The Forest Park free press and Clayton County news and farmer and the Forest Park news. (Forest Park, Ga.) 1967-1969, February 06, 1969, Image 4

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Newspaper Page Text4 Free Press-News & Farmer, Thurs., Feb. 6. 1969 (The Jnrrat park IHm Press QUaytun County Nme and IFartnrr And forest ^arh ^efog JACK TROY, Editor GUY BUTLER, Adv. Mgr MRS FREDERICK LEE, BUS MGR Forest Park P O Box 47 Jonesboro P O Box 456 Phone 366-3652 and Jonesboro GReen leaf H-6841—Office: Hl9 Mam Street. Forest Park, Georgia 30050 Second Class Postage Paid at Forest Park, Ga. Associated Georgia Newspapers, Inc”' Jk’g' A xjXZ ( s ®y MEMBER Ne ? ani . ov• rtl ing matter for tin- current week must reach the Jonesboro and Forest Park ott, ■ : t Liter than Monday noon to assure publication in the next issue. The Pub h her ~, ot lie ■ ponsihle for errors in advertising beyond the cost of the ads. Classified uh.i ii mg rate: $1 50 minimum, for 20 words or less; extra words 5c each Card of Thank- ' ’(io Display advertising rates furnished upon request. Communications invited AU arta n lor publication must bear the writer's signature The right to edit oi return article.-, without publ.cation is reserved Subscription Rate $3.00 Per Year Guy Lines By GUY HI TLER I Inee rousing huzzahs lor I<>hn J (Jack ) 1 lynt Jr . our district represent aloe in the I s House, tor his stand on the elevation ot salaries to the solons I lynt joins Rep übllcan I 1 e I s h e i I hompson, an other Georgia re presentalive. in opposition to the healthy pay raises lor the senators and congressmen I lynt strongly urges the House to vote upon the meas ure rather than allow it to automatically become law a hike Horn x >0.()()() to $4?,M)(| Youre good for more at Beneficial even _ as much as $2500 \ Bcnchcnil All-In-(lnc I o.m takes care of ever\ thin;' other loans, time-payment accounts, bills, expenses .mil gives von the extra cash you want s well. I omci nites mi lai^er amounts. Phone Beneficial . . where the monex is BENEFICIAL FINANCE SYSTEM 1 oans up to $2500 — up to 24 months to repay Beneficial Finance Co. of Atlanta 817 MAIN STREET. FOREST PARK Phone: 361 6917 • Ask for the YES MANager OPI N EVENINGS BY APPOINIMENI PHONE FOP HOURS NOW OPEN! Kiddie Kastle Day Nursery Hours: 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. LICENSED INFANT CARE Children of All Ages 363-3110 6294 N. Lee St. Morrow A Newapaper Os Integrity in Faat-Moving Clayton OFFICIAL COUNTY LEGAL ORGAN .i year Ihe Senate agreed last I Friday to vote on the bill lint i the house has been reluctant to | take a stand Il would be outrageous lor Congress to duck out on a vote ala tune w hen House members themselves aie calling lor budg el cuts in other areas,” said I lynt "We cannot authorize tins kind ol increase with a clear conscience he added, “when piessuies are being exerted Io reduce federal spending on one hand and lo increase funding ol some programs on the other 1 agree with Jack I lynt that it would be a travesty on jus lice to appiove a raise in pay tor these men. most ot whom l already are successful business A Priie-Wlnnin* Newipajxr rktSBO 1961 Newspaper Contests NATIONAL NEWSPAPER “t w-Y WmITwIYLW i men and anyway $30,000 Io | gether with all the other free I stull they receive is a gracious plenty the proposal would add a ■ whacking $34.7 million to the annual outlay ol the taxpayers, who can stand very little more ol such extravagances Women Meet I he Women of the Georgia Power Company, South Dis fuel Chapter, will meet at South District I leadquarlers, lore st Park, on I hursday night, I eh (>th. at X o’clock All members and