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VOLUME 43 — NUMBER 11
By JACK TROY
Forest Park Quarterback Club
Is Great Asset to Athletics
A wonderful asset to the schools of Forest Park is the
forward-looking Forest Park Quarterback Club.
The Quarterback Chll_) 1s one year old. I}] thisfiyenr‘ the
Monday at the banquet room at the
Farmers Market. This banquet honored the players in spring
sports—baseball, track, swimming and golf.
We might mention here that Lee Speir, secretary, was
in charge of the buffet catered by Davis Brothers, and
how the players and coaches ate! The food was superb and
it was matched by the appetites of coaches and players,
and guests.
High school sports were accented in the Club's first year.
Later on, junior high will be included, according to plans.
The Quarterback Club is sponsoring a chicken fry to
raise additional funds on Saturcay, May 18, 11 to 7, at the
Forest Park High cafeteria. Tickets SI.OO each.
The Club is helping to put on the Forest Park High inter
squad spring football game Friday night, May 31, at the
Kiwanis field.
Secretary Lee Speir told us that “every dime that comes
into the Club is used for the benefit of Forest Park school
athletics.”
Officers are Kimsey Warr, president: Lee Speir, secre
tary; Fred Carter, treasurer; Frank Orr, vice president of
basketball; Hal Kidd, vice president of football, Hugh Tur
ner and Doug Logan, vice presidents of spring sports.
Watch school athletics grow with the able and enthusi
astic support of the Forest Park Quarterback Club.
Forest Park Athletic Asso
ciation will have a Space Age
Youth Program this summer.
This program will include 28
Little League teams, 12 Con
nie Mack teams and several
girls’ softball teams.
Members of the association
will be busy this week with
the final preparation for the
big blast off scheduled for
Saturday, May 11,
Fueling of capsule—the
sweet smell of oak and hick
ory smoke will fill the air in
the vicinity of the pack. The
FPAA will be cooking ap
proximately 2000 pounds of
ham to be served at the
BBQ Saturday.
Countdown is scheduled to
begin at 6 p.m. Friday with
parents, ccaches and other
workers getting the final
touches to the fields, and
other things ready for lift off
Saturday. The count is sched
uled for an automatic hold at
11 p.m. to be resumed at 8:30
a.m. Saturday.
Lift off is scheduled to be
at 9130 am from-. the
launching pad at Clayton
Plaza Shopping Center. The
capsule will include several
well known dignitaries,
bands, floats, civic c¢lubs and
all ball teams, the United
States Marine Corp Color
Guard.
The flight path of capsule
will be Jonesboro Road, Main
Street then Lake Drive to
Campbell Field.
First stage after lift off
will be the flag raising
by the USMC Color Guards.
Speeches by Chief Pilot John
Knox and Mayor Summer
day.
Second stage will be the
Our Broasted
CHICKEN
Is Still the Best
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Club has built two football practice
fields, with underground sprinkler
system and sodded with Tift Bermu
da, the best. Tt is used for putting
greens,
The Club has purchased a Smitty
Blaster. This is a blocking machine
that professional football teams use.
The Club has bought a Rebounder
for the basketball team.
In this year the Club has held
three banquets and two cookouts,
honoring the players.
Most recent banquet was held last
i ball game of the day followed
| by games until about 9 p.m.
There is no admission charge
to any of these games.
Third stage BBQ will be
served from 11 am. until 5
p.m. The price is $1.25 per
plate. All proceeds go to help
pay for the youth programs.
Also served with the BBQ will
be delicious home baked
cakes and pies.
Orbit confirmed by all the
tired boys, girls, coaches and
parents.
Re-entry will be about July
1 after what is planned to
be the biggest year yet in the
| youth program,
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Hearing
A public hearing will be
held by the Metropolitan
Rapid Transit Authority to
discuss proposed routes and
stations in this area. This is
one of five public hearings,
the others being Doraville,
Decatur, West Side and
West End, and is to give you,
the public, an idea of prop
ositions regarding routes,
ete, and the opportunity to
express your views.
Representatives from MA
RTA will be available for an
hour before the time of the
| formal meeting, for ques
‘ tions and discussion. The
!place — Babb Junior High
'School Cafetorium, on
{ Reynolds Road (next to the
; Forest Park High). Time —
7:30 pm. for the formal
I meeting. Questions and dis
, cussion period — 6:30 p.m.
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SCENE at the spring banquet of the Forest
Park Quarterback Club for Forest Park
High athletes and coaches. It was held at
Farmers Market banquet room. Left to
Forest Park Post Offi
Postmaster General W. Marvin Watson announced yesterday that a con
tract has been awarded to build a Post Office at Forest Park, Georgia.
- The building will be owned by Richards & Associates, Inc., 809 Cedar Street,
Carrollton, Georgia 30117 which will lease it to the Post Office Department for
15 years, with renewal options running through 25 years. It will be located on
the south side of Courtney
Drive, east of the intersec
tion with Main Street. Pre
liminary estimates indicate
that the initial investment
in the project will total ap
proximately $415,450.
This represents the lowest ’
responsive bid of 10 received
by the Department on a
competitive basis.
