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Cop closes door,
cuts off finger
of local pianist
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Volume 13 Number 32
Miss America
talks back
Vanessa Williams, the first
Black Miss America in the
pageant’s 63-year history, is
featured in December EBONY.
Vanessa’s victory has caused a
flurry of excitement around the
world. She has stated that she wan
ts to “be a role model for
youngsters’’ and millions are
heralding her as such. All of this
attention would be overwhelming
for the average 20-year-old, but
Williams is taking it all in stride.
Something that hasn’t set well
with Vanessa are comments by
those who say her green eyes, fair
skin and golden brown hair add up
to no victory for Blacks. Vanessa
says, “1 have achieved this, so why
can’t they give me credit!? When
I’ve heard people say, ‘well, you
really won because you aren’t
Black looking’...! don’t know
what the ideal Black woman looks
like.”
Blacks voting in record numbers
The Black voter turnout rate in
creased to 43 percent in 1982 from
37 percent in 1978, according to a
report on a survey by the Commer
ce Department’s Census Bureau.
The rate for Blacks was 34 per
cent in 1974 and 44 percent in
1970.
Although 50 percent of whites
voted in 1982, their increase over
1978 was only three percentage
points compared with six for
Blacks.
In November of 1982, the Black
voting age population totaled 17.6
Closing door severs finger of local pianist
A day of festivities ended in
tragedy Saturday night when a
policeman, apparently trying to
limit the crowd at an already over
crowded dance, closed the door on
a young piano player, cutting off
the man’s finger.
Jerry Butler Jr., 1814 Fayette-
Sen. John Glenn proud
of civil rights record
Presidential hopeful John Glenn
held a news conference in front of
the Municipal Building here Friday,
but none of the questions directed
at him addressed his civil rights
record. However, the senator
made available to the press a
position statement which gave his
positions on the issues, including
civil rights.
Glenn said that he was:
Co-author (with former Sen.
Edward Brooke) of a Senate Anti-
Discrimination Resolution ap
plying civil rights to Congress.
Co-sponsor of the 1975 and 1980
Voting Rights Extensions, and an
opponent of all weakening amen
dments.
Supporter of full representation
of the District of Columbia.
Supporter of Operation Big
Vote.
Co-sponsor (with '.ormer Sen.
Brooke) of the minortv set-aside
program.
Supporter of et-aside
provisions for minority harness in
government transporation
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million, of which 10.4 million (59
percent) were registered. Among
those registered, 7.6 million (73
percent) reported that they voted.
As shown by past surveys, the
Black voter turnout was highest in
the North and West (49 percent),
and lowest in the South (38 per
cent). The South has the largest
concentration of Black voters.
Other findings: Thirty-four per
cent of the unemployed voted in
1982 compared with 27 percent in
1978.
ville Drive, plays the piano for the
First Mt. Moriah Baptist Church.
He said that the ring finger on his
right hand was severed in the in
cident, and that doctors had used
parts of the detached finger to
make skin grafts.
He and others had sought to
programs.
Co-sponsor of the Fair Housing
Act and the author of a measure to
strengthen HUD’s Fair Housing
Program.
Opponent of the Republican
Administration efforts to slash
federal funds for higher education,
indiscriminate cuts that endanger
the existence of many Black colleges
and universities.
Co-sponsor of legislation ex
pressing the sense of the Congress
against Republican Administration
moves to grant tax-exempt status
to schools discriminating against
Blacks.
Author of the Magnet Schools
Act of 1976.
Original co-sponsor of a bill to
make Martin Luther King’s birth
day a national holiday.
Original co-sponsor of a bill to
place the bust of Dr. King in the
U.S. Capitol.
Opponent of Congressional ef
forts to undermine majority rule
and free elections in Zimbabwe.
Co-sponsor of the Africa and
House resolution
would impeach
President Reagan
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Vanessa Williams
Voter participation was higher
among white-collar workers (58
percent) than blue-collar workers
(39 percent), and among college
graduates (67 percent) than among
those with four years of high school
(47 percent).
