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OL. 43—NO. 18
Riverdale Plaza
POINT OF VIEW
——— By JACK TROY
'You Can't Treat a Little
Girl Like a Dog, Can You?'
It’s Thursday night here at the office and the radio is coming
in loud and clear with stirring Marine music, quickening the pulse
with its rhythm and meaning. Blood surges and tears dim eyes. It’s
Flag Day. And then you turn to the clipping that you read earlier
nese ORPHAN last Feb. 23 when he was stationed in Japan. But
the girl, Yukie Fuskii Baker, can’t be brought to the United States
because of the wording of California and U. S. adoption and visa
laws. Wording? We're dealing here on human beings, and a ma
rine hero.
Meanwhile, a man of action; Baker is caught up in red tape.
He and his Japanese-born wife have sent a barrage of letters to
senators, judges, the Red Cross and the Department of JUSTICE
— ALL TO NO AVAIL. He describes himself as “angry, frustrated
and — most of all — broken-hearted.”
As we sit here in the office, literally hating the thought of an
American Government as STUPID as ours, we look out on the
porch. The lights of Stanford’s across the street outline the small
American flag on the porch of our office; and also, in outline, is
the Confederate flag. Two great symbols of bravery and — the
land of the free, and the home of the brave.
And we wonder, now, how FREE are we? How FREE is Sgt.
Stanley G. Baker, MARINE HERO? He FOUGHT for his COUN
TRY; he SURVIVED. In his HEART was the LOVE men of GOOD
WILL and of COURAGE have for LITTLE ORPHAN CHILDREN.
He did the RIGHT THING. The Bakers adopted the little girl.
NOW ... we witness these days the happy reunions of
CHINESE families, as CHINESE STREAM INTO THE UNITED
STATES on SPECIAL PRIVILEGE VISAS.
Is this what we mean by “America, America . . . God shed his
grace on thee, and crowned thy good with brotherhood, from sea
to shining sea?” Is this what we mean?
Or do we really MEAN that Sgt. STANLEY G. BAKER, Amer
ican and a FIGHTING MARINE, is different? Is the little Japa
nese ORPHAN NOT ENTITLED to the same privileges enjoyed by
the ITINERANT CHINESE IMMIGRANTS? Who’s nuts?
I wonder what that GREAT Attorney General, Robert Ken
nedy, has to say about this? Or what, indeed, does his brother,
the President, have to say? Maybe he’d like to BAR ANOTHER
NEWSPAPER from the White House, for God knows the TRUTH
IS THE HARDEST THING FOR ANYONE TO FACE. And how
often do the Kennedys face the truth?
That’s the $64 question. And unashamedly we weep with Sgt.
Stanley G. Baker, U. S. Marine and war hero.
How far, indeed, have we departed from the heritage of our
forefathers . . . how far have we traveled down the road to social
ism, and lack of human understanding! God help us as we travel
on.
God help our government!
For on this night that we write we have celebrated the ancient
anniversary of our fighting forces. And it’s a grand old flag, as
the music on the radio suggests ... a high-flying flag — and the
home of the free and the brave.
Let’s make it so. Write your congressman in behalf of Marine
hero Sgt. Stanley Baker, and his little orphan child. Maybe there
is some hope left for us in the Congress of the United States.
". . . You can’t treat little girls like dogs . . .” How about that,
Mr. President? Or Mr. Bobby Kennedy?
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AS JOE ENGEL offers encouragement, a Forest Park Cardinal tries to win two
money bags at the Lake Spivey Pot o’ Gold program Sunday, June 10. Jack Troy,
emcee, looks on. Center picture, Frank Lokey, general manager WEAD, holds the
mike as Barnum Engel talks to the Little Leaguers, and Lokey does the same
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“MARINE SERGEANT WEEPS:
U. S. BARS HIS LITTLE GIRL.”
And you begin reading . . . “Said a Ma
rine master sergeant, veteran of historic
battles at Guadalcanal and Inchon: 'l’m
sorry — I can’t help crying'.’’
Well, only the brave can weep unasham
edly, and you read on to see what would
make a heroic, beribboned, battle-honored
veteran of the United States Marines, reach
for his handkerchief to dry his eyes.
“. . . But you can't treat little girls like
dogs or some kind of animal, can you? How
can you tell a young girl about laws you
can’t understand yourself? — I can’t help
crying.”
Sgt. Stanley G. Baker, 39, and his wife,
Shizue, 36, adopted a 10-year-old Japa-
Jodeco Road
Coming Up in
July Letting
The State Highway Depart
ment is very good to certain
parts of Clayton County.
For instance, there is going to
be a July 5 letting for two roads.
