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Teacher Turned Banker
Has No Regrets
A former school teacher,
James R. Stalling is now
training to become a branch
manager with the Citizens and
Southern National Bank. He
says he has no second thoughts
about leaving the classroom.
Stallings said that teaching
gave him too few opportunities
for advancement. Reflecting on
his decision to leave the public
school system,he said, “I haven’t
regretted it and I don’t think I
ever will. Even if I had to stop
being a banker, I don’t think
I’d go back to teaching school.
Stallings has been with C&S for
about two years.
Although he holds a
Bachelor’s degree from Allen
University and the Master’s in
mathematics from Southern
Illinois, he says he went into
teaching because, “at the time,
there was nothing else to do.”
Many teachers put five or six
years in teaching and are
“afraid to make a move.” He
sums up his feeling about his
former profession of eight
years by saying, “Seriously,
teaching is the greatest
experience I’ve ever had. But it
won’t pay the bills.”
According yo Stallings, C&S
is the only Augusta Bank with
Black employees in
management positions. He said
the bank plans to start actively
Complaints
Heard
By HRC
The Human Relations
Commission met Monday at
the- Parish House on Pine
Street. This was the
Commission’s first
neighborhood meeting.
H.R.C. Executive Director,
Charles Walker said his office is
now receiving 40 calls per day.
Among the complaints
reported was a discrimination
charge against the Medical
College in patient referral to a
Black nursing home. The case
has been cleared, according to
Walker, who has been in
contact with both parties
involved. Walker said he would
continue to observe the case.
Walker stated that most of
the complaints the Commission
has heard regarding the
Richmond County Jail turned
out to be negative. He also
noted that the Commission had
helped two “desperately
needy” white families. Walker
noted that many people think
the Commission is designed
just to help Blacks. Walker said
the Commission had also
assisted 8 persons in finding
employment.
Law Enforcement
Committee chairman, Rev. C.S.
Hamilton, reported that two
cases of police brutality had
been reported and that the
cases are under investigation.
Raymond Eagelke, a retired
army veteran, charged that his
complaints to Sheriff William
A. Anderson regarding
complaints against local law
enforcement have resulted in
his being put under surveillance
50% of the time. Stating that
there is an “undercurrent of
ill-will and unrest” by the
people toward the police
department, Eagelke said he
had casette tapes and names of
42 people who would validate
his information. He said he had
locations of 20 places where
drugs could be purchased and
asked why law enforcement
agencies cannot find these
places.
H.R.C. member, Jim Wing
called for a publicity campaign
to help eradicate venereal
disease in Augusta. Augusta is
reportedly number two in the
nation in V.D.
The next meeting of the
H.R.C. is expected to take
[dace after Christmas, in one of
the white communities.
Five H.R.C. members elected
to one year terms, have been
re-appointed by the city and
the county. They are Joyce
Fitzgerald, Rev. E. McKay
Miller, George Tom, Mary
Utley and Daisy Williams.
Other members were elected
for a two or three year term.
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James Stallings
recruiting Blacks, women
included. Paine College will be
a major recruiting center for
prospective employees and the
students should be aware of
this, he said.
Stallings became interested in
Banking when the National
Bankers Association, an
organization of commercial
Black bankers were interested
in developing a program to
train Black men in banking. A
program was set up in 1969
with the American Bankers
Association.
The white bank would train
the man and it was hoped he
would return to a Black bank.
Mr. Stallings was trained at
C&S which was the only
participating bank in Georgia.
He stated that he had the
option of going to a Black
Bank in another part of the
state, but chose to say at C&f ;
in Augusta.
Stallings is married .to the
former Geneva Butler. The)
have three children, Sylvia
Jimmy and Marcy.
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Dave Mack, (standing) National Chairman of the Paine
College Alumni Association, hosts regional directors at
the college Saturday.
SCLC To Open Free Food House
ATLANTA, GA. - Rev.
Hosea L. Williams, President of
the Atlanta Chapter of SCLC
announced the opening of a
POOR PEOPLE’S CHOW
HOUSE, on Friday, November
17th, at the Wheat Street
Baptist Church Education
Building, 18 Yonge Street,
N.E., Atlanta, at which time
the RIBBON CUTTING
CEREMONY will be held.
In explaining the purpose of
Atlanta’s Free Food Program
for hungry adults and children,
Rev. Williams stated, “Believe
it or not, many of our Sisters
and Brothers, as well as
thousands of little children are
starving right here in the midst
of one of the richest cities in
the world. We found out that
there are many whites, as well
as blacks, who live off what
they can steal. Many young
women have to sell their bodies
just to feed their hungry
children and pay their rent.
