Newspaper Page Text
TUESDAY, JUNE 19, 1962
HOME OF FIGHTING SNOOK
IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA
Stretching along the southwest
Florida coast from Naples to the
Florida keys sprawl the myster
ious, intriguing, mangrove wil
derness of the fabulous Ten
Thousand Islands—land in the
making, physically and recrea
tionally.
This is the home of the fight
ing snook, of the leaping tarpon,
of the dogged redfish and other
salt water brawlers. This is the
home of ol’ iron head (wood ibis),
egrets, herons, spoonbills and
other colorful birds; of racoons,
otters, ’gators and deer.
It’s a land of few people. It’s
the land that’s being built as the
mangroves throw down their
HOME LOANS
F. H. A.
Minimum equity —3O year term.
For new purchase or refinancing vour present loan.
Lowest discount and closing
cost. Use your local insurance
agent and closing attorney.
No application under SIO,OOO, please.
Come by our office when you are in Atlanta,
or mail coupon below and receive a prompt reply.
1 lam Interested In obtaining a F.H.A. Loan
| from Statewide Mortgage Company.
NAME . ,
STREET
CITY COUNTY
Amount Desired $ —————— . ... .
| Approximate Value of Hnnw Ago of House ~ .
| Actual Annual Personal Income Before Taxes s_———
STATEWIDE
MORTGAGE CO.
VOLUNTEER BUILDING
ATLANTA 3, GEORGIA
"Serving Georgians Since 1936"
«Including
Beverage
an d
^ eSSei ^
Except
\ I W ednesday
Night
FAMILY DINNER SPECIALS
Specials Served All Day Sunday — Monday through Saturday, 5 to 9 p.m.
[Wed. FISH FRY S . . SI,OOJ
NouiAßDjounsonT
South Expressway
pints of
MOg U ouuardJou nson J
delicious, fruit
M||rSSHERBET... 99 Uiy t 35
"AT YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD NOUJARDJOMIMODS RIGHT NOW”
aerial roots into the shallow
waters, collect debris and even
tually create islands. It’s a land
where oysters grow on trees and
from peaceful meandering
creeks.
It’s Florida’s last frontier, and
always will remain a picturesque
wilderness thanks to the ramb
ling Everglades National Park
which encompasses the area,
thwarting forever exploitation.
But it is only now achieving
statue as a recreational area.
Since 1947 the picturesque town
of Everglades and the colorful
island of Chokoloskee have been
the water gateways to the west
ern sector of the National Park
but travel has been hampered
by the lack of facilities.
Now things are changing. The
National Park Service is having
a channel dredged and a dock
built on the Everglades-Choko
loskee causeway and when work
is completed this will be the
headquarters for a series of boat
tours into the otherwise seldom
penetrated wilderness. Construc
tion work is already underway,
and should be finished within
six months.
And in the far distant future,
plans envisage an island water
way linking Everglades and
Chokoloskee with Flamingo on
Cape Sable via the back country
creeks. To do this it will be nec
essary to dredge a passage be
tween Broad and Shark rivers
but someday the passage will be
dug, and then it’ll be possible to
cruise via the Inland Waterway
and the Park’s creeks and rivers
from Naples to Flamingo in the
peaceful solitude of the wilder
ness.
Already facilities have im
proved tremendously. Once it
was difficult if not impossible
to find modern motels, docks or
launching facilities but times
have changed. Now it’s no prob
lem to launch (or rent a modern
boat) at docks, marinas and fish
camps in Naples, Marco, Good
land, Everglades or Chokoloskee.
And from each of these points
new vistas unfold for the boat
man and angler. The old, worn,
fish camps have given way to
modern facilities including air
conditioning, but south of Naples
you’ll find no swimming pools.
But who cares? This is the wil
derness of yester year, when
swimming pools were unknown,
and many hope they will remain
unknown in the Ten Thousand
Island country.
It’s Florida’s last frontier, and
will remain a showcase of wilder
ness beauty no matter what the
space age may do.
Lee Speir to Speak
At Insurance Convention
At Jekyll Island
Thomas Lee Speir of Speir
Insurance Agency will be a fea
tured speaker at the annual con
vention of the Georgia Associa
tion of Independent Insurance
Agents at Jekyll Island next
week (June 20, 21, and 22). He
was also recently elected to the
executive committee of the At
lanta Area Association of In
dependent Insurance Agents.
THE FOREST PARK FREE PRESS—NEWS AND FARMER
I I
Forest Park Free Press
■RMnsjinK
Walleye to Be Big
Sport in Georgia
Another batch of walleyes and more action from old
linesides—the largemouth bass—highlight this week’s fish
ing news.
The Game and Fish Commission, which has already
liberated several thousand walleyes in suitable Georgia
waters, reports several more stockings.
The latest releases were in
Lakes Allatoona, Lanier, Blue
Ridge, Chatuge, Burton, Rabun,
Seed, Tugalo, Yonah, and Hart
well.
Fingerlings hatched at the
Commission’s Lake Burton fa
cility were stocked in the lakes.
Commission personnel hatched
the walleyes from eggs trans
ported here a few weeks ago in
a Commission airplane.
Bass fishing, a little bit slow
the past week or so, has sud
denly erupted. Anglers report
good catches from all sections
of the state.
