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Rev. C.W.Hickson Dies of Heart Attack
While Paying Daughter Birthday Surprise
The Rev. Cyrus W. Hickson,
68, of 3048 Dent Street died
early Wednesday morning,
while visiting a daughter in
Pittsburg, Pa.
Black Named 'Student Os
The Year’ At USC-Aiken
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GUS BUSH
Gus Bush, a sophomore at
the University of South
Carolina Aiken Regional
Campus, was elected Student
News-Review Subscriptions Carry
500 S&H Green Stamps
News-Review circulation
manager James Stewart
announced this week that five
hundred S&H Green stamps
will be given for each new
yearly subscription to the
News-Review. The stamp offer
will last 6-8 weeks he said.
Deborah Powell Crowned "Miss Essence”
Miss Deborah Powell was
crowned “Miss Essence” in
ceremonies held at First Mt.
Moriah Baptist Church Sunday
night.
Carta Williams was first
runner-up. Deborah Brooks
was second runner-up Last
year’s winner, Tina Armstrong,
crowned the new queen.
Miss Powell is the daughter
of Sgt. and Mrs. Samuel
Powell. Carla is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Williams,
and Deborah is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Brooks.
The fund raising activity
netted $1,165.
Others participating on the
program included Ms. Laverne
Bogans, Charles McDowell,
Mrs. Catherine Davis, Ben
Vietnamese Children’s Week
Governor Jimmy Carter has
signed a proclamation that May
12 to 19 is Vietnamese
Children’s Week in Georgia.
The plight of the children in
war-torn Viet Nam has been of
the utmost concern to the
Friends of Children, Inc. of
843 Monmouth Drive, Stone
Mountain Georgia 30083. The
organization is promoting a
According to a family
spokesman, Rev. Hickson
traveled to Pittsburg earlier in
the week to surprise his
daughter on her birthday. The
of the Year during Award’s
Day ceremonies at the
university on April 26th.
He was nominated by a
Stewart said that stamps
cannot be awarded for
subscription renewals But he
added that current subscribers
may take advantage of the
offer by giving a gift
subscription to a friend or a
relative.
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Deborah Powell (C) displays trophies she received upon
being crowned “Miss Essence” Sunday night.
McCladdie, Mrs. Alice Johnson,
Walter Daniels, and James
Roundtree.
State-wide fund raising
campaign for the week.
Contributions to the
organization will go to the
Binh Trieu Child Care Center,
the Khanh Thanh Tan School,
and the Friends of Children
Medical Center.
Friends of Children ask that
all parents in Georgia give
SI.OO for each healthy child
P.O. Box 953
daughter, Mrs. Bertell Jones,
was unaware her father was
coming.
He was a native of Barnwell,
S.C., but a long time resident
member of the USC faculty
and elected by faculty and
student body vote. There were
seventeen students nominated
for student of the year.
Gus is the first Black vice
president of the Student
Government Association for
the school term 1973-74, and
among Who’s Who in American
Jr. Colleges and Universities.
He is also a member of the
basketball team.
A graduate of North
Augusta High, Gus is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. Cleveland Bush of
North Augusta.
Other Blacks receiving
honors were Mrs. Janice Key
who was named Teacher of the
Year for all seven USC regional
campuses. She is the first Black
to be given this honor.
A math professor' Mrs. Key
also sponsors the pep squad
and is a member of the
Activities Committee.
Wilbur Johnson received
Most Valuable Player for
basketball and shared tlse Most
Outstanding Athlete of the
year award.
A member of Who’s Who in
American Jr. Colleges and
Universities, he has also signed
He noted that in a store, a
. customer would have to spend
; SSO to get the 500 stamps, but
during the period of the
current subscription drive the
500 stamps come free with
each new subcription.
Marion Cofer served as
general chairman. Rev. Arthur
D. Sims is the pastor.
they have, so that healtn may
be restored to the countless
undernourished and sick
children in child care centers
and orphanages in Viet Nam.
That each school child in
Georgia give half of that week’s
allowance, so that children,
who have never had the chance
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Augusta, Georgia
of Augusta. Rev. Hickson was
the pastor of 2nd Providence
Baptist Church in North
Augusta, S.C.
He was a member of the
with the Augusta College
basketball team.
Calvin Wright, the first
Black president of the USC
student body, was re-elected
president for the 1974-75
school year. A sophomore
business administration major,
he is also among Who’s Who in
American Jr. Colleges and
Universities.
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The Young Gifts Entertain at Tea.
