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The Augusta News-Review - September 23, 1976 - Playin’ The Changes By Stan Raines SHIH AB SAHIB- A Muslim Plays The Blues I am very glad to find that I have quite a few readers in Atlanta and that one club clips my article for their scrapbook. During a conversation with some of these readers, 1 was asked when 1 was going to write an article on some of the musicians from Georgia. I explained that I didn’t write an article on any particular musician because he or she is from a certain geographical area but because of the part that the individual plays or has played in our blues beginning or in the music that followed; that music which is known as jazz and which was prominent from the Be-Bop era through today. However my selected artist for this week is from our state of Georgia. He was bom Edmund Gregory on June 23, 1925 in Savannah, Georgia. Upon becoming a professional musician he changed his name to Shihab Sahib as he was by that time converted to the Muslim religion. Very few people today know the jazz musician, Edmund Gregory but, on the other hand, there are very few who don’t know A SINCERE THANK-YOU TO CUSTOMERS OF GEORGIA POWER Straight Talk by Bob Scherer I President, f I Georgia Power Company f l u This summer brought hot, humid days to Georgia and our customers used record amounts of electricity, mostly for cooling. On July 26 a peak demand of 9,150,000 kilowatts occurred, at a time when some power plants were undergoing repair. We faced the possibility of serious service interruptions. At that point we asked the news media to help us appeal for conservation measures. They cooperated to the fullest, and so did customers all over the state who turned air conditioning to warmer settings and limited other electric use. Our employees worked hard to complete plant repairs and these concerted efforts prevented any major interruption of service. Throughout August we continued to encourage our cus tomers to use electricity efficiently. We sincerely appreciate your willingness to help—and if you want more information on wise use, just ask us. Were ready to help, too. Georgia Power the jazz musician, Shihab Sahib. Shihab started playing saxophone before he was ten years old. He had a great natural talent of adaptability to musical instruments and of those he toyed around with, he chose to play saxophone. In 1935 he studied with a very good teacher, Elmer Snowden. He continued to study with Snowden until 1935. He decided in 1940 that Snowden could not teach him any longer because by this time he knew as much as the teacher, so in 1941 he enrolled in the Boston Conservatory of Music, one of our best musical institutions. Shihab had been playing with several groups prior to this. In fact, he played with Larry Noble in Savannah from 1939 until 1941. So he stayed at the conservatory only one year. 1942 found him back in the Savannah area gigging. Fletcher Henderson heard him and hired him. He toured with this band from early 1944 until 1945. The Fletcher Henderson Orchestra was where he got his first big break. He made his Page 2 .W F* record debut with this orchestra. In 1945 he joined Roy (“Lil’ Jazz”) Eldridge and in doing so discovered that each band that he had played with was completely different and as he changed from one to another he was growing rich with different ideas and musical knowledge. Keeping this in mind as a major point to obtaining stardom, he changed bands like changing clothes. He left Eldridge in 1945 and went to Ray Perry in Boston, left Perry in 1946 and went to Phil Edmund, left Edmund in 1947 and went to Buddy Johnson for a year. From 1948 through 1955 he played with Thelonious Monk, Tadd Dameron, Dizzy Gillespie and Illinois Jacquet. After leaving a band, he would always study the things that he had learned while with them. He was doing this so that when he got his own thing together it would be original. He would take jobs between gigs. He worked as an elevator operator, a shipping clerk and a real estate salesman. Finally he was ready to get his own group but couldn’t find the musicians that he wanted so he freelanced in New York City. This freelancing gave him the chance to meet lots of musicians. Finally he met Dakota Staton who was also a Muslim and worked with her. From here things started to go his way and finally his name was in lights. Shihab Sahib... appealing here tonight! Brought sellout crowds because by this time he had made a reputation that very few had made in the same period of time. Shihab plays Tenor, Alto, baritone saxes and beautiful flute also. His treatment of the blues is unexplainable on tenor, alto or flute. Check him out and remember when you do that he is a Georgian... Police Report By Audrey Frazier MAN MYSTERIOUSLY SHOT Kenneth G. Cartledge of 1728 Goodrich St. Ext, was killed mysteriously Sunday at