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Singer Aretha’s father
Rev. C.L. Franklin
shot, still on critical
(from Michigan Chronicle)
While police pressed their
search for the assailant or
assailants of Rev. Clarence
La Vaughn Franklin, who was
found critically wounded from
gunshot wounds to the groin
and knee late Saturday night
inflicted during what was
believed to have been a
break-in in his westside home.
Concern over his condition
grew after doctors reported
early Tuesday that he had
slipped into a coma. (His
condition remained unchanged
as the News-Review went to
press.)
News of the shooting spread
rapidly and drew a deluge of
calls from across the country
to New Bethel Baptist church,
where the father of soul singer
Aretha Franklin has been a
pastor for 33 years. Locally,
the influx of calls and visitors
at Ford hospital caused
hospital authorities to issue a
public plea that the calls be
stopped.
Aretha, her husband Glynn
Turman and brother Cecil
arrived here Monday from Las
Vegas to join the other two
Franklin children, Erma nd
Carolyn, at their father’s
bedside. Also keeping vigil was
Rev. Franklin’s mother, Mrs.
Rachael Franklin.
Nationally known as a
humanitarian and for his
charismatic ministry, Rev.
Mrs, Crump gets doctorate
NORTH AUGUSTA, S.C. -
Mrs. Adriana Goode Crump
recently received her doctorate
in counseling psychology at
Rutgers University.
She is the daughter of Mrs.
Mattie Goode Kamp and the
late Howard Goode Sr. of
North Augusta.
Dr. Crump began her
education in a one-room school
in Edgefield County where her
mother was the teacher.
Her mother later transferred
her to Mineola, Long Island
where she lived with her
relatives, Mr. and Mrs. Percy
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Franklin was slated to receive
an award at the first national
awards show of the Gospel
Academy of Recording Arts
and Sciences (GARAS) to be
held June 18 at the Masonic
Temple. The award is in
recognition of his famed
recorded sermons, which made
his name a household word in
even the most backwoods areas
of the country.
“He gave people a lot of
hope through his sermons,”
recalled Rev. Jim Holley,
pastor of Little Rock Baptist
church and president of
GARAS (Rev. Franklin is
board chairman). “A lot of
people from the south and
other parts of the nation
migrated to Detroit drawn by
his sermons alone. I don’t
believe he knew how much
inspiration he instilled in
people across the country
through his recordings.”
Rev. Franklin became a
benefactor to many such
persons, who often arrived here
penniless, finding shelter and
providing them with food until
they could find employment.
His commitment to the needy
went far beyond the Detroit
area, however.
A typical action was his
contribution of food and
money to the family of the
young black man who was
riding with Mrs. Viola Liuzzo
when she was shot and killed
during the freedom march in
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Aretha Franklin’s
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still on critical
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Vies for
‘Miss Black
Universe*
EDGEFIELD. S.C. - An
Edgefield County model
recently won the Region Three
South Carolina Miss Black
Universe Pageant.
Sandra Barling, 18, will
compete in the stale-wide
pageant in Columbia, June 23
where celebrity guests are
expected to include Operation
PUSH President, Jesse Jackson ,
basketball star Earl Monroe
and actor Calvin Lockhart.
She won the regional
competition by capturing the
highest number of points in the
talent, swimsuit, evening gown,
poise and personality
competition.
She models for the Fashion
Group Unlimited in Augusta.
Tickets for the June 23
pageant may be purchased by
calling Fashion Group
Unlimited coordinator Juanita
Jones at (404) 724-5904.
Selma, Ala.
Rev. Franklin also
befriended many young
ministers through the years,
some of whom gained
recognition for themselves
through delivering guest
sermons over his Sunday
broadcasts heard for nearly 30
years over WJLB Radio.
One of the leading activists
in the civil rights movement of
the 50’s and 60’s, Rev.
Franklin is also a popular
figure in the show business
industry and New Bethel
church, already a landmark for
tourists, is a “must” place to
visit for entertainers when they
are in town.
A former pastor at
Friendship Baptist church of
Buffalo, N.Y., Rev. Franklin
served for many years as
chairman of the Evangelistic
Dept, of the National Baptist
Convention USA Inc. Among
some of the first callers after
the news of the shooting
spread were officers of
Friendship church and Dr. J.H.
Jackson, of Chicago,
Convention president.
Calls also came from Dr. E.
Doyle Billups, of Baton Rouge,
La., first vice president of the
Convention; Dr. TJ. Jemison,
also of Baton Rouge, secretary ;
Mrs. Virgina Murray, of the
Los Angeles Sentinel; Roebuck
“Pops” Staples, of the Staples
Singers, and many others.
Treadwell.
Dr. Crump graduated from
Mineola High School in 1961,
earned a B.A. in foreign
languages from Howard
University in 1961, and later
received the master’s degree in
Spain from the Middlebury'
College Graduate School of
Spanish.
She is presently employed at
Somoset Junior College in New
Jersey. She and her husband,
Roland, have a four year old
son.
Former Augustan
Only black U.S. Marshal
in South resigns post
By Mallory K. Millender
COLUMBIA, S.C.- Dr.
Andrew Chisom, a former
Augustan, announced last week
that he is resigning as the first
black U.S. Marshal, in the state
since Reconstruction.
The resignation will become
effective July 16 at which time
he will become special assistant
to the president of the
University of South Carolina.
