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Mary Ann McLendon of
FP Is Homecoming Queen
LAGRANGE. GA—An at
tractive LaGrange College
coed from Forest Park
reigned as Queen over
Homecoming activities at
LaGrange College last week
end.
Mary Ann McLendon, a
junior majoring in elemen
tary education, was selected
from 23 candidates for the
honor. Miss McLendon was
crowned on the campus
Quadrangle prior to the pa
rade Saturday.
Her court included maid of
honor, Donna Smith, of
Jacksonville. Fla.; first run
ner-up, Judith Adams of De
catur; second runner-up,
Alice Brooks of Atlanta;
third runner-up, Jeanne
Marie Blackburn of Jackson
ville, Fla.; and Miss Con
geniality. Nancy Beth James
of Auburndale, Fla.
Miss McLendon was a can
didate for queen from the
Sigma Nu Pi fraternity and
rode on the Sigma Nu float
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Nov. Month Discount Sale
ALL DRESSES
20% Off
ELKINS Dept. Store
.625 Central Ave. — Hapeville
THE NEXT WITH
MAYOR LI YOUR
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Forest Support
Park HM December 2
RAYMOND JOHNSON
Raymond Johnson, candidate for Mayor of Forest Park, pledges his untiring ef
forts for the advancement of a better city for All citizens of Forest Park. When
elected to this position on December 2, Mr. Johnson will strive for sidewalks to
all of the schools in the city, more paved and curbed streets, and for the installa
tion of storjn drainages. Mr. Johnson desires that the Forest Park Police Depart
ment rank among the best and will continue to work toward that goal.
Raymond Johnson has been and is emphatically opposed to Urban Renewal or
Low Rental Housing. He encourages all citizens to study very carefully the effects
that urban renewal would have on Forest Park; namely, the degradation and deteri
oration of this progressive city. Raymond Johnson is for progress, not for decline.
Raymond Johnson is a qualified candidate for mayor and an experienced gentle
man in the affairs of city government. His studying business administration
at Georgia Institute of Technology, holding a management position with General
Motors, and serving as councilman of Forest Park for two terms, strengthen his
qualifications for a city official. His past record of accomplishments in city
government prove his ability to succeed in administering the affairs of the city.
Raymond Johnson is the Best Qualified Candidate for Mayor of Forest Park. He
is a man of action; he is a man of progress. Forest Park needs such a man.
A VOTE FOR RAYMOND JOHNSON IS A VOTE FOR PROGRESS
YOUR SUPPORT WILL BE APPRECIATED
POLLS OPEN 7 AM. TO 7 P.M.
in the parade.
The daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. R. P. McLendon of 1607
Phillips Drive, Forest Park,
she is a graduate of Forest
Park High School where she
was a member of the Beta
Club, Junior Civitan Club,
Student Council, basketball
and tennis teams.
The Queen and her court
reigned over a full schedule
of Homecoming activities
which included a parade
through downtown La-
Grange and the Home
coming dance featuring
Billy Joe Royal.
Don’t burn those fallen
leaves; make compost of
them. This is the advice of
Extension Service horticul
turists at the University of
Georgia. These leaves can be
a valuable source of organic
matter for improving the
soil in flower and shrub
beds.
One way to make sure the
apples you buy are tree
ripened and farm fresh is to
demand Georgia grown
apples, according to Exten
sion Service home econ
omists at the University of
Georgia.
Fall Color
Movie
The National Audubon So
ciety and The Atlanta Bird
Club present Mr. Walter H.
Berlet and a fall color movie
“The Untamed Olympics” at
the Walter Hill Auditorium.
1280 Peachtree Street. N. E..
Sunday. December 3rd. 8:15
p.m.
Mr. Walter Berlet of Cas
per. Wyoming has appeared
in Atlanta previously and is
well known here and
throughout America as a
leading proponent of the
preservation of our natural
heritage or what is left of
our national heritage.
The Olympics are inter
esting — combining unusual
and dramatic changes from
rocky beaches to rain forests
to snow capped peaks. Mr.
Berlet’s narration and fab
ulous photography of flora
and fauna is climaxed bv
pictures of 159 conserva
tionists led by Honorable
Justice William O. Douglas
on an 18 mile march dem
onstrating against a pro
posed highway that would
have traversed the middle of
this interesting peninsular.
