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The AifMto New»-Review - April 18,1981 -
5,000 March To Extend The
Voting Rights Act
SCLC President
Joseph E. Lowery and
Operation PUSH President
Jesse Jackson kicked off a
national campaign last
Sunday extend the
Voting Rights Act of 1965
with a partial re-creation of
the tide-turning Selma to
Montgomery march of tne
19605. The legislation has
an expiration date in 1982.
Lowery and Jackson
marched with 5,000 sup
porters in downtown Selma,
Alabama April sth to
demand extension of the
act, protest the budget cuts
proposed by President
Reagan and encourage
support for a massive,
national march in
Washington, D.C. in May if
the administration does not
reconsider the devastating
impact its economic policies
will have on the poor and
disadvantaged.
Standing on a platform
near the famous Edmund
Mini-Theatre To Present Season’s Last
Production
The Augusta Mini
Theatre, Inc. will present
its last production of the
season, “The Mighty
Gents” a play by Richard
Wesley, April 25, 26 at
Tubman Junior High School
Auditorium at 8:15 and 7:30
p.m., respectively.
The play centers around
the street gang The Mighty
Gents in New Jersey who
are determined to make a
big hit by robbing a big
time hood name Mr.
Braxton. The play discusses
why crime does not pay
and that there are no short
cuts to success.
The play will feature
Bobby McCarter as Frankie
the leader of the gang.
McCarter was last seen as
George Washington Carver
in “To Remind Am erica of
Our Past, Present and
Future.”
Frankie’s wife Rita will
be played by Vicklynn
Scott. Scott is a member of
the Theatre’s adult drama
class.
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Pettus Bridge in Selma
where civil rights marchers
were brutalized by state
troopers in 1965, Dr.
Lowery attacked the
economic plan, but not its
draftsman. “We pray for
the president’s personal
recovery, but not for his
program of economic
recovery.”
Dr. Lowery has not
been bashful about his
criticisms of the program,
which he says essentially
“takes from the poor and
gives to the rich...a
reversed Robin Hood’'
approach.
Similarly, Rev. Jackson
dwioimced the program,
saying “the war on poverty
is now the war on the
poor.”
The marchers began
their demonstration at
Brown’s Chapel A.M.E.
Church where they also
listened and responded
favorably to calls for black
Bennie Brooker who
was recently seen as Jackie
Robinson in "To Remind
America of Our Past,
Present and Futures,2 will
portray the role of Eldridge
and one of the Mighty
Gents. Other Gents are
Tiny played by Milton P.
Lane, who is making his
debut with the Theatre, and
Luckey, played by Terry
Williams. Williams was
recently seen as Asagai in
the Garden City Guild’s
Production of “A Raisin In
The Sun.”
Zeke, an alcoholic, will
tie piayed by Leroy
Jackson. Jackson made his
debut in the Theatre’s
production of a
“Ceremonies In Dark Old
florid
Sioeeom Haute International
1816 Wrightsboro Road
• unity and an end to
violence in Americ and the
world. Os great concern
were the ongoing killings of
black children in Atlanta.
Symbols of that con
cern were expressed in
signs and the wearing of
green ribbons that has
become customary across
this nation.
Many of the marchers
were children of the same
peer groups as Atlanta’s
youthful victims. Twenty
two of them carried green
candles to express their
sorrow over the killings as
they led the marchers back
to the Chapel following the
rally by the Pettus Bridge.
The event was
sponsored by the Alabama
Democratic Conference
headed by Joe Reed of
Montgomery and Mayor
Johnny Ford of Tuskegee,
with the supporting
cooperation erf SCLC and
Operation PUSH.
Men” this season.
Tyrone J. Butler,
founder-executive director
of the Theatre will play the
part of a smooth, sauve and
successful gangster known
as Mr. Braxton. Butler
portrayed Nat King Cole in
the Theatre's February
production of "To Remind
America of Our- Past,
Present and Future.”
The play is directed by
Mixine Barnett who is a
member of the Garden City
Guild, and assisted by
Judith Simon, the Theatre
Drama Instructor.
Tickets are on sale at
the Theatre at 2061
Milledgeville Road. For
mere information call 722-
0598 or 724-1786.
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ALPHA KAPPA ALPHA SORORITY
recently welcomed the following new
members of Zeta XI Omega Chapter: (Left
to right! Algelee Copeland, Phyllis
Ingram, Rosa Ishmal, Beverly Grant
General Motors Vice-
President to Head UNCF
Howard Kehrl, vice
chairman of General Motors
Corporation, has been
elected chairman of the
Board of the United Negro
College Fund.
Kehrl becomes the
ninth board chairman since
the United Negro College
Fund was founded 37 years
ago. He succeeds James E.
Burke, chairman of the
board and chief executive
officer of Johnson &
Johnson. Mr. Burke served
as UNCF Chairman since
1979 and will continue as a
member of the Board.
“Howard Kehrl’s
strong leadership and
personal dedication will
help UNCF and its member
colleges meet the
challenges faced by private
higher education over the
next decade. His election as
UNCF Board Chairman
highlights General Motors’
long and distinguished
history of support for
predominantly black
colleges and for the College
>Fund,” said Christopher
Edley, UNCF executive
director.
Howard Kehrl serves
on the board of directors of
General Motors Corporation
and also the Danton-
Hudson Corporation. He is
on the board of Detroit’s
Harper-Grace Hospitals and
the U.S. - Korea Economic
Council. Kehrl is chairman
erf the Decision for Wayne
Campaign for the Wayne
State University Capital
Funds Drive and serves on
Detroit’s United Foun
dation.
