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Clayton County News and Farmer
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Georgia's
11th
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County!
OLUME 44 — NUMBER 20
Ronnie Black
No L Critical
Ronnie Blackmon, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Blackmon
of Mitchell Street, Forest Park, is recovering from an ac
cident in Newnan hospital. Ronnie was riding his motor
cycle and approaching Newnan City Limits, when he collided
with a car. He suffered multiple bruises and cuts, and con
cussion, and was at first, and indeed for several days, on
the critical list. He has made sufficient headway to be
allowed some visitors now, and may receive cards, etc. Ron
nie has a host of friends in Clayton County, was a graduate
of Forest Park High, and a member of the Band. The good
wishes of all who know him will be with him, and the news
of his complete recovery will be eagerly awaited.
. Prayer Is Not Banned
In An Editorial Office
We are delighted to report as Independence Day approaches
that the Supreme Court obviously has not banned prayer in the
editorial offices of a well-known afternoon newspaper in Atlanta.
- A.series of editorials last week reflects a change of r_xea;t
included in the civil rights bill would open the door for an even
more federally controlled economy and society in this country.
. “The economic lot of the Negro needs improving. It is not,
however, necessary to wreck the country to do it,” the paper con
cludes.
And there is more pungent and forceful comment which comes
at a time when a large measure of sanity is demanded in a highly
troubled situation . . . .
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A Preaching of ‘Moral Issues
Is So Much Hogwash
Again on the theme of the civil rights package, the paper
says bluntly—
“ Any bill which starts the President and his brother, the
attorney general, preaching about moral issues should be re
garded with cynicism. .
“This package is cold, brutal politics.”
Bear in mind, friends, that these and other quotes to follow
are not written by Lester Maddox. This is an official editorial
position in the newspaper.
Following the admission that “this package is cold, brutal
politics,” the paper adds—
“ More than that, it has encouraged the kind of street dem
onstrations and public troubles the President said it is supposed
to keep down.”
The paper goes on to quote Sen. Richard B. Russell on the
point that the President has hurt the situation by failing to
support local authorities in their efforts to control these dem
onstrations, offering ‘aid and comfort’ to the demonstrators in
stead. Condoning, in other words, flagrant violations of the code
of law and order.
“There is a wrong way and a right way to get things done,” the
editorialist continues, “and force, blackmail and political expedi
ency are no ways to handle a situation of this delicacy.
“Lasting good comes through arbitration, negotiation, col
lective bargaining and voluntary action . . . it would be good if
the moderate majority of each race was given the job of handling
this question. Instead it seems to be slipping into the hands of
the immoderates.”
AMENDMENT PROPOSED
SS W N P TR e .AP ETDMINES 050 8.215 U BEIATIS
Flynt Is Fighti
Decision On P
Congressman John J. Flynt, Jr., of Griffin, Georgia
introduced a joint Resolution in the House of Representa
tives Monday which proposes an amendment to the Con
stituation of the United States which would nullify the re
cent Supreme Court decision on prayer and Bible reading.
Georgia’s 4th District repre
sentative has been on record as
disagreeing with the Supreme
Court decision to ban prayer or
scripture reading in public
schools since the decision was
first made public.
Commenting on the decision,
Congressman Flynt said, “The
recent Supreme Court decision
strikes at persons of all religious
faiths which believe in a Su
preme Being. It is a decision
against Christians, Jews, Mo
hammedans, Buddists, and
members of all other religions
who believe in a Supreme
Being.”
He went on to say that “The
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and policy and virtually a prayerful at
titude that the Frankenstein of civil rights
proposed by the President will not be sum
marily created by the Congress at the ex
pense of the American majority and the
American heritage.
The paper has decided that “employ
ment by decree” where federally assisted
programs are concerned is a dangerous
thing. Also that complete equality of op
portunity in employment within the fed
eral government and by government con
tractors, joined with the “employment by
decree” idea, would give the national ad
ministration a life and death hold over
_broad segments of_ industry, business and
‘all levels of government.
And the paper agrees that passage of
these and the other measures which are
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TOMMY VAUGHAN is installed as Forest Park Jaycees Presi
dent by Joe Higginbothom, President of the sth Region Jaycees.
Retiring president Junior Gaultney seated.
AL HEIL ‘MAN OF YEAR’
Vaughan Installed
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As Jaycee President
Saturday nignt, June 22nd, the Forest Park Jaycees
and Jaycettes enjoyed steaks and-dancing at their Annugl
Joint Installation Banquet at the N.C.O. Club of ‘Atlarita
General Depot. ;
Highlight of the banquet was'
the presentation of awards andi
the President’s Annual Report |
given by E. M. Gaultney, Jr.
“Committee of the Year” was
won by the Extension Commit
tee of the Fayette County Jay
cees, chairmaned by Ed Foster. |
Al Heil was chosen as “Jaycee
of the Year”. Key Man Awards|
went to Charles Beaty, Joe Col-|
lins, Warren Gunter, Ken Kil
patrick and Joe McDaniel. |
The following officers were
installed by Joe Higginbotham, |
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4th and Holiday Weeken
A big 4th of July and holiday week-end is expected at Joy Lake and other lakes in
Clayton County.
