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SHOP I ID SAVE IN CLAYTON COUNTY
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VOLUME 42 —NUMBER 23
POINT OF VIEW
By JACK TROY
'Shop and Save In
Clayton County*
The month of August could be a great month for the
merchants of Clayton County if they will join wholeheart
edly in the “Shop and Save in Clayton County" promotion
come is high as well, but due to the closeness of Atlanta
and neighboring shopping centers retail sales are not what
they should be.
It is the idea of the Chamber of Commerce and members
of the Retail Merchants Committee that a month devoted
to persuading county citizens to shop at home will help a
lot in keeping shopping money circulating in the county.
This newspaper hopes that the majority of merchants
and shoppers will join in this promotion and make it the
best month, dollarwise, in the history of Clayton County.
The Chamber of Commerce will have street banners in
Jonesboro, Forest Park and Riverdale as reminders to citi
zens to “Shop and Save in Clayton County.”
As the Chamber has pointed out, the ultimate success
of the sales promotion will depend upon the merchants. The
more effort spent the more it will mean in sales volume to
the merchant.
All merchants, whether members of the Chamber of
Commerce or nbt, are encouraged to participate.
Let’s make it the best month for retail sales in the his
tory of one of Georgia’s fastest-growing counties. It could
lead to steady sales throughout the year. We certainly
hope so.
It makes good sense to shop and save in your home
county. You save in many ways.
Jonesboro LL All-Stars
Lose in Finals, 3 to 0
The Jonesboro Little League All-Stars were de
feated 3-0 by South Fulton in the finals of the area
baseball tournament played on Shrine Bryant Field
in Fairburn last Friday night before a capacity crowd.
Hurler David Greenway allowed the South Ful-
ton team only two hits; how
ever, three fielding errors
played the major part in the
scoring. South Fulton pitch
er Tuck Smith, called “Bad
News” by his teammates,
threw an impressive no-hit
ter at the Jonesboro team
and gave up only two walks.
Jonesboro reached the fin
als by defeating Riverdale
5-1 on Thursday night be
hind the two hit hurling of
Jimmy Banks. Ricky Marsh
slapped a double in the first
inning and William Gober
blasted a homer in the sec
ond. From that point on the
Riverdale bats were quiet.
Trailing 1-0 in the fifth
inning with two outs, Jones
boro scored three runs on a
single by Rocky Lee and two
errors. In the final inning
catcher Wes Agnew led off
the frame with a blast that
rattled the Centerfield fence
for a standup double, stole
third base then scored on
Terry Bloodworth’s single.
Rightfielder Tony Lovin
Mrs. Wheeler
Commended
By Depot
ATLANTA ARMY DEPOT
—Mrs. Delia C. Wheeler, 453
Burks Place, Forest Park,
has received an official com
mendation from Lt. Col.
Louis A. Normand, Depot
Director for Supply and
Transportation. Mrs. Wheel
er was cited for outstanding
performance as a clerk-typ
ist in the Inventory Control
Division. She is a native of
Jasper, Ga., and has been a
local resident 17 years. She
is affiliated with Lake City
Baptist Tabernacle and
Lodge No. 290 OES. Her chil
dren are Marsha June a re
cent graduate of Forest Park
High School; and Tommie
Leah who attends Hendrix
Drive Elementary School.
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and
sponsored by the Retail Merchants
Committee of the Clayton County
Chamber of Commerce.
Lou Evans, well - known county
businessman, is co-chairman of the
committee and urges every merchant
to take part and offer specials dur
ing this vital month.
Clayton County newspapers and
Radio Station WBAD, Hapeville, are
entering wholeheartedly in the pro
motion of the idea to "Shop and Save
in Clayton County.”
This is one of the state’s fastest
growing counties and per capita in-
knocked Bloodworth in with
a blistering double.
