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Champion Black Basketball
Player-Coach Helped By
Neighborhood Youth Corps
CHATTANOOGA - Leroy
Alexander is small for a
basketball player -- five feet, 10
inches -- but he is good.
When he joined the
Neighborhood Youth Corps
(NYC) back in 1966, however,
no one could have predicted he
would become not only a
champoinship player, but a
coach of champoin teams as
well.
Alexander had made the
Riverside High School team
here as a sophomore, but it was
in his junior year that he
developed the strength, speed
and agility of a top-level
player. And when he wasn’t in
class or out on the court, he
was learning the behind
the-scenes reality of basketball
under the supervision of
Dorsey Sims, then the
basketball coach at Riverside.
As an NYC teacher’s aide, he
did everything from checking
papers to washing lockers in
the gym, sweeping floors and
helping keep important papers
in order.
And on the basketball court
he became a star guard, and as
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captain led his team to the
Tennessee State Championship
in 1967.
He was named to the “All
City”, “All Region”, “All
State” and “All State
Tournament” teams, and was
also chosen as a member of the
“East All Star” team and was
the “Chattanooga Chamber of
Commerce Player of the Year.”
After graduation from high
school, Alexander received a
basketball scholarship to
Alabama State University,
where he continued his
basketball career while
acquiring a Bachelor’s Degree
in physical education. At
Alabama State, he was selected
as “Most Valuable Player” in
his senior year and chosen for
listing inWho’s Who in
American High Schools and
Colleges.
He graduated from Alabama
State in the summer of 1971,
and immediately hired by the
Chatanooga Board of
Education, and assigned to
Riverside High School as
physical education teacher and
head basketball coach.
That year, his team won the
Tennessee State Championship.
Alexander acquired the
distinction of becoming the
first man in Tennessee athletic
history to win a state
championship in his first year
of coaching. As a consequence,
he was named the Tennessee
Basketball Coach of the Year.
This past year, the team,
handicapped by the loss of all
but one starting player from
last year, nevertheless rolled up
a highly creditable record, only
to be knocked off in the
semi-finals of the state
championship tournament.
Alexander recognizes
failure is inevitable. But in the
last analysis, he believes
“sucess is what you make out
of failure.” He also believes
everyone at some point needs
help along the way, and NYC
gave him that help at a time
when he really needed it.
and now, he’s trying to
give the same kind of
encouragement to two NYC
enrollees working for him.
Alexander and his wife,
Lexiane, have one child,
Michelle Denise, 2.
Winner Announced
In Goul Program
Mrs. Georgia M. Chatman an
Augusta Tech practical nursing
student was named the local
winner in the Georgia
Occupational Award of
Leadership (GOAL) program in
April.
In luncheon meeting hosted
by Augusta Kiwanians, D.
Douglas Bernard of the
Chamber of Commerce’s
Education Committee
announced Mrs. Chatman’s
award and introduced the
other students named as
outstanding trainees at Augusta
Tech. Mrs. Chatman was
nominated for GOAL honors
by Mrs. Linda Street, practical
nursing instructor.
The students in .heir
divisions are: Richard
Hirchauer, Instrumentation
Technology; Jane Quarles,
Business Education; and Joel
Hawkins, Child Development.
The State Chamber of
Commerce, which also
sponsors the STAR program in
high schools, began the GOAL
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DR. GLORIA E. TOOTE
Dr. Gloria E. Toote,
Assistant Director of ACTION,
has been nominated by
President Nixon to become
Assistant Secretary of the
Department of Housing and
Urban Development for Equal
Opportunity Upon Senate
confirmation, Dr. Toote will
become one of the highest
ranking Blacks in the
Administration.
Dr. Toote, well-known Black
lawyer and businesswoman
from New York City will be
one of the highest ranking
women in the Administration,
her rank exceeded only by Mrs.
Anne Armstrong, Counsellor to
the President.
At HUD Dr. Toote will be
responsible for administering
HUD’s civil rights and equal
opportunity programs in
housing, employemnt and
business opportunity. She will
also be responsible for assuring
that all HUD Department’s
policies and activities
effectively promote equal
opportunity for all.
Dr. Toote was president of
Toote Town Publishing, Inc.
and in the private practice of
law in her native New York
City. From 1966 to 1970 she
was president of Town Sound
Recording Studios, Inc. Dr.
Toote is a former aide to New
program in 1972 to recognize
the achievements of technical
students and their teachers.
