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Forest Park Scouts
To V isit W orld’s F air
After many months of planning and attention to
countless details, 25 Scouts and 6 adult leaders will leave
Forest Park, Saturday May 30th, for a week’s visit to the
New York World’s Fair. Traveling in their own bus, the
group plans to take two days to arrive in New York.
While at the Fair, the Scouts
will be guests of the . Greater
New York Scout Council and will
be staying at Camp Kaufmann,
on Long Island. The troop of
Scouts and their leaders will
sightsee along the way, camp
out and cook their own meals.
Returning will take three days
as the Scouts plan to spend one
day in Washington, D.C. The
troop of Boy Scouts will be wear
ing a special neckerchief, de
signed by the boys for this trip.
Troop and Post 169, under the
leadership of Davis Carter and
O. L. Broadwell, is sponsored by
JOIN VACATION
READING CLUB
ON MAY 30
Here's your opportunity to go
on a “Summer Safari” if you are
a child or young person living
in Clayton County or anywhere
within the Flint River Regional
Library area. This safari is avail
able to you through the reading
of good books from your local li
brary or bookmobile. Partici
pants in this adventure will be
those who join the Vacation
Reading Club which begins on
Saturday, May 30, and lasts until
Saturday, August 22.
To become a member of the
Vacation Reading Club, one must
have completed the first grade.
The reader joins this club by re
questing a booklet from his local
library or bookmobile. This book
let is to be used for the list of
books read and is to be turned in
on or before August 22.
A state certificate will be
awarded to each Vacation Read
ing Club member who reads 10
approved books. A gold seal cer
tificate will be awarded for read
ing 25 approved books. Certifi
cates will be awarded on the fol
lowing basis:
1. Vacation Reading Club
members entering the 2nd, 3rd
or 4th grades may read any ap
proved books they choose, either
fiction or non-fiction.
2. Those entering sth grade
and above, including high school
students, must read 33 1 / 3 f ; non
fiction. (3 books out of 10, 8 out
of 25).
Don’t miss the boat! Get your
booklet and begin your vacation
reading early.
Join the Vacation Reading
Club!
the First Baptist Church of For
est Park. E. D. Brown is com
mittee chairman. Upon return
of the troop, pictures will be
available and we hope that these
will be used in the newspaper.
LAKE CITY TO
HAVE ELECTION
Lake City, Georgia, is to have
an election June 27, this year.
They will vote for or against the
levy of an ad valorem tax of 5
mills. .
Mayor Rudolph W. Johnson
and council explain that a 5 mill
tax is desirable to provide the
people with the services required
and indeed needed, but that such
a tax must be approved by a ma
jority, and cannot be levied
without the consent of that ma
jority. The resolution of mayor
council can be found in the legal
pages of this paper, and sets out
the simple issue as will be shown
on the ballot papers.
Mayor and council hope most
sincerely that all eligible voters
will register their wishes June 27.
VOTE and give them a chance
to give YOU what you want.
PTA OFFICERS
INSTALLED AT
LAKE CITY
PTA officers for the 1964-65
school year were installed at the
regular meeting of the Lake City
Elementary School PTA Tuesday,
May 19, by Mrs. A. J. Frock,
County PTA president.
Those taking the oath of of
fice were: Mrs. Sam Lowe, presi
dent; Mrs. R. T. Raulins, first
vice president; Mrs. B. L. Law
rence, second vice president;
Mrs. J. W. Pollard, secretary; and
Mrs. Ernest A. Poulas, treasurer.
This being the final meeting
of the school year and of the
term of all committees, a mim
eographed annual report was
handed out to those present. A
questionnaire to evaluate the
type of programs that would be
most desirable for next year was
also distributed and collected at
the end of the meeting.
Mr. Wilbur H. Peacock, retiring
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545 Seniors to Receive
Degrees in Clayton
Next Monday is Graduation Day for all of Clayton County’s four high schools and
a total of 545 seniors will don the traditional caps and gowns for the occasion.
Forest Park High leads the list vdth a record 248 boys and girls bidding farewell to
the old school Monday night at 8 p.m. on Kiwanis Field, barring rain. If inclement
weather comes the exercises will be shifted to the school gymnasium.
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GAIL KIMBELL, Salutatorian
Gail Kimbell
Awarded
Scholarship
Gail Kimbell was presented
the B&PW Scholarship ($250.00 >
Award Monday evening, May 25,
during the graduation exercises.
