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VOLUME 43 — NUMBER 52
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— By JACK TROY ।
As the Old Song Says,
It Was 3 O'Clock in Morning
A note from Edrie C. Henry (Mrs. R. L. Sr.) of Ellenwood, con
cludes:
“Thank you very much for the interest you take in all
all civic affairs, we feel that you are really the goodwill am
bassador for our country.
life. I didn’t feel like fighting back, and that was unusual for me.
So I kept getting harassment, and a request for a letter from
committee chairman Joe Lane of the Courthouse trio seeking to
transfer the legals to another publication. And so, finally, I wrote
the letter to Lane, Mundy and Dickson, agreeing to give up the
legals for one year. I didn’t feel, then, like going through an end
less round of harassment in or out of court.
We had put on a circulation drive some years ago, gave away
a Chevrolet and more than $1,500 in cash to those who sold the
most subscriptions. That was a little unique for the venerable
legal organ of the county. For The Clayton County News and
Farmer, the legal organ of Clayton County for almost 50 years,
never had much paid circulation before I bought it for a fancy
price of $5,000. 1 found 200 paid circulation, and seven hundred
unptaid.
For 40 years the newspaper, though second class in the post
office, never had as much as 30 per cent paid circulation.
We didn’t have anybody on our subscription list except adver
tisers who hadn’t subscribed to the newspaper. We were in the
midst of getting many renewals when I agreed to write the letter
at Joe Lane’s insistence, agreeing to give up the legals for one
year. It had been pointed out that this sometimes is a practice
in Georgia, when there are more than one paper in a county with
a 2nd class permit.
The other day, the year was coming to an end, and I asked
for a return of the legal ads—asked for the old county news
paper—formerly owned by Ellis Mundy and Allen Kemper—to
be designated the official county organ in 1963.
The request was refused.
I would like for you to know, Mrs. Henry, that in 1962, I paid
more than $3 000 on bank notes of The Forest Park News, at this
time the legal paper. I paid this money out of The Forest Park
Free Press and Clayton County News and Farmer. The newspaper
is in litigation, but I not only have paid the notes on its pur
chase, but also I have paid double rent, since the News is not in
the building for which rental was made. It WAS before an un
usual transfer took place around 3 o’clock one morning last sum
mer. The paper has been in litigation going on to a year. It seems
very difficult to get into court.
You can believe, Mrs. Henry, that truth is stranger than
fiction.
When you buy a property, when you put down as much as
I,OCO dollars cash out of one paper, The Free Press, for the earnest
money in the purchase of another, you would normally expect,
after paying the balance, to have possession of it. We did have
for a relatively short time.
These are just some of the facts.
I think I am entitled to have the legal ads in the paper that
has been Clayton County’s distinguished legal organ in most of
the county's great history.
It looks, however, that I do need some support from groups
like yours—like the Forest Park Woman's Club, United Church
Women, the UDC, Dames of America, PTA’s, other school groups,
garden clubs, all other church organizations, Masonic groups,
Eastern Star, DeMolay, and others. I am a 32d degree Mason these
last 20 years.
I have tried, in nine years, to perform in an office of public
trust—as Editor and Publisher—in the best interests of Claytor
County and its fine citizens. I have tried to render public service
to the full extent of our facilities. I have tried to perform in the
true tradition of the American Press, to place ethics above all
other considerations. I hope I have been true to my trust. I have
tried to be . . . for 35 years in all.
I am not happy about a situation that has cost me many
thousands of dollars in 1962 and now in 1963. And I have never
before asked anyone for moral support. But I do ask now, and
I hope you-all will be receptive. I need your moral support and
I will appreciate anything you may do. I will appreciate anything
that will in the end balance the scales of justice.
We will be relieved, no end, when the calls cease coming from
lawyers about the way legal ads are handled. They have had a
hard time. So have we in having to tell them there was nothing
we could do about it. We had no complaints to speak of about
the way we handled legal ads through the years.
COUNTY COLLECTIONS SOAR
g OVER $2-MILLION MARK
Tax Commissioner Robert Coleman stirred around and
came up with some progress figures Saturday at the new
i Courthouse. In 1962 the Tax Commissioner collected $2,182-
094.79. an increase of $277,451.37 over the 1961 collection of
■ $1,904 643.42.