One area that has got lots of
roads — the Jodeco area — will
get a greatly improved, widened
and paved road from Jonesboro
to Highway 42.
After the July 5 letting, work
on the project will start right
away.
Forest Park won’t get any road
improvement, but in the July 5
letting there is provision for
paving and improving of 160
from the City limits of Forest
Park up to the intersection with
old 41.
It would be interesting to know
HOW LONG it is going to take
the state highway dapartment
to four - lane Central Avenue,
Forest Park, from the Atlanta
General Depot to the Express
way, a much needed project, for
security purposes at least. These
last 11 years efforts have been
made to have Central Avenue
widened and paved, but nothing
has come of it.
STREET SCENES
Col. Jimmy Seashole, world
famous manager of the Lake
Spivey MASTERS Horse Show
and Hon. John Matty of Flint
River Matty Stables, lunching
at the Wisteria going over
plans for the show at Spivey
July 7. Col. Seashole, who lives
six months at the Biltmore and
months at Greenbriar Grove,
Lutz, Fla., is Mayor of his Flor
ida home town. Great horse
show coming up at Spivey July
7, these experts agreed.
"Uncle Zack” Cravey, visitor
to the 500 at International
Raceway and participant in
the Jr. Fire Marshall. Little
League Pot o’ Gold program at
Lake Spivey Sunday, now being
called MISTER GEORGIA by
his friends, and goodness
knows what by his political
enemies. "Uncle Zack” is run
ning an outstanding race for
re-election as Georgia’s finest
Comptroller General.
A WEAD engineer, worrying
about being 20 commercial
spots behind the other day at
a remote broadcast marking
the opening of a new Dairy
Queen in College Park, “broke
up” trying to give a commercial
when General Frank Lokey and
friend collaborated. Friend:
“old Sturgis Bates is tempera
mental — that’s 90 per cent
temper and ..." “No Mental,”
responded Lokey. Bates chock
ed as he started his commer
cial, finally worked out of it.
chore at right as Georgia’s next Governor, Marvin Griffin, tells the youngsters
about the value of baseball and recreation. Mr. Griffin pitched for the Citadel
in his preparatory and college days. —Photos by Bigham
FOREST PARK, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, JUNE 19, 1962
Shopping Center Under Way
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RIVERDALE PLAZA SHOPPING CENTER IS UNDER WAY. Jake Cawthon, left, Hubert Hollums,
right, and Riverdale Mayor Arch Gary gathered this week for ground-breaking ceremonies at
the center site. The new Plaza will serve one of the fastest growing areas in the county.
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Now Whaley Is a Fine Businessman
iFirst of a St-rieal
A mighty fine young (?) man
to do business with in Forest
Park is Marion Whaley, Clayton
Finance Company. Need money?
See Whaley. He doesn’t charge
any more interest in his field
than anyone else, and you’ll find
it’s a pleasure to deal with him
and his fine, personable and co
operative office personnel.
Marion is a Clayton County
boy, raised around Jonesboro.
He used to, in the long, long ago,
run the swimming pool there. He
used to play town baseball.
Two great coaches, the late
Harry Robertson and the very
much alive Frank Anderson,
knew a good thing when they
saw Whaley, and so they took
him to Oglethorpe University on
a scholarship in football and
baseball.
Whaley, a catcher, was one of
the South’s greatest; Whaley, as
a guard, would have been an
All-American at any big school.
He was, with Hoke Bell, a guard
to be feared. Whaley was quicker
than Bell, so Bell submarined on
defense, while Whaley came
flying from the military shift to
lead the way for wonderful
backs like Harry Wrens, as hard
to nab as a butterfly with your
bare hands. Harry is CIVILIAN
PERSONNEL MANAGER at At
lanta General Depot, and a
FINER BACK the South has
NOT HAD—for his size and
weight. He was a Clint Castle
berry, in spades, long before the
famous little Georgia Tech half-
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BOSS MAN Marion Whaley studies the situation and grants
another loan at Clayton Finance Company, Forest Park. A good.
_man to know —a satchel man —M. Whaley, old Oglethorpe U.
football and baseball great. —Photo by Bigham
Doris Wright
Tift Graduate
Forsyth, Ga.—Miss Edith Doris
Wright daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
W. D. Wright received the Bach
elor of Science degree from Tift
College in the formal graduation
exercises, June 4 at 10:30 a.m.
Dr. Wilfred C. Tyler, President
Blue Mountain, Mississippi, de
livered the Commencement ad
dress.
She was one of 80 graduating
students, the largest graduating
class in the history of the Col
lege.
