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The Augusta News-Review, January 18, 1972 - The People Speak Question: Judging from the attendance at memorial services, the number of cars with their headlights turned on and other signs of observance of Martin Luther King’s birthday, how would you evaluate the enthusiasm of the Augusta community in supporting efforts to memoralize Dr. King? Where Asked: Paine College Mrs. Roseann Hunter Boyscout Road I saw a lot of headlights on. I think that reaction was very good. I know of several churches that had memorial services. I really can’t say how well they were attended but I saw a lot of headlights on. Carol Gregg I thought that the community supported Martin Luther King’s Birthday pretty well, even though our city officials refused to obey the orders that the Governor had proclaimed it to be a state holiday. But I think that the Black community did very well in responding to the observance of Martin Luther King’s Birthday. What does this ciipn have to do with THE SURVIVAL OF BLACK PEOPLE ? I I THE UNITED NEGRO COLLEGE FUND | 55 East 52nd Street, New York, New York 10022 Please enroll my family as a member of the 1-10-75 Club because I have a vital interest in the higher education of 200,000 students over the next four years. Name. 1 Address City State Zip Code Enclosed is a check for: 1 year $lO 2 years S2O 3 years S3O 4 years S4O A membership certificate will be issued to those who contribute $lO or more. J It’s a tough world without an education, providing the economic, social and moral Society changes so rapidly that a handi- strength necessary for the survival of capped group without it falls even further the black community and this nation, behind the rest of the population. You can Remember, we can’t permit the lives of help guarantee that future generations of our black youth to prolong a pattern of blacks will not be lost from the main- rejection, despair and hopelessness. If we stream of opportunity in this country by do, the gradual suffocation of the black joining the 1-10-75 Club. When one mil- community cannot be far behind, lion people give a minimum of $lO per Give today, year over the next four years, they will be Our survival depends on it. A MIND IS A TERRIBLE THING TO WASTE. Page 4 The News-Review will pay $1 for each question accepted fpr this column. pßfr if l Dr. Canute Richardson Fitten Street I think the community responded fairly well. Perhaps there was not enough advertisment from the College indicating that we were having a program. My contention is that a man as important as he is, and if you’re having a memorial service for him, then the people who are really concerned about perpetuating his memory ought to make some sacrifice to attend these memorial services. We can talk about these things and we can emote about them, but if we don’t do anything about them, then it becomes mere words. You know Augusta and the amount of Black people we have here. That auditorium should have been . . . well, fuller than it was. Anne Latson, Weed St. I think the reaction was quite successful. The churches weren’t as full as they could have been due to the short notice. But they did turn out in large numbers. Therapist "Plays” For A Living Claire Chancellor’s office has two red hopscotch squares pained on its bright blue floor; Charlie Brown, Snoopy, and other Peanuts characters decorate the walls. Miss Chancellor plays for a Bt - gill Herman Harris, Bransford Ave. I saw strong support. I was very encouraged. I thought it was very appropriate. And just from judging headlights on the streets, I saw that it was supported, if the number of headlights was any indication. fl Rev. Cherry, Beman St. I don’t think the response was overwhelming, but it was encouraging. We had a service at Paine which was well attended. I attended one at Fort Gordon the same evening which was also well attended. There was one at Good Shepperd Baptist Church and I believe there was one at May Park. So we had a diversity of efforts, which show that all facets of the community were interested at different levels. And I think this is encouraging. living at the Medical College of Georgia’s teaching hospital. She’s a play therapist who came to MCG in August 1971 with a BS degree in elementary education from Georgia Southern College. ‘‘My job is to play with, visit with, and entertain the hospitalized children,” says the 23-year-old therapist. “Pediatric patients are often afraid of the doctors and nurses and miss their