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VOLUME 41 — NUMBER 52
By JACK TROY
The Action Crowd of
Clayton County
Talk about a prestige dinner—
The Clayton County school system was represented al
most 100 per cent at the annual banquet of the Clayton
the officers and chairmen of the Clayton County Council
of PTA.
Emmett Lee represented County School Supt. Ed Edmonds
and Asst. Supt. Ernest Stroud who were out of the state
on school matters.
It was truly a wonderful dinner arranged by Mrs. Flor
ence Lavender who did herself proud with a splendid buffet.
Thanks, too, to her staff.
Penny Jones, Director of Boy Scout Office Services, At
lanta, made a wonderful address titled "Accentuate the
Positive.”
He described his listeners as "The Action crowd of Clay
ton County concerned with youth and education.” Surely it
was the most representative school group I have ever had
the pleasure of meeting with.
President Mrs. Oris Cowan did a splendid job as the pre
siding officer. All things went as they were supposed to and
a prime event included a written test for all present. The
school students should appreciate this.
Eric Woodward Talks
To Rotary On Soccer
Mr. Eric Woodward, assistant manager of the
Atlanta Chiefs, addressed the Forest Park Rotary
Club on Wednesday, February 8 and spoke of the
most popular sport in the world—soccer.
Mr. Woodward, former Soccer Writer for the
Birmingham Evening Mail
(England’s third largest
newspaper), has traveled
the world to report soccer
matches in Russia, Italy,
France, Bulgaria, Holland,
Spain, Yugoslavia, Sweden,
Norway, Denmark, Germany,
Portugal, Austria and Great
Britain. Mr. Woodward has
done both radio and televi
sion announcing and has
just recently rejected the
editorship of Eng 1 a n d’s
largest week-end sports
magazine to be the assistant
manager of the Atlanta
Chiefs.
Mr. Woodward spoke of
the rest of the world as
being puzzled that soccer is
not a major sport in the
United States and said that
it is played in more countries
than any other sport in the
world. He told of one
match’s having recently
been watched by some 200,-
000,000 via sattelite televi
sion.
Mr. Woodward spoke of
soccer as being a game
played by two teams of
eleven either of which in the
case of player injury may
have two (but only two)
substitutes in the entire
game. He termed it a con
tact sport with only one
player’s (the goal keeper)
being able to use his hands
—all other players must use
other parts of their anatomy
—(their heads, chests, feet,
buttocks). Soccer was also
termed a fast and furious
non-stop game of ninety
minutes, a game which de
mands more technical skill
than does baseball or foot
ball. He also said that in
this game it is not the size
of the man that counts so
much as it is the fight in
the man. Mr. Woodward said
that these players are al
lowed hardly any protection
other than knee pads.
This lack of encumbrance
swiftens the pace of the
Play.
Mr. Woodward spoke of
the international players
that are now being proc
essed by their respective
embassies as being people
who are being brought over
here to live, not to visit.
Most of these players were
already well positioned in
their home countries before
making the move and most
are coming because they
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fifth
County PTA Presidents Club at Lake
City Elementary School dining room
Monday, Feb. 13.
This banquet is held each year so
that the PTA Presidents Club may
become better acquainted with State
Senators, State Representatives,
County Commissioners and County
Board of Education members. And
also to thank principals and the press
for their good works and cooperation.
And in attendance the Presidents
of all the PTAs in Clayton County,
along with their school principals
and assistant principals, as well as
want to live in the United
States.
Mr. Woodward said that
the Atlanta Chiefs are try
ing to do in months what
other cities and countries
have done in years and he
said that all the world is
watching the soccer move
ment in the United States
and that they profoundly
hope that we will become a
member of the family of na
tions who plav soccer.
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HAROLD THOMPSON
Thompson
Joins
Johnson
Harold Thompson well
known local Realtor is now
an associate Broker with
Johnson Realty Inc. Mr.
