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Mayor Picks Mayson To
Succeed Hamilton
Mayor Lewis A. Newman
held a press conference
Wednesday and announced his
intention to nominate W.
Penland Mayson to fill the
unexpired term of the late
seventh ward city councilman
Hugh Hamilton who died of a
heart attack last week.
Mayson ran unsuccessfully
for the seventh ward seat in the
city-wide councilmanic
election last fall and was
defeated by Bernard Mulherin
although Mayson won in the
seventh ward.
Newman said that although
he has known Mayson
personally for only a short
EDITORIAL
A Wise Selection
We wish to congratulate Mayor Lewis A. Newman on
his nomination of W. Penland Mayson to serve out the
unexpired term of the late City Councilman Hugh
Hamilton.
The News-Review supported Mayson in his race last
fall against a well qualified opponent, Bernard Mulherin.
In addition to his academic training -Mayson is an
engineer from Georgia Tech - we were impressed by his
apparent sensitivity and compasion for the needs and
aspirations of Blacks and poor people as well as his
obvious ability to serve the more affluent.
We fully expect and hope that Mayson will set the
tone for a new kind of leadership on the part of white
councilmen who claim to represent ALL the people.
It is significant, we think, that the mayor gave strong
weight to the fact Mayson won in his ward last fall
although he was defeated city-wide.
It has been a longtime contention of the
News-Review that city-wide elections are unfair to the
councilmen and to the people of this city.
Democracy is based on representative government A
city councilman can no more be expected to represent
the different view points of different sections of the city
than Herman Talmadge could be expected to represent
the thinking of the people of Massachusetts or George
McGovern representing the thinking of Georgians.
We believe that in selecting Mayson - the choice of
the people in his ward -- he did justice to the people in
the seventh ward and consequently to Augusta and the
concept of representative government.
Joseph Greene Named Thomson’s
'Outstanding Young Man Os The Year’
The Thomson Jaycees last
weekend named Joseph D.
Greene the winner of its
“Outstanding Young Man of
the Year - 1973”. He is the
first Black to receive the
award.
Greene, the first Black
elected offical in McDuffie
County, serves on the
Nancy Cobb House
Opening Set
The public is cordially
invited to be present at the
formal opening ceremony for
the Nancy Cobb House. There
ceremony will be held on
Thursday, Feb. 7th at 2:30
p.m. The facility is located at
1516 Gwinnett Street.
The Nancy Cobb House is an
outgrowth of a need for a
facility to house low income
families of sickle cell anemia
patients and other patients
who are treated at the teaching
hospital of the Medical College
of Georgia. Many families
come from distant areas of
Georgia and South Carolina.
These patients and their
families will be housed in the
facility where food, overnight
accomodations, and personal
aid of a variety of kinds will be
given at nearly no cost.
The Cobb House received
the first guests on December 1,
1973. It is namec in honor of
Mrs. Nancy Cobb (Young), a
native Augustan, and a former
member of the Tabernacle
Baptist Church of this city.
She is one of the last members
of the first families studied by
Dr. Virgil P. Sydenstricker.
Mrs. Cobb worked with Sickle
Cell Anemia for many years in
a number of departments of
the University Hospital and
was closely associated with Dr.
Walter Shepeard. Presently
Mrs. Cobb is living in Detroit,
Michigan and has retired at the
age of 49,
The house is designed to
exist through voluntary
contributions only. Local
organizations, churches,
business enterprises, as well as
private individuals, have been
contacted for contributions.
To date, some of the above
time, he thought he was an
outstanding candidate who lost
to an outstanding opponent.
He said he was confident that
Mayson would be confirmed
by the City Council.
Mayson said he recognized
that he had “a couple of big
shoes to fill” and that the
prospect of filling Hamilton’s
job leaves him with humility.
Asked by the News-Review
whether he tried to choose a
person of Hamilton’s political
and philosophical view point,
the mayor replied, “No, I did
not. I did not go out and look
for somebody to disagree with
me if that is your question.”
McDuffie County Board of
Education. He was named to
the 1973 edition of
“Outstanding Black Leaders in
America”. He was the first
Black appointed to the US.
Selective Service Draft Board
in Thomson, Ga.
While attending Augusta
College, he was named to
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’ NANCY COBB HOUSE
S'Ci«_E CELL
(L-R) Arthur Stewart, Herman Harris and Leroy James
discuss plans for the opening of the Nancy Cobb House.
organizations have responded
with sizeable gifts.
This- project, under the
sponsorship of the Community
Advisory Board of the Sickle
Cell Center, is staffed by a
caseworker, Leroy James,
whose major responsibility is
to serve as administrator and
counselor. The Chief Social
Worker and Administrative
Officer for the Center, Herman
F. Harris, is in charge of the
project. Harris is also a member
of the Advisory Board for the
Center.
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Mclntyre Hits Simowitz’ 'Disrespect’
Simowitz Won’t Support His Re-election
County Commissioners
Edward Mclntyre and Norman
Simowitz held successive press
conferences Wednesday
morning at which time
Mclntyre accused Simowitz
and County Attorney Robert
Daniel of disrespect toward the
Commission and the people of
Richmond County.
Simowitz denied the charges
leveled by Mclntyre and told
reporters he would not support
Mclntyre in his bid for
re-election to the Commission
NewContractTo HelpN-R Black Business
- Black press Challenged To Form Pact
By Gwen Loftlin
Augusta News-Review
Editor Publisher Mallory K.
