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Coaches and athletic directors of Region 4AAA high schools
held their annual confab at Forest Park High Saturday, re
aligned somewhat and arranged their baseball, track, tennis
and golf schedules. They also completed their football sched
uling. Shown around the conference table, left to right: Ralph
Brandon, principal of Cross Keys High; Milton McDonald, ath
Region 4-AAA Realigned
For 1964 Campaigns
Realignment of Region 4-AAA, which takes place gene
rally every two years, has been effected in the Georgia In
terscholastic Athletic Association, and both Forest Park
High and Jonesboro High, formerly in the West subregion,
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JUDY BENTON
Judy Benton Named
FTA District Officer
Miss Judy Benton, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Homer R. Benton
of Ferry Drive, Forest Park, has
been elected Vice Director of the
sth District Future Teachers of
America. Judy is a junior at For-’
est Park High, cheerleader, a
member of the debate team, and |
a member of the FHA. Dele
gates from the 35 high schools)‘
in the sth District met at a ban
quet at Pritchetts in Atlanta,‘
when nine contestants com- |
peted. Our congratulations toi
Judy.
Blalock, Lee Report On 1964 Legislature
We feel that the General As
sembly had a constructive and
unusually busy session which
dealt with a number of most
important programs, that will
move our state forward. In the
House a total of 839 bills and
resolutions were offered, in the
Senate 309, total for both bodies
1148. Os this number 744 were
favorably approved. The remain
ing ones automatically die with
the ending of the session. This
was not an easy session—with
time being insufficient to con
sider several important needs.
Education had top priority.
Passage of this package of legis
lative reforms in our educational
system will in time be very help
ful in all phases of education in
our state. Our County will cer
tainly reap appreciable benefits
from these changes. To assist
with financing the New and
Forward look in education addi
tional state taxes were ap
proved, mainly on items con
sidered luxuries. The so-called
3% vendors tax rebate which all
retail merchants have been re
ceiving over the years for col=-
@he Forest Park Free ress
Clagton County News and Farmer
“|aré'now in the South.
That is to say, there is no long
er an East and West within the
region but a North and South,
and these two Clayton County
schools, previously listed the
West, now are both in the South
and instead of six schools five
schools in this sub-division.
And whereas there are just
five in this bracket there are
seven high schools in the Nor
thern division. :
In the South are Forest Park,
Jonesboro, Decatur High, Grif
fin High and Robert E. Lee. They
must play four games within
their subregion to be eligible for
a playoff for the regional cham
pionship.
The North embraces seven
schools — Towers High near
Avondale, which is a new school;
Avondale, SW DeKalb, Gordon,
Druid Hills, Briarcliff, and Cross
"Keys. All DeKalb High schools
are in this subregion—all save
| Decatur, which has its own city
system.
| The North sector, being lar
|ger, must in each case play six
games within its subregion to be
eligible for the playoff for titu
lar honors.
Last year the West was com
posed of Forest Park, Jonesboro,
Griffin, Decatur, Gordon and
[SW DeKalb, and the East was
Avondale, Briarcliff, Cross Keys,
Robert E. Lee and Druid Hills.
The new subregional set-ups
apply in football, baseball, track,
tennis and golf.
| ""At the meeting held in For-
lecting, handling and remitting
sales tax came up for repeal.
Your delegation opposed this
measure as initially introduced.
A compromise was finally agreed
upon with a $120,000 annual
gross sale figure and wunder
being unaffected by the act,
‘thereby saving for a majority of
our retail business people their
earned remuneration for a time
consuming service for our state.
Congressional redistricting had
its place at this session. This was
a tough problem from the word
go and created a great deal of
debate, discussion and activity.
The plan as finally passed in
the late hours of the last day
provided a more equitable popu
lation of Georgia’s ten congres
sional districts. Clayton County
became a part of the new sixth
district (formerly the fourth).
The new sixth district in the
final tally and shuffle is the
largest district in Georgia, based
on the 1960 census figures,
which we of necessity had to use
in our deliberations.
