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Women's Club Urge
Cleaning Up Films
Members of the Forest Park
Woman’s Club met Thursday,
May 8, at the home of Mrs.
Ella Kelly on Conley Road,
where she and Mrs. M. R.
Sutton, President of the Club,
were hostesses at a combined
business and fun coffee. Mrs.
Kelly, first Vice President and
Mrs. Sutton have just returned
from the State Convention of
the Georgia Federation of
Women’s Clubs held at Jekyll
Island April 28-30.
Mrs. Sutton called the board
meeting to order to transact
the business, announcing she
had received the tickets from
the Georgia Federation of
Women’s Clubs headquarters.
We now have tickets for “Six
Flags Over Georgia" for sale.
Anyone wishing tickets contact
any member of the club, if
groups of 25 or more wish to
get them there will be a dis
count Mrs. Sutton read the
applications for Georgia Home
maker of the Year. Names were
discussed to be voted on at a
later date.
The board also recom
mended that the club support
the following resolution passed
by the State Convention.
BETTER FILMS FOR YOUTH
WHEREAS: The Augusta
Junior Woman's Club is vitally
concerned over pornography,
obscenity and sexual abnormal
ities as the dominant theme in
the motion picture industry
today, and
WHEREAS: The New
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Forest Park Boy Weds
In Green Cove Springs
Sandra Elaine Underwood,
daughter of Mrs. Helen Under
wood of Green Cove Springs
and David Robert Hesterlee of
Forest Park were united in
marriage on Friday, April 11 in
the First United Methodist
Church of Green Cove Springs.
The Rev. Warren Wasson offici
ated at the double-ring cere
mony.
The lovely bride was given
in marriage by her brother,
Robert Underwood, and chose
for her wedding a long-sleeved
princess gown of white satin
featuring lace daisies trimming
the high round neckline. Her
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Motion Picture Assn. Code of
Self-Regulation is neither relia
ble nor being enforced, and
WHEREAS: Statistics prove
the movie audiences are made
up primarily of our youth in
their formative years.
THEREFORE BE IT RE
SOLVED THAT: The member
clubs of the Georgia Federa
tion of Women’s Clubs evi
dence their objections also by
taking definite action to alter
this situation in the following
manner:
(1) That the month of May
be observed as Better Films for
Youth Month.
(2) That this resolution be
read in its entirety to each club
at its May meeting.
(3) That a special commit
tee be appointed in each club
to implement this resolution in
the following manner:
(a) To undertake an educa
tional publicity campaign to
make each community aware
of this dangerous situation.
(b) To explore and under
take legal remedies against ex
hibition of such motion pic
tures of this category during
this time period.
(c) To send written notice
of these actions to the Gover
nor, elected Congressional
leaders and state legislators
that they may know the deter
mination of the women of
Georgia to have an adequate
law to protect our children.
M. Simpson
Publicity Chairman
shoulder length illusion veil
was attached to a white lace
daisy headpiece and she carried
a cascade of daisies and white
roses.
Matron of honor was Mrs.
William Marstellar, sister of the
bride, who was gowned in a
floor-length sleeveless dress of
pink satin featuring an empire
waist. She wore a small veil and
matching bow with streamers
as a headpiece and carried a
bouquet of white carnations
and pink roses.
Best man was D. C. Preston
of Atlanta and ushers were
Paul Altman and Bobby
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MAY 8 WAS SAFETY DAY’ for senior citizens in Clayton
County. A program was held at the Board of Education
Annex in Jonesboro. Miss Dean Dickens, director of de
fensive driving and civic affairs of Georgia Safety Coun
cil, spoke on “Home and Traffic Safety." C. L. Palmer,
inspector, Clayton County Fire Department, talked on
fire safety and Clayton Christopher, director of Civil De
fense, told about the available safety services to the
citizens oi Clayton County. Several of the senior citizens
took part in a skit, “Fashions in Accidents," narrated by
Mrs. Vivian Haynie.
