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a *■ "■ *■ *■ A • MT W"W Augusta, GA 30901 Sickle Cell Anemia V ersus Proper uiei NOTE; SEE AL IRBY’S COLUMN PAGE 4 o,,p Attnusta Nmns-IHrup'iu MIK ® '• SeSB ■slkl I!/a -■ Mftsßr *> AN OPEN FORUM FOR PEOPLE WHO CARE less than 75% advertising '> • 8? > A. CANDLER _ Vol. 7 P.O. Box 953 Welcome Back Home, Frank Yerby 1 1 jB f > Mb E ‘ Bl ) I Bbl ■mV . ?\ * r r r a ' Li • yrf9 1 p»s'-••-:■, 1 CT* FRANK G. YERBY Former Paine College Grad. Tabbed I for Ass’t. Dean of Graduate School Two associate professors, Dr. Carol Van Hartesveldt and Dr. Mildred Hill, have been named assistant deans in the Graduate School. Both hold joint appointments - Dr. Van Hartesveldt in psychology and neuroscience, and Di. Hill in English and the Center for African Studies. Dr. Van Hartesveldt came to the University of Flordia in 1970 from the Denver Veterans Administration Hospital, where she served as Research Associate. She received her bachelor’s degree in 1962 from Oberlin College, master’s degree in 1963 from the University of Michigan, and Ph’D. in 1968 from the University of Rochester. She has published over 20 articles and monographs in her fields of interest, which include Local Morticians Honor Carrie Mays r 5 z K .*-*, MRS. CARRIE MAYS neuropharmacology, limbic system function, the neurochemical aspects of brain function and drug abuse. Dr. Hill, who served on the faculties of the University Paine College will observe its 95th Commencement Exercise on May 8 with Paine College Alumnus Frank G. Yerby, ’37, the internationally renowned author of twenty-seven best seller novels, as speaker. Yerby, a native Augustan, attended Haines Institute (now Lucy C. Laney High School) and upon graduating entered Paine College, where he received a B.A. degree. At the age of 21, Yerby received a M.A. degree from Fisk University. He has also studied at the University of Chicago. Yerby began his writing career at an early age. By the time he was 17, he had published several poems in small magazines. While a student at Paine in 1937, he wrote “The Paine Hymn,” with the musical score by Mark Fax. In 1944 Harper’s Magazine accepted one of his short stories which was his first fictional work to be published nationally. It won a special O. Henry Award for that year. Yerby was an instructor of of Illinois, Hamline University and Paine College (Augusta, Ga.), came to the University of Flordia in 1974. An expert on African literature, myths and customs,r. Hill received her B.A. from Paine College in 1961, master’s degree from Western Reserve in 1962, and Ph.D. from the University of Illinois in 1974. Dr. Hill has served on the University Senate since 1975, and last year was appointed to the Senate Steering Committee. Both Dr. Hill and Dr. Van Hartesveldt will assume their assistant dean duties September 1 for four-year terms, with privileges of returning to full-time teaching after two years if they desire. They will replace half-time assistant deans John Newell and Madelyn Lockhart. The local morticians honored Mrs. Carrie Mays as Morticians of the Year, Tues., May 3 at the Pilgrim Civic Center. Mrs. Mays is Councilwoman of the 2nd Ward, and the only wpman member of the Augusta City Council. Merchants Who Advertise In The Appreciate Your Business. Patronize Them Augusta, Georgia May 5, 1977 English at Florida A&M and at Southern University. After leaving the South to study at the University of Chicago, Mr. Yerby worked for the Ford Motor Company in Michigan. It was while working at a war plant in Long Island that Yerby wrote “The Foxes of Harrow”, which was published by the Dial Press in 1946 and became an overnight best seller. Yerby’s novels, whose sales have totaled over 50.000.000, have been translated into more than a dozen languages. All of his novels have been published in paperback editions and nearly all of them have been book-club selections. Three of the novels have been made into Babcock and Wilcox Retirement Noted for Hugh Grover ■ nJ ' TZ W’-' ' J I /1 A HUGH GROVF.R Every once in a while in every decade or two in a plant or office a person comes along who is helpful to people, has a sense of humor and who is a morale builder for fellow employees by just being themselves. Many times they are described as “characters.” At B&W such a person is Hugh Grover who is retiring on May 1, after 20 years of service. Grover first came to B&W in 1956 in the old Repair and Mold section and he has stayed in Maintenance and Mechanical Service since that time despite of few short stints in the Melting Unit and the Tech Lab. By 1960, he was well settled in Building Maintenance and in successful movies: “The Foxes of Harrow,” which starred Rex Harrison and Maureen O’Hara: “The Golden Hawk,” with Rhonda Fleming, Sterling Hayden and John Sutton; and “The Saracen Blade,” with Ricardo Montaiban, Betta St. John, Rip Jason and Carylon Jones. One novel, “Pride’s Castle”, was produced for television as a live one-hour show. A course on the works of Frank Yerby is currently taught at the University of lowa. The 3 p.m. exercise will be held in the Gilbert-Lambuth Memorial Chapel. The public is invited. 1964 he was made supervisor, Buildings and Grounds. He became foreman in 1967 and in 1971 he was made foreman, Construction, Buildings and Grounds. His work involves doing about anything that needs doing, but his main job is dealing with people. At this there is none better, according to fellow employees and management. Grover gives everyone “flack” from the vice president to the newest engineer on the job. They expect it and like ti. One thing they know - whatever it took, he’d get the job done. One member of management said, “We miss everyone who spent some years with us. Hugh is a special kind of a person. He’ll be especially missed.” Most B&W employees who come in contact with Grover will agree. Charles Rangel New-Re HISTORIC PHOTO OF YERBY FAMILY z ■ Wxßrfo.’—< ' yr**- ■- ♦ ■ > v, <7?/ 7 ■ A family photo, taken in Detroit in 1960 when Frank Yerby flew in from Europe for his mother’s funeral, shows him (standing) between his brother Paul and Sister, Mrs. Elena Boddie. His father Rufus seated right is now deceased. Brother Alonzo (seated right) was New York Health Commissioner and is dean at Harvard University School of Public Health. Mrs. Boddie, now deceased, taught at Augusta’s famed Haines. Institute. ■■ I rlOfl iii Augusta to host Ballet Festival Augusta has been named host city for SERBA ’77, the 22nd Annual Festival of the Congressman Rangel of New York addressing tire “Political Science” class at Augusta College on May Dav. eview staff photo by Frank Bowman Southeastern Regional Ballet Association (SERBA) according to Ron Colton, director of the host company, the Augusta Ballet and chairman of the SERBA board of directors. The four-day event, set for May 12-15 will bring more than 1,000 dancers, instructors, company directors, designers, choreographers, critics and observers into the heart of the city. A-focal point of the 75th regional ballet festival in this nation will be the Saturday night public Gala performance offering the finest in dance production and presentation from the 11-state region. The 31 member companies No. 2 25<r represent dancers of professional, semi-professional and non-professional status. Eminent author, critic and Saturday Review columnist Walter Terry has toured the entire regional area to view each companies outstanding offerings. From these he’s selected a stellar program which includes lively modem and jazz works as well as classical ballet styles. SERBA, oldest and largest of the regional associations in the U.S., is affiliate of the National Association for Regional Ballet. The festival is funded in part by the Southern See “BALLET” Page 3