South Fulton reached the
finals by defeating Morrow-
Lake City 7-6 on Thursday
night after trailing 6-0. In
the battle for third place on
Friday night, Morrow-Lake
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Optimist
Football
Registration
Jerry Jones, Boys Work
Chairman for the Optimist
Club of Forest Park, has an
nounced plans for registra
tion of boys interested in
playing Optimist League
football. Registration will be
held at the Forest Park Reg
istration Center on Satur
day morning, August 5, Au
gust 12 and August 19. The
hours will be from 9 a.m.
until 2 p.m.
The Optimist Football
program is for boys from
the ages of 8 years through
12 years. The boy must
weigh 75 pounds or less. In
order to qualify, a boy must
be 8 years of age before Sep
tember 1, 1967 and cannot
reach the age of 13 before
January 1, 1968.
A small fee is charged at
registration time. This fee
covers insurance and per
sonal equipment necessary.
All girls interested in the
Optimist Football League
and want to be cheerleaders
in the league should register
at the same time and place
as the boys do for football.
The Optimist Club of For
est Park is looking forward
in this eighth year of opera?
tion to having the best foot
ball season yet and welcome
all boys and girls in this
category to take part in our
program.
—T. E. Allen
FOREST PARK, GEORGIA 30050, TUESDAY, AUGUST 1, 1967
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Frank Harbins Thrilled
By Expo 67 in Montreal
Montreal, Canada
July 21, 1967
Dear Jack:
“Shorty” and I are now in
Montreal and Expo 67 and it
is all they say it is. We have
pulled this airstream trailer
more than 9000 miles since
we left Atlanta on June 2nd.
One of the heights of our
trip was the Wally Byam
Youngsters Visit On
Head Start Program
A bus load of youngsters (seventy-one!) taking
part in the Head Start program visited the Forest
Park Library at 696 Main Street on July 25. Mrs. Hat
tie L. Emerson, lead teacher for the summer program
at Huie Elementary School, accompanied the group
which included six teachers,
six aides, and several volun
teers.
As the bus turned in the
driveway one child com
mented, “It’s real pretty in
side.” But for most of the
children in the group, it was
their first visit to the li
brary.
The well behaved group
was welcomed by the library
staff then conducted to a
special section of the library
for children. Here they lis
tened attentively while a
ATLANTA ARMY DEPOT—Left, Major
Robert K. Dillon, Jr., receives citation for
Army Commendation Medal from Col. A.
J. McDermott, Jr., at luncheon in his hon
or prior to departure for Viet Nam. Mrs.
Dillon is seated at right. Promotion to Ma
jor came after this photograph was made.
He had served in Viet Nam in 1964 and
during his Depot tour appeared as guest
speaker before a number of groups, dis
cussing Viet Nam and showing his slides
International rally at Santa
Rosa, Calif., for 10 days.
From there we went to Seat
tle and took the ferry to Vic
toria, British Columbia, then
on to Lake Louise over the
Rogers Pass and a side trip
to Jasper National Park, all
very beautiful country.
From Lake Louise we went
to Calgary and to the Cal-
story was read to them.
When the story was fin
ished, each child was invited
to select a book from the
shelves to look through.
After leaving the library,
the group planned to visit
the local police station and
Recreation Center.
All of the children in the
group will enter school for
the first time in September,
and Mrs. Emerson feels that
the Head Start school pro-
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on that country. He is a member of Chap
ter 28, Armed Forces Management Associa
tion, Association of the U. S. Army, the
Army Aviation Association of America and
the Reserve Officers Association. He holds
a BS degree in marketing from Indiana
University and while at the Depot was a
candidate for a master’s degree in busi
ness administration at Georgia State Col
lege.—(U. S. Army Photo.)
gary Stampede, then across
the famous Trans-Canada
Highway No. 1 to Expo.
From Expo we will go to
Majors falls and then home.
Am sending a picture of
Shorty and me from the
Santa Rosa rally.
As ever,
Frank and Shorty
Harbin
Merchants
Sponsor
Shop, Save
Many leading local firms
joined in the Shop and Save
in Clayton County Cam
paign by sponsoring the
message appearing on Page
10 of this issue.
