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VOLUME 43 — NUMBER 3
HEAD OPENING DAY FESTIVITIES—At
the regular monthly meeting of the Forest
Park Athletic Association these individu
als were chosen to serve on the 1968 fes
tivities of Opening Day. Left to right: Paul
Cantrell, co-chairman of Opening Day;
Lindsey Campbell, co-chairman; C. T.
Toole, co-chairman; Mrs. Betty Germany,
By JACK TROY
Lyndon and Herman Don't
See Eye to Eye
President Lyndon B. Johnson of Puerto Rico and John
son City was a welcome visitor at the rollout of the world's
largest airplane at the Lockheed center in Marietta.
The political subtlety was officially proclaimed in a floor
speech by no less than the administration’s very own Sen
ate majority whip, Sen. Russell B. Long, D-La.
The confirmation came after Sen. John J. Williams, R-
Del., complained that the administration had corralled
Democrats on the Senate Finance Committee to oppose one
of his schemes.
Sen. Long, who also happens to be chairman of the
much-beleaguered finance committee, was looking around
for a Democrat to point out to prove Mr. Williams wrong,
when he suddenly spied Sen. Talmadge.
With Sen. Talmadge fixed firmly in the corner of his
eye, the Louisianan railed on triumphantly that he knew
of no party “with more built-in rebellion’’ than the Demo
crats.
“Let me say I personally know,” Sen. Long said, “that
the junior senator from Georgia is no stooge for the ad
ministration.
“I have never known him to bow to the party lash of
this or any other president,” the majority whip went on.
"It has never been tried on him. If it is, it will be found
to be a great mistake.”
Sen. Talmadge just leaned back in his chair and grinned,
showing off just a little of that built-in rebellion.
Future Farmers
Express Thanks
MR. JACK TROY
THE FOREST PARK FREE PRESS-NEWS
AND FARMER
P. O. BOX 456
JONESBORO, GEORGIA
DEAR MR. TROY:
On behalf of the Future Farmers of America
in Georgia, and particularly Jonesboro FFA’ers,
I would like to express appreciation to you and
the staff of the Forest Park Free Press-News and
Farmer for the excellent coverage you gave the
Future Farmer organization during National
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Congratulations
to
TRUITT CATHY
on
The Beautiful New
DWARF HOUSE
JKnmrt Jlark 3Fm
and
President Johnson made a point
of paying tribute to Carl Vinson and
Senator Dick Russell. Pointedly, he
did not mention Senator Herman
Talmadge, who was on the speaker’s
platform.
Know why Lyndon B. didn’t men
tion Herman?
Well, just read this missive and
you will know the truth—
The U. S. Senate was told last
week what many Georgia political
observers have long suspected: That
Sen. Herman E. Talmadge is no
"stooge” for the Johnson Adminis
tration.
standing in for her husband, Jim Ger
many, parade chairman; Don Durham,
publicity chairman, and C. W. Howard,
chairman of the barbecue. Not shown are
Mary Ann Kinney, dining room chairman,
and Dave and Joan Robinson, ticket chair
men.
FPAA Lists
Registration
Forest Park Little League,
Connie Mack League and
Girls’ Softball registration
days are March 16, 23 and 30.
The registration will be
held from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m.
on each of these three days.
Anyone registering late will
be charged a small fee.
The children will register
at the Forest Park Recrea
tion Center.
$337 Collected
For Heart Fund
Tri-Hi-Y and Hi-Y of
Forest Park Junior High
school collected for the
Heart Fund Sunday, Feb
ruary 25. Led by Mrs. J. W.
Tondee, the club covered al
most all of the north side of
town and collected $337.15.
Those assisting Mrs. Ton
dee were Morris W. Shelnutt,
co-sponsor of the Hi-Y; Mr.
and Mrs. H. C. Traylor from
the Bank of Forest Park, and
about 40 teenagers of both
clubs.
The clubs would like to ex
press their appreciation for
giving us an enjoyable aft
ernoon. (Despite the blistered
feet.) We would also like to
thank Mr. Shelnutt and Mr.
and Mrs. Traylor for being
present and assisting Mrs.
Tondee.
—Denise Whitley
Publicity Chairman
Coleman
Candidate
Robert E. Coleman is a
lifelong resident of Clayton
County and has served the
County in many ways. He is
presently Tax Commissioner
of Clayton County, having
served in this capacity since
September 1, 1948.
