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I Free Press-News & Farmer, Thurs., May 22, 1969
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BEFORE FOREST PARK'S five-year program, tires and
tempers wore out rather fast.
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I His IS Mold LIKE IT—Part of the 50 miles of roads
improved in the last five years.
Hung Up On Road Repair? i
You Would Be Without It!
It happens to all ol us
Were out riding along,
maybe hitting the lights just
tight, then all ot a sudden,
we re at a standstill.
I here's road repair up ahead
and the one way t rat lie is
backed up for what seems like
a tew thousand bumpers. We
luss and fume and finally de
cide Io take it out on the kids
when we get home
I ven preachers have been
known to think clouds
thoughts while sweating out
the ram
But next tune you're caught
in the pack, lust think of the
smooth sailing you'll have
when the road workers are
through liv not to think what
streets would look like il no
one ever woiked on them I hat
would be a nightmare in slow
motion.
lake forest Park. for
example I here are some 70
miles ot paved streets right
now throughout the city, and
50 ol these miles have been
resin laced ot unproved within
Ilie last live years II they
hadn t been maintained, the
loads around us would have
looked like Swiss cheese.
' Back m 1965. we began a
live year plan of street system
improvement.’’ explained Otis
I Berry, Ji , Director ot
1 orest Park's Street and Sanita
tion Department. "By the end
ot this yeai we'll have coin
pleted work on more than 140
st reels wit Inn I irest Pai k
I hat s a 10l ot thoroughfare
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FOREST PARK
You've got to admit that this is
one live year plan that worked.
Muscovites could take lessons
from Mr Berry and his crew.
Now. as all of us know,"
said Mr Berry, “roads cost
money, and we try to cut ex
penses where we can without
compromising quality, of
course.
l or instance, here’s one |
way we saved taxpayers'
money Instead ot having the
contiactor come in and level ;
the streets, we adapted city
equipment to do the job. That I
way, we were able to install the
base work and save something ।
like sl.9] per ton."
1 hat's good news for every
taxpaying citizen.
When you talk about street
systems, there’s much more
than the roads to consider. For
example, there are sidewalks
more than 14 miles of them I
throughout Forest Park
Seven ol these miles have
been constructed in these past
live years,” observed Mr
Berry "Our objective has been
to set us a system of sidewalks
connecting all schools in the ■
city, so that children can walk
trom one school to another ,
and stay oft the street.
"Ihis sidewalk system ;
ought to be completed by the I
Spring ol next year."
And don't forget the instal
lations that, as Mr Berry puts
it. "everyone sees and no one
sees ' 1 hose are the street I
lights 1,110 of them within
I orest Park lighting that costs ,
I News of Servicemen I
S/SGT. ROSSELL
PLEI KU , VIETNAM
(AHTNC) Staff Sergeant Wil
liam L. Rossell, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Elmer W. Rossell. 17 E.
31st PI., Steger, 111., received
the Army Commendation
Medal March I I while serving
with the 4th Infantry Division
near Pleiku, Vietnam.
Sgt. Rossell earned the
award for meritorious service
as a motor sergeant in I roop
A, 2d Squadron of the divi
sion’s Ist Cavalry.
The Army Commendation
Medal is awarded to personnel
who while serving with the
Army distinguish themselves
by heroism, meritorious
achievement or meritorious
service. The medal was estab
lished by the Secretary of War
on Dec. 18, 1945.
Sgt. Rossell. whose wife,
Betty, lives at 1-1) Addison Dr ,
Ellenwood, Ga.. entered on
active duty in December 1960,
completed basic training at I t.
Polk, La., and arrived in Viet
nam in March 1 968
MAJOR WALKER
Willi 11. S COMBA 1 AIR
FORCES, Vietnam Major
Jack K Walker, son of Mr. and
, Mrs. Robert 1 . Walker of
j Riverdale, Ga., is on duty at
Tan Son Nhut AB. Vietnam.
Major Walker, a navigator, is
: assigned to a unit of the Pacific
; Air Forces. Before Ins arrival in
I Vietnam, he served at Maxwell
AFB, Ala.