A new fire tax brought $11,723.46, and there were in
creases for the 5ch0015—5206,238.32 and for the county—
s4s,77o.
A suit aimed at the collection of a sizeable sum of taxes
from Delta Jet Maintenance Base in Clayton County is in
> the Supreme Court. The County won in Superior Court and
Buck Murphy appealed for the defendant. Delta, the largest
( airline, home based in Atlanta and Clayton, hasn’t paid any
taxes in Clayton County.
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“Sincerely, etc.”
Mrs. Henry is program chairman, For
est Park Business and Professional Women.
You are too kind, Mrs. Henry, but, of
course, I appreciate your sincerity. I value
your friendship.
Somehow, though, I must have missed
a step or two along the way. A year ago,
Mrs. Henry, I came back from the hos
pital after a rather wearing illness, un
usual for me, as I don’t often remember
not feeling well in my lifetime. A friend.
Bill Fleming, Sr., of Forest Park, came to
get me.
It seems there was a concerted effort
afoot to take away the legal ads of The
Forest Park Free Press and The Clayton
County News and Farmer. Other friends
had tried to help me.
I probably was at the lowest ebb in my
| Public Works Department Has Record Year Under Lyle
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PIONEER SCOUTER HAS HIS DAY
C. MILT DANIEL, left, views splendid progress
of Tara District, Boy Scouts oi America, during
the luncheon honoring Mr. Daniel of Morrow as
a pioneer Clayton County Scouter who, more
than 25 years ago’ organized and was Scout-
GROUND BREAKING
PLANNED FOR
HOSPITAL CENTER
Dr. Needham Bateman was
host to " some officials and
friends last Thursday noon at
the Wisteria. The luncheon was
set up to announce ground
breaking ceremonies for the new
Jonesboro Hospital Center on
Battle Creek Road.
Dr. Bateman said that ground
(breaking would be initiated on
Thursday, March 7, with a host
of city and county officials and
friends on hand and featuring
either Sen. Herman Talmadge
or Rep. John J. (Jack) Flynt...
as the honor guest.
There will be a series of spe
cial events leading up to the
dedication of the hospital cen
ter, Clayton’s first.
Solicitor Johnson Must Answer
Suit in Fulton Superior Court
J. T. BURTON OF STOCKBRIDGE, FORMER CLAYTON
RESIDENT, ASKS I HAT LAWYERS BE HELD IN CONTEMPT
Petition has been filed in Fulton Superior Court by J. T. Burton of Stockbridge, a
former resident of Clayton County, against Clayton Solicitor D. M. Johnson and Walter
B. Fincher, attorney, to require that the court dismiss a suit filed in the name of J. T.
Burton against the City of Atlanta, the same being case no. A-92934, seeking damages on
behalf of J. T. Burton in sum of $40,000 for damages to his health and property.
Mr. Burton alleges that he
has never employed Johnson or
Fincher as attorney, attorney at
law, agent, servant or employee,
and that he has never given
D. M. Johnson or Walter B.
Fincher or any other person
authority to file on his behalf
the above damage claim.
Mr. Burton asks that the suit
against the City of Atlanta be
dismissed and that Fincher and
Johnson be held in contempt of
court
Judge Derwood T. Pye of the
Superior Court of Fulton Coun
ty issued an order on the 29th
of January, 1963, requiring
Johnson and Fincher to show
cause at 9:45 o’clock a.m., on the
15th day of February, 1963, if
any they have, why the suit
should not be dismissed and
why they should not be held in
contempt of court.
★ ★★★★★
Facilities for
Driving Tests
The Department of Public
Safety announces that facili
ties for Driving Tests and the I
issue of drivers licenses will
be available in Jonesboro,
each first and third Friday of
the month, beginning this
Friday, February 15, from 9
a.m. till 5 p.m.
FOREST PARK, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1963
CLOSE FRIENDS PRESENT PLAQUE
C. Milt Daniel Honored
For Scout Leadership
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At a luncheon Thursday at the Edge of Atlanta Motel,
C. Milton Daniel, veteran Scouter of the Atlanta Area Coun
cil and Tara District of the council, was awarded a special
plaque by close friends and associates in Scouting of years .
, gone by as a tribute to his leadership over the years.