He attended Clayton Coun
ty Public Schools and has
taken a number of short
courses at the University of
Georgia.
Mr. Coleman is past presi
dent of the Kiwanis Club of
Forest Park; former chair
man of Tara District Atlanta
Area Council of Boy Scouts
of America; former board
member of Clayton County
Chamber of Commerce; past
president of Lake Shore
Country Club; former mem-
HARBIN'S DRIVE-IN
RESTAURANT
(Georgia and Old Dixie Hwy.)
FOREST PARK, GEORGIA 30050, THURSDAY, MARCH 14, 1968
Clayton Bond Issue Vote
Is Slated for May 7th
Clayton County Board of Education has called
for a Bond Referendum to be voted on May 7, for the
purpose of issuing $2,500,000 in school bonds to build
additional schools. The issue will be a part of a total
program of over $5,000,000.
The Clayton County Board
will receive $2,830,000 from
the State School Building j
Authority in order to com- '
plete a building program j
that will adequately house
the children in the County i
through the 1969-70 school !
year. The State School I
Building Authority is taking
bids on three buildings
March 14, 1968. These three
buildings will be a new jun
ior high school in Riverdale,
a new elementary school on
Morrow Road, and a new
elementary school on 138
Highway.
Clayton Fiscal Plans Win;
Airport Aid Move Loses
By W. EUGENE SMITH
Two long-sought changes in
the laws governing Clayton
County’s fiscal operations were
approved during the just-con
cluded General Assembly ses
sion, but a move to alleviate
the burdens imposed on some
residents by expansion of the
Atlanta Airport failed to receive
Sufficient support.
The county commissioners
are authorized to change the
county fiscal year and hire a
comptroller, through a bill au
thored by Rep. W. J. “Bill”’ Lee
of Forest Park.
Rep. L. D. Northcutt of Col
lege Park, however, failed in
his bid to obtain a constitutional
amendment to force Atlanta to
aid persons being displaced by
the airport expansion.
THE FISCAL CHANGES were
contained in one of five bills
approved which affect the coun
ty government. Others include
a junkyard bill and one placing
all county employes under the
civil service system.
Bills effecting changes in the
charters of Morrow, Lake City,
College Park, and Riverdale
were also approved, but a con
troversial attempt to raise the
salary of Superior Court Judge
Harold Banke failed.
The fiscal bill amends the
law setting up the board of
commissioners to make that
body the official fiscal agent of
the county, and authorizing it to
change the fiscal year, which
currently runs from Jan. 1-Dec.
31, and to hire a comptroller.
The new officer would be paid
from $6,000 to $12,000 per year,
would sign all county checks,
keep all fiscal records, and is
sue quarterly reports on the
county’s financial status.
The fiscal year probably will
be changed to July 1-June 30 to
conform to the state and fed
eral fiscal periods.
THE MEASURE ALSO con
tains a clause allowing the
ber of board of directors of
Forest Park Youth Center;
former chairman of Clayton
County Red Cross Chapter.
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The $2,500,000 bond issue
will be used to finance an
addition to the Lillie E.
Suder and Joseph H. Huie
Elementary Schools, and to
purchase sites and construct
three other buildings. The
three additional buildings
will be an elementary school
in Northeast Forest Park
Area, a senior high in the
Morrow area and a junior
high school in the Morrow
area. The $2,830,000 from the
State and the $2,500,000 local
bond issue will be sufficient
to build these buildings and
board additional time to com
plete this year’s county audit.
A law passed in 1966 stipulates
that the audit must be com
pleted within 120 days after the
fiscal year ends, but the com
missioners have been unable to
hire an auditor this year.
The 120-day period, following
the present Dec. 31 year-end,
falls in accountants’ busiest tax
season and auditors have re
fused to take the county's busi
ness because the 120 days are
not enough time. The audit was
filed late in 1967, and two suits
against the commissioners and
auditors resulted.
The junkyard bill authorizes
the commissioners to make or
dinances regulating junkyards
and to remove such when they
do not comply with the law.
