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VOLUME 44 —NUMBER 51
By JACK TROY
J. Edgar Hoover Recalls
Lincoln's Greatness
J. Edgar Hoover, most able director of the FBI. writes of
some of the humane causes of Abe Lincoln during the week
of his birthday
Lincoln stated, "let every American pledge his life, his
property, and his sacred honor; let every man remember
that to violate the law is to trample on the blood of his
father, and to tear the charter of his own and his children's
liberty."
By Lincoln's standards, present-day criminals are track
ing blood on our sacred heritage, impeding the progress of
our society, and jeopardizing our hopes for the future While
final statistics are not available, preliminary figures indi
cate that crime in the United States last year increased ap
proximately 19 per cent over 1967. Particularly alarming was
the sharp rise in armed robbery which was well above the
national average for all crimes. Along with the rising volume
of violations, the annual cost of crime has soared to more
than S3l billion.
In some instances, law enforcement has been sharply
criticized for its handling of criminal matters. Certainly,
we do not contend that enforcement officers make no mis
takes and that law enforcement is above criticism. How
ever. some critics skirt the real issues of crime to imply
that the police are the major threat to public safety. This,
of course, is pure nonsense.
Girls to Get Lights
Girls Softball will be starting soon for another
season. A lot of girls will be saying “1 don’t want to play
if we have to play in the broiling sun again." Don’t
despair girls, we will have lights this year. Last year we
got a field of our own and this year the Girls Softball
Field is getting lights.
Betty Jenkins, President of
Girls Softball has more good
news. Coaches have already
been gotten for all teams and
the girls will have new uni
forms. All teams will play
opening day and all games will
count.
Betty has been working real
hard, so let’s all work hard
Army Finance
Officers Elected
New officers were elected at
the last meeting of the Atlanta
Chapter of the Army Finance
Association.
They are: President, Lt. Col.
L. L. Ritchie; Ist Vice-Presi
dent, Capt. 1). L. Fuller; 2nd
Vice-President, Mr. Billy Cobb;
3rd Vice-President, Mr. Mal
colm Parks; Secretary-Treasur
er, Mrs. Tiny McGouirk, and
Assistant Secretary-Treasurer,
Miss Roberta Walker.
Serving as Program Chair
man will be Mrs. Georgia O.
Moore; while Mr. Cobb will
serve as Chairman, Social and
Membership; Mrs. Carolyn
Price, of Atlanta Army Depot,
Chairman of the Depot’s Social
and Membership; Mrs. Norma
Reyen, Chairman of Member
ship of the U. S. Army Third
Recruiting Districk; and Mrs.
Mary Sanders, Honorary Secre
tary.
Membership of the Atlanta
Chapter is made up of military
and civilian personnel of the
Depot, Fort McPherson, Head
quarters Third U. S. Army, and
U. S. Army Third Recruiting
District.
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On the 12th of this month we
celebrated the birthday of a great
American who had profound com
passion for his fellow man. Lincoln's
stand for human dignity, equality,
and freedom of the individual has
been a source of inspiration to gen
eration after generation of Ameri
cans.
As we think of the humane causes
to which Lincoln dedicated his life,
we should not overlook the fact that
he was also greatly concerned about
the evils of crime. “. . . To the sup
port of the Constitution and Laws,”
with her and make this the best
year ever in Girls Softball.
Registration is just around
the corner. Watch this paper
for registration dates, opening
day and future news about girls
softball.
27 on State
Dean’s List
Twenty-seven students from
the Forest Park area were
named to the Georgia State
College Fall quarter dean’s list.
The dean’s list is made up of
students in the upper five per
cent scholastically of each
school at the College. To be
named to the list with distinc
tion requires a minimum 4.00
grade point ratio. To be listed
with merit requires a 3.666 to
3.999 grade point ratio.
Forest Park area students
named to the School of Arts
and Sciences dean’s list with
distinction are: Nancy 11. Ber
ner, Shelnutt Dr., Forest Park;
Gary Boyd Lewellen, Pooles
Trailer Park, Rex; Gail Sheri
dan, Central Ave., Jonesboro;
Linda D. Tanner, E. Conley
Rd., Forest Park; James Elder
Weaver, Elizabeth Dr., Forest
Park.
With merit: Carolyn L.
Alexander, South Ave., Forest
Park; Ralph F. Crawford, Ray
Street, Riverdale; Beverly Jean
Ettle, Pine Mt. Dr., Forest
Park; Carol Jeanne Nelson,
Courtney St., Forest Park.
