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VOLUME 43 — NUMBER 47
POINT OF VIEW
—.i By JACK TROY J
Glynn Griffing Didn't Have the
Clippings, But Only the Ability!
The top-ranking propaganda sports story of 1962 in Greater
Atlanta was the "snow job” Coach Bobby Dodd of Georgia Tech
attempted in trying to make a silk purse out of a sow’s ear; namely
Dodd had gone so far, in the year’s most sickening interview,
to try to say that HE was a great All-America quarterback, and
that Lothridge could do things he couldn't do. We have no quar
rel in this matter, except to say that if Lothridge could do some
thing Dodd couldn’t, he must have taken up knitting as a side
line.
There is no denying that Dodd was a great All-America for
Tennessee under the late General Bob Ney land. But to those who
saw Lothridge in 1962 and who saw Dodd in the late twenties, there
was no resemblance between them as quarterbacks.
AU the while, Ole Miss was moving along on an unbeaten
season — first in 25 years — with a great quarterback named
Glynn Griffing, who is now the newest New York Giant pro per
former. Griffing didn’t have the benefit of a concerted press ef
fort in his behalf. He made it on his own.
Television viewers on New Year’s Day saw the South’s and one
of the nation’s greatest quarterbacks perform in record-breaking
style for the unbeaten Rebels of Ole Miss.
Losing Coach Frank Broyles of Arkansas went even farther
in praising Quarterback Griffing than did Norm Van Brocklin,
coach of the Minnesota Vikings, who has a great quarterback
named Francis Tarkenton from the University of Georgia.
Broyles, himself a former great Georgia Tech quarterback,
said of Griffing: “Griffing is the best college passer I’ve ever
seen. I don’t know how any team would go about stopping a fel
low like that. From the minute I saw him in films, I knew he was
the best I’d ever seen.”
It proved, in post-game reports, that Griffing is a perfectionist,
for everyone seemed to be more satisfied with Griffing’s record
breaking performance than Griffing himself.
“I was disappointed that we Rebels didn’t score more than we
did. Everything went according to plan, but we just couldn’t seem
to get the ball across when we got down close. I was disappointed
in that.”
Sugar Bowl officials hailed Griffing as a sure bet to become
the new Y. A. Tittle of the New York Giants, and they had a list
of broken records to back it up.
The mightiest Rebel passed for a record 242 yards to make
souse meat of the Arkansas Razorbacks, 17-13. Among the 82,000
fans was Coach Van Brocklin, himself a former great quarterback.
Van Brocklin added: “There’s no doubt that Griffing is one
of the great ones. But nobody steps into our league easily. He’ll
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Bank of Forest Park
Over $5-Million Now
OFFICIALS AND DIRECTORS AIM
FOR $7-MILLION ASSETS IN '63
They’re calling for a sign painter at the Bank of
Forest Park as the good year 1963 pulses ahead with power
to spare in business and industry, home building, car buy
ing—and ever growing bank deposits.
The signs on the highway, proclaiming $5,000,000
C. G DUNCAN
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H. C. TRAYLOR
pirk Press
and
Clayton County fas anb Jarmer
the extraordinary effort to convince the
nation’s experts that Billy Lothridge — Mr.
Cool — was an All-America quarterback.
Early, it was obvious to close observers
of football that Lothridge did not have the
running ability to be an All-America. No
matter how great a quarterback may be in
other departments, if he cannot run, he
cannot reach the heights of football great
ness in modern football.
FSU, only a decade ago a girls’ school in
Tallahassee, Fla., forced Tech to fight back,
for a 14-14 tie; that was one prime example
of the Jackets not having the quarterback
Dodd claimed he was. Then Missouri — the
Show Me State — presented a rush line in
the bowl game against Tech that ended any
lingering speculation about Lothridge.
assets for the Bank of Forest
Park, are out of date! The an
nual statement, to be published
next week—officially—will show
that the current assets, the
statement of condition as of the
close of business December 31,
1962, now poises at an astro
nomical $5,382,424.16. Thinking
big, with every reason to believe
in the fantastic future growth
of the area, the Bank of Forest
Park is aiming high—aiming for
more than $7,000,000 in assets
during 1963!
