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VOLUME 42 — NUMBER 37
POINT OF VIEW
By JACK TROY
Thanks All Around for
A Job Well Done
The City of Forest Park and the parents of the children
are deeply indebted to the Forest Park Athletic Association
FOREST PARK ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION
“The Youth of Today”
“The Adults of Tomorrow”
P. O. BOX 81
FOREST PARK, GA. 30050
October 23, 1967
Mayor Sharon Abercrombie
City of Forest Park
Forest Park, Georgia
Dear Mayor Abercrombie,
We wish to take this opportunity to express our sincere
thanks to you, the members of the City Council, City Mana
ger, Recreation Department and all others who have con
tributed their support to our Little League Football program
for this year.
Without your help and cooperation we would not have
had the successful season which we are enjoying and which
we hope to continue.
Our program, centered around the youth of Forest Park,
we feel is one of the best in the state and probably the
country, but without the cooperation of our city we would
be nothing.
Again, may we say a very sincere “Thank you” from all
the boys, girls, parents, and members of the Athletic As
sociation.
Sincerely,
John Knox, President
Forest Park Athletic Assn.
In Morrow
James Fleming
Mayor Candidate
James O. Fleming, 6507 Rickenbacker Circle has
qualified as a candidate for Mayor of Morrow.
The candidate has lived six years in Morrow. His
wife is Dee Fleming and they have three girls — Con
nie, Terry and Tammi. He has lived in Clayton Coun-
ty for 27 years.
He attended Georgia Tech
for two years, Oglethorpe
College for one year and is
a veteran of three years,
U. S. Marine Corps.
He is a member of the
Morrow Methodist Church,
member of the official
board, and presently serving
as Chairman, Stewardship
and Finance Committee. He
is President-designate of
Kiwanis Club of Morrow.
Mr. Fleming is owner of
Fleming Shell Service South
Expressway, Jonesboro, Ga„
and is co-owner of Battle
Creek Shell Service South
Expressway, Jonesboro, Ga.
Mr. Fleming announces
that he is for—Goal for a
Forward Morrow.
He stresses that “As Mayor
of Morrow I will see to it
that we have an honest
and efficient administration
during my term of office. I
would encourage the attend
ance of all citizens to all
Council meetings and would
Sue Spratlin
Sophomore
V. President
GREENVILLE, S. C. . . .
Miss Rebecca Sue Spratlin,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
E. B. Spratlin, Jr., of 546
Cynthia Lane, Forest Park,
has been elected vice presi
dent of the sophomore class
of Bob Jones University,
Greenville, S. C. Miss Sprat
lin is a 1966 graduate of For
est Park Senior High School
and is majoring in Christian
Education in the School of
Religion.
A liberal arts, coeduca
tional, Christian institution,
Bob Jones University draws
its student body of more
than 3,500 students from
nearly every state in the Un
ion and more than 21 for
eign countries and terri
tories.
Wh? JHnmrt Jarh Jlrm
and
for their wonderful Little League
Football program.
Stating it in proper perspective,
the Athletic Association program is
as good as any in the United States,
possibly better than the others. A lot
of hard work goes into the program
by the officers and other workers.
The Forest Park Athletic Associa
tion is appreciative of the support
given the program by the City of
Forest Park and her officials.
We print below a copy of a letter
sent to Mayor Sharon Abercrombie
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JAMES FLEMING
conduct such meetings in an
orderly manner and enforce
proper parliamentary pro
cedures.”
Contract
For New
Library
Announcement that a
contract has been let for the
third Clayton County Li
brary came this week from
Mrs. Arthur A. Huie, Chair
man of the Clayton County
Library Board.
Construction of the new
library, to be known as the
Northwest Branch, will start
in November. Site for the
building is Highway 85,
about 200 feet south of the
Riverdale Shopping Center.
A grant of $64,930.00
matching funds has been
approved by the State Li
brary Extension Agency for
this building.
This is the third library
in a building program which
began with a $225,000.00
county bond issue in 1963.
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FOREST PARK, GEORGIA 30050, TUESDAY. NOVEMBER 7, 1967
CHEVROLET PLANT tour for Governor
Lester Maddox. He had an enjoyable 3^-
hour visit inspecting facilities and visiting
old friends, executives and employees.
