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SSOO FOR BOGGS -- The C.S.R.A. Chapter of the Quaye, Elizabeth Carter, Fannie B. Singleton.
Boggs Academy Alumni Association presented Boggs’ (Second row) Benjamin Saxon Jr., Emma Lee
interim president, Dr. Yenwith Whitney, with a check Gresham, C.W. Francis Jr., Harold Bussey, Ovinton
for SSOO Friday. Gresham and Ruby L. Saxon.
(From left) Belle Clark, Emma R. Gresham, Viola M. Boggs’ national alumni association will meet March
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Black Film
Festival
at Ft. Gordon
A Black Film Festival will be
held in Ft. Gordon’s
Recreation Center No. 2 on
Feb. 19 at 2 p.m. and again on
Feb. 21 at 7:30 p.m.
Ft. Gordon is observing
Black History Month.
“Black Artists of the U.S.”
depicts the contribution of
Black painters and sculptors to
America’s cultural history, and
focuses on such great artists as
Joshua Johnson, Robert S.
Ducanson and Charles White.
One of the major Black
contributions to American
literature is traced in the life of
“Paul Laurence Dunbar,
American Poet.” Master
drummer Robert Ayiter of
Ghana is heard in the film,
“Discovering the Music of
Africa.” A film entitled
“Father of the Blues” details
the cultural contribution of an
outstanding Black composer,
W.C. Handy. The final showing
is “Arts and Crafts in West
Africa.”
Other activities in the
recreation center include
“Black Impressionist Artists of
the 60s and 705,” a DJ disco
featuring Black poetry and
music, on Feb. 19 at 2 p.m. “A
Tribute to Black Musicians,” to
be presented by selected
pianists, is scheduled on Feb.
20 at 3 p.m.
The film festival and other
activities are open to anyone
wishing to attend. Recreation
Center No. 2 is located on 6th
Avenue.
Ft. Gordon is observing
February as Black History
Month.
Able-disabled
to meet
The Able-Disabled will meet
Feb. 21 at 7:30 p.m. at the
Georgia War Veterans Nursing
Home, 1101 15th St.
Richard Cobb, general
manager of the Augusta
Richmond County Coliseum
will be the speaker.
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Miss Meshelle Hudson and
William Carey of San
Francisco, California were
united in marriage at 3 p.m.
Saturday in Peoples Baptist
Young, gifted and Black
to be presented
The Drama department of
the Augusta Mini Theatre, Inc.
will present, “To Be Young,
Gifted and Black,” Feb.
18-19th at 8:15 p.m. at
Tubman Junior High School.
The production is the story
of playwright Lorraine
Hansberry.
At age 29, her first play, “A
Raisin In The Sun,” made her
the youngest American, the
first woman and the only Black
playwright ever to win the New
York Drama Critic’s Circle
Award for Best Play of 1959.
Miss Hansberry died in 1965
at 34 while her second play,
“The Sign in Sidney
Brunstein’s Window,” was
running on Broadway. Her
posthumous play, “Les
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The bride is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Adam Hudson.
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Blanes,” was presented on
Broadway in 1970.
The cast for the local
production includes: Terri
Dagget, Roberta Bunbar, Tyra
Williams, Judith Simon, Larry
Allen, Larry Terry, Dovia
Davis, Belinda Richards, Helen
Barber, Jacqueline Sims, Terry
Daniely, and Doris Gunter.
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Road, local high schools and
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are the groom’s parents. Pete
Finney of Milledgeville was
best man. Ushers were John
Riley of Mcßae, and Willie
Collins of Milledgeville.
Usherette and candle lighter
was Ms. Regina Simmons, niece
of the bride.
Ms. Edith Simmons and Ms.
Linda Prince, sisters of the
bride, were the maids of honor.
Miss Kenya Prince, niece of the
bride, was flower girl. Demond
Price, nephew of the bride, was
ring bearer.
The bride was given in
marriage by her father. A
reception followed the
ceremony at the Six
Gentlemen’s Club.
The couple will live in
Statesboro.
