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VOLUME 42 —NUMBER 52
By JACK TROY
Senator Talmadge Is Confident
Photographer Fred Bryant of Derickson’s Studio was
greatly impressed with the obvious confidence of U. S. Sena
tor Herman Talmadge. Sen. Talmadge, accepting a personal
these “contests" by about an 88 per cent margin of the votes.
He also ran once against former Gov. M. E. Thompson, whom
he contested for Governor as well as Senator, and he de
feated Mr. Thompson handily both times.
Senator Talmadge of Lovejoy is one of the solid mem
bers of the Senate—he and Senator Russell. Both of Geor
gia, of course. Sen. Talmadge is the junior Senator and
through the years has been honored with very special
committee assignments. He knows his way around the
Congress.
Anyone who would decide to contest him for his Sena
torial post would know beforehand that he faced a tre
mendous obstacle to his hopes. Sen. Talmadge is highly re
garded. not only in Georgia, but all over the U. S. A.
He is an inspiration to farmers because he makes money
as a farmer.
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A Practice of 'Murder'
Our national government seems to make a practice of
“murder." Not only the Bay of Pigs tragedy, but the thing
we are involved in in Vietnam. Arthur Huie would like to
contest the label of “war” attached to the action because he
cannot recall the Congress making a declaration of war in
Vietnam. Thus every time someone is killed, according to
Arthur and other well-informed people, it is “murder.”
McNamara’s conscience must be hurting him again be
cause he is moving from Defense Secretary to the World
Bank. McNamara carried credentials in his old job of hav
ing sponsored the ill-fated Edsel for the Ford Motor Com
pany. He has been opposed to the military and any plans
for esclating the “war.” He and President Johnson have,
in short, failed in their personal declaration of conduct
of the strife, and thus have this country in an almost un
tenable position. Military men who have devoted life
times to the service are ignored by “the brains” in Wash
ington. What do Johnson and McNamara really know
about the conduct of a “war”?
The more you think of it the more this new slogan ap
peals—“ All the Wav with ABJ—(Anybody but Johnson.”)
Is Dickson Running—
What's Your Guess?
Going on the appearance of things, Loy Dickson,
like a jack rabbit being pursued by frisky beagle
hounds, is running again.
The former Sheriff of Clayton County, who has
served 22 years, served five 4-year terms and 1 split
term. In the last election he
was nominated in the Dem
ocratic Primary and de
feated by a narrow margin
in the General Election by
a Goldwater Republican.
Clayton County nor the
state of Georgia had gone
Republican more than once
in 100 years.
What Loy is making does
not appear to be a formal
announcement as a candi
date for the Clayton County
Sheriff’s office, but, reading
between the lines, one gets
the idea that he is prepared
to run as fast as the afore
mentioned jack rabbit.
Between elections he has
been running Dickson Elec
trical Appliance in Jones
boro, and farming on the old
family farm off Flynt River
Road.
"Had I been able to serve
the last term, I would have
made 25 years which Is re
quired for full retirement,”
Dickson pointed out.
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and
invitation from Marian Hodges, was
in the Jonesboro Senior High gym
nasium to address the almost 1,800
members of the student body.
I asked the Senator how his cam
paign for re-election was going, and
he responded that things had never
looked better. So far as he knows, he
said, no opposition has developed, no
body to run against, including the
Republicans.
Fred Bryant was right. The Sena
tor exuded confidence. He remarked
that against two opponents he had
had in earlier races, that he won
He has been quite a figure
in politics for many years.
He worked untiringly for the
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LOY DICKSON
FOREST PARK, GEORGIA 30050, THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 22, 1968
ARRANGED by Marian Hodges, V. S. Sen.
Herman Talmadge of Lovejoy addressed
Jonesboro Senior High students last Mon
day morning. Gerald Wright, third from
left, president of the student body, intro
duced the senator. Left to right in picture:
At Jonesboro High
Join New Frontier
Talmadge Urges Students
U.S. Senator Herman E. Talmadge, addressing a
Student Assembly of Jonesboro High School, Tues
day, called on the state’s young people to become “a
part of the great Georgia movement and to join the
new frontier of Georgia development.”
“Georgia and the South
east have grown at a phe
nomenal rate in the past 10
years. But we have just be
gun. In terms of what there
is yet to do and the great
potential that we have,
Georgia has barely scratched
the surface,” Senator Tal
madge told the students.
“We still need pioneers in
Georgia’s social and eco
nomic move forward," he de
clared. “There are still mon
umental challenges to be
met and dangerous Issues to
be resolved.”
Highly praising the “over
whelming majority" of youth
today, Senator Talmadge
urged that more attention
and support be given Amer-
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Carol Ann Collins Victim of Cancer
Carol Ann Collins, 13 years
of age, a victim of cancer
since 1960, died Thursday,
February 8, at her home in
Forest Park.
During the seven years of
her illness she led an excit
ing, profitable, and full life
as a member of her church,
school and community. She
was an active Christian, a
member of Sunday School,
Training Union, Girls’ Aux
iliary, and choir soloist. She
rarely missed a meeting, or
rehearsal. In September,
1967, she passed her Princess
Step In Girls’ Auxiliary, and
prayed daily for her five
missionaries up until her
last conscious day, one week
before her homegoing.
She was an "A” student
and attended school full
Emmett Lee, School Supt. Ed Edmonds,
Wright and Sen. Talmadge, who received
a standing ovation from the almost 1,800
students.— (Photo by Fred Bryant of Der
ickson’s Studio.)
