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VOLUME 41 — NUMBER 36
By JACK TROY
A 'YES' VOTE WILL HELP
OUR COUNTY PLENTY
It is very important indeed to Clayton County that voters
say “yes” to the constitutional amendment to allow the
county government to leavy a *4 mill tax to assist and pro-
the expansion of services the people of our area want and
are entitled to."
Chairman of Clayton County Commissioners P. K. Dixon
said: “In the position 1 occupy I fully realize the impor
tance of industry to Clayton County’s economic life. I am
certain that you are as aware of the importance of industry
to our tax structure as I.”
Mr. Dixon added a note that I truly appreciate. He said:
"You have always cooperated with this office when its ef
forts were bent toward the improvement of our county. I
appreciate this and I am sure that a great majority of the
citizens of Clayton County feel as I do.”
I need not say more as to the importance of the amend
ment being passed for the general good of Clayton County.
Heretofore, the money has had to come from those indi
viduals and business firms who recognized the need and
were willing to subscribe to the project.
This has not been adequate to do the job that must
be done if we are to compete successfully with other coun
ties in this area and obtain a fair share of the new indus
try being located in this vicinity.
Won’t you vote for this amendment and give your county
a real boost in the industrial field? It will bring better serv
ices to you as well.
Old Georgia Power Office
McLendon Sporting Goods
Moves to New Location
McLendon Sporting Goods Store of Forest Park
moves to a new and larger store, located at 1171 Main
Street, the previous home of the Georgia Power Com
pany. Perry McLendon, owner, states he has been
lacking enough room for quite some time now, and is
most happy to be located in
the same section, but in
larger quarters.
The new store will have
an increased stock of all
types of athletic sporting
goods—school sweat shirts,
jerseys, jackets, football,
baseball, basketball, golf,
track, boxing and ten
nis equipment, cheerleading
supplies, trophies, bowling
shirts, letters and emblems,
athletic shoes, officials
equipment, physical educa
tion equipment, etc.
McLendon’s is often called
the “Discount House” for
this type of equipment as
they offer team prices to all
high school, junior high
school, grey-Y, Pop Warner,
Midget League and Little
League team members. They
also supply most leagues
with team equipment in this
area. Their lines consist of
Russell Southern Uniforms,
Spalding, Converse, NatNast
Bowling Shirts, Wilson, No
ble trophies, etc.
Al Druetzler, who has re-
Funeral of
Mrs. Zack Cravey
Mrs. Jane P. Cravey, wife
of Zack D. Cravey, former
Comptroller General of
Georgia, died Friday in a
private hospital.
Mrs. Cravey had lived in
Atlanta 32 years, and was a
member of Grace Methodist
Church. She also was a
member of the Woman’s So
ciety of Christian Service,
Morningside Prayer Group,
Morningside Garden Club
and the American Legion
Auxiliary.
Funeral services were held
for Mrs. Cravey at 3 p.m.
Sunday at Grace Methodist
Church, Drs. T. Cecil Meyers
and Ross Freeman offi
ciating. Burial was in West
view Cemetery.
Survivors, besides her hus
band, include two sons, Rob
ert P. Cravey and Zack D.
Cravey, Jr.; a daughter,Mrs.
John L. Taylor, Jr., and two
brothers, P. Frank Pinker
ton, Macon, and James Pin
kerton, Augusta, and eight
grandchildren.
Funeral arrangements were
by Frank B. Lowndes & Son
Funeral Home, Atlanta.
JKnmt J ark
and
mote the locating of new industry in
Clayton County.
This measure will be voted on in
the general election Nov. 8. Though
only >4 mill is involved, it is possible
that the amendment would provide
as much as $30,000 to assist the coun
ty in obtaining more and much
needed industry to boost the tax di
gest.
It was aptly put by Charles Wells
the other day that "not until we be
gin adding more Industry to our tax
rolls thereby increasing the size of
our tax digest, can we expect to see
cently joined this company,
along with Mary and Perry
McLendon would be happy
to help you with any of your
sporting goods needs. Perry,
who has been a coach and a
referee for over twenty
years, extends a special in
vitation to all his friends to
drop by and see him in his
new place of business.