The civil service law, accord
ing to Mr. Lee, places all em
ployes of the county under the
county merit system. The ac
tion apparently grew out of a
dispute last summer be
tween Tax Commissioner Rob
ert E. Coleman, whose work
ers are not under the system,
and Commission Chairman
P. K. Dixon, over Mr. Coleman’s
refusal to file merit system-ori
ented time records
ANOTHER MEASURE ap
proved would allow courts to
.require prospective jurors to
answer questionnaires concern
ing their qualifications as ju
rors. The action could reduce
the time spent in trials ques
tioning veniremen.
A measure hiking the salary
of the commission chairman
from $12,500 to $16,500, effec
tive Jan. 1, 1969, was also ap
proved.
The Northcutt move to amend
the constitution to force govern
ment expanding airports to lo
cate suitable housing for per
sons they displaced died on
the House floor when it received
only 112 of a required 137
votes. The action was aimed at
the City of Atlanta, which is dis
placing some 5,000 persons by
acquiring 1,800 acres of land
around the present airport.
The raise for Judge Banke
was proposed in a Senate bill
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additions and fully equip
them.
The bond issue is needed
as a result of the constant
increase in enrollment in the
Clayton County School Sys
tem. Approximately 2300 ad
ditional children are in
school this year above last
years enrollment. This will
continue to increase as it
has in past years. The local
bond money is urgently
needed along with the State
building money in order to
adequately house all chil
dren. It will take.l mill or
less to retire these bonds.
There will be additional ar
ticles appearing in these
newspapers between now
and May 7 explaining the
building program in more
detail.
introduced by Sen. Kenneth Kil
patrick of Morrow, but it failed
when Mr. Lee and Rep. Arch
Gary refused to sign it.
THE BILL would have raised
the judge’s pay from SIB,OOO to
$21,000 per year, but the rep
resentatives contended that a
second judge was added to the
court last July and they did not
feel the additional expenditure
was justified at this time.
The county bar association
had recommended a $6,000 raise
and several grand juries had
proposed $4,000 hikes.
The charter changes includ
ed:
—Lake City. The mayor’s
court was abolished and a re
corder's court will take its
place. The bill also changes the
city election date to the first
Saturday in December.
—Morrow. One bill provides
for a personnel department and
merit system for the city and
authorizes the city to sell bonds
for construction of parks and
recreational facilities. A second
measure provides for a refer
endum to be held on the city’s
bid to annex land east and south
of its present boundaries to dou
ble its size.
—Riverdale. Maximum sala
ries for the mayor and council
men were raised to S6OO and
S4OO per year, respectively, and
a provision prohibiting raises
for city officers was removed
from the charter.
—College Park, A “housekeep
ing” measure was passed which
clarifies charter regulations on
zoning hearings, sidewalk con
struction, rights of employes
and pension programs.
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KENNETH KILPATRICK
Kilpatrick Not
Running Again
Sen. Kenneth Kilpatrick of Morrow, representing the 44th
District, announced today he is not going to seek a third
term. His announcement:
“I will not be a candidate for the Georgia Senate in next
fall’s Democratic Primary. The two terms I have served
give rise to the hope that I will be able to enter politics
again at some future time. For the present I feel obligated
to spend more time with my family and do a better job of
providing for their financial support. It is simply a matter
of putting first things first.
“While I have served you, I have at all times tried to co
operate with your elected representatives in the House. I
must say that I have largely left local legislation to them.
This, I felt, was only common sense.
“I am making this announcement now so that anyone
desiring to offer for the Senate post will have sufficient
time to do so. I have tried to serve honorably and well. This
has certainly been my purpose. When I again offer for
public office, my objective will remain the same. Thank you.
“KENNETH KILPATRICK"
Grant Raises Dividend
W. T. Grant Co. directors
today declared a regular
quarterly dividend on com
mon stock of 32‘/z cents per
share, up from 27>/ 2 cents
per share paid in the prev
ious quarter. The dividend
is payable April 1, 1968, to
stockholders of record
March 11. 1968. On an an
nual rate, the increased div
idend is $1.30 per common
share compared with the
Speir Insurance
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sl.lO rate formerly paid.
This is the third increase in
the annual dividend rate in
the past 5 years. The rate
of dividend paid per com
mon share has more than
doubled in the 5 years. The
regular quarterly dividend of
93% cents per share on pre
ferred stock was also de
clared as of the same date.
Preliminary results for the
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