingly has done the Ameri
can people a great favor.
The threats of the Soviet Dic
tator and President Kennedy’s
firm and forth
right response
that the Unit
ed States will
not be bluffed
by them have
shattered com
placency in
this country as
nothing else
could have done. The situation
as it has developed has imparted
a needed sense of urgency to
efforts to build a defense estab
lishment of sufficient size and
capacity to meet and turn back
any assault of any magnitude
which the Russians may decide
to unleash. It has forced a rec
ognition on the part of those in
high places.that freedom cannot
be defended successfully by sub
stituting dollar diplomacy for
ready divisions.
THERE IS NO place in a
struggle for survival such as
that in which we are engaged
for weakness, vacillation or ap
peasement and the Russians had
read all three into our previous
policies characterized by reac
tion and retreat in the face of
their repeated successes in whip
sawing us from crisis to crisis.
Soviet Ambassador Menshikov
had smugly observed that the
Americans would not fight for
Berlin.
Khrushchev now is on notice
that not only did his Ambassa
dor sadly miscalculate the tem
per of the American people but
also that he, by his own belliger
ence, has aroused them to the
f.Vot prepared or printed at government erpeneeX
neck”. Georgia chicken produc
ers are damaged by taxes and
hampered by pestiferous regula
tions in Florida, and Florida cit
rus growers are penalized ten
cents a box on citrus fruits ex
ported to Georgia. Under this
kind of arrangement the farm
ers of both states lose.
If Georgia and Florida would
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 9, 1961
point of proving it. At long and
refreshing last the tables have
been turned on the Kremlin and
it now’ is up to the Soviets to
react to our action for a change.
Whether they put up or back
down, they will brand them
selves as either the aggressors
or bluffers they are.
The new American posture
will also mean that this nation
will be prepared to negotiate the
Berlin and other world issues
from a position of strength. Mr.
Kennedy correctly and effective
ly left the door to the conference
room open, provided Khrushchev
is willing to enter it in the spirit
of the protestations of good in
tentions which he often avows
but has yet to demonstrate.
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SO LONG AS Berlin remains
a divided city 110 miles within
the territory of Communist East
Germany it will continue to pose
a threat to world peace. That
fact alone makes it absolutely
essential that, while we must
ami will fight to uphold our
treaty rights there, we must
continue to explore every possi
ble avenue for resolving with
honor an intolerable legacy of
the fuzzy diplomacy which ac
companied and followed World
War 11.
The American people have al
ways been long-suffering and
forebearing in their foreign re
lations, but once aroused they
have never failed to prove the
equal of any challenge. If
Khrushchev does not believe
that, he is in for a rude awaken
ing at Berlin. His Caribbean
puppet, Castro, would do well to
take notes.
appoint a committee of three
men each, three chicken pro
ducers from Georgia and three
citrus growers from Florida, and
give this joint committee power
to act, this trouble will be re
solved in less than ten minutes.
Restrictive taxes between
states are tariffs and tariffs are
foolish.