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The Augusta News-Review - July 11, 1974 -
Police
Report
By R.L. Oliver
LOCAL MAN CHARGED IN
SHOOTING DEATH OF WIFE
A 39-year-old Augusta man,
Navanus Hammonds, has been
arrested and charged with the
shooting death of his wife.
Hammonds was arrested Friday
after officers found Thomasina
F. Hammonds lying on her
sofa, at 1112 Camille St., with
bullet wounds in her shoulders
and chest.
She was listed as dead on
arrival at University Hospital.
According to reports,
Hammonds handed the weapon
he shot his wife with over to
police officers.
BLACK MAN SHOT TO
DEATH BY DEPUTY
Richmond County Sheriffs
deputies said Willie Jenkins,
25, of North Augusta, S.C. was
shot in the head and died in
route to University Hospital
Saturday.
According to deputies,
Jenkins was chased into
Richmond County by police
from Burke County following a
high speed chase at speeds
estimated up to 100 miles per
hour.
Richmond County
authorities set up a road block
that Jenkins broke through
after crossing county lines. A
subsequent road block was set
up where Jenkins was stopped.
According to deputies, he
got out of the car and began
scuffling. It was during this
mele he was shot.
Just exactly why Jenkins
was running from police is
unknown. However, Columbia
County police said they found
two guns and false
identification in the auto he
was driving.
TWO ARRESTED FOR
BEING IN ALLEN HOMES
WITH BURGLAR TOOLS
Mack W. Coffey, 24, of 185
Augusta Homes and James
Harris, 24, of 909 9th St. were
arrested by Augusta policemen
after they discovered the two
inside the Allen Homes
Community Center with
burglar tools. A third suspect
in the case managed to escape.
WOMAN SHOT IN 9TH
STREET NIGHTCULB
ADMITTED TO HOSPITAL
Patricia Wright of 1257*/2
12th St. was shot in a 9th St.
bar late Friday. She was
admitted to University
Hospital with a gunshot wound
to the chest. George Clark,
listed at the same address, has
been charged with aggravated
assault with intent to murder
in connection with the
incident.
CHEROKEES RAIDED ?????
The Cherokee Package Shop
on Highway 78 was raided by
two bandits who made off with
an unestimated amount of
loot, about 5:00 a.m.
Saturday.
A witness told deputies he
saw two men at the store.
According to the witness, one
man entered the store while
the other man, with a shotgun,
acted as a lookout on the
THE CSRA PRIME SPONSOR'S SUMMARY
FOR
THE COMPREHENSIVE EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ACT
The CSRA Manpower Consortium has adopted the
* following program for 1975 Title I CETA.
The purpose of CSRA CETA is to provide job training
and employment opportunities for economically
disadvantaged, unemployed, underemployed persons and
youth through area skill centers, business, industry,
government, and social agencies to promote their general
development and economic self-sufficiency by creating and
establishing a flexible and decentralized system of programs
which will offer maximum employment opportunities
through equitable allocation of resources to deter
disparities, reduce artificial barriers to permanent
employment and increase the capacity of existing industry
to expand to rural areas to circumvent heavy out migration.
GOALS: To serve a total of 1164 individuals beginning
July 1, 1974 through June 30, 1975.
SEGMENTS OF POPULATION TO BE SERVED:
1. Unemployed male family heads under 65 below poverty
level.
2. Adults receiving AFDC unemployed & available for work
3. Unemployed minority & white females (21-64 age)
4. 16-22 youth out-of-school
5. 14-22 youth in-school
6. Offendersand Ex-Offenders
7. V ietnam Veterans
PROGRAM ACTIVITY & NUMBER INDIVIDUALS SERVED
Dollars Individuals
Classroom Training (prime sponsor) 728,000 113
Classroom Training (vocationaleducation) 82,000 96
On-The-Job Training 30,000 30
Public Service Employment 38,000 8
Work Experience 572,000 616
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outside.
In other police action
Saturday, Sylvester Hall, 22, of
1578 Holley St. war arrested
and charged with aggravated
assault with intent to murder.
Fred Nelson, 54, of 1019
Bennetts Lane was arrested and
charged with possession of
untaxed liquor.
Danny Woodward of 1902
McDowell St. told police that
someone stole a stereo player
and tapes valued at S2OO from
his home
Also, a Ft. Gordon soldier,
John G. Gratz, told police he
was cut on the arm by an
unknown young man on the
sth St. Bridge. He said the man
demanded money from him,
but when he told the man he
did not have any the man
pulled out a gold handled knife
and cut him on the arm. The
would be robber then fled.
The R.C. Cola Co., 620 13th
St., was burglarized for an
unknown amount of cash and
two radios worth about $37.
T.M. Strickland reported the
theft of 3 tires worth S6OO
from a chip van.
And George Mitchell, 2101
Hobson Ct. told police that
$125 worth of tools was stolen
from his garage.
Paine
College
Receives
Trailers
Paine College’s Science
Department has received from
the General Services
Administration through the
National Science Foundation
two trailers to be used to
provide space for small
conferences, advanced student
research and faculty offices.