Mrs. Miller Wins For
First Time Ever
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A 64-year-old woman
,won a fund raising
“Shopping Spree Raffle”
held recently at a local
supermarket.
Mrs. Sallie Miller, Rte
4-Box 177, North Augusta,
S.C., held the winning
ticket for the two-minute
free shopping scamper.
Able-Disable To Meet
The Able-Disabled will
meet for its Eighth
Anniversary on April 21 at
7:30 p.m. in the Georgia
War Veterans Nursing
Home, 1101 15th Street.
Johnson, Carlette Lee Franldin and Ruby
Saxon. Soror Lucille Floyd b membership
chairperson and Betty Marshall b
president.
The new UNCF
Chairman attended Wayne
State University and was
graduated from the Illinois
Institute erf Technology. He
joined General Motors in
1948 upon his receipt of a
master of science degree in
engineering mechanics from
the University of Notre
Dame. Later, he earned his
Master’s degree in in
dustrial management from
the Massachusetts Institute
of Technology. In 1974, he
became executive vice
president in charge of the
General Motors technical
and planning staffs and was
elected to the GM board of
directors. He was given
added responsibility for the
Overseas group in 1978.
Kehrl became vice chair
man of General Motors on
February 1, 1981.
The United Negro
College Fund raises
operating funds for 41
private, predominantly
black colleges and
universities. The annual
campaign, headed by Dr.
Ruben F. Mettler, chairman
of the bpard, TRW Inc.,
raised over $18.5 million in
1980. The goal for 1981 is
s2l million.
UNCF institutions have
heterogeneous student
bodies which include a
large proportion of the
economically disadvantaged
students enrolled in
American colleges today.
On the average, 27 percent
of UNCF graduates go on
to graduate schools
throughout the nation.
More than half of the
Declaring this to be
her first time winning ever,
Mrs. Miller said, “I felt
great. I have never won
anything, I felt delicious.”
The event was
sponsored by the
Bethlehem Community
Center Child Development
Project.
Mattie Beard, Loraimie
Holston and Bob Mills will
share experiences as their
contributions to the
International Year of the
Disabled Person.
50,000 young people at
UNCF schools come from
families earning less than
$12,000 annually. Tuitions
at these colleges and
universities are one-third
below those at the average
private college nationally.
However, 90 percent of
UNCF students require
financial aid.
The United Negro
College Fund is a known by
its motto: “A Mind is a
Terrible Thing to Waste.”
DR. DeWITT C. SMITH
optometrist
Announces the opening
erf an additional office at
2225 Lumpkin Road., to
serve South Aususta.
Family Optometry. Eyes
Examined - Glasses
Fitted. Call 738-2020 for
appointment. Saturday
and evening hours also.
Dr. Varnell Gaines
Wishes to announce the opening
of his office for the practice of
Family Dentistry
March 15,1981
1815 Wrightsboro Rd. Office Hrs. By App’t.
Augusta, Ga 738-0482
860-9454
S.W. Walker 11, Chairman and Chief
Executive Officer of the Pilgrim Health
and Life Insurance Company announces
that the copany made a profit of close to
S3O thousand dollars for the month of
January. The complete income statement
follows:
COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF INCOME AND EXPENSE: 1-31-81
THE PILGRIM HEALTH AND LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
INC. PERCENT
OR OR
Revenue 1981 ’-980 DEC. CHANGE
.. .Premium Income 409,822 386,847 22,975 5.94
Investment Income 94,016 78,873 15,143 19 19.20
Miscellaneous Income 175 158
8.29
Total Revenue 504,013 465,737 38,276
BENEFITS AND EXPENSE:
Death Claims 52,370 65,315
Waiver of Premiums 131 .q.
Matured Endowments 2,500 150
Loss of Sight & 500 500
Dismemberment 66,424 62,067
A&H Benefits 24,474 42,915
Surrender Benefits 18 18
Supplementary Con- 50,000 34,000
tracts 127,962 138,009
Increase in Reserves 142,308 148,697
Commissions 11,450 17,904
General Expense 478,137 509’575'
Taxes, License & Fees (31,438) (6.17)
25,876 (43,838) 69,714 159.00
Gain or Loss
Porgy And Bess To Be
Performing Here April 29
x A new production
of George Gershwin's
PORGY AND BESS will be
performed here April 29 by
the North Carolina Opera,
touring affiliate of the
Charlottee Opera
Association, sponsored by
the Augusta Arts and
Cultural Association, Inc.
The show will begin at
8 p.m. at Bell Auditorium.
uong recognized as an
enduring part of out
nation's cultural heritage,
"PORGY AND BESS” is
the source of such favorite
songs as “Summertime,”
"I Got Plenty O’Nuttin,”
“It Ain’t Necessarily So,”
and “Bess You Is My
Woman Now.”
Tickets will be on sale
at Bell Auditorium Box
Office from 10 a.m. to 6
p.m., Monday through
Friday and on Saturday’s
from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. For
ticket information call 722-
7925.
The North Carolina
Opera’s PORGY AND BESS
features two members of
the Houston Gran Opera’s
Broadway cast:
Wilhelmenia Fernandez as
Bess and Elixabeth Graham
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as Clara. Award winning
baritone J ames Tyeska will
sing Porgy. “In addition to
a cast of nine principal
artists, the production will
tour with the Charlotte
Symphony orchestra and a
24 member chorus. Stale
direction is by Peter
schifter; scenic design is by
Lowell Detweiler. Music
'director Charles Rosekrans
has conducted Charlottee
Opera for 12 years, founded
the Houston Chaihber
Orchestra, and currently
conducts the Dallas Ballet.
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