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KEN BYERS, District Manager, and Jack Young, District Plant Manager, both
of Atlanta, show Mayor Hugh Dickson, of Jonesboro, how the cutover will be
made in the Southern Bell office. Byers holds one of the ropes which will jerk
Thirty Educators Commend
Clayton School System
Thirty outstanding educators from throughout the Southeast made a study of Clay
ton County elementary and junior high schools last week.
Clayton County Elementary Schools have made great strides in improving every
phase of their program in the past few years. The work has been carried on under the
auspices of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools whereby educators join in
a reciprocal program improving educational opportunities for boys and girls.
Local schools study every phase
of their educational framework.
They examine the reason for
being, or purposes of the school;
the program of studies; the
people involved in the process
of education, both professional
and non-professional workers;
the facilities and equipment
used in the process; the ways in
which the community and
school interact; and the manner
and effectiveness with which
the school is administered.
Then an examination and
study is made by professional
people who objectively appraise
a school system. This is the fifth
step in the procedure required to
achieve accreditation in the
Southern Association of Col
leges and Schools.
The committee commended
the system on the outstanding
efforts and achievement put
B. C. Haynie
Is Foreman
Os Grand Jury
The May Term of the Grand
Jury was empaneled by Judge
Harold R. Banke on May 4, 1964.
B. C. Haynie was elected Fore
man; J. A. Waller, Assistant
Foreman; J. Ivan Born, Secre
tary, and G. W. Looney, Assist
ant Secretary. Members of the
Grand Jury for the May Term
are:
W. E. Adams, Box 103, Ellen
wood; O. H. Adamson, Ellen
wood; Ray F. Adams, Stage
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NEW LOCATION
100“ S. Central Avenue, Forest Park
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Thursday, May 14, will be the day when your two favo-
N rite newspapers will move over onto Central Avenue, to make
room for a very important new building. The Forest Park
Free Press, Clayton County News and Farmer, and the Forest
J Park News will be re-located at 1007 S. Central Avenue, just
across the railroad, where you will find the usual warm wel
come and attention to your needs.
We regret leaving Main Street and our wonderful neigh
- bors, but the progress of our county must be served, and the
; new bank building going up on our old homesite may well be
h an added asset to city and county. So, we’ll do our best and
: ; look for “you all” at 1007 S. Central Avenue, on and after
$ Thursday.
forth to determine its strength
and needs. It was also compli
mentary of the professional
esprit de corps and general ex
cellence of the school program.
Since the major objective of
this effort is the improvement
of education at all levels, all
schools must measure up to high
standards of excellence both
qualitatively and quantitatively.
It is generally known that
this county has problems which
stem from its rapid population
growth. Because of this fact
more classrooms are always
needed. This is a recommenda
tion made in all growing coun
ties.
A second recommendation and
one commonly made, was that
all schools be provided with
librarians and more library ma
terials.
Armed Forces
Day Is for
The Public
HEADQUARTERS, THIRD U. S.
ARMY, Ft. McPherson, Ga.—
Lt. Gen. Albert Watson 11, com
manding the Third Army, is ex
tending a public invitation to
visit the Army posts in his Army
during Armed Forces Week (May
9 through 16). Open Houses are
scheduled at most posts on Sat
urday, May 16.
At each of the eight posts in
the seven-state area displays of
equipment and demonstrations
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Clayton County Schools plan
to meet the recommendations of
the committee and will be one
of the first large school systems
in the state to achieve this high
standard of excellence. There
are fourteen elementary schools
in the system and two junior
high schools.
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LITTLE MISS FOREST PARK
Pictured above are the winners of the Forest
Park Optimist Club’s Annual Little Miss Forest
Park Contest held last Saturday night. Left to
right; Second Runnerup Dereth Richardson of
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out the blocking plugs. At right, between two of the rows of equipment, Switch
man Walter Jones tells Mayor Dickson and Manager Albert Harrell about some
of the intricacies of telephone switching.
New Central Telephone Office
To Open in Jonesboro May 17
By JACK TROY
At 2:01 a.m. on May 17, Jonesboro’s new crossbar telephone central office will go
into service, putting the finishing touch to Southern Bell’s $1,500,000 expansion and im
provement of service in the Jonesboro area.
Why 2:01 a.m.? Because it’s
not likely that many calls will
be in progress at that hour.
Albert Harrell, Southern Bell’s
Jonesboro manager, conducted a
preview of the new equipment
and plans for cutting it into
service, for Mayor Hugh Dickson
and myself, along with other
telephone officials.