Guess what they served for lunch? Chick
en drumsticks! Shown in picture, left to
Clayton Jury Urges Study
Os Merger of Governments
The Clayton County Grand Jury has recommended a study
of the possibility of merging all governments in the county.
The recommendation came in
final presentments of the cur
rent jury returned Tuesday.
The jury also called for abol
ishment of the county’s justice
of the peace system, a change
in the county fiscal year, a
change in Georgia's “unsworn
statement” law and an end to
private use of county property.
Citing the need for “uniformi
ty in our zoning and building
codes” and countywide planning,
the jury noted that six city
governments and one county
government operate within the
county's 149 square miles and
have many overlapping services.
“We should have uniformity
in our zoning and building codes,
and especially do we believe
there should be the utmost coop
eration between the city and
county governments in zoning
practices in those areas imme
diately adjacent to city limit
Fortson Dedicates Building
Seeing a roseate future
for Forest Park and Clayton
County, Secretary of State
Ben W. Fortson, ribbon-cut
ter and main speaker at the
dedication of Imperial Man
agement Corp.’s new Main
St. building here, declared
“The door is just now open
ing in Clayton County and
this area.”
He continued: "So today,
out here, we dedicate a fine
building and the progress of
a fine company. I’m happy
to be a part of it... I predict
this is not the last that will
Secretary of State Ben W. Fortson did the
honors at the dedication last Wednesday
of the new Imperial Management Corp,
building on Main Street in Forest Park.
He not only cut the ribbon as IMC officers
and stockholders and a large gathering of
dignitaries looked on but he also delivered
the main address. Watching approvingly
right: Judge E. Alvin Foster and former
Chevrolet employee Bill Fleming, of Forest
Park; Governor Maddox, Plant Manager
W. A. Canning and Governor’s Aide Steve
Polk.— (Special Photo.)
boundaries,” the jury said.
THE JURY urged all city,
county and state representatives
to “thoroughly explore every
possibility for consolidation and
if such a study proved feasible,
take the necessary action to
permit citizens of Clayton Coun
ty the opportunity of deciding
the issue.”
On the JP question, the jury
recommended abolishing the
present system in favor of a
new office of warrant officers
to be established in the court
house.
The jury had already recom
mended the suspension of two
North Clayton JPs indicted this
week on various criminal
charges in connection with their
office.
The jury also called on legis
lators, bar associations and
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happen in Forest Park ... I
know this area has been
here, that it is growing. It is
creeping along in certain
areas perhaps at this mo
ment. But this may be one
of the sparks that Is going to
set it off to real growth.
“It is going to mean a
great deal, not only to the
area, but the state as well. I
was Intrigued that this cor
poration did not think simp
ly of this spot. It is my un
derstanding that it is lo
cated in Waycross and other
areas of Georgia, and that’s
here are, left to right: Eugene Potter, Mrs.
Herman E. Mason, IMC President Mason,
Vice President A. O. Williams, Mrs. Doro
thy Benson, Secretary-Treasurer Delma L.
Barbour, Executive Vice President Joseph
B. Dewberry, Sr., and behind him, Mayor
Sharon Abercrombie and IMC Comptroller
David Hart.—(George Cornett Photo.)
Lewis
Chairman
YA Week
John W. Lewis, Jr., Prin
cipal of Hendrix Drive Ele
mentary School, has been
named chairman here of
Youth Appreciation Week
November 13-19.
The annual observance
was instituted ten years ago
by Optimist International, a
men’s service organization
with 90,000 members in 2500
clubs throughout the United
States and Canada. Purpose
of the program is to give
public recognition to the
overwhelming majority of
teenagers who believe in and
practice juvenile decency.
Well known by their slogan
“Friend of the Boy”, Opti-
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how it should be.
“I do hope that the dream
you see from this fine cor
poration, and the dream you
see, Mr. Mayor, for your fine
city, this county, is one that
looks beyond, looks to the
horizon . . .