God is not pleased with this.”
“Please allow me to share a
most unforgettable experience
with you,” Rev. Williams
continued, “I came up on this
idea one day while working in
Vine City (Atlanta’s most
celebrated slum area) I came
across two dirty, raggedy,
unshaved, black
drunkard-looking men who
asked me for a quarter. I
looked down at them and
asked, what do you want with
a quarter? They replied, ‘We
want to get some chow man.’ I
told them they wanted to buy
more wine. That stuff was
killing them, therefore, I was
not going to give them
anything. One of the men
staggered up and said, ‘Man,
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Then I noticed just a step
away was a little ghetto
grocery store. I turned, walked
in and ordered one loaf of
bread and a pound of balogny.
I returned to the men and said,
“Okay, you all are so hungry,
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their throats. Finally it dawne
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
Mickey Kendrick (left) treated hubby, James, to surprise birthday party Saturday night.
178 Blacks Elected Nov. 7th
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The
number of blacks holding seats
in state legislatures rose by 23
with the election of 178 black
candidates in the November 7
election, a survey by the Joint
Center for Political Studies has
shown.
There are now 227 black
state legislators in 38 states,
compared to 204 in 30 states
before the election. (These
figures do not include Alaska,
where races involving two
black incumbents were still
undecided as of November 13).
Os the 227 legislators, 103
on me - these men are not
hungry, they are starving. 1
thought, my God, right here in
one of the richest cities in the
world people are starving to
death for the want of food.
My mind kept on going
deeper and deeper into this
incident. I began thinking if I
didn’t have but two dollars in
my pocket, had no job, and no
other means of getting any
more money, when my
stomach began paining for
food what would I do? I
believe 1 would start thinking if
I spend these two dollars for
food and then get hungry what
then - ROBBERY,
STEALING, what would I do
when 1 know 1 can’t find a job?
Or, what about a woman with
three children. She has five
dollars and begins thinking
what will 1 do to feed my
children next time, after I
spend this five dollars? If 1 was
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are incumbents re-elected in
this month’s balloting; 49 are
incumbents who hold seats
which were not up for contest
in this election, and the
remaining 75 are blacks who
were not in the previous
legislatures.
The figures were compiled by
the Joint Center’s research
division, with the aid of a
network of JCPS
correspondents throughout the
country.
The Joint Center for Political
Studies is a private,
non-partisan organization
that woman, 1 just might
prostitute myself to some man
who would buy food to keep
my children from starving.
After feeding these people in
SCLC’s Free Food House, we
MUST work with their minds.
To fill their bellies and leave
their heads empty will only
increase the problem. SCLC is
seeking help with this problem.
The public should look into
the program; they will not only
be helping to feed the hungry,
they WILL BE HELPING TO
ACHIEVE THE
ELIMINATION OF CRIME!
Mrs. Catherine Allen is
Director of the POOR
PEOPLE’S CHOW HOUSE.
Concerned persons should call
Mrs. Allen at 659-6820 or
write to her at 18 Yonge
Street, N.E., Atlanta, Ga.
VOTE,
or shut up.
The Augusta News-Review, November 22,1972
which provides research,
education and technical
assistance to black and other
minority group elected officials
and to individuals and
organizations representing
minority group interests.
According to the Center’s
survey, blacks were elected in
three states -- Arkansas,
Minnesota and Oregon
where there were none in the
previous legislatures. The three
black state representatives and
one black state senator elected
in Arkansas are the first black
legislators in that state’s
history.
Other sizable gains were
achieved by blacks in Texas,
where there are now nine black
representatives compared to
only two black representatives
and one black senator
previously, and in Indiana,
with five new black
representatives where there
were two in the past
legislature.
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legislators occured in Illinois,
where redistricting of
multi-member districts
contributed to defeat of three
incumbents, reducing the
number of black
representatives from 14 to 11.
The number of black state
senators rose from 37 to 43, an
increase of six, or 16 per cent.
In the lower houses, the
number of black
representatives increased by
17, or ten per cent, from 167
to 184 (not including Alaska.)
All but five of the black
legislators elected this month
are Democrats. Three state
representatives and one senator
are Republicans, and another
senator ran on both
Republican and Liberal tickets
in New York City. One senator
in New York ran on
Democratic, Republican and
Liberal tickets. There were 51
Republican legislative
candidates, 247 Democrats and
13 independents or members
of other parties on the
November 7 ballot.