Mr. Daniel gave leadership to
| the organizing of Tara District
(in 1938 and served as District
Chairman from then through
, 1947. He has continued to be
I active in the movement and
has served in many capacities
of leadership on the executive
level and currently is active
with the council advisory com
mittee.
In accepting the plaque on
which is secured a metal Boy
Scout figure with Scout em
iblems on either side, Mr. Daniel
'said “I want this strictly under-
I stood, that I accept this as a
BONANZA! j
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Horse Trader Ed Has Trailer I 1
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Loads of Bargain Goods
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Horse Trader Ed Chisen, Manufacturers Furniture Sales, ;
। i Highway 54, Forest Park, has got trailer loads of bargains j
in box springs and mattresses and Dinette Suites, plus hun- !
dreds of other bargain-priced items, for his big sale this
week. Chisen is giving lower prices from his regular low
prices in nationally advertised merchandise and invites old
and new customers to take advantage of these pre-spring
bargains. Sale starts Tuesday. SEE AD ON PAGE 6.
Forest Park
Is Without
City Manager
Following his return to the
I city after a vacation in West
Palm Beach, Fla., with his wife,
Mayor W. Reid Puckett an
inounced Tuesday acceptance of,
the resignation of T. W. Elliottl
as City Manager/Clerk of the
City of Forest Park.
Elliott’s resignation is effec- (
tive March 15, 1963, according to .
a letter he had written to the 1
Mayor and Council. He named'
his own termination date.
master of the first Boy Scout troop. Other close
friends of Mr. Daniel, who was awarded a beau
tiful plaque, are: Robert Coleman, Roland
Brown, O. B. (Country) Gorman and Grady
Lindsey. (See story). (Photo by Derickson)
tribute to Tara District, for it
was the work of each of you
that enabled me to give leader
ship. We did the job of getting
Scouting going in Tara, to
gether. I have gotten far more
from Scouting than I’ll ever be
able to return. But I’ll keep on
trying.” O. B. “Country” Gor- (
man, Council Scout Executive,'
made the presentation.
Harmon Born, former Council ■
President and currently Council
Treasurer, presided over the j
luncheon. Upon inquiry of the'
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The letter said:
“Please accept this as my res
ignation as City Manager/Clerk,
effective March 15, 1963.
“I have,truly enjoyed my work
with the City of Forest Park, as (
Clerk from April of 1951 to Feb-’
ruary of 1957, and as Man-1
ager/Clcrk from February 1960,
to February 1963. I have espe- '
cially enjoyed my work for the
last three years and am proud, I
as I know you gentlemen arc, of
the accomplishments the City
has made.
“If I can be of any service to
you in the future, please feel
free to call on me.
“Yours respectfully,
“T. J. Elliott.”
The Mayor replied, as follows:
“This will acknowledge receipt
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Legion Post
258 Plans
'Cue in March
Post 258 American Legion has
moved east of Robin Hood Motel
in the old location of the Forest
Park Moose Lodge.
The Post is preparing for par
ticipation in the 44th anniver
sary of the Legion March 15, 16
and 17.
Louis Helms is commander of
the Post of 136 members. It was
the first post in the 4th district
to exceed quota of 77 members,
and received from the Depart
ment of Georgia an appropriate
citation.
Harvel S. Cate, vice com
mander, and Bill Heard, ser
geant at arms, announced that
a barbecue chicken dinner will
be presented for members and
guests on Saturday, the 16th of
March.
A new charter is expected to
be on hand by the 16th, accord
ing to the State Adjutant,
George Osborne, of Atlanta.
R. M. McDuffie
Runs Forest
Park Drug Co.
Ralph M. McDuffie Jr., who
helped Doc Franklin open
Brewer's Rcxal! Drug store in
Forest Plaza Shopping Center,
k announces that
■ Brewer Drug
Company has
I3e e n incorpo
rated and is
now operating
as Forest Park
Drug Company.
to McDuffie,
■ graduate of
I Mercer Univer-
Isi t y Southern
■ College School
of Pharmacy in 1960, is a former
'native of Fitzgerald, Ga., and a
graduate of Fitzgerald High
; School. He is pharmacist in
( charge of Forest Park Drugs ...
j on Highway 54.
Doc McDuffie has a B.S. in
| pharmacy and quite a long ex
perience for a young man. He
is a member of First Baptist
Church.
