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SAN ANTONIO—Maj. Sidney E. Moody (right), son of
Henry G. Moody, 1108 N. Parkwood Dr., Forest Park, Ga.,
receives the U. S. Air Force Commendation Medal at Ran
dolph AFB, Tex. Maj. Gen. E. Helton, deputy chief of
staff for Materiel, Air Training Command headquarters,
makes the presentation.—-(U. S. Air Force Photo.)
Major Sidney Moody
Receives Air Medal
SAN ANTONIO Major Sid
ney E. Moody, son of Henry G.
Moody of I 108 N. Parkwood
Drive, Forest Park. Ga.. has
received the U. S. Air Force
Commendation Medal at Ran
dolph AFB, lex.
Major Moody, director of
materiel, was decorated for his
meritorious service at Ran
dolph. He was cited for his
outstanding professional skill,
knowledge and leadership. He
developed policies, procedures
and field instructions which
greatly enhanced the reliability
of the Air Training Command
(ATC) aircraft fleet, aerospace
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ground equipment and related
major systems components.
Major Moody received his
commission in 1952 through
the aviation cadet program.
A graduate of Canton (Ga.)
High School, he studied at
North Georgia College, and re
ceived his B.S. degree in busi
ness in 1959 from Syracuse
(N.Y.) University. He also
earned his M B A. degree from
Harvard University, Cambridge,
Mass., and is a member of
Alpha Kappa Psi.
Major Moody’s wife. Sheila,
is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
John G. White, 166 Siders
Pond Road, Falmouth Mass.
IRA Hohls
First Meeting
In County
Ihe Clayton County Chap
ter of the International Read
ing Association held its first
meeting of the year, Tuesday
October 22, 1968 at the Media
Center in Jonesboro, Georgia.
Mrs. Flora Higginbotham is
Coordinator of Reading for
Clayton County and Mr
Harold Morris, teacher at
North Jonesboro Elementary
School serves as president of
the Local Chapter of ERA.
Dr. B. E. Mason, Reading
Specialist, Department of
Reading at the University of
Georgia was guest speaker He
answered questions provided
by reading teachers of Clayton
County, concerning the cor
rective reading program m the
County, lie gave suggestions as
to how to improve the reading
program in Clayton County.
Refreshments were served
to the group to terminate a
highly informative and success
ful meeting. The next meeting
will be held in January of
1969.
Submitted by
Mrs. Hattie Emerson
Tara PTA
To Meet
Nov. 19th
I he regular meeting of the
Lara PLA will be held Tuesday.
November 19 at 8 P.M. in the
school cafetorium.
A Thanksgiving program
will be presented by the third
graders. A supervised nursery
will be provided for pre-school
children.
The Tara parents, students,
and faculty are to be congratu
lated for making the Halloween
Carnival a big success.
Mrs. W D. Wood
Publicity Chairman
Tara Elementary
366-8002
Services
For Frank
Phillips
Funeral services were held
Monday, Nov. 4. for Mr Frank
W. Phillips of 1047 Main
Street, Forest Park. He died on
the way to the hospital on
Saturday from a heart attack.
He was 50 years old, a Veteran
of World War I'wo, a member
of Forest Park Lodge 399
F.&A.M. and a member of
Fo re st Park First Baptist
Church.
The Rev. R. 11. Burcher of
ficiated at the service held at
the Chapel of the Abercrom
bie-Patterson Funeral Home,
with interment at Forest Park
Cemetery. Mr. Phillips is sur
vived by his mother, Mrs. lister
Phillips, two brothers, Henry
11. and Glenn B. Phillips, all of
Forest Park, two sisters, Mrs.
Elizabeth I llington. Forest
Park, and Mrs. Sarah P. Gray of
Jonesboro.
Final
Football
Games
Clayton’s high school foot
ball season is down to the last
two games coming up this
week, with North Clayton hav
ing already finished its cam
paign, defeating Newnan High,
17-7, in the finale.
The Eagles wound up with a
6-4 record.
Forest Park, unbeaten in
nine games, faces up to a
crucial test against Robert E.
Lee Friday night on the latter’s
field. The Panthers downed
Clarkston, 24-7, last week.
Jonesboro, victor over Grif
fin High last week, bumps up
against Gordon in its closer.
PICTURED ABOVE is Mrs. Gladys Fortner, Senior Regent,
and Mrs. Kathryn Johnson, guest speaker, and Mrs.
James A. Henson, Library Chairman.
Womens Auxiliary
Forest Park Chapter 1303
held their chapter night meet
ing Wednesday night, Nov 6th.