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Drama Club to
present ‘Harvey’
The Paine College Dramatic
Club will present “Harvey” by
Mary Chase on February 16,
17 and 19 in the Odeum at
8:15.
The plot is pivoted around
the loveable Elwood Dowd
who has a six-foot rabbit for
his best friend.
The hilarious confusion
comes about when no one else
sees the rabbit except Elwood -
or do they???
The cast consists of 11
actors with the leading role,
Elwood Dowd, played by
freshman student, Calvin
Gunn; Alphonso Comer plays
Dr. Chumbly and Robert
Rogers plays Dr. Sanderson.
The public is invited.
Fitness program
planned for
senior citizens
The Southside YMCA in
Augusta is starting a physical
fitness program for senior
citizens and the handicapped.
It will consist of exercise,
swimming, dancing and
self-defense. The purpose of
the program is to stimulate
senior citizens for a more
vigorous life through the
physical program of the
YMCA.
For more information, call
Bryant English at the
Southside YMCA at 738-6689.
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Blacks in
culture series
Poetry readings by Deborah
Robinson and Alyce Simpson,
followed by the showing and
discussion of the film, “A Time
for Burning,” will bring to a
close the Thursday evenings in
the BLACK CULTURE LN
AMERICA Series at the
Wallace Branch of the Augusta
Regional Library, at 6:30 p.m.
on Feb. 23.
The final program in the
series is the film “A Raisin in
the Sun,” to be shown at
Wallace Branch on Tuesday,
February 28 at 5:30 p.m.
Discussion of “A Time for
Burning” will be led by David
M. Foley of the Department of
History, Augusta College; local
Attorney John H. Ruffin; and
Paine College President Dr.
Julius S. Scott Jr.
Planned in recognition of
Afro-American History Month,
the series is open free to the
public, being financially
assisted by the Committee for
the Humanities in Georgia
through a grant from the
National Endowment for the
Humanities.
The Children’s Department
of the Augusta Regional
Library is also observing
Afro-American History Month,
both at the Main Library and
at all the branches. On Tuesday
afternoon, Feb. 21, at 4:30 the
Augusta Public Library
Puppeteers will present “Frog
and Elephant Go Courting” at
the Wallace Branch, 1237
Laney-Walker Blvd., repeating
the performance on
Wednesday, Feb. 22, at 4 p.m.
at the Jeff Maxwell Branch,
1927 Lumpkin Road.
The regular Saturday
afternoon programs for
school-age children at the Main
Library, 902 Greene St., have
been designated for the month
of February “Afro-American
History Saturdays at the
Library” and will be climaxed
on Feb. 25 with the
presentation of excerpts from
the play, “My Name 15...”,
written and directed by
Augusta poet and author Lloyd
Terrell.
The play, with a cast from
various area schools, wall begin
at 2:30 p.m. There is no
charge.
Paine taps
Sydney Carter
Sydney Carter has been
appointed as special assistant
to the president of Paine
College for architectural
coordination.
Carter received the bachelor
of architecture degree from
Syracuse University and the
master of city planning from
Harvard University. He also
studied at the Industrial
College of the Armed Forces.
He is a registered architect in
many states, including South
Carolina, Georgia, Florida and
New Y ork.
He is a member of the
American Institute of
Architects and the American
Institute of Planners. He is also
a former executive director of
the Augusta-Richmond County
Planning Commission.
At Paine, Carter’s duties will
include updating the college’s
campus master plan, which he
authored in 1968. In addition,
he will coordinate the planning
and expansion program and
will outline the procedure for
the college’s maintenance
program.
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Mr. & Mrs. John Wesley Brigham
Brighams celebrate golden anniversary
Mr. and Mrs. John Wesley
Brigham of Girard, Ga.
celebrated their 50th wedding
anniversary recently with a
Fort Valley
alumni to
appear on TV
Harvey Johnson, president
of the local chapter of the Fort
Valley State Alumni
Association, will be seen on
Channel 12 Feb. 19.
He will be joined by
members Mrs. G. Roundtree
and Mrs. Jane McCain. The
program begins at 10 a.m.
They will discuss how the Fort
Valley Alumni Chapter relates
to the Augusta area.
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