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The Augusta News-Review - May 23, 1974 -
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From
The Block
To The Hill
By R.L. Oliver
This you will not believe!
Mrs. Ann Latson was reading
the News-Review on one side
of the counter at the Paine
College Snack Bar, while on
the other side Bobby James
was reading the other side of
the paper. When she finished
one side, she turned the page
and he read that what she had
just finished. But, to top all of
that off, standing in line to
read the same paper was Mrs.
Sarah Cofer, Marion Cofer,
Gelester Bennett and Cyrus
Hickson.
While I am on college
material get this! Dean of
Students at Paine, Dr. J.
Tolbert Lacy has an ashtray
with this inscription on it; ‘As
soon as the rush is over, I am
going to have a nervous
breakdown. I worked for it, I
owe it to myself; nobody is
going to deprive me of it.’
Barabra Johnson, hurry up
and get well, we miss you.
A belated HAPPY
BIRTHDAY, to Patsy Wren.
Heard on the block; Johnny
Jones and Oscar Irving, two of
Augusta’s noted singers were
debating, who could dress the
sharpest, then out of a clear
bine DeSoto Lounge came
Johnny Bussey who said,
'Don’t either one of you come
out half stepping when it
comes to dressing, I’am pretty
si.arp, too.
Take it from me, 1 am an
authority on the subject, one
of the best judges to come
along in a long time, is the
Hon. Eugene Kerr of State
Court. I have been covering the
local courts in this city, as far
back as Solicitor Hanyes, and I
have yet to see anyone as fair
on an every case basis as Judge
Kerr.
I hope that my Black
brothers and sisters aren’t
getting their heads to high in
the sky over the defeat of the
recent new government bill
2062. Six hundred voters is
nothing to brag about. Ho
hum, maybe one of these days
our good Black leaders will
awaken to the fact that we
need a massive voters
registration drive in this city.
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And when I say that, I don’t
mean all of the previous
elaborate flops. What I mean is
let’s get down grassroots
fashion, and get the grassroots
folk involved. After all, who do
you figure is going to do the
voting anyway? Wake Up, Now
before it’s too late.
One of these days, and I
hope soon, the politicians in
the city and county will wake
up and realize, it is some of the
workers at your polling places
that are causing voters not to
turn out, and not voter apathy.
Voters who work all day and
go to the polls to vote are
turned away, very
discourtesously, when they
learn, they no longer vote at
this or that particular polling
place, they go home instead of
voting at all. Let me give you a
good example of this; during
the 1972 Fall elections, a
senior citizen, who had been
living in the Peabody Apts,
every since its erection, used to
go downstairs in her place of
residence to vote every year.
However, in 1972 this
70-year-old citizen went
downstairs only to be told she
no longer voted there, her
place of voting had been
moved to a polling place over
two miles away.
My suggestion to this would
be, when a person’s place of
voting is changed, why don’t
the registrar’s office notify the
person of the switch. They get
paid by the taxpayers of this
area, and other than election
days they really do not do that
much to earn their keep. I
could name polling places that
are guilty of gross
discourteousness, but 1 would
rather not. Voter apathy is not
the only thing that keeps
voters from the polls. And my
good readers, sometimes
making a voter disgruntled on
voting day is by design, not by
mistake...
Little April Cisrow has a
brand new sister. Yep, that’s
right, Mrs. Curtis Cisrow gave
birth to Amy Nichole Cisrow,
May 14th.
Papa Curtis is sporting a
smile as wide as Broad Street.
Was at the Amvets Saturday
night and got a look at
Raymond Way’s New Steps of
Rytftmn. They are out of sight.
Their newest addition is a
youngster on trombone, Tony
Tubman, who sounds like J.J.
Johnson. Other band members
include George Gordon, lead
guitar; LeOn Williams, guitar;
Edward Williams, organ and
saxaphone; Charles Barnwell,
bass; Calvin Link, drums, and
Roddy Howard, singer. By the
way the business has
re-established its license, to sell
alcoholic beverages on t..e
premises.