This is Claude Coogler’s 13th year at Joy Lake, and a little of the joy has been
knocked out of the operation by a long period of rain, a costly two weeks. However, a
fair holiday period is in the offing, and Joy Lake may well have a record holiday turn-
out, it el
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beach to Atlanta, only five min
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Ready for the Glorious 4th
THESE CHARMING 12th grade classmates en
joy an outing at Joy Lake and look forward
to the glorious 4th and the holiday weekend,
FOREST PARK, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, JULY 2. 1963
It's Installation Time In Clayton County
Methodist Men
Hear Dr. Foley
The Forest Park Methodist
Men’s Club held their monthly
meeting June 25 at the church
dining hall. It was a dinner
meeting, Arthur Cain, president,
presiding.
The program chairman, J. W.
Clements, was happy to present
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! The other day when the sun
peeked out from the clouds and
shook off the moisture Joy Lake
had a charming visitor, Lorraine
Cvechko—Miss Forest Park—and
two of her personable 12th grade
Center, Lorraine Cvechko, Miss Forest Park;
and Linda and Glenda Smith, of Forest Park
High. :
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NEW OFFICERS for 1963 of Amvets Post No. 17 — Back row,
standing, left to right: Frank Richardson, Commander, 1963-64;
Marion Steele, second vice commander of state; Gene Tram
mell, past Commander, 1962-63; Front row, left to right, L.
Green, second vice commander; R. Corona, historian; W. Lud
wig, public relations officer; C. Turk, judge advocate: L. Franks,
adjutant; J. Corona, service officer; L. Singletary, finance offi
cer; F. Camp, third vice commander; F. Rapp, first vice com
mander.
Ofti Installed
.Thursday night, June 20, marked the installation of
the new officers for 1963 of the Amvets and Auxiliary of
Post 17.
Post 17 has been active the past year in civic affairs of
our community, participating in. the drives against polio,
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Chinic Is Set
On July 12th
The second in a series of three
polio clinics sponsored by the
Forest Park Woman’s Club will
be held on July 12, at the Health
Clinic on Summit Street be
tween the hours of 9 a.m. and
9 p.m. All residents of this area
are urged to take advantage of
this clinic either to get their
booster - shot or their second
polio shot. The third series will
be held seven months from now.
All shots are available at SI.OO
per person.
classmates from Forest Park
High, Linda and Glenda Smith.
Until the advent of rain, Joy
Lake had been enjoying the big
gest year of all 13, with jam
packed crowds every weekend.
cancer and cerebral palsy—.
Amvets are engaged at pres
ent in sponsoring two Babe
Ruth teams, one in Bouldercrest
Park and one in the City of
Forest Park.
This Post holds the honor of
being the largest in the State
with state officers who are
members of Post 17.
These new officers shown in
the picture have high hopes for
the coming year, and to start it
off, they are holding a bar-b-que
on the 4th of July at the Post
home. | ¢
All veterans of World War II
and Korea are invited to visit
and join the Amvets.
Wallace Will Strive to Make
ClaytonDocketMore Current
Clayton County’s new solicitor
general, Albert Bailey Wallace
of Jonesboro, said Saturday that
“I will strive to make the docket
more current. There is no ro
mance about the job and I can’t
work miracles, but I will do the
best I can.”
,Mr. Wallace, appointed last
week by Governor Sanders as
interim solicitor of the Clayton
Judicial Circuit to fill the un
expired term of D. M. Johnson,
pointed out that “in the few
days I have served I find a lot
of cases incomplete in the
process that would bring them
to some final conclusion. I can
only hope to try them as fast as
possible, with felonies first.”
Mr. Wallace has replaced Mr.
Johnson who resigned after the
Clayton Superior Court found
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DON JUDSON, left, incoming president of the Civitan Club of
Forest Park, receives gavel from retiring president Charles
Summerday.
JUDSON IS PRESIDENT
Civitans Install
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Slate of Officers
On Thursday night, June 27th, Ray Billings the Lt.
Governor of this civitan District installed the incoming
officers of the Forest Park Civitan Club.
The Officers installed were Don Judson, President;
Sam Johnson, Pres.-elect; Rev. Charles Vaughn, Vice-Pres.;
Ed Miles, Secretary; Reggie Han
cock, Treasurer; George Rylee,
Sgt. at Arms and Rev. Charles
Goe, Chaplin. These men were
charged with the wresponsibility
of dispatching all the duties of
Civitan for the coming year. §
Presentations to the outgoing
officers were made by the re
tiring President ‘Charles Sum
merday. Handsomely engraved
plaques were awarded to Reggie
Hancock for his work in safety
promotion, Sam Johnson for
publicity, Past President Wilbur
Peacock for membership promo
tion, Tom McMahan for projects
chairman, Rev. Charles Goe and
Rev. Charles Vaughn as co
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Recapture
the
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Kiwanis Club
South College Park Kiwanis
Club heard Roger Starr of Jack
son, Ga., Kiwanis, speak on
“Citizenship” at their meeting
{ held last Thursday night.
] Vice President Ralph Cooper
| presided in the absence of J. W,
iCarter, president, who with seve
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him guilty of soliciting business,
a disbarment offense in Geor=
gia. Under court order, however,
he was allowed to continue the
practice of law under certain
conditions. Mr. Johnson’s unex
pired term as solicitor ends Jan.
1, 1965,
Mr. Wallace, who has prac
ticed law in Clayton County for
10 years, is a native of Griffin.
He was secretary to the late
Rep. Sidney Camp of the Fourth
District.
Mr. Wallace has always been
active in civic and Little League
affairs and one of the leaders of
the Jonesboro Exchange Club.
He is married to the former
Betsy Thomas of Spartanburg,
S. C, and they have a girl, 4.
The Wallaces live at Lake
Jodeco.