Dwarf House
Announces
Open House
You are cordially invited
to attend Open House at The
Dwarf House, 461 Central
Avenue, Hapeville, Georgia,
on Sunday afternoon, Feb
ruary 25, from 1:30 until 5
The Dwarf House has been
a landmark in Hapeville for
the past 22 years and has
been in the process of con
structing the new operation
on the same site for the past
six months. The Dwarf House
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CAROL COLLINS
W. T. Grant
Sets Sales
Records
J. J. Howard Jr., Manager
of the W. T. Grant store at
Forest Park, today an
nounced company sales for
the month ended January
31, 1968 of $51,365,102, up $5.-
292,245 or 11.49% over Jan
uary 1967 sales of $46,072,-
857. This is a company rec
ord for January sales.
Preliminary sales of $979,-
474,765 for the fiscal year
ended January 31, 1968 were
up $58,677,478 or 6.37%
over sales of $920,797,287 for
the preceding fiscal year.
This is likewise a new sales
record for the company.
It was noted that early
January sales were well be
low company expectations,
due mainly to adverse
weather conditions. A strong
salse surge in the last two
weeks, stimulated by strong
promotional effort produced
a percentage gain for Jan-
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time until September 15, at
which time she continued
her studies at home with a
homebound teacher. She at
tended elementary schools
in Eden, North Carolina;
Smyrna, Georgia, and Mor
row, Georgia. She attended
Babb Jr. High School of For
est Park, Georgia, for two
weeks.
At Fitzhugh Lee Elemen
tary School she led the
rhythm band, was a basket
ball cheerleader, a 4-H Club
Officer; sang in the chorus,
and rendered many solos. At
Morrow Elementary School
she was a School Patrol and
went to Washington, D. C.,
with this group. She was
manager of the track team,
a 4-H Club member, member
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PUBLISHED WEEKLY
SHERIFF BILL MURRAY shown making
address at dinner given in his honor Mon
day night at the Lakeshore Country Club.
Appreciation Dinner
For Sheriff Murray
It was Bill Murray Appreciation Dinner Friday
night at the Lakeshore Country Club, and Sheriff
Murray was appreciated by a full house of Republi
cans, Democrats, just plain friends, and George
Wallace supporters.
These friendly people en
joyed what Sheriff Murray
had to say in his address so
much that, at the conclu
sion, they gave him a stand
ing ovation.
Chief Howard Smith rep
resented the county police,
and he had words of praise
for the former County Po
lice Captain of Detectives.
“He worked with me and he
was an outstanding officer,"
Chief Smith said.
From the invocation given
by Caro Haynie to the con
clusion of the meeting was a
warm and thoughtful one.
Edgar Blalock, Jr., was
master of ceremonies. Bob
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Scouting On Move
In Tara District
Gains achieved in 1967 by the Tara District, Boy
Scouts of America, are evidence of Scouting’s rele
vancy to youth needs of today, according to George
M. Kilpatrick, Chairman of the Tara District.
The Scout program is an important part of the
activities of the 965 boys who
are Cub Scouts, Boy Scouts,
and Explorers ... an in
crease of 10% over the prev
ious year, Kilpatrick re
ported. “One of the meas
urements of what we call
‘quality program’ is the ad
vancement program of the
Boy Scouts of America. More
Scouts than ever before at-
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Open House
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\ ] SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1968
\^/ 1:30 to 5:00 p. m.
Refreshments and Gifts for Each of You
(jata Qrand Openiny . . .
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FEBRUARY 29 ■ MARCH 1- 2
“Drinks on the house” these days!
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Right, Edgar Blalock. Jr., master of cere
monies.— (Photos by Lee Hooper.)
3 Added
To FP Bank
Board
Pierce A. Peacock. Presi
dent of the Bank of Forest
Park, announces the election
to membership in the Advis
ory Board, A. Ralph Adam
son, Sr., Fred M. Green, and
Bryant M. Smith. Jr.
Ralph Adamson, age 53.
has been in the dairy busi
ness in Clayton County for
32 years. He is the father of
Ralph Adamson, Jr., and
Mrs. Miriam Adamson Bond
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tained rank advancements
in 1967.”
The camping record of the
Tara District shows that 100
per cent of our Scout troops
are taking advantage of the
camping facilities that are
available to them. Seventeen
Scout troops from the Clay-
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Dobbins AFB. Ga—Forest
Park. Ga., claimed at least
six men who were called to
active duty with the 445th
Military Airlift Wing and
the 918th Military Airlift
Group in the recent reserve
callup
The unit was activated on
the president's orders effec
tive Friday, January 26 By
midnight that evening, the
unit was virtually 100 per
cent manned.
The reserve callup was for
a period of 24 months “un
less sooner relieved" mean
ing that the men could be
on active duty for as long as
two years but that it was
possible they could be re-
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Pre-Primary
Applications
Available
Applications for admission
of three year olds to the
Clayton County-University
of Georgia Pre-primary Pro
gram for 3. 4. and 5 year olds
are now available at all
Clayton County public
school offices.
This program has received
nation-wide recognition and
won the “Pacemaker Award"
from NEA and Parade Mag
azines in 1967 for "leading
the way to better education
for America’s Youth.”
The deadline for receipt
of applications is April 8.
1968
Applications should be
completed and mailed to the
Suder School, 1400 Jodeco
Road. Jonesboro, Georgia
30236