his residence. Oral E. Still of Greene Street reported to police that someone had been shot up the river. Officers went to 1728 Goodrich St. Ext. and found Cartledge lying on his back in the den. Investigation revealed that Cartledge had been shot twice and died as a result of these injuries. As of this printing no arrests have been made. MAN REFUSES TO TELL WHO SHOT HIM Robert Mingledorf of 9th Avenue was shot Saturday but refused to tell police who shot him. Officers talked to Willie McNair of 12th Street who stated that Mingledorf and NEWMAN'S DISCOUNT MUSIC Name Brand String & Band Instruments - Musical Instruments Repaired - Buy Used Instruments 1159 BROAD ST.PH. 724-9773 BENNETT GAS COMPANY 1829 Gordon Highway AIR CONDITION HEATING APPLIANCES PROPANE GAS RESIDENTIAL COMMERCIAL lpgas tanks, sale or lease F ree Est .'nates Financing GAS Phone 738 7782 —J College Students Name History’s Most Worthy Heroes; Martin Luther King Jr. Is Top Who do college students respect most? Who are then heroes? A University of Florida professor recently posed these questions as a classroom assignment and obtained some startling results. Dr. William Goldhurst asked 100 sophomore humanities students at Gainsville, Fla., to name their heroes, applying the concept of “The Nine Worthies”, a list of world leaders selected by medieval historians as the greatest heroes of all time. The students’ selections are reported in the Autumn 1976 issue of Horizon, the magazine of world history, art and culture. The students were asked to name outstanding people from any era so long as the nominees reflected values in which the students believed. The individuals receiving the greatest number of votes were, in sequential order, Martin Luther King Jr., Henry Kissinger, John F. Kennedy and Abraham Lincoln. This group was followed hy Winston Churchill, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Albert Einstein, and Ralph Nader. The ninth named was Mao Tse-tung. The reasons given by the students for their selections were these: King died in a noble cause; Kissinger travels world-wide seeking peace; Kennedy advanced civil rights and aid to the elderly; Lincoln freed the slaves and preserved the Union; Roosevelt led the way out of the Great Depression; Churchill withstood the Nazis; Einstein added a new dimension to our Augusta Tech To Offer Records Management The evening division of Augusta Area Technical School, Lumpkin Road Branch, will offer a course in management for the first time this fall quarter. The first of six core courses, it will provide training for office occupations that require managing recorded information. The CSRA Chapter of the Association of Record Managers and Administrators is serving as an advisory committee to the school on implementation of the new program. Charles Brooks of 1158 Peters Rd., were arguing and fighting when an unknown person or persons fired once, striking Mingledorf in his left shoulder. Pearly McNair also of 1158 Peters Rd., stated that both Mingledorf and Brooks had pistols at the time of the argument. Mingledorf and Brooks are cousins. SOCKS STOLEN AT A R JOHNSON HIGH An unknown amount of socks were stolen from A.R. Johnson Jr. High Saturday after the football team left for a game. Someone entered the school, kicked a hole in the coach’s office and stole an unknown amount of socks. The burglaries also went into the boy’s locker room, kicked a hole in the door and broke into and ramsacked all the boys lockers. MCG To Hold 145th Commencement The Medical College of Georgia will hold its 145th commencement at 8 p.m. September 25 in Bell Auditorium. MCG President William H. Moretz, M.D., will confer degrees to 258 graduates in the schools of Allied Health Sciences, Dentistry, Graduate Studies and Nursing. understanding of the universe; Ralph Nader protects the consumer from being ripped off by industry and big business; Mao brought China into the twentieth century. To the students, leadership meant the ability to meet a great challenge, according to Dr. Goldhurst, an associate professor of English and the Humanities. It also meant bringing hope to those in despair. The Horizon article points out that artists, composers, poets and thinkers were not overlooked by the students. Shakespeare, Beethoven and Picasso received about 10 votes each. Darwin, Freud, Karl Marx, Socrates and Jesus were also among the 10 percenters. Adolph Hitler received four votes. John Mitchell and Richard M. Nixon each received three. Among the worthies who received only a single vote were Linda Lovelace, Marilyn Monroe, Hugh Hefner, Mark Spitz, Joe Namath, Jim Thorpe, Babe Ruth, Vince Lombardi, Dr. Spock, Lance Rentzl and Wilbur Mills. Among those nominated but not in the running were Billie Jean King, Gloria Steinem, Betty Friedan, Shirley Chisholm, Moshe Dayan, Golda Meir, Ned Armstrong, William F. Buckley, Marco Polo and