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Former News-Review
intern reports for
local TV station
By Carolyn Thorpe
A bright and invigorating
new face has surged upon the
local television media.
The CSRA welcomes Joan
Harrell back home as news
reporter for WJBF-Channel 6.
Ms. Harrell, who is featured
on the evening news, and has
been a resident of Augusta for
the past ten years, is a recent
graduage of Stephens College
in Columbia, Mo.
She considers herself as
quite lucky to land the
position at Channel 6. “I feel,
in this job, I can get a taste of
everything,” she says, “and as a
neophyte, I can get some good
and valuable experience,” she
continued.
Carl Ware
Need for black colleges
is greater than ever
Carl Ware, former president
of the Atlanta City Council
and now an executive for the
Coca Cola Bottling Co., said
here last week that black
colleges are needed now more
than ever to provide tools that
lead toward self-sufficiency.
“Blacks need a chance to own
the business or at least to
determine where it goes. 1
believe that we are needed in
corporate board rooms where
decisions are made as much as
we’re needed in the political
arena,” he said.
Ware was the keynote
speaker for Paine College’s
United Negro College Fund
kickoff banquet last Thursday.
In assessing black progress,
Ware said the important
question is “How many have
we left behind, not how far
we’ve come.”
“The black college serves the
backbone of our community
and must be preserved like
other ethnic institutions must
be,” he said, noting that these
schools must survive off
limited budgets. “Less than
three percent of federal dollars
going to higher education
accrues to black colleges,” he
said, adding that black colleges
have limited endowments and
lack wealthy alumni.
He noted that 40 percent of
the students attending UNCF
schools come from families
with incomes of less than
$5,000 a year, and 75 percent
come from families with
incomes of less than SIO,OOO a
C.L. Franklin benefit
tops SIOO,OOO
“The Gospel Show of the
Decade,” a benefit concert
sponsored by the friends of
Rev. C.L. Franklin, was
deemed a sell-out by the
committee. Although no
official report has been issued,
the gross from the event held
at Cobo Arena Monday night
was said to have topped
SIOO,OOO.
Expenses ran high for the
concert, however, despite the
fact that most of the
participating acts waived their
normal fees. The sponsoring
Flower arranging
course offered
A short course in Flower
Arranging is being offered by
the Continuing Education
Department of Aiken
Technical College. Classes will
be from 7 pjn. to 10 pm. on
Tuesdays, April 8 through May
13.
Instructor for the course is
Ricky Harris, owner of the
Flower Boutique. He will
provide a list of materials
needed in the class such as
scissors, containers and silk
flowers. The approximate cost
of these materials should not
exceed $25. Hie course is open
to all interested persons. Fee is
S4B.
For information or
assistance in registering by
mail, call the Student Services
Department, 593-9231.
The “quasi” Augusta native
feels that Augusta is a pit stop
in her race to her goal of
making it as a network
personality. She plans to utilize
every chance she gets, for she
feels this area is an open
market for blacks to get
experience in the area of
communications.
Harrell, who holds a B.A. in
Communications, plans to
return to school to become
more specialized. “Eventually,
I want to produce my own
shows,” she stated. Her
strategy is to obtain needed
experience, and become
specialized so that she may call
her own shots. She has a
special interest in Black
History, and wants to direct
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Carl Ware
year.
Yet the black colleges
produce 50 of the black college
graduates, 85 percent of all
medical doctors, 80 percent of
all federal judges, and 75
percent of all black elected
officials.
Paine College was one of 27
charter members of the United
Negro College Fund when it
was formed in 1944. The
organization has now grown to
41 members, with Georgia
having the largest number of
UNCF schools. The other
UNCF schools in Georgia are
Clark, Morehouse, Spelman,
Morris Brown and the
Interdenominational
Theological Center.
group anticipated netting at
least $50,000.
Singer Aretha Fianklin and
Rev. James Cleveland
headlined the program, which
featured Rev. Jesse Jackson,
the Staple Singers, Rev.
Cleophus Robinson and several
of Detroit’s top choirs.
Rev. Jim Holly spearheaded
the benefit, which owes a great
deal of its success to the
support of O’Neil Swanson,
West Productions and Taurus
Productions.
Ms.
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Joan Harrell with Garv, Indiana mayor Richard Hatcher
her attention to producing
programming centered around
Black History.
She loves reading, and likes
to write - especially poetry
and short stories. She is
presently trying to get a book
of short stories published.
Harrell, who can be
classified as a “military brat,”
did a considerable amount of
traveling while her father was
in the military. “It made me
adaptable to any situation, and
1 see my military experiences
as an enrichment to my life,”
she stated.
The petite reporter is a
member of Tabernacle Baptist
Church, and plans to become
in church and community
activities again. She has a
strong religious base and feels
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that every person 'should find
out what God is all about.
“Without God, one can
physically exist, however, one
is spiritually dead,” she quotes
from one of her own
compositions.
And who does she admire
most? Producer Tony Brown.
“1 consider him as an excellent
broadcast journalist, who has
done a lot for the black
community,” she said.
Harrell, who recently turned
23 does not see marriage in her
immediate future. “I have a lot
I want to do right now,” she
said.
She feels very confident
about her future, and she said
she feels with her belief in
God, she’ll make it.
Dr. Carter in 50th year
of practicing dentistry
Dr. James E. Carter Jr., a
native of Augusta and
practicing dentist, is currently
eight months into his 50th year
of providing dental care to the
citizens of Augusta. He opened
his office on July 1, 1930, at
the present location, 1141
12th St.
He is a graduate of Haines
Institute and the 1930 dental
class of Howard University. He
completed post graduate work
at Howard and tire Medical
College of Georgia School of
Dentistry. He was named to
Fellowship in tire American
College of Dentistry, The
Royal Society of Health,
Fellow, Academy of General
Dentistry, World Wide
Academy of Scholars, Fellow,
Academy of Dentistry
International.
He is past President of tire
following: Stoney Medical,
Dental and Pharmaceutical
Society, the Georgia Dental
Society, John Andrew Clinical
Society at Tuskegee, Alabama,
and the National Dental
Association. He was a member
of the National Council,
YMCA, Chairman of the Board
of tire Ninth Street YMCA,
past Basileus, Psi Omega
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of the Augusta-Richmond and the Cancer Fund. He was
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Treasurer of the Seventh
District of Omega Psi Phi
Fraternity for 33 years (Ga.,
Ala., Fla., Miss.).
He is a member of Thankful
Baptist Church where he is a
deacon and served as Chairman
of the Trustee Board from
1937-77.
He has received numerous
awards among which are: 55
Year Award, Thankful Baptist
Church, 35 Year Service
Award, Georgia Dental
Society, Past Presidents Award,
several organizations, 50 Year
Award,Omega Psi Phi
Fraternity, more than twelve
listings in Publications of
Outstanding Individuals.
The Carter family was voted
the Bicentennial Family of the
j Era in 1976 for outstanding
contributions by the Augusta
News-Review newspaper. He
has been awarded
I life-memberships in several
organizations. He was awarded
the Whitney Young Award by
the Boy Scouts of America.
He is married to the former
Marjorie Frances Butler, a
native of Columbia, S.C. and a
) retired pharmacist and teacher.
1 They have one son, James E.
5 Carter HI.
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