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DECEMBER 24, 1962
HE gets the job done —— |
|M. D. Roberts Outstanding School Man at Fountain!
Getting the job done has been
Outstanding characteristic these
last 11 years of the Principal of
Fountain High School, M. D.
Roberts, outstanding educator,
Yivic and church leader. This
I fine leader would, of course, be
la devoted family man.
I Often Clayton County school
jpeople have had high words of
[praise for Fountain’s principal:
Bor quietly and with great de
termination through more than
L decade in Clayton County,
principal Roberts has had a
firm guiding hand in the des
tiny of the many students who
pave come and gone during this
period.
■ it hasn’t been any easy job.
■or, while he has received the
finest of cooperation from the
Administrations of Clayton
County’s school system, one of
the state’s largest, he has often
Kelt the pain of rebuff when
[asking officials in county and
[city government for assistance
Li the improvement of the
physical facilities of the school
and grounds and athletic fields.
| But he hasn’t complained in
suph away that it has reached
a public audience. Not many
.citizens of Forest Park, espe-|
cially those who have taken up
residence in recent years, have
heard of M. D. Roberts. A,nd yet
|f it hadn’t been for his leader
ship both in the school and
Among his people, Forest Park
[nay have known some of the
trimmer facts of modern life.
But thanks to M. D. Roberts 1
[here has been a climate of full ]
Cooperation among Whites and .
[fegroes in the general area.
I It is the fervent hope and '
prayer of The Free Press, in this
joyous Yuletide season, that the 1
pew Year will bring more “of- :
ficial” cooperation for M. D. ;
Roberts and the fine Fountain
High School. Help is needed to
Correct a bad situation on the ;
Football field; a first-class base- ;
ball diamond is needed; a rec- ।
[eation area, equipped for all j
Ages of the citizens, has long
peen promised, but never de
livered. Let us hope 1963 will be ,
[he year of fruition!
| M. D. Roberts is a native
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READY FOR CHRISTMAS at Fountain High School are Principal M. I) Roberts and wife, son Mon
ty, 14, and daughter Ramella, 19. See story about the outstanding service to education performed
by Principal Roberts. (Photo by Derickson Studio)
Georgian, the sixth son of the
late Rev. Augustus M. Roberts 1
and Mrs. Mamie L. Roberts of ।
Shellman, Georgia. 1
Having been reared in a large 1
family, Mr. Roberts learned at 1
an early age the importance of i
self help, sacrifice, and hard i
work. ।
He received his early scho- :
lastic training at the Georgia j
Normal Institute in Albany, •
Georgia. His college work was 1
pursued at Morris Brown Col- 1
lege, Atlanta. Georgia, where he !
was an honor student, which j
gained for him a scholarship to
study at Atlanta University for
an advanced degree. Upon com
pletion of his graduate work, he
was immediately recommended
by the State Department of
Education to serve as priqcipal
of the newly erected Jefferson
ville High School, Jeffersonville,
Georgia. He served one year
there as principal at which
time this school witnessed fur
ther expansion under his lead
ership?
Aftef the completion of his
year’s work in Jeffersonville, he
was immediately called into the
United States Army, where he
served with honor and distinc
tion at home and several coun
tries abroad. During his three
and one half years in the army,
he worked himself all the way
from a private to the rank of
an officer.
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With the cessation of hos
tilities, Mr. Roberts waived his
eligibility time to return to the
United States and was flown
home on a short leave and re
turned to Nurenberg, Germany,
and honorably discharged to
accept a civilian post with the
Office of Military Government,
for a short time headed by
Dwight D. Eisenhower. During
Mr. Roberts’ tour of duty as a
civilian in Europe, he traveled
extensively, also attending
school in Frankfurt, Germany,
at Frankfurt University. He was
highly successful at this post
for approximately twenty one
months, receiving commenda
tions from the war Department.
During this period he received
two promotions.
After returning to the United
States, he was assigned as su
pervising principal of the Doug
las High and Elementary
Schools, Thomasville, Georgia.
During this time, the school’s
program advanced with great
rapidity; building a large band
which still reflects much to his
credit as an administrator.
Mr. Roberts was always active
in community work. He was Co
founder of the Georgia Inter
scholastic Association for Re
gion V, which directs all the
fine arts and athletic programs
for a district. He still holds a
legislative post in the state
which gives directions and
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makes laws and policies for gov
erning the fine arts program in
the State of Georgia.
