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VOLUME 42 —NUMBER 40
By JACK TROY
4 Vietnam Victory
Is an Absolute Must
You take Gen. William Westmoreland at his word when
he says the United States is winning the Vietnam conflict
ai d that there is every reason for encouragement and for
Russia is on record as saying the Reds will triumph over
the United States without firing a shot. And indeed Russia
is a major threat in the cold war.
It is an absolute must that United States forces defeat
the Viet Cong. France gave up after 20 years of more or
less a stalemate in Southeast Asia.
The United States has no choice but to win, whatever or
how long it takes. The Communist world is watching and
waiting. Cuba would be a threat if we lost in Vietnam.
It might lead to a world-wide holocaust in which every
nation would be the loser.
America has been most fortunate in that the world wars
have been fought on foreign battlefields and also the Ko
rean conflict. War is hell and a merciful God has exempt
American people from fighting on their own soil.
But so many brave men have and are now sacrificing
their lives for freedom. By all means, back our men in
Vietnam!
Is Santa Coming
To See You This Year?
Yes. he probably will. But there are hundreds of
children in Forest Park and Clayton County that will
not see “Santa”, if you don’t help. On Sunday morn
ing, December 3, 1967 give your dollars So those who
are less fortunate may share in the Christmas spirit
on the birthday of Christ.
If your family, club or
group will help the Forest
Park Jaycees with door-to
door collections at 7 a.m. De
cember 3, please call Farrell
Thomas, General Chairman,
478-3567 (office); or Larry
Crowe, Manpower Chairman,
478-4644. You’ll be glad you
did.
Also, anyone knowing of
needy children whom they
would like to include in this
program, please contact Mr.
Thomas at 366-4149 or the
above phone number.
Morrow
Election
Saturday
On Saturday, December 2,
1967 the Citizens of Morrow
will elect a mayor and two
councilmen. Sometime later
these citizens will again be
voting in a referendum. Are
the people familiar with the
candidates and the Issues to
be decided on? To be sure,
the Morrow Junior Woman’s
Club, the Morrow Lions
Club and the Morrow Kl
waflls Club will sponsor a
meeting for this purpose.
These organizations feel that
all citizens will welcome the
opportunity of meeting the
candidates and being able to
ask questions concerning
their government.
Everyone in the area is in
vited to come meet these
candidates at Morrow Ele
mentary School on Decem
ber 1, at 7:30 p.m. State
Senator Kenneth Kilpatrick
will be the moderator for
the evening. We believe this
Organization of GACLD
For Children to Be Formed
An organizational meeting at the Georgia Asso
ciation for Children with Learning Disabilities for
Clayton County will meet November 30, 1967, at 8:00
p.m. at the Lee Street School Library in Jonesboro.
Interested parents, teachers, and educators are
urged to come to this meet
ing to begin organization of
a chapter of the GACLD for
this area. This organization
can help one out of every
ten children in our public
if nr pat Jlark JFm Jima
and
the victory to be won in the fore
seeable future.
It is good news indeed and we
hope the end comes socner than ex
pected so as to save valuable Ameri
can lives. All of us are concerned in
this vital war in one way or another.
Defeat by the Viet Cong would be
unthinkable.
Did you ever stop to consider what
would happen if there was a Com
munist victory in Vietnam? That
would open the gates for Commu
nism to be indeed a threat tothe
peace and security of our shores.
will be a very worthwhile
evening for the City of
Morrow and its residents.
Scouts to
Attend Rally
Scouts and Explorers from
the twelve - county area
served by the Atlanta Area
Council, Boy Scouts of
America, will attend a spe
cial Philmont Rally at the
Peachtree Christian Church
(1580 Peachtree Street, NW)
on November 30. Dr. C. Sted
man Glisson, Jr., Chairman
of the Council Philmont Pro
motion Committee, reports
that the boys, their leaders
and parents will be treated
to a special preview showing
of the film, “Beyond the
Tooth of Time.” This color
and sound motion picture
depicts a Scouting adventure
in the land of mountain
men in Cimarron, New
Mexico.
The boys will also receive
detailed information on how
they can participate in the
Boy Scout sponsored 21-day
expedition to Philmont Scout
Ranch next summer. Five
groups of 38 boys and 3
leaders each will take the
trip which includes 9 days of
sightseeing and 12 days of
hiking and camping along
the rugged trails at the 137,-
000 acre ranch. Philmont is
High-Adventure. It’s camp
ing at its best. A camper’s
paradise of cold-mountain
streams, evergreen forests
and mountains that reach
12,400 feet into the clouds.
