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Hampton
dance group
to perform
The Terpsichoreans, the
creative dance group of
Hampton Institute, will appear
at Tubman Junior High School
April 1 at 8 p.m.
Sponsored by the
Augusta-Aiken Chapter of the
National Hampton Alumni
Association, the
Terpsichoreans are a group of
15 Hampton Institute students
dedicated to the exploration of
all phases of dance.
The group started in 1925
and has since become one of
the integral parts of the
cultural environment of the
college. Mrs. Jean B. Braxton,
instructor of physical
education, health and
recreation, at Hl, is the current
director of the group.
Described as “exciting,”
“serious,” and “vital” by
critics, the Terpsichoreans
offer students the opportunity
to develop skills in the
techniques of movement and
for performing in dance
productions.
The Terpsichoreans have
performed for many of the
Hampton Institute alumni
chapters and traveled
extensively throughout the
United States with their
Jackson to head parade
Atlanta Mayor Maynard
Jackson will be the Grand
Marshal for the sth Annual
Augusta Black Festival Parade
at 2 p.m. Saturday, March 29
on Laney-Walker Boulevard,
founder Ed Mclntyre said this
week.
The parade promises to be
the largest ever held in the
black community, Mclntyre
said. “We expect from 30,000
to 50,000 spectators.”
A schedule for the entire
festival will be distributed
during the parade and will be
available in libraries, public
schools and many businesses.
Our 9th anniversary
The Augusta News-Review is now nine years old.
We celebrated our birthday March 25. We have
been expecting to expire for so long that we now
have the strange fed of expecting to be around.
This past year has been a good one for us. Our
organization was infused with increased
circulation, advertising and staff. We were
bolstered by die very valuable addition of Fannie
Flono to our reporting staff. She has subsequentlv
been promoted to news editor. Earlier in the year
Joan Harrell, Rob Green and Billy Hobbs served
internships with us and made very significant
contributions.
Ms. Harrell is now a TV reporter for WJBF.
We are deeply indepted to the local churches for
putting on a most important circulation drive. This
effort was coordinated by Mrs. Geneva Gibson, our
church coordinator; and the Rev. R.E. Donaldson,
our religion editor. They went well beyond the call
of duty to make the project a success.
The results was increased advertising, which
became even more significant when Mary Boynton
was added to our staff.
We wish to thank all of you, our readers,
advertisers, and stockholders, for your valued and
continued support.
Correction
Last week the News-Review reported that Alpha Psi Alpha
Fraternity sponsored a reception for Tennis Pro Arthur Ashe and
presented him with a plaque. The fraternity was Kappa Alpha Psi,
Inc. We regret the error.
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renditions of modern dance,
ballet, African and jazz.
Tickets are $4 for patrons,
$3 for adults and $2 for
students. They may be
purchased at the door or by
calling C.O. Hollis at 722-5517.
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New services for elderly
By Fannie Flono
Elderly persons in the 13-
county Central Savannah River
Area will see some new services
available to them July 1, said
Jeanette Cummings, director of
the Area Agency on Aging.
Among them will be
provisions for a paralegal to
advise older Americans on
benefits and rights available to
them.
Mrs. Cummings, who is
conducting public hearings on
the services available to the
elderly, said the paralegal
services are part of a package
costing more than 5800,000 in
local, state and federal funds.
The paralegel services are
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The Rev. Fred Taylor (4th right) of National SCLC
installs officers of local chapter. From left: Frank
Williams, treasurer; Rev. Robert Padgett, board
chairman; Willie Leverett, field representative; Ms.
Biondell Conley, president; Mrs. Clara Robinson, vice
Black teens know issues
In a survey that measured
attitudes of over 500 black
high school seniors on eight
national issues, the NAACP’s
Office of Voter Education
reported drastic disparity
between its sampling and
national polls of the general
population.
Joseph Madison, director of
the National Association for
the Advancement of Colored
People Voter Education Office,
made his survey part of a
The Terpsichoreans
expected to cost nearly
$15,000.
Another new service,
provision of an ombudsman,
will cost $15,000. The
ombudsman will be a person
who will investigate complaints
about services in long-term care
facilities like nursing homes.
The other new service
available to senior citizens will
be pre-retirement seminars
which aim to provide
educational programs to help
persons about to retire or those
who have already retired, Mrs.
Cummings said. This is
expected to be funded at
$2,000.
Several services are already
available to the elderly and will
registering process for the
upcoming primaries and
general election. The results,
however, according -to
Madison, draw a distinct
difference between the
thinking of black youth in this
country, and the general
attitudes of the national
population.
