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VOLUME 45 — NUMBER 18
READY TO TAKE OFF FOR THE FAIR—Mr. and
Mrs. Frank Harbin as they made everything
Harbins Join Trailer Caravan
Trip to N. Y. World’s Fair
Frank and Vivian Harbin of
Harbin’s well-known Drive-In
Restaurant left Saturday for
Princeton, N. J., and the World’s
Fair.
They’ll be in their trailer and
will be gone on a month’s safari
along with some 3,000 other
members of the Wally Byam
Caravan Club from all over the
U. S. and Canada who will ren
dezvous' in Princeton, not far
from the Fair Grounds.
Three huge circus tents will
be pitched to shelter the trailers
parked if! Princeton and the
people, numbering some 8,000
to 9,000 making the trailer
trip, will be bussed over to the
Fair. They will remain parked
in Princeton for two weeks, June
15 to July 1.
The last trailer excursion the
Harbins made was to Miami
about six months ago.
They belong to the Wally
Byam Trailer Caravan Club
which has over 10,000 members
in the U. S. and Canada and
they’ make annual or semi
annual trips around to inter
esting points and join up for a
world of fun. Byam was the man
who originated the club. Geor
gia has 150 belonging to its
unit.
Mr. Harbin revealed that there
are 50 trailers now on around
the world trip. They left last
September and plan to be back
by Thanskgiving.
Airport To
Get Customs
Office Soon
A part-time customs office has
been authorized for Atlanta Air
port. It will be able to validate
export cargo from this area to
Londan and Paris.
Rep. Charles L. Weltner hailed
today’s announcement from
Washington as a breakthrough
—“a real step in the right direc
tion”—toward achieving inter
national status for the airport.
The U. S. Commerce Depart
ment authorized the part-time
office.
Previously, goods had to be
shipped from this area to New
York, or another customs point
of-origin, for documentation
prior to foreign delivery.
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Weltner promised to continue
his efforts for a full-time office
and point-of-origin designation
for this city.
Authorization of the part-time
customs office followed inaugu
ration last month of daily inter
national interchange flights to
London and Paris via Delta Air
ways.
Albert Bazemore, deputy col
lector in charge of the Atlanta
office, U. S. Customs, said the
new service marks a first for
area exporters.
“Before, all cargo had to be
shipped by domestic carrier
from this area to a point-of
origin for documentation. This
meant added expense to the
shipper, as well as loss of time
between origin and destination.”
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Atlanta’s application for des
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ready at their Drive-In Restaurant for the big
trailer trip to the World’s Fair last Saturday.
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$6.9 Million Runway Project Planned
This drawing locates (1) the 8,000 foot east-west runway to 10,000 feet; and (3) a northwest
runway; (2) extension of the present east-west southeast runway, to be extended 1,625 feet.
Air Terminal Teems
With Flights, People
More than five million passen
gers are expected to pass
through the sls-million Atlanta
air terminal building this year,
according to W. T. Jones, assist
ant airport manager.
Thus far in 1964, the airport
daily has averaged 617 “opera
tions.” (One landing and one
take-off constitute an “opera
tion.”) From 5-7 p. m. each day,
a plane is in and out of Atlanta
every minute.
The Atlanta Airport runway
project, to cost $6.9 million, is
scheduled for completion May 1,
1965. Begun last month, it is a
joint effort of the city, the Fed
eral Aviation Agency and major
airlines.
Two existing runways will be
extended. The present east-west
; runway will be lengthened from
. 7,860 to 10,000 feet to accommo
, date big-jet traffic. A northwest
to southeast runway is to be ex
tended 1,625 feet.
The project also includes con
struction of a new 8,000-foot
runway which will run eastwest
directly south of the present
, runway. Completion of this por
tion of the project is expected
January 1.
The total project involves
movement of 11,643,000 cubic
yards of earth to fill in for run
way support.
As home base for two major .
airlines — Delta Airlines Inc., '
and Southern Airways Inc. — i
Atlanta’s airport soon may be-j:
FOREST PARK, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, JUNE 16, 1964
Subdivision
Speeding To
Be Studied
Clayton County has moved to
curtail speeders endangering the
lives of children in residential
areas.
County Commission Chairman
P. K. Dixon said he requested
the State Highway Department
Tuesday to survey traffic con
ditions in Clayton subdivisions.
A recommendation for special
speed zones in certain areas
would enable the State Depart
ment of Public Safety to desig
nate them, Dixon explained.
