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BANK OF FOREST PARK’S NEW BUILDING NEARS COMPLETION
FISH FRY
ON MAY 31
The Forest Park Jaycees will
sponsor a Fish Fry Saturday,
May 31, at Grant City South
Shopping Center. Serving will
start at 11 a.in. Tickets, sl,
can be bought from any Jaycee
or at the stand Proceeds will
go to the Connie Mack baseball
team. Your support is earnestly
requested.
This Is a Guest
Point of View
SEN. TERRELL A. STARR
District 44, Clayton and Henry Counties
Talk persists at the Capitol about a special session of
the General Assembly to raise taxes. The effort is being
generated by the Governor's office and by groups such as
the Georgia Education Association,
for increases in local ad valorem
taxes this year for school purposes.
The budget we considered, even with the revenue from
the proposed sales tax increase, did NOT include lowering
the pupil-teacher ratio significantly or providing statewide
kindergarten, as educational critics have implied. Those
pregrams were already doomed this year through the Gov
ernor’s recommended budget.
When the sales tax increase bill did come up for debate
this year, legislators looked to their home district and con
stituents for indications of public opinion. The mail, tele
grams, telephone calls and visitors opposed the tax bill, by
an overwhelming majority. Our constituents saw no need
for a tax increase and told us so in no uncertain terms.
And the important point is, that the citizens of Georgia
are still .aying exactly the same thing. Not one member of
the House or Senate has joined the call for a special session,
because we know the local support is still lacking for a
statewide tax increase. Until the voters and the lawmakers
are convinced of the need for this tax increase, a special
session will simply be an exercise in futility.
What is needed first is an intelligent listing of exactly
what educational needs are unfilled in current state pro
grams and exactly how revenue from a tax increase would
be used to fill them. Then the citizens, and their elected
representatives acting for them, can make a knowledgeable
judgment as to whether any tax increase is merited at the
present time. I am convinced Georgians are willing to sup
port efforts by the State Government to strengthen state
wide programs in the field of education where the need is
clearly shown.
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Progress Is Fast On New
Bank of Forest Park
Excellent progress is being
made on completing the new
main office of the Bank of
Forest Park at Main Street and
Courtney Drive.
The new facility is designed
to replace the office now lo
cated in the Main Street
Shopping Center. It will be two
who were understandably upset that
their favored programs were reject
ed by the regular 1969 legislative ses
sion
The members of the State Legis
lature considered many important
bills during the past session, includ
ing a sales tax increase of 1 cent
that would have helped to pay for
salary raises for teachers and state
employees, and with local and state
contributions to the school system
would have perhaps avoided any need
stories with approximately
■ 21,000 square feet of floor
। space.
The structure is of Georgian
i Design, and constructed largely
of concrete and brick. It was
I designed by William E. Tapp,
■ AIA, and will be flexible for
future expansion
। The carpeted lobby will
I feature executive offices, 12
teller stations, conference
i room, main vault, safe deposit
] boxes and booths. Three
; drive-in facilities will be avail
! able, and a bookkeeping de
j partment will be located in the
rear of teller stations. The
lobby will be 24 feet high and
। will feature a large chandelier.
Board of Directors room,
। civic room, customer and em
| ployee lounge, transit depart
ment, will be on a mezzanine
i overlooking the main lobby.
There will be a private entrance
so that it will not be necessary
to go through the lobby to get
to this area.
Construction is under the
supervision of Wilbur A.
Peacock, of Peacock Brothers,
Incorporated. He states that
the building is designed for
friendly, convenient and
efficient atmosphere.
Pierce A. Peacock, Presi
dent, said that it has always
been the policy of the bank to
be progressive and forward
looking. “We have,” he said,
“tried to do more than just
serve our customers; we have
tried to serve our entire area in
contributing to the expansion
of business and industry, and
in cooperating in many ways
for the good of Clayton
County.
“With the modern and
' beautiful facilities provided by
the new building, we will be
able to provide an even broader
range of community services.”
51 Openings
For Jobs
In reply to a recent ques
tionnaire of the Youth Oppor
tunity Committee of the Clay
ton County Chamber of Com
merce Mrs. Larry Pearson,
Chairman, announced that
many firms are already hiring
young people and there are
some jobs available for youth,
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FOREST PARK. GEORGIA 30050, THURSDAY MAY 22. 1969
Newest Thing in Buildings;
Rondette, a Vacation Home
Exciting! Unique! Versatile!
