The Forest Park free press and Clayton County news and farmer and the Forest Park news. (Forest Park, Ga.) 1967-1969, December 14, 1967, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextYour Full-Service BANK BANK OF FOREST PARK Member F.D.I.C. Clayton dnutity Nma anb farmer anb purest VOLUME 42 —NUMBER 42 By JACK TROY I will write on two subjects in today’s column in order to be timely with both subjects. I have written before, and I will write again, that the WSB-Radio and the National Bank of Georgia should not have to buy an advertisement in the Journal and Constitution to publicize one of the truly great sports events of the season. But, of course, that is their business. We of the Forest Park Free Press, Clayton County News and Farmer and the Forest Park News are truly glad to run a picture and other publicity. It is a real pleasure. Dr. Bevel Jones, pastor Decatur First Methodist Church, gave a rousing address and a highlight was his remark that "I would hate to live in a world without sports." The other subject today concerns the outgoing Mayor of Forest Park, Sharon Abercrombie. Mr. Abercrombie has had problems of health but, nevertheless, he did a fine job as Mayor and deserves an accolade. We are glad to report that he is improving steadily and will continue to be active as one of the area’s leading citi zens. Good luck, Sharon! Legislators Ask for Local Legislation The 1968 regular session of the Georgia General Assembly will convene for business on Monday, Jan uary 8, 1968. This time is fast approaching. As your elected representatives we are most de sirous of hearing from everyone who has any pro- posed legislation or subject matter they wish to present to us for consideration. In the interest of time we respectively request that all legislation of a local nature be presented to us on or be fore December 30, 1967, so there will be ample time to effect the proper and re quired local advertise ments . . . We shall be glad to meet with any group collectively or separately to discuss any legislation and solicit your views and recommendations. —Senator Kenneth Kilpat rick, 102 N. Cheryl Street, Morrow, 366-4160; Rep resentative; William J. “Bill” Lee, Route 1, For est Park, 761-6522; Rep resentative Arch Gary, Riverdale, Ga., 478-8259; Representative Lamar Northcutt, 5340 W. Fay etteville Road, College Park, 766-2212 Woman's Club Sponsors Greal Tree One of the annual projects of the Jonesboro Woman’s Club is the sponsoring each year of the Great Tree on the Courthouse lawn In Jonesboro. The tree is pro vided and decorated through the undertaking of the Civic Improvement Committee. It is centrally located so that all of the merchants and local citizens may enjoy its beauty and so represents the spirit of Christmas for the community. This year’s tree was do nated by the family of S. P. McCullough, 107 Adamson Road, Jonesboro, and meas ures 25 feet in height and 18 feet in width. It will be adorned with over 500 lights belonging to the Woman’s Club. We wish to express our appreciation to all those who have helped with the decoration of the tree: E. N. Conkle, Conkle’s Tree Serv ice who cut and transported the tree, the Georgia Power Co. for their assistance in placing the tree, the Clayton County Commissioners, and (Continued on Page 11) Wlir Unrest ^ark Press anb Atlanta Newspapers do WSB-Radio wrong in not publicizing an event that is a highlight of the sports sea son. I mean the Metro Atlanta High School All-Star football team. It is a unique team selected by football sup porters and a WSB-National Bank of Georgia committee. Outstanding young Americans who are good in their grades and personalities, as well as football stars, comprise the team—all 22 of them. Each year they are honored at a banquet in the ball room of the Mariott Hotel. ■t JAMES MARTIN Martin Kitchen Mgr. Ralph Yarbrough, owner of Barbecue Kitchen, Main Street, Forest Park, proudly announces James Martin as the Manager of the popular restaurant. James will be in charge from breakfast through din ner. Try the Kitchen’s coun try ham and red eye gravy. Among the other gourmet delights. Martin is well known in Clayton County, having for merly had his own business on Hwy. 54 — James Waffle Shop — and previously hav ing worked many years with Mr. Truitt Cathey, at the old Forest Park Dwarf House. James would, like for his friends — he meets no strangers — come to see him at Barbecue Kitchen and re lax and enjoy breakfast or fried chicken, catfish or Yarbrough’s famous barbe cue. FOREST