With “Look Here First” as
the theme, buyers are urged
to trade with local people
where the money stays at
home and builds the com
munity.
Another su<;h message,
with the same sponsors will
appear next week. The Free
Press thanks these sponsors
for their assistance in the
campaign, and hastens to
add that we know other
civic-minded merchants
would have joined in this
effort had there been time
to contact them.
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
This Is the Kickoff of ‘Shop
And Save in Clayton County’
During the Month of August
“Shop us first!” is the battle cry of Clayton County retail merchants.
Starting today, Aug. 1, a “Shop and Save in Clayton County” promotion
sponsored by the Retail Merchants Committee of the Clayton County Chamber
of Commerce is underway for the month of August.
An appeal is being made to shoppers to try county retail stores before going
elsewhere out of the county
to satisfy their shopping
needs.
The county has fine
shopping centers and other
fine retail stores and the
prices are often more rea
sonable than shoppers will
find in downtow i store., or
in neighboring shopping
centers. You’ll find quality,
too.
Shop local merchants
first; then, if you can’t find
what you want, spend the
extra money in travel and
parking to see if you can
find it out of the county. We
doubt you can find better
bargains than you can in
Clayton County.
Many local merchants
are taking part in “Shop
and Save in Clayton Coun
ty” promotion. If the
month of August turns out
to be an excellent shopping
month for local merchants,
maybe shoppers will be
come educated to buying
most of their needs in Clay
ton County throughout the
year.
If you have any questions,
or would like further infor
mation, you are invited to
call the Chamber (478-6549)
or Co-Chairman Lou Evans
(366-9496).
All together now — LET’S
SHOP AND SAVE IN CLAY
TON COUNTY! Let’s help
ourselves and our county by
keeping shopping money cir
culating in local channels.
Jonesboro Flower
Show August 5
The Camelot Garden
Club will hold a flower
show on Saturday, Au
gust 5, 1967 in the com
munity room of the
Bank of Jonesboro. The
public is invited to the
show, which will be open
from 2 to 5 p.m.
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Rex Eastern Star
Chicken Fry
Rex Chapter No. 293,
Order of the Eastern
Star, is having their an
nual Chicken Fry on
Saturday, Aug. 5, 1966
from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Adults — $1.25. Children
$.75. At the Eastern Star
Building.
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CLAYTON COUNTY LOCATIONS:
BUTCH'S CHICKEN HOUSE — 192 HWY. 54, JONESBORO
CARROLS DRIVE-IN — 2907 JONESBORO RD., FOREST PARK
THE FLAMING TORCH — HWY. 42, RT. 2, ELLENWOOD
FOREST HOUSE — 1270 MAIN ST., FOREST PARK
HARBIN'S DRIVE IN — RT. 1, FOREST PARK
WEYMAN'S FINE FOOD — HWY. 54, MORROW
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PRETTY JUDY MORGAN, Southern Bell school coordina
tor for Atlanta, displays a “see-through” telephone show
ing the many parts and materials that come from all
over the world.
Gold Can Be Found
Right in Your Phone
There’s gold in them thar hills . . . and right
here in Atlanta too. Where? Inside your telephone, as
a matter of fact.
According to K. G. Byers, gold is just one of 62
different materials found in your telephone set. The
materials for your telephone
come from nations on every
continent on earth but Ant
arctica. Some are familiar
names like aluminum, car
bon, copper, nylon, rubber,
tin. Others have more ex
otic names like beryllium,
molybdeum, vanadium and
palladium.
“The desk telephone looks
very simple on the outside,”
says Mr. Byers, “but inside
there are some 461 separate
parts engineered by Western
Electric, the manufacturing
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arm of the Bell System.”
There are 76 parts in the
dial unit alone, 73 parts in
the handset, 73 in the ring
er and 108 in the electrical
network. These, in turn, are
combined with 119 addition
al parts on an assembly line
which forms them into the
completed telephone.
“From Atlanta, you can
reach almost any place on
this earth,” says Mr. Byers,
“and you are using a tele
phone containing materials
from many of these places."