Clayton to Initiate Model
Program for First Graders
The Clayton County School
System, in cooperation with
the University of Georgia Re
search and Development
Center, will initiate a model
program with a limited number
of first graders beginning in the
fall of this school year. Super
intendent J. E. Edmonds has
announced.
Under the supervision of Dr.
Lacy D. Powell, director of
research and development for
the Clayton County Schools,
the program is designed to
demonstrate the effects of
proper staffing and the utiliza
tion of proper materials on the
ultimate achievement of the
participants. Basically, it means
that a classroom of twenty stu-
County Land
Fill to Close
May 16
Charles A. Black, proprietor
of Rock Hill Lake and skating
rink, filed a suit in Clayton
Superior Court seeking to close
the Clayton County land fill,
which has for years provided
the citizens of this county with
a place for disposal of their
garbage and refuse.
The court, last Friday, May
Williams.
Ihe bride’s mother wore a
blue and beige knit dress with
beige accessories and a purple
orchid corsage. The grand
mother of the groom was at
tired in beige with brown and
white accessories and wore a
purple orchid corsage.
Immediately following the
ceremony a reception was held
in the fellowship hall of the
church which was transformed
into a garden setting with bas
kets of white flowers and
greenery. The refreshment
table was covered with a white
cloth overlaid with a full net
skirt and was centered with an
arrangement ot pink roses and
carnations flanked by burning
white tapers in silver candela
brum. A tirered wedding cake
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dents will be staffed by a
teacher and a teacher aide with
special teachers in seven aca
demic areas. These special
teachers will teach part time
and also help provide appro
priate instructional materials
for the pupils.
All the extra expense for
this program will be assumed
by the University of Georgia
Research and Development
Center.
A meeting of interested par
ents is scheduled on May 26 at
the Suder School beginning at
8 o'clock. The program will be
explained in detail at this meet
ing. Applications for admission
to the program will also be
available.
9, ordered that the sanitary
land fill previously operated by
the county, would be closed
from receiving additional
garbage and refuse effective
May 16 at 7 p.m.
It is regrettable that the
county does not have suitable
land to replace this land fill
and provide the facilities for
the disposition of garbage and
other retuse and the citizens of
Clayton County are requested
not to dump or dispose of their
wastes alongside of roads and
streets so as to make the
county an unsightly and
unhealthy place in which to
live.
encircled with daisies and tern
and topped by a miniature
bride and groom stood on one
end of the table and on the
other end was a crystal punch
bowl encircled by daisies and
fern.
Serving the cake was Mrs.
Leamon Johns and pouring
punch was Mrs. Bobby
Williams.
After a honeymoon trip to
Los Angeles, the couple will
reside in Mansfield, Ohio.
Out-of-town guests included
Mrs. Mattie Gorman, grand
mother of the groom. Forest
Park, Ga.; Mr. and Mrs. R. B.
Warfield, aunt and uncle of the
groom, Eustis, Fla.; and Mr.
and Mrs. D. C. Preston and
children of Atlanta.
Spotlight On Women
Mrs. Jove Spates, Clayton
County's Extension Home
Economist, is a very personable
young woman who travels
throughout the county pro
viding educational material to
the boys and girls of the 4-H
C lubs and the homemakers of
the Extension Home Economic
Clubs.
She is a part of a network of
C ooperative Extension Services
that are supported financially
by the U. S. Dept, of Agri
culture, the University of Geor
gia and the County Govern
ment
As the County’s Home
Economist, Mrs Spates is a
faculty member of the Univer
sity ot Georgia and is supplied
the most up-to-date infor
mation by specialists trained in
the fields of nutrition, family
economics, home management,
housing and home furnishings,
clothing and textiles, human
relationships, and child de
velopment
Additional information is
also received from experiment
stations and other research
areas throughout the nation.
Working on the premise that
“a stable, productive family
lite is the foundation of a
stable productive society”, the
programs of both the adult and
youth clubs are planned by the
members of each club and are
designed to reflect the needs of
their members.
