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VOLUME 41— NUMBER 38
POINT OF VIEW
By JACK TROY
A GREAT COACH AND FRIEND PASSES
Last week was a sad week for Harry Wrens, Marion
Whaley and the writer.
Our old friend and coach, Frank Anderson of Oglethorpe,
on a baseball arrangement, but something else came up.
As a youngster I had somehow cherished a desire to
work on the staff of The Atlanta Constitution.
I revealed this ambition to Coach Anderson before leav
ing Daytona Beach where he had come in the interest of
having us go to Oglethorpe.
Coach Anderson said that if I would come to Oglethorpe
he would do everything within his power to make our dream
come true.
And he certainly did. Instead of playing baseball at
Oglethorpe I got to work on The Constitution while still in
school—part-time—and later as Sports Editor.
Destiny works in strange ways. But for Coach Anderson
I probably never would have reached Atlanta. I have a most
affectionate memory for what Coach Anderson did for me.
Messrs. Whaley and Wrens both said that in the death
of Coach Anderson, often called the South’s greatest coach
of baseball, they both felt a deep personal loss. And I nat
urally feel the same.
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AIRMAN BROWN
Airman Brown
Takes Tech
Training
SAN ANTONIO. Tex.—Air
man Johnny M. Brown, son
of Mr. and Mrs. William H.
Brown of 105 Rockcut Pl.,
Conley, Ga., has been se
lected for technical training
at Amarillo AFB, Tex., as a
U.S. Air Force aircraft main
tenance specialist.
The airman recently com
pleted basic training at
Lackland AFB, Tex. His new
school is part of the Air
Training Command which
conduct hundreds of spe
cialized courses to provide
technically trained person
nel for the nation’s aero
space force.
Airman Brown is a grad
uate of Forest Park (Ga.)
High School.
Mothers
March of Dimes
Meeting
Mrs. George E. Missbach,
Mothers’ March chairman
for the January March of
Dimes in Fulton, DeKalb
and Clayton counties has
called a meeting of mothers
living in this area, to be
held at the Greenbriar The
atre on Tuesday, November
15, from 10:30 a.m. to 12
noon.
“The purpose of bringing
the mothers together at this
time is to brief them on the
vast problems of birth de- |
sects—the target of the
January March of Dimes
campaign,” Mrs. Missbach j
said. “We are hoping that
all persons who are inter- j
ested in joining the January '
Mothers’ March will be able
to attend”.
A color film produced by
the National Foundation- j
March of Dimes entitled ;
"This Land Is Your Land”,
will be shown.
Dr. James F. Schwartz, I
director of the March of j
Dimes Birth Defects Center
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died in Albany, Ga., at age 85. Any
one who knew Frank Anderson well
thought the world of him as a coach
and a friend.
Mr. Wrens, in charge of Atlanta
Army Depot civilian personnel; Mr.
Whaley, owner of Clayton County
Finance Company of Forest Park and
Clayton County, and the writer owed
Coach Anderson a great deal. He
talked our folks into sending us to
Oglethorpe.
Both Wrens and Whaley played
baseball under Coach Anderson, but
I never played. I went to Oglethorpe
T. B. Clouts
Grand Jury
Foreman
The November Term of the
Grand Jury was empaneled
by Judge Harold R. Banke
on November 7th, 1966. Mr.
T. B. Clonts, Jr. was elected
Foreman, Mr. J. W. Smith,
Assistant Foreman and Mr.
Fred E. Walden Secretary.
Members of the Grand Jury
for the November Term are:
Franklin Byrd, Valley Hill
Rd., Riverdale; G. W. Chas
teen, Sr., 1084 Main St., F. P.;
John H. Cisel, RFD No. 3,
Box 169, C. P.; Frank M.
Clark, Bethsadia Rd., River
dale; T. B. Clonts, Jr., 235
Jodeco Dr., Jonesboro; Ther
on A. Creel, W. Fayetteville
Rd., Riverdale; Joe C.
Crumbley, Jonesboro; Len
don L. Dills, 104 Hillpine Rd.,
F. P.; Paul Fauscett, 120 S.
Ave., Jonesboro; W. T. Fin
cher, Jonesboro; Geddes F.
Floyd, 127 N. Ave., F. P.;
O. H. Heely, 6931 S. Exp.,
Jonesboro; Ed L. Huie, Mor
row; Ed Rawls, Sr., Box 517,
Jonesboro; Chas. Reynolds,
RFD No. 1, F. P.; W. L. Sims,
College St., Jonesboro; J. W.
Smith, 118 N. Ave., F. P.;
Paul T. Sowell, Jr., 405 Fay
etteville Rd., Jonesboro; E. L.
Stubbs, 1779 Sullivan Rd.,
C. P.; L. S. Terrell, Rt. No. 1,
Box 343A, Jonesboro; J. C.