Congratulations!!
It's a girl, born 9 a.m., May
22, 1974 weighing 6 pounds &
14 ounces, born to Rev. & Mrs.
L. Hogans.
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Police
Report
Augusta Police arrested a
local man on a late hours
charge only to make additional
charges of burglary
surrounding the mystery of a
key.
Alvin White, 27, of 1006
Gwinnett St. was arrested for
the late hours charge, when a
passing motorist noticed two
men loading a stereo set into
the trunk of an auto early
Monday. The motorist notified
police and a patrol car was
dispatched to 17 Taylor Street.
Upon arrival police observed
two men loading a stereo into
the car.
One of the two ran when he
spotted the patrol car, he was
later identified as Michael
Curtis. White was arrested on
the scene and charged. He told
the officers that Curtis had a
key to the house.
However, later investigation
disclosed that the owner of the
house, Mrs. Marsha Hankerson
of 17 Taylor St. said they were
not supposed to have a key to
her house, and that she had not
given permission to anyone to
remove anything out of her
house.
Both Curtis and White
received the additional charge
of burglary following the
Hankerson woman’s charge.
Carrie Richardson of 1592
Holley St. was charged with
aggravated assault and pointing
a pistol at another Monday.
Mrs. Richardson was charged in
connection with the shooting
of Willie Charles Williams of
918 Parks Ave. Williams was
shot in the knee receiving a
fracture in the process.
Eight hundred in cash was
taken from the home of
Rebecca Watson of 440
Watkins St. She told police
that an unknown man entered
her house and took her brown
purse containing the money.
Mrs. Eugene Dunbar
awakened Saturday morning to
find a man in her bedroom and
she screamed scaring the man
off. He left through a window.
Her husband of 1231 10th
Street said the man took a set
of wedding rings valued at
SBOO and a set of gold wedding
rings valued at sll6.
Fifty five dollars worth of
food stamps and SB7 in cash
were stolen from the home of
Forest, Smith of 2064 3rd Ave,
Harry Paul of 2351 Devere
St. reported the loss of a .38
caliber pistol, a shotgun and a
pair of binocculars, all said to
be valued at $254.95.
Richmond County Sheriffs
deputies reported a theft at the
Lakeside Diner on the Gordon
Highway and a knifing
incident.
Leon Allen of 201 Aragon
Dr. was cut on the face, arms
and right shoulder during a
family argument.
Mary P. Youngblood of
3525 Bullock Ave., reported
the theft of a .22 caliber pistol
from her desk drawer.
Lillian B. Lavender of 1423
Wrightsboro Road told police
that $260 was stolen from her
house while she was outside.
She said neighbors told her
an 18 or 19-year-old youth
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News-Review staffer, Joyce Mims, receives diploma
from Paine College Acting-President C.M. Richardson.
Joyce graduated with honors as did over 25% of her
class. Photo by Frank Bowman
Paine College awarded
degrees to 84 students at
Commencement Sunday. The
graduates were:
BACHELOR OF ARTS
Roosevelt Anthony
Robert Bell
Gelester Bennett
Maryland Bolton
Charles Brightharp
Lewis Brinson
Dorothy Jean Burley
Gloria Carter
Natine Virginia Clark
Linda Lee Collins
Lenola LaVerne Cooks
Donald Davis
Joseph Lee DeShields, Jr.
Roosevelt Dixon
Bobby Donaldson
Sandra Dorsett
Gwendolyn Elim
Thales Elliott
Belinda Lewis Epps
Josephine Fillingame
Asfaw Fishaha
Anthony Franklin
Joan P. Hill
Maudree Hines
Shirley Hunter
Sarah Jackson
Ronald Johnson
Betty R. Joseph
Charles King
Gwendolyn Kyler
Lucille Kyler
Ellihue Lanham
Richard Larbi
Doris Lazenbv
Patrice Washington Mitchell
Marie Odum
Lester Paige
Lillia Perry
Christine Phinizy
open a’ screen door at the rear
of her house and took the
money from a purse in her
bedroom.
