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Free Press—News & Farmer, Tues.. Sept. 3. 1063
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BIG NIGHT AT The Officers Club, AAD. featuring ladies night
of the Forest Park Kiwanis Club. Shown in picture at left: J. W.
Smith, president: Mrs Smith. Col. Joseph Paul Alexander. Depot
Commander, and Mrs Alexander: pictured at right, Program
Record Enrollment and Overtaxed
Facilities in Clayton Schools
By ED EDMONDS, Superintendent
Our school system opened with record enrollment and greatly overtaxed facilities
This situation can and will grow worse with each passing month. We have overcrowded
classrooms, overloaded busses and are using space areas for classrooms which were de
signed for other purposes.
The Instructional Program and the Curriculum in Clayton County School System
will compare favorably with the
very best to be found in Georgia
All of our schools arc accredited
by State and Regional Agencies
High school graduates from our
system do exceptionally well in
colleges and in employment en
deavors. These facts will not re
main true unless we make every
effort to keep providing school
facilities at the same rate as
our school population increases.
Overloading classrooms and
double sessions only weaken edu
cational programs.
For the past ten years our of
fice has called to the attention
of our adult citizens the facts
about our school bunding plight
Neither the Board of Education
nor the Superintendent can
change the inadequate tax
structure. This can only be done
by the tax assessors, appointed
by the County Commissioners.
Re - evaluation and re - assess
ment must be made in order for
the tax digest to be improved
The present twenty-five percent
assessment will not and never
will meet the bonding capacity
required to meet the educational
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demands of a growing urban
county.
As your County School Super
intendent, it is my duty to chart
the educational programs. It is
not within my power to raise the
money to finance the type of
school system our children need
and must have. We are pro
fessional people: superintendent,
principals and teachers who are
anxious and able to give you an
adequate educational program if
we are given the facilities to do
Services Held for
Sgt. Marvin Morgan
ATLANT .A AR M Y DEPOT—
Funeral services for M Sgt Mar
vin E Morgan were held at the
Depot post chapei Friday. Aug.
30. with Chaplain (Capt.) Ira
Moss officiating Burial followed
in the National Cemetery. Mari-
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Chairman Mit Bradford. The Journal's Louis Erickson (Eric) and
President Smith. Speaker Eric left the audience with a gem as
he drew a picture of a whistle entitled: “Mother's whistler.”
Everyone had fun. (Photo by Lee Hooper)
• the job. To only give us thou
। sands of wonderful children is
' not enough.
We know a few people will not
| like this pessimistic school re
port but we have given the facts,
j Unless our bonding capacity is
increased immediately, every
elementary school in our county
j will be on double sessions within
I the next two years. The solution
{lies within the hands of our citi
zens and taxpayers.
j etta. Ga., with military honors.
Sgt. Morgan, who had served
! more than 20 years on active
Army duty, was killed in a plane
crash in Korea on August 4. He
had been assigned to the Depot
continuously since 1957 before
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Kiwanis Entertained
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bag. Only the snout show’ea.
Noting the presence of the
new Depot Commander, Col.'
Joseph Paul Alexander and the j
Colonel's charming lady, Eric
declared that he was glad to be
back on an army post, knowing
that he could leave whenever he j
pleased.
The dinner was held at the Of-1
fleers Club. Atlanta Army Depot,
with President J. W. Smith pre
siding.
The 13-year-old Kiwanis Club
of Forest Park, oldest civic club;
in Clayton County, now has its;
first father and son team with
the induction of Kenneth Kil-,
Patrick. His father, George, is
a past president of Kiwanis.
Eric spoke of editors and ad
ded. "with some exceptions.”
dent Smith thanked Col. Alex-.
dent Smith thanked Col Alex-;
ander for use of the wonderful
facilities at the Army Depot, a
community cooperative agency of
the Federal Government par ex
cellence.
Eric said, in passing, that he
had many requests for original
drawings. Presumably so the
subjects could “burn them".
\ oungsters
Go to Camp
Handicapped youngsters and 1
their families are invited to en
joy a special week-end at Rock
Eagle. September 27-29 when
the Georgia Society for Crippled
Children and Adults holds its
thirteenth Easter Seal Family
Camp Week-end.
The week-end. co-sponsored by
.the Georgia Society and the Ki
wanis Club of North DeKalb, is j
open to any family in Georgia
who has a physically handicap
ped child between the ages of
six to sixteen. "Partial or full" i
camperships are available thru |
the Easter Seal Society, if fam- :
ilies are financially unable to
pay all or part of the expenses.
Organized recreation for the
entire week-end is set up by i
several Metropolitan Atlanta:
area Kiwanis Clubs, as well as
clubs from Albany. Eatonton and
Covington. Further information
may be obtained from the Geor
gia Society for Crippled Children i
and Adults. 1001 Ponce de Leon
Avenue. N. E.. Atlanta. Georgia
30306.
