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The Augusta News-Review - June 6, 1974 -
Police
Report
By R.L. Oliver
MAN ASSAULTS WOMAN -
RAIDS REFRIGERATOR -
THEN LEAVES
An Augusta woman was
raped by a man who raided her
refrigerator then left her home.
The victim told police she was
awakened by an unidentified
man in her bed about 3:00
a.m. Wednesday. According to
police the man threatened the
victim by telling her, “I won’t
hurt you, if you do what I
say”. The young woman said
that after the assailant
assaulted her she heard him
enter her refrigerator then
leave out the front door.
According to police reports
entry into the house was made
by tearing out a screen then
raising the window to her
bedroom. The case was listed
as “burglary and rape.”
MAN ASSAULTED WHILE IN
JAIL
Fifty six-year-old Henry
Pollard was assaulted by
55-year-old George W. Taylor
in an Augusta Police
Department jail cell Tuesday
night.
According to a matron on
duty at the time Taylor was
beating and kicking Pollard in
the jail cell when she reported
the incident to officers on duty
at the time.
TWO MEN SHOOT IT OUT
ONE WOUNDED
There was a shoot out at
701 Hall St. last Monday, and
one man was wounded.
George Westbrook of the
Hall St. address told police that
David Johnson and Larry
Westbrook were shooting at
each other. Johnson won the
shootout and the prize, an
arrest by Augusta police.
Westbrook was shot in the leg.
RED HAT BANDIT ROBS
MAN COMING OUT OF
BATHROOM
A red hat wearing, long
knife toting bandit broke into
the home of Sam Hampton,
77, of 112 Cecelia St. and
robbed him of $5.00 and ai.
unestimated sum of money
from a hidden box.
Hampton told police that he
heard a noise while in the
bathroom and when he went to
investigate it he was
confronted by a man wearing a
red hat, with a long knife in his
hand. He said the man grabbed
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Pre-school graduates during commencement exercises at Paine College Friday.
Early Child Development Graduation
Twenty-two pre-schoolers
graduated from the Paine
College Early Child
Development Center Friday
night.
The center is a first of its
kind venture between Paine
him in the collar and
demanded money. According
to the victim, the man threw
him on the bed, took $5 from
a dresser top, ransacked the
house and fled.
CRIME REALLY DOES NOT
PAY
Mrs. Tosia Blanas of 1017
Greene St. will tell you that
crime really does not pay. She
told police that an unidentified
man entered an unlocked door
to her house with a knife in his
hand demanding money. After
she told the bandit she had
little if any money she gave
him a purse. The bandit fled
with the purse. However, there
was no money in it.
THIEF DATES BERRY’S
DATE ROOM
Someone entered Berry’s
Date Room lass Thursday and
made off with an unestimated
amount of cash. John Berry
owner of the night spot
complained to police that
someone broke into his juke
box and the money box on his
pool table, and took all of the
money out. He said he did not
know how much money was in
the boxes. According to police,
there was no sign of forced
entry into the building.
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College and the larger
community. Located in Sunset
Homes, the center makes use
of the college’s facilities and, in
some instances, the college’s
staff.
The program offers a
comprehensive health, medical,
nutritional, social and
educational child development
program to meet the special
needs of families in its
immediate community. The
program also serves to broaden
the college’s internship
program in teacher education,
which helps to prepare
students interested in teaching
the pre-school child with
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SCHOLARSHIPS AWARDED
Supreme Fashions, the first Black clothing store on
Broad Street, has awarded seven $50.00 scholarships to
local high school graduates.
A spokesman said the scholarships will be given each
year in the hope that students will continue their
education and return home to find a place in our
growing society. Pictured left to right are: Supreme
King Arthur, Jackie Fason, Butler High; Joyce Walton,
Westside High; Theresa Johnson, Glenn Hills; Hartley
Gibbons, Mgr. Supreme Fashions; (Back Row, L—R)
Bennie Fowler, T.W. Josey High; and Averell Miller,
Lucy Laney. Not pictured are Frank Maddox of
Aquinas High, and Rosa Davis of Richmond Academy.
emphasis on situations
encountered in deprived
communities.
Graduating Friday night
were Glenn E. Alexander,
Jeffrey J. Black, Larry Butler,
Robert L. Elliot, Patricia Y.