More than SI,OOO worth
of copper wire was stolen from
the Augusta Lumber Co. in the
900 block of Bth Street.
A SI2O digital calculator
was stolen from Southern Bell
Telephone Co., 937 Greene St.
Thursday.
Charles Beeland of 2905
Jefferson St., reported his
house was ransacked and a
television set, rifle, several
jackets and some jewelery
totaling more than 5375 were
taken from his home.
Mel Ford of Greenwood,
S.C. said he lost S6O from his
wallet, Jack Wilson of
Fayetteville, Ark., said he lost
SSO and Lamar Griffin of
Atlanta said he lost S9O while
staying at a local motel on
Gordon Highway.
Lucius Holsey Pitts, Jr.
Wilma Powell
Cortez Rainey
Fosteen Myles Reese
Newburn Reynolds
Carol D. Reeves
Leatrice V. Baker Gardner
Melvin Gordon
Bertha Grant
Martha Ann Greene
Lawanna Hargrove
Alpha Harmon
Mary Faye Harris
Ernestine Harris
Leroy Hatcher
Kenneth Roundtree
Thelma Runnels Shedrick
Charlene Sims
Robert Smiley
Brenda Joyce Smith
Marva L. Stewart
Charles Utley
Udo Moses Williams
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE
Deborah Atkinson
Bertha Dread
Carey Edmondson
Roberta Frails
Willie Gary
JoAnn Grimes
Ita Ignatius
Prince Tommy Inyang
Luranie Johnson
James Little
Neva Mayweather
Joyce Mims
Myrtis Ann Nobles
Collie Oglesby
Fyphine O’Neal
Sarah Thompson Rawls
Willie Ross
Mamie Butler Stallings. '
Clarence West
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE
IN ELEMENTARY EDUCATION
Emma J. Abraham
Clarence Allen
Judy Elaine Brown
Dianne Butler
Evelyn D. Clemons
Minnie Cooper
Louis Von Evans
Irene Hurt
Brenda Gail Johnson
Elizabeth Johnson
Tommie Leciel J. Johnson
Severely Patterson
Hazel Pickett
Evelena Shaffer
Sarah J. Henley
Ora Lee Spencer
Bernice W. Thompkins
Christa Melinda Williams.
GRADUATING
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Udo Moses Williams
GRADUATING
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Bertha Dread
Mamie Butler Stallings
Marva Stewart
Annual Spring
Concert
The Sand Bar Ferry Junior
High School band and chorus
presented their annual spring
concert on Sunday, May 19, in
the school gymnasium.
The chorus, under the
direction of Miss Jane Prather
sang several popular numbers
and selections from musicals
and movies.
The band, directed by
Charles Burton, played a wide
variety of musical selections.
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ACAPULCO, MEXICO, May 10- Ronald R. Loftlin, of 1010 Eighth Avenue,
Augusta, is here this week to participate in a five-day business conference with
officers and leading sales representatives of Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
at the Princess Hotel and Club de Golf.
Last year Mr. Loftlin, who is on the staff of the company’s Masters City office at
699 Broad Street, placed more than $2,000,000 in personal life insurance to rank
among the leaders of Metropolitan’s 27,000 sales representatives in the United
States and Canada.
Law Enforcement Training Course
The Affirmative Action
Officer of the Augusta Police
Department will conduct a
briefing on a Law Enforcement
Training Course which is
scheduled to commence on or
about July 1, 1974. The
briefing will be held in the
Police Department’s recreation
lounge at 10:00 a.m.,
Wednesday, May 22, 1974.
Police Headquarters building is
located at 104 Ninth Street, at
intersection of Reynolds
Street.