prospective members are urged to attend Cancer Directors Meet I he regular meeting ol the Directors of the Clayton ( an cer Society was held at the I armers Markel Cafeteria on January 30th Kelly Grenga. (hairman, received reports from all committees and it was pleasing lo learn that all phases of the program lor this year are progressing according lo plans, I amat Beckwith, (tusade ( hairman, reported that the I ducation Funds ( tusade pro gram is right on target. A very vital part of the crusade this year will be a Special Contacts Committee headed by Grady I indsey. A very inspiring program was presented by Mi Charles Hardy. Regional Director ol the .ACS Mr Hardy is the Georgia Traffic Manager tor Southern Bell Telephone. Mr Hardy pointed out the fact that the ACS IS NOI A PAR I OF IHI UNHI D FUND DRIVE Ihe ACS conducts a LEFT TO RIGHT: Charles Hardy, Grady Lindsey and Kelly Grenga. Mr. Hardy of Southern Bell, addressed ( ancer Society directors. BUSINESS ANSWERING SERVICE FIRST TELEPHONE ANSWERING SERVICE IN FOREST PARK Monday Through Friday 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday 8 a.m. to 12 PHONE 366-2230 FOR INFORMATION J » b » ■ aWwffl ' --A L* a I. WB ‘ mAI'MII 11 i HoEmI COACHING STAFF of the Forest Park Senior High School at Kiwanis banquet. Left to right, John Smith, John Howard, Bill Lucas, Larry Haynie and head coach Carl Madison. Not present Willie Oswald and Doug Cobb. Forest Park Kiwanis Fete FP Football Team Ilie Forest Park Kiwanis meeting of January 30, was the occasion of the annual banquet to honor the lorest Park Senior High School l ootball Cub Pack 911 the January 17 meeting of Cub Pack 9 I | was an especially enjoyable one. Weblos lien 2 opened with ihe Hag ceremony. Den 5 fol lowed with a skit on Physical I ilness and Den 4 with a trick played on us all. One thing that made this meeting enjoyable was the presence ol Mr. Mel Williams, lara District executive. He an nounced that the lara District was rechartcred 100 per cent Our district is the first in the entire Atlanta Council to ac complish this We are all ex tremely prom! of this. Mr Wil liams presented the pack's charter to committee chair man, I red Cheek, who in turn, presented it to Cubmaster J R 1 ee We also received our 100 pel cent Boys 1 ife Award lor all our boys having received a subscription to Boys' l ife Mag azine. Speaking ol subscriptions In December award was pre sented to the Den having sold the hugest number of subscrip- very important education pro gram independently of the United Appeal program, with the knowledge that the most important part of our program is to leach people to detect cancer signs al an early stage As a result ol this program it was pointed out that we are approaching a one out of two cure rale with cancer patients With the population ol Clayton ■ ( ounty at approximately i 80.000, and the I act that one ' out ol lour will have some ! contact with Cancer, we must 1 strive loi the day when all can ' cer patients can participate in the hie saving program. If any citizen of our county would like to have a program presented to any Church. Civic or any group, please call the o I I ice in J ones b oro a 478-3144 and arrangements will be made to present the current program to your organ ization. team. Ihe Appreciation night banquet was highlighted by the guest speaker. Coach Paul Nix, Auburn University Atlanta area scout, and Baseball coach. turns to the l orest Park Free Press. Johnny Cook and Bane Cheek received the award for 1 Jen 2. Den 4 received the Cubby Award in December and Den 2 in January for having the larg est percentage of boys and par ents present, I hese awards were