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Mini Theatre to present
seasons final production
Augusta Mini Theatre, Inc.
will present its last production
of the 1979-80 season May 3
and 4 at Tubman Junior High
School Auditorium at 8:15
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Paine gets SIOO,OOO grant
The Andrew W. Mellon
Foundation of New York has
awarded Paine College a grant
of SIOO,OOO to strengthen
faculty and curriculum in the
humanities and the arts.
In receiving the grant, which
will be used over a three year
period, Paine President Julius
S. Scott Jr. said, “The Mellon
Foundation grant will enable
the 25 humanities faculty
members to sharpen their
competencies, attend
professional humanities
conferences and seminars, and
assist those involved in research
and publishing.” The program
will be directed by Dr. Gerald
J. Smith, Chair of the Division
of the Humanities.
Dr. Scott stated that the
Its not too late
to answer census
If you haven’t mailed back
your completed census
questionnaire, it’s not too late
to be counted in the 1980
Census of Population and
Housing.
The district manager for the
census in this area, Annely M.
Hayes, says, “We’re counting
on you to answer the census
and, although the Census
Bureau wanted the
questionnaires to be returned
on April 1, we’ll still accept
them. If the questionnaires are
not returned shortly, census
takers must call, and that will
add to the cost of the census to
taxpayers.”
The manager added that the
census is meant to reflect the
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Tyrone Butler,
founder-executive director of
the Mini Theatre, will be
presented in concert for the
second consecutive year.
He will be featured in a duet
with Jeannette Bell. The two
will perform Evergreen by
Barbara Streisand, “Yes, I’m
Ready,” recently recorded by
Teri DeSario & K.C. He will
also perform a special salute to
Nat “King” Cole.
The Cole songs will be
“Answer Me My Love,” “For
Sentimental Reasons,” and
“Too Young.” Other songs to
be performed by Butler are
“Still” by the Commondores,
“Don’t Let Go” by Isaac
Hayes, and “The Greatest
Love” by George Benson.
Members of the Theatre’s
acting class will be featured in
a drama presentation written
by Butler entitled “It’s Time
To Change.” The drama
discusses many changing
aspects of our society, such as,
the role of the woman,
independent thinking, politicis,
and even the belief in Santa
Claus.
The students are Selena
Wade, Bobby McCarter, Elaine
Rhodes, Gregg Ingram, Jackie
Sims, Marla Simon, Judith
Simon, Pamela Jones, Derrick
Reid, Jimmy Sego and Darryl
Perkins.
Patricia Hymes, a member of
the Drama group, will be a
featured soloist.
The mistress of ceremonies
will be Tara Haskins of WRDW
radio.
Advanced tickets are
available at Pyramid Records
on Broad and at the Theatre
office, 2061 Milledgeville
Road, or call 722-0598 or
724-1786. All proceeds will go
toward the operation of the
Mini Theatre.
grant is a step in the continuing
program of Paine College to
strengthen its curriculum and
faculty at all levels, to provide
Paine students with as broad a
liberal arts education as
possible, and to contribute to
the depth of scholarship in all
disciplines.
The Mellon Foundation
supports religious, chairtable,
scientific, literary, and
educational programs which
promote the well-being of
mankind and promote the
public welfare. Selective grants
are also made to institutions of
higher learning in the
performing arts, cultural
affairs, and environmental and
public affairs areas.
count of everyone on April 1.
Anyone who has moved into
your household since that date
should not be listed on your
questionnaire. Anyone who has
moved away who was a
resident on April 1 should be
listed.
Most questions can be
answered by blacking in the
small circles with an ordinary
lead pencil. If the yellow
instruction guide that came
with the questionnaire is
followed, the task will be
simple. Also enclosed with the
questionnaire was a brown
envelope for mailing it back. It
is addressed and requires no
postage.
Lucy Laney
honors
Founders
Lucy C. Laney High School
observed its Founder’s Day on
Friday, April 18 with a
program honoring the faculty
members who attended the
school. Forty percent of the
teachers at Laney are former
graduates of Laney High
School or of Haines Normal
and Industrial Institute and
A.R. Johnson High School,
which merged in 1949 forming
the present Lucy Laney High
School.
Those teachers presently
working at Laney are: Mrs. J.
