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Ellison Recital
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Anderson Ellison
On Tuesday, June 12, at
8:30 p.m. the Augusta Library
presented the second program
in its current “Evenings in the
Appleby Garden” series. These
programs are free cultural
events arranged and managed
by the Augusta-Richmond
County Public Library and are
held in the Garden of the
Appleby Branch Library at
Walton Way and Johns Road.
Tuesday evening’s program
featured Anderson Ellison, of
New York City and Augusta, in
his debut solo recital. Howard
Simpers of Augusta, well
known in local music circles,
accompanied Mr. Ellison. The
program included groups of
Baroque songs, German lieder
by Beethoven and Schubert,
operatic arias, and English
songs. The final group
consisted of Negro spirituals
including “Give Me Jesus” and
“Oh! What a Beautiful City”.
Mr. Ellison is the son of
Retired Sgt. and Mrs. Anderson
Ellison, Sr. of Augusta. Before
going to new York City he was
a member of the Jubilee
Singers, the famous performing
group from his alma mater Fisk
University in Nashville,
Tennessee. Whilein Augusta,
Mr. Ellison graduated from the
Charles T. Walker Elementary
School and was soloist there
and at his home town church
Tabernacle Baptist on
Gwinnett Street.
Mr. Ellison is reputed to be
an unusual singer, a tenor who
sings music from all periods
and in all styles. In New York
City and Pittsburgh he has
been heard in such diverse
opera roles as Tamino in “The
Magic Flute” by Mozart; Luigi
in “Il Tabarro” by Puccini;
Scaramuccio in “Ariadne Auf
Naxox”; Narciso in the “Turk
in Italy”; Ferrando in “Cosi
Fan Tutti”; the title roles in
“Tales of Hoffmann” by
Offenbach and “Otello” by
Verdi; as well as contemporary
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member of your family could use the counsel of a
licensed psychologist, but it’s too expensive.
Under a recent directive, The Civilian Health and
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operas by Hall Overton and
Frank Wigglesworth. He also
appeared at th New York City
Opera at Lincoln Center in the
role of “Don Rodrigo” by
Ginastera.
A student of Lee Strasberg,
Mr. Ellison enjoys acting and
has appeared in musical
comedies requiring theatre
“Know How”. ONe of these,
“Sacco and Vanzetti,”
produced by the Equity
Library Theatre, was more
musical tragedy than musical
comedy and called upon all of
Mr. Ellison’s many theatrical,
physical and vocal resources.
Mr. Ellison is a member of
the After Dinner Opera
Company where he has
performed in a number of
productions both in New York
and on tour where one of its
engagements was at Georgia
State College at Milledgeville,
Georgia.
Mr. Ellison appeared with
the Triad Ensemble for the
benefit of the West Side YMCA
Scholarship Fund on May 23,
1973 and sandwiched that
performance with the role of
Rodolpho in the Opera “La
Boheme” on May 22 and 24.
Os particular interest is Mr.
Ellison’s part in the Young
Audiences ■ Program which
takes good music to all of the
public elementary schools in
New York City. As a part of
the Young Audiences Program,
Mr. Ellison is one of the
four-member group which
handles the “Introducation to
Opera” program to these
school children. A letter from
one of the New York music
teachers stated, “As far as I am
concerned, you accomplished
the near-impossible; 99% of the
student body is now turned on
by the though of opera. The
day before you came they were
completely turned off. There is
nothing more that I can say -
just thanks!” During the
1972-73 season, Mr. Ellison
appeared as the featured soloist
with the Harlem Chorale and
the Triad Chorale in renditions
of standard church oratorios
and modern music for public
audiences.
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Mrs. Florine Evans Chairman
of the National Service Project
together with Mrs. Emma Seay
Delta's Sponsor
Harris Children’s Home
Tau Gamma Delta Sorority
will again sponsor the Harris
Home for Children for its
National Service Project.
Last year the Sorority raised
$7,000 for this project.
The Harris Home is located
in Huntsville, Alabama and was
founded by George and Chessie
Harris and their children in
“FOCUS ON THE
FASHIONABLE AND THE
PROFESSIONAL BLACK
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A special “Father’s
Day” Program, which is
designed with the “the dignity
and integrity of the Black Man
in mind”, will be held on
Sunday, June 17, 1973 at 7:30
p.m. at the First Mt. Moriah
Baptist Church. This special
program will encompass all
phases of occupational and
professional status of the Black
Man—ministers, docotrs,
lawyers, educators, business
men, teachers, students,
military men, the all around
men and the hard working
man.