parents and homes. Some are not only physically ill, but also have emotional problems. The play activities are aimed at helping these children adjust to their hospital stay and overcome their problems.” As an example, she tells of one experience with a seven-year-old girl who was being treated for an asthmatic condition. “She was the daughter of a poor farmer and had suffered a traumatic incident. “She talked only to her mother, could not read or write, and would not go to school. I spent a lot of time with her, talking to her, letting her watch me put puzzles together, just trying to gain her confidence. “After several days, she began talking to me, and we became friends. We received word a few days ago that she is now attending school. That is one of the rewards of my job, knowing that 1 had something to do with helping that little girl.” Many of the hospitalized children are long-term patients, she says, and some are terminal cases. “That’s the worst part, getting to know the children, and then losing them.” The pediatric patients play with toys and equipment purchased by the hospital, or donated by the Augusta firemen and policemen and other organizations. The number of children in the playroom at any one time varies, but they range in age from three to 15 or 16. “This ST : ■ JWuil ;' J ■ ■ - IM THERAPY - Seven-year-old John Burns, foster son of Mrs. Ruby Days of North Augusta, finds that his treatment at the Medical College of Georgia’s teaching hospital includes entertainment. Miss Claire Chancellor, the hospital’s play therapist, works with pediatric patients to make their hospital stays enjoyable. can be quite hectic. Sometimes I have a volunteer to help, but most of the time I am alone.” The play hours are flexable, allowing the children to come and go as they wish and as their hospital schedules allow. Amvets Post 616 ■ 5 9th & Walton Way MON. FEB. 5 j FIRST SHOW & 5 FRL JANUARY 19 DANCE OF J VOLCANOES THE YEAR I SAT. JANUARY 20 OTIS CLAY & OUT-OF-TOWN SHOW ORCHESTRA * & DANCE LFRI. JAN. 26 SAT. JAN. 27 STEPS OF RHYTHM VOLCANOES «TOPS IN TALL APPAREL One Stop Shopping For AU TaU Girls _ tyis/uMS 1018 Broad Street Phone 722-0035 S.S. Si TONIC ton |C I t’c*“ c as advertized on WR D W the station with "KICK” “Most of the time is spent in free play, but sometimes we have organized activity. Last summer, we made ice cream almost every day, but we got in trouble with the nurses, because we didn’t always have enough for them.” SAND BAR PLAZA I ||| 200 BLOCK OF SAND BAR FERRY ROAD I|| THRIF-TEE SUPER MARKET HE GROCERIES ■ MEATS - BEVERAGES HE ill JOiINSON'S LAUNDERMAT HE NEWLY OPENED ALL MODERN EQUIPMENT MH HI BLACKMON'S BARBER SHOP Ml HAIRCUTS - HAIRSTYLES • BLOW OUTS AUGUSTA, GEORGIA •I ~ti OA I JSk J I Some of our work includes more than power generation. I It includes the younger generation. Somewhere near Monticello, a young 4-H member < learns what it takes to raise a sturdy calf. A future -5 homemaker in Pelham perfects her canning skills. j Both projects are part of Georgia Power’s work 1 to help cultivate the enterprise and skills of the { state’s young people. The projects are varied. From a Youth Conference on Science and the Environ ment to music scholarships. Some programs carry over from our first year in business, 1927. Others n are initiated annually. | Last year the programs collectively won Edison Electric Institute’s youth education award. Selected from 221 entries. Our business is supplying power. But we take ' a special interest in people, too. Kids, especially. Georgia Power Company A citizen wherever we serve® .k Paine Offers Fort Gordon Courses Paine College of Augusta has become the third institution to offer college courses through resident instruction at Fort Gordon. The school joins Augusta College and Georgia Southern College in providing an opportunity for soldiers to earn college credits by attending classes conducted on post after duty hours. Spring semester courses offered by Paine College will get underway at Fort Gordon on January 23. The nine courses range from “Black Literature” to the “History of the Middle East and Africa” and carry three semester hours of credit. Complete details on enrollment are available from the Center Education Center. BOWMAN’S GET CHRISTMAS GIFT Lynette Louise Bowman was born to Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Bowman on Christmas Eve at St. Joseph’s Hospital. This special gift weighed in at six pounds, 10 oz. The Bowmans live at Rt. 1 Box 308, Augusta, Georgia.