The Forest Park free press and Clayton County news and farmer. (Forest Park, Ga.) 1955-1967, August 24, 1965, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextJohnson Realty, Inc. 366-2112 DISTINCTIVE (Clay ton Jaunty Nma and farmer VOL. 46—NO. 27 By JACK TROY Negroes Led Astray By Their So-Called Leaders George S. Schuyler, a Negro reporter and editor, writes one of the most responsible stories we’ve seen about civil rights. He sets forth that American Negroes have been led astray by “power-hungry” civil rights leaders. He presents people, and most of them deplore the bad reputation they have been given by the excesses of the agitational and criminal elements of their so-called race. They respect life and property. They own millions of homes, automobiles and modern utensils and do not cram the jails. Like their white peers, they are eager to live in peace. They have no illusions about the marching, mobbing, picketing, van dalizing Negro element. They know there is a lot of law in the end of a policeman’s nightstick, and they want it used. "Above all, these Negroes wish white people in author ity would stop flattering and encouraging the sorceror’s ap prentices leading astray the mentally retarded and crimi nally bent black minority. "Phony prayers for the salvation of white ‘Oppressors’ and chanting slave songs fooled nobody except possibly the Utopians and wishful thinkers. "As many Negroes foresaw, the net result of this long encouragement of civil disobedience, disdain for authority d^d general disrespect for public morals, was to set the stage for the successive disgraceful orgies of burning, loot ing, vandalism and death, with the criminal elements of the slum proletariat taking over. Ironically, when police called upon these civil rights leaders to help control the ram paging mobs, they were, if found, completely ineffective. “With the recklessness of complete ignorance or irre sponsibility, the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) sent its mobile gangs of young clergymen from place to place to take over the revolution despite expressed objections of local leaders, even mobilizing school children to face police clubs, dogs and fire hoses, breeding ill will and jeopardizing Negro jobs by promotion of nuisance tac tics. No matter how many minions might be jugged by the Police, Martin L. King always contrived to get out in time for his next speaking engagement. / "Ever since the long and futile Montgomery bus boy cott (settled not by marching but by federal court order), peripatetic King and his posse of political parsons in the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) have roamed the country collection coin and infecting the men tally retarded with the germs of civil disobedience, camou flaged as nonviolence and love of white people.” Schulyer had a lot more to say and he concluded by saying that “now that the Civil Rights Law of 1965 and the Voting Rights Law are operative, everybody had a right to expect that we would see an end to demonstrations, picket ing, arson, looting and vandalism. But these evils are easier started than stopped, and they just don’t go away because another law is on the books.’’ And that "craven politicians have contributed much to the insurrectionary atmosphere by not standing up to the intellectual authors of violence and subversion.” Schuyler blamed mass media for giving too much publicity to a shrewd civil rights leadership. "Otherwise,” he said, “they would be unknown today. They could not have done their evil deeds.” FP High School Band To Perforin at Pro Game Ed Brown Attends Conference Recently, Edmond D. Brown of 139 Rock Springs Street in Forest Park re turned from an eight day National Woodbadge Train ing Conference held in Greensboro, North Carolina by the Boy Scouts of Amer ica. Mr. Brown is currently the Explorer Advisor of Post 169 sponsored by the First Baptist Church of Forest Park. Candidates for a National Woodbadge must be out standing Scouters, capable of helping with the Leader ship Training Program of their Councils. After careful selection they are sent in vitations to attend an eight day outdoor training course. This practical training is then followed up with writ ten work over the next twelve month period. The Woodbadge Course is the original course established by Scouting's Founder Sir Robert Baden Powell in the early 1920’s for Scout Lead- IP nal Back to School Edition ®lp j tost ^ark IFm Jrm Il anil a logical point of view as to what is behind the Negro riots. In a story written for the North American Newspaper Alliance, Schuyler says . . . “The current crop of antiwhite disturbances, like those in the past, is the inevitable consequence of the increasing competition between rival civil rights groups led by career agi tators vying for the profits of or ganized pandemonium. Never has so many innocent people been betrayed by so few for so little. “There are as many different kind of Negroes as there are white she famed