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Rev. Cleophus Robinson
Scholarships To
Be Awarded
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Gathered in New York City to make final
preparations for the scholarship program were Rev.
Robinson; his long-time friend and piano accompanist
for the past 21 years, Napolean Brown; his son Cleophus
Jr., and radio and television personality Nipsey Russell,
who will headline the scholarship benefit.
ST. LOUIS-The 13th
Annual Cleophus Robinson
Scholarship Awards Show will
be held Sunday, June 23, at
Kiel Auditorium in St. Louis,
Missouri.
Rev. Robinson’s true belief
is that it is better to give than
to receive prompted the Gospel
King to begin a scholarship
foundation which is known
throughout the world for its
unselfish dedication and
devotion to the needs of
under-privileged children.
Rev. Robinson, who works
his miraculous achievements in
the name of Jesus, has donated
more than $20,000 since the
scholarship program began.
For thirteen years Rev.
Robinson has annually given at
least 40 Black children from
various parts of the country an
opportunity to attend college,
thanks to his tireless efforts
and all of his many supporters.
Nipsey Russell, who will
headline the benefit affair this
year, is an ardent fan of the
“King of Gospel.” He once
publicly proclaimed that Rev.
Robinson stands alone as the
world’s greatest gospel singer
and is the only gospel great
SCLC Annual
Banquet
The Augusta Chapter of the
Southern Christian Leadership
Conference will be holding its
annual Banquet on July 5,
1974 at 8:00 p.m., at the
Executive House, 640 Broad
Street.
Guest speaker will be
William Sonny Walker, regional
director of 0.E.0. from
Atlanta, Ga. Donation for this
event is SIO.OO. Tickets are
available through S.C.L.C.
members or by calling
724-6862.
Annual Election
Screen Ramsey Post 505
The American Legion will hold
its annual election of officers
at 6 p.m. Sunday, June 23rd.
Past Commander Ben
Williams will be the presiding
officer.
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capable of walking in the
spiritual shoes once worn by
the “Queen” Mahalia Jackson.
Rev. Robinson will celebrate
his 29th anniversary as a gospel
singer with a performance June
16 at the Golden Leaf Baptist
Church in Memphis, Tennessee.
He will also appear on July 7 at
Phipps Auditorium in Denver,
Colorado and on August 18 at
the Vanderberg Gold Room in
Evansville, Indiana.
Rev. Robinson maintains
that a gospel singer does not
have to revert to rhythm and
blues to be a success. He often
says that if “you serve God in
spirit and in truth, He will
reward you accordingly” as His
mink and Persian lamb coats,
diamond rings, diamond and
onyx cross, more than 100
suits, chauffer driven,
See SCHOLARSHIPS p. 5
Aid Given For Criminal Justice
Programs In The CSRA
More than $400,000 in
grants from the Law
Enforcement Assistance
Administration (LEAA) for
fiscal year 1974 have been
funded for criminal justice
programs in the CSRA,
according to figures released by
the CSRA Planning and
Development Commission.
More than $300,000 of the
funds have been allocated for
programs in Richmond
County, with the remaining
funds going to 11 other
counties, a report on LEAA
grant requests showed.
The Augusta Police
Department has been awarded
$65,765 to reduce property
and violent crimes by
increasing foot or car patrols in
high crime areas; $36,995 for
improved services studies, legal
advisor and police planner
services; $16,343 for the
detection and control of
organized crime, and $94,066
for metropolitan drug abuse
enforcement and prevention in
a joint program with the
Richmond County Sheriffs
Department.
Also funded for Richmond
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Born In 1886
GEORGE A. THOMAS
PAINE’S ELDEST EMPLOYE
From Peters To Pitts
...And Beyond
Someday, George Thomas
says he is going to retire. But
right now, retirement is not in
his plans. He will be 88 Oct.
10th.
He is never in a hurry. He
walks and talks slowly. Not so
much from age, but because he
has seen so much t'.,at few
things excite him. Nevertheless,
he has great respect for time.
He says he has never been late
for work in his life.
He started working at Paine
College in 1933. He was absent
for only three days between
1936 and 1957, and those
three days were due to illness.
He wasn’t absent again until
1971 when he underwent
surgery twice and was off the
job between March and
September.
For the last 21 years, he has
worked as supervisor of
County are a $20,550 program
for assistant district attorneys
and investigators; $33,278 for
correctional counselors and
facility development; and
$54,914 for a pilot program
for a regional police academy.
According to the report
prepared by the commission,
Burke County has been funded
$26,520 for criminal justice
programs.
Programs funded are
$16,520 to the Sheriffs
Department for reducing
property crimes and SIO,OOO
to the Waynesboro Police
Depart for police management
administration.
The Columbia County
Sheriffs Department has been
funded $10,120 by LEAA for
two nrograms-reduction of
property crimes, $7,620; and
agency support systems (TC
500 mini-computers for state
and national information),
$2,500.
Three other CSRA counties
have also been funded for
agency support
systems-Emanuel County,
Swainsboro Police Department,
$2,500; Jenkins County, Millen
Police Department, $2,250;
and Screven County, Sylvania
Police Department, $2,500.
In Jefferson County, grants
funded total $30,901,
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maintenance supplies.
For some 23 years, it was his
responsibility, among other
things, to see that the clock in
the tower of Haygood Hall
(destroyed by fire in 1968)
kept the correct time. He used
to wind the landmark clock
with a lever until it was
converted to an electrical
system. Then the clock was
often struck by lightning and
he’d have to go up and reset it.
