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VOL. 43—NO. 20
Masters Horse Show This Saturday at Spivey
POINT OF VIEW
■ By JACK TROY’""
Next, We Suppose, The Supreme
Court Will Rewrite The Bible!
President John Kennedy got his tongue twisted on a televised
press conference last week and inadvertently TOLD the TRUTH
about the SUPREME COURT of the United States.
He made reference to the incomprehensible decision on prayer
Constitution of the United States.
The Supreme Court has now usurped the Bible. That’s going
a little too far. It has been known, for some time, one ridiculous
unconstitutional decision following another, that the Supreme
Court has tried to play GOD.
The Supreme Court, an interpretative body, has been arro
gantly usurping all of the Constitutional rights of the Congress
of the United States, and this august body, charged by law with
making the laws of the land, has sit by in Casper Milquetoast
manner and let the nine TIRED OLD MEN make laws, instead of
interpreting correctly the Constitution of the United States. Nine
tired old men. Kfine political appointees. The Congress of the
United States is elected by the people as a public trust, and is
supposed to act in the best interests of the people.
If the Congress, therefore, sees something done that is not in
the best interests of the majority of the people, individually these
politicians are supposed to do something about it.
The Supreme Court has changed the opinions of all the Su
preme Court members of all time simply by saying that “It is the
law of the land.” It is no such thing. What the nine tired old men
call the LAW OF THE LAND is simply a nimble-witted decision
handed down by them in violation of what the Constitution of the
United States SAYS AND MEANS.
Now, THE GREAT SUPREME COURT, composed of political
appointees who, in many cases, aren’t even lawyers, dares to
meddle with PRAYER.
We say that every member of the Supreme Court, starting with
Justice non-lawyer Warren on down, is off the deep end of sanity.
Prayer is in no way connected with the old idea of separation of
church and state.
A man prays, a child prays, when the spirit moves him, no
matter where he may be. Some people pray in closets, some in
booths, some in sanctuaries, some in political halls, some in schools,
some in churches, some in public as they shop for groceries ,etc.
Who is going to say where and when you’re going to PRAY.
Certainly, the Supreme Court may make an assinine decision
about prayer, but they can't make anyone obey. They can only
make people of good will and of good conscience wish that any
constituted group so stupid should be slapped down to the banks of
the Potomac.
If the Congress of the United States has no guts, the regis
tered voters ought to make sure who they send up there the next
time. Most registered voters pray now and then. They know the
need for and the value of prayer — at anytime and in anyplace.
We would say, all things being equal, that the Supreme Court,
a cocky, half-baked bunch of political appointees, had better hope
somebody starts praying for them. What a bunch of disordered
goons! Nitwits!
Early Americans fled Europe to escape Religious Persecution.
In God We Trust.
What would John Wesley think about this?
Echols MA-JIK Market
Opens New Store
Echols Ma-Jik Markets announces the Grand Opening
of its newest store on July 4th thru 7th, 1962. The store is
located at 2807 Jonesboro Road, Highway 54, Forest Park,
Georgia. This is the fifth store which the company is now
operating in the greater Atlanta area.
Included in the events planned
for the Grand Opening will be
free rides on a merry-go-round
for the kids. Also, there will be
balloons and cotton candy free
for kids. There will be many
special buys for the shoppers
during the Grand Opening.
The Echols name first ap
peared in the grocery business
in Atlanta in 1905 when the first
Echols store was opened. Soon
the reputation for high integrity
and understanding of the re
quirements of Atlanta home
makers established the future of
the chain..
The Echols convenience stores
are endeavoring to bring the
finest of fresh foods to custom
ers. These stores carry a com
plete line of groceries, frozen
foods, bakery products, dairy
products, and packaged ice. You
will find ample parking. The
stores will be furnished with
fresh fruits and vegetables daily.
Prices are in line with Super
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OHayton ©nunty Nr ms attb IFarmrr
I in the schools, and while he apparently
I meant to say something about the Consti-
I tution of the United States, he said, in ef
fect, that the decision was a Supreme Court
decision in accord with the SUPREME
I COURT. Hastily, the President corrected it
to “Constitution.”
But he had it right the first time. The
| Supreme Court makes decisions according
to the SUPREME COURT, not the Consti-
I tution of the United States. Any dumb
bunny knows that.
We are proud the President had his
say. Undoubtedly, he had in mind that the
I Supreme Court did it according to the Su
preme Court, or he wouldn't have said it.
Well, we’ll go further in this matter
and say that what the Supreme Court has
' done in no way has any bearing on the
, Market prices.
[ Mr. Homer T. Jones will be
■ Store Supervisor and Mr. Fred
• M. Huckaby will be Store Man
, ager of the Forest Park store.