Here’s a rundown of fishing
conditions:
Allatoona—Full and clear, good
fishing for bass and crappie,
only fair for bream. White bass
run unproductive presently.
Blackshear—Full and clear,
good bass and crappie fishing.
Slow on bream.
Blue Ridge—Full, clear, good
fishing for bass and walleyes.
Burton—Clear, down about
iy 2 feet, good for bass and
bream. Also, anglers report an
occasional trout.
Clark Hill—Full, clear, good
fishing for white bass and
crappie.
Goat Rock—Full, slightly
muddy, fair fishing for bass,
crappie and catfish.
Jackson — Full, fishing only
fair for bream and crappie,
good for bass.
Lanier—Full and clear. Fish
ing’s good for bass, fair for
bream and crappie.
Nottley—Full and clear, good
fishing for bass and crappie.
Seminole—Normal water, good
fishing for bass, bream and
cfSfjple.
Sinclair—Full, muddy, fish
ing’s only good for white bass.
Catfish also active. Bass, bream
and crappie fishing is a little
under par.
20% Discount
SALE, BATHING SUITS
For Ladies and Children — At
ELKINS DEPT. STORE
621 Central — Hapeville
BEST TRADES IN TOWN
LOW DOWN PAYMENTS
AND EASY TERMS.
SUBURBAN
LP GAS CO.
We Have Complete Line Os
Natural Gas Appliances
366-5975 Forest Park, Ga.
rollerskating
whole family has fun together'!^
Roller skating Is good clean fun
• grand recreation.^
Forest Park Youth
Center Skating Rink
91 South Ave.
FOREST PARK, GA.
Atlanta Horse
Show Begins
On June 20th
The 19th Annual Greater At
lanta Horse Show will be held
June 20, 21, 22, 23, at Chastain
Memorial Park, according to E.
Jack Stevens, General Chairman.
Four matinees, four evening
shows and a Friday morning
competition are to be featured
at this annual sporting and soc
ial classic.
More than 300 fine horses from
at least 17 states will converge
on the rustic equestrian area at
Chastain to compete for $12,000.-
00 in cash and beautiful trophies.
The 250 entries already received
are registered from as far away
as New York, Texas, Pennsyl
vania, Kentucky and Louisiana
as well as Virginia, West Vir
ginia, Alabama, Tennessee and
Florida, Mr. Stevens stated.
I I Now Two Family I
I I Nights Every Week!! I
I I Meet Your Friends — I
O . and Dine at the
M MARKET CAFETERIA I
IE ... AND GRILL ... I
iVyiM In the World's Finest
Ml FARMERS' MARKET |
J® Wednesday Night Special I
ROAST TU RKEY ( ) I
Giblet Gravy ★ Cranberry Sauce
Buttered Peas ★ Candied Yams
i 45 ‘
I
ESI SERVING THE FRESHEST VEGETABLES I
[py IN GEORGIA 7 DAYS A WEEK! I
EVERY FRIDAY NIGHT IS FAMILY NIGHT I
Special Plate This Week Is — I
Country Fried Steak JM £ I
Steamed Rice with Gravy £bH|
Carrots and Peas d . nn tn 8 „ n
4:00 to 8:30
I I FAVORS for the children I
I I GRILL OPEN ALL NIGHT I
MMKL -
™ 1
THE GEORGE CHRISTIANS ARE A BASEBALL FAMILY. All
three of the George Christian children are actively engaged this
summer in the Athletic Association’s Summer baseball program
in Forest Park. Tommy, Jo Anne and George are all playing Little
League ball. Jo Anne, of course, is playing girls softball.
FATHER'S DAY GEM
A Christian Blows Top
There are long suffering Fathers who accept the Father’s ;
day gifts from family silently and let their resentment build
■ up inside until, at last, they have nervous breakdowns, or ul
cers, or a bad heart, etc.
There are those kind of papas, and then there is the
George Christian kind, a resolute, outdoor type — Master of
the Hounds — great judge of fox hound field trials — who
speaks his piece.
A year ago the family innocently gave George an outdoor r
grill for Father’s day. George burned momentarily, and then |
■ he blew his top. Like Mt. Vesuvius.
He finally cooled off before he left to see a friend on
business. But before he got away, Mrs. Christian told him ?
his parents were coming for a cook-out and would he kindly
start the fire.
“Oh, sure,” George answered.
So George piled on the Dizzy Dean Briquettes, poured
on the gasoline, and grabbed the water hose next to the
patio before applying the match.
When the match hit the Briquettes it was like somebody
setting off a mighty torch. The patio was scorched, but
George had the safety device, the water hose, in his hand.
Then, calmly, as the fire settled down, George left to see
his friend, and to this day the evidence of his wrath may be
, seen on the scorched places in the patio. He has got his last
; grill as a Father’s Day gift, it is believed.
UP
UP
•• • •
v
Yes
All
The
Way
Up
To
■f %
Anticipated Dividend Rate
Payable Dec. 31. Current Rate
4% Payable June 30.
On
Your
Savings
At
CLAYTON
FEDERAL
SAVINGS
and
LOAN
ASSN.
JONESBORO
AND
FOREST PARK
5