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CONSTANCE McCORD Photo by Mike Carr
Ms. Constance McCord, a
scorpio, is this week’s beauty.
She is a graduate of Westside
High School and is a member
of Greater Mount Canaan
Christine Tankersley
AC Valedictorian
AUGUSTA, GA - Augusta
College Senior Christine S.
Tankersley received the
Valedictorian Award and the
Senior Sociology Award
Saturday night during the
College’s annual Honors
Convocation.
Miss Tankersley was also
recognized as a member of the
Honor Society of Phi Kappa
Phi
Dr. Julius S. Scott Jr.,
president of Paine College, gave
the keynote speech in the AC
Performing Arts Theatre.
Special music was provided by
the AC Brass Ensemble under
the direction of Harry Jacobs.
Students who received
Scholastic Achievement
Awards included Miss
Tankersley, Cynthia K. Taylor,
Kathryn Ann Kristensen,
Carolyn W. Bowick, seniors;
Howell Anne Bell, Kathleen M.
Mobley, Lisa E. Schafer, Terri
Ann Prefer, juniors; Frances Jo
Fuehrer, Debra K. Jones,
Frances D. Woodward, Lynne
K. Saumweber, sophomores;
and freshmen John R. Barden,
Clifford J. Hull, Jr., Kimberly
Self, and Martin E. Truett.
Departmental awards were
given to Sara E. Culpepper,
Senior Biology; Martha S.
Sweet, Accounting; Kayrene L.
T indal, Business Education,
Executive Secretarial; Judy C.
Krapp, Economics, Finance,
Marketing; Teddy Lee York,
Management; Murray James
Anderson, Richard T. Mixon
Award in Chemistry; Paul H.
Greenway, Student National
Education Assn. Award;
Maryann D. Ardiff, McCrary
English; Laura E. Bledsoe,
Bailey’s Custom House Award
in Art; Joan Harvey,
McKenney Memorial Award in
Organ; Donald E. Dupee, Jr.,
Edward B. Turner Music
Award; Cynthia K. Taylor,
Theodore deTreville Award in
History; James Holloway,
Mathematics; Linda McGill
Coffin, Sister Mary Louise
Herman Award; Harriett C.
Howard, Estelle BAmard
Smith Award; Daniel R.
Danilovich, Augusta-Richmond
County Good Government
Award; Joseph L. Walls,
Psychology; Kathleen M.
Mobley, McCrary Science; and
Christine S. Tankersley, Senior
Sociology.
Publication awards
recipients included a
posthumous award to Francis
Truitt Rabun, Bell Ringer;
Virginia A. Wise,
Chronicle-Herald Award; and
James H. Haney, Jr., White
Columns Award.
Deborah J. Baber and
Timothy E. Davis won Senior
Service Leadership Awards.
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Her hobbies are bowling,
swimming, and meeting people.
She is the daughter of Mrs.
Orissan McCord.
who will appear in this year’s
IP/io’s Who Among Students in
American Universities and
Colleges are Patricial Y.
Abasolo, Soon Jung Chang,
Timothy E. Davis, Mary
Catherine Ealick, Regina
Garrett, Paul H. Greenway,
Steven Robert Hull, Wilbur E.
Johnson, Kathryn Ann
Kristensen, Mariann Ogilvie,
John J. O’Shea, Terri Ann
Prefer, Margaret L. Rhoden,
Dell R. Rowland, Lisa Schafer,
David Segars, Debran K.
Taylor, and Kathryn T.
Thompson.
Phi Kappa Phi members
recognized were Deborah J.
Anthon, Laura E. Bledsoe,
Pamela T. Brown, Timothy E.
Davis, Nancy D. Jackson,
Kathryn Ann Kristensen,
Kathleen M. Mobley, Christine
S. Tankersley, and Cynthia K.
Taylor.
It’s a Boy! A
Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Preston
Terrell of 527 Carr St.,
announce the birth of a son,
Lloyd, Jr. April 24, at St.
Joseph’s Hospital. Mrs. Terrell
is the former Miss Marguerite
Stephens Carter.
Bicentennial
In Black
Kappa Upsilon Omega
Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha
Sorority, Inc., will present “A
Bicentennial in Black -200
Years to Freedom” Friday,
May 14, 7 p.m. at Schofield
Cafetorium.
“A Bicentennial in Black”
will feature the achievements
of Blacks during the two
hundred years of America’s
statehood.
Talented students from
throughout the area will
portray Blacks who have made
significant contributions to the
country in all aspects of life.
An outstanding addition will
be a medley of Negro spirituals
sung by the Friendship Baptist
Church Junior Choir.