Madison said, “For those
who feel our black teenagers
are not as abreast of the issues
as some of the other segments
Cornrowing craze
thought to be ripoff
of black culture
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continue. Mrs. Cummings said.
They include the area’s
TOTE (Transportation of the
Elderly) program ($59,706),
homemaker services
($107,759), renovation of a
senior citizen center ($13,439)
and several nutrition sites
where meals are served for the
elderly in the area ($367,150).
Mrs. Cummings said several
priorities have already been
designated for giving help to
the elderly.
They include providing more
income and job opportunities
for those 60 and over, better
coordination of transportion
service, housing repair and
renovation including
weatherization, additional
president; Ms. Marguerite Bryant, corresponding
secretary; Mrs. Rosa Robinson, executive secretary; Mrs.
Lillie Martin, board member; Augustus Thurmond,
secretary; and Timothy Beard, field representative.
of the population, this poll
disputes them. Their answers,
their concerns and their general
awareness ranks them with
most adults questioned in
national surveys.”
Offering proof of his
statement, Madison pointed to
the overwhelming opposition
to such issues as registering for
the draft, inflation ' and
unemployment. The young
high school seniors also showed
strong support for federal
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homemaker and chore services,
emphasis on the food stamp
program although the agency
cannot address the issue in a
financial sense, development of
multi-purpose senior citizen
centers, more concentration on
home health care services, and
additional recreational and
social programs.
Funds are available for
projects for older Americans
through Title 3 of the Older
Americans Act of 1965.
Persons interested in more
information on these services,
should call the CSRA Planning
and Development Commission,
828-2356.
These services are free for
the elderly.
financing of abortions, the
need for a good energy
conservation program and
wage-price controls.
The poll results, which
closely resemble attitudes
generally founded in
exclusively black opinion polls,
will be made available to black
elected officials, NAACP
branch presidents and high
school voter registrars around
the country.
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Insurance man
leads nation for
4th year in a row
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Georgene Hatcher-Seabrook
. V4L4 CP prexy selected
i\-Rs citizen of year
Georgene Hatcher-Seabrook is The News-Review Citizen of the
Year.
Ms. Seabrook is the first woman president of the local NAACP
and initiated an effort that led to a formal investigation into
discrimination in hiring by the City of Augusta. That report,
conducted by the Augusta-Richmond County Human Relations
Commission, revealed wide-spread discrimination against blacks,
other minorities, and women.
She also headed other efforts including a letter writing
campaign to help defeat the Mottl anti-busing amendment. She
testified in Washington before the Senate Judiciary Committee
hearing on federal judges to make the senators aware of the
injustice that was done to local attorney John H. Ruffin Jr. by
the U.S. Senators from Georgia.
Ms. Seabrook has also been very vocal in her opposition to the
proposed magnet schools to be instituted in predominantly black
A.R. Johnson Junior High and C.T. Walker Elementary Schools.
Inside the NAACP she has launched a major membership drive
and significantly increased the number of persons holding life
memberships.
In short she has brought strong leadership to a community that
seems to be resigned to rhetoric and the maintenance of the
status quo.
Pennamon is top agent
for insurance company
Bob Pennamon, district
manager of Mutual & United of
Omaha, A.S. Quinn Jr. Agency
in Augusta, has been named by
the Home Office as the leading
tax shelter annuity specialist in
the nation for the fourth year
in a row.
Tax shelter annuity is a
supplementary retirement for
teachers and self-employed
individuals and employes of
companies that do not have
retirement programs.
He also has achieved
membership in the Mutual of
Omaha’s most prestigious
honor club - Chairman’s
Council ’BO. He is the only
full-time manager to reach the
Chairman’s Council for two
consecutive years.
Pennamon, as of Dec. 31,
1979, ranked number 5 in total
Life Insurance premium
income among all producers in
the United States, Canada,
Canal Zone and Puerto Rico.
He has also produced over a
million dollars of life insurance
each year since he joined the
Company in 1973. He
attributes this success to trying
new ideas in selling such as
buying a 25 foot motor home
which he uses as a mobile
office to serve his clients
throughout the state. Over half
of the Mutual & United of
Omaha million-dollar
Hu
Bob Pennamon
producers in Georgia are under
Bob Pennamon’s supervision.
Pennamon is a native of
Augusta and attended public
schools here. A graduate of
Savannah State College with a
BS degree in Chemistry and
Math, he was also a former
teacher in the CSRA area
before going into the insurance
business.
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