Millender attended the
mid-winter workshop of the
National Newspaper Publishers
Association last week in Miami
Who’s Who Among Students in
American Colleges and
Universities.
He holds the bachelor’s
degree from Augusta College
and the master’s degree from
the University of Georgia. He is
employed as assistant agency
director at the Pilgrim Health
and Life Insurance Company.
• The Nancy Cobb House is
owned by Paine College and is
leased by the Advisory Board
of the center at $250.00
monthly.
W.B. Bryant, principal of the
A.R. Johnson High School, is
chairman of the Advisory
Board for the Sickle Cell
Center, and Arthur Stewart,
director of the Neighborhood
Youth Center, is chairman of
the Program Committee. Dr.
Titus HJ. Huisman, is Director
of the Comprehensive Sickle
Cell Center.
this year.
Asked for a response,
Mclntyre replied, “Good!”
Mclntyre campaigned hard
for Simowitz in 1972.
Mclntyre said that
commission chairman
Simowitz had sent bills to the
legislative delegation without
giving the commissioners a
chance to see the bills. “That’s
a shabby way of doing things”,
he said.
A meeting should have been
called to explain the bills so
Beach.
Upon his return, he
announced that the
News-Review has signed a two
year contract with
Amalgamated Publishing
Company, the major national
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Marjorie Carter.
A.K.A.’s Celebrate
Founders’ Day
The Alpha Kappa Alpha
Sorority celebrated “Founders’
Day” Sunday, January 27,
1974 at 4:00 p.m. The
program was held in Gilbert
Lambuth Chapel at Paine
College.
Dr. Margaret Robinson,
chairman of the Division of
National Sciences at Savannah
State College, was guest
speaker.Soror Robinson
delivered timely remarks on
the theme: “Greater
Involvement - Alpha Kappa
Alpha’s Responsibility.”
A highlight of the program
was the awarding of
Certificates of Merit to
deserving teenagers who had
received special honors during
the school year. Awards were
presented to Angela Burney,
Velyna Conners, Terry Griffin,
Augustus Hall, Kay Jackson,
Stephanie Mack, Sammy Stead,
Cassaundra Thomas. Judy
Jackson and Rosalyn Waldo.
Soror Marjorie Carter was
the recipient of a lovely silver
tray in appreciation of her
many years of service to the
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that a majority of the
commissioners would have
knownwhat was in the bills. “I,
as a commissioner, never saw
those bills until I asked to see a
copy.”
After having seen the bills,
Mclntyre said, he is not in
agreement with everything in
them.
Mclntyre said Simowitz had
promised to meet with the
Merit Commission before a bill
was sent to Atlanta. But this
was not done. “This is not in
advertising agency for Black
newspapers throughout the
United States. While attending
the three day workshop which
drew some 300 editors and
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sorority.
The Paine College chorus
rendered appropriate music for
the occasion.
Soror Hettie Copeland is
Basileus of the local chapter.
WOMEN’S HEALTH CENTER
SETS CLINIC TIME
The Women’s Health Center
will hold a clinic Wednesday,
February 6, 1974, from 5 to 9
p.m. at the Planned Parenthood
building at 1862 Central
Avenue.
For an appointment or for
information call Planned
Parenthood of East Central
Georgia, Inc. at 736-1161.
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accord with the full
commission.”
Continuing his attack of the
chairman’s procedure Mclntyre
said, “Now we’re talking about
going to Atlanta to have a
party to discuss local bills
which should have been
discussed at home. This is a
waste of tax payers’ money.
“We wouldn’t have seen the
bills if I hadn’t asked for
them.” This shows a lack of
respect on the part of some for
the full commission and the
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Service pins were presented to the above employees of the Pilgrim Health and Life
Insurance Co. They represent 143 years of combined service to the public in
Northeastern, Ga. (L-R) George Lloyd, 6 years; Mrs. Gussie Hobbs, 6 years; James E.
Robinson (staff manager), 11 years; James E. Rosier (staff manager) 13 years; Leo
Jackson (district manager) 16 years; Mrs. T.L. Perry, 21 years; Mrs. W.M. Terry, 30
years; and Eddie Long, 40 years. News-Review Staff Photo By Frank Bowman
Dr. J. Tolbert Lacey presents the Silver Fawn Award to Mrs. Catherine Clark as
her husband, Nathaniel, looks on. The award is the highest honor that can be
conferred by a Boy Scout Council. The award was presented at the annual
Georgia-Carolina Council Recognition Reception at the Richmond Hotel Monday
night. She is the first Black to receive the award.
people of Richmond County,
Mclntyre said.
Mclntyre said he would ask
the Richmond County
legeslative delegation not to act
on any of the bills until the full
county commission has had a
chance to study and discuss the
bills.
He emphasized that the
press conference was not in
opposition to any
commissioner nor the county
attorney.
“I have no personal
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grievances against anybody on
the commission,” he
concluded.
Simowitz said there is no
lack of communication as
charged by Mclntyre and that
Mclntyre is “notorious for not
reading many of the things that
were sent to him.”
He admitted that the bills
had not been distributed to the
commissioners but denied that
there had been disrespect.
It is very difficult to get the
entire delegation to the
breakfast meetings at which
these matters are usually
discussed, Simowitz said.
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