He said this week, in looking
forward to a Grand Opening
soon: “Your patronage is appre
ciated and we look forward to
serving you.”
Forest Park
Lady Given
20-Year Pin
Mrs. Frances Russell of 139
Northview Drive, Forest Park, a
Southern Bell Telephone Com- -
pany employee, celebrated her
20th year of service on February
7. Mrs. Russell received a gold
pin from the company con
taining four stars, one for each
five-year period of service.
She began her telephone ca
reer on December 2, 1940 as an
operator in Atlanta, Ga. She
also worked in Baltimore and
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EVERY NIGHT IS
FAMILY NIGHT
at the
Dwarf House
OF HAPEVILLE
"Enjoying Over 17 Years of Popularity"
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HERBERT DUFFEE
Weldon Drugs
Morrow Store
Grand Opening
Dr. Bill Weldon, whose smiling
face is now divided between
Forest Park and Morrow—not a
physical phenomenon but a part
of an expansion that embraces
two Weldon Drugs operations—
announces Grand Opening of i
the beautiful new Morrow phar- {
macy this Friday and Saturday, I
Feb. 15 and 16.
Herbert Duffee is the regis-I
tered pharmacist running the
Morrow store, which is built in
the ultra modern style and de
sign of drug stores of today and
tomorrow.
Everybody’s invited to come
and share in the pleasure; the
ladies will get orchids and
everyone will register for a great
; list of prizes. They’re called door i
'prizes but they are.really “door!
busters.” See the Weldon Drugs'
ad announcing what’s coming
up for Morrow this week-end.
j Remember, ladies, free orchids j
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A Fourth Anniversary Fete
Jimmy Jones, Depot PIO,
Hosts Some Old Friends
Jimmy Jones, the old Leatherneck, celebrated his
fourth anniversary as PIO at Atlanta Army Depot Tues
day by playing luncheon host at the Wisteria Restaurant
to old friends Marion Whaley, Jack Troy and Dan Troy.
Depot Personnel Chief, Harry Wren, was unable to be pres
ent because of urgent out-of-town Depot business.
Jones, who has often written
stories for national publications,
will have another fine one to
appear soon in the American
Legion Magazine, a publication
with 3,000,000 circulation. This
one in collaboration with Ma
jor William F. Dahlstrom, as
sistant business manager,
Shorter College, Rome, anent
the Major’s experiences after
(Pearl Harbor, and it is about
। “The Prisoners of Old Bilabid”,
Spanish fortress in the Philip
pines. It is a most interesting
account of the trials and trib
ulations of those incarcerated in
the ancient fortress.
Mr. Jones didn’t announce
the significance of the lunch
eon ..Tuesday until after he
had picked up the cheek.
Whaley, old Oglethorpe Uni-
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HARDMAN
MOTORS
IN NEW
LOCATION
See Page 10
PUBLISHED WEEKL
| Engineer
Leads Way I
In Progress
Vast Improvements
Reflect Background
Os Old Tech Star
Lee H. (Irish) Lyle, Clayton^
County engineer and nominal!
head of the Public Works Camp,"
is one of the workingest sons of .
auld Erin this side of the Emer- -
aid Isle.
His year-end report to the
County Commissioners, on the •
amount of work done and pro- ■
jections of things to come, re
flect previous long service with
the State Highway Department, ■
which followed his pilgrammage.
through the halls of higher
learning at Georgia Tech, where
he also played football. Later
on, Mr. Lyle was an engineer on
the Burma Road, and he knows
all about Rudyard Kipling’s
Mandalay . . . where the sun
comes up like thunder out of the
China crost the bay.
They’re still praising the Com-"’
missioners for bringing out of
retirement a man of Mr. Lyle’s
many talents in road building
j and other construction work.
। His leadership has resulted in
great county improvements and
in the Public Works Camp a
new efficiency, improvements,
harmony and economy.
The January term of Grand
Jury inspected the Caqip and
showered Mr. Lyle and his ca
pable" aid, Carl Adair, with
praise for a job well done. Ac
complishments of Mr. Lyle and
Mr. Adair constitute a record
j year, no less.
Mr. Lyle said he would like to
' give Mr. Adair a lot of credit for
the fine work he has done for
the county through the years.
Work done in 1962 by Clayton
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