Gail was selected from a group
of five senior girls as the recip
ient The senior girls who applied
were interviewed by the follow
ing panel of B&PW members:
Miss Laura Cofield, Chairman of
Personal Development Commit
tee; Mrs. Jewel Barton, Mrs
Virginia Holland and Mrs. Lucy
Jenkins, President of the B&PW
Club.. The interviews were held
at the Forest Park High School
and Mrs. Frances Lee, student
counselor, and Mr. M. E. Kirk
land, principal, sat in as observ
ers.
The Forest Park B&PW Club
annually presents a $250.00
scholarship to a deserving For
est Park senior girl who must
apply in writing for the scholar
ship and be interviewed by a
panel of B&PW members in or
der to be considered for the
award.
Gail will use the B&PW schol
arship to defray her expenses at
the Piedmont Hospital School of
Nursing where she has been ac
cepted and plans to enter as a
student June 5.
FOREST PARK, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, MAY 26, 1964
Jonesboro High is second in
the number of seniors due to be
graduated with 189 on the list.
North Clayton High will send
forth 63 and W. A. Fountain col
ored school of Forest Park, will
have 45.
Bacculauriate services will be
held Sunday at 3 p.m. by For
est Park with Malcolm Hill the
speaker. Valedictorian is Miss
Janie Dowdy. Salutatorian is
Miss Gail Kimbell.
The Panther school has 26
honor graduates: Julie Ann Bar
ton, Rodney Philip Bedingfield,
Mary Ann Bell, Marie Kristen
Callaway, Mary Ann Christian,
Patricia Dianne Clark, Sandra
Carol Collins, Ferol Sue Daniel,
Marylin Kay Davis, Janie Lee
Dowdy, Jeanne Marie Emert,
Carolyn Marie Fear. Doris Ann
Gullett, Linda Gail Kimbell,
Mary Jeanne Lancaster, Frances
Katherine McKibben, Mary Jane
Neunderfer, Teresa Anne Pitt
man, Stephen Russell Richards,
Jr., Claire Marie Spiker, Kathryn
Louise Spiker, Judith Ann Striet
elmeier, Frances Carolyn Thur
ston, Carole Lynn Turner, Wan
da Kay Yawn.
Principal Kirkland announces
that summer school for Clayton
Thomas Uffelman New
Atlanta Scout Executive
County students will be held at
the local school June 8-17. Reg
istration date is June 4 from 9
a.m. until 12:30 p.m.
Students will be permitted to
take only one course, either new
or makeup. School day will be 8
a.m to 12:30 p.m. Cost for the
course is S3O. The state’s regula
tion requirement is 120 clock
hours for one unit of work.
Baccalaureate at Jonesboro
High will be Sunday at 2:30 in
the high school gym. Graduation
exercises will be Monday eve
ning on the football field except,
in case of rain, it will be in the
high school gym.
The Rev. Philo McKennon of
Presbyterian Church of Jones
boro will deliver the baccalaur
eate address. Valedictorian is
Cathy Cowan.
North Clayton’s baccalaureate
service will be Sunday at 3 p.m.
at the Second Baptist Church of
College Park with the Rev. Hoyt
Sewell of College Park First
Methodist speaking. Graduation
will be Monday night at 8 o’clock
on the athletic field. Steve Davis
is the Valedictorian.
W. A. Fountain school will
have its baccalaureate Sunday
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Mr. Thomas R. Uffelman, Dep
uty Executive of the National
Capital Area Council, has been
promoted to the position of
Scout Executive of the Atlanta
Area Council, Boy Scouts of
America. The Council, a twelve
county area, in which he will
now serve as the top executive,
is ranked as one of the outstand
ing metropolitan Councils in
America.
Mr. Uffelman began his duties
in the Atlanta Area on May 18.
The announcement was made by
Arthur Perkins, District Chair
man of the Tara District and a
member of the Board of the At
lanta Area council, Inc., Boy
Scouts of America.
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Edmonds Answers
Ousted Counselor
FRED BOWERS
NEW COACH OF
FOREST PARK
Forest Park High School has a
new football coach.
The name is Fred Bowers, a
graduate of Auburn, who will as
sume charge next fall as Milton
McDonald, head coach for the
past two years, moves into the
position of assistant principal to
M. E. Kirkland.
Allen Johnson, who served as
assistant principal, has become
principal of Lake City School,
succeeding Wilbur H. Peacock,
who has retired from the school
system to enter business.
Principal Kirkland made the
announcement, stating that
Coach Bowers comes to Forest
Park with a fine record at Jack
son (Ga.) High School where in
the last two years he has enjoyed
fine campaigns, losing only three
games all told.
Coach McDonald, who was on
the Panther staff for three years
prior to becoming head coach,
won two games last season and
one the year before.
Mr. Kirkland stated that all
the assistant coaches will re
main. They are Ken Avinger,
John Smith, Fred Dean and Billy
Livingston.