In 1952 he was assigned to the
new consolidated high school in
Forest Park. Mr. Roberts worked
with the superintendent and
parents to get the school named
in honor of the late Bishop
William Alfred Fountain, from
whom the land was purchased
and who had done so much to
help him as a student while at
Morris Brown. He has worked
steadily with the school’s pro
gram and has seen it grow from
an enrollment of approximately
590 to well over 1150 pupils. As
the school has grown rapidly in
other areas, the curriculum has
also expanded along with the
extra activities, which challenge
other schools in its own class,
as well as larger schools.
From 1953-1955 Mr. Roberts
served as Regional Director of
Region 111 of the Georgia
Teachers and Education Asso
ciation, which includes Clayton,
Cobb, Fulton, Cherokee and De-
Kalb counties, and the City of
Atlanta. As a result of his
dynamic leadership he became
the first delegate to be sent
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I W. REID PUCKETT, Mayor |
| CITY OF FOREST PARK |
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BIG JOHN Brennan, Indianapolis, Ind., is the contractor for
three fine new subdivisions — Young America 1 and 2, and Vin
ton Woods. They are off the South Expressway, byway of Holi- <
day Boulevard. A total of 500 brick and aluminum homes will be
CLAYTON OFFICIALS
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the Solicitor, and last, but not
least, Robert Coleman, Tax
Commissioner. As the transfer
from Region 111 to the N. E. A.
which was held in Chicago in
1955.
In addition to working long
hours in the school Mr. Roberts
finds time to attend Sunday
School Classes. He is an ardent
member of Flipper Temple
A. M. E. Church where he is a
steward. He is a member of the
Y. M. C.A. and the Phi Beta
Sigma Fraternity. He is active
in civic affairs in both Clayton
and Fulton counties and serves
as chairman of many charitable
organizations, of which he has
received many citations.
He has a lovely wife who is a
teacher in the Junior High
School department at Fountain
and a great asset to him in his
work. His son, Monty, is a tenth
grade student at Fountain and
his adopted daughter, Ramella,
is a junior at Morris Brown Col
lege.
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Tax Assessors, etc.
In the basement of the
building a food concession has •
been awarded to Weyman of '
Weyman’s Coffee Pot of Forest :
Park. Operator is Raymond ;
Evans, !
The building will, in time,
house the Water Authority, 1
: Welfare Department, Purchasing ■
i Department, and probation of- !
■ fleer. '
, The three-story building,
; served by an elevator for the
. convenience of officials and the
■ general public, is airconditioned
i for better summer performance.
; Telephone hookups to various
i offices have been completed.
; When all new equipment has
> been placed in proper juxta
s position, the new Courthouse
will be a place to visit in which
i all of Clayton County may take
i pride.
i The Commissioners sanctioned
j the removal of all trees in front
i in a parking area, with the ex
-1 ception of the big tree on the
, northwest corner of the prop
■ erty. This is J. B. Pulliam’s
shade tree, and a new bench
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built. Mr. Brennan is shown entering one of the fine homes. Full
view of the same home is shown in the other picture. See story
on Page 1.
(Photos by Derickson Studio)
ALFRED CAMP :
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American Marketing Associa- I
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Professional Fraternity in Mar
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Selling.
The ceremonies were presided
over by Colonel Beverly M.
Leigh, Jr., Professor of Military
Science at Georgia Tech. Major
General Ethan A. Chapman,
Commanding General, XII US
Army Corps, Atlanta, Georgia,
administered the oath of office
to Lieutenant Camp. Th6 prin
cipal address for the occasion
was delivered by Dean George
C. Griffin, Dean of Students,
Georgia Institute of Technology.
will be placed there for the
summer pleasure of Banker
Pulliam and his cronies, in
cluding Judge Emeritus William
J. Reynolds. It was a thoroughly
thoughtful gesture.
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ALLEN WHITE
WINS MODEL T
AT CAFETERIA
The Market Cafeteria,
Farmers Market, had a huge
crowd last Wednesday night,
Dec. 19. Drawing for the
replica of the Model T Ford
car resulted in a win for Allen
White of College Park.
Mr. White was present to
receive his car and was very
happy about it. The fine food
at the Market Cafeteria is
always a sure crowd draw, but
this was an exceptionally busy
night. Everybody wanted to
see the lucky winner, and the
Model T he had won.
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