The trailers, 12x64 and
12x65 respectively, will be
located near the Science
Building. With the aid of the
Paine College Cluster,
preparations for electrical
connections, plumbing,
telephone connections and a
cooling system are in progress.
The two trailers, valued at
SII,OOO each, will be use to
improve work being done with
the College Science
Improvement Program (COSIP)
Project. COSIP is a program
funded through the National
Science Foundation designed
to improve the faculty,
facilities and curriculum of the
Science Division.
The trailers will provide:
conference rooms for
student-faculty conferences,
creative research and faculty
offices.
Dr. John Hayes, assistant
professor of biology, is the
director of the Paine College
COSIP Project.
Cherokee
Pawn Shop
We carry all brands of guns,
Jewelry, Stereo Equip.
We Buy, Sell & Trade
Phone 722-2930 416-9th St
Jack & Jill Family Talent
The Augusta Chapter of
Jack and Jill of America Inc.
entertained members of their
family and friends with A
Family Talent program at
Sandbar Ferry Jr. High School
recently, where Jack, Lee
Beard is prinicipal.
Jack Bert Thomas served as
M.C. The following families
participated: April Beard
represented the Beard family
with a dramatic reading. Sonya
Delley represented the Delley
family with a creative dance.
Terri Everett and O’Greta
represented the family with a
selection of nursery rhymes.
Angela Gandy represented her
family with a creative reading.
The Parnell Jones family
gave a musical presentation
with Marsha and Danny on the
piano, Parnell and Margaret
played the tambourine. Mark
and Myron Jenkins represented
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North Augustan Graduates
2nd Lieutenant
By Audrey Frazier
Douglas Key, of North
Augusta, recently graduated
from the South Carolina State
College ROTC program as 2nd
Lieutenant in the U.S. Army.
Key was among 36 cadets to
graduate 2nd Lieutenant which
is the highest rank a cadet can
achieve at South Carolina
State.
He was evaluated on his
leadership ability, physical
ability, successful completion
of summer camp and ROTC
classes to become 2nd
Lieutenant. He spent the
PROFESSIONAL
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FAST - COMPLETE
COURTEOUS
~ C ONFIDENTIAL
TOTAL FUNDS & COSTS DISTRIBUTIONS
A. Basic Grant 1,503,540
B. State Vocational Education 82,045
COSTS:
Administrative 18.3% $276,464
Allowance 416,980
Wages 415,380
Training 29,398
Services to Clients 135,546
Program Operation will by by the Prime Sponsor with
sub-contracts for approriate segments.
1. Georgia Department of Labor will be sub-contractor
to develop a unified payment system.
2. Health Services will be on "as need basis" with
existing health facilities in area.
3. Education Services will be developed by sub-contract
with Public School systems of the counties, the area skill
center. Vocational Education, Vocational Rehabilitation,
and/or Opportunities Industrialization Center.
4. Work Experience will be sub-contracted to CSRA,
EOA, Neighborhood Youth Corp.
5. Other projects and services, are to be provided by the
Prime Sponsor Staff with sub-contracts in limited area
where appropriate.
OCCUPATIONS FOR TRAINING
Para-Medical, LPN, Operating Room Technician, Inhalation
Therapist, Medical Secretary, Medical Lab and Dental
Assistants, Auto Mechanic, Engineering Equipment
Mechanic, Welder Arc., Tool Machine Operators,
Ambulance Drivers and Attendants, Clerical and
Horticulture.
Richmond County will serve as the Administrative Arm
of the Consortium.
The complete grant application will be available for
review and comments at the CSRA Manpower
Administrator's Office in the 500 Building, Room 209,
Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
the Jenkins family with a
musical presentation. Mark
played the piano, Myron on
the bongos. The Ketch family
was represented by Velvie with
a creative dance and piano
selection.
Demetrius Lawton
represented the Lawton family
with a piano solo. Cheryl
Lowery represented the
Lowery family with a piano
solo. Mrs. Elener Prince
represented the Prince family
with a dramatic reading.
The Starks family gave a
musical selection with Jimmy
on Piano, Leonard on bongos,
Emma and Alecia sang. The
Thurmond Family gave a
musical presentation with
Maxine on the piano and
Kimberly and Da Henri doing
the vocal.
The Whigham family gave a
creative-dramatic dance
DOUGLAS KEY
summer of 1973 at Ft. Bragg,
North Carolina, at the summer
camp there.
An ROTC scholarship was
awarded to Key during his
junior and senior years at State
for being academically among
the top half of the ROTC
program.
While attending State, Key
was president of the NAACP
for two years, co-chairman of
Political Action Committee,
Senior Class Senator, and tutor
in the PEP Program.
He was also a member of the
Esquire Social Club, President’s
Advisory Committee, Political
Science Club, Entertainment
Committee, ROTC Club and
ROTC Advance Course Club.
He received the B.A. in
professional history and had
double minors in political
science and Black studies. He
plans to spend four years in the
Army, then attend law school.
The son of Mrs. Lee
Thurmond Key of North
Augusta, he is a 1970 graduate
of Jefferson High School in
Bath, S.C.
composed by Marjorie.
