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VOLUME 43 —NUMBER 4
By JACK TROY
4 Happy Birthday
In Daytona Beach
I found the weather cold in Daytona Beach. Fla., but a
heartwarming event was the birthday of my mother. Mrs.
John Troy. I went to Florida for this occasion only, so the
for flounder, dug clams, netted shrimp, gathered oysters for
oyster roasts and cooked fresh mullet on the shore.
Growing into young manhood I was encouraged to go
to college, which I did at Oglethorpe. I had a partial schol
arship at Oglethorpe । football i, and any other funds I
needed were supplied by mother.
She wanted me to play the piano and I am sorry today
that I didn't continue the lessons. But it became a sore
point when the boys I played with kidded me unmerci
fully about playing the piano.
In rattlesnake country we hunted squirrel without wear
ing boots But we never were bitten by snakes, I am happy
to say.
I was happy at the chance to go home for a birthday of
my mother and recall some of the pleasant times we en
inved in the great outdoors.
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An Able Senator
Sen. Kenneth Kilpatrick, who has announced that he
will not run for re-election, has made Clayton County an
outstanding Senator.
First of all he is a family man and that is the chief rea
son why he is stepping aside so as to be able to devote more
time to his family and bluntly to make more money for
their benefit.
Sen. Kilpatrick, 34, who has served four years in the
Georgia Senate, was one of the top five vote-getters when
the Capitol press corps selected the outstanding Senator
of the 1968 General Assembly.
He is a member of the Jonesboro law firm of Hutcheson,
Kilpatrick, Watson, Crumbley & Brown, and he will con
centrate on his law practice.
Sen. Kilpatrick's 44th District had included Rockdale,
Henry and Clayton counties. It took a lot of his time. He
also was given choice committee assignments that took
up more of his time as well.
Perhaps at some future date, Kenneth Kilpatrick may
decide to run for Congress. He has laid the groundwork for
such a plan. Our best wishes to him in whatever the fu
ture holds. He served Clayton County extremely well as a
Senator.
Rudolph Johnson
To Run for House
W. Rudolph Johnson, President and owner of
Johnson Realty Company, Lake City, Georgia, an
nounced today that he would seek election to the
Georgia General Assembly, House of Representatives,
Post 3, Clayton County.
Mr. Johnson stated that
he would “represent all the
citizens of Clayton County. I
do not represent any politi
cal clique or special interest
groups. Due to the unprece
dented growth of our coun-
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Coleman
To Run for
Chairman
Robert E. Coleman, Tax
Commissioner for Clayton
County, has declared his
candidacy for Chairman of
Commissioners, the posi
tion vacated by Mr. P. K.
Dixon this year. We regret
this information was omit
ted from last week’s story.
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cold weather didn’t interfere with
any fishing plans.
There wouldn’t be any beatnicks if
these misguided people had had a
chance to be raised by someone like
my mother.
I well remember the guidance I
received.
There was membership in the Boy
Scouts, work in the YMCA and
steady church attendance.
I also remember with much pleas
ure the things we did together. Moth
er took me hunting and fishing. We
trolled for trout, went spear fishing
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RUDOLPH JOHNSON
WILLIAM C. BARTHOLOMAY, president
of the Atlanta Braves, meets second grad
er Doug McCuen and others connected
with the U. S. Savings Stamp program at
Lee Street School in Jonesboro. Left to
right, Joe Lovin, principal; J. A. Garner,
Lee Street School
Savings Stamp Plan
Last fall Lee Street School began the U. S. Sav
ings Stamp program so that the students would have
the opportunity to buy Savings Stamps regularly and
conveniently at school. Most of the students had nev
er heard about Savings Stamps until then but from
the beginning were most en
thusiastic and now look for
ward to each Tuesday morn
ing when they may buy more
stamps for their stamp books.
This program not only has
taught students the value.of
saving regularly but also
has given them the feeling
that they are serving their
country.
The success of the U. S.
Savings Stamp program at
Lee Street School is evi
denced by the fact that an
average of 1000 stamps (SIOO
worth! has been sold weekly,
and twenty-seven $25 Sav
ings Bonds have been pur
chased as students have
completed their stamp books.
A number of Jonesboro
citizens have been instru
mental in making the Sav
ings Stamp program avail
able to the Lee Street stu
dents and have contributed
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County
Leads in
Growth
An interesting note is that
Clayton County still leads
the Metropolitan Atlanta
area in rate of growth, 7.2%.
This figure was arrived at by
Maclog, 1967 Annual Report
of Metropolitan Atlanta
Council of Local Govern
ments. Clayton County
covers an area of 149 square
miles and the 1967 popula
tion was 75,300. Forest Park’s
1967 population was totaled
at 18,742; Jonesboro, 3,372;
Lake City, 2,279; Morrow,
2,238; Mountain View, 2,406
and Riverdale, 1,380.
HARBIN'S DRIVE-IN
RESTAURANT
(Georgia and Old Dixie M ^y.)