If you hear Mr. Berlet and
see his picture you will know
that he is expressing the
knowledge in his mind and
the love in his heart as well.
His interest and member
ship in Bov Scouts, Audubon
Society. Sierra Club. Wilder
ness Society and the Izaak
Walton League attest his
love of nature. The quality
of his film reflects his tech
nical ability which in part
comes about by the use of
his own, well known Berco
Lens attachment.
Pvl. Cameron
Completes Basic
Pvt. James N Cameron,
Jr., completed eight weeks of
basic training at Fort Ben
ning, Ga. Upon completion
he was promoted to Pvt. E2.
He was sent to Fort Polk,
La., and has completed nine
weeks of Advanced Infantry
Training. Since then he has
completed eight weeks of
Advanced Clerical School
and has just returned to
Fort Polk from furlough. Ai
the present time he is sta
tioned with the 603rd Trans
portation Company.
Pvt. Cameron is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. James N.
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ATLANTA ARMY DEPOT—Left, Clark C. Cook, Chief, De
pot Plans and Training Office, is presented certificate
from the Industrial College of the Armed Forces by Col.
A. J. McDermott, Jr., Depot Commander. The certificate
was awarded Mr. Cook upon completion of specialized
training at the college. A native of Boston, Mass., Mr.
Cook entered the Army in 1941 and served for six years,
two years of which were in the European Theater of
Operations—North Africa, Italy and Germany. He at
tended Campbell Junior College, Buie’s Creek, N. C., and
earned his AB degree at Duke University. He is also a
graduate of the Command and General Staff College.
He holds the rank of Colonel in the Army Reserves and,
prior to joining the Depot staff in May, 1966, he served
on active duty for over four years at Third U. S. Army
Headquarters, Fort McPherson. Mr. Cook is a member of
the Reserve Officers Association and Chapter 28, Armed
Forces Management Association.— (U. S. Army Photo.)
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MOUNTAIN VIEW Fifth Grade 4-H Club Elects Officers—
In the above picture are the officers elected for the fifth
grade 4-H Club. (Left to right) President Connie Suddeth,
Reporter Phillip Major, Girls’ Vice-President Angel
Schram, Boys’ Vice-President Chuck Sealock and Secre
tary-Treasurer Linda Christan. These officers, with the
help of every 4-H Club member at Mountain View, in
tend to make this a very successful year.
Cameron, Sr„ 4207 Cedar
Valley Lane, Conley, Ga„
formerly a resident of For
est Park.
The monetary unit of
North Korea is the won.
Air Force
Needs
Bandsmen
Sergeant Tom Reese, the
local Air Force Recruiter
for the Forest Park and
Clayton County Area an
nounced today that the U. S.
Air Force has Immediate
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REVENUE ALSO CLIMBS
Digest in Clayton Booms,
Despite Taxable Land Loss
(Atlanta Journal)
Clayton County, a south metro county
that was given only 149 square miles by the
legislature to begin with, has lost more than
20,000 acres to various non-taxable entitles
in less than 30 years.
In spite of the loss, the county has seen
its tax digest and revenues increase about
30-fold in the last 20 years.
Yet it still maintains one of the lowest
tax rates in the area.
“Clayton County is the third smallest
county in Georgia,” Tax Commissioner Rob
ert E. Coleman pointed out, “and it probably
has now become the smallest in the state,
as far as taxable land area is concerned.”
"The difference,” he said, “is in what is
built on the land and what it does to sur
rounding property values.”
Such non-taxable facilities as schools, the
Atlanta Airport, the Atlanta General Depot,
church and Boy Scout camps and streets
have steadily eaten away at the county’s
taxable acreage. But what many county tub
thumpers claim is the fastest-growing pop
ulation and economy in Atlanta’s metro
area has compensated.
One illustration is the airport, which has
taken or is taking almost 3,000 acres off the
Clayton digest. The county receives, how
ever, more than $72,000 per year in taxes
from a single plant, the Delta Air Lines
maintenance facilities, which was built on
the property.
In all, the county will receive this year
more than $5 million from all sources, com
pared with $125,000 collected in 1948. The
digest, meanwhile, has grown from more
than $6 million that year to a 1967 total
of more than $165 million.
OFFICIALS POINT OUT that the assess
ment upon which the tax structure is based
was raised in 1964 from 25 per cent of the
appraised value to 40 per cent, but almost
50 per cent of the digest total has been
added since that time.