It’s a he-man experience in
the tradition of the pioneers
of the Old West.
school system today.
For information call: Mrs.
Tom Shanks, 478-7951; Mrs.
Jeannie Ellington, 478-9911;
E. W. Oliver, 478-9991 ext. 70.
FOREST PARK, GEORGIA 30050, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1967
MEET YOUR CANDIDATES, sponsored by the Forest
Park Woman’s Club, had the following candidates in at
tendance: (seated, left to right) C. T. “Chuck” Toole,
Ward 5; Larry D. Pearson, Ward 5; B.A. “T” Ellis, Ward 5;
D. W. Hensley, Sr., Ward 4; Loren B. Cheaves, Ward 2;
Empty
Stocking
Fund Drive
The Jonesboro Jaycees
will have their Empty
Stocking Fund Drive Sun
day, December 3.
This is an annual project
of the Jonesboro Jaycees to
help the needy children of
our community who other-
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The Bank of Forest Park
Declares a Dividend
Directors of the Bank of Forest Park have declared a dividend in the total
amount of $16,000 payable to stockholders of record November 2, 1967. This is
the second dividend approved during 1967, bringing the total dividend for the
year to $32,000.
Stockholders have voted to issue 6,000 additional shares of stock at $25.00
per share. This will increase
the bank’s capital and sur
plus to $690,000. Assets in
creased at the end of Oc
tober 1967 to more than $lO,-
300,000, and total deposits to
over $9,480,000. This is an in
crease in deposits of over
SAMBO HODGES and Mrs. Whack Hyder
celebrated birthdays Wednesday night at
the Carl Hodges home in Morrow. Coach
Whack Hyder of Georgia Tech is standing.
2 Runoffs Likely
In Mayor, Council
Election Saturday
In the exciting election for
Mayor and Council candi
dates this Saturday in the
Recreation building at For-
$1,900,000 since December
31, 1966.
Officers of the Bank of
Forest Park are as follows:
P. A. Peacock, president and
chief executive officer; H. C.
Traylor, executive vice-pres-
For the third birthday—this was Sambo’s
12th—Tech basketball team and coaches
came cut to Clayton County for the twin
birthday celebration.—(Photo by Hooper.)
Paul T. Addis, Ward 2; W. N. Jenkins, Ward 1. (Standing,
left to right), Mayor Candidates Charles W. Summerday,
Harvey B. Osborne and Raymond E. Johnson. (Not shown
—Mayor Candidate V. H. Burks and R. J. Owensby, Ward
4.) — (Photo by Ben Pece.)
est Park City Hall there is
a likelihood of a runoff elec
tion the following Saturday,
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ident, vice-chairman of the
board, director of public re
lations, advertising, and in
vestments; W. A. Huffmas
ter, vice-president, manager
of time and demand loan
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PUBLISHED WEEKLY
Mobile
Blood
Center
The Forest Park City Rec
reation Center will tempo
rarily be converted into a
mobile blood center for the
up-coming Red Cross Blood
mobile visit to Clayton
County on Friday, December
15. Red Cross nurses, a med
ical doctor, and volunteers
will set up the operation
from 12 noon until 5 p.m. on
that date.
Mr. Andrew Listl, Forest
Park Blood Chairman, an
nounced that this commu
nity Red Cross project is be
ing coordinated with mem
bers of the Forest Park Ki
wanis Club, Recreation De
partment and City Employ
ees, Women’s Club, Rotary,
Hendricks and Edwards
School PTA, and the Clay
ton County Fire Depart
ment, and the Morrow Jun
ior Women’s Club. These
groups are helping to recruit
prospective blood donors.
"This is the first Blood
mobile to be scheduled in
Clayton County in the past
three years. During this
time, Clayton County resi
dents have continued to
need and use Red Cross
blood in hospitals through
out the area. We hope that
all those who are able will
give this gift of life,” Mr.
Listl stated.
As a participating donor
through Red Cross, the in
dividual will receive a Blood
Credit Card which protects
the donor, the spouse, chil
dren. parents, parents-in
law, grandparents and
grandpa rent s-in-law for
blood wherever they might
have a need.