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All Echols stores are open from
. 7 a.m. till 11 p.m. seven days a
; week and are “The World’s Most
. Convenient Food Stores!”
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Commissioner
Duncan Io Attend
' Home Rule Congress
James C. Duncan, Clayton
i County Commissioner, and his
' wife will leave this week to at
-11 tend the County Home Rule
: Congress of the National Asso
i ciation of County Officials in
• New York July 8 through 12. Mr.
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MASTERS HORSE SHOW geniuses, Col. E. R. (James) Seashole, right, and Great Master of Cere
monies, Woodrow Garrett, left, are shown as they told about the Lake Spivey MASTERS Horse
Show — scheduled this Saturday, 3 p.m. until 9:30 p.m. The arrangers of the Horse Show ap
peared on Radio Station WEAD in the Hilton Inn. Col. Seashole, who also is Mayor of Lutz, Fla., is
the best horse show manager in the business. Bo.h Col. Seashole and Garrett will handle the mi
crophone at Spivey Saturday. The Horse Show will be one of the greatest one-day horse shows
ever held in the Greater Atlanta area. —Photo by Bigham.
H. J. Piette Announces Candidacy
For Senator in the 26th District
WELL KNOWN CLAYTON COUNTY BUSINESSMAN Will,
OPPOSE DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE E. ALVIN FOSTER
H. J. Piette, widely known Clayton County businessman, announces this week his
candidacy for Senator, 26 Senatorial district, in the September general election. Mr.
Piette is a candidate of the Clayton County Republican Association of which Harrison
Buckley is president. Mr. Piette will run in opposition to E. A. Foster, who won the
democratic nomination in the recent Primary election in Clayton County.
The 26th Senatorial District comprises Spalding, Fayette and Clayton counties,
and registered voters will go to the polls in all three counties in the September general
election to vote for Senator.
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ONLY THE WALLS of the Shiloh Baptist Church, Jonesboro,
remain standing after last Thursday’s disastrous fire set off by
a bolt of lightning. Members had been repainting the inside. The
colored church was built in July, 1914. —Photo by Bigham.
Church Hit
By Lightning
Is Destroyed
The Shiloh colored Baptist
Church, Mill Street and High
way 41, Jonesboro, was struck by
lightning during a severe storm
last Thursday morning and
completely gutted, leaving only
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FOREST PARK, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, JULY 3,1962
the brick walls standing.
So intense was the heat from
the fire in the church, built in
1914, that the windows melted,
the roof caved in and fell to
the ground. The fire destroyed
everything but the walls, but
members living nearby got in
side earlier and saved the organ
and the air conditioning units.
The cornerstone showed that
the Shiloh Baptist Church was
built in July, 1914. Deacons were
Jim McElroy, J. W. Toland, J. A.
Middlebrooks, B. J. Gay; treas
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The Clayton County Republi
can Association will begin im
mediately distribution of a cir
culiar to obtain the necessary
1,500 names for«
placing Mr.l
Piette on the!
ballot. Mr.
Buckley be
lieves this will
be accomplished
in a relatively
short time.
Mr. Piette is
wide ly knowng
as “C 010 n e l”,l
since he retired!
from the army!
as a Lt. Colonel!
after 37 years!
of service. He also had eight |
years of active service with the
National Guard. Altogether a
most impressive military record.
He is owner of H. J. Piette
Realty and the Associate Realty
Brokers, Main Street, Forest
Park. He is a member of the
Clayton County Real Estate
Board, the Georgia Association
of Real Estate Boards, and the.
National Association of Real
Estate Boards.
Mr. Piette has been very ac
tive in county affairs.
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STREET SCENES
Mayor Puckett, telling Dwarf
House throng: “We’ll pray in
Forest Park, in the schools,
churches, and everywhere, and
I believe you know what I
mean.” What he meant, of
course, was justifiable and
complete defiance of the re
cent Supreme Court decision
banning prayer in the schools.
Horse lover inquiring about
tickets to to the Spivey MAS
TERS Horse Show this Satur
day. Another calling from Mc-
Donough. They can be obtained
at the Free Press office on
Main Street, Forest Park, a
cross from Stanford’s.
John Martin, who presents
INSIDE OUTDOORS on WGST,
asking about fishing in Clay
ton County and adding that
everyone he hears from praises
the catches that are made
consistently of bass, bream
and some ’cats, plus crappie.
Many Champion Horses, Riders
Slated to Perform On Saturday
BEVY OF CLAYTON COUNTY BEAUTIES WILL
SERVE AS HOSTESSES FOR PRESENTING PRIZES
A great horse show, the Lake Spivey MASTERS Horse Show, is to be an outstanding
event this Saturday, starting at 3 o’clock on the Athletic Field at Spivey. Col. E. R.
