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VOLUME 42 —NUMBER 45
Frances
Speir Back
In Tax Dept.
It is a great pleasure to
her many friends to see Mrs.
Frances Speir back on the
job in the City of Forest
Park tax department. She
had been working the
switchboard.
Frances was badly injured
in an automobile-truck ac
cident in Florida about a
year ago. She and her hus
band were returning home
from Destin, Fla., after a
vacation and some fine fish
ing.
Driving in a rainstorm.
Frances' husb an d ap
proached an intersection
and. going about 20 miles an
hour, applied the brakes.
Nothing. The wet brakes did
not respond. So they piled
into a truck in which the
driver failed to try to turn
away from Speir. knowing
he was in trouble.
The car was a total loss.
Speir threw his body across
Frances at impact to keep
her from going through the
windshield. But in the
tangled mess. Frances came
out with a badly twisted and
broken leg. She is still get
ting around on a crutch, but
one of these days, we be
lieve. she will throw the
crutch away. Have a good
New Year Frances! No more
switchboard, thank good
ness.
Frances was in charge of
the Tax Department when
she was hurt.
County Is
Short of
Applications
Motor vehicle owners of
Clayton County who pur
chased 50,437 motor vehicle
tags in 1967, only 25,617 will
receive their pre-typed ap
plications for 1968 which are
being mailed today. Decem
ber 28, 1967.
Due to the fact for some
reason the State, which fur
nishes us with the pre-typed
applications, failed to send
us the approximate 100% as
usual, should you fail to re
ceive your application
through the mail, it will be
necessary for you to come to
the tag department and fill
out a new application before
purchasing your tag. This
will make it very difficult
for you and the department.
Tri-City
Ladies YWCA
The Tri-City Ladies-Day-
Out YWCA will hold regis
tration for winter classes
Wednesday, January 10, at
10 am. at the East Point
Presbyterian Church, corner
of Church and Thompson
streets. Classes will be con
ducted in Oil Painting I and
11. Bridge. Knitting, Flower
Arrangmer. Interior Deco
rating, Hat Making, and
Slimnastics.
Classes begin January 17
and continue for eight con
secutive weeks. Nursery fa
cilities are available. For
further information call Mrs.
Mae Bell Ledford. 753-0382.
SERVING COUNTRY
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OFFICERS FOR 1968 Jonesboro Masonic
Lodge No. 87. (Ist row, 1 to r) H. D. Laster,
treas.; E. W. Barrow, Junior Warden; W.
E. Oakes, Worshipful Master; H. P. Mas
sengale. Senior Warden; J. L. Knight,
Tyler. (2nd rcw, 1 to r) R. A. McWilliams,
By JACK TROY
A Total of 87
Years Experience
Guy Butler and I were counting the individual years
each of us has devoted to the newspaper profession, and
Guy came up with almost 50 years and I came up with 37
(Guy’s older that I am).
But the idea is that we have a combined newspaper ex-
ing out the newspaper for news content, and also for plac
ing ads in the best position.
We try to do the best job we can with the advertiser
and reader in mind. We appreciate how kind our adver
tisers are. Our readers too. We go in 8,000 homes and we
believe our subscription list includes the better people of
Clayton County.
We have had nothing but the finest relations with city
and county officials. We believe we have the finest office
holders to be found anywhere. It is a pleasure to work with
them and the law enforcement officers, who are also dedi
cated people.
Now that we are in the good year, 1968, we hope to do
an even better job for our friends in Clayton County, and
we hope to see the county forge ahead in industry, in a
big way As never before.
70 Patients Get
Christmas Gifts
Approximately 70 patients on Powell II at Cen
tral Georgia Hospital received gifts of candy, cookies
and fruit irom Crayton County cituciio
gifts were taken to the ward and distributed by Mrs.
Ralph Pinnell, Mrs. W. O. White -and Mrs. Lamar
Quick. Special permission to
enter the ward was given by
Dr. J. B. Craig, Superintend
ent of the hospital.
Assisting in this project
were members of the Stage
coach Civic Club, Mrs. Inez
Grant, Mrs. Louis Cassel,
HARBIN'S DRIVE-IN
RESTAURANT
FOREST PARK. GEORGIA 30050, THURSDAY, JANUARY 4, 1968
perience of 87 years. We don’t be
lieve, even on the Atlanta news
papers, that they can come up with
two individuals who have had such
experience.
Ralph McGill, Publisher of The
Constitution, who I succeeded as
sports editor of The Constitution, in
1937, has been in the game more than
50 years. Eugene Patterson hasn’t
been around too long.
Why do I write this? Well, you
can’t buy experience; you come to
doing things as if it were second na
ture, such as editing, selling ads, lay-
Mrs. Robert Morck, Mrs. Da
vid Conrad, Dickson Appli
ance, Jonesboro; Bunkey’s
Barbecue, Jonesboro; Pop’s
Trading Post, Jonesboro.
Adamson’s General Mer-
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Junior Steward; S. E. Wootton, Junior
Deacon; W. T. Fincher, Sec.; F. M. Kib
linger, Senior Steward; L. D. Sasser, Chap
lain; and J. H. Upchurch, Senior Deacon.
Downing
Assumes
Presidency
Taking office as the new
President of the Clayton
County Chamber of Com
merce effective January 1.
1968 will be Mr Roland
Downing of Riverdale, Ga.
Mr. Downing assumes his
new office after having served
as Vice President in 1967
and as a director for the
past several years.