COUNTY ENFORCED
Then speed signs can be set
up, he said, and the law en
forced by county police.
The commission chairman said
the county does not have the
authority to set speed limits.
At present motorists can drive
along Clayton’s residential
streets as on open highways—at
speeds up to 70 miles per hour—
without breaking the law.
Dixon said Monday county of
ficials had recognized dangers
on residential streets for two
years, but there was nothing
they could do until granted con
stitutional authority by a public
referendum in November.
The commission chairman
called on the Highway depart
ment for help after a group of
women started a neighborhood
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come the fourth largest termin
al in the nation for “in-plane”
(landing) traffic. Landings ex
ceed take-offs at the airport be
cause home-based airlines often
do not return planes to the air
immediately.
Washington National Airport
presently is fourth in “in-plane”
traffic.
Situated near the center of
the 2,000-acre airport area, the
new Atlanta terminal building
was opened in May, 1961.
Five other airlines also serve
the Atlanta area. They are
Eastern Airlines Inc., Northwest
Airlines Inc., Piedmont Airlines
Inc., Trans World Airlines Inc.,
and United Airlines Incorpo
rated.
Ministerial Association Set
For liquor Referendum Fight
The anti-liquor referendum
foes joined the battle with the
pro-liquor referendum forces
this week as the Clayton County
Ministerial Assn, met and
mapped plans to fight it to the
last ditch.
At the same time the “pros”
were still circulating petitions
and seeking with all at their
command to get the necessary
5,474 signatures to make it com
pulsory for Joe Lane to call for a
vote on the question.
Arthur Huie, chairman of the
Taxpayers’ Committee seeking
to put through the petition, is
sued a statement t o t h e effect
that “We now have 60 per cent
of the necessary signatures—
some 2,100 mailed in to us and
another thousand on the various
petitions being passed about.”
Rev. Charles Goe, pastor of
Ash Baptist Church of Forest
Park and president of the Clay
ton Ministerial Assn., issued the
following report on the Min
isterial Assn.’s anti-referendum
activities;
The Clayton County Minis
terial Association met Wednes
day, June 3, at a called meeting
to plan full scale opposition to
calling a referendum to sell liq
uor in Clayton County. Those in
attendance were unanimous in
affirming their stand against
the petition that is being circu
lated to try to bring liquor sales
back into the county. Rev. Bob
Alexander, Rev. Kimsey Warr,
Rev. Hoyt Farr, and Rev. W. W.
Long were elected as a steering
committee to join the executive
Committee: President, Rev. W.
Charles Goe; vice president,
Philo McKinnon, and secretary
treasurer Ralph Shea in prelimi
nary plans to launch an all-out
effort to keep out the sale of al
cohol.
This committee gathered prin
ted literature and tracts tes
tifying to the tragedies brought
on by alcohol and also revealing
that the cost to any community
is at least five times as much as
the revenue obtained.
Many of the pastors have of
ten dealt with men whose lives
and families have been wrecked
by the use of alcohol.
The following men were in at
tendance at the meeting and
they join in asking all citizens of
the county to take a definite
stand against selling alcoholic
beverages of any kind in Clay
ton County.
Pastors-Bob Alexander, Phil
adelphia Presbyterian Church
H. F. Barnett, Liberty First Bap
tist; College Park; R. H. Burcher,
Victory Baptist; Ted Cosmato,
Rock Baptist; Rex; D. Wayne
Brooks, First Baptist, Riverdale;
Charles L. Davis, Liveoak Bap
tist, College Park; Hoyt Farr,
First Baptist; Paul Gillam, Cal
vary Baptist; Charles Goe, Ash
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Jonesboro Woman's Club
Plans Golden Age Club
The Jonesboro Woman’s Club
is sponsoring a Golden Age
Club. The first meeting to or
ganize this Golden Age Club will
be held at 2:00 p.m., Tuesday,
June 30, at the Jonesboro Rec
reation Center. Refreshments
will be served. All are invited.
No written invitations will be
sent.
There are no age requirements
of any kind. You cannot be too
young or too old to join. If very
young persons drive the senior
citizens to the meetings, per
haps the younger ones will want
to stay and help. It will be fun
for everyone—and very reward
ing.
We do not want anyone to
miss this opportunity for fun
and companionship, so—for this
first meeting only—we are of
fering free transportation to
anyone who needs it. If you
need transportation, please call
Miriam Cooper at Kent’s, tele
phone 478-6611.
