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Basketball season may be out for some, but not for
this youngster. He is Carlos Robinson show here with
his heavily autographed basketball. Carlos is the
2-year-old grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Westley D. Sanders.
Photo by Stan Raines
Preparations Made
to Beautify
Laney Walker Boulevard
An adhoc Citizens
Beautification Committee to
beautify Laney-Walker
Boulevard was formed May 17.
The meeting was held at
Tabernacle Baptist Church.
in making the
announcement, NAACP
President Joseph C. Jones said
participation is sought from
home owners, residents,
business leaders, churches,
community institutions,
schools, civic groups and others
living or working on the
boulevard. Persons living one
block on either side of
Gwinnett Street as well as city
and county officials are invited
to participate.
Jones said the beautification
effort is a prelude to the June
1 renaming of Gwinnett Street
to Laney-Walker Boulevard. In
addition to the usual painting,
Brightharp Seeks
House Seat
George L. Brightharp, a
history professor at Paine
College, has announced his
candidacy for the 82nd seat of
the South Carolina Legislature
in the upcoming June 8
Democratic Primary.
Brightharp is a native of the
82nd district which includes
Edgefield and western Aiken
counties. He was a candidate in
1974 election for the 82nd
seat. He is a resident of the
Trenton section of Edgefield
county.
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Tau-Ettes Entertain At Gracewood
The Tau-ettes of the Tau
Gamma Delta Sorority Inc. of
Augusta entertained 25 young
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repairing and removal of trash,
the crash program may include
planting of “Black Bicentennial
Trees” in honor of the noted
Augusta educator Lucy C.
Laney and religious leader, Dr.
C.T. Walker.
Scores of former Augustans
from around the nation are
expected to be in Augusta over
the Memorial Day weekend to
attend the Black Bicentennial
Convocation, which will be
highlighted by an address by
Dr. Benjamin E. Mays,
president emeritus of
Morehouse College.
An Augusta Black History
Exhibit will also be staged.
Local businessman L.B.
Wallace is heading a committee
to host a major school reunion
as part of the convocation
weekend.
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George L. Brightharp
girls at Gracewood hospital on
Saturday, May 8, from 10 to
11 a.m.
Wilkins’ Wife Blasts
Detractors At Tribute
KANSAS CITY, Kan. - In an
emotion packed branch
meeting, members of the
NAACP here pledged to take a
fight for the “protection” of
retiring Roy Wilkins “straight
to the convention”.
The emotion was touched
off during a special tribute to
Wilkins and remarks made by
Mrs. Wilkins. More than 250
persons were in attendance
Tuesday night at the First
AME Church here.
The wife of the executive of
the veneralbe civil rights
organization, had been called
upon to say a few words when
she electrified the audience.
“Some members of the
national board are trying to
destroy my husband,” she said.
Mrs. Wilkins stated that she
had been married to her
husband for 44 years and that
he had been “married” to the
NAACP for 40 years. I was his
wife, she said, but the NAACP
was his mistress. MRs. Wilkins
said that attacks are coming on
her husband “at a time when
his life should be beautiful”
The response to the remarks
was given by Andrew Rollins,
president, who declared “We
got a job to do. If he (Wilkins)
msut go out, he will go out in
dignity.”
Following this, the
assembled group passed a
resolution urging new rules be
adopted to limit the terms of
national officers, including
three one year terms for the
chairman and five one year
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SP4 PATRICIA A. KEELS
By Stan Raines
Those in attendance at
Augusta’s Joint Civic Club
Luncheon which was held at
The Executive House were well
entertained by the combo of
Ft. Gordon’s 434th Army
Band.
The entire combo was
Advisors are Ms. Missouri B.
Banks, Mrs. Ethel Jenkins and
Miss Rozel Turner.
terms for the treasurer. Walter
Cade, who is also president of
the Layman’s League of the
National Baptist Convention,
USA., Inc., vowed to take tire
resolution to the convention
floor.
The outburst stirred a
meeting assembled to honor
the veteran leader. First
Church, scene of the 1923
convention of the NAACP, was
pastored by Wilkins father for
seven years. Some of the old
timers recalled that Wilkins had
covered that meeting as editor
of The Call newspaper.
Mrs. Wilkins told reporters
that Wilkins had decided to
retire in 1970, but that the late
Bishop Spottswood talked him
out of it. She said that later
plans for retirement were
interrupted upon the death of
Dr. John Morsell, who was
second in commmand at the
association.
Following the meeting, Mrs.
