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NEW CLAYTON COUNTY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE BUILDING
Cherry Dismissal Upheld
By Clayton School Board
By ROBERT CORAM
The firing of a guidance coun
selor from Jonesboro Senior
High School was upheld Tues
day by the Clayton County
Board of Education. The board
refused to reconsider the move
and also refused to allow the
teacher a hearing.
Chairman of the board Colie
Adamson said, “He’s not en
titled to a hearing.”
Earl Cherry, brother of De
kalb School Supt. Jim Cherry,
was fired last month on the rec
ommendation of Clayton Supt.
J. E. Edmonds. Mr. Cherry
said he was fired because he re
fused to sign a statement saying
he would not run against Mr.
Edmonds in the next superin
tendent’s race. Mr. Edmonds de
nied this.
At the Tuesday meeting, board
member Ivan Harrison said he
had been approached by Mr.
Cherry several months ago and
told that Mr. Edmonds had given
him an “ultimatum” about sign
ing a statement saying he had
no political intentions.
In a prepared statement, Mr.
Harrison said “indignant cries
of outrage” from local citizens
showed concern over the firing
of a man considered by tax
payers as “an outstanding edu
cator.”
He also struck out at Supt.
Edmonds, who recently refused
to let a reporter see minutes of
the meeting when the action
concerning Mr. Cherry was
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Shown in the picture is Forest Park Jaycees President Tommy
Vaughan in a “Passing of the Gavel” scene to Joe McDaniel, who
received double honors as he was installed as the incoming
President for 1964-65. Joe received the President’s “Key Man
Award” and the “Outstanding Jaycee of the Year Award”.
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Mr. Harrison said the board
of education was not a “secret
society” and "our records should
be open to examination by any
group or individual.”
Mr. Adamson replied that the
records are open “sometimes.”
He said minutes concerning a
teacher are “this board’s busi
ness.”
Mr. Harrison’s move to have
the firing of Mr. Cherry recon
sidered died for lack of support.
The board members who had
anything to say, backed up Mr.
Edmonds and said they would do
the same thing again.
YEARBOOK IS DEDICATED
TO DISMISSED TEACHER
Jonesboro Sr. High’s yearbook, edited by daughters of two
school board members is dedicated to a man whose firing has
been upheld by the board.
The annual, called “The Echo” is dedicated to Earl Cherry,
recently fired guidance counselor at the school.
The editors are Jackie Whaley, whose father, Wilbur
Whaley, is on the Clayton County School Board and Andrea
Shelnutt, whose mother, Mrs. V. H. Shelnutt is also a school
board member.
The school board Tuesday upheld firing Mr. Cherry who
charged he was fired for refusing to sign a statement that
he would not run against the county school superintendent
in the next election.
The dedication lauds Mr. Cherry for serving, “not only as
an advisor but a friend to each student.”
The annual staff wrote of their “sincere thanks for your
(Mr. Cherry’s) devotion and that winning smile.”
The annual was printed before Mr. Cherry was fired.
Mr. Edmonds said more time
had been spent working with
Mr. Cherry than with “any oth
er 100 teachers combined.”
He said he had spent four
hours with several students who
had “the most messed up sched
ule I’ve ever seen” after being
counseled by Mr. Cherry.
The superintendent said one
student would have to go to high
school an extra year to get his
schedule in order.
Mr. Edmonds said, “I tried to
get that boy (Mr. Cherry) to do
his job instead of tending to
mine and everybody else’s.”
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| Tara Group
Will Meet
On June 9
Mr. Arthur Perkins, District
Chairman for the Tara District
of the Atlanta Area Council,
Boy Scouts of America, an
nounces that the Tara District
Committee will hold their regu
lar monthly meeting Tuesday,
June 9th, at the Clayton Federal
Saving and Loan office on Main
Street in Forest Park. Each
sponsoring institution in the
district sends a Institutional
Representative to these scouting
administrative meetings. In ad
dition to these men and serving
with Mr. Perkins on the District
Committee are the following
men: District Vice Chairman
Walter Phillips and Herman
Helton; Organization and Ex
tension Chairman Ralph McKoy;
Advancement Chairman W. L.