Edward McKay
Addresses
Rotary Club
Edward G. McKay, Postal In
spector in charge of the Atlanta
Division, addressed the Forest
Park Rotary Club, Wednesday,
June 13, at the Barbecue
Kitchen.
Inspector McKay entered post
al service in 1934, was appointed
Postal Inspector in 1939, served
in the Army from 1942-1946 and
was seperated from service as
Lieutenant Colonel; his service
tour having included his being
Commanding Officer Army Post
al School, and Assistant Theater
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Presenting Soon to Clayton
County and the World ...
CASUAL DINING
The Dwarf House
WATCH NEXT WEEK'S ISSUE
Cawthon-Hollums
Building On Hwy. 85
JACK SIMPSON S RIVERDALE
PHARMACY IS FIRST TENANT
Clayton County’s newest Shopping Center—Riverdale
Plaza—of brick and steel construction is going up on Hwy.
85 near the Main Street traffic light.
This is an enterprise of Cawthon-Hollums Properties,
Inc., of East Point.
Jake Cawthon and Hubert Hol
lums came out Wednesday to
inspect the 8.2 acres of property
with Mayor Arch Gary and
Councilman G. H. Scott of River
dale. These very successful busi
nessmen also own the Shell Serv
ice Station next door.
A great asset to the Riverdale
area, the new shopping center
has a drug store, Riverdale
Pharmacy, Jack Simpson, owner,
as the first tenant.
Partner Cawthon and Hollums
are negotiating with a Variety
Store and for a doctor and den
tist offices at the present time.
The Shopping Center will include
a Super Market yet to be signed.
When completed, Riverdale
Plaza will have all of the usual
shopping center business, with
adequate parking. Cawthon and
Hollum, in the matter of parking,
are looking some 10 years ahead.
The shopping center, Mayor
Gary believes, will help River
dale grow, providing there is a
solution to the sewerage prob
lem. The State Health Depart
ment will not allow construction
of any more subdivisions in
Riverdale until there is adequate
sewerage.
City fathers of Riverdale are
looking to Senator E. A. Foster
to help them out in this matter,
as that was one of his firm
Chuck Watson Is Victim'
Os Col. Seashole Prank
BUCK’S SON OF HIDDEN VALLEY HAS
BIRTHDAY; SPIVEY SHOW TO BE GREAT
One of these days they’re going to find Col. E. R.
(James) Seashole serving as the boot for a Show Horse or
getting the boot from one of his “victims.” The Colonel,
aside from being the best Horse Show Manager in the
business, is a real character,
and also Mayor of Lutz, Fla. It
all seems to fit.
Saturday night at Buck Wat
son’s 3rd annual Civitan Horse
Show on the
South Field in
East Point —a
really outstand
ling Horse Show
—Buck’s young
son, the Show’s
youn ge st ex
hibi to r from
Hidden Va 11 ey
Farms, had a
birthday.
WATSON Well, Chair
man Dorothy B. Watkins had
pulled this on the Colonel at the
Roswell North Fulton Show. Ten
pretty girls kissed the Colonel
after Eloise Pearson had played
“Happy Birthday” on the organ.
MASTERS
HORSE SHOW
Saturday,
July 7
Lake Spivey
Interest of Juvenile
Home tn County
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
campaign promises. There is a
great need for sewerage on the
west side of the South Express
way; for lack of same is also
holding up building and expan
sion in North Clayton.
Riverdale’s new shopping cen
ter is “bent L” type of construc
tion like Campbellton Plaza. The
developers will add buildings as
they acquire leases.
Dwarf House
To Open This
Week-End
The fantastic new Dwarf
House, growing lovelier by the
day, will open unofficially this
week-end, while Owner Cathy
and his fine staff get accus
tomed to the new concept in
drive-in restaurants prior to the
Grand Opening on Thursday,
June 28. .
They’ll move quietly from the
old Dwarf House into the new,
and business will go on as usual,
of course, but there won’t be any
fanfare until the week of the
grand opening, which is less
than two weeks away.
During Grand Opening Week
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So the Colonel summoned
Chuck Watson into the East
Point ring, alleging he was
“chicken” for responding so
। slowly. Buck came cautiously,
and well he might; because he
doesn’t trust this prankster
Colonel, and he felt even more
that way when Col. Seashole as
; sured him he wasn’t going to
; play any tricks on him.
Next thing Chuck knew five
pretty girls were embracing him
and the organ was playing
“Happy Birthday”, and friends
were joining in the chorus. How
that boy blushed as he ran back
to the vans!
THE LAKE SPIVEY MASTERS
HORSE SHOW WILL BE AN
OUTSTANDING EVENT OF
SATURDAY, JULY 7, IN THE
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