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VOLUME 43 —
Purchase 17 Acres
For Recreation
The beginning of a dream-come-true was realized
last week with the signingof a contract to purchase land
for the Morrow-Lake City Recreation Association.
Climaxing an effort which has extended over the
past several years and has been most pressing in the last
few months, the Association
was able to locate what it con
siders the best deal for all con
cerned.
The land consists of some
17 acres in Lake City, a short
distance behind the Lake City
Honors Even
At Jonesboro
Phillip Alense stirred up
a hornet's nest last week
when, in writing in our
paper about the combined
band efforts of Forest
Park High and Jonesboro
High at their annual game
he commented “the Pride
of Forest Park Band taking
the show away from the
Jonesboro Band.”
Actually, the two bands
combined their efforts and
joined together to enter
tain the spectators and
vied with each other in a
friendly way.
Although Alense ex
pressed a personal opinion
(he is a Forest Park stu
dent and doubtless viewed
the spectacle a little on the
biased side), the honors
were about as even as they
could conceivably be.
Ihe Free Press apolo
gizes to Jonesboro fans.
FP Plays Columbia
Seeking 6th Straight
Going after victory No. 6 of the football season Forest Park’s
sensational legions will invade Columbia High’s gridiron Friday
night.
The Panthers added Walker High to their list of victims at Tara
Stadium last week.
Jonesboro High, which has been knocking at the door of
victory but has been denied in several games played, will tangle
with county rival North Clayton High Friday night at Tara
Stadium.
BY PHILLIP ALONSO
Last Saturday night was the
Forest Park Senior High Home
coming. The game was played
in Tara Stadium against the
Walker High Hawks. The
Panthers ran off the field at the
end victorious over the Hawks,
28-7.
Walker won the tossup and
elected to receive. Number 26
Bobby Slagle, scored the first
l orest Park touchdown on a
three yd. pass from Randy
Kidd, the Panther quarterback.
Jeff King scored the point
after.
The second quarter was
scoreless but the Panthers and
Hawks both played excellent
offensive and defensive ball.
During the halftime show
the Homecoming Court and
the Princesses and Queen were
announced. The sophomores in
the Homecoming court were
Paulette Dunn, Debbie Parker
son, and Ann Weatherly. The
juniors were Pat Griffith,
Carole Lamb, Cathy Major,
Dana Moore and Lisa Wilson.
The seniors were Jan Bradford,
Carolyn Chapman, Sharon
Collins, Dianna Goodman,
Terry Jennings, Dona Lopez,
Terry Moon, Cindy Phillips,
Myra Russell, Vicki Scar
borough, Donna Stovall, Karen
Teems, and Doris Thompson.
The last year’s Homecoming
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Community Club, and was
owned by Morrow Councilman
Bill Sammons, who agreed to
sell the parcel to the Associ
ation for approximately
$35,000, which is roughly
$2,000 an acre, a very reason
able sum for land on the pres
ent market.
The Association had been
offered land in various
amounts from prices ranging
from $4,000 to SIO,OOO an
acre, which was out of the
question.
President Oren Leake stated
at the meeting held last Mon
day night that the Association
will ask of the two communi
ties in the way of support, a
pledge from each family for at
least $lO a year for five years.
George C. Saunders volun
teered the first new pledge by
offering SSOO a year for the
next five years, a most startling
and welcome offer!
Most of the land is usable
for recreation purposes, and
only a small easement beneath
power tines cannot be utilized
for constructing any perman
ent facilities. However, it can
be used for parking areas. Also
there is a good deal of wood on
the property, so it is hoped
that a pulpwood company will
buy that, and the profit can be
used for developing the land.
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Queen, Miss Sandy Shields, was
present to crown the new
queen. The princesses were
Donna Lopez and Donna
Stovall Then they announced
the Homecoming Queen, Miss
Dianna Goodman. Tears
streamed down her face after
this announcement. Sandy
Shields then placed upon her
head the prized crown.
in the third quarter Dennis
Sulivan scored the second
Panther touchdown. This,
along with Jeff King’s good
point after touchdown, left the
Hawks behind at 14-0. Then
Randy Kidd passed the pigskin
34 yards to Sullivan again,
scoring the third Panther
touchdown. Jeff King kicked
once again, making it 21-0.
Then in the fourth quarter
Sullivan scored again on a 9-yd.
hand-off from Kidd. Jeff King
made the point after touch
down, leaving the hawks far
behind at 28-0. But M. L.
Prince, the Hawk quarterback,
got off a good 27 yd. pass to
John McHenery for the first
and only Walker touchdown.
