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VOLUME 44 — NUMBER 38
POINT OF VIEW
By JACK TROY
President-Elect
Nixon Promising
We wrote some time ago about Richard Nixon, now the
Presidential winner—
Richard Nixon, the GOP nominee, apparently is levelling
with the American people in all sec-
ping boy.
"My feeling is this: I think that busing the child—a child
that is two or three grades behind another child and into
a strange community ... I think that you destroy that
child. The purpose of a school is to educate. That is what
we have got to do. We have got to educate them, and I
don’t believe in that manner of approach.
“And there is one other thing that I would like to say
with regard to the courts of this land . . .1 think it is
the job of the courts to interpret the law and not make
the law.
"I know there are a lot of smart judges, believe me—and
probably a lot smarter than I am—but I don’t think there
is any court in this country, any judge in this country, either
local or on the Supreme Court—any court, including the
Supreme Court of the United States—that is qualified to
be a local school district and to make the decision as your
local school board.”
On open housing: “Open housing .. .my position is the
same as Rep. Gerry Ford's . . . We talked about it at great
length when it was before Congress. I felt then—and I
feel now—that conditions are different in different parts
of the country . . . just like gun control . . . and ought to
be handled at the State level rather than the federal
level.”
Nixon told a press conference recently that if he is Pres
ident there will be a prompt return to law and order and
he spoke with extreme distaste about professional civil
rights groups responsible for the many riots.
I am a Democratic but I thought you might like to know
where GOP Presidential Candidate Nixon stands on impor
tant issues.
50th Anniversary
HEADQUARTERS, THIRD U. S. ARMY, Fort
McPherson. Ga. As the 50th anniversary of the famous
Third U. S. Army is observed on November 15. more
than 100,000 of its men are in training to serve in the
defense of the United States.
Commanded by Lieutenant
General John L. Throck
morton, the Third Army,
sprawling across the states of
Georgia, Florida, Alabama,
Tennessee, Mississippi, North
Carolina and South Carolina,
operates the largest complex of
training centers in the free
world. Counting the men cur
rently undergoing Basic
Combat Training and other
students, the “Lucky Third”
Zayre Dept. Store
Opens in Clayton
If Atlanta’s weather should
happen to turn sour on the
National Football League’s Fal
cons, they could turn to Zayre
for help. The newest Zayre
Department Store which was
opened Sunday, Nov. 10, at
noon, is as big as two football
fields.
Greater Atlanta’s sixth
Zayre Department Store is on
Jonesboro Road near 1-285 in
Forest Park. Opening simultan
eously with the store was a
five-bay Zayre Automotive
Service Center and a multi
pump fuel island.
Our U.S. Choice
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Are Delicious!
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and
tions of the country . . .
Question: Can you say that you
favor busing of school children for
the sole purpose of racial integra
tion?
Nixon: "This is a problem in the
North, too. This nonsense to the ei
fect that this problem exists only
in the South of the United States—
we're now learning that this is a
national problem, and I'm going to
talk national. I don’t believe you
should use the South as the whip
ping boy or the North as a whip-
has a strength of over 240,000
men and women in uniform
and nearly 30,000 civilian em
ployees. More than 100,000
National Guard and Army Re
serve troops are also located in
the seven Southeastern states.
The combined military and
civilian payroll for this vast
operation runs to over SBOO
million a year. Payments to
National Guardsmen and Re-
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A local housewife, selected
from those waiting outside the
store just before the 12 noon
opening, received a $25 gift
certificate for doing the
honors. As the ribbon was cut,
it marked the beginning of a
week-long Grand Opening Cele
bration Sale in which all six
Zayre, stores joined. All ob
served the same convenient
family shopping hours, from
10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Monday
through Saturday and, with the
exception of Smyrna, from
noon to 9 p.m. Sunday.
Courtesy
Tape
Recordings
Clayton County families
with members in the armed
forces who will not be home
for the holidays, are again
being invited to cut courtesy
tape recordings and have
photos made as Christmas gifts
for their military men.
The Metropolitan Atlanta
Red Cross will provide the
equipment and materials free
of charge, including a conven
ient mailer. Red Cross volun
teers will help family members
with the tapes.
Recording sessions will be
scheduled through November
and the first ten days of
December. Appointments are
requested to allow enough time
for each family to make the 15
minute recordings.
“The faraway serviceman,
whether in Vietnam or Europe,
feels closer to his home when
he hears familiar voices coming
through clearly on the tape He
will often play it over and over,
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★★★★★★★
Grid Tickets
Are on Sale
Coach Carl Madison an
nounces that reserve tickets for
the Forest Park-Robert E. Lee
football game, to be played at
Thomaston, are on sale at the
High School and McLendon’s
Sporting Goods Store. This
game is scheduled for Nov. 15.
★★★★★★★
HARBIN'S DRIVE-IN
RESTAURANT
(Georgia and Old Dixie Hwy.)
