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JUNIOR BETA CLUB CHARTER MEMBERS left to right: Todd Hollins,
Semetar Avery, Barbara Bundrage, Keith Robinson, Avis McKinney, and Ave
Williams (not pictured).
Beta Club chartered
The Sand Bar Ferry Junior
High School recently
celebrated the chartering of the
Junior Beta Club into its
school’s function.
Initiation ceremonies were
held in the gym where six
Turner presented
in keyboard recital
The Department of Music of
Kentucky State University
recently presented Barry
Melvin Turner Sr. in a Senior
Keyboard Recital. This recital
was presented in partial
fulfillment of the requirement
for the degree, bachelor of
science in music education
degree.
f The program consisted of
selections by Bach, Haydn,
Chopin, Schumann, and
Debussy.
Barry is a Lucy C. Laney
graduate. He is married to the
former Sharon D. Jones.
Accompanying his wife and
son to Kentucky were his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lyrdia
Edwards.
Mini Theatre to present
4 No Rhyme Nor Reason’
The Augusta Mini Theatre
will present its first play of the
season, “No Rhyme Nor
Reason” on Dec. 2 and 4 at 8
p.m. at A.R. Johnson Junior
High.
The part of Pat is played by
Danrryl Bland, the son of Mrs.
Bertha Bland. Darryl is a
student atT.W. Josey High and
has appeared in the “Bad
Seed” and “Soul Gone Home”.
This is his first appearance with
the Augusta Mini Theatre.
Constance Carraway is played
by Valentena Freeman, the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Lamey Freeman. She is a
student at Paine College. In
Drama club
to present
‘lnherit Wind'
The Paine College Dramatic
Club will present “Inherit the
Wind” by Jerome Lawrence
and Robert E. Lee on Dec. 1, 2
and 3.
This is one of the most
brilliant dreams of our time
which has as its genesis the
events of the famous Scope
trial. The events took place in
Dayton, Tenn, in July of 1925.
Here we have a collision of
Bryan and Darrow who drew
Universal attention during the
famous “Monkey Trial”. These
two roles are being played by
Alphon Comer and Floyd
Cummings with a supporting
cast of 25.
The productions will take
place in the Odeum at 8:15
pjn. J.C. Taylor is the director.
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honor students were inducted
into the Beta Club as the
charter members.
A candle-lighting procedure
defined the qualifications for
membership and the ceremony
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Barry M. Turner, Sr.
“No Rhyme Nor Reason” Vai
has her first stage role. Milledge
Williams plays the part of Dr.
Beebe. Milledge is a student at
Augusta Area Technical
School, Lumpkin Road
Branch. This is his first stage
role, also.
Susan Dix, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Carleton Dix, is the
prompter and assistant to the
director. She is a student at
Richmond Academy. She has
been in several playsiincluding
“Why Teachers Go Nuts,”
Musicians of Blemen and “In
Case of Murder”.
The play is under the
direction of Ellen Adams, arts
Art fair begins Sat.
Artists and craftspersons in
the Augusta area are invited to
participate in an art and craft
fair sponsored by the Augusta
Art Association. It will take
place at the Julian Smith
Casino, Dec. 3, 10 a.m. to 6
p.m., Dec. 4, 12 noon to 6
p.m.
Artworks and crafts in any
media are acceptable, but must
be original in design and
execution. According to Matt
Barrett, president of the
organization, the Art
Association hopes to find a
balanced representation of the
so-called “fine” arts and of
original crafts.
Each exhibitor will have a
space eight feet long.
Exhibitors must have someone
with their displays at all times,
since the Art Association
ended with the presentation of
the charter and charter-memb
ership roll to the principal, Mr.
L.N. Beard. Sponsors for the
club are Mrs. R. Thomas and
Mr. D. Foster.
Mrs. Barnard
named alumni
coordinator
Naomi Holt Barnard has
been named coordinator of
alumni affairs at Augusta
College, it was announced
recently by W.H. Rodimon,
director of College and Public
Services. The native of Vienna,
Ga. is married to U.S. 10th
District Rep. D. Douglas
Barnard. She attended Mercer
University from 1944-46 and
worked at AC from 1974-76. A
free-lance writer, she was
appointed poet laureate for the
city of Augusta several years
ago by Mayor Lewis A.
Newman.
coordinator for the Mini
Theatre. Miss Adams has her
drama degree from LaGrange
College and is completing her
masters at New York
University. She has worked
with the Fort Gordon Players,
THE Augusta College Drama
Club, and the Augusta Players.
She was the 1976-77 recipient
of the Augusta Players
“Auggie” Awards for Best
Actress and Best Supporting
Actress. This is her first season
with the Mini Theatre.
Tickets for “No Rhyme Nor
Reason” may be purchased by
calling the Augusta Mini
Theatre at 722-0598.
cannot be responsible. The
Department of Recreation can
lend exhibitors about 25 tables
on a first-come, first served
basis, but exhibitors must
provide the rest of their display
furniture.