Forest Park Senior High School March ing Band has received an in vitation to perform at the Baltimore Colts—Pittsburg Steeler exhibition game on Saturday, August 28. Atlan ta’s new 18 million dollar stadium will be the site for the game. The band will present the colors and the National An them during pre-game cere monies, and the half-time show will be performed by the nationally famous Mon roe Drum and Bugle Corp and the Forest Park Senior High Band. A new concept in precision drill entitled “Patterns in Motion” will open the show for the For est Park Band. The major ettes under the leadership of Majorette Captain Janice Stokes will present a special feature and the trumpet section will be spotlighted in a special Dixieland arrange ment. Drum Major Dough Helms will lead the band in their first performance of the new school year. ers. It has changed very little in content since it was first used in England by the founder. Mr. Brown and his wife, (Continued On Page 4) FOREST PARK, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, AUGUST 24, 1965 INSTALLATION OF OFFICERS of the Clayton County American Legion Post No. 258 was held recently at the Post off the South Expressway. Left to right, seated: Andrew Phillips for Jim Fergerson, Sr. V. Commander; Milton Studle, Commander; Bill Roesel, State Jr. Vice Martin Wells Gulf District Sales Manager Martin L. Wells has been appointed district sales manager at Birmingham, Ala., for Gulf Oil Corpora tion, it was announced to day by M. G. Farris, South ern Marketing vice presi dent. He succeeds K. S. Griggs, who is being transferred to Nashville, Tenn., in the same capacity. Wells will be responsible for the sale of Gulf products in Birmingham and the im mediate surrounding areas. A native of Forest Park, Ga., he joined Gulf in 1943 as service salesman, and was most recently director of sales development in the Birmingham Division office. He is a graduate of the University of Georgia. Dedication North Clayton Health Center August 29 Dr. Burch J. Roberts, Med ical Director, Clayton Coun ty Health Department, an nounces that the formal dedication of the new North Clayton Health Center will take place on Sunday, Au gust 29th at 3:00 o’clock p.m., with open house until 5:00 p.m. The new Health Center is located at 2085 Riverdale Road (Highway 1391, College Park, Georgia. This new Health Center was made possible by the desires of the Clayton Coun ty Commissioners and Board of Health to see that a com plete comprehensive Public THE NEW NORTH CLAYTON HEALTH CENTER at 2085 Riverdale Road will be formally dedicated Sunday, Aug. 29, at 3 Record Enrollment For Clayton Schools Clayton County Schools will open Monday, Aug. 30. A record enrollment of 20,000 students and a teaching staff of 750 are expected. These figures represent an increase of approximately 2,500 students and 110 teachers. To help accomodate the increased enrollment, addi tions have been completed at four schools: Fountain, J. W. Arnold, Hendrix Drive and J. E. Edmonds. Construction is underway on a junior high school in Forest Park and an elemen tary school at Riverdale. Work will begin soon on an elementary school in Forest Park, an elementary school Health Service be made available to all residents of Clayton County. The Center was constructed and equip ped under the Hill-Burton Act with County, State and Federal monies. A complete range of Public Health Services will be made avail able at the Center to those desiring them in this area of the county. The following services will be available effective August 30, 1965: Maternal and Child Health Clinic will be held on the 3rd Tuesday at 12 noon. Immunization and Food Handlers Clinics will be held each week on Wednesdays p.m., with open house until 5 p.m. The public is invited.—(Special Photo). Commander; Louie D. Helms, past Commander and Bill Finch, Jr. Vice Commander; standing, left to right: Wil liam W. Burch, finance officer; C. L. Garrison for Bill Wimberly, Chaplain; J. C. Bruce, Historian, and Harold S. Cate Post Adjutant.—Photo by Hooper. I in Jonesboro and a new high I school in the North Clayton irea. Five new school buses have been purchased and a new school bus garage has been constructed. Summer work programs have made considerable improvements in existing school plants. For the first time the counseling-guidance func tion in the County schools will be coordinated by a full-time director. New programs in art and music have been established at all elementary schools. The high school curriculum has been broadened to in clude several additional of- (Continued On Page 4) and Fridays from 1:00—4:30 p.m. X-ray and Dental Clin ics will be announced later. The Clinic will be staffed with two full time Public Health Nurses, Mrs. Mary Murray and Mrs. Sara Drummond, and one clerk, Mrs. Martha Daniels. Infor mation about services can be obtained by calling the Cen ter at 767-9356. All Sanitation and Rabies Control Services will con tinue to be handled at the Jonesboro Health Center at 134 Spring Street, Jonesboro, Georgia, phone 478-9917 Ext.