Rick; Training Chairman Ed
Hickerson; Finance Chairman
George Kilpatrick; Activities
Chairman Jerry Tomasello;
Unit Budget Crairman and Boy’s
Life Joe King; Exploring Chair
man James Duncan and Louis
Gustafson, Public Relations
Grady Lindsey and George
Smith; Camping Chairman Dan
Troy and DuAne McGraw; and
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FOREST PARK, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, JUNE 9, 1964
Homecoming
At Morrow
Baptist
Homecoming at Morrow Bap
tist Church will commemorate
the sixty-sixth anniversary of
the Church, June 14. At its in
auguration in 1898 it was named
“Enon” which was changed to
Morrow Baptist in 1904 when-llr.
first building was constructed.
This was replaced by a brick
building which was destroyed by
fire in 1954. Later that year a
new building was constructed
on Lake Harbin, and plans are
underway for a new santuary
and educational annex;
Mr. Colie Adamson, chairman
of the homecoming committee,
, tells that the membership will
provide basket dinners to be
served on the grounds following
the 11 a.m. service. A special
’ commemorative service will be
conducted at 2 p.m. by the Pas
tor, Rev. Howard Scarboro, with
a most sincere invitation to
members, past pastors, and all
friends to attend this very spe
cial day, June 14.
"Penny' Jones
Is Alumni President
Mr. E. P. “Penny” Jones, Dis
trict Scout Executive for the
Tara District was elected presi
dent of the Oglethorpe Univer
sity Alumni Association recently
for 1964-65.
Other appointments include:
Mr. Marvin Lawson, Vice Presi
dent, Mrs. Pinkie G. Harris, Vice
President, Miss Eleanore Mac-
Kenzie, Secretary-Treasurer.
Mr. Sam Hirsch, Jr., Mrs. B. H.
Vincent and Mr. R. Benton
Greenleaf were elected to the
Board of Directors of the Associ
ation.
Rev. W. W. Long Given
Honorary Law Degree
William Wardlaw Long was born on a farm near Jones
ville, S. C., the son of the late Edward R. and Fannie Sharp
Long, one of eight children, four sons and four daughters.
All of the sons became Baptist ministers. The eldest brother
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REV. W. W. LONG
Awarded Degree
Clayton Chamber to Dedicate
New Building On June 21st
Clayton Schools to Conduct
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Summer Reading Program
Clayton County. Schools will conduct a summer read
ing program for children in the first three grades.
The program will serve both white and negro children.
Students have been selected from all elementary schools in
the county. The program will be
held at the Hendrix Drive School
and W. A. Foundation School in
Forest Park.
The children will attend
classes June 11 through July 29,
inclusive. The hours are 8:30
A.M. to 11:30 A.M.
The program is designed to
help normal or bright children
TROOP NO. 488, sponsored by the St. Timothy Lutheran Church
is shown being awarded a special recognition for having won
the Second Award in the National Window Display Contest,
sponsored by the National Council, of the Boy Scouts of Amer
ica. Troop 488 under the leadership of Scoutmaster Jim Gib
bons set up their window display during Boy Scout Week last
February at Belk’s in the Clayton Plaza Shopping Center. Belk’s
is the official Scout distributor for the Tara District of Boy
Fatal Accident
In Jonesboro
A fatal accident occurred dur
ing the early hours of Saturday
morning on S. Main Street
Jonesboro, involving three young
Clayton County men. Rayford
C. Hanley of Jonesboro was dead
on arrival at Georgia Baptist
hospital. H e was 27 years o1 d,
single. Robert R. Moss also of
Jonesboro was in critical condi
tion, while Bobby McGaughey of
Riverdale was less seriously in
jured, as we went to press late
Saturday.
- died several years ago, and three
are still active in the ministry.
A twin brother, the Reverend
Walter N. Long, is pastor of the
First Baptist Church of Belmont,
N. C., and the younger, Dr. Garis
T. Long, is serving the Grace
Baptist Church, Richmond, Vir
ginia.
Mr. Long attended the ele
mentary and high schools of
Jonesville, and entered Furman
University in 1925, graduated
with the B. A. degree in 1929.