Speed traps were discouraged
to a degree by requiring all
l:t;c director and head football coach at Forest Park High; (
Dewey Alverson, head football coach of SW DeKalb High and
secretary of Region 4AAA; Rodney Shenk, Jonesboro High |
baseball coach, and M. E. Kirkland, principal of Forest Park
High. ; :
(Photo by Derickson Studio)
est Park High last Saturday this
pow wow in which Dewey Alver
son of SW DeKalb and secretary
of the association, was in charge.
Some open dates remain to be
filled but football is complete
and baseball is almost complete.
Subregion 2-AA has also done
some realigning with College
Park joining up with the South
giving that subregion seven
schools — College Park, North
Clayton, Henry County, Troup
County, Newnan, Campbell of
Fairburn, and Lakeshore.
The North circuit of 2-AA con
sists of two new members, St.
Pius and Russell High, to add to
Headland, Sandy Springs, Hape
ville and Douglas County. Milton
has dropped out and gone into
A. Thus the North subregion has
six schools and the South seven.
The Search for Miss Clayton
County Is Well Underway
“ Preparation for the Miss
Clayton County Pageant for
1964 are proceeding in a proper
manner, and all committees are
functioning quite well”, said
Jack Pfeiffer, Jonesboro Jaycee
president and general chairman.
The pageant, sponsored an
nually by the Jaycees of Jones
boro, will be held at the Jones
boro Junior High School, on
Friday, April 3, begining at 8:00
m.
r Through the diligent efforts of
sheriffs not on a salary to be
compensated by salary in lieu of
fees within the next 24 months.
Clayton County’s sheriff office
and other county officials are
not affected by this new statue
since the salary system has been
in effect here in Clayton County
for a number of years.
~ Georgia’s prison system had
favorable attention with a num
ber of changes being passed
which have the overall purpose
of improving and alleviating a
high prison population. - These
new requirements will insure
major changes for progress in
this department of state gov
ernment. Better rehabilitation
and classification should be the
end result.
Time off to vote is now
allowed, by appropriate legisla
tion, during first two hours or
last two hours of work day, pro
vided working hours do not per
mit one voting time while polls
are open, this is to insure and
encourage everyone to vote.
Billboards on Interstate routes
became subject to regulations to
qualify Georgia for additional
FOREST PARK, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, MARCH 3, 1964
Earnest Adamson
Announces for
Senate Race
Earnest L. Adamson of Jones
boro announced this week that
he would be a candidate for the
Senate from the 44th Senatorial
District in the state primary in
September. The 44th Senatorl?yl
District includes Clayton, Heni
and Rockdale counties. '
Mr. Adamson is 47 years old
and is a lifelong resident of
Clayton County. He has lived in
the county for all but four years
during World War II when he
served in the Navy in the South
Pacific area.
Since World War II Mr. Adam
son has been in the real estate
business in Jonesboro, He has
served on the Board of Educa
tion for four years and as Jones
boro Justice of the Peace for
eight years.
Mr. Adamson stated, “The
needs of our district can best be
served by a senator of mature
judgment looking forward to our
continued growth and progress.
the entries committee, a pro
longed search is being made for
contestants to best represent
our county, and the results so
far are very pleasing, with the
entry of five most beautiful and
charming young ladies. This re
port was made by Bill Roberts,
entries chairman.
“Southern Charm” is the basic
and overall theme of the pag
eant, since the contestants par
ticipating therein best represent
these ideals. The stage settings
will follow this theme by con
federal funds. Beautification of
\such highways was another fac
tor. This subject created con
siderable interest from many
sources.
- Only two local bills affecting
Clayton County were proposed
and passed. One dealt with
street and road work in cities by
county government with county
funds, which we feel will afford
a greater latitude for our county‘
governing authority in providing
such services in all areas of
Clayton County. The other local
bill concerned our new Civil and
Criminal Court which will begin
functioning on January 1, 1965.
In the act creating this court
which was passed at the 1963
session a jury of six was speci
fied. This was reduced to five
with this change and should re
sult in savings in years ahead.