This program will also
feature all types of Fashion
and talent.
Guest musician for the
evening will be the talented Mr.
Jimmy Starks, and the program
will be narrated by Bro. Shelby
of WRDW Radio Station.
During the intermission of
theis program a “Super Fly”
outfit will be RAFFLED. This
outfit is a special selection of
and the compliments of Mr.
Jack Levine of Jack Levine’s
Men’s Shop, Inc.
The public is extended a
very cordial invitation to
observe this special program.
This program is sponsored by
the Anthem Choir of the First
Mt. Moriah Baptist Church.
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prepare to launch the drive for
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1954.
The Harris Home for
Children offers love as it s
biggest commodity. Forty
bright-eyed youngsters, age six
to graduation age live there and
many more need to come.
Tau Gamma Delta Sorority
welcomes Mrs. Harris as a
member of its organization.
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Customer Report #3
We don't like asking for higher rates, but
your electric service depends on it. Here
are the facts in this critical situation:
1. Unless construction goes forward,
within a few years there won’t be
enough electricity.
2. About 80 percent of the money for
construction must be borrowed.
3. We can’t borrow the necessary
money without emergency relief
to increase earnings.
Admittedly, this is simplification of a
complex financial matter. And your first
reaction may be that it’s the company’s
problem, not yours. But it is yours, too.
Because your electric service through
the seventies will be affected by what we
do right now.
Think, for a moment, what a power
shortage would mean to you personally.
If you flicked a switch in the dark of night
and nothing happened. If electricity were
available only for brief periods during the
day, and only for essential uses. If your
business could operate only part-time in
stead of daily. If environmental cleanup
programs, such as waste treatment or
recycling, were affected because of in
sufficient power.
These are not scare tactics. The
nation's demand for electric energy is
doubling every 10 years. In Georgia, the
growth is even faster, doubling about
every seven years.
There's another factor that must be
considered: the time lag. A steam plant
may take six years to complete: nuclear.
10 or even more. We don't anticipate an
energy shortage this year, or next. But
because of the long lead time for siting
and building plants, we must look beyond
and plan for future years to assure elec
tric energy for you, your home and your
job.
.Careful Planning
We have planned what we believe
is an adequate construction program:
plants to generate power, transmission
and distribution lines to deliver it to
you. All environmental regulations are
being met. at constantly growing costs.
Through our parent company and the
electric industry, we're aiding research
for new fuel sources and cleaner fuels.
In short, we've tried our best to look
ahead and avoid the possibility of an
electric energy shortage in the state.
Such a shortage would go far beyond
inconvenience. It would seriously affect
the facilities that serve you every day—
hospitals, schools, communications, even
traffic lights. And industries that provide
many thousands of jobs for Georgians.
Some phases of our building program al
ready have had to be suspended, due to
Liberals Must Unify
Hardhats, Ethnics, Others, Rep. Young Deciares
WASHINGTON—LiberaIs
can only unite the nation if
they seek support from
hardhat workers , suburbanites,
ethnic whites and supporters of
George Wallace, Rep. Andrew
Young, the South’s only black
congressman, told the national
convention of the Americans
for Democratic Action.
The Georgia Democrat said
that many of President Nixon’s
ajp accomplishments stemmed
from “policies long advanced
Jesse Jackson Says Watergate Is A Symtom,
Calls For New Mend Leadership
EAST LANSING,
Mich. —Speaking before a
Michigan State University
crowd last week, the Rev. Jesse
Jackson, head of the
Chicago-based Operation PUSH
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“Electric rates seem high now. Why does
Georgia Power need another retail mcrease,
and why is it an emergency?”
by liberal forces,” including
closer ties with Russia and
China and American with
drawal from Vietnam.
“By contrast, the great
failures of this administration
betray the ‘old Nixon’ ideology
- Watergate, the weakness of a
persistently military
economy,’’ high
unemployment and misplaced
national priorities, he declared.