Thompson has 21 years of
diversified experience in the
real estate field. Mr.
Thompson has had his own
firm and was formerly as
sociated with one of Metro
politan Atlanta’s largest
firms.
Mr. Thompson resides at
1230 Skyland Drive in Forest
Park. He is a Realtor, mem
ber of the Clayton County
Real Estate Board and is a
past president of the board.
Mr. Thompson invites his
many friends and clients to
call him for all their real
estate needs at his new loca
tion.
FOREST PARK, GEORGIA 30050TtUESDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1967
MRS. ORIS COWAN, President of the
County PTA Presidents Club, introduced
speaker E. P. (Penny) Jones at the club’s
Scouts' Penny Jones Talks On
'Accentuate the Positive'
The Clayton County PTA Presidents’ Club annual banquet last Monday
night at Lake City Elementary School was a real bell ringer.
Sen. Kenneth Kilpatrick gave the Invocation; Welcome, President Mrs. Oris
Cowan; Response, Allen T. Johnson; Introduction of guests, Mrs. Cowan; Roll
Dall, Mrs. C. R. Jones; Announcements, Mrs. Cowan; Program, Mrs R T Raw
lins.
Honored were school prin
cipals, Board of Education,
Legislators, Commissioners
and press. The speaker for
the occasion was E. p.
(Penny) Jones, Director of
Officer Services, Atlanta
Area Council, Boy Scouts of
America. His subject: Ac
centuate the Positive.
Mr. Jones’ speech follows—
Some while back while
standing in line to vote on
one of the numerous occa
sions we had last fall, Mrs.
Raulins asked me to address
a PTA group in February.
She said the topic of my
talk would be Critical Issue
Number 6. Not knowing at
the time what the subject
was about I committed my
self to the task.
This incident can be par
alled to a hen and a hog who
were traveling together and
passed a church that dis
played the subject for the
Sunday sermon: “How can
we help the Poor?” After a
moment’s reflection the hen
ventqred to say, “I know
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Police Do a Great Job On
Crime Prevention Week
Chief Willie H. Allen and the Forest Park Police Dept., Department of Pub
lic Safety, did an outstanding job in observance of Crime Prevention Week Feb
ruary 13-18.
To make it possible Forest Park Police had the cooperation of FBI, Federal
Alcohol Tax and Tobacco Unit and also the cooperation of Belk-Gallant Depart-
ment Store and Clayton
Plaza Shopping Center Mer
chants Association.
The police had a most ef
fective window display at
Belk-Gallant, including po
lice mannequin, plain
FOREST PARK POLICE Chief Willie H.
Allen and FBI Agent James Dolan shown
at window display marking Crime Preven
tion Week at Belk-Gallant Dept. Store,
annual banquet Monday night, Feb. 13, at
Lake City Elementary School. See story be
low on a fine speech.—(Photo by Hooper.)
Very First Award
Mrs. Boswick Receives
National PTA Honor
The Forest Park Jr. High PTA honored a Clayton
County citizen with the very first National Life Mem
bership ever presented by any PTA in this county at
their Founders’ Day meeting, February 7, 1967. Mrs.
Tamar Sweeney presented this high honor to Mrs.
Edgar Boswick and read the
following story of her ac
complishments:
Once upon a time, there
was a football team with no
field; a school with no band
and no band uniforms; some
poorly clothed children with
too little food and almost no
medicine; and some mis
guided young folks who,
after having gone afoul of
the law, were becoming
hopelessly hardened in com
mon jails. And into this sad
circumstance there came a
lady—a gentle lady who saw
things other people seemed
clothes officer, a warning
sign of the dangers of moon
shine, narcotics crime scene
pictures, sawed off shotgun,
silencer on gun and Thomp
son Sub Machine Oun.
Clayton Plaza. A fine job was done on
Crime Prevention Week. See story.—(Photo
by Fred Bryant of Derickson’s.)
to overlook, and did some
thing about them. And they
all lived happier ever after.