Lowe, Mrs. J. Hardy, Mrs. M.
Biggers, Mr. W. Brown, Mr. H.
Lamar, Mrs. L. Davis, Mrs. B.
Smith, Mr. W. Holmes, Mr. W.’~
Golden, Mr. N. Bonner, Mr. J.
Jackson, Mrs. A.W. Rogers,
Mrs. B.W. Pollard, Mrs.
Williams, Mrs. J. Griffin, Mrs.
M. Mathis, Mrs. P. Curry, Mrs.
Johnson, Mr. J Willis, Mr. J.
Washington, and Miss D. Diggs.
Tina Bennett, a senior honor
student and “Miss Laney
1979-80” led the student body
and guests out to Miss Laney’s
grave in front of the school for
a graveside ceremony.
Victoria Turner
elected
vice president
A Paine College senior,
Victoria Turner, was elected
first vice president of the
Student Georgia Association of
Educators, (SGAE), recently.
The election was held during
the SGAE state convention in
Atlanta April 18-and 19. Miss
Turner will also serve as
chairperson of the constitution
committee of the SGAE.
The Paine College chapter
was named Outstanding
Chapter of the Year during the
SGAE convention. The groups
four-sided display showing
activities on the local, state,
and national level won the
SGAE Display Award. Two
trophies were presented to the
Paine chapter of SNEA for
these awards.
The Paine chapter also
received four certificates at the
convention for increasing
membership and participating
in the SGAE scrapbook
compeition, display
competition and convention.
Paine College students
attending the SGAE
convention were: Sharon Wells,
Valerie Rollins, Juanita Styles,
Gloria Wright, Ida Clark,
Freddie Davis, Jean Scott,
Wanda Thomas, Victoria
Turner, Lena Doster, Carolyn
Aaron, Shirley Simmon,
Deborah Burdette, Christine
Walker, and Louise Hunter.
Boggs plans
program
KEYSVILLE, Ga. - Boggs
Academy is having a careers
program on the campus the
week of May 5-9.
Planned activities include
presentations and group
discussions with professionals
from varous fields that are of
interest to young people.
Participants include James
King, artist; Drs. Roger Smith
and Monica Green; M. Jones,
detective; Lurden Lipscomb,
architect; attorneys Evita
Paschall and William Horne;
Frank Jenkins, CPA; Sanyike
Manuel, musician; Ms. Doria
Kelly, financial analyst; Stan
Spence, MCG student;
businessmen Bernard Johnson
and James Kendricks; and Ms.
Dorothy Ward, modiste.
The event is hosted on
campus by members of the
living and lifestyles class.
Interested teachers and
students are encouraged to
contact the school for dates
and times of specific
presentations, 722-2354 or
554-2181.
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SCLC vows to stick by Wrightsville blacks
More than 500 Southern
Christian Leadership
Conference (SCLC) supporters
marched through the streets of
Wrightsville, Georgia, recently
demanding justice for blacks in
that small Middle Georgia
town.
Dr. Joseph E. Lowery,
president of SCLC, led the
demonstrators to the Johnson
County Courthouse where he
challenged Wrigh tsville and
Johnson County officials to
“move out of the past and into
the present so blacks and
Pilgrim disavows collapsing namesake
The Pilgrim Life Insurance
Co., which is included in the
collapse of a multimillion-dol
lar business empire, has no
connections with the
Augusta-founded Pilgrim
Health and Life Insurance Co.,
officials here said.
Walter S. Hornsby Jr.,
president of the Augusta
company, said “Our company
Three elected to Paine trustee board
The Paine College board of
Trustees recently elected three
new members.
Elected to the board are Dr.
Charles Estes Hoover, Clarence
E. Heller and Dr. Charles S.
Hamilton. Each will serve for a
three year term ending in
1983.
Dr. Hoover graduated from
Richmond Academy and
Augusta College. He earned a
bachelor’s in business
administration from the
University of Georgia and a
master’s of divinity from
Candler School of Theology,
Emory University. And further
graduate work at Emory and
Drew Universities, Hoover
earned a doctorate of sacred
theology from Candler.