Salvador Dali. Anonymous received two votes for the poetry he had composed through the ages. Dr. Goldhurst received two votes for assigning what was termed a “fascinating project”. The course will be offered Monday and Wednesday evenings beginning October 4 through December 9 from 6:00 to 10:30 p.m. Registration will be held September 30 from 6:30 to 9 p.m. For further information, contact the evening division, 798-4343, from 2 to 10:30 p.m. League Holds Membership Coffees Individuals interested in learning more about the League of Women Voters are invited to two membership coffees, both to be held at the home of Mrs. Frank P. Anderson, 820 Fleming Ave., on September 29. The morning coffee begins at 10 and the evening coffee is at 8. Mrs. John White is membership chairman of the League and states that men as well as women are invited to the coffees. There is no need to call ahead of time... just come! Public Hearing Announced A public hearing, designed to present the prepared continuation grant application plan for the Title VII Nutrition Program under the Older Americans Act, will be held at 2:30 p.m. Thursday, September 23rd. The hearing will be held at CSRA Planning and Development Commission Conference Room, 2123 Wrightsboro Road. The grant application plan to be presented will be submitted to the State Office on Aging on October 1. The plan will go into effect January 1,1977. Upward Bound Accepting Application The Paine College Upward Bound Program is presently accepting applications for its academic year phase activities. Students who are presently in the 10th and 11th grade in the public schools of Augusta - Richmond County are eligible to apply. Information and applications are available in the counselor’s office of each high school or call the Paine College Upward Bound office at 722-9986. The deadline for <m applications is September 28. Milton U. Oates Milton U. Oates will be guest speaker at the annual graduation exercises of the Augusta Opportunities Industrialization Center on Family Tries To Prevent Blacks From Moving In Next Door The Department of Justice filed a civil suit recently charging a suburban Philadelphia family with trying to prevent a Black couple from buying the home next door. Attorney General Edward H. Levi said the housing discrimination suit was filed in U.S. District Court in Philadelphia, Penn., against Robert and June Simon and their son, Jeffrey, of Huntingdon Valley. The suit accused the Simons of violating the Fair Housing Act of 1968 by seeking to coerce, intimidate, threaten, and interfere with the right of the Black couple to equal housing opportunity. When Leonard and Elizabeth Parker began negotiating to buy the home next door to the Simons last April, the suit said, the Simons made racially based threats of reprisal to the owners and the real estate brokers handling the sale in the all-white neighborhood. In addition, Jeffery Simon defaced the stucco house by painting the letters “KKK” on the front of the house and several shutters and placing a hangman’s noose on a side door, the suit said. These actions, the suit said. Voter Registration Set If you haven’t registered yet and want to vote for President in the November 2 General Election, you have until October 1 to get your name on the rolls! The League of Women Voters and other deputized volunteers will register prospective voters on Saturday, September 25, between 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. in the following shopping centers: Daviel Village, National Hills, Southgate Shopping Center and Peach Orchard Plaza. On Wednesday, September 22, and again on September 29, the League will register voters from 12 noon to 1:30 in the Bicentennial Park in downtown Augusta. Library Schedule Weekly Story Hours for children are conducted by the Augusta Library. The program, which included a story, a film, and talks about books for various ages and interests, will be held at the Maxwell Branch, 1927 Lumpkin Rd., on Wednesday at 4 p.m. PROGRAMS FOR PRE-SCHOOL CHILDREN Programs are planned for pre-school children who are old enough to enjoy books. The “Picture Book Half-Hour” at the Main Library, 902 Greene St., will be held on Thursday at 10 a.m. A Pre-School Story Hour will be held at the Appleby Branch, 2260 Walton Way, on Wednesday at 3 p.m. Pre-School Story Hours at the Wallace Branch, 1237 Laney-Walker Blvd., are scheduled on Monday through Friday at 10:30 and 11 a.m. DIA LA-STORY Through the courtesy of the Telephone Pioneers of Augusta and the Public Library, children may dial 724-8080 at any hour of the day or night and hear a story or poem told by a member of the Children’s Department Staff. Oates To Speak At QlC’s Graduation Sunday September 26 at 4:00 pm. at Macedonia Baptist Church. Mr. Oates, a native of Philadelphia, Penn, received a B.A. degree in psychology from Lincoln University in