Mrs. James A. Henson, Library
chairman had charge of the
meeting. Iler guest speaker was
Mrs. Kathryn Johnson and
offered some very important
information about our own
libraries in our county we live
in. Ihe Library in Clayton
County was started with a very
small library in Jonesboro It
was located in a small room on
the second floor on Main
Street It began with 100
books loaned by the state In
I‘>43 with Ihe help of many
interested citizens a small
building on Main Street was
purchased to house Ihe library
In 1943 a branch was es
tablished in Forest Park in a
rented building. I hey 100 had
a small collection of books
housed in the Recreation
Building. In 1963 Ihe residents
of Clayton County approved a
bond issue which allocated
$225,000 for the construction
of three libraries m Ihe county.
We were fortunate to supple
ment this sum by $187,000
from the Federal government
under the Library Construction
Act. Ihe Clayton County
Library in Jonesboro serves as
the main library. They moved
in their new building in Ihe
spring of 1966.
In the spring of 1967 Forest
Park’s new building was com
pleted and last August Ihe
third library was opened in
Riverdale. All the libraries have
a bigger selection and popular
additions. We also learned we
could check out famous
Kiddie Kollege
Kindergarten
Halloween was celebrated
by the pupils of "Kiddie
Kollege Kindergarten" in a
most enjoyable way
Mrs. Stanley Wootton gave
them a beautiful Halloween
Party on Wednesday in the
Kindergarten.
On Thursday every child
wore their Halloween Costume
EVELYN'S
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END-OF-YEAR
CLEARANCE
Everything is from our regular stock . . .
wonderful savings on merchandise to wear
now and later . Shop early for best selec
tions.
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pictures of famous artists for as
long as six months Ihey have
a new program for the blind
who cannot read from some
birth defect can listen to talk
mg machines and books Ihey
also have new books that are
written in large print so for
people who have tired eyes or
who can’t read regular books
with fine print We will all
want to visit our library more
often after we have learned all
Ihe things we can find now We
were glad to be able Io con
tribute a book to the library
from the Forest Park Moose
I odge.
We welcomed five new
candidates mlo our lodge.
Ihey are as follows Mrs
Claude G Eskew, Mrs. Lois
( am. Mrs \ M Coleman, Mrs
Robert P McLendon and Mrs
Kenneth Rosser. We hope they
will come and enjoy all Ihe
meetings and fellowship Mrs
Henson also served refresh
ments after the meeting with
her daughter's help
Ihe chairman and all their
committee workers will have a
meeting Wednesday night, Nov.
13th We urge all to attend.
Betty Morris
When old leaves or needles
on evergreens turn yellow, then
brown and fall oft, the plant
may be doing just what nature
intended it to do. Dr Wiley N.
Garrett. Extension Service
plant pathologist, points out
that new needles or leaves are
produced each year and the
old, inside ones die and fall
to Kindergarten, and they en
joyed going “Trick or I reat
ing” to special places to which
they are always invited. They
wish to thank these friends,
who were so nice to them Mr.
Conkle, Dr. Riley, Jonesboro
Drug Co., Oakes Grocery,
Wayne's, Mrs. R. L. Webb, Mrs
C. H. Hutcheson, Mrs. Lee
Hutcheson and Mr. Mayo.
Ray Morris
Is Laid
To Rest
Mr Sidney Ray Morris, Sr
of 608 Catherine St . Forest
Park, passed away Nov. I after
a short illness. Mr Morris was a
supervisor at Georgia Power
Company, was 6 I years of age,
a member of Forest Park
Lodge 399 F&AM. Shriner
Lara Shrine Club, and Chait
man of Ilie Official Board l or
est Park Methodist Church
Funeral services were held
at the church with interment at
Pine Hill Methodist Church
Cemetery, Warthen. Ga Rev
Shelton I . Adams officiated
Mr. Morris is survived by his
wife; daughter. Mrs Edith M.
Cosper. Decatur, son. W R
Morris. Forest Park; two sisters
and three brothers; eight grand
children, nieces and nephews
Abe rcrom bie Patt e i son
Funeral home was in charge of
funeral arrangements
Lake Harbin
PTA to Meet
November 19
The lake Harbin Elemen
tary PI A will meet November
19, 1968 in the school cafetor
ium. Mr. William Herren. Presi
dent, will preside at the 8:00
P.M. meeting. Prior to the
meeting the Executive Com
mittee will meet in the school
library Parents will tour each
class room and inspect work
done by children
Ihe Halloween Carnival in
October was a success ami as a
result no more money making
projects are anticipated lor the
school year. I he PI A Member
ship voted to asphalt an area
on Ihe school grounds which
would be used by the Physical
Education Department for
their various sports activities.