Tune Up
Car and
Charge It
George Taylor, owner of
the Forest Park Auto Serv
ice, invites car owners to
come in now for a fall and
winter tune-up and charge
it on the new “Grant-
A-Charge” plan which
makes the job so easy to pay
for. (Or, if you prefer, you
may use your C&S Charge
Card).
The Forest Park Auto
Service at 1422 Main Street
has for over 15 years served
Clayton County with honest,
high quality workmanship
that assures satisfaction.
So come on in now, says
Mr. Taylor, and get any
work you need before incle
ment weather sets in so you
may drive safely and com-
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School Bonds
Voted By 2-1
The six million dollar
school bond issue scored a
sweeping victory in the
Tuesday election in Clayton
County. The balloting was 2
to 1 in favor.
The new Junior College
accounts for $4,900,000 of
the total and regular school
bonds for $1,100,000.
Grand totals were: Junior
College, 2;895 for, 1,241
FOREST PARK, GEORGIA 30050, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1966
CLAYTON COUNTY Democrats had a big
time at their fund-raising dinner Wednes
day night at the Lakeshore Country Club.
Officials are shown here, left to right:
Rep. Arch Gary, M. C. Terrell Starr, Rep.
Lamar Northcutt, Sen. Kenneth Kilpat-
Horse Show
Is Great
Success
The Suder School horse
show was held Saturday,
Oct. 22, and had 25 classes
of beautiful horses.
Jack Tatum, well known
emcee and campaign man
ager for Governor and Mrs.
George Wallace of Alabama,
left his thriving Cadillac
dealership of Opelika, Ala.,
and announced the show.
Tony Cloninger, ace pitch
er of the Atlanta Braves,
and his wife, Millie, inter
rupted their activities and
came from Iron Station,
N. C., to judge with the Hon
orable John C. Matty of
Jonesboro the entries.
W. W. Mundy, Jr., of
Jonesboro, well known
farmer and no stranger to
the tan bark ring, once
again served as ringmaster.
The many patrons that
filled to overflowing ca
pacity the show grounds
were parked by the Civil De
fense Unit of Clayton Coun
ty headed by C. R. Chris
topher.
The parents and friends of
the Lillie E. Suder School
worked like horses to make
this horse show a success.
The welcome was given by
Lacy Powell, principal of the
Suder School, and the invo
cation was by the Rev.
Alexander, pastor of the
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Mr. Traylor
Has Heart
Attack
Mr. Humphrey Traylor,
Senior Vice President, Bank
of Forest Park, is at Craw
ford Long Hospital following
a heart attack last week.
Mr. Traylor’s many friends
and indeed all who have met
him are deeply concerned to
hear of his illness. His pleas
ant personality and courtesy
have endeared him to every
body who has come in con
tact with this fine gentle
man; good wishes and pray
ers will be flowing his way,
even while he may not have
calls or visitors at the time
we went to press.
against; regular school
bonds, 2,661 for, 1,394
and 596 against.
Forest Park lone precinct
went 958 for the Junior Col
lege, 518 against, and for the
regular school bonds 872 for
and 596 aaginst.
Jonesboro went 754 to 198
for the Junior College and
734 against 215 for the regu
lar school bonds.
rick, Democratic nominee for Governor
Lester Maddox, Congressman Jack Flynt,
Judge E. Alvin Foster, County School Supt.
Ed Edmonds and Rep. Bill Lee.—(Photo by
Hooper.)
Council Postpones Action
Joe Picard Assumes
City Manager Duties
The Forest Park City Council has postponed ac
tion on the resignation of City Manager C. C. Davis,
who quit his job Monday because of reported conflict
with Mayor Sharon Abercrombie.
The council met behind closed doors for about 30
minutes Tuesday night then
moved into open council
chambers where they voted
to table action on the resig
nation until their next reg
ular meeting Nov. 7.
Safety Director Joe Picard
Chamber
Is STAR
Sponsor
The Chamber of Com
merce of Clayton County
will be the official sponsor
of the Student Teacher
Achievement Recognition
(STAR) program in the
Clayton County school sys
tem, V. Frank Jolly, Vice-
President, Commercial Bank
& Trust Co., Griffin, Geor
gia, 6th district chairman
for STAR, announced today.
Saluting the sponsor sup
port, he said, “Those who
value learning and who take
the trouble to sponsor pro
grams that place prestige on
knowledge are rendering a
tremendous service to this
state.”