Pennsylvania and did further study at the University of Pennsylvania and Temple University. Mr. Oates first became employed by OIC of Philadelphia in 1964. In 1966 he became executive director of the Little Rock OIC, Little had the purpose and effect of warning white residents of the area, white real estate salespersons, and Black prospective residents that they would likely suffer reprisals if Blacks were allowed to live in the community. The suit asked for a court order enjoining the Simons from engaging in any conduct that violates the Fair Housing Act and requiring them to Suit Filed For Serving Blacks At Rear Door The Department of Justice filed a civil suit recently charging the owner of a tavern in Hawkinsville, Ga., with unlawfully maintaining separate facilities for Black and white patrons. Attorney General Edward H. Levi said the public accommodations suite was filed in U.S. District Court in Macon against Willie S. Daniel, owner of Jack's Beer Barrel. The suit said Daniel has violated the Civil Rights Act of 1964 by allowing white patrons to drink in the main room while requiring Blacks to go to a rear door for a carry-out service. The suit asked for a court order enjoining Daniel from continuing to maintain separate service areas for Blacks and whites and from providing only carry-out service for Blacks. Red Cross Seeks Volunteers The American Red Cross at the Dwight David Eisenhower Army Medical Center is looking for new volunteers to work throughout the new hospital. According to Joan Barton, chairman of volunteers, men and women are needed to assist the medical center staff in the hospital’s wards, clinics and administrative areas. Interviews for new volunteers will be held Sept. 20 Miss Black Teen Pageant Plans Underway DANVILLE, Va. - Pageants Unlimited, Inc. and Touch A Teen Productions announced recently that plans are underway for the annual Miss Black Teenage World Pageant. Persons or organizations interested in producing Pageants in their locales should write Ronald Charity, PUI, P.O. Box 1139, Danville, Viiginia 24541. Patrice Reiger of Chicago, Illinois is the current title holder. The Pageant is open to teenagers 15 to 17 years old with competition listed in five segments which are: Sportswear, Creative Expression, Talent, Eveningwear and Personal Projection. The top finalists in the Pagenat are presented College Scholarships. The producers emphasize that Miss Black Teenage World Pageant is not a beauty pageant nor is it a fashion show. Nineteen hundred seventy-seven marks the Fifth Anniversary of the Pageant Support Your Local SCLC Rock, Arkansas, the third OIC in the country. In 1968 he became regional director of the southern region of OIC/America. In 1974 he was appointed as the Director of Field Operations OIC/America. He is presently serving in this position. OIC is a manpower training program offering pre-vocational and vocational training to unemployed, underemployed, and disadvantaged adults in the CSRA. correct the effects of their alleged discriminatory conduct. In addition, the suit asked the court to require the Simons to compensate the Parkers. Assistant Attorney General J. Stanley Pottinger, head of the Civil Rights Division, said the suit was the first civil action brought by the Department against individuals in a housing discrimination case. The suit also asked the court to order Daniel to discontinue serving Blacks from the rear door and to post signs stating that he will serve all persons without regard to race or color. Mid-Day Film Program For September 28 On Tuesday, September 28 the Augusta-Richmond County Public Library will present two informative and entertaining films in its mid-day series, The World in Films. REDWOODS and TAME THE WIND will be shown in the auditorium of the main library at 902 Greene St., beginning at 1:10 p.m. The program is free and the public is invited to attend. through 23. Anyone 18 years of age or older who is interested should call 791-6311 for an appointment, Mrs. Barton said. Hospital Orientation classes for the new volunteers will be held Sept. 27 through 30, from 9 a.m. to 12:30 pan. The classes will include instruction on proceedures for wards and clinics, cardiopulmonary resuscitation, and the taking of patients’ vital signs. which has presented some 5387,000 worth of College scholarships since its inception. Ford Appoints Black Educator To International Board President Ford has appointed Clifton R. Wharton « Jr., president of Michigan State University, to the Board of International Food and Agricultural Development The distinguished Black educator was one of six persons named to the Board. These are new positions established by Public Law 94-161 of December 20, 1975. The general area the Board will be involved in is Famine Prevention and Freedom from Hunger. Wharton, of East Lansing, Mich., was appointed to a term of three years.