—42. PUBLISHED WEEKLY Rev. Harp Evangelist At Lovejoy Lovejoy-Mt. Carmel Meth odist Evangelistic Services to be held at Lovejoy, Aug. 22- 27. The Rev. Donald Harp, outstanding youth evange list, and pastor of the Jen kinsberg Methodist Church, will be speaking each night, Sunday through Friday, at 8:00 p.m. This will be a combined revival with both the Love joy and Mt. Carmel congre gations uniting together, at the Lovejoy Church, for this time of spiritual uplift and growth. According to the pastor, Rev. Edward Hager, there will be congregational and special singing each night; and a special invitation is given to all the young people of the area. OPTIMIST LITTLE LEAGUE FOOTBALL Attention all parents of boys and girls age 8 through 12. This is the last chance to sign up for football and cheerleaders. The city recreation build ing will be open this Satur day from 9 a.m. to 4p.m. for registration. The teams are formed and practice started this Mon day. We still need a lot of boys and girls to fill out the teams. Registration fee for the boys this year will be $5.00, this includes all equip ment and insurance except shoes. The cheerleaders fee is SI.OO for insurance. This program is sponsored by the Optimist Club of For rest Park. This year all the (Continued On Page 4) 1/2 PRICE ASSORTED PICTURES ASSORTED FLOWER ARRANGEMENTS ASSORTED JEWELRY All Cards And Ribbons 1/2 Price Don't delay - We'll be moving soon. Dwarf House Card And Gift Shoppe Corner of Main and Hwy 54 Forest Park Roland Downing County Chairman Os United Appeal Roland O. Downing, Riv erdale, assistant controller of the First National Bank of Atlanta, will be chairman of the Clayton County Divi sion in this fall's United Ap peal campaign which begins October 12. The announcement came from Eugene A. Yates, vice president of the Georgia Power Company, and chair man of the Suburban Unit. Mr. Yates explained that the Suburban Unit is di vied into five County Divi sions, directed by local chairmen. He said that the Suburban Unit is one of eight major groups of United Appeal volunteers and is re sponsibile for seeking cor porate and employee gifts from 14,000 business firms with fewer than 15 em ployees in the entire five county area with the excep tion of downtown Atlanta. Mr. Downing is a seasoned campaigner and has long been active in the United Appeal. He is a past presi dent of the Riverdale (Continued On Page 4) Miss Irvine Hospital Graduate Miss Lucy Ann Irvine, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Irvine, 111 Stockbridge Road, Jonesboro graduated from Grady Memorial Hos pital School of Nursing Aug. 18 at 8 p.m. at North Avenue Presbyterian Church. Lucy has been active in extra curricular activities and was elected Valentine Queen in her junior year. Because of her excellent record she was offered a po sition as Staff Nurse at Grady Hospital. She has ac cepted this position and plans to do graduate work at Georgia State College for a year. After this she plans to go to Honolulu for fur ther study and work at Kai ser Foundation Hospital. LUCY ANN IRVINE Speir Insuranct Agency, Inc. 366-5115 (^) YDUHMff MO FfAR MHCNMXUMCO IV sreiß SINGLE COPY 10c Deryk Spiker Grand J tiry Foreman The August Term of the Grand Jury was empaneled by Judge Harold R. Banke on August 16. Deryk Spiker was elected Foreman; J. M. Plunkett, Assistant Fore man, and Truman Weaver, Secretary. Members of the Grand Jury for the August Term are: A. R. Adamson. Sr., RFD, Morrow; R. K. Barlett, 12 Kimsey Drive, College Park; W. H. Denham, Jr., Riverdale; Robert A. Eu banks, 505 Walker Street. Mountain View; E. F. Ham by, Mt. Zion Road. Stock bridge; John W. Hopkins. 4233 Davis Road. College Park; W. R Jones, 4580 W. Fayetteville Road. College Park; Robert E. McMullen. 104 McDonough Street. Jonesboro; S. M. McNair, 129 Finley Drive, Forest Park; J. M Plunkett, Bethsadia Road, Riverdale; B. E. Purdy. 180 McDonough Street, Jonesboro. Roy L. Sheffield. 4414 Pine Street. College Park; Seals M. Sloman. 4333 Anderson Street. College Park; Deryk Spiker, 104 Navaho Trail, Morrow; J H. Spiva. 214 College Park Road, Moun tain View; Hubert Tanksley, 206 Helen Street, Forest Park; H. C. Teasley, Jr., 1758 Hillside Drive, College Park; James J. Thomas, 121 War ren Drive, Forest Park: Tru man Weaver, Route 1, River dale; Wilbur C. Wilkes, 100 Courtney Drive, Forest Park. —Harold R. Banke Judge, Superior Court Clayton Judicial Circuit Jonesboro Optimist Football Due to the opening of school the Jonesboro Opti mist Swimming Pool will close for the regular 1965 season at 5:30 p.m. August 29, 1965. The Optimist Club appreciates your patronage and support. Football practice for the Optimist sponsored Pop Warner “midget” football football team will begin Au gust 30. Boys from Jonesboro area 12 years old and under who weigh 95 pounds or less are encouraged to be at the first practice August 30. The (Continued On Page 4)