The county, in spite of its growth, how
ever, has some real problems, not the least
of which is its burgeoning school systems.
"Our enrollment has increased almost
100 per cent since 1960,” said Assistant Su
perintendent of Schools Ernest Stroud.
The actual figure is from 13,321 to 23,010,
and the student population explosion has
forced the building of 12 new schools and
the expansion of several others. Os the
county’s 27 schools, 16 have been built in
vacancies for Bandsmen.
Persons qualified and pro
ficient in the following In
struments may contact Sgt.
Reese for an appointment
for an audition:
Clarinet, number vacan
cies: 47; Bassoon, 12; Flute/
Piccolo, 17; Coronet/Trum
pet, 29; Piano, 12; Saxo
phone, 19; Oboe, 13; French
Horn, 21; Trombone, 17.
Audition will be by ap
pointment only and all ex
penses must be paid by In-
Free Press-News & Farmer, Tues., Nov. 28, 1967
the past 10 years.
Consequently, the school tax has passed
the county millage rate and is becoming a
matter of real concern to local officials. The
1967 county rate is 14.5 mills while the
school tax is 21.5, with bond millage includ
ed in both figures.
“THE HOMEOWNER, both here and
throughout the state, is rapidly reaching
the saturation point on property taxes,”
Mr. Coleman said.
Mr. Coleman, who said he tries to keep
the taxpayer as informed as possible, said
the main complaints coming to his office
involve the school taxes, especially for bond
retirement and the county’s three fire dis
tricts.
The three fire districts, voted into exist
ence in 1962 and 1966, require a five-mill
tax to support them, and persons living in
the areas consequently pay a much higher
tax than those living outside them. Offi
cials point out, however, that the fire pro
tection they offer results in lower insurance
rates to homeowners.
WHAT DO CLAYTON taxpayers get for
their money?
They get, besides the schools, more than
$4 million worth of capital improvements
made in the last 10 years, including a new
courthouse and jail, new juvenile home,
three health centers and two new libraries.
The county has set up a water system,
the fire districts (with three new stations
and 27 full-time men), central purchasing
for all departments, a civil service system,
the civil-criminal court and a voter regis
tration office.
Most citizens, while worried over the in
creasing tax burden, seem to think the
school system is doing a good job and school
officials report it ranks high among state
systems.
ROADS CONTINUE TO BE a source of
complaints although the county has paved
more than 100 miles of roads in 10 years and
has built more than two dozen permanent
bridges. Also, all subdivision developers now
aye required to build streets to county spe
cifications before development is allowed.
The county commissioners are currently
faced with two suits involving their latest
’ audit, but other complaints are few. In fact,
industry officials whose companies have lo
cated in the county have high praise for the
, government, especially the water system.
dividual concerned in con
junction with transporta
tion, etc. Persons accepted
will be enlisted In the Reg
ular Air Force for a four (4)
year period and upon com
pletion of basic training of
six (6) weeks will be as
signed to an Air Force Band
for duty.
Persons Interested may
contact Sgt. Reese, at the
Air Force Recruiting Office.
3581 North Main St. College
Park, or phone: 761-8111.
for any further Information
deslre<|, concerning the
Band Program. 1
Azaleas which are showing’
a yellowish discoloration,
particularly on the leaves at
the top of the plant, are
likely growing in an alkaline
soil. According to P. J.
Bergeaux, Extension agron
omist, iron becomes unavail
able to the plants under
alkaline soil conditions.
Almay COSMETICS
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Main and College Sts.
Forest Park - 366-4211
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Griffin Tech
Sets Test
Dates
Griffin Tech has set dates
for admission tests in De
cember as follows: *
December 5, Tuesday, 7
p.m.
December 20, Wednesday,
7 p.m.
This test is required for all
students before enrolling in
, a course. The test is useful
in . counseling with students
. in determining their special
talents and how they might
use them. It is also useful in
discussing the nature of any
possible difficulties they may
have in their training. Stu
dents are now being ac
cepted in all training areas.
For more information call
Griffin Tech 227-1322 or
write P O Box 131, Griffin,
Georgia 30223.
If you would have a happy
family life, remember two
things: in matters of prin
ciple, stand like a rock; in
matters of taste, swim with
the current. —Thomas Jef
ferson.
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