(James) Seashole, greatest manager of Horse Shows in America, says that many of the
great champion show horses and top professional riders will compete in the Spivey
show ring. Horses valued as high as $50,000 will be shown, the Col. declared.
Acting as hostesses in the j
presentation of prizes and cups
and ribbons in the show ring will
be many of Clayton County’s
loveliest girls.
The girls, dressed in evening
gowns, will include:
Miss Sandra Butler, Miss Clay
ton County; Miss Risa Horner,
Miss Forest Park; Miss Linda
Wynens, Jr. Miss Forest Park;
Miss Elizabeth Filmore, Jr. Miss
South College Park, Riverdale;
Miss Jo Anne Christian, Miss
Sheron Burks and Miss Linda
Coleman, Forest Park; Miss
Linda Shockley, Rex; Miss Gwen
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Out of the John Matty
Stables, Flint River, Clayton
County, will 1 come some of the
finest show horses for par
ticipation in the MASTERS
Horse Show Saturday. Hon.
John Matty is one of the na
tion’s great judges, and also
he is a top exhibitor, trainer
and breeder. The Matty family
is a great show horse family.
Mr. Matty will assist in han
dling details in the MASTERS
show.
C. P. Johnson of McDonough
Saturday ordered 18 ringside
seats.
Partin, Morrow; Miss Trudy Ann
Cathy, Lovejoy, and Miss Linda
Owens, Miss S. College Park,
College Park.
The Lake Spivey MASTERS is,
of course, another Jimmy SEA
SHOLE horse show, and this
means a completely fine horse
show run by a great horse show
organization. Eloise Pierson of
Macon is the greatest organist
in the business. She even plays
in tune with the horses as they
go through their gaits. Woodrow
Garrett is a top emcee. Col.
Seashole himself is very clever
on the microphone. And a top
ringmaster is Charles Todd.
Jack Troy is chairman of the
MASTERS horse show, sponsored
by the Forest Park Optimists,
Friend of the Boy.
In the afternoon, starting at
3 o’clock, there will be included
many fine amateur classes. In
the evening, there will be SIX
CHAMPIONSHIP classes, mak
ing this a superlative horse
show.
Famous horse show chairmen
from other areas will be guests
of honor at the Spivey MAS
TERS horse show. Buck Watson,
owner of Hidden Valley Farms
and councilman of East Point—
he won the bicycle race, too—
Will be a guest of honor, along
with Mrs. Dorothy B. Watkins of
Cameron Crest Farms, Duluth,
Ga. Mr. Watson was chairman
of the 3rd annual Civitan horse
show in East Point, and Mrs.
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Come Picnic With Us
July 4th
WE WILL BE OPEN
THE DWARF HOUSE
FOREST PARK
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OWNER TRUETT Cathy welcomes friends and honored guests,
city and county dignitaries at the Grand Opening Thursday of
the brilliant new Dwarf House in Forest Park. He dedicated the '
Dwarf House to the highest Christian principles.
—Photo by Bigham.
‘House of 12 Gables’
Breaks All Records
FRIDAY CATHY’S BIGGEST DAY AS
NEW DWARF HOUSE PLEASES EVERYONE
Described by Forest Park Mayor W. Reid Puckett as
the “house of 12 gables,” the wonderful new Dwarf House
was dedicated to the finest Christian principles by Owner
Truett Cathy last Thursday morning.
Mayor Puckett explained that when he built his home
FLANNERY POPE
BACKS GRIFFIN
FOR GOVERNOR
Retired Brigadier General
Flannery Pope of Dublin has
thrown his support behind Mar
vin Griffin for Governor. Mr.
Pope has been associated with
local and state governmental
affairs for several years.
In endorsing former Governor
Griffin, Pope said:
“I have known Marvin Grif
fin for many, many years. It
was my privilege to serve as an
officer in the United States
Army in World War II during
our operations in New Guinea
when Marvin was commanding
another army in the same area.
“He is one man whose state
ments you can always take at
face value because he never goes
back on them. “When he served
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on College Street he constructed
a building of seven gables, “and
now Truett Cathy has done me
five better with this beautiful
house of 12 gables.”
Friends and relatives, business
executives, pastors and many
people of various occupations
came to the Dwarf House for the
dedicatory ceremony, including
the County Commissioners and
Forest Park Mayor and Council.
Mr. Cathy, acting as emcee,
over Radio Station WEAD,
dedicated his business to the
Lord and said that if anything
good came of it, it would not
be his doing but the will of
God. And any good would re
flect credit to Him. Mr. Cathy’s
Lovejoy minister gave the
dedicatory prayer.
Present were the mother and
sister and other relatives of the
late Doug Davis, who painted
the great Dwarf House mural
and who lost his life tragically
in the crash of the Air France
Jet plane at Orley Field, France,
taking the lives of so many ir-
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