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The Augusta News-Review - June 7, 1973,
From The
Block
To The
Hill
By ILL. Oliver
Man, oh man, was the
Richmond County Comission
chambers packed last Tuesday,
he event you well know was
the appointment of Coliseum
Authority members.
By now everyone is aware
that commission chairman
Norman Simowitz and
commissioner John T.
Anderson relinquished their
Coliseum Authority seats to
commissioners Edward M.
Mclntyre, and Donald Neal.
But the highlight of the
Commission’s regular monthly
meeting was the support
behind commissioner Mclntyre
from the community.
Here are just a few notables
I noticed before racing off to
make our news deadline: John
Ruffin and James Hinton of
course, W.S. Hornsby, Jr.,
Solomon Walker, H.R. Scott,
James Edward Clark Perry,
Charles Barraras, Arthur
Stewart, Don Brock, Lula
Bush, Mildred Willingham,
Biondell Connelly, Dan Cross,
Jery and Kaye Morgan, Al
Irby, George Johnson, Joe
Jones, Charles Walker,
Margaret Armstrong, Gladys
Evans, Billy (Wild Child) Jean,
Rev. J.S. Wright, Rev. N.T.
Young, Rev. M. Padgett, Mrs.
Carrie J. Mays, Willie Mays,
Marion Barnes, Nathaniel Hill,
Ronald Loftin, Thomas
Hankerson, Mabel Scott just to
mention a few.
It is interesting to notethat a
witness in the case of Gary L.
Jones accused of the February
7, 1973 assault and robbery of
a woman behind the Trinity
On The Hill Methodist Church,
was indicted by the Richmond
County Grand Jury for
perjury.
Seems like Cyril J. Bannick
of 2920 Stratford Drive
allegedly told he was not
aquainted with the victim or
her family. Whatever the
mixup with Mr. Bannick, the
trial was declared a mistrial,
then discontinued until next
September.
I still believe in Gary’s
innoncense and feel it’s
shameful he is still behind bars,
and has been since February
1973, although he has been to
trial on several occasions for
the same charge.
Get this, Ben Sloan, 111,
Superior Court Clerk tells this
one about committees; Some
people say a camel wasn’t born
with that hump -a committee
formed it... Yuk! Yuk!
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They tell me that Charles
Smith of the Community
Action Agency had a wine
sipping navigator that got lost
last week. Sorry Charlie
Sauterne is saucy.
Little Jeff Anderson, the son
of Dr. and Mrs. R.K. Anderson
is a “T” ball short stop for the
Flowerland Nursery team.
Welcome, Alton (Al)
Campbell, Super Q’s Black
addition to the news media.
Well here they are, Hellos
and Hi’s out to Mrs. R.K.
(Tonya) Anderson, Dr. and
Mrs. W.L. Griffin, Dr. and Mrs.
Horace Weston, Charion
Seegar, Rita Vernedoe, and
Gail Powell.
Sure sorry to hear that
Augusta’s only Black theatre,
The Lennox has closed down.
With the high price of food
now-a-days someone said,
“Gold is cheaper than steak.”
And here are some more
Hellos, Brother Willie Lewis,
Miss Christine Jones, Miss Julia
Green, and Deacon Roosevelt
Glover of the Crawford Baptist
Church, as well as, Pastor
Charlie Moore.
Something new this week,
here are some Hi’s to choirs:
The Voices of Mt. Moriah,
WRDW Young People’s Choir,
The Cumming Grove Junior
and Senior Choir, Mr. Canaan
Jurnior and Senior Choir,
William’s Memorial Junior and
Senior Chorus, Second Shiloh
Junior Chorus, Good
Samaritan Junior Chorus, Rev.
R.V. Sims Gospel Choir,
Springhill Junior Chorus,
Hattie Payne Memorial Choir,
Good Sheppard Junior and
Senior Choir, Good Hope
Junior Choir, Deliverance
Evangelist Choir, Galilee Junior
Choir, Mt. Carmel Junior
Choir, The Jolly Four, The
Thomas Sapp Gospel Choir,
Good Hope Senior Choir, Mt.
Zion AMEZ Choir, E.A.
Golden Gospel Choir, The
Prophets, Good Samaritan
Senior Choir, Springhill Senior
Choir, BroadwaylSenior Choir,
T.C. Cook Gospel Choir, The
J.W. Barnes Gospel Choir,
Piney Grove Gospel Choir,
Oakey Grove Gospel Choir,
The Tannie Lowe Gospel Choir
and the C. Moore Gospel
Choir.