“I wish this group, these
fine leaders, all the success
in the world. I am always
glad to see management,
corporate management,
achieve ... I say that be
cause I, as Securities Com
missioner, have a vital in-
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PUBLISHED WEEKLY
ATTEND Sherwin-Williams Open House
and plant dedication. Left to right, Bill
Bell, Southeastern Regional Manager;
County Police Chief Howard Smith, Sher-
Great Sherwin-Williams Plant
Is Dedicated in Morrow
MORROW, GA., Nov. 3—Atlanta area civic and business leaders joined
several hundred customers and suppliers of the Sherwin-Williams Co. in mark
ing the official opening of the company’s new paint manufacturing plant and
distribution center here Friday. Included were County, City and Clayton Cham
ber of Commerce officials.
They were welcomed by a
group of Sherwin-Williams
executives from the com
pany’s Cleveland headquar
ters, including: A. W.
Steudel, honorary chairman
of the board; E. C. Baldwin,
president; J. S. Prescott,
executive vice president and
corporate director of manu
facturing; H. D. Lester, vice
president - finance; R. G.
Bull, vice president and cor
porate director of market
ing; and R. H. Hill, vice
president and director of
sales.
W. B. Bell, southeastern
regional director for the
company, and M. A. Jordan,
Morrow plant manager, were
also hosts at the event.
Guests were taken on tours
of the 260,000 square foot
complex and its adjoining
facilities. With the installa
tion in full operation, they
were able to follow the
Panthers Unlucky Again
Forest Park High’s “un
luckiest team” wound up its
football season on the same
sour note Friday night when
penalties and bad breaks
gave Tucker High a 25-14
margin before a packed sta
dium at Kiwanis Field.
The Panthers led in all the
main statistics, first downs
15 to 9, rushing 153 to 97,
passing 162 to 121 and total
yardage 315 to 218. But in
the figures that counted,
those on the scoreboard, it
was the Tigers, with a touch
down scored in each of the
four periods while the Pan
thers counted in the first
and fourth.
Forest Park broke from
the barrier ahead, Tommy
Hunt bullseyeing Smltty
CONGRATULATIONS
NORMAN MORTON
(Jessie's Drive-In)
HIGHWAY 85 - RIVERDALE
Now Serving
iff Bill Murray and County Commission
Chairman P. K. Dixon. — Photo by Fred
Bryant of Derickson Studio of Forest Park.
manufacturing process from
receipt of raw materials to
shipment of finished prod
ucts.
The new production unit
is the first for Sherwin-
Williams in the southeastern
section of the country. The
paint and chemical concern
has plants in 23 other cities
In the United States and in
16 cities abroad.
Commenting on the new
facilities, Baldwin said that
"demand for Sherwin-Wil
liams products in the area
served by the new plant has
grown markedly in recent
years. The growth has been
so great, in fact, that it be
came quite Impractical to
supply the demand from our
other factories. So we de
cided to build this new plant
to insure continuing service
to our customers in this
area.”
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Phillips on the first play
from scrimmage, a 67-yard
touchdown hookup. Hunt
kicked the point. Chewning
came back with a long
touchdown gallop for Tuck
er but the point was missed
and FP stayed ahead, 7-6.
Late in the second quar
ter the invaders scored again
and thereafter were never
headed. They drove to the
FP 4 where the brothers Mc-
Makin teamed up on an
aerial that produced results.
In the fourth quarter
Jimmy McMillan recovered
a fumble on the Tiger 25.
Several smashes carried to
the five from which point
Turner took it over. Hunt
added the Panthers’ last
point of the 4-5-1 campaign.
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LOREN CHEAVES
Cheaves
Runs for
Re-Election
Loren B. Cheaves has an
nounced for re-election to
council from Ward 2 in the
Forest Park City Election to
be held December 2, 1967.
Mr. Cheaves is completing
his second term as Council
man from Ward 2, and was
elected by the council to
serve as Mayor Pro-Tern for
the past year. He expressed
his appreciation for the op
portunity of representing the
people of Forest Park and
asks for their continued sup
port. If re-elected, he pledges
to continue to work for the
best interest of all our citi
zens with honest represen
tation and progressive lead
ership in our city affairs.
Mr. Cheaves stated that
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