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VOLUME 41 — NUMBER 50
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By JACK TROY
Southern Should Get
W&A Lease
The Southern Railway system has a large investment in
Clayton County industrial property, together with the
Georgia Railroad which Southern owns, and we wish South
ern well in its future activities.
of the people of Georgia, and we are in complete agree
ment.
“Anyone who has had to suffer through a train-ride re
cently knows only too well how badly competition is needed
among the railroads, and open bidding on this publicly
owned lease should certainly be done on no other basis. It
is often difficult to define terms like competition, and mo
nopoly, as they apply to public utjlities, but any time that
open competition can be festered in the utilities, we are
all for it. This way, the consumer will win in the end.”
Here is Southern’s view of the matter—
“ Southern Railway has declared that leasing of the
Georgia-owned Western & Atlantic Railroad to Southern
means a ‘bright future’ for the communities and industries
along this railroad which runs between Atlanta and Chat
tanooga.
“The W&A, when allied with Southern, will become
stronger and increasingly more useful, able to attract
added industry and encourage economic growth in the area
it serves, Southern says in a question-and-answer booklet
being distributed to explain Southern’s interest in making
the high bid for the lease of the W&A.
“The pamphlet deals with charges that have been made
by the losing bidder, the Louisville and Nashville Railroad,
in opposing the Georgia State Properties Control Commis
sion’s acceptance of Southern’s high bid for leasing the
railroad.
‘“Southern says that its high bid of $995,000 per year
‘reflects its confidence that under efficient management
and with the aid of a vigorous industrial development pro
gram, it will earn enough from operation of the W&A to
pay the rent and also a substantial profit for itself.’”
We agree. And we wish for Southern success in this
matter. For Southern’s bid to operate the State-owned fa
cility was $95,000 per year more than the L&N bid. That
is the people’s money and is not to be sneezed at.
Pride and Problems
M Abercrombie
Add Rotarians
Forest Park’s Mayor Sharon Abercrombie ad
dressed the Forest Park Rotary Club at their regular
luncheon meeting January 18, 1967. Mayor Aber
crombie neatly sized up Forest Park’s progress in the
last decade and also told of its current problems.
Mayor Abercrombie spoke of
the many dynamic changes
Forest Park has made in the
last ten years. He said that
Forest Park had enjoyed a
population growth of 435%
from 1950 to 1960. Mayor
Abercrombie also referred
to the fact that in 1960 for
ty per cent of its total pop
ulation was of people less
than 5 years of age and
that its population of peo
ple over 55 years of age was
only 5%!!! The mayor said
that the youth of our com
munity demands primary
schools, recreation facilities
and job opportunities.
Mayor Abercrombie spoke
of the various city facilities:
the street department, the
police department, the fire
department, the water de
partment, the sanitation de
partment, and the recrea
tion department.
Os the Street Department
the mayor spoke of 27 miles
of city streets as having
been paved and he also
spoke of the incoming 4-
lane thoroughfare now
known as Central Avenue.
He also spoke of the pending
rebuilding of Pine Ridge
Drive, between Phillips and
Ash Streets. Mr. Abercrom
bie said that only three con
demnation procedures stand
in the way of the actual
widening of Pine Ridge
Drive.
The Mayor spoke very
proudly of the Police De
partment. He said that over
5,055 calls were answered in
1966, these calls ranging
from attempted homicide,
suicide, assault and battery,
burglaries, armed robberies,
and traffic violtions. At
this point Mr. Abercrombie
i ¢ Horest Park Free Press
4 and
The Rockdale Citizen is in ac
cord with our views as expressed in
the following editorial—
“A Good Name — Southern”.
“We are delighted to see that the
Southern Railway System is making
an attempt to lease the Georgia
owned trackage between Atlanta and
Chattanooga. This is the old Western
and Atlantic Railroad, and has been
owned by the state for many years.
The President of the Southern Sys
tem stated that his company felt that
an open competitive bidding on the
lease would best serve the interests
said that traffic violations
were rapidly becoming a
problem, and that Forest
Park thoroughly agrees with
the city of Atlanta in that a
more stringent code toward
traffic violations be en
forced. As an aside at this
point, Mr. Abercrombie said
that it might be of interest
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Plywood,
Salvage
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Open in FP
Two new firms have been
added to Forest Park’s ever
growing list, both on Jones
boro Road and both in the
same building at No. 3042,
directly across the highway
from Forest Park Drive-In
Theatre.
One is Plywood Atlanta,
offering paneling of many
different woods and present
ly at fabulous discayst
prices. This is Branch No. 1.
There are other Plywood
Atlantas across the area.
They have paneling for
every purpose—home, office,
summer cottage, and also of
fer free estimates and sam
ples and deliveries are
available.