Trammell, 1009 Central Ave.,
F. P.; Fred E. Walden, 244
Phillips Dr., F. P.; E. C.
Witherington, 118 N. Ave.,
F. P.
Homecoming
Festivities
At Ga. State
Homecoming festivities at
Georgia State College are
expected to attract about
1,500 students and alumni—
many from Forest Park and
Clayton County — Saturday
(November 19) at the
Dinkier Plaza Hotel.
The Homecoming Ban
quet, at 6:30 p.m. will fea
ture awards and recogni
tions with Alumni Associa
tion president, James R.
Henderson, of Atlanta, pre
siding.
The Alumni Association
will present its Distin
guished Service Award.
The announcement of the
Alumni of the Year will be
made. Mary Cunningham,
Decatur alumna, will pre
sent the Phi Chi Theta
award to the woman alumna
chosen for this anticipated
award. Harry Hammond, At
lanta, commander of the
Sigma Nu collegiate chapter
at Georgia State, will pre
sent that fraternity’s award
to the GSC Alumnus of the
Year.
FOREST PARK, GEORGIA 30050, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1966
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FOREST PARK MUSIC student, Frank Tanner (right),
of 219 E. Conley Rd., played the tuba with the Georgia
State College Brass Ensemble at the world premieres of
more than 20 new compositions for brass instruments.
Sam Treadwell, Route 1, Jonesboro, played the trombone.
Georgia State College’s fourth annual Symposium for
Contemporary Music for Brass was held last week-end.
Composers from all over the United States submitted
original compositions for brass—and over 20 were selected
to be played at the Symposium.
Morrow to Get
New Post Office
Congressman John J. Flynt, Jr., announced today
that Morrow, Georgia, will get a new postal facility.
This new post office building is going to be con
siderably larger than the old one. The net interior of
the present building is 1,058 square feet, and the in-
terior of the new building
will be 5,401 square feet. The
platform area of the present
Jonesboro
Junior High
PTA to Meet
Jonesboro Junior High
PTA will meet November 22
at 8 p.m. in the school Cafe
torium. Topic for the pro
gram will be “To Think
About Mental Health In Our
Local Community.”
The speaker will be Don
ald F. Spille, Ph. D. Execu
tive Director of Metropoli
tan Atlanta Mental Health
Association. Inspiration will j
be by the Chorus.
—Mrs. Martin Burks
Chamber to Salute
Atlanta Army Depot
Monday evening, Novem
ber 28, members of the Clay
ton County Chamber of
Commerce and their guests
will meet at the Lakeshore
Country Club to pay tribute
to the Atlanta Army Depot
on the occasion of its Silver
Anniversary.
Keynote speaker for the
event will be the Honorable
Herman E. Talmadge, United
States Senator from Georgia.
In addition, Colonel A. J. Mc-
Dermott, Jr., Commander of
the Depot, and a number of
other special guests will take
building is 96 square feet,
and the platform area of the
new building will be 615
square feet. The new build
ing will also have a maneu
vering and parking area of
10,350 square feet, as com
pared to only 3,500 square
feet which the old building
has.
The preferred location of
this new building is within
1/2 mile of the present site.
Bank Ups
Two Officers
The Bank of Jonesboro
Board of Directors held a
meeting last Wednesday, No
vember 9, at which two offi
cers were named to new po
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part in the program.
In announcing the meet
ing, Mr. Martin Burks,
Chamber President, stated
that “the Atlanta Army De
pot has played a significant
role in the development of
Clayton County during the
past quarter century. The
Depot provides employment
for some 4,000 civilian per
sonnel with an annual pay
roll in excess of $25 million.
In addition, the outstanding
military leaders, as well as
many civilian personnel who
have served at the depot
have contributed materially
Chamber
Wins
Award
Twelve Newcomer STAY &
SEE GEORGIA participants
have been cited for an award
by the Travel Council of the
Georgia State Chamber of
Commerce. Each community
will receive two metal STAY
& SEE highway signs in
cluding welcoming panels.
These signs will be erected
by the Georgia Highway De
partment.
Newcomer Awards are giv
en to the communities which
enter the STAY & SEE
GEORGIA Program for the
first year, set up a STAY &
SEE organization, hold a
Town Hall Meeting, launch
projects in at least three of
the five tourist community
development areas and send
in an Achievement Record of
their projects. The five tour
ist and community develop
ment areas are: “Clean-up
and Beautification”, “Cour
tesy and Hospitality”, "Ac
commodations and Facili
ties”, “Points of Interest”,
and “New Attractions”.
In District Three: the Per
ry Jaycees, Perry, Georgia;
and the Hamilton Chamber
of Commerce, Hamilton,
Georgia were the winners.
In District Four: the
Chamblee-Doraville Business
Men’s Association.
