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Your Full-Service BANK BANK OF FOREST PARK © Member F.D.I.C. GJlaytnn (tanty Nma atib farmer and Jinest 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 (Continued On Page 10) 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. (Continued On Page 10) 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 We Also Serve Chick-fil-A PUBLISHED WEEKLY 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. TREAT YOURSELF AND FAMILY TO Chick-fil-A and Delicious Salad COMPLETE CARRY-HOME SERVICE Chick-fil-A of Greenbriar Across from Kroger Entrance to Mall GREENBRIAR SHOPPING CENTER nr £ 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 Agency, Inc. 366-5115 { TOMA j I »J J YOU ND ft AR SPEIR SINGLE COPY 10 CENTS 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 (Continued On Page 10 >