Wilkins was warmly embraced
by the crowd many of whom
had tear filled eyes. She told
associates that she would
repeat the charges at another
tribute to Roy in California
over the weekend. A branch on
the west coast was scheduled
to turn over 1500 memberships
in his honor.
In Wilkins’ remarks, he
discussed the state of human
rights in the country and the
world. At one point, he looked
at Mrs. Wilkins and said softly,
“I have a beautiful wife,
haven’t I?”
Photo by Stan Raines
outstanding but standing out
from the other members of the
combo was the saxophone
player. As we listened to the
combo while waiting for the
Secretary of the
ArmyMartinß.Hoffman to speak,
someone remarked, “The
secretary must have brought a
name band with him, that
saxophone player sounds like
Stanley Turrentine.” At this
point two of us decided to get
up and walk over where we
could see the combo. As we
approached the combo, we
both were surprised to find
that the saxophonist who was
not Stanley Turrentine at all,
was a woman... Sp 4 Patricia A.
Keels.
Patricia is from Greenville,
S.C. where she attended
Sterling High School. She is
not from a musical family but
has liked music all of her life.
In fact, she started to take
private music lessons at the age
of 8 and continued until she
was 12. Then somehow she
slacked up until she met Mr.
Dover, the bandmaster at
Sterling High who was a jazz
alto sax player and inspired Pat
to pick up her horn again.
From high school she went
to college at North Carolina
A&t in Greensboro, N.C. where
she played with the band for
about two years. From there
she went on the road. She has
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The Bethlehem Community Center will present the Savannah State College Men’s Glee Club in concert, featuring tl
Women’s Choir, Sunday May 23, at 4 p.m. at the Charles T. Walker Elementary School.
Fourth Annual JROTC Parade
And Review Community Service
The Cadet Corps of TW
Josey, Richmond Academy,
Lucy Laney, Hephzibah,
Westside, Glenn Hills, and
Butler schools held their fourth
annual combined parade
recently in the Lumpkin Road
stadium.
Mrs. Ida Lee Powell,
president of the Richmond
County Board of Education,
William Oellerich,
superintendent of Richmond
County Schools, and John
Stevenson, major - general
USAF (Ret.) were reviewing
officials. Members of the board
of education, principals of each
high school, female sponsors
and military instructors of each
unit were in the reviewing
party observing some 800
cadets demonstrate leadership.
The drill team of each
school performed after the
review. Music was provided by
the marching band from TW
Josey and the Air Force
Reserve Command Band from
Robins Air Force Base, Ga.
Augusta is one of the few
school systems that has JROTC
units representing all
services-U.S. Army, Navy, and
Air Force.
Josey has Air Force,
Richmond Academy, Laney
and Hephzibah have Army,
Glenn Hills and Westside have
Navy, and Butler the Marine
Corps.
“PROJECT”
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determined to remain, to
cultivate their land, and to
create a community of 200
homes, a hospital, an education
center - from day care to
college - and a variety of
religious and community
services.
They have the courage, and
the willingness and ability to
work, that are needed to make
their dream come true. But
they do not have the money
because they are all people,
played with a variety of known
groups to include Betty Swan,
The Platters, Little Anthony
and the Imperials, Rufus
Thomas and the Esquires. She
has also played with many of
the local musicians in the
Greensboro area.
While in North Carolina, a
bandmaster from Ft. Bragg,
N.C. encouraged her to join the
Army Band. She has been in
the Army Band now for almost
three years and she loves it.
When asked by The
News-Review how she got
along with the men in the band
she replied, “I find them easier
to get along with than women
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joined by the desire to till - and
own- the land in common. So
they face an old blight of the
poor fanner: a mortgage. To
meet this problem they have
called for help.
Congressman Young
responded. “I plan to save one
acre,” he said, “and I strongly
and they give me complete
respect.”
Sp 4 Keels is looking forward
to overseas duty in Germany or
Korea. She now calls home
Durham, N.C. She plays Alto
and Tenor saxophone and is
very interested in playing jazz
clarinet. She is very quick to
point out that the Army is one
of the best experiences that
anyone can get, especially a
musician. Patricia asked,
“Where else can a person
interested in music play all
day, have lots of other benefits
and still get a check every
month?”
urge you to follow my
example.” (In effect, he pledge
$250, as this is the amount
needed to make an acre
mortgage-free, according to
New Communities.)
The General Board of the
National Council of Churches,
meeting in Atlanta, urged its
member communions “to
respond as their conscience and
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