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Speir
Insurance
Agency, Inc.
4599 Jonesboro Kd.
366-5115
VOLUME 45 —NUMBER 10
LINCOLN HACKIM (center), National
American Amateur Baseball Congress
President with Forest Park's Connie Mack
President, Bob Kinney, and Little League
Gene Brown New
District Attorney
Eugene (Gene) Brown is the
new district attorney of Clay
ton County following the
special election last Saturday
when he more than doubled
the score on Howard P Wal
lace.
The totals were 1,111
against 472, according to re
turns announced by County
Ordinary H. W. Roberts.
Roberts reported that
Brown carried every precinct
except one and carried one
precinct by a healthy margin of
13-1.
Brown is a former airlines
mechanic and has practiced law
in Clayton County for four
years. This is his first elective
office.
Last November A. Ed
Wallace, the winner, who ran as
Albert E. Wallace, was ruled
ineligible for the office by the
Georgia Supreme Court. The
ineligibility verdict came about
because he had not paid Geor
gia Bar Association dues for a
three-year period prior to filing
for office and had therefore
not legally practiced law for
that period, as required for a
district attorney.
Albert Bailey Wallace was
district attorney from 1963
through Jan. 1, 1969, but he
elected not to seek reelection
when the office was changed
from parttime to fulltime. A
brother of last Saturday’s loser,
he made an abortive last
minute write-in campaign,
claiming that Ed Wallace, by
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was trading on his name.
In the Adamson-Morrow
district election for constable,
also held last Saturday, J. W.
(Jim) Eller II won handily with
191 votes to 75 for James E.
Hale and 40 for William W.
Jones. Eller is the son of Jim
Eller, who owns Eller News
Center in Grant City South.
In the Ellenwood district
Charles T. Kirkland scored 55
and Jim Padgett 41, both being
elected; in the Lovejoy district
J. T. (Bud) English registered
23 votes and Herb Reomers 16,
both being elected; in Moun
tain View district William R.
(Bob) Hendrick chalked up 30
against 20 for Claud Lawhorn,
the former being elected; in the
New and Old Oak District
Curtis B. Bond scored 54 and
was elected.
Pilot Wives'
Club Luncheon
The function for May by
the EAL Pilots’ Wives Club will
be a tour of the Plantation at
Stone Mountain with a lunch
eon following at the Stone
Mountain Inn. The date: May
15. The tour will be at 10:30
a.m. and the luncheon at noon.
For reservations call Mrs. F.
P. McGinn 766-4548, or Mrs.
J. R. Bieberstein 284-8530 by
noon Tuesday, May 13.
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President Tom Garner at the recent South
eastern Region Connie Mack meeting held
at the Forest Park Recreation Building.
Clinic Held for
GP Servicemen
Ten Georgia Power Com
pany appliance servicemen re
cently attended a one-day
clinic to learn the latest tech
niques in servicing electric
laundry equipment.
Ihey are L. F. Hall and
W. M. Mulkey, Atlanta; W. L.
Clotfelder and C. N. McKelvey,
Decatur; H. L. Lanier, Dora
ville; V. A. Tatum, East Point;
A. J. Tomme and Harry L.
Mitchell, Forest Park, and L. E.
Tucker and J. H. Ewing,
Tucker.
Ihe clinic was held in
Forest Park at Georgia Power’s
general service headquarters. It
is one of 10 planned through
out the state this spring to
provide company servicemen
with the latest skills in serv
icing customer equipment.
Stroud Speaks
At Junior High
The second of the organiza
tional meetings for the new
Morrow Junior High School
will be held Thursday night,
May 8, at 8 p.m. at the Lake
Harbin School in Morrow.
Ernest Stroud, Deputy Su
perintendent of Clayton
County Schools, will be
present and will discuss
pertinent school information,
including the bond issue to be
voted on May 20.
All parents who will have a
child in the 7th or Bth grade
are urged to attend this im
portant meeting.
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FOREST PARK, GEORGIA 30050, THURSDAY, MAY 8, 1969
Parade Saturday
Launches Baseball
In Forest Park
Saturday, May It), promises to be the biggest event
of the year in Forest Park as Little League, Connie Mack
and Girls’ Softball begin another season.