STAR recognizes and pro
motes academic achieve
ment, honors the teaching
profession and explains the
merits of the free enterprise
system. The program was
originated by the Georgia
State Chamber of Com
merce, and it has won the
attention of a number of
other states across the coun
try. It is the recipient of
three awards from the Free
dom Foundation at Valley
Forge, Pennsylvania.
The eight day sight-seeing
STAR Tour of Georgia, April
22-29 will be awarded to the
STAR District winners and
the first runner-up System
STAR Student in each dis
trict.
The Southern Bell Tele
phone Company will award
the top science winner and
his STAR Teacher a trip to
New York and Murray Hill,
New Jersey, to visit the Bell
laboratories. The Callaway
Leadership Awards—a week
at the Gardens at Pine
Mountain, Georgia—will go
to the top four liberal arts
majors and their families.
The Chamber of Com
merce of Clayton County as
the local STAR Sponsor will
administer the program In
the community, arrange a
STAR System Recognition
Meeting, sponsor the System
winners trip to the District
STAR Meetings, and provide
expenses and escort for the
System STARS to attend the
State STAR festivities.
was appointed to take over
the duties of city clerk-treas
urer, which had been part of
the city manager’s job. Fire
Chief W. J. Guice was named
temporary personnel direc
tor.
Although Mr. Davis’ resig
nation was not to go into ef
fect until Nov. 30 a council
spokesman said he probably
would not return to his of
fice in the interim, and It
was necessary to appoint
someone to perform his du
ties.
It was reported that Mr.
Davis resigned after a dis
pute with the mayor last
week. Mayor Abercrombie
said he had asked the city
council to investigate the
city managers office.
Administrative Committee
Chairman Art Cain said the
resignation was “purely a
matter of personality con
flict” between Mr. Davis and
Mayor Abercrombie.
Mr. Davis was hired In 1963
by the late Dr. W. H. Bate
man who was defeated for
re-election as mayor by Mr.
Abercrombie last year. The
city manager had been a
close personal friend of Dr.
Bateman.
Trees Still
Available
By CHARLES S. TUCKER
Information was received
in the Extension Office this
week from the Georgia For
estry Commission that trees
are still available to civic
clubs and individuals.
Sanford Darby, Georgia
Forestry Commission, urges
everyone interested in pur
chasing trees to order them
by November 15, 1966.
Make Georgia Beautiful
Month will be held in Jan
uary, 1967. During this
month, civic clubs and indi
viduals can add to the
beauty of our county by
planting ornamental trees
such as dogwood and red
bud. Order blanks for order
ing these trees may be ob
tained by contacting the
Clayton-Fayette Fore st ry
Unit (461-4701) or County
Agent’s Office, ASC Office,
or SCS Office in the Court
house Annex (478-9911).
*x—
0. E. S. Public
Bar-B-Q
District No. 15 O.E.S.
invites the public to a
Bar-B-Q. Forest Park
Masonic Lodge, Satur
day, Nov. 19, 11 am. to
7 p.m. Adults $1.25, chil
dren .75.
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
Hospital Is Assured
If Maddox Is Governor
The largest crowd in Lakeshore history overflowed the country club Wednes
day night when the Clayton County Democratic Party honored Democratic gub
ernatorial nominee Lester Maddox, 6th District Congressman John J. (Jack)
Flynt and County School Superintendent J. E. Edmonds.
Mr. Maddox and Mr. Flynt
promised that Clayton
County’s Hill-Burton hos
pital will be a certainty if
Mr. Maddox is elected gover
nor. Lacking has been state
money. Federal and County
money has been available.
Mr. Maddox promised state
aid by 1967. It brought a
wave of applause from the
great crowd of Clayton
County Democrats.
Rep. Lamar Northcutt In
troduced Mr. Maddox, Ernest
Cheaves introduced Cong.
Flynt and Mrs. Margaret
Baker introduced Supt. Ed
monds. Tertell Starr was
emcee and he presented Bill
Adams, chairman o f the
County Democratic Party.
Rep. Flynt said: "I think
I can say that if this man on
my right is in the governor’s
chair, the money will be
forthcoming for your Hill-
Burton hospital.”
