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In Augusta
In Augusta Dr. Gerald and
Monika Oliver are expecting
their first child (which is a boy!)
mid March. They were the guest
o Bill and Candy Hogue at
their New Year’s Eve party at
Woodside Country Club. The
Oliversalsoattended several other
holiday gatherings including the
Aiken Boxing Club fights on Fri
day and Saturday nights where
Dr. Oliver was the official fight
doctor. The Olivers’ out-of-town
guests were her mother, Gerry
The Rosa 1. Beard Debutante Club : Recent Adtvities and Hithiq“s
Service projects
The projects have included vol
unteering at the Golden Har
vest Food Bank and Soup
Kitchen, tutoring at the Kids
Case, visiting and providing en
tertainment and refreshments
at their adopted inner-city se
nior citizen residence homes,
and presenting a talent review
for the patients at he VA Nurs
ing Home during their Christ
mas luncheon.
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White; Monika’s godmother, Dr.
H. Perkins; Gerald’s father and
brother, Warren H. and Glen K.
Oliver of Inkster, Mich.;Priscilla
Robinson of Cleveland, Ohio as
well as Dr. Oliver's daughters
Krystal and Theodoris.
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Clasper and Mae Smith,
Wilbur and Pat Roberts, and
Bob and Addie Pennamon will
enjoy their Martin Luther King
Jr. celebration at Sugar Mountain
Ski Resort in Banner Elk, North
Carolina on the aki slopes
The Augusta Jaycees Parade
Miss Erin Vanessa Spearman,
Miss Cotillion 1997; Miss Jocelyn
Maner, Miss Sub-Debutante 1997;
Miss Monica Hurley, Most coop
erative; and the 1997-1998 senior
officers adorned the float entitled
“Sisters in Christ Spreading
Christmas Cheer.”
The float, a father-daughter
project, was constructed under the
leadership of Mr. Matthew Hurley
and other fathers.
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Gslobe Trotting
Ed Fletcher took a week’s va
cation to Parison Nov. 27th. While
in Paris, Ed visited such places as
the Eiffel Tower, Notre Dame,
Versailles, L'Opera, Sacre Cour
and Montmarte.
On Dec. 26, Edward took an
other elegant and exciting trip to
Rio de Janeiro (Brazil). While in
Rio, Ed visited the statue of Christ
which looks over the city of Rio.
Ed celebraicd the New Year, end
ing with gourmet dinners and
Annual holiday dance
The semi-formal affair held at
the Julian Smith Casino was at
tended by the 1998 debutantes,
escorts, sub-debutantes, and other
invited guests. Inaddition, former
debutantes home for the holidays
also attended. The elegantly at
tired attendees spent the evening
socializing, dancing and enjoying
the delicacies.
Luncheon-Fashion Show
This annual affair sponsored by
nightly live entertainment. On
Dec. 31st, Ed celebrated New
Year’s Eve with over 800,000
people. He also observed the
women in Rio tossing flowers into
the ocean to make a wish for the
New Year.
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Across the River
Bob Pennamon’s Winter Fest
"98 will be February 19-22 at the
Hickory Knob State Resort Park
and Savannah Lakes Village in
McCormick, S.C.
J.B. White in honor of the 1998
Debutantes, sub-debutantes,
and their mothers was held at
the North Augusta Community
Center. Duringthe meal, a high
profiled fashion show featuring
present and former J.B. White
Fashion Board members and pro
fessional models on the runway
gave the audience an early view
of what will be “hot” for spring
for all occasions. The show was
narrated by Marion White, J.B.
White fashion director.
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Weicome home, Carl McCoy
This colu.:ln contains a few l:k.
servationsand suggestionson B
History planning which may or may
not be acceptable to all in ToTo.
First, however, may weall extend
a warm welcome home to Carl
McCoy. He will speak on Black
History for Historic Augusta on
Sunday, Sept. 22, at 4 p.m. in the
Morris Parish House of St. Mary’s
Episcopal Church. An honor gradu
ate of Paine College, he served dur
ing 1980-81 as a research specialist
for Historic Augusta. Carl’s de
tailed surveys and research resulted
in much new and valuable informa
tion about Augusta, and its black
heritage and past.
Later, Historic Augusta under
the directorship of Mrs. C.
Humphries helped develop a pro
posal submitted by the city request
ing that Laney-Walker Boulevard
be placed onto the Roster of His
toric Places. More discussion of
this later. In the meanwhile, Carl
McCoy received a scholarship to
the University of Georgiaat Athens
where he completed his masters in
History. His research was on Au
gustaandits Black population. Now
employed on the University staff,
we hope he will work on his doctor
ate, concentratingin the Black heri
tage of Augusta.
You and the public are invited to
come out Sunday, greet Carl, his
lovely wife and daughters, and get
information on the past of our rela
tives here.
Paine Alumni challenge
Now let’s leave Mr. McCoy and
‘move on to other subjects having to
do with projections and planning
which could help our image and
sense of group pride. Again, there
well may be those who give not a
damn about highlighting the heri
tage and pride of Blacks.
The Augusta Black History Com
mittee is recommending to the Au
gusta Paine College Alumni that it
seeks to rename sites adjacent to
the college for two prominent Paine
graduates. The first would be for
the late Dr. Channing H. Tobias,
and the second for Frank G. Yerby.
My suggestion to the Alumni Asso
ciation is that all of Druid Park
Ave., or the one block from Laney-
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Memorial Column
The following memorial column by the late J. Philip
Waring was first published for Augusta Focus on
September 19, 1985. We are republishing it so that
Mr. Waring’s admirers can reminisce and those who
missed his columns can get a glimpse of recent
black history.
Augusta Focus Is a Walker Group Publication
Walker to Central Ave., be called
“Dr. C.H. Tobias Plaza,” and fur
thermore that the immediate junc.
ture of m—v{dk« and Druid
Park be listed as “Tobias Circle.”
The second suggestion is that the
Jjuncture of Druid Park and Central
Ave. be called “Frank Yerby Plaza”
and furthermore that Central Ave.
from thisjuncture eastward to 15th
St. (which is Jefferson Davis Blvd.)
be also listed as “Frank Yerhy
Plaza.”
It would additionally be suggested
to the Alumni Association that suit
able bronze plaques be struck off
with suitable inscription on both,
mounted and publicly dedicated
during Augusta’s 2560th birthyear.
While this may be “too rich for the
blood,” it would tomeindicate Paine
College boldness and
innovativeness. It would honorand
highlight two internationally fa
mous graduates. This move would
place their names on street bound
aries around other sections of this
venerated 103-year-old institution.
Next comes the matter of Dr.
M.L. King Jr. and Augusta. Con
gress has passed and the President
has signed federal legislation which
will make the holiday effective in
1986. Let’s look, however, what'’s
already happened to Dr. King's
memory around America. First,
many states and cities already have
official birthdays. There are al
ready literally hundreds of M.L.
King parks, streets, museums, hos
pitals, playgrounds, etc. through
out our nation, includingthe South,
and our native state of Georgia.
Just look at the records — and also
put the spotlight on how we stand
in our beloved Augusta.
It is now September and we have
three months before the arrival of
1986, “The Official King Year.”
Would it not be timely to ask that
some of our city legislators such as
Dr. Ike Washington, William Mays
111, Mrs. Kathleen Beesley and Mrs.
Margaret Armstrong to look into
this matter of city planning for the
overall King year.
If you are in agreement or dis
agreement, pass your feeling on to
your city councilperson.
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