The other firm in the
same building is Atlanta
Salvage Co. They offer
dealers’ bankrupt stock—ra
dios, furniture, matresses,
lamps, clothing and a wide
variety of items.
Plywood Atlan#v. has been
open for seyeral weeks but
Atlanta Salvage has just
gotten started and is con
ducting a Grand Opening.
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ATLANTA ARMY DEPOT—Mayor R. E. El- support agreement DElWeen Lepus suu suc
liott looks on as Col. A. J. McDermott, Jr, City of Morrow.
Depot Commander, signs reciprocal fire (U.S. Army Photo)
Daylight T 4 Is Endorsed
The Directors of the Clayton County Chamber of Commerce have gone on
record in support of Georgia observing Daylight Sgving Time. Unless legisla
tion to the contrary is enacted by the General Assembly, Georgia, will begin ob
serving daylight time on the last Sunday in April and terminating the last Sun-
day in October.
In making known its posi
tion, the Board cited several
reasons for its action. The
extra hours of daylight each
day will mean more leisure
time available for recrea
tion purposes. In addition,
the timing of television pro
grams will be in the viewers
favor if Georgia adheres to
the national time policy, be
cause, if not, programs in
prime viewing hours will
. come an hour earlier. For
example, network news pro
grams now presented at 6:30
would be seen at 5:30, a
time when most viewers
would prefer to be working
in the yard or would be en
route home from work.
Since most, if not all, of
the other states are expected
to observe Daylight time,
Georgia’s failure to partici
pate would also create eco
nomic disadvantages. For
example, Georgia’s indus
trial and commercial com
plex would see productivity
cut during three time per
iods each day—one hour in
the morning when offices in
other states would be open
and Georgia’s offices closed:
—one hour during lunch
FP Senior High
The Forest Park Sen
ior High FHA will spon
sor a semi-formal
Sweetheart Dance fea
turing the “HUNCH
MEN” February 11, 1967
at the school cafeteria.
The dance is from 8:00
until 11:00 pm. The
tickets are $2.00 a couple
and $1.25 stag, they will
be on sale at the door.
Everyone is invited.
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Griffin Kiwanians Attend
Mtn. View Ladies’ Night
On Tuesday evening of
last week the Kiwanis Club
of Mountain View observed
Ladies’ Night. Speaker was
Kiwanian P. Y. Luther, of
the Griffin club, who dealt
out a fund of wisdom and
a feast of fun. Other Grif
finites attending were Roy
Hill, George Landsdale and
Grady Norton. ¢
¢Adding zest to %he event
was an-amusing coincidence:
the date of the occasion
marked the birthday anni
versary of both the speaker
and the president of the host
when those in the Northeast |
would be at lunch and Geor~
gians would be in their of
fices; and—one hour in the
Depot Salari
Are $25,933,383
ATLANTA ARMY DEPOT—The Depot spent a
total of $68,621,792 in 1966, with $25,933,383 of this
going for salaries. Equipment and material shipped
to the armed forces amounted to 198,124 tons.
A total of 35,046 contracts weer let for commer-
cial procurement ot supplies
and services, These con
tracts totaled $6,401,631, of
which approximately 75%
was channelled into the
metropolitan Atlanta area,
which includes Clayton
County. Small business
firms received $4,794,972.
Civilian personnel strength
at the close of 1966 was 4,-
019. Os the 1,341 appoint
ments made during the year,
822 were temporary.
An estimateda annual sav
ings of $461,606 were rea
lized through adoption of
516 suggestions submitted
by Depot personnel, who re
ceived awards totaling $14,-
995.
More than $39,000 was
contributed to the combined
Federal-United Appeal fund
drive; 1,854 pints of blood
were given to the Red Cross:
the Depot Fire Department
responded to 34 emergency
off-post calls. The mail
room nine-man work force
reported 6745.000 mail
handlings during the year.
The Depot also received a
third star for its minuteman
flag, for having over 90%
participating in the pur
chase of savings bonds over
a three-year period.
club, Joe Gallman. The
birthday cake was presented
by Mrs. Jewell Nash as the
group sang the traditional
verse to each of the hon
ored ones. Invocation was by
a young minister, Danny
Hood, son and gyess of club
member uowah? dnd “Ki-
Sydhi-fhne” Margie Hood.
New member Billy O’Neal
and his wife Nell were
proudly recognized and
warmly received.
The program was engaged
by Vice-President Edwin
Pitts.
late afternoon when North
eastern area officers would
be closed an hour earlier
than ofifces in Georgia.