The major, a 1948 graduate
of North Clayton High School,
i College Park, Ga., received his
A.B. degree in 1966 from Syra
cuse (N.Y.) University and his
M.S. degree in 1968 at George
Washington University, Wash
ington, I). C. He was commis
sioned in 1954 through the
aviation cadet program.
His wife, Mary, is the daugh
ter of J. A. Hoerner of 49
I gney St., New Orleans.
SEAMAN DAVIS
( 03AR02 120 1 ) ( API
MAY, N.J. (11l INC) April
: $38,000 a year for power and
maintenance.
"We now have a 100
mercury vapor lighting system
i instead of the old type m
: candescent bulbs,” said Mr
! Berry. “It gives a better,
I brighter light that helps
I promote security and safe
driving.”
Otis Berry credits I orest
Park’s mayor and council with
much of the progress in the
road improvement program.
"Over the years, they’ve gone
i beyond the wards they repre
sent and have thought only of
the overall good of the city.
That’s been a mighty big help."
Ihe cost of this improve
ment program 1 ’ Approximately
$375,000 for street resur
facing, SIOO,OOO for sidewalk
construction, and $600,000 for
salaries, lighting, equipment
j and maintenance A total of
| $1,075,000.
I he amazing thing is that it
I has all been done without
assessments to property
owners The tab has been paid
by ail valorem taxes and state
, aid money.
What's next? "Well, of
course, “we've got to keep the
1 streets in good condition at all
times," answered Mr Berry.
“And we're also planning on
more curbing and widening the
I streets. Major thoroughfares
should be 32 feet wide.”
"With more people driving
more cars more often than
ever, we’ve got to provide the
room to take care of them.
Just bear with us and we will."
So next time you're bogged
down in an inch-along drive
along, smile when you smell
that new asphalt tomorrow
it's going to be a breeze
You re good
for more at
Beneficial
even _
as much as
$2500
A Benclicial All-In-One Loan takes care of every
thing other loans, lime-payment accounts, hills,
expenses and gives you the extra cash you want
as well. I amor rales on larger ninoiuii^. Phone
Benclicial where the money is.
BENEFICIAL FINANCE SYSTEM
Loans 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
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4 Seaman Apprentice Dan C.
Davis, USCG, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Cecil J. Davis of 1 17 High
land Hills Road, Riverdale, Ga.,
represented the Coast Guard at
the funeral procession of
former President Dwight David
Eisenhower in Washington
| March 3 1.
A 176-man regiment of re
cruits from the Cape May
Training Center, N.J. marched
down Constitution Avenue
with units representing the
other four branches of the
Armed Services.
Ihe members of the Coast
Guard’s marching unit were se
lected from eight different
■ companies currently under
going basic training at the Cape
May Training Center.
PENSACOLA, ILA.
(FHTNC) April 21 Airman
Charles C. Whitfield. USN, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Charles ('
Whitfield of 5658 Alder Drive,
Forest Park, and Fireman
Robert K Ware, USN, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Ware
of 619 Lyndale Circle, and
husband of the former Miss
Coriune O. Draughon of 686
Shelnutt Drive, all of Forest
Park, are serving aboard the
attack aircraft carrier USS
Lexington here.
The ship recently recorded
its 240,000 arrested landing
the largest number of landings
ever on a sea-going vessel
Ihe 26-year old carrier,
operating in the Gulf of
Mexico, is a training ship for
Navy and Marine Corps
Aviators.
City Track
Meet Heki
Over 600 children turned
out for the City Track Meet
held at Kiwanis Football
Stadium April 21-24. Records
fell in every age division and
several participants are ap
proaching state records.
10 YEAR GIRLS
50-Yard, Debbie Teal, 7.1.*
100-Yard, Debbie Teal.
13.6.
Long Jump, Loretta Porter,
12’7”.*
High Jump, Debbie Teal,
4'l".
11 YEAR GIRLS
75-Yard, Jeannie Stidham.