Charles Rice, FPAA parade chairman, announces that
this year's parade will be the biggest and best ever in
Forest Park WQXI-TV’s
comedy team of Tubby and
Lester and the Atlanta Braves'
own Chief Nokahoma head up
the list of personalities who
have agreed to participate in
the parade. Other attractions in
the parade will include a 45-ft.
train sponsored by the Amer
ican Legion, the Air Force
ROTC unit from Forest Park
High School, the Forest Park
Mountain View
Kiwanis Sixth
Anniversary
Observing the club's sixth
anniversary the Kiwanis Club
of Mountain View held a*
Ladies' Night.
The spirit of celebration was
fulfilled by a very lively
concert of the Babb Junior
High band known as the
Babb-Juana Brass, under the
direction of Donald E. Wilkes.
The performers were: Kere,
Kim and Kip Lee; Mark Lewis,
Craig Meredith, Ken Hudlow,
William Brown, Ken Phillips
and Tommy Kemp.
Donald Wilkes is public
relations chairman of the
Forest Park Kiwanis club as
well as band instructor at
Babb. The program was
secured by Milton McDonald,
vice-president of the Forest
Park club, although he was
unable to attend. Besides
Wilkes, the Forest Park club
was represented by Billy
McLeod, Luther Adair, James
Harden and Sax and Janet
Gaskin.
Accompanying the program
group were Jerry and Ginger
Lee, parents of three of the
performers. Local guests of
honor were Charles and
Hortense Sheppard and
Maureen Massengill.
The occasion also marked
the annual business meeting of
the Mountain View club and
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Clayton Taxpayers
Association to Meet
A quarterly meeting of the Clayton County lax Payers’
Association will be held May 15 at 8:30 P.M. in the Courtroom of
the Old Courthouse in Jonesboro, according to announcement of
members of its Executive Committee.
Organized last year in the common interest of county tax
payers, two enthusiastic meetings were held in 1968. Earlier
planned meetings this year have been deferred because of the flu
epidemic and by watchful waiting for some beneficial action to
come out of the Legislature.
The Association has among its announced purposes: Familiari
zation of its membership with taxing procedures; fair and
equalized assessments; a more equitable distribution of tax
burdens.
Furthermore it is hoped that a more sympathetic attitude of
the County officials who spent tax payers’ money may be
generated, and that considerations and planning will be initiated
so that costs of services caused by investment and industrial
expansions will be more equitably borne by those doing the
expanding rather than by those already sorely burdened.
All interested persons are cordially invited to attend these
meetings.
High School Band, and all city
and Clayton County state and
county officials. I'wo trophies
will be presented after the
parade, one going to the best
civic organization entry and
the other to the best ball team
entry. Following the opening
day ceremonies the American
Legion train will be available
for rides.
Ihe parade will begin at 9
a.m. sharp from the parking lot
at Grant City South and pro
ceed down Main St to West
Avenue and on to the ball
fields. All participants are
asked to meet in the parking
lot at 8.
The official opening day
ceremonies will begin al 10
a.m at Campbell Field Chair
i man Chuck Toole has indicated
that over 1,000 people will be
participating in the ceremonies.
As a special feature WSSA,
Forest Park’s own radio
station, will broadcast the cere
monies.
The ceremony will begin
with the presentation of the
colors by the AFROTC color
guard. Ihe presentation of the
dignitaries will follow and a
special by the AFROTC prom
ises to be well worth hearing.
Ihe annual bar-b-que will
begin al I I and last until 6
p.m. I’ickets may be bought
from any ball player. This
year’s bar-b-que is expected to
be the biggest ever sponsored
by the Forest Park Athletic
Association.
The FPAA would like to
take this opportunity to
express its thanks to all the
citizens of Forest Park for the
cooperation given in making
what promises to be the
greatest year yet in summer
recreation in Forest Park. A
very special thanks also goes
out for the City of Forest Park
and its officials. WSSA has an
nounced that it will be present
ing the Game of the Week each
Friday at 6 p.m. featuring the
best in Little League, Girls’
Softball and Connie Mack base
ball.