President Charley Duncan has
great faith in this prospect, and
so, too, have Executive Vice
President Humphrey Traylor,
and the other officers—P. A.
Peacock, vice president; R. A.
Blythe, assistant vice president;
J. W. Napier, cashier, and Mrs.
Lena B. Chapuis. assistant
cashier—as well as the Board of
Directors, C. G. Duncan, chair
man; Lamar Beckwith, B. B.
George, B. C. Haynie, Irving
Levinson, R. J. Lipshutz, P. A.
Peacock, H. C. Traylor, J. H.
Wells and R. E. Coleman.
In order to encourage a rec
ord number of deposits in 1963,
Bank officials announce this
week NEW INTEREST RATES—
3’/a per cent on savings, and 4
per cent on savings certificates!
Let your money WORK for YOU
while you sleep! That’s the
battle cry of Messrs. Duncan
and Traylor, who sit like
“mother hens” waiting to hatch
unpredictable new prosperity in
1963!
You’re invited to visit the
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Forest Park Discounting Bills This Year
NEW OFFICERS of the Clayton County Young
Republican Club are headed by Edward L. Here
ford, president (center), who is holding the
GOP elephant mascot. Other officers, left to
right, are: William B. Dixon 111, recording sec
retary; The Rev. Robert Alexander, vice presi-
Edward Hereford Elected
First Republican Head
Clayton County’s Young Republican club elected Edward L. Hereford, Forest Park,
as its first president and learned the strategy of a successful political campaign at the
club’s organizational meeting January 3.
Dan Mclntyre, Republican state senator from Fulton County, told the new GOP
group that “good organization—from ward chairman down through the block workers”
was the key to his November
election victory.
“Politics is an organized group
action, and the candidate who
gets elected is the one who has
the best organization.”
Recruiting campaign workers
takes only a two-word phrase,
he added: “Ask them.”
“People are willing to work if
they are asked. It’s up to you
and me to get them interested.”
Following Sen. Maclntyre’s
talk, the club adopted a consti
tution and elected a slate of of
ficers headed by Mr. Hereford.
Other officers are: The Rev.
Robert Alexander, vice presi
dent: William B. Dixon 111, re
cording secretary; Miss Peggy
Geiger, corresponding secre
tary; James P. Rider, treasurer;
Dr. Robert Hoge, assistant
treasurer.
Members of the executive
board include Joseph Harvey,
the Rev. C. William Howell and
B. R. Vandergriff.
All are residents of Forest
Park except Dr. Hogue, of Con
ley, and Mr. Vandergriff, of
College Park.
The club is launching a mem
bership drive this month and
invites all interested men and
women between the ages of 18
and 40 to join. Those over 40
also are encouraged to partici
pate as associate members.
Next meeting will be held
February 7 in the classroom of i
Forest Park Fire Station No. 2
on Linda Way, Forest Park.
Jim Seeby
Relieved
Os His Post
Jim Seeby, who has been
drawing SSO a week allowance
from the City for recreation
committee activities, was sus
pended as chairman and his
pay stopped at a special called
meeting of Mayor and Council
Thursday night at Forest Park
mayor’s office in the City Hall.
The charge was made at the
meeting that Seeby was re
ceivng money without Council
authorization.
The meeting was called by
Lynn Wells, who retired as a
councilman and was replaced
by winning candidate George
W. Looney in Ward 3 at Monday
night’s regular meeting, when
all new councilmen were sworn
in for two-year terms. These in
cluded Bill Foust, who has been
serving the unexpired term of
the late Councilman Ben Lopez.
City Manager T. J. Elliott was
FOREST PARK, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, JANUARY 8, 1963
dent; James P. Rider, treasurer; Miss Peggy
Geiger, corresponding secretary. Not pictured
are Dr. Robert Hoge, assistant treasurer, and
board members Joseph Harvey, The Rev. C. Wil
liam Howell and B. R. Vandergriff.