CARD OF THANKS
We are deeply grateful to our
many friends and relatives for
their help and sympathy during
our bereavement. We thank them
for the consolation they gave us
during our sad days. We wish
to thank Dickson Funeral Home
for services rendered, the doc
. tors and nurses at Emory Uni
versity Hospital also at Griffen
Spalding Hospital.
s Mrs. Joe L Murphy and
Family Lovejoy. Ga. .
leaving for Korea in April. He
was among the first personnel
assigned to the Aircraft Mainte
nance Shop when it was acti
vated in 1957. While at the Depot
he had been active in the Boy
Scouts, having served as Scout
master of Troop 297.
Sgt. Morgan is survived by his
wife and two children. Donald
and Laura; his mother. Mrs Mil
lard Greer of Rome, Ga : his
father. William S. Morgan of
Houston. Tex., and a brother,
William Morgan of Rome.
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PICKLED OKRA YET!
Col, Alexander Limps,
But An Old Soldier Performs
We were tempted to ask Col. Joseph Paul Alexander:
! “What kind of a farmer are you, anyhow?” when he brought
a little gift from his wife — pickled okra —last Saturday.
Having been acquainted with this pickled business in
! other areas — like say, involving pickled people —we never
• theless had to profess complete ignorance —about the pro
cess of growing okra that results in its being pickled. Then
it developed that Mrs. Alexander had been the processor.
Not, indeed, any Georgia moonshine soil.
The affable Depot Commander visited with his young
son, picked up a little "good-will offering” — Savannah-style
crabmeat stew — in The Free Press office, and revealed that
; he was probably going against doctor’s orders in making the
; visit, as he was wearing oversize shoes because of an infected
; big toe which he is supposed to be resting.
But Col. (Shotgun) Alexander, famous one-play athlete
from Wofford, couldn’t accept anything without giving some
thing in return, in the true tradition of a real Southern gen
tleman. and a fine family man. from Laurens, South Carolina.
“Nothing could be finer than to be in Carolina in the
mawnin’!”
Col. Alexander limped a little, but the old soldier in him
demanded a performance.
No purple people eater, he!
SEPTEMBER 22-23-21
Kiwanis Convention
Set for Atlanta
Over 1.000 Kiwanians from 127
clubs in Georgia will meet in At- i
lanta for a 3-day district con
vention beginning September 22.
Convention Headquarters will
be at the Dinkler-Plaza Hotei
with the Atlanta Club acting as
the host club. Morgan Thomas
of Marietta is convention chair
man.
Registration will begin Sunday
morning. Activities will get under
way that evening with a me
morial sendee and a keynote ad
dress by Dr. Monroe F. Swilley,
Jr. pastor of the Second-Ponce
de Leon Baptist Church in At
lanta.
Kiwanis International trustee.
Robert F. Weber of Detroit,
Michigan will speak at Monday’s
fellowship luncheon. Donald
"Red" Blanchard, for twenty
five years the master of cere
monies of the National Barn
Dance program aired on WLS.
Chicago, will be main speaker
at the Governor's Banquet that
evening. Dr. Edwin D. Harrison.
President of Georgia Institute of
Technology will address the
membership on the morning of
September 24. The convention
will close following a luncheon
address by past-President of
Kiwanis International. Albert J.
Tully.
The approximately 200 wives
attending will be treated to a
fashion show at Rich's on Mon
day morning. A tour of points of
interest in the Atlanta area will
I follow on Tuesday.
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The World Championship Out
board races will be held at Lake
Spivey September 5 through 9
This outstanding event in the
area of water wizz kids is spon
sored by the Decatur. Druid
Hills. Laurel Ridge and North
Decatur Lions clubs in coopera
tion with the National Outboard
Association and the owners of
Lake Spivey. Jonesboro, Ga.
A record is expected with al
most 600 entries competing for a
prize purse of 57.000.00 plus
trophies.
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be purchased by writing the
Decatur-DeKalb Lions, PO Box
1174. Decatur. Georgia. Tickets
at the gate will be 51.50. Any
profit earned by the Lions will
of course be used to finance
their community and state proj
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nation and from several points
in Canada have already been
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of NOA will be here for the meet
and the event will be seen later
on in the year over CBS tele
vision.
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ETHAN DOUGHERTY, son of Mr and Mrs. A. N. Dougherty, 113
Pineview Dr., Forest Park, has achieved the Eagle rank. He is a
member and Junior Assistant Scoutmaster of Troop 119. His
Scoutmaster is Mr. Shirley Hanson.
Morrow Teen
Club Set for
Fall Roundup
Morrow Teen Club Fall Round
up. Saturday night. September
7. 1963, 7:30-10:30 Morrow 7 Com
munity Center.
Come and enjoy dancing to
the music of the Vibrations,
Teen Band. Admission .50 or .25
if Teen Club Member. Chaper
oned and sponsored by Morrow
Lions Club. Morrow Junior
Woman’s Club and Morrow Civic
Woman's Club each first and
third Saturday night.
—MRS. D. L SHIRLEY. JR.
Chairman Youth Com.
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FOREST PARK GA