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+ Free Press—News & Farmer. Tuesday, May 26, 1964
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ATLANTA ARMY DEPOT—Mrs. Doris S. Conner, 120 Mimosa Dr.,
Forest Park, receives Performance Award certificate for quality
step pay increase from Col. W. B. Avery, Regional Commander,
Southeast Traffic Region, Defense Traffic Management Service,
as Miss Celeste Scheve, Chief, Administrative Services Branch,
looks on. Mrs. Conner was recognized for her exceptional per
formance of duties as a Clerk (Typing), in the DTMS. She has
been a Depot employe 14 years, is affiliated with the Forest
Park First Baptist Church, and has three children: Gerald Eu
gene, who is with the U.S. Air Force in Germany; Peggy Dianne,
a student at Forest Park Senior High School, and Charles
Michael, who attends Forest Park Junior High School,
(U.S. Army Photo)
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! Okefenokee Ranks
As Outstanding
Tourist Attraction
The great Okefenokee area,
which fascinated the earliest In
dian inhabitants of the South-■
east with its natural snlendor]
and gravitational pull of mys-•
tery, still ranks as truly unique.
It is really the only thing in
Georgia which can be called
unique in the world of nature.:
Stone Mountain can be com- 1
pared with the Black Hills, Sa-;
vannah with New Orleans or j
Charleston, our mountain;
streams with Colorado, our
beaches with Florida and on and
on. Everything we boost as a
tourist attraction is at best
better than some other place
like it and in most cases, not
quite so good.
But the Okefenoke is differ
ent. It can be compared to
nothing because there is no
place anywhere similar to it. It
is really a credit to the people of
Georgia to have left it too, in
its own natural and glorious
state.
The area is called “swamp,”
but it is not. Actually it is an
area of fresh water and islands.
Fishing in the Okefenokee is
excellent, bird watching un
matched, nature study at its
best.
The giant cypress, burdened
with Spanish moss, reflected in
the clear dark waters are a
haven to numerous wildlife
species. And humans find this
setting rather a haven too for
quiet relaxation . . . punctuated
occasionally however by the
shrill call of a restless bird or
the splash of water by a bass
after some choice insect or the
quiet ripple of wavelets as an
alligator moves slowly to a new
position. As dusk falls the in
terruptions to quietude come
with greater frequency and vol
ume and you may hear the cry
of some wild cat or a bull ’gator
protesting with thunder to some
unknown.
The nature lover could find no
finer place to visit and marvel
at the wonders of Mother Na
ture. The camera fan’s fondest
dream is answered by the multi
tude of subjects against a back
ground—which may be misty or
penetrating, depending upon the
time of day, but one which is
always mystic.
At the Okefenokee Swamp
Park there are regular shows by
the snake handlers, including
the milking of a rattlesnake. To
photograph or just watch pro
vides many exciting memories.
The park also offers a wide se
lection of the various animals
and reptiles native to the area,
all to be viewed in perfect safety
through bars or space.
The Okefenokee is another
world. It is the kind of place
which no visitor to it ever for
gets . . . nor quits talking about.
THEN THE EGG BEATER
She was something of a vamp,
so they transferred her from
haberdashery to woodenware in
the basement.
“Don’t see many flirts down
here, do you, Marie?” asked the
floorwalker.
“Naw; the only interesting
thing I’ve seen was a potato
masher.”
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Jonesboro Band Presents
Concert at Callaway
On Saturday May 16, the Jonesboro Senior High Symphonic Band presented a va
riety concert at Ida Cason Callaway Gardens. After several light concert selections, the
band played a series of “special” pop arrangements while featuring the Cardinal Major
ettes.
Following the band’s program, Abb’s Dixieland Band continued to please the large
Chit-Chat
By CHICASAW
In the May 17 issue of Grit,
a weekly newspaper, with Na
tional circulation, published in
Williamsport, Pa., contained an
editorial that we think is worthy
of quoting: /
“SECOND LOOK AT CIVIL
RIGHTS BILL”
Although the civil rights bill
has been passed by the house,
the stalling of it in the Senate
through a filibuster has given
the American people opportu
nity to take a second look. And
some of what they see is giving
many persons serious misgivings,
a fact emphasized by the sur
prising showing of Governor
George C. Wallace, of Alabama,
an avowed segregationist, in
presidential primaries in the
North. /
In its entirety the bill is so
long and complicated that even
a person with a trained legal
mind has difficulty understand
ing it. For this reason, a study
of the measure made by six dis
senting members of the House
Judiciary Committee—all expe
rienced lawyers—and the con
clusions they reach are of timely
and pertinent interest. Here are
some of their major points:
Under one controversial pro
vision the bill would restrict the
right of homeowners to rent, ta«
lease, or sell their properties as
free individuals, similarly re- ,
striding the right of realtors to
perform as free operators.