That fall he entered the South
ern Baptist Theological Semi
nary in Louisville, Ky. He later
graduated from this institution
with a degree of Master in The
ology. While a student in Fur
man and the Southern Seminary
he served as pastor of churches
in South Carolina and Indiana.
In September, 1930. Mr. Long
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fifteen children per teacher.
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Gray Ladies
Celebrate
Birthday
A very “Happy Birthday” cele
bration will be held by South
Fulton Hospital Gray Ladies at
a Dutch Treat Dinner on Tues
day, June 9, at Davis Restaurant.
It will commemorate 1 year o f
staffing at South Fulton, as of
May 20th, by these Red Cross
volunteers. All members' of the
South Fulton group are invited.
Many are from Clayton County.
From a nucleus of approxi
mately 15 Gray Ladies, trained
at other hospitals, the group
now has about 145 active mem
bers. They work under the Nurs-
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I Do Not Endorse the Sole of Alcohol
in Any Form, Legal or Otherwise,
in our County. Please Use Your
Influence to Defeat Any
Such Movement.
-TRUETT CATHY
THE DWARF HOUSE
The Clayton County Chamber
of Commerce will officially ded
icate its all new building on
Sunday afternoon, June 21st, ac
cording to John Dean, Chamber
President.
The dedication and formal
opening of the new Chamber of
Commerce Building is the cli
max of a years planning and a
campaign in which over 100
Clayton Countians took part.
Over 200 contributions were
made during the initial cam
paign for funds to construct the
building.
The dedication program will
begin promptly a.t 2:30 P. M
with open house from 3 until 5
o’clock. The dedication Commit
tee consisting of Mr. Paul
Trippe. Mr. Lowell Terrell. Miss
Scouts. Mr. George Keyes and Mr. Jim Gibbons are seen receiv
ing the award from E. P. “Penny” Jones, District Scout Execu
tive. Pictured, left to right, Jim Mitas, Phillip Kempton, Mike
Lynbcrg, Richard Garett, Jack Mitas, Jim Gibbons (Scoutmas
ter), George Keyes (Assistant Store Manager), E. P. “Penny”
Jones (District Scout Executive), Tim McKoy, Mike Haluski,
Dan Lynberg, Billy Ermer, David James, J. D. Fox, and Harry
Collins (Assistant Scoutmaster).
HELP! LOST CHILD
Now that warm weather has returned, Clayton County J
Civil Defense expects to hear this plea for assistance many
times. Children throughout the United States and, quite
probably, the world, often wander off and get lost. We, of
Clayton County Civil Defense, have the following sugges
tions for parents to follow if they realize that their child
is missing.
1. Be assured that this is a common occurrence and that M
your child is not the first, and won’t be the last, to get lost. ;
2. Stay calm! Contact anyone in the neighborhood where
the child may have gone; especially friends and relatives.
3. If you are still unable to locate the child, contact the
Clayton County Civil Defense by calling 478-7237. The sooner
you call us, the easier the child will be found and returned
safely and rapidly.
4. Assist the Civil Defense as much as possible. Don’t
get overwrought; your child will be found in a short time. J
The Civil Defense is well trained in such matters.
5. Don’t be afraid to call if your child is missing. Civil
Defense is well aware of what each child means to his par
ents. Many of us have children of our own.
Help us to help you by calling as soon as you realize the ;
child is gone. The phone number is 478-7237.
The Speir
Insurance Agency,
“You Have No Fear
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Phone 366-5115
When You Insure
With Speir”
Inc.
PUBLISHED WEEKLY^
Anajo Vaughn and Mr. Truett
Cathy are making plans to ac
comodate a minimum of one
thousand visitors. All members,
contributors, and county citizens
are cordially invited to tour the
new facility that will serve as a
new “Front Door” for growing
Clayton County.
Os major interest to all per
sons having a direct part in the
campaign, a plaque will be avail
able during the dedication for
personal signature. After all sig
natures are obtained, the plaque
will be permanently placed in
the entrance lobby for display.
The new building is located at
8100 South Expressway at the
intersection of 54 Highway and
is accessable to all areas of Clay
ton County.