Zodiac Tea Nets $2,300
"Senior Citizens’
Day” Declared
By Mayor
The spotlight was on
Augusta’s older citizens
Monday as it was proclaimed
“Senior Citizens’ Day” by
Mayor Lewis A. Newman.
In fact, the entire month of
May has been dedicated to
Senior Citizens by Governor
Carter as Senior Citizens’
month.
“It points our attention to
the basic fact that most of
Georgia’s 380,000 Senior
citizens have dedicated their
talents and experience to the
economic and social progress
of the State, and continue to
promote the well-being of our
society by giving of themselves
in meaningful volunteer
activities in their community,”
a spokesman said.
Locally, the Augusta Senior
Community Service Aides
Project will hold an Open
House from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
for its 50 enrollees, their
supervisors, city and county
officials, and other
representative Senior Citizens’
Agencies.
Sponsored by the American
Association of Retired Persons
and National Retired Teachers
Association (AARP/NRTA),
the project is designed to assist
persons age 55 and over, whose
income meets the guidelines as
set up by 0.E.0. The project
provides on-the-job-training in
communitynd public service
agencies, and permanent job
placements in both the public
and private sector.
Augusta Baptist Ministers
Conference and a well known
figure in the CSRA.
His survivors include his
wife Mrs. Bertha Mae Hickson,
Mark Rouse was elected vice
president of the USC student
body. Mark is the manager of
the USC basketball team and a
sophomore biology major.
Sandra Bush was elected
sophomore class president and
Gwen Harper was elected
sophomore class vice president.
All of these honors were
announced during Award’s
Day.
Members of the local Paine
College Alumni chapter raised
$2,300 with the Zodiac Tea
held at the college Sunday.
The Tea was highlighted by
a fashion show presented by
NITA’s clothing store on Broad
St.
Among the participants on
the program were Waltina
Perry, Deborah Woods,
Deborah Meadows, Neva
Mayweather, Velvie Ketch,
Cherrie Neal, Wanda Mclntyre,
Deloris Green, Deborah Manor
Eloise Curtist, Belinda W.
D’abeau, Joe Timmons, Mrs.
John I Polk, and the Young
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LIVINGSTON WALLACE (L) & EDWARD GILLESPIE
Edward M. Gillespie, newly appointed administratoi
at University Hospital, discusses problems facing today’i
health care institutions with Livingston Wallace, ;
member of the hospital authority.
one son, Cyrus Jr., and three
daughters, Mrs. Bertell Jones,
Pittsburg, Pa., Mrs. LeJeune
Ellison, Prairie View, Texas,
and Mrs. Lillian Goodlett of
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Others taking part in the
project include Mrs. Mabel W.
Perry, Mrs. Nadine Wilson, Mrs.
Helen McNatt, C. Elim, Jr.,
Mrs. Magnolia Donahue, Mrs.
Louise T. Jackson, Mrs. Millie
Parker, John Q. Terry, Miss
George L. Thompkins, Mrs.
Freddie P. Jackson, Mrs. Clara
West, S.M. Jenkins, M.M.
Scott, Quincy Robertson, Mrs.
Dorothy Daggett, Mrs. Esther
McKinley, Mrs. Emma Seay,
Mrs. Christine Timmons, Mrs.
Vernice Stokes, Miss Thelma
Mack. Ms. Bettye R. Tindall,
and Mrs. Mary Wallace.
Mrs. Ruth B. Crawford
served as general chairman.
May 9, 1974 No. 8
Atlanta, Ga.
F uneral arrangements will be
announced by People’s Funeral
Home.
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LARR Y STEVENS
Four Black deputies with
the Richmond County Sheriff s
Dept, have been promoted to
the rank of corporal.
The four, Luther Belcher,
Willie Mingledorf, Willie Jones
and Larry Stevens, are among
the first deputies selected for
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■ CORRECTION
The Paine College
Chapter of Alpha Kappa
Alpha Sorority, Inc. was
recently recognized for
having the highest academic
average of any chapter in
the Florida, Georgia, South
Carolina Region.
The News-Review (April
25) reported the honor
I going to the Zeta Eta
Chapter.
the newly created posts.
According to the sheriffs
office, the promotions are one
of the steps toward new
organizational structuring.
“Before, the patrol car drivers
and riders were privates. These
four officers were drivers. But
with creation of the rank of
corporal, all drivers were
promoted to corporal. Now
there will be one corporal
1 (senior officer) and one private
in the patrol cars,” said Mrs.
Louise Prickett, of the Sheriffs
Office.
Stevens has been on the
county force for 6 years,
Belcher and Jones, 4 year each,
and Mingledorf 3 years.