Named to the School of
Business Administration’s
dean’s list with distinction are:
B. F. Hilburn, Jr., Callaway
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Thurman
Becomes
‘Wise Owl’
A I I AN I A AR M Y
DI POT-Nathaniel Thurman
has become the Depot’s 32nd
“Wise Owl”. Members of this
group are persons who have
been saved from damaged
vision, or possible blindness,
through use of safety glasses
when involved in on-the-job
accidents.
A box and crate maker, Mr.
Thurman was using a claw
hammer on 6-penny nails to
make a box pallet top. A nail
ricocheted, striking the left
lens of his safety glasses and
damaging them to the extent
that replacement was neces
sary.
Mr. Thurman served four
years active Army duty and has
been employed at the Depot
10 years.
Forest Park
Band Concert
Sunday
Ihe Concert and Sym
phonic Bands of Forest Park
Senior High School will present
their Winter Concert this Sun
day, February 23rd at 3:00
p in. in the high school gym
nasium. This concert will be a
pre-music festival performance
for both bands since they will
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NEW OFFICERS Tara Shrine. Seated, left
to richt: Lewis Dorris Sr., second vice
president; T. C. Jones, president, and R. S.
Simpson, first vice president. Standing,
Charles McLarty, club coordinator; T. C.
HARBIN'S DRIVE-IN
RESTAURANT
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FOREST PARK, GEORGIA 30050, THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 20, 1969
Warren Speaker at Opening
Os Heart Fund Drive
A former Atlantan, Donald E. Warren, M.D.. spoke
Tuesday, February 4th. at the official launching of the
1969 Atlanta Metropolitan Area Heart Fund Drive.
Some 300 Heart Fund volunteers, in attendance at the
breakfast, heard Dr. Warren’s talk, reinforcing the need
for the annual February Heart
Fund Drive.
“The funds contributed by
the people of Georgia,” Dr.
Warren said, “go right back
into services for the people of
Georgia.” The research projects
sponsored each year by the
Georgia Heart Association
“yield abundant knowledge of
the most vital nature,” the
Florida cardiologist stated.
Warren, Chief of the Depart
ment of Internal Medicine and
Cardiology at St. Mary’s Hos
pital in West Palm Beach, Flor
ida, interned at Grady Me
morial Hospital, and later
studied on a cardiology fellow
ship with R. Bruce Logue,
M.D., and J. Willis Hurst, M.D.,
both of the Emory University
School of Medicine.
A highlight of the Tuesday
kickoff was the introduction of
13-year-old Gary Smith, 1969
Heart Fund Ambassador. Gary,
the son of Mr. and Mrs. Roy N.
Smith of Nicholson, Georgia,
underwent successful heart sur
gery several years ago. The
“Torch of Hope”, symbolic of
the start of the drive, was
lighted by the young Heart
Ambassador.
General Co-Chairmen for
the Atlanta area Drive are Paul
Teplis, M.D., Atlanta internist.
David P. Mills, Sr., a Vice Presi-
dent of the Trust Company of
Georgia, and; Harold M. Walk
er, Company Counsel, Lock
heed Georgia Company, Ma
rietta. State Heart Fund Chair
man for the 1969 Drive is
Roland K. Weekley, a Vice
President of the Trust Com
pany of Georgia.
Forest Park
Girls Pledged
To Society
Carolyn and Marilyn Alex
ander of South Ave., Forest
Park, have been pledged to the
Georgia State College chapter
of Alpha Lambda Delta, na
tional honorary society for
freshman women.
Carolyn and Marilyn, daugh
ters of Mrs. Dorothy Smith, are
graduates of Brown High
School in Atlanta.
Membership in Alpha
Lambda Delta is by invitation
to women students with a B
plus average for 15 quarter
hours for the first two quarters
of work or 10 quarter hours at
night for the first three quar
ters work.
Little H. P&P; Nolan J. Maddox, treasu
rer; Charles A. Woffard, potentate; Albert
Drietzler, secretary, and Grover G. Carnes,
temple treasurer.
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CLAYTON COUNTY JUNIOR COLLEGE
Division
Voting
Precincts
WHEREAS on February 5,
1969 a petition was filed by
twenty (20) electors of Clay
ton County, in compliance
with Code Section 34-703, sub
section (a) of the Election
Code of Georgia, asking for a
division of (he following elect
ion districts: District No. 1189,
District No. 1644, District No.