This program will provide
the Police Department with an
opportunity to train potential
employees in the various
subjects of Law Enforcement
prior to their actual
employment.
Interested persons are
Senate Extends Veterans Benefits
WASHINGTON (AP) - The
U.S. Senate voted 82-0 last
Monday in passing a bill
extending educational benefits
for 4 million post-Korea
veterans. It would extend
eligibility for two more years.
Those veterans in this
category are currently
attending college and under the
' present law, which passed in
1966. However, those who
served between 1955-1966 are
only eligible for educational
benefits until May 31, 1974.
This is a separate measure
from other G.I. education
legislation. There are 285,000
veterans now in training who
may lose their benefits if the
education benefits are not
extended.
The bill now goes to the
House, but the Veteran’s
Affairs Committee has been
reluctant to act on piecemeal
When Susan got her new home,
electric energy was there.
Will it be there for you?
Susan’s only one of many Georgians constantly to keep up with your
who built or bought new' homes last needs. For every dollar we earned in
year. And added to the growing resi- 1973, for instance, we put $7.39
dential use of electricity. back to work for your future.
Most homes depend on electricity in After some critical times, our financial
some way. And, as the standard of situation has improved recently and
living improves, people use more important projects have been resumed,
energy. Since 1950, personal income They ’re part of a construction program
in the state has increased costing some $530 million this year,
about 170 percent. And To keep the power flowing to
our residential custom- your home and your job.
ers require almost ll|j| Electricity. It means a brighter
four times as much future for everyone,
electricity as then.
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means continuing
construction. And .
must borrow
reminded that in order to
qualify for this program they
must first meet all Police
Applicant requirements. These
requirements are as follows:
a. AGE: 20-39 Years of Age.
b. Physical Condition:
Excellent physical condition;
no existing physical or mental
handicaps or ailments; free
from color and/or night
blindness; ability to undertake
strenuous physical tasks; pass a
physical examination by an
appointed physician.
c. Education: High school
graduate, or has passed a high
school equivalency
examination.
d. Residence: All applicants
must reside within the Central
Savannah River Area, and not
more than forty-five (45) miles
legislation in the past.
Both the Senate and House
Veterans Committees agree
more than the 8 per cent
increase President Nixon
wants. The House has passed a
bill for a 13 percent increase
and the Senate passed a bill for
a 25 per cent boost, in
increased educational benefits.
Levi White Concert
The Levi White Elementary
School Chorus has been invited
to give a concert at A.C. Graig
Elementary School on May 24,
at 10:30 a.m.
Accompanying the choir will
be four band students who will
play instrumental solos.
The chorus, under the
direction of Mrs. Vivian M.
Johnson, has given a
Thanksgiving and Christmas
program this past year; and the
of Police Headquarters.
e. Drivers License: All
applicants must possess, or
obtain prior to selection for
the course, a valid Georgia
Motor Vehicle Operator’s
license.
Persons failing to meet these
minimum requirements need
not attend this breifing. At the
conclusion of this briefing,
interested persons will be
allowed to initiate their
applications with the Police
Department.
The Augusta Police
Department is an Affirmative
Action/Equal Employment
Opportunity Employer, and
encourage participation in this
program by persons from all
segments of the community.
BSU Dance
The Black Student Union of
Augusta College will present an
“Area Dance” Friday, May
24th from 9:00 - until in the
A.C. Cafeteria. A $lO cash
prize will be given to the best
dressed couple. Admission is
SI.OO.
Miss Black
Rock Hill
James “\.G.” Stewart, a
staff member of the Augusta
News-Review, and Sgt.
Anthony T. Benjamin, of Fort
Gordon served as judges for the
Essence of Ebony Miss Black
Rock Hill Beauty Pageant.
The event took place in
Rock Hill, S.C. on May 11,
1974.
band under the direction of
Mr. Herman Allen, favored the
faculty, parents and student
body with a Spring Concert
this May.