(Photo by Derickson Studio)
Clayton Federal Shows
44% Gain in 1962 Assets
Assets of Clayton County Federal Savings and Loan Association with main office at
122 N. McDonough St., Jonesboro, Ga. and branch office at 1162 Main St., Forest Park,
Ga. increased by $1,262,969.81 during 1962 to a total of $4,078,615.48 at December 31st
the institution announced today.
George M. Kilpatrick, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Clayton Federal said
that the new mark represents
an all time one year record gain
of 44.9% from assets reported at
the end of 1961.
According to the institution’s
1962 Annual Report, net savings
gains recorded during the year
totaled $1,008,823.93, bringing
total savings held by the Asso
ciation to an all-time high of
$3,299,392.15.
The Association also reported
record dividend payments of
$115,133.86 based on a dividend
rate of 4% per annum for the
first half of 1962 and of 4>/ 2 %
per annum for the last half of
the year. The increase in the
dividend rate was effective July
1 through December 31.
The Annual Report also re
vealed that the association’s
mortgage lending volume rose to
a record $3,407,895.71 in 1962,
approximately 43.7% above the
volume of the previous year.
In appreciation of the warm
and friendly way this mutual
savings institution has been
accepted by this community an
open house is being observed
from January 2 through Jan
uary 10 at both offices. Mr.
Kilpatrick stated that Clayton
County Federal wants to ex
press to all the thanks of Direc
tors and staff for helping mak&
1962 an outstanding success.
Mr. Kilpatrick also forecasts a
slight increase in housing and
mortgage lending activities in
1963. “The stronger mortgage
lending activities of our asso
ciation, and for the savings and
loan business as a whole, in the
face of a relatively modest na
tional demand for housing, in
dicates that Federal Savings and
Loan Association are steadily
reinforcing their leadership in
this field”, Mr. Kilpatrick said.
instructed to hire a CPA for a
search of the cost of all ma
terials used in the Recreation
Building, substation and head
quarters fire station. Elliott pre
sented an estimate of the cost
of the inventory at Monday
night’s meeting.
Bn J
GEORGE KILPATRICK
Jebco Plans
Expansion at
Warrenton
Jebco Incorporated, whose
general offices are at Jonesboro,
has announced it will enlarge
its manufacturing plant at
Warrenton.
J. Eliott Barrow of Jonesboro,
president of the metal office
furniture and filing equipment
manufacturing firm, said work
has already gotten under way
on a project calling for 12,000
square feet to be added to the
present 45,000 square feet.
The new space is being pro
vided to allow for growth and
expansion, Mr. Barrow said.
The building is a frame and
metal one which Jebco started
operating in 1959. Mr. Barrow
said that as the New Year
starts, Jebco faces its greatest
period of production. The firm
employs about 130 people at
Warrenton on the average and
has five employees at the Jones
boro headquarters. Jebco was
organized at Jonesboro in 1956.
Mayor Sees Little Need to
Borrow Operational Money
Tax Rate Kept at 19
Mills Despite Bonds
Forest Park, U.S.A., moved into a bright new year with
the municipal government discounting bills—a thing that
could not be done in the first 18 months of the Puckett
administration, and Mayor Puckett declared that “we don’t
see much need for borrowing much money to get by in the
current year.”
City Manager T. J. Elliott,
scanning the books, reported
that the rate was kept at 19
mills or $19.00 per SI,OOO assess
ment for 1961 and 1962, "even
though $605,000 bonds were
added for 1962.”
Elliott said that SIB,OOO was
spent on the Warren Drive
paving-pilot project under the
street paving bond issue. Traffic
signals were installed on Thur
mond Road, College Street and
Jonesboro Road, with the coun
ty paying half of the cost of the
traffic signals.
When summer comes—it is
planned and hoped—a great
new recreation center, adjacent
to the City Hall, will be dedi
cated to the public. Winter
weather, if favorable, will speed
the construction.
The Center, which houses an
olympic-size swimming pool,
will actually provide the first
common meeting ground of the
great majority of citizens of the
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Area Has the Most
Traveled Highways
The South Expressway run
ning through Clayton County
is the state’s heaviest traveled
highway . . .