Durable! Panoramic! These are
just a few of the descriptive
words usually heard when
■ someone is talking about a
| RONDETTE. What is a
j RONDETTE? It is a round
t building designed primarily for
। use as a year-round vacation
’ home and is just as well
i situated on a steep site as on a
. level site. Flexibility in the
design of the Rondette makes
it suitable for a variety of other
uses including residences,
rental units, school rooms,
motels and offices.
The Rondette comes in sizes
varying from the 335 square
foot eight-sided unit to the
900-square foot 13-sided unit
and is easily adaptable into
larger floor areas by stacking in
a two-story design or inter
connecting two or more
। Rondettes on the same level.
' Since the interior partitions
carry no load, they may be
; located as desired by the
owner An endless variety of
possibilities exists in working
out one’s own floor plan.
Quality materials and con
struction techniques are used
in the prefabrication of com
ponents of the Rondette. bach
exterior wall panel is basically
8 feet wide on all models and
comes with the exterior
An Insight Into the County's
Mental Health Services
1 By Robert Pulliam,
Director
. Clayton County’s Mental
Health Center
A 1963 study of mental
: health needs in Clayton re
| vealed shocking statistics. For
; ! years physicians, ministers,
' । counselors, court officials, and
l others had been talking loudly
about the vast number of indi
viduals in need of mental
health service. The talk went
• around that Clayton not only
t had the highest rate per thou
sand of suicides, homocides,
1 and divorces; Clayton also had
the highest number of commit
’ ments to State Hospitals of all
' the counties in Georgia.
’ Studies revealed that these
I figures were even above the
< national average.
Associated with this was the
: fact that the county was
1 growing like a “weed in the
1 springtime”. The population
I had jumped from 11,655 in
> 1940 to 46,365 in 1960; and
1 increased another 30,000 by
1965. With growth comes
I change. Change is often
' associated with stress; and,
' with stress may come physical,
r emotional, social and domestic
breakdown.
Clayton’s professional man
power, in all disciplines, was
extremely limited. The nearest
mental health therapist was
practicing “around the clock”
in North Atlanta. Overworked
physicians, ministers and lay
professionals were the only
cadry of community mental
healthers.
Individuals, groups and or
ganizations began to express
concern about the existing
mental health need in the
county. The local Board of
Health had been monitoring
, the situation. With plans sub-
finished and the insulation in
place. Standard wall panels can
be selected having either a
7’x4’ window, a 7’x6’ window,
a 2’x2’ window, a sliding glass
door, a solid door, a loure door
or a solid panel. The exterior
panel finish is rough-sawn red
wood plywood which blends in
with the redwood trim and red-
: wood decking. All of the
Rondette’s exterior, except the
j deck framing and beams, is
’ made of durable, long lasting
■ redwood. The standard ,
Rondette wall panels may be
erected either on a slab or on a
prefabricated insulated floor
I system consisting of pie-shaped
. floor panels which are placed
i on beams radiating from the
i center of the building in a
, spoke-like manner. The floor
; system is usually used on rough
lots where grading for a slab
1 would not be feasible or de
sirable. The erected roof joists
; radiate from the center of the
j building similar to the floor
' beams but without any center
| support. After the insulation is
placed in the roof, sheetrock
: and stained batten strips are
used to finish the ceiling giving I
j it the effect of a huge wagon i
I wheel Lauan paneling and 1
| sheetrock are the standard in
। terior finishing materials.
The Rondette was de-
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mitted by the medical director
and administrator of the
Health Department, a plan to
operate a Child Guidance Clin
ic was devised. The clinic
became a reality when the
County Commissioners unani
mously approved and funded
the clinic which is located in
Jonesboro. The staff was com
prised of one full-time thera
pist, two part-time consultants
and one secretary. The year
was 1965.
One week out of graduate
school and internship in a large
Mental Health Center in St.
Louis, 1 came on board as the
director of the embryonic pro
gram. On that July Monday
morning, I found seven cases
waiting to be scheduled for
immediate appointments. The
pace has not let up during the
four years of operation.