New Carpet
Center Opens
In College Park
Two local well-known broth
ers, Tommy and Doug Mathis,
have planned one of the nicest
carpet centers at 3753 Main St.,
College Park, to help you select
all you need in carpets and rugs
to complete or renew your home.
Tommy, the elder brother
moved here with his parents
after graduating from Adel, Ga.,
has since married Ethel Strick
land and has three children.
Doug has had ten years with
the Alexander Smith Wholesale
Carpet & Rug Company, and
brings to the business a thorough
knowledge of buying, which will
enable them to offer you the
best prices possible.
His wife is the former “Jenny”
Denmark, particularly well
known for her work as secre
tary of Live Oak Baptist Church
before the arrival of their
youngest child. She will be “at
your service” in the new store,
where you will enjoy seeing the
tremendous range of color offer
ed by these well known and liked
young people. Drop in and say
“Hallo”—this Saturday, May 30.
Grant Approved for
New Health Center
The Department of Health,
Education and Welfare today
advised Congressman John J.
Flynt, Jr. of approval of a grant
in amount of $30,000 to the
North Clayton Auxiliary for con
struction of,.a_new Health. Cen-
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To Cherry Kin
Clayton County School Super
intendent Ed Edmonds gives the
following reply in the matter of
the dismissal of Earl Cherry,
counselor at Jonesboro High
School—
Mr. Robert Coram
The Atlanta Journal
Atlanta, Georgia
Dear Mr. Coram:
The minutes of the Clayton
County Board of Education dated
May 4, 1964. read as follows:
The Superintendent read a
letter of evaluation on Mr. Earl
Cherry from the Principal of the
Jonesboro Senior High School
and recommended that he not
be re-elected for the year 1964-
65. It was moved by Mr. Lowell
W. Northcutt, seconded by Mrs.
E. W. Baker that Mr. Cherry not
be given a contract for 1964-65.
After much discussion, the
Chairman of the Board of Edu
cation asked for a show of hands
and the motion carried unani
mously. The letter sent to Mr.
Earl Cherry is being made a
part of the Clayton County
Board of Education minutes and
reads as follows:
Mr. Earl Cherry
Jonesboro Senior High School
Jonesboro, Georgia
Dear Mr. Cherry:
At the regular meeting of the
Clayton County Board of Educa
tion held on May 4, 1964, upon
the recommendations of the
principal and of the superin
tendent, the board voted unani
mously not to renew your con
tract for the school year 1964-
65. The reasons for such action
are as follows:
1. During the three years you
have been employed by the Clay
ton County School System we
have seen very little evidence of
professional growth.
2. You seem to have difficulty
in concurring with administra
tive regulations.
3. You have difficulty in rec
onciling personal business and
your school obligations.
4. Not complying with admin
istrative requests and policies re-
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lative to student regulations.
We feel in all fairness to you
and to the Clayton County
School System such action was
necessary.
Sincerely yours,
J. E. Edmonds, Superintendent
CLAYTON COUNTY SCHOOLS
It is the professional responsi
bility of any and all Georgia
school superintendents to recom
mend all school personnel. To
violate this standard can mean
the loss of accrediation by both
the Georgia Accrediting Com
mission and the Southern Assoc
iation of Colleges and Schools.
Mr. Earl Cherry was given an
opportunity in our county to
show the school people of Geor
gia that he could grow into a
professional educator. He has
lost every position that he has
ever held in the following Geor
gia school systems: Cobb County,
Bartow County. Grady County,
Toombs County and Clay Coun
ty, Florida. The reasons why he
was not re-elected in these sys
tems, in many instances, are
the same as ours. We retained
Mr. Cherry for three years in the
hope that he would show pro
fessional growth.
At no time has the Georgia
Education Association election
been discussed with Mr. Earl
Cherry and at no time has he
been promised a position in our
county to stay out of the election
for County School Superintend
ent. These statements are typi
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Frank Maddox
Issues Open Letter
In opening his active cam
paign for the 6th Congressional
District, Frank Maddox has is
sued an open letter to the voters
of the sixteen counties compris
ing the 6th District.
In this letter, Mr. Maddox, a
Jonesboro businessman seeking
public office for the first time,
outlines his campaign platform
with emphasis on strengthening
our military position to fight
limited wars and deter all-out
war; improving conditions for
impoverished families, and sound
labor principles and practices.
Mr. Maddox suggests a unique
approach to the problem of fed
eral medical assistance by pro
posing temporary allotments of
10 per cent to 20 per cent of ben
efits to persons receiving Social
Security benefits and in need of
assistance to meet valid medical
expenses.
Mr. Maddox is opposing Rep.
Jack Flynt of Griffin.