Proceeds from this drive will
be used for civic projects which
will include: (1) Annual
scholarship awards to high
school senior girls, (2) National
Sickle Cell Anemia F und, (3) A
Reading Experience Power
Program, (4) Service to an
adopted needy family, (5) A
planned seminar on Food
Selection and Meal
Preparation, (6) Service to
neglected and abandoned
children.
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The monthly meeting of the
Women’s Civic Club met
recently at the Pilgrims Civic
Center on Gwinnett Street.
The purpose of this
organization is to work for the
welfare of Augusta’s children.
The theme for the meeting
was America’s Bicentennial,
1776-1976. The devotion was
given by Mrs. John M. Tutt.
Special readings were presented
by Mrs. Christine Gardner who
was dressed in a costume
befitting the occasion. Dressed
also in Bicentennial Attire were
the hostesses.
Invited guests were Mrs.
Louise Mcßowman and Miss
Edith Butler, Washington, D.C.
Mrs. Walter Buchanan is club
president.
Cheryl Evans
Elected
President Os
Mortar Board
Cheryl Anita Evans
Cheryl Anita Evans, a 1973 ,
honor graduate of T.W. Josey
High School was recently
inducted into the Gold Key
Chapter of MORTAR BOARD,
INC., at Fisk University,
Nashville, Tn. where she is
currently completing her junior
year.
As officers were chosen for
the 1976-1977 school term, she
was elected president of the
chapter. This summer she will
be a voting delegate to the
governing body at the
MORTAR BOARD
TRIENNIAL CONFERENCE
held at Colorado State
University and also a member
of the National Nominating
Committee.
Miss Evans, a psychology
major, serves as the treasurer of
the Fisk Chapter of Alpha Mu
Gamma National Foreign
Language Honor Society and at
the Spring Honors Convocation
was among those listed for
having earned a Dean’s List
average.
To All Dependents of the
Military and Federal
Government Workers:
This office has been asked many questions about what
psychological services are available under the CHAMPUS
Program. Basic information follows:
You can now obtain help from any licensed psychologist
(without referral) under the CHAMPUS benefits.
You can get help for mental, emotional, or nervous
conditions for any member of your family who has an I.D.
card.
Payment is made by the Medical Association of Georgia
and all information is confidential.
Federal government workers can get help through
AFTNA or Blue Cross policies. These sometimes require
referrals from a medical doctor.
If you need more information, call 736-3514 or
736-6384 or the Georgia Psychological Association
(1-404-237-0950).
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Mrs. James Starks, Jr. photo by Mike Carr
NIA Plans $100,000,000
The 42nd annual National
Insurance Week, with a goal of
$100,000,000 in new business,
and sponsored by the National
Insurance Association, (NIA),
will be observed May 10-15.
NI Week is a national sales
campaign in which agents
acquaint families with the
investment and protection
roles of life insurance and uige
them to increase their financial
security through planned
purchases of insurance.
“Life insurance, as people in
the industry know,” says NI
Week Chairman Donald
Solomon of Birmingham,
“offers a more important
economic underpinning for the
stability of low income
minority families than does
anyother form of thrift. The
theme, ‘Always Needed;
Tau-ettes
Entertain
At Gracewood
The TAU-ETTES of the Tau
Gamma Delta Sorority Inc. of
Augusta, will entertain 25 or
more young girls at Gracewood
hospital on Saturday, May 8
from 10 to 11 a.m.
On Sunday, the Tau-ettes
will worship together at Bethel
A.M.E. Church for the morning
service.
On Saturday, May 15, from
5 to 7 p.m., the Tau-ettes will
sponsor a Tau-ette Tea. All
Tau-ettes, parents and friends
of Tau-ettes and Big Sisters are
invited. The crowning of Miss
Tau-ette will take place at the
tea.
In New Business
Always Ready’, is intended to
help raise the level of
awareness of minority people
of this great social invention.”
In their joint announcement,
NIA President Edward D.
Davis, president, Central Life
Insurance Company of Florida;
and Solomon, who is vice
president and agency director
Booker T. Washington
Insurance Company, stated
that in addition to seeking
$1,000,000,000 in new business
during the national sales drive,
“A primary concern is
strengthening the economic
base of the people who make
Laney Class Os ’57 To Meet
Lucy C. Laney High School
Class of 1957 will meet
Saturday, May 8, at 6:30 pjn.
Alt class members of this class
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First held in 1935. NI Week
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the important roles Black life
firms play in strengthening the
economic welfare of, not only
their clients, but the entire
Black community. Collectively,
these firms’ assets amount to
nearly $600,000,000.