Deeply involved in my pro
gram were eight public health
nurses (the workhorses in the
i veloped by Rondesics, Inc.,
Asheville, N. C., and is current
ly manufactured and dis
tributed to local dealers by
Structural Specialties, Inc.,
Asheville. The Rondette pre
fabricated packages are as com
plete as practical to eliminate
the need for shopping for
various materials at scattered
locations and worrying about
getting them to the site. The
standard package includes such
items as an electric range, re
■ frigerator, kitchen cabinetsand
sink, bathroom fixtures, elec
tric wall heaters, vinyl asbestos
floor tile, composition roofing,
etc. The standard package does
not include any paint, electri
cal wiring or recepticles, hot
water heater or any plumbing
piping. For the handyman with
the time and building skill, the
Rondette package offers the
opportunity for him to do
much of the work himself.
Standard Rondette packages
may be purchased through the
local dealer, Rondettes-At
lanta, for prices ranging from
$2,696.00 to $7,272.00 plus
sales tax and freight.
RONDETTES ATLANTA will
i also make arrangements to
1 provide the completed building
on the purchasers lot for turn
key prices ranging from about
$6,000.00 up.
field of public health, including
mental health) who provided
able assistance, support and
often direction as the program
of services emerged. At first 1
thought these nurses would be
my assistants; a few months of
operations reversed that idea,
and I became their assistant.
The nurses knew the county
and its needs. They knew most
of the families who had been
experiencing emotional and
mental stress. They had been
with many of the families who
had undergone the anxiety-rid
den episode of committing
members to the State Hospital.
Support to these families while
family members were hospital
ized, and after-care treatment
when they were discharged
from the hospital were essen
tial duties of these nurses.
Supporting this squad of
mental healthers were the able
and interested local physicians.
They became the absentee
part-time staff. School person
nel staff joined hands with the
clinic staff to refer, direct in
formation, counsel parents,
and many other tasks so essen
tial to providing clinical serv
ices to a large number of
school age boys and girls.
After six months of working
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Recreational Merger
Under Discussion
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By City and County
s With Clayton County about to start an overall
• recreational program, should Forest Park consider
' leasing its facilities for county-wide use'.’
, That’s one of the subjects that came up recently at
. the opening of a series of exploratory talks between the
t Clayton County Board of Com-
missioners and the Forest Park
governing body.
Present at this first meeting
were Forest Park Mayor
Charles W. Summerday, Mayor
Pro-Tern James R. Gray, Coun
cilmen Walter S. White, B. A.
Ellis, R. J. Owensby, A. L.
Cain and Loren B. Cheaves, as
well as City Attorney Kenneth
Kilpatrick, City Manager W. E.
Bennett and Sharon S. Aber
crombie, Chairman of the Clay
ton County Board of Com
missioners.
The general purpose of
these preliminary talks is to
discuss the possibilities of
merging some services. Besides
recreation other subjects
mentioned in the initial
meeting were the plausibilities
of combining tax assessment
and collection as well as voters’
registration.
As Mayor Summerday put
it, “As we all know, there is
some duplication of services
and the sole purpose of these
discussions is to save our tax
payers money wherever and
whenever we can.”
It was at this first meeting
that plans for a county-wide
recreational program came up.
Inasmuch as Forest Park has
had a successful program of its
own for some time, the two
systems will be overlapping as
far as Forest Park citizens are
concerned.
Here’s the way the situation
stands as of now:
When Clayton County in
stitutes its program, there will
almost certainly be a county
wide tax raise to support it.
Though Forest Park has its
own facilities, the city’s
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| citizens must still pay their
i share of the cost of the county
program.
Os the approximately
30,000 people now participat
ing in Forest Park’s recrea
tional program, it is estimated
that anywhere from 30 to 40
per cent of the people come
I from outside the city.
The success of the city's
: recreational system continually
। elevates the cost of running it.
The city is almost at the
i point now where services have
to be curtailed or the citizens
will ultimately face a tax hike
to keep them expanding.
This would mean Forest
Park residents would not only
. be paying into the new county
recreational system but also
providing more money to keep
their own.
To alleviate the double-tax
situation Forest Park could
lease its recreational facilities
to the county, thus saving its
citizens the additional money
it would take to continue the
program on its own.
Mayor .Summerday
emphasized that the feasibility
and possibility of the recre
ational facilities merger are
only being explored at this
time.
“It could be that our people
would rather pay more to keep
the facilities to themselves.”
the Mayor said. “Or the case
may well be that they would
prefer not to shoulder the
additional tax burden that
would be necessary.
“Certainly we're not going
either way,” stated Summer-
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