received in December and January by the following boys: Bobcat: I airy Porterfield ami Carl Brasher. Wolf Gold Arrow Point: Robin Stephenson, Wolf Silver Arrow Point: 1 racy Chis nell, 1 dward Coltery and Rob in Stephenson; Bear: Brett Mil ler and Sandy Malcolm; Weblo Colors: Sandy Malcolm and Bob Austin; Activity Badges: George Miller. David Roack (2), Robby Lee anil John Pike. One year pins were received by George Miller, lex Bailey and Robby Lee Danny Weathers received his Den Chief Cords. Den 2 closed with the sing ing of “My Country lis of I hee" BUSINESS DIRECTORY Martin Burks COMPLETE SERVICE DEPARTMENT PAINT and BODY SHOP Automatic Transmission Repair (Any Kind) BUDGET TERMS TO 12 MONTHS Across the Street from Farmers’ Market in Forest Park PHONE 366-9245 AUTO BODY REPAIR AND PAINTING AH Work Done to Your Satisfaction SPEEDY SERVICE — ROY'S BODY SHOP 2611 Jonesboro Road FOREST PARK Behind Evans Motor Co 366-6464 Advertise where people LOOK to buy ...in the WANT ADS FOREST PARK CAB 361-5333 Flat Rates to Airport and Atlanta Mardi Gras Dance at NCO Club A Mardi Gras dance will be held on Saturday, Feb. 8 al the NCO Club at the Atlanta De pot in Conley. This annual event is spon sored by the joint parish coun cil of St. Philip Benizi Catholic Church in Jonesboro. All interested persons are in vited to attend with a prize being awarded to the most in teresting costumes. Mr. and Mrs. Hans Broder of Stock bridge were the winners in 1968. The Parish Council of Youth will be the recipients of the proceeds of this dance. Ad mission is $4.00 a couple. Tick ets may be obtained by calling 366-7888, Miss Pam Morris, president of the Council of Youth. Joy Club Meets The Joy Club of Jonesboro met at the Civic Room in the Bank of Jonesboro, Tuesday, January 28. The meeting was called to order by the Presi dent, Mrs. Mildred Shelor. Ihe Rev. W. Osborne Herlong, Jr., Pastor of the Jonesboro Luth eran Church, gave the Devo tional. Mrs. Shelor announced she sent notes of thanks to the Jonesboro Woman’s Club and the Jonesboro Junior Woman’s Club, for their kindness to the Joy Club during the months of November and December. Mrs. Doris Stewart intro duced Mrs. Betty Hodges of Ben Hill, who showed slides of her trip to the Holy Land. Miss Grace Porter invited members of the Club to see brochures of the trip to Miami, and Key West, Florida, and Nassau, and to see her after the meeting if they wished to go on the trip. Refreshments were served by Mrs. Lilly Wright and Mrs. Mildred Shelor. Marshall lito. President of Yugoslavia: "Our peoples have made enormous sacrifices and spilled rivers of blood to become masters of their fate.” RALPH'S QUALITY CLEANERS, 1006 Main , Street, Forest Park, Ga. Dry Cleaning and Laundry, Al terations, Pickup and De livery Service. One Day Serv ice. Open 7:00 a.m. til 6:30 p.m., Monday through Sat- I urday. PHONE: 366-6286. We I give S&H Green Stamps. I Ash SI. Cleaners Cor. Ash and Central ONE-HOUR CLEANING THREE-HOUR SHIRT SERVICE Pick Up and Delivery No Extra Charge 366-4700 Free storage for out-of season garments. Alterations • Hand Cleaning All Work Done on Premises! fFOR. QUALITY CLEANIN&Y Lt SERVICE L'D SAY / I One hour mmiw ........ * THE MOST IN DPY CLEAKINO 4660 JONESBORO RD. 361-5756 Fast, Expert Cleaning and Shirt Service NO EXTRA CHARGE YOUR « 111 mERLE horihad COSMETICS DEA LER IN FOREST PARK Jean Berry 4893 - JONESBORO ROAD GRANT CITY SOUTH 361-8071 ‘ If 'WISSb Jr '1 / ry- - j ! 