Insurance in force is over $8
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are asked to be present.
The meeting will be held at
the V.F.W. on Fifteenth Street.
The Augusta News - May 6, 1976 -
Augusta AKA’s Awarded
Trophy For $1,500
Contribution To UNCF
At Regional Conference
A delegation of 16 sorors
from Zeta Xi Omega Chapter
of Alpha Kappa Alpha
Sorority, Inc. journeyed to
Savannah, Ga., to the 23rd
South Atlantic Regional
Conference which was held at
the DeSota Hilton Hotel on
April 15-17,1976.
At the opening session
sorors heard a challenging
message by Soror Dr. Freddie
Groomes, assistant to the
President at Florida State
University, and heard the
mayor of Savannah proclaim
Friday, April 16, as “AKA
DAY".
Sorors of Zeta Xi Omega
Chapter beamed proudly at the
Awards Banquet when Soror
Norma regional director
presented them with a trophy
for being the first chapter in
the Soutii Atlantic Region to
contribute SISOO to the
United Negro College Fund.
The chapter also received a
certificate for its efforts in the
reactivation of sorors.
Sorors attending the
conference were Emma Starks,
Aiken Interest Group Os
AKA Receives Charter
The Aiken Interest Group of
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority
received its charter as Kappa
Upsilon Omega Chapter in the
South Atlantic Region in a
candlelight ceremony April 13,
at the home of Soror Justine
Hickson.
Soror Odessa Nelson,
former regional director of the
South Atlantic Region and
presently active in the
Columbia, S.C., Chapter of
Alpha Kappa Alpha, conducted
the chartering ceremony.
Sorors Pauline M. Davis and
Uruslia H. Spigner, also of the
Columbia chapter, assited her.
Taking the oath were Sorors
Lelia A. Bradby, Genell E.
Hightower, Diane B’ Grant,
Carolyn Biassengale, Bemice
Green, Annie S. Dicks, Thelma
Hallman, Gloria H. Jones,
Brenda H. Lloyd, Justine 0.
Hickson, Janie H. Key,
Wilhehnenia S. Johnson, and
Rosalie N. Johnson. Absent
were Sorors Thelma J. Estes
and Vemelle Tyler.
After the chartering
ceremony, officers of Kappa
Upsilon Omega Chapter were
installed by Soror Hettie
Copeland of Zeta Xi Omega
Chapter, Augusta, Ga. Sorors
Lucille E. Floyd and Helena M.
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Lunette- Brigham, Lucille
Floyd, Ruth James,
Willoughby Robinson, Ethel
Perry, Myrtis Bennett, Ella
Jones, Eleanor Prince, Lorena
Gandy, Willarena Williams,
Helena Thompson, Eliza Cave,
Vivian Wilds, Doris Colquitt,
and Hettie Copeland. Each of
these sorors received a
certificate of merit for
attending the conference.
Alphabeltes
To Meet
The Alphabeltes, an
auxiliary of Alpha Phi Alpha
Fraternity, will hold its regular
monthly meeting, Sunday, May
9, at 6 p.m. at the Alpha
House.
The guest for this month
will be Ms. Shirley Jones,
fashion designer and model.
All Alpha wives are invited
to attend.
Thompson of the Augusta
chapter were also present.
The officers are as follows:
Basileus, Justine O. Hickson;
Anti-Basileus, Lelia A. Bradby;
Grammateus, Carolyn
Blassengale; Anti-Grammateus,
Annie S. Dicks; Epistoleus,
Gloria H. Jones; Tamiouchos,
Rosalie N. Johnson; Philacter,
Thelma S. Hallman; Hodegos,
Bernice S. Green;
Parliamentarian, Wilhehnenia
S. Johnson; Ivy Leaf Reporter,
Brenda H. Lloyd; Business
Manager, Janie H. Key; and
Financial Secretary, Diane B.
Grant. The Aiken Interest
Group of Alpha Kappa Alpha
Sorority was organized in
December 1975 under the
leadership of Soror Justine 0.
Hickson. Activities of the
Interest Group have included
worshipping together for
Founder’s Day at Friendship
Baptist Church, making
therapy pillows for the
Hitchcock Rehabilitation
Center, and an Easter Egg Hunt
for the Martin Luther Foster •
Home.
On Friday, May 14, at 7
p.m., Kappa Upsilon Omega
will present “A Bicentennial in
Black -200 Years to Freedom”
at Schofield Cafetorium.
In June and July, Kappa
Upsilon Omega will head its
Reading Experience Power
Program at Friendship Baptist
Church Activity Building. Plans
will be announced at a later
date.