Under another, segregation
would be prohibited not only in
hotels, motels, restaurants, but.
indeed, in many other kinds of ;
businesses.
Under a third, the right of
employers to hire, promote, and
discharge employees would be
limited by federal edict, and
similarly the right of labor
unions to choose their own
membership.
In all of these areas, if the
measure is enacted in its present
form and signed into law, the
federal government conceivably
will be able to usurp the consti
tutional rights of individuals,
| management and Unions and
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in the school auditorium with
the Rev. James M. Proctor, di
rector of religion at Morris
Brown University, the speaker.
Graduation exercises will be
Monday at 7:30 p.m. Valedictor
ian is Hubert Hale, Jr., and salu
tatorian is Thelma Annette
Clark.
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By Pope Dickson
“Prosperity is a great teach
er; adversity is a greater.
Possession pampers the
mind; privation trains and
strengthens it. .. .” Hazlitt
We hear much of the great ed
ucation and moral strength
ening to be gained from ad
versity and privation. We
wouldn’t presume to argue
this point—far be it—but we
are often moved to wonder if
it is so utterly debasing to be
spoiled just a bit by the boun
teous prosperity within the
reach of most citizens of our
great country. If adversity is
to be one’s lot, perhaps there
is some measure of consola
tion in knowing that if noth
ing else we are being tough
ened and conditioned to face
any frightening eventuality—
prosperity, for example.
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audience as the rest of the band
“packed up”. Before and after
the concert, the band members
enjoyed the beach and othei
amusements at the gardens.
Several of the Jonesboro Band
members will attend the Uni
versity of Georgia Summer Mu
sic Workshop which will be held
in Athens from June 21 to July
3. These members are: Cathy
McKinnon, Jane Hathcock, Abb
Dickson and Bobbie Reed.
Three members were selected
as members of the All-State
Marching Band. Delores Owen,
Jim Houston and Abb Dickson
will perform during the half
time of the Georgia High School
All-Star football game in Au
gust.
others. This would be another
step toward regimentation.
The basic objectives of the
civil rights bill are desirable, but
some of the steps to achieve
them go too far too fast. It’s a
foregone conclusion that the
most controversial provisions of
the bill will have to be amended
if its to be passed at the pres
ent session of Congress.”
We are living in strange times
when a Pennsylvania editor says
that a Texan is going too far
and too fast on a civil rights bill.
Os course this Texan has for
many years denied that he was
a southerner, claiming that he
was a westerner. Os course this
claim was made to enable him to
get into bed with Core, Nancp
an<d other anti-south orga^MJ'
tions.
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The Jonesboro Band is also
proud of the fact that of the
five members selected from
Jonesboro to attend the Gover
nor’s eight-week Honor Pro
gram this summer, four are
members of the band. Cheryl
Locke will attend in music. C. B.
Settlemire in science, Joe Aull in
science and Mike Coleman in
social studies.
This year’s star student of
Clayton County, Miss Cathie
Cowan, is also a member of the
Jonesboro Band.
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Five Jonesboro
Students Honored
ATLANTA—Dr. Claude Purcell,
state superintendent of schools,
has notified 400 bright and tal
ented Georgia high school stu
dents from next year’s junior
and senior classes that they have
been chosen from 2.647 nominees
to participate in Georgia’s first
Governor’s Honors Program. It
will be held June 8 to July 31 at
Wesleyan in Macon.
RALLY
May 29 - Fores! Park High - 8 p.m.
Week's Vacation at Callaway
Gardens Will Be Given at Drawing
Our Best Wishes
jjr To All '64 Grads
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Member FDIC
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, The 400 finalists include:
| Clayton County School System
Gary Boyd Lewellen, Mathe
matics, Jonesboro Senior High.
C. B. Settlemire, Jr., Natural
': Science, Jonesboro Senior High.
Joe Aull, Natural Science,
Jonesboro Senior High.
Mike coieman, Social Science,
Jonesboro Senior High.
: Cheryl Lea Locke, Music,
Jonesboro Senior High.
Gary F. Deaton, Mathematics,
Jonesboro Senior High, was
I named alternate.