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VOLUME 41—NUMBER 1
By JACK TROY
An Inspiring Message
From a Farmer
Alpha Fowler of the Public Service Commission is also
a farmer in his home county of Douglas and he brought an
inspiring message to the Jonesboro FFA Club on the occa
sion of their 25th anniversary Father and Son banquet
Fifty-five percent of all working people in the state of
Georgia are in some manner involved in agriculture, Mr.
Fowler stressed to the FFA members.
He told his audience as he concluded his inspiring ad
dress that the FFA motto is one that should be stressed In
daily life. The motto:
“Learning to do
Doing to learn
Earning to live
Living to serve.”
Honorary chapter degrees honoring adults in making
them honorary members were given to L. H. Rickett, W. J.
Hill. W. C. Nelms and James E. Pillow.
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Chapter Sweetheart
President George Waddy presented a handsome trophy
to Chapter Sweetheart Linda Hancock, who responded that
it is an honor to be the only female member of the FFA and
thanked the chapter for the trophy, jacket and flowers.
A State Vice President, Mike Callaway, told of the work
of FFA at the state level and congratulated Jonesboro FFA
ers for the fine work that they are doing.
It is important to remember that Agriculture is more
than farming.
In terms of gross annual income, number of persons em
ployed, or vital need to the nation, agriculture still is and
likely will remain our largest and most important single
industry. Farming today represents the triumph of technol
ogy over serfdom—of education over ignorance. An impor
tant part of this triumph has been contributed by the na
tionwide program of vocational agricultural education in
the public schools, with its accompanying organization, the
Future Farmers of America.
The chain of agriculture starts with the suppliers to
farmers—those who manufacture and sell such things as
machinery, fertilizers, chemicals, and feed; or who provide
credit, insurance and technical services. Farmers are the
center link. They are the producers of raw material. The
next step is marketing, then processing, transportation, and
distribution. The entire agricultural complex employs many
millions of people. A substantial part of these need educa
tion in agriculture.
Robert Fuller New
Vice President of
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ROBERT W. FULLER, JR.
Robert W. Fuller, Jr., has
been named vice president
of the Citizens Bank of
Clayton County, president
Charles E. Wells announces.
Mr. Fuller served as as
sistant cashier, assistant
vice president, branch man
ager and vice president
while he was with the Citi
zens Bank of Hapeville from
1961 to 1966. From 1958 to
1961, he was with the Citi
zens & Southern Bank of
East Point.
We are delighted to have
Mr. Fuller with his wealth
of experience join the Citi
zens Bank of Clayton Coun
ty’s staff,” said Mr. Wells.
"He will be a tremendous
asset to the bank and to its
customers. The appointment
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Thursday night at Jonesboro High
School.
Mr. Fowler had high words of
praise for the fine work done by the
FFA Chapter under the supervision
of T. O. Gurley, teacher and advisor.
Mr. Fowler emphasized the im
portance of farming and told his lis
teners that it is becoming more and
more important as America tries to
feed the hungry of other lands and
the surplus of foodstuffs decrease.
Modern methods as learned by
FFA members are of the utmost im
portance.
oi this highly qualified man
typifies the bank’s aims to
offer the finest in Full Serv
ice Banking to the citizens
of Forest Park and Clayton
County.”
A graduate of Russell
High School in East Point,
Mr. Fuller served in the U.S.
Army from 1954 to 1956. He
then attended West Georgia
College in Business Admin
istration, and later Georgia
State College and the Amer
ican Institute of Banking.
Mr. Fuller has been a
member of the Optimist
Club of Atlanta Airport for
five years, with positions of
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Help Keeps
Coming
For Joey
We are happy to report
further donations to the
Joey Fund through the gen
erosity of our readers. We
wish we could report an im
provement in this pitiful
case, but more and more
help continues to be needed.
Joey’s father has been un
able to work the past two
weeks; he is a very sick man,
with the possibility of hos
pitalization awaiting him in
the near future. No pay
check doesn’t mean expenses
stop as we all know; indeed
they are likely to increase
in this case. Please keep
your help coming for Joey
and his deserving family.
FOREST PARK, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1966
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ALPHA FOWLER of the Public Service
Commission, a former FFA member and
a present-day farmer, praised the fine
work of Jonesboro Future Farmers of
Dr. Phillip Benton Receives
Jonesboro Jaycee DS A Award
Dr. Phillip Benton, prom
inent in civic club and med
ical affairs has won the an
nual Distinguished Service
Award presented by the
Jcnesboro Jaycees at their
annual Bosses Night and
DSA banquet.
Jaycee President John Co
zad made the announcement
and presented a handsome
plaque to Dr. Benton, who
announced that he was be
ing called for military serv
ice but hoped to eventually
return to Clayton County.
The Jaycees had a dis
tinguished speaker in Gu
bernatorial candidate and
former Governor Ellis Arn
all, who praised the out
standing growth of the
county and predicted that
county industrial growth
will be astronomical in the
years ahead. He was intro
duced by Mallie Gay.
Following are extracts
from the address of Mr. Arn
all at the Jonesboro Junior
High School Cafetorium on
Friday night—
The most important long
term objective of our state
should be to push our
teachers’ salaries up to the
CLAYTON COUNTY Is going to experience
record-breaking industrial growth in the
years ahead, Gubernatorial candidate El
lis Arnall told the Jonesboro Jaycees Fri
day night at the Junior High School case-
America as the main speaker of the an
nual Father and Son banquet at Jones
boro High School Friday night.
(Photo by Hooper)
national average.