FOREST PARK, GEORGIA 30050, THURSDAY, MARCH 21, 1968
Clayton County Savings Bond representa
tive; Mrs. Gene McCuen, PTA citizenship
chairman; Mr. Bartholomay; Joe Laney,
assistant cashier at Bank of Jonesboro,
and Postmaster Wilber Harris.
Slaughter
Os Maddox
Wins Trip
H. K. Slaughter, Maddox
Plymouth, Forest Park, was
named one of the 100 out
standing Chrysler-Plymouth
automobile salesmen in the
United States and awarded a
trip to Bermuda March
20-24.
The awards were made by
the Medallion Club, a Chrys
ler-Plymouth Division sales
men’s organization, to those
members who sold the most
Plymouths, Chryslers and
Imperials in 1967,
Tara Wins Three
First Place Honors
In the six areas of the Sixth District elementary
Social Studies Fair held at West Georgia College last
Saturday the Tara Elementary School at Morrow
walked away with three first-place honors and placed
’ third in another.
Brian Pearcy placed first
in the field of economics
doing a project on the Tex
tile Industry in the British
Isles, its effect and economy.
He is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Joe Pearcy of 6029 Winview
Drive in Forest Park.
Danny Sullivan, another
Tara Mustang, took top
honors in the field of politi
cal science. He is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Sulli
van of 475 Morrow Road,
Forest Park.
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ERNEST STROVD, JR.
Stroud
Lions
Speaker
Ernest L. Stroud, Jr., dep
uty superintendent of the
Clayton County Schools, will
be the guest speaker at the
(Continued On Page 7i
Top honors in the field of
anthropology went to Kathy
Harrington of Tara. She is
the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
John H. Harrington of 6129
Winview Drive, Forest Park.
Sherrie Gilreath’s project
in the field of geography won
third place. She is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Charlie Gilreath of 1199 Lake
Harbin Road, Morrow.
The three first place proj-
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We Also
Serve
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PUBLISHED WEEKLY
U. S. SEN. HERMAN TALMADGE presents
posthumous decorations and awards to
Mrs. Martha R. Davenport whose highly
Talmadge Presents
Posthumous Awards
To County Mother
U. S. Senator Herman E. Talmadge Thursday pre
sented several posthumous decorations and awards,
including the Bronze Star Medal, to a Clayton Coun
ty mother whose son was killed in Vietnam.
The Georgia Senator made the presentation at
the request of the mother.
Mrs. Martha R. Davenport.
2741 East Clayton Road. El
lenwood. Georgia, during
ceremonies at the Jonesboro
Courthouse in the chambers
of Civil and Criminal Judge
Alvin Foster. Thursday.
March 14
The decorations and
awards went posthumously
to Private First Class
Charles E. Willbanks, who
lost his life as a result of
mortar fragment wounds re
ceived in ground action near
Dak To. Vietnam, November
22, 1967. Private Willbanks,
attached to Company B. 4th
Battalion, 503rd Infantry.
173rd Airborne Brigade, was
twice cited for valor for his
part in hostile action in
Vietnam.
He was awarded the
Bronze Star Medal for valor
in action November 7, 1967.
and the first Oak Leaf Clus
ter to the Bronze Star Medal
in recognition of his heroism
in Vietnam action Novem
ber 21-22, 1967, which re
sulted in his death.
In addition to these dec
orations, Private Willbanks
was awarded the Purple
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honored son was killed in Vietnam. See
story.— (Photo by Fred Bryant of Derick
son Studio, Forest Park.)
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MISS GLINDA KARVELAS,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
William Miller, 117 Lakeland
Cir., Morrow, has completed
training at the Trans World
Airlines’ Flight Hostess
School in Kansas City, Mo.,
and is assigned to Star-
Stream flights from Los An
geles International Airport.
Miss Karvelas was employed
by Western Electric Co. prior
to joining the airline. She is
a graduate of Forest Park
High School.— (TWA Photo.)
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Kiwanis
Pancake
Breakfast
This Saturday. March 23.
from early morning to 11
am the Kiwanis Club of
Mountain View will be cook
ing griddle cakes and serv
ing them with the usual tas
ty accessories The price will
be SI.OO per breakfast for
adults, 50 cent.*: for children.
Place: the local Youth Cen
ter house, one short block
north of (diagonally behind)
the First Baptist Church of
Mountain View.
Earnings derived from this
festival will be to supple
ment the club’s community
service funds A major proj
ect in constructing an out
door sports facility for our
youth is a particularly press
ing item this year.
Ait Cain
To Run for
Tax Post
We are informed that A. L
(Art) Cain will be a candi
date for the position of Tax
Commissioner. Mr. Cain has
been a resident of Clayton
County for the past fifteen
years, is a self employed
business man. and is pres
ently Mayor Pro tern of For
est Park.
Mr Cain will qualify as
soon as the time is right and
will make his formal an
nouncement then.