The one-story building
will be air-conditioned and |
offers more working room |
than the present building. It |
will have an interior space
of 22,000 square feet, com- |
pared with a total of 6,000 !
square feet in the present
bullding.
The new Post Office {s ex
pected to be completed eight
months after the plans are
approved. Space .1 the
building located at 1136
Main Street will then be
abandoned for postal pur
poses.
“Modern buildings are
necessary for efficlent mail
processing and improved
working conditions for our
employees,” Mr. Watson
said. “Completion of the new
structure will assist us in
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Democratic Executive
Committee to Meet
The Clayton County Dem
ocratic Executive Committee
will meet on Saturday aft
ernoon, May 18, 1968 at two
o’clock pm. at the Clayton
County Court House for the
purpose of adopting rules
and setting qualifying fees
for the September 11, 1968
Primary Election. The Com
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FOREST PARK, GEORGIA 30050, THURSDAY, MAY 9, 1968
mittee will set the opening
and closing dates for quali
fying to run in this election.
Also, transact such other
business as may come before
the Committee.
—W. W. Mundy, Sr.,
! Chairman
| W. W. Wells, Secretary
right, Kimsey Warr, QB president; Lee
Speir, QB secretary, and Lou Evans, owner
of WBAD and Kimsey Warr’s boss.— (Pho
to by Lee Hooper.)
Bob Smi
ob Smith
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Council
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President
Bob Smith, 1966 Honor
Graduate of North Clayton
High School, was elected
General Council President at
Georgia State College, At
lanta. He was also named as
Outstanding Sophomore by
the Men’s Honorary Frater
nity Omicron Delta Kappa.
This is an annual award
based on demonstrated serv
ice to the college together
with outstanding leadership
and potential.
One week before, Bob had
pbeern awarded the ROTC
Scholarship by Col. Male,
Professor of Military Science.
This provides full tuition,
fees, and laboratory costs,
plus a monthly subsistence
allowance for Bob’s two final
college years at Georgia
State.
Bob is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. George B. Smith of 5272
Collingwood Terrace, College
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Our U.S. Choice
STEAKS
Are Delicious!
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JAMES A, DUNCAN
Will Not
Run Again
TO' THE CITIZENS OF
CLAYTON COUNTY:
You have permitted me to
| serve on your Board of Coun
ty Commissioners through
eight years of unsurpassed
growth and progress. I am
deeply gratified with the
confidence you have shown
in me, personally, and with
the support you have con
sistently given to the pro
grams which your county
government proposed and
carried out. No one can
question that citizens of
Clayton County are the most
progressive people in the
State of Georgia,
In 1960 a new Jail was
built and dedicated, which
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For Clayton Federal Building
The accompanying rendering is of new banking and office building of Clay
ton County Federal to be started at 101 North Main Street, Jonesboro, Georgia.
George M. Kilpatrick, Chairman Board of Directors and Treasurer of the Asso
ciation invites everyone in the area to help celebrate with a “GROUND BREAK
-ll‘{\lG" ceremony on the site of new building at 4 o’clock, p.m. on Tuesday, May
Mr. Kilpatrick states fur
ther that the Board of Di
rectors, who have been plan
ning this new building for
several years, have now
awarded general contract to
Key Construction Company
of Atlanta, and work is to
be started immediately after
the ground breaking with
occupancy expected around
February 1, 1969. Gregson
and Associates Architects, of ‘
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:
Ronnie Jones
To Run
For Seat
Ronnie Jones, a prominent
Clayton County businessman
and civic leader, announced
today that he will be a can
didate for Position Number
Two of the Clayton County
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The Grandest Guy in the
world is the father that
takes his family out to eot.
The Dwarf House
Hapeville
American Water Works
‘Assoc. Honors Ed Huie
The Southeastern Section
of the American Water
Works Association met at
Callaway Gardens on April
28-May 1 for its 39th Annual
| Meeting with Ed Huie of
Morrow, Georgia, as presid
ing chairman.
There were 540 in attend
ance including members of
the Forest Park Water De
partment, the Clayton Coun
ty Water Department, and
members of the Clayton
County Water Authority.
Technical Sessions were
held each day by specialist
in the various fields of Wa
ter Plant Operations and Re
lated Activities of a water
system.
The highlight of the
meeting came after the
banquet Tuesday night when
Clayton County's own Ed
Hule was presented the
Wiedeman Award for dis
tinguished service in the
field of water supply.
The HERMAN F. WIEDE
MAN MEMORIAL AWARD is
made in commemoration of
the exemplary leadership of
HERMAN F. WIEDEMAN.
distinguished consulting en
gineer for more than 40
years, one of the organizers
of this Section and its first
Chairman. The award is
presented annually to a
member actively engaged in
the water supply profession.
who has contributed sub
stantially toward the
achievement and science of
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| Young Scott Mobley Jr. is
making fine progress afte
his accident. The numerous
stitches were removed from
his head injuries last week,
but this seven year old will
| not be riding bicycles again
}‘ soon.
| The good samaritan who
| picked up Scott from the
roadway, unconscious and
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