Much has been done for
education but there is yet
much to be done. When I
was Governor, we cstab-
Janet Vena Sanders
County Star Student
Janet Vena Sanders has
been named the 1966 STAR
Student for the Clayton
County School System area,
the Chamber of Commerce
announced this week. The
STAR Student is a senior at
Forest Park High School.
She is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. R. E. Sanders.
The STAR student then se
lected Mrs. Joyce Kirkland,
teacher at Forest Park high
school, as her STAR Teach
er, the teacher who made
the greatest contribution to
the student’s scholastic
achievement.
Janet serves as STAR Stu
dent for both Forest Park
torium. In above picture President John
Cozad, left, congratulates DSA Award win
ner Dr. Phillip Benton, center; Featured
Speaker former Governor Ellis Arnall
looks on. (Photo by Lee Hooper)
lished the teacher retire
ment system and planned
the Minimum Foundation
for Education. In spite of
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high school and the Clayton
County school system area.
Other s in the Clayton
County School System area
named STAR Students for
their individual high
schools, and the STAR
Teachers they named are:
Joseph William Aull,
Jonesboro High School, who
selected Mrs. J. E. Edmonds
as his STAR Teacher, and
Chester Lamar Lambert,
North Clayton High School,
who chose Mr. Eugene Nelms
as his teacher.
The announcements were
made as a part of the Stu
dent Teacher Achievement
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PUBLISHED WEEKLY
AN ORGANIZATION to promote closer
cooperation and understanding between
the officials and staff of Clayton County
and the cities of Morrow, Jonesboro, For
est Park, College Park and Riverdale was
officially formed Wednesday night at
Industry Appreciation Day’
Planned in Clayton County
In recognition of the importance of industry’s contribution to the growth
of Clayton County, Monday, March 7, has been proclaimed ‘Clayton County In-
dustry Appreciation Day.”
Commenting on the action
taken by the County Com
missioners, Mr. Grady Lind
sey, Chairman of the Cham
ber of Commerce Industrial
Development Commit tee,
stated that “it was only a
few years ago when Clay
ton's only industry consisted
of one tool and die shop. To
day, according to a recently
completed survey by Georgia
Tech, Clayton has almost 90
industries.” He added that
“these industries and the
people they employ have
been greatly instrumental
in the growth of the Coun
ty’s tax digest from sl6 mil
lion to over $l3O million at
present. The Chamber of
Commerce recognized the
value of industrial growth
and is actively working to
encourage and assist in in
dustrial growth and expan
sion.”
Climaxing “Industrial Ap
preciation Day” will be a
banquet at t h e Lakeshore
Country Club, which will
serve a three fold purpose.
(1) It will recognize new in
dustries, and those that ex
panded, in ou r county in
1965. (2) Georgia Tech will
officially deliver its recently
completed industrial survey
of Clayton County. (3) It
will afford Industrial devel-
Coleman Says
Beat the
Deadline
Robert E. Coleman says
BEAT THE DEADLINE
RUSH. Make your 1966 tax
returns and purchase your
motor vehicle license plate
NOW. February is a good
month to do this.
New home owners need to
bring deeds to file for home
stated exemptions. Come to
Room 210 through 16 at the
Courthouse.
Would like Io talk with young man age 18-35;
interested in learning food service. Top pay; all
fringe benefits; career opportunity.
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HAPEVILLE
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Weyman’s in Morrow. Officers shown
above, left to right, Jason Weems, secre
tary, Herman Bernard, president, and
Charles Summerday, vice president.
(Photo by Hooper)
opers from throughout the
metropolitan area a first
hand opportunity to see
what Clayton County has to
offer their industrial pros
pects.
Dr. Foley
Attends
Meeting
Dr. Henry L. Foley. Forest
Park, president-elect of the
Georgia Chiropractic Asso
ciation, was among officials
attending a planning session
at Macon this week to co
ordinate activities of the
association with district
groups from throughout the
state.
Plans were perfected for a
2-day seminar on x-ray and
modern chiropractic tech
nique to be held at the Uni
versity of Georgia in April.
Dr. G. D. Stephenson, Au
gusta, president of the asso
ciation, conducted the brief
ing session.
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Public Notice
At the Council meeting
of February 2, 1966. Mayor
and Council adopted a
motion that all garbage
be placed in such loca
tions that it will not be
necessary for any of the
collectors to enter a
fenced area in order to
pick up garbage.
Several of our city col
lectors have been bitten
by dogs and we have had
complaints that the col
lectors have left gates
open allowing pets to leave
the yard.
—C. C. Davis, Jr.
City Manager
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Explorers
Fitness
Program
Explorers in the Atlanta
{ Area Council, Boy Scouts of
America, Tara District, have
an opportunity this year to
I bowl against the score set by
Dick Weber, bowling’s man
of the year.
Weber’s 759 score for
three games will be the goal
for the high-school-age Ex
plorers who take part in
Sports That Last a Lifetime,
the national sports and
physical fitness program of
the Boy Scouts of America.
The Explorer fitness pro
gram is a cooperative effort
of the Boy Scouts of Amer
ica and the American Ma
chine & Foundry Company
and covers the fields of
bowling, golf, swimming and
physical fitness tests, ac
cording to Bill Collins, Ex
plorer Commissioner.
“In competing against
Weber’s escore, an Explorer
is allowed a handicap based
ca his average which is sub
tracted from 200 and piulti
plied by .80,” Collins said
Kiwauis
Hot Cake
Breaks ast
The weather may wax
cold this Saturday, the 26th,
but the glow in the huge
fireplace in the Youth Cen
ter house, one short block
north of the First Baptist
Church of Mountain View,
will compensate for any
inclemency of the elements
Then, too, nut-brown hot
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