Eubanks, Monique Evans,
Jeffrey Gallop, April Garrett,
Sharon Hogues, Tonya
Johnson, Ramon T. Jones,
LaTonia Y. Lee, Sonya Mackie,
Shannon McClattie, Patrick
Meyers, Anita Melika Powell,
Maurice Sams, Timothy T.
Stokes, Diadra D. Tanksley,
Raymond Thomkins, Eric N.
Williams, and Spencer G.
Williams.
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MISS DONNA JONES
Only Black Honor
Graduate At North
Augusta High
by Audrey Frazier
The only Black honor
graduate of the class of 74 at
North Augusta High School
was Miss Donna Jones. She is
one of 33 honor graduates.
While at North Augusta
High, Donna was president of
the Future Homemakers of
America, vice president of
Distributive Education Clubs
of America, a member of the
Sandspurs annual staff, Honor
Roll, Inter-Club Council, and
girls basketball manager.
She is also one of two Blacks
in North Augusta to be in
Who’s Who in American High
Schools.
Donna is a member of the
William
Robinson
Honors
Program
Held
Miss Sheryl Holliday, a
seventh grader at William
Robinson Elementary School
and daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
R.A. Holliday of 3123
Edinburgh Drive, was named
recipient of the school trophy
for overall scholastic excellence
in Honors Day ceremonies held
May 29.
Sheryl’s trophy was
presented to her by the William
Robinson principal, Mrs. Flo
Lawrence. In addition to the
academic honor, Sheryl
received awards for spelling,
for her Science Fair entry, and
for her Dental Health entry.
Other students honored
included Randy Cooper,
spelling award; Emery
Bresnick, who won first place
in the county Science Fair,
Tracy Hatcher, Robin Martin
and Lisa Crouth, Science Fair
winners at William Robinson;
Debbie Henderson and Frank
Padilla, math awards; Tina
Armstrong, finalist in the
Children’s Art Festival. James
Marshall won the special
Olympic award, being the top
track performer at both
William Robinson and in the
county, and going on to
district and state levels.
A total of 24 students were
announced by Mrs. Lawrence
as having had perfect
attendance throughout the
school year.
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Second Providence Baptist
Church in North Augusta
where she serves as Sunday
School pianist, a member of
the Junior Church and Henry
Key Choir.
Her hobbies are reading,
sewing, bike riding, and “just
talking”.
Donna plans to attend the
University of South Carolina -
Aiken Regional Campus and
major in English. She would
like to enter the field of
communications.
She is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Henry G. Jones of
1524 Aiken Avenue in North
Augusta.
Concerned
Mothers Meet
The Concerned Mothers
Club will hold a meeting
Sunday June 9th at 5 o’clock
p.m. at the SCLC Building on
the corner of Mill Street and
Anderson Avenue.
All members are asked to
attend. “We invite other ladies
to join us. We welcome all
ladies,” a spokesman said. For
further information call
724-6862 or 722-4519.
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Boggs Academy Announces
Summer Program
Three exciting weeks of fun
and learning are planned for
boys and girls ages eight to
fourteen this summer at Boggs
Academy, Keysville, Georgia
30816. The Program will run
for three consecutive one-week
sessions from June 30 until
July 20.
Some of the planned
activities include swimming,
canoeing, hiking and nature
trails, an optional Reading
Skills course, overnight
camp-outs and horseback
riding. Parents may enroll their
sons and daughters on a
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HOBBS HONORED
Joseph Hobbs (at rostuni) receives gift from T.W.
Josey High School Science Club. Hobbs, who graduated
in Josey’s first graduating class 1966, will receive the
Medical Doctor’s degree on June Bth from the Medical
College of Georgia.
Mrs. R.T. Beard (left), advisor of the Science Club,
was also advisor when Hobbs was a member of the Club.
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for a full & parttime announcer & news reporter.
3rd class FCC license required for announcing
positions. Applicants witli experience in these areas
should call 279-6610 for appointment.
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Gordon Hwy. at North Leg Phone 736-3351
Service is the of our business
boarding or day basis. Those
who board at the school will be
housed in imodem,
air-conditioned dormitory
facilities.
Although brand new this
year, the Summa - Program
promises to offer a wide range
of recreational and learning
experiences. Mr. Vernstean
Buckner, a member of the
Boggs faculty, will direct the
program. Interested persons
should contact the school,
located 30 miles southwest of
Augusta, by calling (404)
554-2182.