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The Augusta News-Review - April 28, 1977 -
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Water Branch Baptist Church
Holds Ground Breaking Ceremonies
On Sunday, April 23, Water The purpose of the The ceremonies were
Branch Baptist Church held ceremony was to recognize the attended by the builder, Alfred
their formal ground breaking building of a new church Johnson; Architect, Ray Price,
ceremonies in Grovetown, Ga. structure. and church congregation.
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GIDDYAP! - Two students from the Augusta Christian Academy sit atop
“Smokey” at Ft. Gordon’s riding stables on a recent tour. “Smokey”, who is 101
“horse years” old, however, didn’t exhibit very much “horsepower”. (U.S. Army
Photograph by Spec. 5 John Balling)
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Local Chamber Os
Commerce Vows To
Halt Bad Check Artists
Bad check passers will be the
target of the Chamber of
Commerce of Greater Augusta
this month as the chamber
1 a u nches the first
community-wide program
designed to detect the bad
check before it is cashed,
Claude Booker, chamber
president, announced recently.
The chamber has entered
into an agreement with Compu
Credit Corporation of Atlanta
to provide a bad check
prevention service for its
members at a greatly reduced
rate. The service will not be
available to non-members.
Representatives from
Compu Credit will be in
Augusta on April 28 at 4 p.m.
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WOMEN’S CHAMPION - Annie Webb fires away
toward winning the Women’s Singles title during the
Training and Doctrine Command Bowling
Championships held last week at Ft. Gordon. Webb,
who was cm the team from the U.S. Military Academy
at West Point, also tied for Women’s High Series
Champion and was runner-up in the Women’s All-Events
competition. (U.S. Army photo by Spec. 4 Paul Gibson)
in the first floor conference
room of the new chamber
building on Broad Street to
discuss their services in more
detail with interested members.
Gordon Oliver, executive
vice president, C&S Bank, was
appointed chairman of a
chamber committee which
recently looked into the bad’
check problem in Augusta and
it determined that bad check
losses to local businessmen
were substantial. The
committee’s research led to an
agreement with Compu Credit.
Members interested in mor
information on the service may
contact the Chamber of
Commerce, 722-0421.
NABM
Convention
Slated
The National Association of
Black Manufacturers, a
non -profit trade association
representing over three
hundied and fifty minority
owned businesses, will convene
its Seventh Annual
Convention, May 17-21, at
Tuskegee Institute, Tuskegee,
Alabama. The theme of the
convention is “The Future of
Minority Industry”.
Among the featured
speakers will be govenor
Wallace of Alabama; Mayor
Johnny Ford of Tuskegee; Dr.
Luther Foster, president of
Tuskegee; A. Vernon Weaver,
newly appointed administrator
for the small business
administration; and Mrs.
Martha M. Mitchell, special
assistant to President Carter.
In holding its convention in
Tuskegee, NABM is taking a
historical and significant first
step with the city and the
school as they join forces to
determine the development
and growth of minority
enterprises by utilizing the
educational and political
processes.
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The Mark of Great Cars Ith at TELFAIR
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Dr. C.S. Hamilton (L), pastor of the Tabernacle Baptist Church and Gordon
Oliver, executive vice-president of the C&S Bank, who have been named co-chairmen
of the 1977 Paine College United Negro College Fund (UNCF) Campaign, are shown
meeting with Dr. Julius S. Scott Jr., (R), president of the college, to discuss
campaign strategy.
The drive opened with a kick-off luncheon on Monday, April 25 and will run
through the end of May. The 1977 goal is $25,000 which represents a substantial
increase of last year’s $15,000 goal. Receipts from this local campaign will help
support faculty salaries, scholarship aid and other current operating needs of Paine
College.
Curry Speaks At Kick Off Luncheon
The Kickoff luncheon for
the 1977 Paine College United
Negro College Fund Campaign
was held on Monday, April 25
at 12:30 pan. in the Paine
College campus center. Speaker
for the luncheon was Dr.
Milton K. Curry, Jr., President
of the United Negro College
Fun, Inc. and President of
Bishop College, Dallas, Texas.
Dr. Curry received a B.A.
degree from Morehouse College
and an M.A. degree from
Atlanta University. He also
studied at Creighton
University; the Divinity School
of the University of Chicago,
and the University of Michigan.
He serves numerous
organizations including the
National Association for Equal
Opportunity in Higher
Education; Beta Kappa Chi
Scientific Honorary Society
and the Alpha Phi Omega
Service Fraternity.
Dr. Curry has received
honorary degrees: the D.D.
from the Oklahoma School of
Religion, 1952; and the LL.D,
from Morehouse College, 1962.
UNFC schools provide
higher education for thousands
of students who are
economically deprived, many
of whom could not get an
education if these schools did
not exist.
The United Negro College
Fund was founded in 1944 by
Fredrick D. Patterson and a
group of college presidents for
the purpose of conducting
annual campaigns for funds
needed to help meet the
operating expenses of 27
historically Black colleges and
universities.
Nationally, the • United
Negro College Fund raises over
13 million dollars. As a
member institute, Paine
College receives approximately
$150,000 per year in
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