Tell your relatives and neigh
bors about this Golden Age Club
organizational meeting June 30.
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Moose Leaders Visit Sheriffs Boys Ranch at Hahira, Ga.
Pictured, left to right, at the Sheriffs Boys
Ranch at Hahira recently are: Clayton County
Sheriff W. Loy Dickson, Bill, the youngster from
Clayton County; Albert N. Ewing, Great Moose
and Pilgrim of the Order; Sid Neville, adminis
trator of the project; boys from the ranch; W. H.
McLeroy, Deputy Director of Civic Affairs, Ga.-
Ala. Moose Association; and Ed Crumbley, Di
rector _of Civic Affairs, Ga.-Ala. Moose Associa
tion and Member of National Civic Affairs Com
mittee. Boys’ shirts, T-shirts and a new supply
Farmers Market Expected
To Gross 47 Million in 1964
Mercer Lists
2 Grads From
Forest Park
MACON, Ga.—Two students
from Forest Park were awarded
degrees at June 1 commence
ment exercises at Mercer Uni
versity.
Miss Linda Lois Lowe, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel F.
Lowe, Jr., 1234 Skyland Drive,
was awarded the bachelor of
arts degree and graduated cum
laude.
While at Mercer, Miss Lowe
was active in all phases of cam
pus life. She was presented the
Motor Montague Award as the
outstanding freshman girl dur-
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Don't Be Misled — Know The Facts!
NO COUNTY TAXES COULD
BE COLLECTED ON LIQUOR
A recent ruling in Fulton Superior Court said in part . does
not have the authority to impose a tax on the sale or purchase
of spirituous liquors as distinguished from a license fee, but
under the ruling cited above is limited to an 'annual license fee
payable in advance.'"
If you signed petition, withdraw your name now!
CONCERNED CITIZENS OF CLAYTON COUNTY
-TRUETT CATHY
THE DWARF HOUSE
of Bibles were presented to the boys during the
visit. Sheriff Dickson, Ewing and others also
presented Bill with a complete outfit of clothes.
Bill is the lad from Clayton County who now
resides at the ranch. Funds to make this project
possible were donated by various Moose lodges
throughout the Ga.-Ala. Moose Association. Thir
ty boys at the ranch receive a well-rounded pro
gram of development under Administrator Sid
Neville.
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From 4 o’clock in the morning
until the last “penhooker’s” shed
closes at midnight, Atlanta State
Farmers’ Market is alive with
trading.
The 105-acre produce mart,
south of the city in Clayton
County, is considered by the
state government to have the
largest area of any installation
of its kind in the world.
Longtime market manager
Sam Steele reports gross sales
exceeded $47 million in 1963 and
are expected to climb higher
this year.
Everything from coconuts and
kumquats to sugar cane and
field peas is sold at the market,
but three commodities lead all
others: Irish potatoes, bananas
and tomatoes.
One of hundreds of people who
depend on the market for a
living is Mrs. C. L. Ballew, of 707
McDonald Street, SE, a small
produce dealer. In the market
parlence, she is a “penhooker.”
“No one seems to know where
the name came from, but, I’ve
been in the business for years,
and everyone has always called
us small dealers ‘penhookers,’”
Mrs. Ballew says.
“We buy_ our produce from
‘farmers,*' truckers and major
produce houses, then we retail
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it from the penhooker sheds—
they’re marked ‘small dealers
now. We sell to peddlers, res
taurants, out-of-town small pro
duce dealers and housewives.”
Mrs. Ballew’s day at the mar
ket begins at 6 a.m. and often
lasts well into the night.
“I spend more time here than
at home,” she said, laughing.
“This is a seven-day-a-week
proposition. Sunday’s usually our
busiest time. Everybody’s off
from work then, y’know.”
Unlike their counterparts in
smaller cities, farmers seldom
do their own selling at the At
lanta market.
“Most of them sell to truckers
or the big companies,” says
Mrs. Ballew. “Some of them
bring their vegetables, fruits
and nuts to market to sell them
selves, but not too many.”
Thirty-two covered sheds are
provided for the sale of produce.
Concrete docks, with covered
loading and unloading areas and
asphalt paving, are additional
facilities.
Manager Steele says the mar
ket is like a small city.
“Before we moved to this lo
cation in 1959, we had only 16
acres on Murphy Street,” he
recalls. “Here we have 105 acres
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