In District Six: the Clay
ton County Chamber of
Commerce, Jonesboro, Geor
gia; the LaGrange Chamber
of Commerce, LaGrange,
Georgia; the Greenville Ki
wanis Club, Greenville, Geor
gia.
In District Eight: the Al
ma Lions Club, Alma, Geor
gia; the Jesup-Wayne Coun
ty Chamber of Commerce,
Jesup, Georgia; the Homer
ville-Cllnch County Lions
Club, Homerville, Georgia;
and the Woodbine Chamber
of Commerce, Woodbine,
Georgia.
In District Ten: the Au
gusta Chamber of Commerce,
Augusta, Georgia; and the
Rutledge, Morgan County
Chamber of Commerce, Rut-
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Decorators
Center Opens
The new Decorators Cen
ter opened this week at 1155
Main Street in Forest Park,
by Mary Gray and Jean Med
lock, both with many years
experience In home decorat
ing.
During their Opening Sale,
now through Friday, they
are making no charge for
labor on draperies. Just
bring your measurements
and pick out the material.
The rest is free. And there’s
a drawing for free draperies
during the sale.
Decorators Center will give
you guaranteed work on
Swags, Cascades, Draperies,
Cornices and Valances. They
offer SI.OO sq. yd. off on car
peting, too.
Mary Gray of Merry Lane
In Forest Park will be re
membered for her “Mary’s
Workroom.” Jean Medlock is
well known in decorating
circles in Atlanta.
to the progress of Clayton
Countv.”
The Depot started opera
tions in 1917 at Fort McPher
son. Following a period of in
activity, it was re-activated
at its present 1,500 acre lo
cation in 1941 and has op
erated continuously ever
^since. Today, in addition to
serving as a center from
Which supplies are shipped
to the armed forces, it also
has certain repair and main
tenance responsibilities such
as general equipment and
aircraft.
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
Jack Flynt and Ed Edmonds
Post Easy Victories
As he did in the run-off with Ellis Arnall, Lester Maddox took Clayton
County comfortably by a 3-2 margin. He polled 9,816 votes to Bo Callaway’s
6,726, making it “Maddox Country” all the way.
All returns were obtained from the office of Joe Lane, Clayton County Ordi
nary. Arnall polled 402 write-in votes.
John J. Flynt was re
elected Sixth District U. S.
Representative, 11,375 to G.
Paul Jones’ 4,796 in this
County. The state count was
32,000 for Flynt and 14,000
for Jones.
J. E. Edmonds, veteran
Clayton County School Su
perintendent, polled 11,428
to Earl Cherry’s 3,405. This
was the expected result.
Cherry was a write-in can
didate. He could have run
in the Primary. Why didn’t
he?
In the state at large the
Governor’s race was still in
pretty much of a mess at
press time. Is Georgia going
to wind up witn three or four
governors? Once before, you
will remember, Georgia had
two governors. The Courts
will resolve the current sit
uation involving Maddox,
Callaway and Arnall. Gover
nor Carl Sanders will remain
governor until a successor is
named.
Jonesboro attorney Ken
neth Kilpatrick won re-elec
tion to the 35th District Sen
ate seat without Republican
opposition. Unopposed in
their bids for House seats
were Dem crats Bill Lee,
Arch Gary and Lamar North
cutt.
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R. C. Neely,
Rx Optician
In Business
Richard C. Neely, native
Clayton Countian and resi
dent of Jonesboro, has
opened the county’s only
prescription optician office
in Clayton Plaza in Forest
Park.
Mr. Neely, who has had
eight years experience with
Atlanta’s leading opticians
and opthalmologists, prom
ises the finest quality only in
making your glasses from
your prescription.
Mr. Neely was born and
reared in Riverdale, and is
married to the former Carol
Wilson of Rome.
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JOHN J. FLYNT
. . . Re-elected
November 14-18
County Extension Office
To Observe Special Week
Charles Tucker, County Agent, and Miss Mary
Frances White, County Extension Home Economist,
announced this week that the County Extension Of
fice would observe National Consumer Week Novem
ber 14-18. The County Extension Office is cooperating
in a National program to
better acquaint the general
public with the wealth of
consumer educational infor
mation and services avail
able from the offices of the
Cooperative Extension Serv
ice.
Miss White and Mr. Tucker
said much of the consumer
information at the Exten
sion Office is available in
printed form. They believe
local citizens who visit the
office will find interesting
publications that will make
them better shoppers. “We
welcome the opportunity to
help families learn how to
get the most satisfaction
from money they spend for
goods and services,” the Ex
tension workers declared.
They want their regular
callers, writers and visitors
to continue seeking informa
tion. During the week of No
vember 14, they would es
pecially like those not fa
miliar with Extension’s serv
ices to drop by for a first
hand look. The location for
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Lake City
Speaker
Capt. Robert K. Dillon, Jr.,
Depot Deputy Director for
Data Systems, will be guest
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