1088, District No. 1446 (New
Oak) and District No. 548 and;
Will REAS, such petition
was forwarded to the Board of
Registrars of Clayton County
Georgia and it being their re
commendation that the above
districts be divided in com
pliance with said petition,
to wit: District No 1189
divided into two or more dis
tricts, District No. 1644
divided into five or more dis
tricts, that District No. 1088
be divided into three or more
districts and that District No.
1446 be divided into two or
more districts and District No.
548 be divided into two or
more districts as prayed for
and outlined by the attached
map.
NOTICE IS HEREBY
GIVEN that the above petition
and recommendation of the
Board of Registrars shall be
heard by the Ordinary of Clay
ton County, Georgia at the
Clayton County Courthouse in
Jonesboro, Georgia at 10:00
A.M., Monday, March 3, 1969.
WARNING: Any person
objecting to the division of the
above described Election Dis
tricts, in compliance with
Section 34-703 paragraph (a)
of the Election Code of Geor
gia, must file their objections
with the Court prior to March
3, 1969.
11. W. Roberts, Ordinary
Clayton County, Georgia
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Falcons Here
Feb. 27th
The Atlanta Falcons will
play basketball at the Forest
Park High Gym, Thursday,
February 27th against the
“Clayton Professors”. Admis
sion $.50 children; SI.OO
Adults. Game time, 8:00 p.m.
The event is sponsored by the
Quarterback Club of Forest
Park.
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Downer Named President
Clayton Junior College
1 lairy S. Downs, assistant vice chancellor of the
University System of Georgia, has been named president
of Clayton Junior College, in Clayton County, south
metropolitan Atlanta. Ihe action, approved Wednesday
(February 12) by the Board of Regents of the Univer-
sity System, was announced by
Chancellor George L. Simpson.
Jr.
Clayton Junior College will
open in September of this year.
Dr. Downs will establish a
temporary office near the Col
lege on March I.
A native of Rockdale Coun
ty, President Downs, 43, holds
the B.S. Ed. and M. I d. degrees
from the University of Georgia,
and the Ed. D. degree from
Michigan State University.
Dr. Downs served as
teacher-counselor at Crawford
County High School in
Roberta from 1950 until 1952.
He was an instructor in educa
tion at the University of Geor
gia during 1952-53, and was a
teaching assistant at Michigan
State University during
1953-55, while studying for his
doctorate. Later, he served as
visiting professor at Michigan
State University and at the
University of Georgia. Dr.
Downs worked with the Cali
fornia lest Bureau, of
Monterey, from 1955 until
1960 as guidance and evalua
tion consultant for the South
eastern states. He joined the
central office staff of the Uni
versity System of Georgia in
September, 1960, as assistant
director of testing and guid
ance. He was named coordina
tor of junior colleges in March,
1964, and was appointed di
rector of junior college opera
tions in February, 1966. He
has been assistant vice chancel
lor since December, 1966.
The new president of Clay
ton Junior College is a member
of Phi Kappa Phi, the Ameri
can Association of Junior Col
leges, the American Personnel
and Guidance Association, and
the National Vocational Guid
ance Association. He is chair
man of the Board of Deacons
of the Conyers Presbyterian
Church.
Dr. Downs is married to the
former Melba Kicklighter, of
Glennville. They have three
children: Nancy, Rebecca, and
Harriet.
Clayton Junior College will
be the twenty-sixth institution
and tenth junior college of the
University System. Construc
tion of the six initial buildings
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for the institution is ahead of
schedule. The project budget
for the buildings under con
struction is $3,600,000.
The College will offer fresh
man and sophomore courses,
including two-year college
parallel programs for students
who will transfer to senior col
leges and universities. The two
year associate degree program
tn nursing will be offered for
students who will begin careers
immediately after completing
junior college.
The College's temporary
offices will be located at Forest
Park. President Downs immedi
ately will implement full pro
grams of faculty and student
recruitment and curriculum
development. Application
blanks for admission to the
College have been distributed
to high school seniors in the
area to be served by the institu
tion.
Ihe College, located on a
154-acre campus in the north
central section of Clayton
County, approximately one
mile north of Interstate High
way 75, will serve commuting
students residing in an area
consisting primarily of south
metropolitan Atlanta. Most of
the students are expected to
enroll from Clayton County
and the southern sections of
DeKalb and Fulton Counties in
the metropolitan area, and
from portions of Fayette,
Henry, and Spalding Counties.
Spaghetti
Supper
A Spaghetti Supper will be
served at Newton Estates Meth
odist Church in College Park,
on Friday, February 21 from 6
to 8:00 p.m. All tickets are
$ 1.00 and may be purchased at
the door.
Mrs. O. L. Race
767-1047