He began his talk by say
ing, “The election Nov. 8 is
going to send Mr. and Mrs.
Lester Maddox into the
Statehouse.”
Mr. Maddox told the
cheering county Democrats
that “I am glad to be back
in Clayton County. I just got
68 per cent of the votes last
time. Please make it about
90 per cent this time.”
He praised the voters who
have made possible a Junior
College and pointed out the
Callaway and Jones Star
In Republican Rally Here
Last Saturday afternoon
in the sun-drenched plaza
of the Grant City South
shopping center In Forest
Park a crowd of nearly 200
heard gubernatorial candi
date Bo Callaway and con
gressional candidate G. Paul
Jones blast away at the
Democratic party and their
opposite numbers in partic
ular.
The crowd, many of them
shoppers, applauded fre
quently and, all in all, It had
the looks of a real old-fash
ioned political rally.
Paul Jones In his bid for
the U. S. Congress seat de
cried the Johnson admini
stration’s conduct of the
Viet Nam war and the cur
rent inflationary trends. He
blamed high prices directly
on Johnson. Housewives pic
keting supermarkets nearby
listened intently.
Mr. Callaway followed at
the microphone to continue
his charges that his Demo
cratic opponent for gover
nor’s office, Lester Maddox,
is incompetent. And he out
lined again many of his
plans for a greater Georgia,
especially In education and
attracting new industries.
Before the rally began.
Bob Mullins, chairman of
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increased opportunities it
will bring.
“We attract new industry
when we vote for a Junior
College, a hospital and wa
ter,” he declared.
Mr. Maddox said that
“we’re going to have a great
er victory Nov. 8 than we did
on Sept. 28.”
He predicted that the
Democratic candidates for
governor will win in Arkan
sas, Alabama and Georgia
on Nov. 8.
He praised the party of the
people, scorned the czars of
high finance and he ac
knowledged that only the
people are boosting his can
didacy. “We are a candidate
of the people who says a
man’s home is his castle.”
He declared that all Amer
icans must have the right
to private party rights. “We
are going to stand up for this
right—both our party and
our candidacy.”
“More schools to open, not
less schools, more opportun
ity in education. That’s our
candidacy. We’re going to be
a Georgia and a party that
is a pace setter—the greatest
in the nation. This we will
do. We need your help. Let’s
push Georgia forward to the
greatest heights in history.
I shall never betray your
confidence,” Mr. Maddox
said.
the Clayton County Repub
lican Party, predicted in a
statement to the Free Press’
that Callaway will receive
60 per cent of the county’s
vote, and that Jones will re
ceive a handsome majority
here also.
“I want to thank those
who helped to make this
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> Jr., leads off the party’s rally at Grant City South Satur
day with Candidates G. Paul Jones and Howard (Bo)
I Callaway along many of the county's notables seated on
the platform. Shown, seated, are Doug Epps, Mr. Jones,
Mr. Callaway, James R. Brown, Willie Huddleston and
Don Murray.—(Photo by Mike Waller of Grants.)
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Cong. Flynt said, “It is
with pride and joy that I
shall vote for this man who
sits on my right.” Earlier he
had endorsed the candidacy
of nominee Maddox.
“The Democratic party has
given us in Georgia a better
place in which to live. Nov. 8
is my birthday and I believe
the voters will turn out to
vote a straight democratic
ticket to lead the democrats
to victory,” Cong. Flynt said.
Mr. Flynt told his audi
ence that his appearance at
the dinner marked the
“104th time I have come to
Clayton County. I am tuned
in on the same wavelength
as yours. Anytime you need
me just call. I will be there.”
He thanked the people for
their support.
Earlier Lester Garfield
Maddox had said: “We ap
preciate the great job our
Congressman (Jack Flynt) is
doing.”
Mr. Flynt has solid Demo
cratic support in Clayton
County, he was assured by
one and all.
In his talk Supt. Edmonds
thanked the party for the
support given him. It was a
great dinner which gave
tangible evidence of the deep
roots being put down by the
Clayton County Democratic
Party. Afterwards Mr. Mad
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rally possible,” he said, “and
to express the candidates'
appreciation also for the
support of so many good
people in the county, Repub
licans and Democrats alike.”
After the rally the candi
dates moved on to other ap
pearances in this area. They
had a busy day.