10 0.
220-Yard, Cindy Casey.
38.0.
Long Jump, Cindy Casey,
13’8'2".*
High Jump, Cindy Casey.
4’3”.*
12 YEAR GIRLS
i 75-Yard, Dorothy Slade,
: 9.5.*
220-Yard, Dorothy Slade,
- 36.7.
Long Jump, Fern Bryant.
13’0”.
High Jump. Pam Bowers.
3’6”
10 YEAR BOYS
50-Yard, Gary Kelley. 7.0 *
ties record.
100-Yard, Gary Kelley,
13.5*
Long Jump. Lee Coffey,
i 13'44” *
High Jump, Ray Hawkins,
3'10"
11 YEAR BOYS
75 Yard. Finest Stroud. 9 9.
220-Yard. Gary Sprat ling,
34.8.*
Long Jump. Eddie House
holder. 14'9'4".*
High Jump. Eddie House
holder, 4.9” *
12 YEAR BOYS
7 5 Yard. Ricky Porter. 9 8.
220-Yard. Kevin Williams.
34.3.
Long Jump. Jeff Denney,
15'0.
High Jump, Kevin Williams,
j 4’6”
♦New Record
ORDER OF EASTERN STAR OFFICERS— Forest Park
Chapter, No. 290, installation of 1969-70 officers. Left to
right, first row, Laura Cofield, associate conductress; Jim
Sims, associate patron; Katherine Turner, worthy ma
tron; Edward Black, worthy patron; Peggy Tanner, as
sociate matron; Catherine Mann, conductress. Second
Cradle
Roll
Mr. and Mrs. Roy E. Croft
of Jonesboro announce the
birth of a daughter on May
2nd. The little girl, born at
South Fulton Hospital,
weighed seven pounds, four
ounces at birth. Maternal
grandmother is Mrs. Ersa Mark
wood of Lowden, Tennessee.
Mr. and Mrs Roy I . Croft. Sr.,
of Madisonville, Tennessee are
the paternal grandparents.
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Mr. and Mrs W F. Mc-
Cauley of Riverdale are the
proud parents of a daughter
born at South Fulton Hospital
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on April 27th. She weighed
eight pounds, eleven ounces at
birth. Mr. and Mrs. W. E.
McCauley and Mr and Mrs.
Charles Young, both of Alcoa,
Tennessee, are the maternal
and paternal grandparents. The
McCauleys have another daugh
ter, Betsy, who is six years old.
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Mr. and Mrs. William Prost,
the former Gail Butler of
Forest Park announce the birth
of a son on May Bth at Fort
McPherson Hospital, who has
been given the name of Monroe
Dean. Mr. and Mrs. J I . Butler
of Forest Park are the maternal
grandparents. Paternal grand
mother is Mrs. Dorothy Reeves
of Charlotte, North Carolina.
row: Mary Waldrop, treasurer; Barbara Mills, Adah; Myr
tle Brock, Electa; Mildred Poole, chaplain; Mary Poss,
Ruth. Third row: Irene Scott, Bible bearer; Virginia Rob
erson, Esther; Joyce Rodges, organist; Casey Holmes, sen
tinel; Sarah Holmes, warder: Lavern Black, marshal. Not
present, Ann Pinnell, secretary, Elsie Grizzell, Martha.
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MARK EDWARD Thurman,
son of Mr. and Mrs. George
F. Thurman of Conley has
made the Academic Honor
Roll at Woodward Academy
in Atlanta.
' FOR THE FAMILY '
- ^MANAGER
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ITEM: The average home
make spends only about 526
a year on soaps and detergents
for bathing, laundering, dish
washing and other personal
and housekeeping cleanliness
purposes.
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ITEM: Before you repaint
a grease spattered wall, be sure
to clean the wall thoroughly.
Then use a coating to help the
paint stick and to keep the
grease from coming through.
Aluminum paint is a good
covering. Repaint with oil base
gloss or semigloss paint. Either
one will resist grease stains
and wipe off easily.