As the keynoter for the 26th
national convention of the
(People United to Save
Humanity), said the Watergate
scandal is a symptom of a
much more widespread societal
crisis and urged blacks and the
poor to organize themselves
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To serve your electric needs, our net
plant investment per customer must rise
drastically during the 70s.
lack of funds. If further cutbacks are
necessary, many of the 5,0(X) people em
ployed in Georgia Power's construction
work will suffer immediate effects. Long
range consequences of a power shortage
would extend to thousands of other
workers in industry and business.
In June, 1972, Georgia Power asked
for retail rate increases of about 12 per
cent. or totaling 547.9 million. That was
the minimum needed, at that time, to
guarantee reliable service for you and
more than one million other customers.
However, only about one-third of that
amount was allowed. It simply wasn t
enough to do the job.
A year has passed, and inflation has
continued its spiral. All our costs have
continued to climb, but earnings have not.
During the year, our bond ratings have
dropped, which means we must pay
higher interest on borrowed money.
Need for Rate Relief
At a time when money is urgently
needed for building, our financial posi
tion has become extremely critical, and
drastic steps are necessary to improve it.
We've been forced to appeal the 1972
ruling, and to seek additional rate re
lief. We can find no alternative.
In November of this year, we must
sell Sl5O million in bonds and 525 million
in preferred stock. These sales are ab
solutely vital to meeting our construction
commitments.
Legally, however, we are required to
show earnings at specified levels before
we can sell securities in those amounts.
Current estimates indicate we won’t be
able to meet the requirements. So we
The Augusta News-Review - June 14, 1973,
liberal group, Young said the
argument that liberals in this
country have fallen on hard
times is simply not true. “We
have seen, is no less a person
than Richard Nixon
demonstrating that the liberal
agenda works,” he said to the
delegates delight.
Shortly after Young’s
speech, the group called for
President Nixon’s resignation
and suggested that Congress
censure him.
into a new social order with
new moral leadership.
“The sy stem is so
interconnected that what
affects any of us directly
affects all of us indirectly,”
said Jackson. “We must be the
new people, not based on color
or sex, but on conduct.”
Jackson told the students
that some of them will have to
make an “ethnic sacrifice” and
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must ask for emergency rate relief to in
crease earnings sufficiently before No
vember to meet the legal requirements.
To assure you of electricity to meet
your future requirements, a request for
the full amount of increase needed, in
cluding the amount asked in this emer
gency, will be placed before the Public
Service Commission in a short time.
During last year's rate hearings,
some special interest groups intervened,
using the case to attack the company on
unrelated charges. These small but vocal
groups demanded that rates be kept al
present levels, without any regard for the
adverse effects on your electric service.
Shortsighted demands such as this
do not, we believe, represent the thinking
of most people. The great majority, we
feel, are informed enough to realize that
cheap energy is no longer possible. Every
day you read and hear about continuing
inflation, fuel shortages, environmental
costs. It's not too difficult to assess the
facts and understand that, when the price
of everything else has skyrocketed, it just
isn’t possible for the price of electricity
to be the lone exception.
Os course, nobody likes to pay more
for electricity. Or for anything else. And
we don’t pretend you do. But it has be
come a choice between higher rates or
not enough power.
National Predicament
Georgia is not alone in this unhappy
situation. All over the country, utilities
are being forced to ask for rate relief. As
a regulated industry, we cannot raise
prices at will but must go through long,
expensive hearings and submit vast
amounts of technical and financial data
in sworn testimony.
In neighboring states, TVA
government-owned and tax-supported—
has increased rates so that residential
consumers are paying 44 percent more
per kilowatt-hour than in 1967. By com
parison, Georgia Power’s average resi
dential price has risen only 12 percent in
the same period, and still is 22 percent
below the national average of all investor
owned utilities.
Dependable electric service is vital
to your health, your job, your way of
living. And you depend on us to provide
that service.
We don’t like to ask for higher rates.
But we would like even less to run out of
electricity. We think you would, too.
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“The Watergate scandal has
called into question the future
of Richard Nixon as
President.... The federal
government is under the
shadow of the worst political
scandal in American history,”
the group said.
It earlier rejected calls for
the impeachment of the
President and resignation of
Vice President Agnew and the
cabinet.
enter protessions that may not
be their primary choice, but
which will aid blacks and the
poor.
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