As local winner, Mrs.
Chatman received a certificate
of recognition and two SSO gift
certificates. She will compete
at the state level with other
technical students for a new
automobile next week.
The cited students were
chosen by their division
instructors at Augusta Tech.
Mrs. Chatman and other
students in statewide
competition will be judged on
the basis of their grades,
quanity and quality of work
output and personal standards
of character.
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Dr. Toote worked with
several presitgious law firms in
New York, and is a former
member of the editorial staff in
the National Affairs Section at
TIME Magazine. She ran for
the State Assembly from New
York City.
A scholarship student at the
Howard University School of
Law, Dr. Toote was the
youngest graduate in the
history of that school when she
earned her J.D. degree in 1954.
She received her LL.M, degree
from Columbia University
Graduate School of Law in
1956, writing her thesis on
Constitutional Law.
While at Howard, Dr. Toote
worked with Dr. James M.
Nabrit, Sr., president-emeritus
of Howard in preparing the
brief for the historic 1954
District of Columbia case of
Bollings vs. Sharpe before the
U.S. Supreme Court.
Dr. Toote is active in
community and civic affairs in
her native New York and has
lectured extensively on civil
rights and business law. She has
been cited for her
accomplishments by several
organizations, including the
National Business League,
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority,
and by the Chamber of
Commerce of the United States
as one of the outstanding
women in Federal positions.
She is listed in Who’s Who,
Who’s Who in American
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Training Program
Director Guest
Speaker At
Springfield Baptist
“What Are You Doing
About Now: Coping or
Copping Out?” will be guest
speaker Mary Ida Gardner’s
subject at the Springfield
Baptist Church, 12th and
Reynolds, for the Annual
Women’s Day program Sunday,
May 27, at 4:00 p.m. Miss
Gardner, born in Augusta,
serves as Director of a U.S.
Department of Labor-YWCA
job training program in 17 U.S.
cities, according to the
Reverend E.T. Martin, the
church’s minister.
“Working with community
people in the 17 cities where
Job Corps-YWCA operates, 1
see examples of strong
leadership by Black people
together with Whites
accomplishing important
mutual goals, such as better
day care facilities and
improving the educationa
processes,” Miss Gardner said.
Miss Gardner has been
associated with YWCA
programs since 1957 following
her graduation from Knoxville
College in Tennessee and her
studies leading to a Master’s
Degree in music and music
education from Columbia
University’s Teachers’ College.
She is the daughter of Mrs.
C.L. Gardner, Associate
Executive Director of the
Augusta R. 5.0., and the
Reverend J.C. Gardner of
Barton Chapel Road.
“I will talk to old friends
and new ones at the Springfield
Baptist Church about the
stunning progress of women,
and especially Black women
just in my lifetime. I will relate
some of the examples I have
seen in various countries in the
world where severe
discrimination against women
still exists. I want to talk about
how Augusta women are using
their extra time and energies
these days. And 1 look forward
to a visit at home again.” she
added.
Miss Gardner has been with
the JC-YW operation since the
fall of 1970 and assumed her
present position as Director in
January, 1973. The program
moves Job Corps Center
trainees into YWCA residence
settings where they live while
getting their on-the-job work
experience.
The National Board of the
YWCA, under contract with
the U.S. Department of Labor,
operates 17 such residence
programs across the u’S., to
which corpswomen (ages 16 to
21) voluntarily transfer for
supervised work experience,
job counseling, personal and
social development.
Representing the U.S. last
year, Miss Gardner was on of
40 persons from 40 countries
to attend a Leadership Institute
of the World YWCA at
Cret-Berard, near Geneva,
Switzerland. Preceding the
Institute, she was in the
midlands area of England
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MARY IDA GARDNER
where, together with YWCA
representatives from Europe
and Canada, she» visited
programs for youth and adults
sponsored by local agencies
and religious groups, as well as
by the YWCA.
She worked on the Bord of
Education in Augusta and in
Philadelphia and served as a
club director with Army
Special Services in Korea.
For over 100 years, the
YWCA has geared its program
and services toward enriching
the lives of girls and women.
Bible Study
Bible Study classes are now
in progress at the S.C.L.C.
Building, on the corner of Mill
St. and Anderson Ave., each
Tuesday 6 o’clock until 7:30
P.M. Classes are taught by
outstanding Ministers of
Augusta. The public is invited
to attend the classes.
The Bible Study is sponored
by the Concerned Mothers
Club.