Does it sound like a fairy
tale? The more I have
learned about Mrs. Trudy
Boswick and her work, the
more I believe that dreams
do come true, and fairy tales
can indeed be real—when
the princess and princesses
roll up the sleeves of their
robes, and are willing to
give away their crowns.
About eighteen years ago,
when Trudy Boswick was
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To top it all off there was
a model whiskey still in
front of the display window
at Belk-Gallant. James Do
lan, FBI agent, did a job of
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PUBLISHED WEEKLY
JONESBORO FFA President George Wad
dy presents trophy to Chapter Sweetheart
Diane Dalton at annual* Father and Son
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MRS. BOSWICK
Hendrix
Flag
Ceremony
A new state and federal
flag are shown being raised
on a new flagpole at Hen
drix Drive Elementary
School. Safety| Patrolmen
form each morning to raise
the flag and each afternoon
to lower It.
This observance is in its
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Dr. Foley
Takes Part in
State Fair
Dr. Henry L. Foley, Forest
Park Chiropractor and Cap
tain of the Griffin Shrine
Club Motor Corp, was invited
by Egypt Temple of Tampa,
Florida, to participate, along
with his entire Motor Corp,
in the Tampa Shrine Days
and Florida State Fair Pa
rade this past week. The
event lasted four days and
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CENTRAL AVENUE HAPEVILLE, GA.
*We now have a training program in service—
■ training our customers to eat faster
Banquet last Thursday at Jonesboro Senior
High cafetorium.—(Photo by Lee Hooper.)
Jonesboro FFA Banquet
Outstanding Affair
The 26th annual Father and Son banquet of the
Jonesboro Chapter of Future Farmers of America was
indeed an affair to remember. It was held Thursday
night.
Dennis Barber, State FFA Vice President, who
was the speaker, said:
“Congratulations to the of
ficers and all who have had
a part in this outstanding
affair.”
Young Barber is from
Hiram, Paulding County. He
pointed out that as Amer
ica’s population zooms to
ward 200 million that “the
Farmer’s job is big and is
going to be a lot bigger.”
He went on to say that
“we practice brotherhood
and strive for leadership. A
Future Farmer believes in
himself and in cooperation
with one another. The Bible
says we must do good unto
man. This banquet is worthy
of the efforts the Jonesboro
Chapter has put forth.”
The big dining room at
Jonesboro Senior High
School was more than three
fourths filled, and guests
heard remarks from Princi
pal Fred S. Smith and Cliff
England from the central
county school office. Keith
Wilder gave the Welcome to
parents and guests, Denny
Cox told of FFA Chapter ac
tivities.
Chapter Advisor T. O.
Gurley introduced guests.
Colie Adamson, chairman of
the Board of Education, sat
at the head table.
Named Honorary members
of FFA and presented
plaques were George Waddy,
Sam Wilder, William Trout
and A. L. Cox. A plaque was
also presented Mrs. Barbara
Jenkins, school lunchroom
superintendent.
FFA Chapter President
George Waddy, who pre
sided, gave a handsome tro-
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Mathews
Named in
Top 10%
O’Neil B. Mathews, Jr., son
of Mrs. Margaret D. Mathews
of Forest Park, has been dis
tinguished by being named
in the top 10% of scorers in
the National Educational
Development Tests which
were recently administered
to students at Woodward
Academy. (Woodward, for
merly known as Georgia
Military Academy, is located
in College Park, Ga.)
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Little League
Needs Help!
Can you help to coach,
manage or work in any
capacity with the Little
League? If so, the Forest
Park Athletic Assn, needs
you. We are making our
plans now for the coming
season and if you will help
please contact Bill McCoy,
366-8505.
If you have or know
anyone who has uniforms
or equipment belonging to
Little League please con
tact Mr. McCoy or bring to
204 Helen Street, Forest
Park.
—LaVerne Nix, Publicity
Little League
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