Bernon Williams of the
Urban Renewal Project here in
Augusta points out this
interesting item:
Os all people who look out
and up to their elders, the
Jewish people rank number
one, and Blacks rank number
two.
Ahem! Mr. Huggins Bth
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AID Program Helps
Elderly, Handicapped
AID of Augusta, Inc. is
developing a Telephone
Reassurance Program to go
into effect during the next few
weeks. This program will
involve volunteers who daily
call elderly and incapacitated
persons who live alone, or are
temporarily alone.
Such programs are presently
in operation in the U.S. The
idea for such a service bagan
when a lady in Saginaw, Mich,
discovered a friend, living
alone, who had had a stroke
and lay paralyzed on the floor
for eight days. This needless
tragedy promted her to
organize such a program and
the reassurance idea has since
spread.
Volunteer callers will call
clients requesting this service at
an appointed time each day. If
the person fails to answer, an
emergency system will go into
Ward City Councilman and Mr.
Johnson of the sth Ward -
there have been no back yard
collections in my particular
section of the Bth Ward. Not
since the Patterson contract
fizzled.
Rita Varnedoe, director of
the Assistance Information
Direction program (A.1.D.)
says she needs the aid of
volunteers for the Telephone
Reassurance Program. She says,
“We also need names of
people, elderly and
handicapped who live alone, as
well as volunteers to call them
daily.”
If you want to help call
738-7723 and ask for Rita
Varnedoe.
For those who have asked,
Yes I am moonlighting. That’s
why you saw me in Levis. I am
building my muscles doing
construction work.
In answer to another
question, Yes! R.K. “Bobby”
Anderson, M.D. is the only
Black psychiatrist in this area.
Attorney Prentiss Davis has
opened up offices for general
law practice at 2061
Milledgeville Road. And
another Black professional
effect. Cooperation of the
Police Department has been
secured. This call could mean
the difference in life and death,
or between complete
recuperation and permanent
disablement. The client’s
doctor and relatives will be
notified of the crisis.
Persons interested in
volunteering as callers are
urged to contact AID,
738-7723 as soon as possible.
Complete information will be
given at that time. Persons
living alone who would like to
receive calls are urged to call
AID and have their names put
on the list. The service is free,
and should be welcomed by
many shut-ins who have little
contact with outsiders. Anyone
knowing persons needing such
a call are requested to call this
information in. AID will
contact the client to make
definite calling procedures.
makes the News-Review.
Mayor Sam Yorty after
being soundly defeated in the
Los Angeles Mayoral elections
by Black city councilman Tom
Bradley; “I blame this radical
defeat on poor voter turn out.”
To that I say, “Blah”. To
the newly elected mayor of
Los Angeles, Thomas Bradley,
I say “poor or heavy voter turn
out, fifty six percent will win
handily every time.”
Hey, there’s a new male
social club in town, “The
Centurions”. Lee 0. Gardner,
president; Walter Daniels, vice
president; Charles McDowell,
secretary; Eugene Williamson,
treasurer, Rick Golphin,
business manager. Other
members are Chris Palmer,
George Hinkins, Harold Walton
and Ronnie Ely. For more
information call Lee Gardner
or Rick Bracken at 724-4526.
Now for some more
refreshing data: There are two
new drinks out on the “Block”
Tomato Juice and Scotch,
(Thanks to Sgt. Brooks) and
Milk and Tanqueray Gin, and
of course the old standby
water, water and more water.
A well meant thank you to
the two members of the West
Augusta Rescue Squad,
Clarence Savage and Jack
Black.
A NOTE OF INTEST
The traffic lights on Monte
Sano at the Trinity On The Hill
Methodist Church are great.
Now can we get some at the
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Paine Takes Leading Role
In HUD College Program
Paine College officials are
taking a leadership role in HUD
“Technical Assistance
Consortium To Improve College
Services (TACTICS)
organization’s Community
Development program designed
to utilize black college
personnel along with the
business, civic and professional
community in establishing
urban centers.