A soft-spoken man, Mr.
Thomas smiles easily and talks
freely. Commenting on changes
he has seen in the college over
the years, he said, “I have seen
the college grow from nothing
to something.” He remembers
when the registrar's office, the
president’s office, the business
office, the library, and almost
all the classes were taught in
Haygood Hall. He had to sweep
all four floors of the building
for 23 years. The destruction
of the building took away a
part of him. He says, “That
building was just like home to
me.”
Os the changes he has seen
at Paine he is most disturbed
by the attitudes of students
toward their work and toward
their teachers. In the old days
if a student didn’t do his work,
his parents came to the school”
including a $19,821 grant to
the Sheriffs Department for
reduction of property crimes,
and an SII,OBO grant to the
county for corrections.
The McDuffie County
Sheriffs Department has been
funded $17,670 for an
assistant district attorney,
according to the report, and
the Wilkes County Sheriffs
Department has been funded
$25,704 for two
programs-reduction of
property crimes, $10,071; and
drug abuse enforcement and
prevention, $ 15,633.
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Entrance salary $8,977 $12,167 per annum
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stripped him, and wore him
out.” Or Mr. (Lawrence)
Harper or Miss (Emma C.)
Gray sent the students home.
The teachers are to blame,
too. Mr. Thomas is critical of
teachers who mingle and
socialize with their students.
He warns, “If you play with a
puppy, he’ll lick your mouth.”
Although Mr. Thomas had
only four years of elementary
schooling, and an additional
four years of night school, he is
articulate. He is vice-president
of the Windamar Club, an
organization of Paine College
maintenance workers who give
a portion of each pay check to
provide scholarship aid for
deserving students at Paine
College.
In addition to giving SISOO
in scholarship money, the club
gave over S6OO to “Build It
Back.”
He is a deacon at the
Antioch Baptist Church where
he has been a member for 59
years.
He is married to Mrs. Mattie
Thomas and they have one
daughter, Mrs. Daisy Quinn, of
1722 Douglas Street.
Mr. Thomas explains his
long life and vitality with the
simple summation, “I always
eat and sleep in the same
place.”
No one working at Paine
College was there when George
Thomas began. He has watched
students come and go through
the college from Dr. Peters to
Dr. Pitts and beyond. And he’ll
soon be 88. When will he
retire? He says, “Oh, I plan to
retire someday. When I do, it
will be when 1 won’t be able to
do anything at all.”
Public Service
Announcement
Less than a week remains
for prospective teachers who
plan to take the National
Teacher Examinations at
Augusta College on July 20 to
submit their registrations for
these tests to Educational
Testing Service, Princeton, N.J.
Registrations for the
examinations must be
forwarded so as to reach the
Princeton office not later than
June 27.
Bulletins of information
describing registration
procedures and containing
registration forms may be
obtained from the Testing
Bureau at Augusta College or
directly from the National
Teacher Examinations,
Educational Testing Service,
Box 911, Princeton, New
Jersey 08540.
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AT WORK Floyd Fillingame correcting a computer print-out. The print-out
tells the programmer if all facts and figures are correct before release to the user or
customer.
BARBERTON, OHIO- A
former Augustan and graduate
of Paine College uses a
computer in helping to build
some of the world’s largest
boilers.
In the job with Babcock &
Wilcox’ Power Generation
Group in Barberton, Ohio,
Fillingame similates the
building of a boiler on a
computer. In fact, the
programs he writes amount to
building a boiler for the people
in the estimating department.
Fillingame got into this key
position when he was recruited
on the Paine Campus by B&W
in 1969. A native of Cutbert,
Georgia he came to Augusta
after graduating from
Henderson High there in 1965.
After completing the Babcock
& Wilcox Companj' - wide
orientation program he was
advanced in July 1969 to
computer programmer coder.
He later was advanced to his
present position.
When a utility customer
presents a B&W engineer with
specification for a fossil-fueled
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boiler, he is expected to come
right back with a price and
delivery date. Fillingame writes
these specifications into a
program tor the computer.
Included in the program is the
approximate cost estimate
based on variables such as
types of fuel, and
temperatures. Also included in
the program is information on
overhead crane lifting
capacities and shipping limits
of railroad cars-details which
help insure smooth work flow
through the shops.
“Before the first weld is
made in the shop, the
computer has built the entire
boiler,” said Fillingame. “It has
determined how much steel
will be needed, how many
welds will be made, and how
long each weld will take a man
to make. The computer
provides a pretty reliable
estimate of what it will cost
B&W to build a boiler.
“B&W has been using
computers for estimating
procedure,” explained
Fillingame. “Without the
computer it would take too
long and the customer can’t
wait.”
Fillingame is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. Choice Fillingame,
Sr., Cuthbert, Georgia. He is
married to the former Janie
Lewis, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Albert Lewis, Sr.,
Americus, Georgia. The
Fillingames have one child;
Floyd Jansen, two years old
and reside at 1358 Hartford
Avenue, Akron. Ohio.
Babcock & Wilcox is an
international supplier of energy
systems, engineered materials
and industrial automation
systems for utility, industrial,
commercial, marine and
government applications. Total
shipments in 1973 reached
$1.06 billion, new orders were
$1.9 billion and the total
current backlog is $3.3 billion.
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