DAY ON WAII-TV
On Wednesday, February
Bth, DATELINE ATLANTA,
10:30-11:00 a.m. broadcast
live from WAII-TV, Chan
nel 11, will devote its entire
program to Forest Park as
part of its continuing “Com
munity Focus Series.”
Co-hosts Jack Walsh and
Elaine Belk will interview
Mayor S. S. Abercrombie and
John Phipps, Recreational
Director for the City of For
est Park. With Mayor Aber
crombie providing the nar
ration, film footage shot by
Channel 11’s News and Com
munity Affairs Department,
will show the City’s out
standing features to the
DATELINE audience.
Among the areas viewed
in operation will be the Far
mer’s Market, which has
been termed one of the larg
est in the world by the State
Department of Agriculture.
Further discussed will be
the City’s many recfeational
outlets — the Community
Recreation Center, with its
f olympic sized swimming pool
and basketball court which
seats 3,000 — and the am
bitious program of the For
est Park Athletic Club. Also
examined will be the City’s
Department of Public Safety
whose jurisdiction includes
the Police, Rescue and Fire
Departments, the latter
which provides the facilities
for the State Training
'Agency fors Civil ¢Defense.
Mayor Abercrombie will
strace the City’s astronomical
industrial growth and Chan
nel 11 cameras will survey
the new shopping center
which will eventually house
J. C. Penney’s regional mail
order house employing 2,000
to 3,000 employees. A special
feature will center about the
unusual Rolls Royce collec
| tion of Mr. Lee Hooper, a
resident of Forest Park.
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is a lot farther than he thought. ® This is Boy Scout Week.
Morrow Asks
For Share
Os State Tax
The City of Morrow is call
ing on the General Assem
bly and Governor Lester
Maddox to provide “a sig
nificant share of present
state tax collections to mu
nicipalities” to help pay the
rising cost of running the
city government. Cities and
towns throughout Georgia
are taking similar action in
an effort to retain funds
which Governor Maddox
has proposed to municipali
ties.
The Governor requested
that $3.7 million, above the
current $9.3 million cities in
Georgia are now receiving,
be instated in the 1967-68
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Observe
Lenten
Season
The Living Word Lutheran
Church will observe the be
ginning of the Lenten Sea
son on 4-. .. zdnesday, Feb
ruary 8, with special serv
ices beginning at 7:30 p.m.
Lent is that meaningful
period in the church year
when Christians seriously
restudy the most significant
event in history—the suffer
ings and death of Jesus
Christ. The message of Lent
is the message of St. Paul:
“Christ dies for our sins ac
cording to the Scriptures.”
In the Lutheran Church,
special evening services hon
oring the suffering Savior,
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Don’t Mind.’
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Boy Scout Week
Tara Scouts to Present
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DemonstrationatPlaza
This is Boy Scout Week—Feb. 7-13—and Tara Boy
Scouts are making big plans to celebrate this his
toric occasion, Tara Chairman George Kilpatrick re
ports;.\s you may know, Scouting rounds a guy out,
| makes him a bigger guy
| than he was before—strong
s | er, taller, more self reliant,
. | better with people, better
. | with himself—helps him be
as BIG as can be. Scouting
| | challenges him to be more
|
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| Jonesboro
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V. President
Following their January
Board of Directors meeting,
Charles S. Conklin, Presi
dent of the Bank of Jones
boro, announced the promo-
L | tion of Luther M. McDowell,
| Jr. to the office of Vice
- | President.
- Mr. McDowell began his
| ;duties with the Bank of
Jonesboro last July in the
| | capacity of Assistant Vice
' | President. He is a native of
| this area and was with the
, | Citizens Bank in Gainesville
| before coming to Jonesboro.
] Mr. and Mrs. McDowell
, | have two children, and live
| in Sherwood Forest in
- | Jonesboro.
Mr. and Mrs. McDowell
, | have two children, and live
| in Sherwood Forest in
, | Jonesboro, where they are
active in community affairs.
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than he thought he could be!
The Boy Scouts of Tara
District will present a dem
onstration of Scouting skills
this Saturday, Feb. 11, on the
parking lot at Clayton Plaza
Shopping Center, Forest
Park.
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Kilpatrick
Heads Bar
Assoc.
At a meeting of the Clay
ton County Bar Association,
held in the community room
of the Citizens Bank of
Clayton County on Tuesday,
January 31, 1967, the fol
lowing officers were elected
by the Clayton County Bar
Association for 1967:
Kenneth Kilpatrick, Presi
dent
Arthur A. Morrison, Vice
President
William V. George, Secre
tary
Wayne W. Vickers, Treas
urer.
Mr. Kilpatrick, in his in
augural speech, after wel
coming Judge Ellis Mundy of
the Federal District Court,
pledged the Bar Association
to an active year of public
works.