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Dupree blames integration, critics for his retirement Page 3 ® l,e Augusta gfeuis -Beuirui Volume |3, Number 28 **&•/- •' f WSMBlgk *% WfW Jbfr. :;' - wM*'* \ tfxk - ; : w r> ■' $ '■ \ A ‘Walk ?SL <-f tW’' flr j™wll ;<‘y* VW* ~ -~ f • ■jf sr M <. ' B 1 HHHHHHBfWHHHHHHMHk PALLBEARERS—More than 30 C.M.E. ministers from across the state attended the funeral of the Rev. Luther R. Neal Tuesday in the Gilbert-Lambuth Chapel of Paine College. The active pallbearers were ministers. They included the Revs. Timothy Green, Robert L. Davenport, Cecil Gresham, John Jordan, John Cook, Lacey J. Cochrane, Raymond Thompkins and Willie Crew. Gov. appoints Kathryn Jasper Kathryn Pitts Jasper was recently appointed to a five-year term on the Eighth Congressional District State Board of Education by Gov. Joe Frank Harris. She is the first and only Black woman to hold that position. The board has responsibility for policy for all public education in Georgia. The governor has also appointed her to the Education Review Commission where she serves along with Augusta banker Eugene Hunt and insurance executive Joseph D. Greene. The Education Review Com mission is an ad hoc committee which examines the educational process to see what can be done to provide quality education in the state, to create more achievers among Georgia students, and to find out why our students are not achieving, she said. Mrs. Jasper, a 1949 graduate of Paine College, is the wife of Albert Jasper of Augusta. When he was in International dental academy honors Walker, Melcher W.J. Walker Jr. D.M.D. and* Neil Melcher, D.D.S. were awar ded fellowships into the Academy of Dentistry International during Convocational Services recently at the 124th Annual Meeting Os the American Dental Association in Anaheim, CA. Walker and melcher were the only two Georgians in this year’s class of 63 which represented candidates from 20 different states and three dif ferent countries. Walker is a 1966 graduate of Paine College and a 197 S graduate of the Medical College of - ■, v Kathryne Pitts Jasper the military, she taught in 14 states and 21 countries and North Africa. She said that her most rewarding years were when she worked at the Georgia’s School of Dentistry where he received the 1975 senior award from the International College of Dentists honoring his outstanding achievement while a student. He received his M.S. degree from Wayne State Univer sity. Walker is currently in private practice in Augusta and has a part time faculty appointment at MCG. He also serves on the Richmond County Board of Health and the Georgia Human Services Advisory Committee for the state’s Public Health Department. rvomaMOaHBBMMBaMaHBMIBMaMHaBMBaBBBBi Gov. appoints Kathryn Jasper to education board Page 1 Academy of the Blind, where she taught beginning braille to physically and mentally handicap ped students. In 1958, she was named Teacher of the Year while teaching the Academy of the Blind. On May 13,1982, Macon Mayor George Israel proclaimed the day Katherine Jasper Day in Macon in recognition of her exceptional work. “I love people and have always enjoyed working with people. I believe in doing my best and every morning I fall on my knees and say thank you, sweet Jesus,” she said. After 35 years in education, she retired in 1982 as the principal of Burdell Elementary School. Since her retirement she has served as president of the State Board of Christian Education of the C.M.E. church. The only girl among seven brothers, her goal is to write a book on her seven brothers, one of whom was Dr. Lucius H. Pitts, the ninth president of Paine College. uk Jr Dr. Willis J. Walker Jr. A member of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, he is also a member of Williams Memorial C.M.E. Chur ch. Glenn Hills 1 Spartans I 11 130 330 04 roll n PAI^E COLLEG 11 1235 1 STH ST Page 6 AUGUSTA, GA 30910 October 29,1983 Heart attack claims Rev. L.R. Neal Funeral services were held Tuesday for the Rev. Luther R. Neal, presiding elder of the Augusta District of the C.M.E. Church. He was 67. Neal died in Atlanta Friday while attending the fall meeting of the Paine College Board of Trustees of which he was a mem ber. Bishop Joseph C. Coles, vice president of the board of trustees, delivered the main eulogy in the Paine College chapel. Recalling the moments leading up to the heart attack that claimed Neal’s life, Bishop Coles said, “Thirty minutes before he passed, I was sit ting at a table having lunch with him. Thirty minutes later he was in a struggle with death. ’’ As the trustees were taking their seats to begin the afternoon session of their meeting, Neal reportedly slumped over his chair and fell to the floor. Mrs. Ann E»vrn Neal, his wife, was contacted and flown to Atlan ta while paramedics fought to revive her husband, but by the time she arrived in Atlanta, he was dead. He had no previous history of a heart condition, according to sour ces close to the family. Born in Warren County in 1916, he graduated from Paine College and earned the master’s degree and the sixth year certificate from Atlanta University. He was a prin cipal in Elbert County for 23 years /* * ■pmhphm 111 I , GUION BLUFORD after triumphant space journey Lt. Col. Guion Bluford, America’s first Black astronaut to fly into space, is a living role model with positive advice foir young people, reports the November issue of EBONY Magazine. Bluford, who has been described by colleagues as “extraordinarily and in Richmond County for eight years. An ordained minister, was the founder and pastor of Farr’s Mission in McDuffie County. He later pastored St. Mary’s in Elber ton, and Rock of Ages and Trinity in Augusta. On two occasions, he served as presiding elder, for six years in the Elberton District and seven years in the Augusta District. And he was dean of the Leadership Training School at Paine College for 17 years. He also served on the clergy staff at University and Georgia Regional hospitals. He was Teacher of the Year in Elbert County, Minister of the Year in the Georgia Conference, recipient of the Paine College Presidential Alumni Award, and was recently named Poet Laureate by the Augusta Black History Committee. The author of numerous poems, he published a book of poems en titled “The Church, the Home, the School.” During the funeral, Paine College President William H. Harris read a poem that Neal had just written and handed to him at 5 p.m. Friday. After reading the poem, Harris added his own couplet: “A man of dedication, generosity and zeal, that’s how 1 remember Rev. Luther R. Neal.” Bluford a living role model IFAMU. downs 24/83 Less than 75 percent Advertising bright, very dedicated, and well organized,” suggests young people follow these same guidelines if they want to achieve their goals. He says, “If you want to suc ceed, prepare yourself, work hard,...above all be diligent and persistent... Once you set goals for I A $ ‘‘-MMI X gr 3k ‘ W < CMBk Prayer Dear God and Father of mankind, We give Thee thanks with soul and mind. We trust in Thee with faith and hope, To solve problems we can not cope! You are our doctor of body and mind, Who makes every call right on time! We trust in Thee, beyond any doubt, To meet our needs and lead us out! When the way is dark and hills are high, You stand ready to hear our cry! We depend upon thy saving grace, To guide our feet to keep the pace! Thank you dear God for night and day, And for bringing us thus far on our way! We are sometimes up and sometimes down, But still our soul feels Heavenly bound! Give us the patience, on Thee to wait For showers of blessings, never too late! Here is my hand Lord, lead me on; I will follow Thee to thy Throne! Stand by me Lord, as a pillar of stone; Hold my hand, I am never alone! I am not afraid walking with you, For you are my doctor and my Saviour too! From: The Home, The Charch, The School by Rev. Luther R. Neal yourself you should doggedly pur sue them until you achieve them.” Bluford also has intriguing thoughts on what it means to be the first Black astronaut and why it took so long for NASA to put a Black man into space. 300