PARK, GEORGIA 30050, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1967 Charles Summerday Predicted Outcome of Mayor's Race Charles W. Summerday predicted the Forest Park Mayor’s runoff election right on the nose. In answer to a question he was asked as to who would get the votes of the Vollie Burks supporters. “I will,” he answered. And so Mr. Summerday defeated Raymond E. Johnson, 927 to 689, in Sat urday’s election. Mr. Summerday has had much experience as a councilman and is expected to make Forest Pairk a first class mayor. Mr. Summerday gained 316 votes over the total he polled in last week’s regular election, and Councilman Johnson, who led In that vote 618 to 611, gained only 71. I i - i w u CHARLES W, SUMMERDAY Supporters of Vollie Burks swung the election to Mr. Summerday with the neces sary votes. In another run-off vote, B. A. (T) Ellis won the Ward 5 council post over Larry Pearson, 931 to 664. Mr. Ellis ran from the "heart” of Main Street and climaxed heavy campaigning with a well-deserved victory. Suspects Being Arrested Clayton County and For est Park police detectives are still arresting suspects in volved in a siege of at least 16 burglaries in a three county area. (Continued on Page 11) Kresge Distribution Center Will Be Dedicated Friday Dedication of the new S. S. Kresge Company Southern Distribution Center, located on 23 acres at 5265 Old Dixie Highway, Forest Park, will be held Friday, December 15 at 11:45 a.m., Regional Manager Clyde K. Bowles announced today. A. R. Abrams, Inc., building contractors for the giant structure, will host the ceremonies and buffet luncheon to follow. Lt. General Louis W. Tru man, Executive Director of the Georgia Department of Industry and Trade, and Forest Park Mayor Shar on Abercrom bie, will cut the ribbon at the entrance to the 255,- 000 - square foot complex, designed to serve 183 Kresge, K mart and Jupiter Discount stores in 16 states. Clyde K. Bowles, Southern Regional Manager of the company, FRONT VIEW of the new S. S. Kresge Co. Southern Distribution Center in Forest Park is shown in a rendering by Architects Progress Report On Clayton Junior College The Clayton Board of Education has purchased approximately 150 acres of land bordering on Lee Street in Morrow, Georgia, as the site for the Junior College. This site has been deeded to the Board of Regents of the University System. The Board of Ed- ucatlon has given a check in the amount of $3,300,000.00 to the Board of Regents for the construction of the Jun ior College. In October, Rep resentatives of the Board of Regents stated that they were in the process of com pleting plans for the build ings. The Board of Education has done all that it has been required to do until these plans are completed. Once the plans are completed the local officials will be re quired to complete the site work in preparation for the actual construction. The site work will include grad- (Continued on Page 11) Morrow Rejects Apt. Before a capacity crowd of interested citizens at the city hall on Dec. 5, the Mayor and Council of Mor row rejected unanimously a proposed six-hundred unit apartment complex for Mt. Zion Road. The issue had been one of heated con troversy over the past sev eral months as well as a (Continued on Page 11) will participate. totaling some 60 persons, are Invited guests include lo- from the Greater Atlanta cal and state officials, area Kresge employees and ex- c. M. Booker, Kresge Vice ecutives, and representatives President of Merchandising, of the press, radio and tele- said a i a t er addition of 247,- vision. 000 square feet has been General manager for the programmed for the new fa oew center is William V. Alt, ci ] ity bringing the eventual Assistant General Manager total space to 602,000 square of Kresge’s control ware- f ee t an d the number of em house in Fort Wayne, In- payees to 200. Employees in diana since 1963. Alt is a na- Kresge stores and the new tive of Fort Wayne and en- center will total 1,160 in the tered Kresge’s employ in entire Atlanta area, with 880 1950. Assistant Manager is more employed in other Kenneth Simmers, also parts of Georgia. transferred from Fort Architects for the center Wayne. All other employees, were Herbert C. Milkey. Herbert C. Millkey & Associates. General contractor for the center was A. R. Ab rams, Inc. * Z •/ A I , *'6 fMWWr ‘Orbit Contest’ Is On If you were to take a leisure drive down Phillips Drive in Forest Park, you might suddenly think you’re in Cape Kennedy, for, just as you turn the