Bob Reissiger, the Walker kick
er, made the point after touch
down. But this still left the
Hawks behind, 28-7, as the
score remained. The Panthers
are still undefeated in five
games.
SEN. HERMAN TALMADGE presents tro
phy to Barry Smith of Little Ones Kinder-
SANDRA Baker, Jaycettes president, gets a
kiss from Sen. Talmadge for winning sec-
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THE ROTC BOYS SWING ALONG MAIN STREET
Jonesboro
Tri-Hi-Y at
Caravan
Members of the Jonesboro
Sigma Tri-Hi-Y attending the
Program Planning Caravan at
Griffin Sept. 23 were Lucy
HARBIN'S DRIVE-IN
RESTAURANT
(Georgia and Old Dixie Hwy.)
FOREST PARK, GEORGIA 30050, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1968
garten for its winning first place in the
Fire Prevention Parade.
ond place among the floats.
Banks, Sonya Johnson, Debbie
Reed, Sandra Raynor, Connie
Clary, Julie Lipscomb and Gail
Dixon. Each attended classes
of instruction for their differ
ent offices.
One of the projects the club
intends to do is collect for
UNICEF' Oct. 31. Please sup
port the Y Clubs by giving
generously.
Gail Dixon
Publicity Chairman
Rams Alone
Undefeated
After the sixth week of
Optimist football only one
team remains undefeated. The
Rams knocked the Bulldogs off
the top in Saturday’s final con
test after a hard-fought first
half.
In the first game the
Panthers and the Tigers pro
vided the excitement in a con
test that featured a rebuilt
Panther defense. The Panthers
couldn’t get an offensive spurt
that carried to the Tiger goal
and went away with their sixth
defeat as the Tigers managed
13 points.
In the second game the
Packers continued to look like
the winners they were sup
posed to be this year as they
rolled to a 40 to 6 victory over
the Green Hornets.
The Eagle offensive pro
vided an explosive start for the
third game as Johnny Dunn
took a pass and then returned
on an end around play to help
sweep his team into a 20-0
halftime lead. The Jackets
managed a score in the third
quarter but could not match
the 33 points the Eagles
managed.
In the Ram-Bulldog game
the Rams scored first but
quickly found themselves in a
7 to 7 tie with the undefeated
Bulldogs. The Ram attack
quickly set out to right this
situation. They were successful
to the tune of a 33 to 7
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THE RIVERDALE FLOAT took third place
in the Fire Prevention Parade and here
LITTLE MISS Fire Prevention for 1968,
Jodie Lee, being crowned by the 1967 win-
Fire Prevention Parade
Colorful and Exciting
Fire Prevention Week in
Forest Park started off with
one of the biggest parades ever
seen in the city. Led by “Little
Miss Fire Prevention 1968”,
(5-year old Jodi Lee) that pa
rade had everything Forest
Park High School Marching
Band, floats and gaily deco
rated vehicles, fire trucks from
all over, including the new
County equipment, painted
white, private cars carrying
Senator Herman Talmadge,
Congressman John Flynt, Re
presentatives Bill Lee, Arch
Gary, Lamar Northcutt. There
were two Smokey sone
marching along on two feet,
one in his cage on a float, and
Sparky, the Fire Dog. Marching
men of the newly formed
ROTC were a first in Forest
Park. Local clubs, police.
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Sandy Cobb receives the trophy from Sen.
Talmadge.
ner, Sandra Evans.
Jaycees, Jaycettes, Legionaires,
Army, Navy and Air Force
were all there lending their sup
port to the valiant men of the
Fire Prevention Force. The city
was celebrating because last
year an award of first place in
the State for Fire Prevention
was won.
There was something else in
the Parade too, a tremendous
spirit of gratitude that not one
single death from fire had hap
pened in the city, all through
the year, October 1967-1968.
Displays on Fire Prevention
were shown at Grant City
South after the parade with
speeches by Senator Talmadge,
introduced by Mayor Summer
day, and later Governor Mad
dox, returning from a trip
South, introduced by Rep.
Lamar Northcutt.
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Outstanding for the tremen
dous job he did that day was
Bob Roper, Assistant State
l ire Marshal. Displays included
those from GBI, FBI. Alcohol
& Tax Division, State Crime
Lab, Clayton Forestry, Ameri
can Red Cross, Atlanta Army
Depot, Explosives Ord. and our
own Fire and Police Depts.
Captain K. M. Rosser,
whose enthusiasm had not
dimmed even after the weeks
of hard work he had put into
the affairs, was busy making
pictures of the many items of
interest.
Director of Public Safety,
J. I. Picard, Chief 1.. C. Cole
and the entire Department of
Public Safety, hire Division
and Police, and the Mayor and
Council of the City are deeply
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