Anyone between the ages
of 18 and 59 is eligible to
give blood. Those under 21
years of ago, unmarried and
not a member of the Armed
Forces, must have parental
consent. These forms are
available at the Red Cross
office. 816 Main Street.
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| Something Wonderful |
In Dining
| Coming Real Soon
In Hapeville
■ The New Dwarf House J
FP Free Press and
Forest Park News
Combine Dec. 7th
Thursday, December 7th, will be a memorable
date for Clayton Countians and hundreds in the
fringe counties.
That is the day on which your two favorite week
ly newspapers—The Forest Park Free Press and Clay-
ton County News and Farm
er, and The Forest Park
News, will be officially com
bined and come to you as
one package.
For years you have been
accustomed to recei vi n g
your Free Press on Tuesday
and your News on Thursday,
both representing the
brightest and most interest
ing of the news and pictures,
plus features, that most af
fected you.
In order to present to you
the ultimate in coverage and
economy by the most cap
able and efficient news peo
ple in the area, Jack Troy,
owner of both publications,
decided to combine the two
into one big paper. AND
FOR THE SAME PRICE
YOU’VE BEEN PAYING: $3
per year on subscription
and 10 cents each when
bought on the newsstands or
at the office.
Before making the deci
sion, the merchants of the
community were consulted
and they welcomed the
move, particularly the shift
to Thursday. Besides being
a money-saver to them in
getting their message over
to the public through one
paper instead of two, it of
fers the opportunity for
them to take advantage of
the big week-end business,
pointing up the three most
profitable business days.
Thursday, Friday and Sat
urday.
Moreover, the circulation
of the two papers will be
automatically combined by
the move, which means the
Free Press-News will go into
8,000-plus homes and be
viewed by some 28,000 peo
ple. based on national sta
tistics which show the av
erage weekly newspaper is
seen by 3’/ 2 persons.
This, of course, means the
Troy paper will be well out
in front in circulation fig
ures and thus afford added
attractiveness to merchants
locally as well as nationally
and state-wide.
Naturally, with the two
papers combined, there will
be more advertising, more
women’s news, more sports
news, more pictures, more
local and county-wide news,
more of everything than
previously has been carried
in The Free Press or The
News separately.
Under the new arrange
ment, Jack Troy will remain
the editor and front-page
columnist, Mrs. Frederick
Lee business manager, and
Guy Butler will be advertis
ing manager, as well as con
tributing his regular column
each week.
As for the present readers
of each paper, they will
simply receive their paper on
Thursday, bearing the new
name at the top. All those
who are subscribed to The
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WE HAVE AN IDEA
YOU’RE GOING TO ENJOY
YOUR PAPER AS YOU'VE
NEVER ENJOYED IT BE
FORE.
Copy and adv. deadline
will be each Monday noon.
Dr. Combs
To Address
Staff
Dr. Arthur W. Combs, edu
cational psychologist, Uni
versity of Florida, will ad
dress the professional staff
of Clayton County Schools at
two sessions Thursday, No
vember 30, at Suder School.
“The Myths That Bind Us”
will be the title of the first
address at 9:15. The title of
the second address at 2:00
will be “Humanizing Educa
tion: The Person in the
Process”.
Dr. Combs has served as
President of the Association
for Supervision and Curricu
lum Development, the New
York State Psychological As
sociation, and the Florida
Association, of School Psy
chologists.
Dr. Combs is perhaps best
known for his book Individ
ual Behavior. He was also
editor of the 1962 ASCD
Yearbook, Perceiving, Be
having, Becoming. His most
recent book is the Profes
sional Education of Teach
ers: A Perceptual View of
Teacher Preparation. He has
written widely in profes
sional journals in psy
chology, counseling, educa
tion and human relations.
He has also produced a num
ber of researches on prob
lems relating to human per
sonality development and
the helping professions. Dr.
Combs is widely known as a
lecturer and psychological
consultant and for his at
tempts to apply the princi
ples of human relations
known in the field of psy
chology to a wide variety of
practical human problems in
such fields as education, in
dustry and social problems.
A Bazaar
At St. John's
St. John’s is having a
bazaar!
The Parish Council of
St. John the Evangelist
Church of Hapeville will
be having their Christ
mas Bazaar each Sun
day-December 10 and
ending December 17,
after all the morning
masses.