I he 6th grade classes of Mr
Phelps and Mrs Cooper edited
a 6 page school paper appro
priately named “Ihe General's
Journal.’' I hese students dis
played excellent journalistic
talents and worked long and
hard on such an undertaking.
I hey hope to edit the paper on
a monthly basis
Ihe school band is under
the capable direction of Mr
Marvin King. There are 35 reg
ular members Mr King is cur
rently instructing over 100 slh
graders on the song flute
I hese students will be eligible,
rlepending on their musical
ability to become regular band
members after one month ol
instruction.
Mrs. Evelyn B. Grogg.
Mrs. John 11. Grogg,
Publicity Chairmen
RE-ELECT
JAMES R. GRAY
COUNCILMAN AT LARGE
City of Forest Park
Election December 7, 1968
For Continuous Progressive,
Clean Government
Available 24 Hours Each Day
BUSINESS PHONE 478-3000
HOME PHONE 366-1621
Your Vote, Support and
Influence Is Appreciated
Free Press-News & Farmer, Thurs., Nov. 14, 1968
GOHLENZ, Germany. — General Pershing awarding the
Distinguished Service Medal to Brig. Gen. Campbell King,
Chief of Staff, Third Army Corps, March 15, 1919.— iSig
mil Corps Photo.)
50th ANNIVERSARY
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servists on active duty, and
other expenditures, contribute
to an annual budget of more
than one-and-a half billion
dollars
Major Army installations in
the I hird \rmy area cover a
total of about 933 thousand
acres of land, an area roughly
25 per cent larger than the
state of Rhode Island. I hese
posts contain about 95 million
square feet of building space
almost 43 times as much as the
I mpire State Building.
I argesi ol the I hird Army 's
nine major installations is Fort
Bragg, locate d ne a r
lay e t teville, N. ( . with
58,000 men. Named for Con
federate General Braxton
Bragg, the I 27,000-acre post is
Ihe home of the Will Airborn
Corps, ihe 82d Airborne
Division, and the John I
Kennedy Center for Special
Warfare In addition. Fort
Bragg conducts Basic Combat
I raining, gradualing 5 5
thousand new soldiers each
year
Fort McPherson, Ga., is the
smallest ol the I hud Army's
posts in area, occupying 507
acres on Ihe edge of the city of
Atlanta Ihe installation, em
ploying 3,400 military and
2.600 civilian personnel, is
headquarters for Ihe I hird
Army. Named for Major
General James B McPherson, a
Union Army commander killed
m Ihe Battle of Atlanta, Ihe
post served as a reception
center during World War 11.
hastily constructed troop
barracks were “home" to
thousands of new recruits be
tween 194| and 1945
Near Columbus, Ga. is Fort
Benning, another giant post
with nearly 50,000 men Ihe
home of the world famous In
fantry School, Fort Benning is
commanded by Major General
John M. Wright.
I he post was established in
|9|« and named for Con
federate General Henry L
Benning Ihe I ! S \rmy sln
fantry (enter Candidate
School is located here, grad
uating about 8.500 new offi
cers each year More than
450,000 paratroopers have
been trained at Fort Benning
since Ihe organization ol the
Airborne Department in 1940.
Ihe installation also conducts
Basic Combat I raining for
55,000 men a year
Basic and advanced in
dividual training are the pri
mary activities at Fort Jackson,
S. (' , a 28.000 man post ad
jacent to the city ol Columbia.
FP Music
Club Paper
Sale 23rd
I he Forest Park Music Club
has set Saturday November
23rd as the day for the paper
sale. Bring papers to the Senior
High School Gym by mid after
noon. Gather all the old phone
directories in your neighbor
hood for the paper sale. A goal
of 8,000 pounds has been set
and these heavy books will add
up in a hurry
ihe Miss Forest Park
Beauty Pageant will be Satur
day November 16th 8 P.M. at
the Senior High Gym. Admis
sion will be fifty cents for
adults and twenty-five cents
for children.
Members of the Music Club
are still selling the chocolate
candy. This is one of the many
projects of the Music Club.
When approached to buy some
candy, support Ihe band and
buy two bars.
I he November meeting for
the Music Club will be Novem
ber 25th at 8.00 p.m. in the
Senior High Band Room. Plan
to attend.
It’s four o’clock before
many people really begin to
work.
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