Currently Dr. Hoover is
Superintendent of the Augusta
District, United Methodist
Church. He has served on
various boards and agencies of
the church, including Chairman
of the Committee on Personnel
and Policy, Vice chairman of
the Conference Committee on
Education and Chair of
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SCLC president Joseph Lowery leads Wrightsville march
whites together can build a
better future.”
The protestors marched
despite the presence of fully
robed Ku Klux Klansmen and
self-avowed white racist J.B.
Stoner of Marietta, Georgia,
who staged a counter-protest
just a few yards away from the
SCLC demonstration.
Dr. Lowery- told the crowd,
“SCLC will not permit blacks
in Johnson County to be
isolated and intimidated in
pursuit of their rights. We
(SCLC) will stand with them.”
is not a subsidary of anything.
We are locally owned and
locally founded with district
offices in the states of Georgia,
Alabama, South Carolina and
Florida. There are three
separate Pilgrim companies in
the state which causes the
confusion.”
He said he was in Atlanta
the North Georgia Annual
Conference Commission on
Higher Education.
Heller earned his bachelor’s
degree from the University of
California, Berkeley. After
graduation, Heller served in the
U.S. Army Infantry.
Heller’s corporate
directorships include
Multi-Sonics Corporation, U.S.
Leasing International, Inc.,
Crocker Capital Corporation
and Basic Minerals, where he is
currently President. He is also a
trustee and president of Heller
Charitable and Educational
Fund and director and
treasurer of the Palo Alto
Medical Research Foundation.
Among his other directorships
are organizations such as the
International House, University
of California, Berkeley, Friends
Outside in California,
California Tomorrow, and
Palace of Arts and Science
Foundation, San Francisco.
Hamilton, earned a
bachelor’s degree from
Morehouse College and
continued his education at the
Morehouse School of Religion,
Lowery continued, “Blacks
who are at least 40 percent of
the population of Johnson
County hold zero percent of
the government posts, zero
percent of the law enforcement
positions and zero percent of
the economic and financial
power in Johnson County.”
Lowery drew cheers from
the crowd when he promised
to include Johnson County in a
voter registration campaign
that will involve at least 4
other counties. In addition,
Lowery says SCLC will
recently when he learned of
the collapse of General
Resources Corporation, a
conglomerate headed by W.
Bennett Collett of Atlanta,
which now faces year of
lawsuits from disgruntled
creditors and investors.
Augusta’s Pilgrim, however,
was founded on May 2, 1898,
where he earned a B.D. degree
and at the Interdenominational
Theological Center, where he
received a master’s of sacred
theology. He earned a
doctorate of ministry degree
from Colgage Rochester
Divinity School.
Currently, Hamilton is
minister of Tabernacle Baptist
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campaign in Johnson County.
Lowery went on to urge the
white Christians and persons of
good will to join with blacks in
good faith negotiations to
achieve racial progress.
“Wrightsville” he said, “must
learn the lesson of history that
change will come and
Wrightsville must choose how
long and how painful that
process of change will be.”
Racial tensions erupted in
Wrightsville on April 8 when
under the name of Pilgrim
Benevolent Society by
Solomon W. Walker, who was a
delivery boy on Gwinnett
Street (now Laney-Walker
Boulevard) when he envisioned
the plan for the company.
The organization became the
first life insurance company
organized in Augusta and one
Church in Augusta. He is
serving as president of the
Lincoln-Douglass League and is
a member of the Augusta
Downtown Redevelopment
Authority and the board of
directors of the Augusta
YMCA.
His past involvements include
chair of the Augusta Civil
peaceful demonstrators were
attacked by a mob of whites
on the Johnson County
Courthouse lawn. During that
protest, led by John Martin,
Johnson County SCLC
president, demonstrators
reported being beaten and
clubbed by Johnson County
law enforcement officials.
Following the attack whites
drove th rough the black
community shooting fire arms.
At least one black, James
Marshall, was shot.
of the first insurance
companies in the United States
formed solely by blacks.
Newspaper reports published
Monday said that the Pilgrim
Life Insurance Co., affected by
the collapse of Collett’s
empire, had policyholders in
Georgia but was founded in
Indiana.
Service Commission, organizer
of Opportunity industrializa
tion Center of Augusta,
member of tire Augusta City
Counil and president of
Georgia Human Relations
Commission and president of
the New Era Baptist
Convention of Georgia.
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