Rapid growth has made -clear
the pressing need for estab
lishing this new court.
Appropriate General Legisla
tion was formulated and intro
duced to correct recent and firm
contentions of the State Reve-
Citizens Bank of Clayton
County Coming to Forest Park
A new bank is coming to For
est Park.
It willi be named Citizens Bank
of Clayton County and the lo
cation will be somewhere on
Main Street.
Charter was filed at the court
house in Jonesboro recently with
five men’s names listed as char
ter members, all of which was
published in the County’s official
legal newspaper, The Forest
Park Free Press, on Tuesday.
Os course, the charter must
yet be granted but it is unlikely
to be denied.
Heading the group is Henry C.
Dorsey, retired manager of the
Ford Plant in Hapeville and now
prominent real estate owner of
Forest Park.
Charles (Chuck) Wells, mana
ger of the South Expressway
branch of the Citizens & South
ern bank.
Dr. E. A. Dunbar, Jr.,, promi
nent Forest Park doctor and
resident.
Fred Durden of Forest Park,
developer of subdivisions and
long prominent in that field.
Guy Benefield of Forest Park.
According to the charter the
slate will contain two additional
names.
- Although Mr. Wells is sched
uled to be manager of the new
bank, those involved deny that
Citizens & Southern is behind
the project. It is known C&S
has been interested for some
time in coming into this city.
Construction of a brand-new
building to house the Bank of
@layton County is likely to begin
about mid-summer. ;
Forest Park has one bank,
known as the Bank of Forest
Park, and one savings bank,
Clayton County Federal Savings
and Loan hoth are located on
Main St.
In its charter application the
group stated:
“The amount of capital stock
of said bank shall be One Hun
dred Thousand Dollars (SIOO,-
000.00), and in addition to said
capital stock, said bank will have
paid-in surplus in the amount
of One Hundred Thousand Dol
lars ($100,000.00) and undivided
profits in the amount of Fifty
Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00);
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struction of a Southern colonial
mansion-type scene, according
to Roy Garber, staging chair
man,
To date, all trophies, that is,
the first, second, and third
places, plus the Miss Con
geniality trophy, have been
secured, along with the scholar
ship awards.
Plan to attend the Miss Clay
ton County Pageant for 1964,
and look forward to a gala
affair.
nue Department that the Clay
’ton County water system, since
its creation, was and had been
‘subject to the Sales and Use
%Tax Act. Their claim was in
excess of $171,000 due. With
existing law on our side and
after extensive handling the
assessment was cancelled by the
Revenue Department. There
after we withdrew the proposed
corrective legislation. Settlement
of this dispute, involving a func
tion of this county’s govern
ment, was most beneficial to the
financial condition of the peo
ple’s water system in Clayton
County.
We often hear from people in
all walks of life, throughout
Georgia, that the County of
Clayton is being recognized and
well known as a strong, progres
sive, modern and leading county\
in our State. The fact that all
citizens constituting Clayton’s‘
population have been and are
collectively working together in’
the interest of this county
makes this appraisal abundantly
true, Sl s
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BREAK GROUND IN SNOWSTORM
Ground was broken in a snowstorm for the
building to house the Progressive Die & Engi
neering Co. in Triangle Park last Tuesday. The
snow can be plainly seen as Photographer Bill
Derickson shot the co-owners wielding shovels
— Max Bond at left and Grover Schenck at
right. The others present, looking on, are, left
to right: Robert Matthews, Triangle Park de
Sabin Oral Sunday
Set for March 15-22
‘ Remember March 15 and
March 22, Each of those days is
‘Sabin Oral Sunday again, mark
iing the second stage of the At-
Jlanta area mass immunization
program against polio.
~ This time, at immunization
centers in every neighborhood
of Fulton and Clayton counties,
Type 111 Sabin oral vaccine will
be offered to everyone over six
weeks of age, including adults
over 40.