Other officers serving with
Mr Downing in 1968 will be
Vice Presidents Clyde Har
relson (Southern Bell), Wil
liam Green (E. D. Green &
Sons), Bob Maddox 'Bob
Maddox Plymouth) and
Treasurer Luther McDowell
(Bank of Jonesboro).
Here’s Why
Nurses Like
Air Force
Registered nurses find a
lot to like about the Air
Force, a recent survey of
nurses who were recently
commissioned as Air Force
officers indicates.
Sergeant Tom Reese, local
Air Force recruiter, said that
when the nurses were asked
what they liked about the
Air Force, the following
things were cited most fre
quently:
Closeness of “Air Force
family” and the friendly
working relationships; Nurs
ing Profession given the re
spect it is due; Responsi
bilities given the Air Force
nurse; Diversified duties
resulting in professional
growth; Duties concentrated
more on the patient and less
emphasis on charges to the
patient or to keeping to hos
pital budget; Up-to-date
equipment; Experienced help
of medical technicians; Op
portunities for recreation,
teaching, traveling, educa
tion and promotion; Use of
base facilities; Security of
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Marine
Marston
Is Home
Marine Cpl. Robert M.
Martson, son of Mrs. Helen
Crow, is home on a 15-day
leave after serving a year in
Vietnam. Robert, a student
at the University of Georgia
prior to his enlistment, is
due to be discharged in
March and is planning to
continue his studies in vet
erinary science.
Cpl. Martson is the step
son of Virgil Crow and his
home address is 1171 Elling
ton Drive, Lake City.
Increase
In Mail
Rates
Increase rates for all
classes of mail except parcel
post and international mail
will go into effect January
7. Postmaster Murphy re
minded postal customers to
day.
“Even with the new rates
of six cents for first-class
mail and 10 cents for air
mail, postal service is still a
real bargain,” Postmaster
Murphy declared. “For six
cents you can send a letter
to any of the 50 States, to
any United States territory
or possession, to Canada or
Mexico, or to an American
serviceman stationed any
where in the world."
Postm aster Murphy
pointed out that the new
rate for post cards will be
five cents and for air mail
post cards eight cents.
He said the added cent in
the letter rate is a 20 per
cent increase compared to a
24 per cent boost in the rates
for mailing newspapers and
magazines and a 34 per cent
hike for advertising circu
lars, “occupant” mail, and
other material in the third
class category.
The new rate of six cents
per ounce for first-class
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Band, Float
Georgia
Starred in
Rose Parade
HOLLYWOOD — Georgia
was well represented when
NBC-TV telecast the 79th
annual Tournament of Roses
Parade from Pasadena on
Monday, Jan. 1.
Georgia fielded both a
rloat and a band entry in
the five mile procession
along Pasadena’s Colorado
Boulevard.
The float, entitled “A
State of Adventure” to com
plement the overall parade
theme for 1968, “Wonderful
World of Adventure,” re
created in flowers a scene
from “Gone With the Wind.”
Musical representation
was provided by “T h e
Marching 100” of Hapeville
High School. The band, led
by William W. Miller, in
cludes 100 musicians, five
majorettes, two banner
bearers and a drum major.
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Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace:
ivhere there is hatred, let me sow lore:
where there is injury, pardon:
where there is doubt, faith:
ivhere there is discord, union:
where there is despair, hope:
where there is darkness, li^ht:
where there is sadness, joy:
O Divine Master, grant that 1 may
not so much seek to be consoled
as to console: to be understood
as to understand:
to be loved as to love, for it
is in giving that we receive:
it is in pardoning that we are pardoned:
it is in dying that we are
born to eternal life.
Prayer of Saint Francis of Assisi, 1182-1226 A.D.
STOCKBRIDGE MASONIC LODGE offic
ers for 1968 (front row, 1 to r) Hugh L.
Williams, Junior Deacon; Raford Chamb
ers, Junior Warden; Houston Cobb, Wor
shipful Master; Ralph Riggins, Senior
Warden; and James Tuten, Senior Deacon.
Rep. Jack Brinkley
Chm. March of Dimes
Rep. Jack Brinkley, Columbus, has been named
1968 Georgia chairman of The National Foundation
— March of Dimes.
Nine other Georgians who have contributed
many years of outstanding service to the March of
Dimes have been named
along with him to a State
Advisory Board to head up
the annual January cam
paign in its 30th Anniver
sary year.
Appointed to the Board by
Basil O’Connor, president of
We’re Open
Come, See for Yourself, You'll Be Delighted
THE NEW
DWARF HOUSE
Same Location - Hapeville
(2nd row, 1 to r) Lee McClendon, chaplain;
Robert King, Senior Steward; Orland Bras
field, Tyler; Lloyd Mincy, Director of
Works; Bill Hinton, Junior Steward; O. V.
Moor, treas.; and Frank Owens, Sec.
the National Foundation,
were: Mr. and Mrs. Clarence
Hise, Macon; C. F. Stone.
Louisville; Rev. J. E. Cook.
Harlem; Morris McNeil. Al
bany; Frank R. Hibbets.
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Jack Troy
On NNA
Program
Theodore A Serrill. Exec
utive Vice President of the
National Newspaper Associ
ation, of which the Free
Press-News is a member,
writes:
The fastest growing seg
ment of the National News
paper Association is the
Suburban Newspaper Sec
tion. NNA. With the New
Year this group within NNA
has charged me with ar-
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