bend, right be fore your eyes stands a red and white rocket with flash ing red lights! Has NASA moved into town? No, the Sunday School of Phillips Drive Baptist Church, 5881 Phillips Drive, is sponsoring a five-week “Orbit Contest" through December 17. (Continued on Page 11) PUBLISHED WEEKLY , ... O V V It .I® ■wKv -Jy ALY > W WT ASM,- 1 # ' BEAUTIFUL CHRISTMAS scenes are dis- Park. The Embreys add to the scenes every played in the front yard of the O. M. Christmas—(Photo by Bill Derickson of (Mack) Embreys, 757 North Ave. in Forest Derickson Studio, Grant City South.) County Legislators Back Another Teacher Pay Raise Clayton County representatives, performing at the Chamber of Commerce Legislative Breakfast Thursday morning at Holiday Inn, were all for another raise for the teachers and will insist on this to the best of their ability in the next session of the legislature. Bill Lee, Arch Gary and Lamar Northcutt were in exceedingly fine form in presenting some proposed legislation and answering questions fired at them afterwards. Joseph Miller, Chairman Government Af fairs Committee, and Edgar Blalock, Chairman County Planning Committee, were discussion leaders. President Martin Burks presided. Out legislators, described as a group “well above the average,” declared that they are in favor of legis lation to provide for Clay ton County a comptroller or some type of fiscal of ficer to handle the coun- Morrow Runoff Saturday After one of the most hotly-contested races Mor row has ever seen to elect a new mayor and two council men, a runoff election will be held Saturday, Dec. 16, at the city hall to fill the seat vacated by J. F. Treadaway. The two candidates vying for the post are Mrs. Suzanne Jensen, first woman to ever compete for such a position in Clayton County, and J. P. Mayes, member of the Plan ning and Zoning Board. One of the candidates must re ceive a majority vote to be elected, and the victor in this race, along with Mayor elect Franklin Frame and Councilman - elect Bruce Davis, will take office In January. Voting will be held during the regular hours of 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. All interested citi zens are urged to return to the polls to decide this race. We’re Open Come, See for Yourself, You'll Be Delighted THE NEW DWARF HOUSE Same Location - Hapeville ty’s funds. They hastened to add that they were not pointing their finger at anyone in county office but thought it would be more businesslike to have the present system changed. The legislators appeared before a capacity crowd of county business leaders who are Chamber of Commerce members. It was pointed out that Clayton County has received its share of roads from the State Highway Department as well as the U. S. govern ment. On the House Education Committee Rep. Northcutt is all out for Driver Education. And school teacher raises, of course. Rep. Gary pointed out that the rural counties are Debbie Staiger President Library Assistants Debbie Staiger of the Jonesboro Senior High School Library Club was elected president of the Sixth District Library Assistants organization at the annual meeting held November 9 at Griffin High School. She will assume office in April, 1968, and will automatically be on the Ex ecutive Board of the Geor gia Association of Library Assistants. At present Deb bie is serving as secretary treasurer of the Sixth Dis trict and as president of the Jonesboro Senior High School Library Club. Other officers elected were Brenda Rhodes, Forest Park Senior High, vice-president; Debbie Dempsey, Stock- VOUHMMO F(AR MMCNMXU«CO speir SINGLE COPY 10 CENTS hogging the show in the Legislature and that Clay ton County, now an urban county, is not getting what it deserves. Reps. Lee, Gary and Northcutt were in agreement that the state should not brag about having a surplus in the treasury but should, instead, spend the money on services, etc. None of the legislators was for a tax increase of any kind. All three were positive in their approach to this un popular idea. The govern ment talks of a surplus on one hand and a tax increase on the other. It simply doesn’t make sense. Illness in the family pre vented Sen. Kenneth Kilpat rick from being in attend ance. bridge High School, secre tary - treasurer; Janet Brown, Hogansville High School, reporter; Billie Sue Pippin. Jones County High School, historian; and Ricky Waites, Willingham High School, parliamentarian. Daryl Daniels, Mark Smith High School in Macon, pre sided at the meeting and in- (Continued on Page 11)