It is particularly important
that there be a record turnout
on March 15—or March 22—as
physicians report that thou
sands of adults who received
Sabin oral vaccine during a
previous campaign in this area
did not get Type 111. Therefore,
anyone who is not sure what
type he had before should, to
be safe, get his dosage on this
occasion,
The S-O-S centers are manned
by volunteer workers, including
physicians, nurses, pharmacists
and representatives of civie,
educational, business and youth
Official Notice Os
Change Os Polling Place
This is official notice that the polling
place for the Jonesboro General Militia
District is hereby changed from the
Jonesboro Recreation Center to the
ground floor of the New Clayton County
Courthouse in Jonesboro, Georgia.
This change is effective for the Clay
ton County Primary Election on April
4, 1964, and the run-off, if needed, on
April 18, 1964, and for all future elections
until further notice.
W. W. WELLS, Secretary,
Clayton County Democratic Executive
Committee
JOE T. LANE, Ordinary
Clayton County
P. K. DIXON, Chairman,
Commissioners of Roads & Revenue,
Clayton County
Now You Can Enjoy . .."The Best Thing That Ever
Happened to a Chicken”
Now Serving Our Fabulous
*Chicken Steals Sandwich
THE DWARF HOUSE
I4APEVILLE |
% Registered by The Dwarf House
veloper; J. B. Burns, Clayton McLendon, brok
er; Clayton Commission chairman P. K. Dixon;
John Dean, Clayton Chamber of Commerce
president; Chester Lane, manager-secretary of
the Clayton CC; James A Duncan, Clayton
commissioner; and Bill Lee, Clayton Repre
sentative.
organizations. The centers are
well organized, and experience‘
from the Sabin Oral Sundays on
Feb. 9 and 16—when Type I
Sabin vaccine was given—has
shown that the immunization
procedure takes no more than
five or ten minutes for each in-‘
dividual.
Sabin vaccine is taken by
mouth on a lump of sugar, or by
dropper in the case of infants.
All three types of the vaccine
are necessary for complete im
munization against polio, and‘
Type II Sabin vaccine—which
will complete the necessary |
series—will be administered on
Jaycees Searching
For Mystery Man
The search for Forest Parks’
“Mystery Man” is in the final
week. The Forest Park Jaycee
Membership drive is in full
swing. The drive will continue
through the first week in May,
but the mystery man must be
found this week. The young man
for whom we are looking is of
Jaycee age, between 21 and 35.
He is married and expecting a
baby, he drives a red Ford and
lives in the Scott Boulevard area.
If you are a Jaycee and can find
and enlist this man you will win
a free trip for you and your wife
to the State convention at Jekyll
Island May 7,8, and 9th (your
registration will be paid) If you
are not a member but eligible,
you may join and bring the
CONFIDENTIAL
FUNDS NOW
AVAILABLE!
SI,OOO up secured by Real
Estate — Consolidate Debts
— Residential or Business
— 2nd and Ist Mortgage
Money. Easy to Repay —
Quick, Convenient Service.
CALL 523.7645
Banker’s Mutual
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PUBLISHED WEEKLY
April 19 and 26. 25
‘ Although some persons missed
| getting Type I in February, they
| should certainly avail them
| selves of the opportunity to get
‘}the other two types in March
| and April. Type I will be avail
lable later from personal phy
sicians.
| Another point to remember is
that the Sabin vaccine series
not only provides immunization
against polio but also prevents
anyone from being a carrier of
the dread virus. Thus, by get
| ting the full dosage, you can
'|strike a double blow at the
~crippling disease.
“mystery man” with you and
still win the trip.
We are calling all young men
of Jaycee age to come and visit
our meetings and get in the
swing of Jayceeism. Ours is one
of the most vibrant and dynamic
groups to which you can belong.
If you would like to inquire about
the Jaycees you may call me O.
W. “Chris” Gardner, publicity
director, at 366-4706, Tommy
Vaughn, President 366-3149 or
Vice President and in charge of
this membership Drive, Joe Mc-
Daniel, 767-3539. Time is fastly
closing on your chances of ever
being a Jaycee, after 35 it is
too late you can never have been
a Jaycee.