Raybun, Blanche and Karl
pantomined, while Marjorie
performed an interpertative
dance. The Tracy Williams
family was represented by
Serena with a piano solo and
Mamie played the violin.
Family children were
presented certificates for their
achievements during the year.
Mrs. Willarena Williams was
presented a plaque for her
service to the chapter by the
president, Mrs. George L.
Jenkins. Mrs. Margaret Jones
presented chapter members
with certificates of
appreciation for their service.
Following the program
refreshments were served.
Misses Emma Starks and
Lorena Gandy served as
hostesses. Mrs. Audrey Thomas
was program chairman and
Juanita Mclntyre was general
chairman.
Alphas Set For Gala
San Francisco Convention
At least 1,000 members of
the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity
from coast to coast are
expected at the 68th
Anniversary Convention in San
Francisco, Calif, from August
2nd through Bth. The
Convention will be held at the
St. Francis Hotel.
Alpha Phi Alpha, the oldest
predominately Black college
fraternity in American
(founded in 1906 at Cornell
University) has over the years
produced some of the top
Black leaders in the nation.
The great Paul Robeson,
now retired and living in
Philadelphia, recently
expressed pride in his Alpha
heritage when the Fraternity
honored him through a special
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Doing the bump? Not hardly.
Workshop Trains
To Help The Aged
A workshop to train
workers to assist senior citizens
is in progress at Paine College.
The workshop aims at
training workers and volunteers
who will be able to inform
senior citizens of services and
opportunities available to them
at little or no cost. Participants
in the workshop will learn to
organize and implement
programs of recreational
activities and to help senior
citizens gain an appreciation of
the many cultural and
intellectual activities in the
community.
The workshop began May
21st and will end August Bth.
Mrs. Mary James, director of
the workshop, says that the
program is still open to all
interested persons who are
working with the aged or who
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SUMMER ENRICHMENT PROGRAM-The Richmond County Board of
Education’s summer enrichment program for youngsters is in full swing this year
with planned weekly activities for participants. Observing a demonstration by a Fort
Gordon MP dog handler and his canine are (L-R) Gregory Reese, Tyone Anderson,
Larry Hanes, Beverly Roberson, Valeries Smiley, Shirley Jean Thomas and Sandra
Harris.
memorial in the form of a
Robeson Scholarship Award.
Supreme Court Justice
Thurgood Marshall was a
staunch Alpha man who
attended many conventions in
the past before his
appointement by the late
President L.B. Johnson.
Senator Edward B. Brooke of
Massachusetts, a former
Eastern vice president of Alpha
is another loyal convention
goer who still attends whenever
possible.
Great Alpha men of the past
were the late Whitney Young,
Martin Luther King, Jr., Adam
Clayton Powell, Jr., Duke
Ellington and his physician, the
late Arthur Logan for whom a
hospital in Harlem is named.
demonstrate a desire to begin
such work at the end of the
workshop. Persons who will
train others, and persons who
will organize programs for
groups of the aged are also
encouraged to apply.
The workshop meets from
6:30 to 8:00 on Tuesday,
Wednesday, and Thursday
nights in the Music Building,
Room 1, and in the gymnasium
on the Paine College campus.
The class is devoted to social
recreational activities, arts and
crafts, and physical activities.
The rules of the activities will
be discussed along with the
beneficial results.
The second phase of the
program will be spent in the
field developing and observing
organized activities and
programs.
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Local Resident
Develops Invention
Kenneth B. Facey, of 3621
Westhampton Drive, Martinez,
Ga. 30907, has developed a
new invention which is now in
the process of being introduced
to manufacturers.
The invention consists of a
card with marked spaces for
recording vehicle service
information such as
recommended gasoline, oil, oil
filter and tire pressure, etc. for
properly maintaining the
vehicle. The card is removably
contained in a housing with a
viewing window so that the
information may be referred to
easily.
Mr. Facey now is negotiating
for the sale or licensing to
interested manufacturers with
the assistance and guidance of
The Raymond Lee
Organization.
The Raymond Lee
Organization is a company
which specializes in the
development and introduction
Fire Guts Watkins’ Office
The office of Attorney John
Watkins was gutted by fire
Saturday about 5:00 a.m.
According to Augusta Fire
Dept. officials, arson is
suspected. The fire started on
the ground floor of the old
Hornsby Building, at 1007 9th
Street.
According to Watkins, the
fire began in the offices of the
International Union of North
America, local 1137 and
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According to
founder-president, Raymond
Lee, no idea is too small to be
considered for development.
“Even though we are located
on Park Avenue, among the
leading companies of the
world, our facilities spread
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areas of creativity,” says Mr.
Lee. “We believe there are
many ideas which oculd result
in profitable new products if
their inventors would come
forward. Our company is
dedicated to the discovery of
these ideas and their
commercial development.” A
brochure, “How to Develop,
Safeguard, and Market Your
Invention,” may be obtained
free of charge by writing to
The Raymond Lee
Organization, 230 Park
Avenue, New York, NY 10017.
burned its way up to the 2nd
floor offices.
Watkins has set up
temporary offices on
D’Antignac St. next to the
Barton Building Supply Co.
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