Thus the programs vary
from place to place, from age
group to age group and from
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THE SECOND ANNUAL Clayton County wide highway
robbery with “Rewards” being donated to the Clayton
County Cancer Unit will be staged May 17 from 10 to 4
p.m. by the four Junior Federated Woman’s Clubs, Jones
boro, Morrow, Forest Park and Riverdale. This event is
being sponsored by the Special Events Committee of the
Clayton County Cancer Unit, Mrs. Bobby Anderson, chair
man. Left to right, Mrs. Bob McNichols, Mrs. J. P. Bing,
Mrs. John Adams, Mrs. Arnold Hasty, Mrs. Bobby Ander
son, Mrs. T. Goodlett and Mrs. William Preto.
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one income group to another
Special interest workshops
are held about once a month at
various locations. Recently, a
cake decorating demonstration
was given in the large
well-equipped kitchen that
adjoins the offices of the
County agents and Home
Economists in the Courthouse
Annex.
On May 29 a workshop in
"gold-leafing” will be held at
the Riverdale Baptist Church
All homemakers are invited to
attend. You do not have to be
a member of a Home
Economics Club. If additional
information is desired, regard
ing the workshops phone
478-9911 ext 28.
Prior to coming to Clayton
County Mrs. Spates was the
Asst. Home Demonstration
Agent for two years in Polk
County and was appointed to
her present position in 1961.
She has a BS degree in Home
Economics from the University
of Georgia and is currently
doing graduate work
Joye is married to Mack
Spates who is the Asst State
Program Supervisor for the
Emotionally Disturbed, and is
employed by the State Dept
of Education in the Vocational
Rehabilitation Dept. I hey
both feel that the happiest
time of day are the hours they
spend with their two-year old
daughter, Sheri.
Home Economics was her
chosen profession because she
“personally feels that home-
Free Press-News & Farmer, Thurs., May 15, 1969
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REPRESENTING THE CLASS of candidates that re
ceived the Academy of Friendship Degree on Sunday,
May 4, at the Forest Park .Moose Home are .Mrs. Janies
Chappell, Griffin Chapter, Mrs. Oscar Reed and Mrs
Carl ilartness, Forest Park Chapter. There were 28 can
didates representing 11 chapters from the state to receive
the degree. Academy of Friendship Chairman Lois Jor
dan and her committee prepared and served a delicious
luncheon. The dining hall was decorated in blue and
gold. Contributions and pledges to the Academy of Friend
ship scholarship fund amounted to $l6O.
Book Review
By Mrs Frederick Lee
Another Children’s Mystery
story has been completed by
that well known authoress,
Mrs Wylly St John Ihe
"Mystery of Ihe Gingerbred
House" is based in Atlanta
with Little Five Points, West
End and even Fort McPherson
and the National Cemetery all
getting shares. As is usual with
Mrs. St. John, her mam char
acters are real people, and her
unusual ability to bring out
even the thinking of the chil
dren portrays her very real
making is the most important
occupation that a woman can
have."
She also feels that through
her work she is helping to
inspire young people in the
fields of Home Economics in
addition to today’s homemaker
in developing and applying
skills to better their own
family situations
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understanding ot them
Ilie authentic settings of
her stories add charm and let
the reader follow her char
acters all the way. adding
additional knowledge in the
most pleasant manner Book
lovers have a real pride in the
tact that their favorite writer
for children "belongs” to
Atlanta and the area Perhaps
the tact that Mrs. St John
really likes to write and really
knows her characters is the
reason her books arc so enjoya
ble.
Published by Ihe Viking
Press and able illustrated b\
I tank Aloise. this latest book
is now obtainable from your
favorite book store.
Bicolor lespedeza is the best
quail food plant lor wildlife
borders wherevei it will pro
duce seed, according to Dave
Ahnand. wildlife specialist with
the University of Georgia
Cooperative I xtension Service
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