Dr. Chisom, who served as
minority affairs director for
the Carter-Mondale ticket in
1976, and was appointed by
President Carter, said his
resignation as U.S. Marshal, for
South Carolina is not “an
indication of displeasure” with
tire administration. “I’m just
pulling off my cowboy hat and
putting on my graduation
cap,” he said in a telephone
interview.’ ’■
He sees his new post as an
opportunity. “It is the highest
ranking position that a black
has held in the school’s history.
And I’ll be the only person
carrying the title of special
assistant to the president.”
Dr. Chisom will be an
ombudsman, which, he said,
will give him much more
responsibility than an assistant.
Army announces first
black woman general
Hazel W. Johnson, who grew
up on her family’s farm near
Malvern, Chester County, has
been chosen to become the
first black woman brigadier
general, the U.S. Department
of the Army announced last
week.
Miss Johnson, who left a
nursing post at Philadelphia’s
Veterans Hospital in 1955 for a
military career in which she
National Black Theatre to perform at A.C.
The National Black Theatre
of New York City, will open
the Augusta Arts and Cultural
Association’s 1979-80 Cultural
Affairs Series with a
presentation of “Soljourney
Into Truth.”
The program will be held on
Wednesday, June 27 at 8 p.m.
in the Augusta College
Performing Arts Theatre.
The National Black Theatre
uses the stage as a vehicle to
re-educate, according to
Barbara Ann Teer, artistic
director and founder of the
organization. “This is done to
give each individual an
opportunity to experience
more fully their creative
potential.” said Ms. Teer. “The
National Black Theatre goes
beyond the traditional
definition of theatre because it
moves out of the conventional
form of self-conscious art and
introduces to the world a form
of art known as “God-Con
scious” art. It is a celebration
of life.”
In his support of the theatre,
Mayor Ed Koch of New York,
Ministers endorse
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He will be working with the
main campus and five regional
campuses. He said he will
report his findings to the
president with
recommendations.
In his new $35,000 to
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Dr. Andrew Chisom
$45,000 position, Dr. Chisom
will develop a model program
to encompass the needs of
minority students, particularly
blacks, he said.
had attained the rank of full
colonel, will head the U.S.
Army Nursing Corps
September 1, following Senate
confirmation.
Colonel Johnson was
selected over 50 other colonels
to succeed Brig. Gen. Madelyn
N. Parks, who is retiring from
the 7,063-member corps, Army
Secretary Clifford Alexander
Jr. told a Tuesday press
recently proclaimed May 7th as for the City of New York.
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“There should be some
role-model and sensitivity to
the needs minorities bring to
the university,” he said.
He will be responsible for
the recruitment and liiring of
minority faculty. Blacks
presently constitute 40 out of
1600 university faculty
members.
Dr. Chisom said he will be
responsible for developing a
community relations module
to deal with problems and
issues of higher education,
regardless of race.
“I didn't want to return to
the job to become a minority
affairs coordinator,” he said.
He will have responsibility
for developing a positive
self-image at the university.
“Faculty must have a positive
image of self. Ego can be very
conflicting with the goals and
objectives of the university,”
he added.
Dr. Chisom said he is
concerned about the kinds of
role-models young blacks have
and that he hopes his two and
a half years as U.S. Marshal
and his present position will
help young people “to aspire
to positions we’ve never had
before.”
gathering.
“The only way 1 could be
happier (with the
appointment) is if my parents
were still alive to see it,”
Colonel Johnson said in a
telephone interview. “Yes, it is
extremely important,
historically significant for the
Army Nurse Corps and for me
and my family,” she related.
First black
woman general
is selected
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Fannie Johnson is
Aiken correspondent
Mrs. Fannie Johnson has
joined the News-Review staff
as the paper’s first Aiken
correspondent, Editor-publish
er Mallory K. Millender
announced this week.
“We need someone to bring
the news to blacks over here.
We don’t have a black
newspaper in Aiken County,”
Mrs. Johnson said.
Mrs. Johnson is currently
employed as a school teacher
at the Academy of Richmond
County. She previously taught
at T.W. Josey High School,
Bryson, Edgefield and
Jefferson high schools.
A graduate of Allen
University, she received the
master’s degree from Temple
University and is presently
engaged in further study at the
University of South Carolina.
Your support needed
Editorial
For more than six weeks News-Review staff members
have been meeting with groups of ministers to get their
input as to how we can best improve our circulation and
make this newspaper a more effective community organ.
One of the ideas coming out of these meetings was a
circulation contest among the churches. The contest began
Sunday and will continue through July 28.
The winner will be chosen on a point system. Each
yearly subscription in Richmond County will count 800
points. Those sold outside the county will count 900
points.
A very substantial percentage of the monies generated
from the drive will be returned to the churches as prize
money. All participating churches will receive money at the
end of the contest.
We feel that it is very important for this drive to be
successful. It will enable us to get information to a great
number of people. Hopefully our readers will then be able
to make more informed decisions about their community
and its welfare.
We hope that each of you will participate in this contest
although many of you are already subscribers. Without
doubt each of our readers knows somebody who is not a
subscriber and who might benefit from the information
carried in our paper. We urge you to get that person to
subscribe or to give him or her a subscription. In any event,
please fill out the form that will be printed on page five
throughout the contest, and enclose your check and we will
credit the points to the church of your choice.
We are looking for big things from this drive and we are
counting on you to help us to build a better community.
may be obtained at the door or in advance by calling
the evening of the performance 724-9712.
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Mrs. Fannie Johnson
A member of Friendship
Baptist Church in Aiken, she
and her husband, Tommie,
have a son, Wendell.