FOREST PARK. GEORGIA 30050, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 14. 1968
Forest Park Kiwanis
Display at State Meeting
Shown at a recent Georgia District of Kiwanis
International are Dr. ferry Lyle (left) club member; and
Allen T. Johnson, president of the f orest Park Kiwanis
Club. The display they are shown with describes some
of the community sponsored, or financed activities
which include: a little league
baseball team, annual donation
to the Gul Scouts, scholarship
for an outstanding student of
the Forest Park Senior High
School, annual donations to
411 expenses, and expenses of
Key Club activities, fifteen
hundred dollars was donated to
the Fortson Youth Center in
Clayton County which is used
by 411 members.
Since the beginning of the
building, there have been nine
church missions started that
have now developed into full
time churches. This continuing
project is handled by the Sup
port of Church Committee of
the Forest Park Kiwanis Club.
The Kiwanis Club of I orest
Park meets in the building and
has its board meetings in their
special Board Room. The
Forest Park Jaycees, The Busi
ness and Professional Women's
Clubs, The district PIA
Council, and many other or
ganizations use (lie Kiwanis
Building for their regular
Undefeated Panthers to
Face Robert E. Lee
BY PHILLIP ALONSO
The Panthers play their last
game of regular season play
next Friday night against
Robert E. Lee at the Lee stadi
um in Thomaston. The records
of both teams guarantee a
breathtakingly close game.
The Generals won their first
eight games and tied 0-0 with
Avondale Saturday night at
Avondale stadium. The
Panthers won all nine of their
games. They defeated the
Clarkston Angoras 24-7 Satur
day night at Tara Stadium.
The Angoras won the tossup
and elected to receive. Jeff
King kicked off for the Pan
thers. On the first play of the
game the Panthers intercepted
a David Harper pass. After the
ball changed hands 4 times the
Panthers scored. Bobby Slagle
scored on a 4 yd. run after the
Panthers had pushed the ball
38 yds.
Jeff King scored the only
points in the second quarter
when he kicked a 29 yd. field
meetings
Within the past twelve
months about $45,000 has
been spent on improvements
including air-conditioning the
entire building and installing a
new' wooden floor in the skat
ing rink. The revenue, pri
marily coming from skating, is
used for maintenance, salaries.
(There is one full time em
ployee that looks after the
building, and supervises the
skating rink, with part time
employees helping out on skat
ing nights), capital improve
ments. and gifts to deserving
charitable organizations and
people.
Adjacent to the major build
ing is a new SBOOO boy scout
hut for the Kiwanis I xplorer
1 roop. and another Scout
Troop In addition to the main
building and the new scout
building there are two little
league baseball fields that are
lighted so that games may be
played day or night.
goal. He did this after the Pan
thers pushed the ball from the
4 1 yd. line.
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Frank Brown
Grand Jury
Foreman
The November Term of the
Grand Jury was empaneled by
Chief Judge Harold R Banke
on November 4, 1968. Mr.
Trank C. Brown was elected
Foreman. Mr Lindsey C.
Campbell, Assistant Foreman,
Mrs. Mildred E. Abercrombie,
Secretary and Mr. James W.
Grist, Sgt. at Arms. Members
of the Grand Jury for the
November Term are:
Mildred E. Abercrombie,
Rt. I, Morrow.
Edward I). Bailey, 6033
Shortleaf Dr., I P.
James A. Benford, 5935
Moss Dr., I .P.
R. G. Boyd, 2770 Jodeco
Dr., Jonesboro.
Frank C. Brown, Jr., 1129
Tanglewood Rd., Jonesboro.
Kenneth V. Buchanan. 1721
Sherwood Circle, C.P.
Chester L. Budkoski, 1841
Lamplight Ct., Morrow.
M. M. Buice, 1087 O’Hara
Dr., Jonesboro.
Lindsey C. Campbell, 1133
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TOMMY VAUGHAN
"IT'S IN TO
EAT OUT"
DWARF HOUSE
HAPEVILLE, GA.
Bank of Forest Park
Building New Office
The Bank of Forest Park has begun construction of
a new main office at the intersection of Main Street and
Courtney Drive. Total cost of the new facility will be
approximately one-half million dollars.
Completion of this office is scheduled for late
spring or early summer of
1969. It is designed for com
plete banking services, includ
ing twenty-four hour deposi
tories, drive-in facilities, a civic
room, safe deposit boxes, and
free parking.
Pierce A. Peacock, Presi
dent, says the new building is
of Georgian Design. It will con
tain two stories with over
twenty-one thousand square
feet of floor space. Construc
tion will be largely reinforced
concrete and brick.
William E. Tapp, AIA, of
Marietta, Georgia, designed the
building which is being built by
Peacock Brothers, local con
tractors.
Mr. Peacock stated that as
soon as the new building is
completed, all banking facili
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General
Election
Results
George C. Wallace took
Clayton County in the recent
presidential election, scoring
9,700 ballots with President-
Elect Richard M. Nixon finish
ing second at 6,937 and Hubert
Humphrey winning third, post
ing 3,085 votes.
In the state House race
Terrell A. Starr won his district
over Republican Willie H.
Huddleston, 12,897 to 8.132,
in unofficial returns.
All of the returns are un
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