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PRESIDENT CHARLES E. WELLS BEFORE BANK
Jonesboro
In Stay-See
Competition
Jonesboro has officially
entered the 1969 Stay & See
Georgia Program, sponsored by
Ihe Travel Council of the
Georgia Cha m her o f
Commerce Ihe announcement
was made by William I).
Pridgen. Vice President and
Trust Officer, Commercial
Bank & I rust Company.
Griffin, and Sixth District Slay
& See Georgia chairman.
The Jonesboro Woman's
Club with Mrs. C. F Roberts as
chairman will sponsor the
program.
Stay <K. See Georgia is a
statewide program designed to
help communities promote
tourism by means of a
do-it-yourself program of
attracting, serving and
entertaining travelers, Tourism,
the fastest-developing industry
in our nation today, has
surpassed Ihe half-billion dollar
per year mark in expenditures
in Georgia (expenditures by
tourists).
Participants in Stay & See
Georgia form live committees:
"Clean up and Beautification,”
“Courtesy and Hospitality,”
“New Attractions,” “Points of
Interest,” and "Accommoda
tions and Facilities.” Projects
are undertaken in these areas
and the results will be judged
by a panel of out-of-state travel
editors in October. Prizes will
be awarded to the communities
judged as having done the best
job of developing their overall
tourist potential through the
Stay & See Georgia Program.
Presentation of awards will
take place at Ihe Governor’s
Conference on lourism at the
Stay & See Georgia” Carnival
of Awards" Banquet and Ball
in November, 1969, Augusta
Town House, Augusta, Geor
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Citizens Bank Name
Changes May 15
To '& Southern'
Ute Citizens Bank of Clayton County will go
“Southern” on May 15.
Charles E. Wells, president, said “& Southern” will
be added to the bank name to make it the Citizens &
Southern Bank of Clayton County. Explained Mr. Wells:
“this will reflect our as
sociate correspondent relation
ship with the Citizens &
Southern National Bank Geor
gia’s largest which has existed
since the organization of Ihe
Citizens Bank of Clayton
County.”
Mr. Wells emphasized that
there will be no changes in the
ownership, directors, manage
ment or policies of the bank.
“As always, our goal will be to
offer the finest service possible
to the citizens of Clayton
County.”
Organized in November,
1964, the Citizens Bank of
Clayton County has grown to
more than $8 million in de
posits in four and one-half
years.
“All of us at the Citizens
Bank are most appreciative of
the wonderful reception given
the bank," declared Mr. Wells
“We pledge ourselves to con
tinue serving the banking needs
of Clayton County in a manner
to merit this same confidence
in the future.”
Directors of the bank in
clude chairman Henry Dorsey,
Guy L. Benefield, Harmon
Born, Ernest A. Dunbar, Jr.,
Terrell Starr, Claude Whaley
and Mr. Wells.
Officers, in addition to Mr.
Wells, include Herschel Coker,
assistant vice president. Her-
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man R. Walker, cashier; Ben L.
I O’Neal, assistant cashier, and
Mrs. Allette Cheaves, assistant
cashier.
Ernie Conroy
Graduates
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest F. Con
roy, of 489 Evergreen Drive,
Forest Park, were informed by
the Service School Command,
Naval Training Center, Great
Lakes, 111., that their son,
Ernest F. Conroy, Jr., will
graduate from Electrician’s
School Friday, May 2.
Ernie, as his friends know
him, was an honor graduate of
Forest Park Senior High School
in 1967 and attended one year
at Georgia State. He enlisted tn
the Navy in October, 1968,
after being offered special
training which will lead to a
Nuclear Electronic Field. This
further training will continue
in Bainbridge, Md.
Ernie is following in the
footsteps of his father, who
retired recently after serving 20
years in the Navy. Although
traveling the length and breath
of Ihe 50 states and are
originally Yankees the Conroys
have lived in Forest Park since
1962 and consider it their
home.