1 A ANDREW LEISTLE, Clayton County Red Cross Blood Chairman, is not sitting on laurels for past successes here on bloodnrobiles. He’s looking for 150 Clayton Coun ty residents who will give blood on the first visit in 1969 on Friday, Feb. 21, from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m. at the Forest Park Recreational Center. These Clayton County blood donors all have helped in the past and are looking for more like themselves to give the gift of life. Left to right, front, P. L. Jones, Georgia Power Company; Mr. Leistle, B. H. Willingham, Georgia Power, and Larry I). Gordon, Murphy & Orr Co. Back row, William Bennett, City Man ager, Forest Park; Ken Campbell, Concrete Materials of Georgia Power, and K. A. Saurex, Dixie Tool & Die. Quarterback Club Vs. Forest Park High School Coaches Thomas Lee Passes in Florida I homas D. Lee. Go-founder of the Lee & Cates Glass Co. died January 28 in a local hos pital in Jacksonville where he had lived for 42 years. Born in Clayton County. Mr. Lee's fa ther, W. J. Lee was a Surveyor here for a number of years, he also taught music. His mother was Mollie Ferrell also of Clay ton County. Mr. Lee is survived by his wife, Myra Lee, three daugh ters and one son. A sister. Mrs. W. L. Williamson and three brothers, J. M. Lee, Colie Lee and Fnnis Lee, all of Clayton County. Funeral services were held Jan. 30 at the Mayfair Baptist Church, Jacksonville. JEAN’S FLOWERS, 1214 Main Street, Forest Park, Ga. Flowers telegraphed anywhere at any time. Flow ers for all occasions. Floral arrangements delivered any where. Call 366-4454. For ALL GARDENING NEEDS see Swint’s Feed and Garden Supply, 132 Mill Street, Jonesboro, for lawn and garden seeds, Fertilizers, Insecticides, Purina Feeds, Baby Chicks. Glass Service FOREST PARK f GLASS & MIRROR 1121 Main St. • 366-6222 We Specialize in AUTO GLASS and All Types of Glass •STOREFRONTS • SHOWER ENCLOSURE • MIRRORS • TUB ENCLOSURE • DESK TOPS • PATIO DOORS • PLATE GLASS • WINDOW GLASS Hardware Retail SMITH HARDWARE & SUPPLY CO., 1186 Main Street. Forest Park, Ga. Store hours: 8:00 a.m. til 6:30 p.m. Monday through Saturday. Builders Hard ware. Sporting Goods, Household Appliances, Housewares, Toys, Gifts. Call 366-3455. CHRISTIAN’S PHARMACY corner Main Street and Phil lips Drive, Forest Park, Ga Phone 366-4320. Hours 8:00 a.m. til 9:30 p.m. Monday hrough Saturday. Sundays 1.00 p.m. til 8.00 p.m, pre scriptions, Patent Medicines 366 n 6742 S J mergenc y calls’ t so at 1295 Ma *n street, Morrow 366-4040 I his basketball game will probably be the game of the year. Representing the Coaches are Coach Carl Madison, Doug Cobb. John Smith, Clay Wil liams, Robert Willard, John Howard, Bill Lucas, Dal Turner and Willie Oswalt, as for the Quarterbacks any member who is interested and wants to play, come on. All donations is to benefit the High School Ath letics programs. Our present project is to help build a baseball field be hind the High School gym. We are hoping for a good turn out. The basketball game is to be Thursday, February 13, 1969 at 7:30 P.M Forest Park High School Gym Adults SI.OO, Students or children $.50. Retirement: When you wake up in the morning with nothing to do and go to bed with it only half done Synopsis, York, Pa. HwS Forest Park Moving & Storage 366-040(5 11 Kawasaki CYCLE SALES & SERVICE, Inc. 920 Main St. Forest Park GLENN BLANTON, Mgr 361-5585 Forest Park Office and Church Supply Co. 813 Main St. PHONE 361-8196 "From office furniture to rubber bands . SINGER PARTS AND NOTIONS Sewing Machines and Vacuum Cleaners Re paired. We repair all makes and models. All Work Guaranteed. New and Used Sewing Ma chines and Vacuum Cleaners. SEWING CENTER 627 Central Ave. Hapeville 762-8888 TV REPAIR FOREST PARK SALES AND SERVICE 1235 Main St. PHONE 366-4860 Hours: 8:30-6:30 Mon.- । bat- Euxtncal mtu Gas Appliances. TV sets, ts