Dr. Lucius H. Pitts,
president of the college and
chairman of the TACTICS
policy board, explained that
urban centers established under
the program will be involved in
areas such as public welfare,
aid to dependent children,
voter education, housing and
youth incentive programs. “In
Augusta,” he said, “Paine
faculty and staff will be urged
to focus their talent and
training on volunteer services
(for instance the Boy Scouts,
Girl Scouts and the Bethlehem
Center) and to make
themselves available to serve in
other community programs in
addition to their work in the
academic field.”
Dr. Pitts will preside at a
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hired a Black newsman
according to station manager
Ed Dunbar.
Alton (Al) Campbell, 20, of
Augusta has joined the news
department as a News Reporter
- Announcer.
Al is a native of Lillington,
North Carolina, and graduated
from the Academy of
Richmond County here in
Augusta.
Dunbar, stated, “We are very
proud to have Mr. Campbell
join the WBBQ team. He
possesses splendid
qualifications and we expect
that he will be a standout
member of our organizaiton.”
Campbell was an
outstanding cadet in he Army
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meeting of the Policy Board in
Atlanta on June 5 and 6 which
precedes its “Black Colleges
and Community Development”
conference on June 7 and 8 at
which David E. Duncan,
assistant to the president, will
represent Paine College.
Representatives from some
60 predominantly Black
Colleges and Universities along
with officials from local, state
and federal governmental levels
concerned with community
problem resolution and
developmental programming,
will be convened by TACTICS
(Technical Assistance
Consortium To Improve
College Services) at the
American Motor Hotel in
Atlanta, Georgia on June 7 and
8. This conference will be held
as a direct result of an earlier
initiative on the part of the
Phelps-Stokes fund and the
continued effort of TACTICS
programming to foster
increased cooperation among
its member institutions.
This conference represents
yet another step of the many
yet to be taken in the process
of getting those interested
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organizations - educational
governmental, civic and
business - to look to the rely
upon Black institutions as the
braintrusts of their local
communities. By more actively
engaging in research and
development generic to the
interests and needs of their
political jurisdictions in
particular and the nation in
general, the colleges propose to
more significantly impact on
the community decision
-making and policy
-formulation process.
Mr. Maynard Jackson,
Vice-Mayor of Atlanta will
welcome the conference to the
city, followed by the keynote
address by Dr. Elias Blake,
President of he Institute for
Services to Education and a
presentation on the
“Capabilities of Black
Colleges” by Dr. Samuel M.
Nabrit, Director, Southern
Fellowship Fund.
Mr. Cliffford Graves, Acting
Assistant Secretary for
Community Planning and
Managemnt, Department of
HUD, will discuss the
implications that newly define
intergovernmental relations
will have for educational
institutions.
Allen J. Cooper, Mayor of
Prichard, Alabama; Mr.
Anthony Hall, Texas State
Legislator; Sis. Emma Darnell,
Intergovernmental Programs
Officer for the city of Atlanta
and Mr. Larnie Horton, Special
Assistant to the Governor of
North Carolina will formulate
an assessment of policy needs
toward which colleges should
consider directing resources.
Dr. Vivian Henderson,
President of Clark College will
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lead the discussion of the Black
Colleges’ Role-definition in
Community Development. He
will be ably assisted by Mr.
James Wilson, National League
of Cities - U.S. Conference of
Mayors; Mr. Brandt Ayers,
Editor, Anniston Star and Mr.
Clarence Townes, Joint Center
for Political Studies.
Growing out of this
conference will be consortial
organizations of educational
institutions which will develop
program designs and identify
research needs in the areas of
Telecommunications, Mental
Health and Drug Abuse, Law
Enforcement and Criminal
Justice, Public Service
Delivery, Educational
Innovations, Environmental
Services and Management and
Organization Development
(Public and Private). Their
initial aim will be to constitute
themselves as local and
national technical assistance
organizations in these and
other areas of concern.
The colleges will be aided in
this effort by the seven service
components of TACTICS and
their four assisting agencies -
the Moton Memorial Institute,
Institute for Services to
Education, the Phelps-Stokes
Fund and the United Board for
College Development.
Recommendations from this
conference will be presented
on June 10 and 11 at the
Shoreham Hotel, in
Washington, by Dr. Granville
Sawyer, President of Texas
Southern University at the
“National Conference on the
Role of Minorities in
Management and Related
Fields”. This conference,
sponsored by the “Big-7”
national public interest groups,
is designed to increase the
opportunities for and support
of minority groups for
administrative position in state
and local government.
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