Alumni
to meet
The Paine College Alumni
Club will meet on Sat., Dec. 3
at 1 p.m. in the Petite Lounge
at Paine College,
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Ruby Murchison gets
achievement award
Ruby S. Murchison,
“National Teacher of the
Year” in 1976, is one of the
nine men and women who will
be honored this month with a
1978 Encyclopaedia Britannica
Award for Achievement in
Life.
Mrs. Murchison will receive
her award for Achievement in
Education.
The awards will be presented
at a formal reception and
djnner in Chicago, Nov. 30.
Being honored in 1976 as
“National Teacher of the
Year” by President Ford is
only one of Ruby S.
Murchison’s accomplishments.
Mrs. Murchison, who grew
up on a farm near
Fifteen choirs in
drama-musical
The Garden City Guild and
the Fellowship Baptist Church
will sponsor a Dramatic-Musi
cal-Canto at T.W. Josey High
School on Sunday, Dec. 4 at 7
p.m.
This affair will embody
voices from fifteen choirs from
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HONORED Two directors of the CSRA F Economic
Opportunity Authority Centers were recently awarded
Continuing Education Certificates at the Augusta
College Day Care Training Project.
Vera Goldman, director of the Burke County
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NAACP launches
membership drive
The Augusta N.A.A.C.P.
Chapter will launch its Annual
Memberhip Drive at the
Thunderbird Inn Monday at
7:30 pan.
Roger Williams, assistant
dean of instruction at Paine
Goldsborough, N.C., majored
in elementary education at A
and T State University, where
she received her Bachelor’s
Degree in 1953. Six years later,
she received a Master’s Degree
in education.
Her first teaching experience
was an elementary school
teacher in BAth, N.C.,
followed by seven years of
teaching in other North
Carolina schools. She presently
teaches at Washington Drive
Junior High School in
Fayetteville. N.C.
As a result of a special grant,
Mrs. Murchison toured West
Africa and is one of seven
persons chosen to work on a
seventh grade African studies
curriculum in North Carolina.
the CSRA. The music will be
offset by a short comedy by
the Guild entitled “The Man
Who Died at Twelve O’clock.”
There will be no admission
charges; however, donations
are in order.
J.C. Taylor is the director.
College will be the speaker.
A Buffett dinner will be
served.
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F.H.A. OFFICERS - (from left) Lula Johnson. Rumnielle Chess and Elois Tucker
LaneyF.H.A. feeds needy family
The Lucy Laney High
School Chapter of the Future
Homemakers of America gave a
Thanksgiving basket to a needy
Black family on Nov. 23. This
is one of the Laney Chapter's
annual projects.
The chapter worked in
cooperation with the Rev. R.F.
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Development Center, and Lola Johnson, director of the
Lincoln County Day Care Center, were among many
day care directors and instructors receiving these
awards. Presenting the certificates was Thomas Kiley,
director of Continuing Education.
Paine Christmas
Concert Sun.
The Music Department of
Paine College will feature the
Paine College Choir in their
annual Christmas Concert
Sunday at 7 p.m., in the
Gilbert-Lambuth Memorial
Chapel.
The choir will perform Ron
Nelson’s “The Christmas
Story”, a Cantata,
accompanied by the Augusta
College Brass Ensemble. The
general public is invited.
John Williams is choir
director. William Christmas is
the accompanist. Roger
Williams will narrate the
program.
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Thompson of Green Grove
Missionary Baptist Church in
selecting the family.
The committee working on
this Thanksgiving project
included Lula Johnson,
president; Elois Tucker,
vice-president; and Rummelle
Chess, treasurer. The club
THE GOOD SHEPHERD DAY CARE CENTER, INC. is an
agency of The Georgia Department of Human Resources;
supported by United Way; and participates in the USDA
Food and Nutrition Service for children. The affirminative
action policy stipulates there is no discrimination on the
basis of race, color, religion, sex or national origin with
regard to services to eligible participants, hiring,
assignments, promotion or other condition of staff
employment; nor membership on its governing board.
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advisers are Mrs. A.M. Rogers
and Mrs. R.S. Ishmal.
F.H.A. gifts
presented to
nursing home
Members of the Hephzibah
Junior High School Future
Homemakers of America
(F.H.A.) presented fruit
arrangements to the patients of
two local nursing homes during
the Thanksgiving season.
Presenting the gifts at
Andress Nursing Home Ward 3
and Jennings Manor were:
Sandra Williams, Chris Scott,
Kathy DeVaney, Sandra
Schueler, D.J. Bennett, Sandra
Brasher and Yvonne Garrett.
The presentation was part of
the F.H.A.’s in-depth project
for the school year 1977-78.
Mrs. C. Slaughter and Mrs.
E. Purkey are the advisers.
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