And Main Street, Forest
Park, and Highway 54 are
among the first 10 of the most
traveled roads in the State of
Georgia, according to infor
mation in a State survery re
ceived by Forest Park Police
Chief James Quinn.
This sort of thing is trans
lated into better business, for
a lot of the folks who travel
this way also stop and shop.
Welcome—come again!
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BUDGET
ADOPTED
BY CLAYTON
A tentative budget of $1,274,-
000 for 1963 was adopted by the
Clayton County Commission
Thursday.
The budget will not be made
final until July, after the tax
digest and assessment percent
ages are set.
Clayton County had a budget
of $1,264,000 for 1962. Commis
sion Chairman P. K. Dixon said
the new budget has very few
changes and does not call for a
tax increase.
The county will use the re
cently completed tax evaluation
program for the first time this
year.
Dixon said the commission
was obligated to reduce the
millage rate proportionate to
any increase in the assessment.
Woman
Sentenced
To 6 Months
Elizabeth Day, of Cummings,
who plead guilty to attempted
house-breaking in a recent ses
sion of Superior Court, Friday
was sentenced to six months at
Reidsville Prison by Judge Har
old Banke, who asked the So
licitor and the County Poliqe to
continue investigation of the
case.
The Day woman, admitted
alcoholic and doper, claimed she
was “used” the day that she
attempted to break into the
home of Mr. and Mrs. John
White in Forest Park. She
damaged doors and destroyed
screens, and was in the act of
breaking into the home when
Mrs. White drove up her cir
cular driveway.
She got a call in to the County
Police, and Lt. Shockley and
Sgt. Parker came flying up the
road and apprehended the Day
woman riding in a car driven
by a Mrs. Sosby of a Thurmond
Road address, police said.
The way it happened, Mrs.
White’s son, Johnny, followed
the Day woman down the road
and got the car’s license plate
number. Shockley and Parker
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MAKE THIS
YOUR
NEW YEAR'S
RESOLUTION
RESOLVED,
TO TRADE
AT HOME
IN '63!
☆ ☆
PUBLISHED
GIRL, 11,
IS KILLED
BY TRAIN
An 11-year-old Clayton Coun- 1
ty schoolgirl was injured fatally
Thursday when she was strucMg
by a northbound passenger
train at a crossing in Mountain
View.
Clayton County police sai4
the girl, Patricia Jean Stewart,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. E,
Stewart of 121 Pine Street,
Mountain View, was pronounced
dead on arrival at Grady Hos
pital.
Officers H. F. Lee and Leroy
Smith said the child was struck
after she and a girl companion,
also aged 11, tried to leap out of
the path of the Central of Geor
gia train.
The companion managed to
get out of the train’s path and
was not injured, although she
was reported suffering from
shock.
Officers quoted the conductor
of the train as saying the child
died almost immediately after
being struck.
Chamber
To Sponsor
A Forum
The Clayton County Chamber
of Commerce will conduct a
Legislative Forum on February
1, 1963, with local Clayton Legis
lators serving as panelists.
The primary purpose of such!
a forum is to give all citizens"
of Clayton County, particularly
new industrial and business
leaders who have recently lo
cated here, the opportunity to
meet our officials and discuss
local legislation that will be in
troduced during the 1963 session
of the Georgia Legislature. In
addition to Clayton Representa
tives Edgar Blalock and W. J.
Bill Lee, Tom Ellis, Senator
Elect of the 44th Senatorial Dis
trict, will be present. Other pub
lic officials representing various
offices of local government will
be extended the invitation to
participate in the program of
activities.
Due to the fast growth Clay
ton County is experiencing, a
forum of this type should be
well received and serve as a
sounding board of local business
and citizens living and working
in the County. Chamber Presi
dent John E. Dean stated this
meeting is the first of its type
ever attempted and should
prove informative.
Prior to the forum, a special
Chamber of Commerce news
letter will be mailed to all mem
bers, outlining the program in
detail. Reservations will be re
quested in advance for the din-
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