We saw great banks of “cross
bar switches”, “frames” and
other associated equipment re
quired to connect a Jonesboro
telephone with any other tele
phone his dial may select, in
Jonesboro, in the Metropolitan
toll-free calling area, or by long
distance, with any other tele
phone in the country.
The equipment is so complex
and its operation so ingenious
that an outsider, even after an
J. E. Edmonds School, winner Hazel Medforth
of J. E. Edmonds School and First Runnerup
Gail Bryson ut Mountain View School.
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explanation by the people who
operate it, can only marvel that
such a system could be developed
and made to work. It has built
in testing equipment which
automatically punches a card
showing where the trouble is
when a call encounters difficulty
going through the equipment.
Meantime the call is automati
callly switched to an alternate
path.
“This is the most modern and
versatile kind of central office
in regular service to the coun
try,” Harrell said. “It is more
efficient than the step-by-step
office it replaces.”
It was interesting to see how
the cutover will be effected. At
present each telephone is con
nected to both the old and the
nw central offices. The switches
in the new crossbar office have
been made inoperative by scores
of small blocking plugs which
must be pulled out to put the
office into service.
String has been run through
eyes in the plugs and attached
to a rope tied at the top and
bottom of each bank of switches.
At the appointed time men
will jerk the ropes, pulling out
the plugs, while others begin
snipping the small copper wires
running back to the old office.
The cutover will be accom
plished in a matter of seconds.
After the cut Jonesboro users
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AND COMING SOON TO FRANCHISED
BETTER EATING ESTABLISHMENTS
Little League
Opens Sat.
This Saturday will see the beginning of another Little
League season. Little League enthusiasts are looking for
the best turn out ever, and preparations have reached the
perfection level.
The great day will start with a parade starting at 10
a.m. taking in Main Street and
the principle streets on route to
the ground. The parade will be
headed by the Forest Park High
School Band, the Mayor and
Council, and decorated cars, and
will be an extra “kick-off” for
one of the most exciting days for
everybody concerned.
Barbecue will be served from
11 a.m. till 6 p.m. at the youth
center and tickets are on sale
now, from any member of the
Forest Park Athletic Association.
You can also get your ticket at
the day, but you can help by
Wilbur Peacock Honored
By Lake City PTA
Wilbur H. Peacock, principal of
Lake City Elementary School
was honored along with his staff
of teachers by the Parents-
Teachers association with a
Teachers’ Appreciation Day on
May 7th.
Mr. Peacock accepted on be
half of the school a portrait of
himself to be permanently hung
in the school honoring him as
first principal. Mr. Peacock is
resigning this year.
The day of commemoration
started at 9 a.m. when the room
representatives presented their
respective teachers with a cor
sage and a gift from the par
ents and students of their class.
Afterwards the mothers were
served coffee and do-nuts by the
executive committee. Later they
returned to the classroom to re
lieve the teachers of their duties.
The faculty was then honored
at a coffee by the executive com
mittee at which time Mr. Pea
cock was presented his personal
gift as well as the portrait for
the school, by Mrs. Sam Lowe,
president.
At 4 p.m. a tea was given in
honor of the faculty by the
P.T.A. with all parents invited to
attend. Gifts received in the
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Photo by Derickson Studio
Principal Wilbur H. Peacock accepts from PTA President Mrs.
Sam Lowe a portrait of himself to be hung in the Lake City Ele
mentary School, honoring him as its first principal. The life
size portrait, made by Derickson Studio, was accepted by Mr.
Peacock in behalf of his staff on Teachers’ Appreciation Day,
May 7.
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Phone 366-5115
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buyinfg them in advance. Lucky
ticket holder will win a portable
TV set.
Continuous ball games will go
on all day with extra events,
such as hay rides, and other
games to help entertain you.
Let’s turn out in numbers to
make this a really GREAT DAY
for our youngsters. No need to
leave the game to go home for
lunch, that barbecue will be the
best you ever had, so let’s enjoy
. it, and make the day a huge
success.
Clayton Men
Honored By
Ford Company
Two Clayton County men were
honored last Thursday at Ford
Motor Company’s annual Com
munity Relations banquet.
A winner of “Ford Good Citi
zen Award plaque was L. B.
Cheaves of 164 Catherine Street,
Forest Park.
Mr. Cheaves, who works in the
assembly plant’s material con
trol department, has been active
in politics for several years, and
was elected to the Forest Park
City Council last year. He has
been an official and Sunday
school teacher at the Forest
Park First Baptist Church, and
has been active in charity fund
drives.
A Community Service Citation
certificate was received by Wal
ter R. Camp of Lake Jodeco
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