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serves Augusta’s children
The Women’s Civic Club of
Augusta ended the year on a
successful note.
The purpose of the Women’s
Civic Club of Augusta is to aid
in meeting some of the needs
of Augusta’s children. During
tiie year shoes and other
necessities are given to the
needy children of Augusta.
A few days before
Christmas, several of the
women met at the home of the
chairman and wrapped
sweaters for some forty-five
children. Persons who spent
several hours wrapping the
presents were Mrs. W.A.
Sanders, President; Mrs. Ruth
E. James, Chairman of the
Welfare Committee, which is in
charge of providing for the
purchasing the gifts and other
necessities for the children,
Mrs. Maude Parks, a member of
Postal increase may close
many publications
The P.eader’s Digest, in a
rare “message from he
editors”, warns this week that
“a large number of magazines”
will be forced to stop
publishing if projected
increases in second-class postal
rates are allowed to take effect
as presently scheduled. In the
lead article in its January issue,
the Digest characterizes the
increases as “the most serious
financial threat in the magazine
industry’s history.”
The rates, which apply also
to newspapers, are already 50
percent higher than they ere
three years ago. Yet last
September 25, the U.S. Postal
Service announced its intention
to more than double
second-class rates over he next
three years. Moreover, some
observers of postal affairs think
the rates may actually triple.
Individually these increases
may seem relatively small,
amounting to just a few cents
per copy. But cumulatively
they mean many millions of
dollars of added expense,
which newspapers and
magazines simply cannot
absorb. The Digest, for
example, which newspapers
and estimates that if the
increases go through as planned
they will raise its bill for
second-class postage alone
from the present $7 million
year to sl6 million! That’s in
addition to the $4 postage
alone from he present $7
million year to sl6 million!
That’s in addition to the $4
million increase in first-class
postage.
Passing along these postal
increases, along with increases
for paper and other factors,
could raise the price of a
subscription from the present
$4.97 a year to $6.97 by 1976.
If other publications are forced
to increase their prices in
similar fashion, the result could
be to create a magazine
industry for the affluent only,
the article says. “In other
words, lower-income
Americans, the very people
who perhaps most need an
inexpensive means of
continuing the
main losers.”
The article declares that
magazines and newspapers are
“captive customers” of the
U.S. Postal Service which is a
legal monopoly. Even so, much
of the work of sorting,
baggomg amd shipping
magazines is done by private
truckers, rather then he Postal
Service. But there’s a catch:
“At the end of each truck’s
journey, it must back up to a
post-office ramp, where the
bags (are) handed over to the
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the committee, Mrs. Ora
Thompson, Mrs. W.C.
Robinson.
On the 20th of December
forty-five children and their
parents met in the very
colorful Civic room of the
Pilgrim Health and Life
Insurance Company for a very
enjoyable Christmas Party.
Refreshment were served,
filmstrips were shown and a
festive time was enjoyed by 11,
after which time each child was
given a sweater.
Other members who helped
with the party included, Mrs.
W.A. Sanders, Mrs. Ruth E.
James, Mrs. Geneva Scott, Mrs.
Samuella Chiles, Mrs. Ernie
Hudson, Mrs. Lucille Floyd,
Mrs. W.C. Robinson, Mrs. J.A.
Richardson. Edward Mclntyre
also helped. Gifts were given to
each child by Mr. Mclntyre.
Postal Service for the age-old
give-it-to-the-mailman system
of delivery.”
For two centuries, it has
been U.S. postal policy not to
take unfair advantage of this
monopoly. Following a policy
first established by Benjamin
Franklin, Congress has since
1782 granted rates which
allowed magazines and
newspapers to be mailed at less
than cost, because these
periodicals were considered an
educational service to the
nation.
In 1973, for all
periodicals, this support
amounted to $l9O million.
“Few public policies have been
more successful - or a better
bargain,” the article declares.
For an annual charge of about
a dollar per capita, the Post
Office helps to maintain the
health of Newspapers and
magazines, which together
constitute our most powerful
medium for the continuing
education of citizens.
But under terms pf the
Postal Reorganization Act of
1970, the Postal Service is
required by law to establish
rates that by 1976 will make
almost every class of mail pay
its own way. Many who voted
for the Act did so on the
assumption that modem
business techniques would help
the Postal Service reduce costs
and improve service, and that
rates would not skyrocket. In
the words of Rep. Olin Teague
of Texas, “The assumption
proved wrong.” Instead, service
remains substantially the same,
costs are rising, and the Postal
Service is demanding
second-class rate increases that
could soar 200 or 300 percent!
How can disaster be averted?
The Digest recommends two
steps: one immediate the other
long-range. First, it urges that
Congress act favorably on a bill
sponsored by Sen. Gale McGee
(D., Wyo.), that would phase in
the payment by magazines of
their full postal costs over the
next eight years instead of the
next three. Rep. James Hanley
(D., N.Y.), supports similar
legislation.
For he longer range, the
article declares: “Congress
should take a hard look at its
basic decision to make
periodicals pay their full costs.
For we don’t see how anyone
can logically defend a decision
that is almost certain to kill off
a large segment of one of this
country’s most fundamentally
important institutions.”
The article urges readers to
write their Congressmen - and
additionally Sen. McGee and
Rep. Hanley.
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(L-R) George L. Jenkins, Mrs. Hettie Copeland, Mrs. Agalee Copeland, Mrs. Annie
W. Gray, Mrs. Velvie Ketch and Mrs. Armentia Fryer.
Jack& Jill initiates new members
Initiation ceremonies for
the Augusta chapter of Jack
and Jill of American, Inc. were
held Saturday night at the
Thunderbird Inn.
The New Jack and Jill
members are Mrs. Algalee
Copeland, Mrs. Hettie
Copeland, Mrs. Annie W. Gray,
Mrs. Velvie Ketch, and Mrs.
* Armentia Fryer. They received
the organization’s pledge from
Mrs. George L. Jenkins.
Dr. Vivian U. Robinson,
Chairman of the Division of
the Humanities at Paine
College, was the banquet
speaker. She spoke on the
subject “Ingredients of a
Happy Home”, while
underscoring the importance of
a stable family in maintaining a
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stabilized society.
The local chapter was
formed in 1968, spearheaded
by Mrs. Margaret Jones.
The group says with
pride,“We’re not a status
organization, but a service
organization.” It has worked
closely with such projects as
The Merry Christmas Fund,
Shiloh Orphanage, Gracewood
Hospital, and Orglethorpe
Park.
Other members include
Norma Delley, Betty Scott,
Queenie Lawton, Jaunita
Mclntyre, Ida Williams, Shirley
Nesbitt, Betty Beard, O’Greta
Everett, Lorena Gandy, Hattie
Lowery, Helen Henry, Inez
Mack, Bernice Miller, Agnes
Myers, Eleanor Prince, Geneva
Stallings, Emma Starks,
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Vivian Wilds, Willemina
Williams and Maxine Thurmon.
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Old school chums (L-R) Grady and McKinley Travis spend New Year’s Eve with
Evelyn F. Henry who is now a student at UCLA.
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(L-R) Ruth, Ollie, Lucille, Clyde, Molly, and James enjoy holiday spirits at
Berry’s Date Room and Supper Club.
Our paying photographer will give away §5 to lucky persons whose photos are
circled. If your circled photo appears in the News-Review, call Mr. Stewart, at
722-4555, to get your $5 in cash.
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