The turnout rate was con
siderably higher among
homeowners (62 percent) than
among renters (32 percent).
A low turnout among Hispanics
(25 percent) was attributed to the
large proportion who could not
vote because they were not
gain entry to the Paine College
Homecoming Dance at the
Augusta Hilton Convention Cen
ter where the popular Kashif band
was performing.
Sources attending the dance said
that the crowd had exceeded its
capacity and a city policeman
U.S. Exchange Program with the
National Council of Negro
Women.
Regarding the appointment of
Blacks, Glenn said that he was suc
cessful nominator of a Black U.S.
attorney, a Black U.S. District
Court judge, and a Black U.S. Cir
cuit Court of Appeals judge.
He sponsored the appointment
of a former senior legislative coun
sel as the second Black in the 94-
year history of the Interstate
Commerce Commission.
He said that he advocates the
appointment of minorities and
women throughout government in
policy positions, particularly in
“non-traditional” positions.
“I have supported, and will con
tinue to support, legislation which
serves to reduce the disparities in
job and educational opportunities,
provide equitable responses to
needs of the poor and minorities,
and confirms the right of al)
Americans to fair and equal treat
ment under the law,” he said.
Sen. John Glenn
record on
civil rights
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November 26,1983
Rites held for W.S. Hornsby Jr.
Funeral services where held
Monday at Antioch Baptist Chur
ch for former Pilgrim Health and
Life Insurance Company President
Walter Spurgeon Hornsby Jr. He
died last Thursday, three days af
ter his 70th birthday.
He reportedly suffered a stroke
and laspsed into a coma.
Mayor Edward M. Mclntyre,
who was a vice president at Pilgrim
Insurance Co. for 17 years, said
Hornsby was “probably the only
boss I’ve ever had during my adult
life.”
He said that Hornsby “lived
economic development” and
picked up the legacy of his family
in trying to build a Black corpor
tion in the Black community for
the betterment of Black people.
Hornsby’s father was a co
founder of Pilgrim insurance com
pany. The company started out
with less than $25 and has
developed into a multi-million
dollar corporation, the mayor
said.
Solomon Walker 11, whose gran
dfather was also a co-founder of
the company, described Hornsby
as an humble man, always thinking
of others. “He set a sterling exam-
citizens.
The report cautions that the data
are subject to sampling variability
and other sources of response
error.
Copies of Voting and
Registration in the Election of
November 1982, Series P-20, No.
383, (GPO Stock No. 003-001-
90782-8) are available for $4.50
each prepaid from the Superinten
dent of Documents, U.S. Gover
nment Printing Office,
Washington, D.C. 20402.
closed the door to keep the crowd
from getting any larger.
No record of the incident was
available in the Records Room of
the Augusta police department,
and Paine College officials
declined comment.
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W.S. Hornsby Jr.
pie for us all. I pray to God that we
can follow it.”
Hornsby was buried with
military honors in Cedar Grove
Cemetery where the Rev. R.E.
Donaldson, pastor of Antioch
Baptist Church, officiated.
A graduate of Hampton In
stitute, Hornsby began his career
at the Pilgrim as an agent. And af
ter several promotions, he was
brought to the home office as an
investment officer.
In 1956, he succeeded his father
and served as president and board
W.S. Hornsby, Jr.
Editorial
W.S. Hornsby, Jr. was
a quiet leader. The kind of
person you could know for
a long time and never
guess that he was a man of
great means and influence
in the community. He was
unpretentious and never
threw his weight around.
He had a lively sense of
humor and never took
himself nor the world too
seriously. In the midst of
the most somber
proceedings, he might
nudge you and whisper a
humorous anecdote.
Holmes, Frazier
to fight
Friday night
Dano A
chairman until he retired in 1980.
He was a member of the
Executive Committee of the Board
of Directors of the Association of
the United States Army, a member
of the Advisory Committee of the
Laney-Walker branch of the
Georgia Railroad Bank, the
Screen-Ramsey Post 505 of the
American Legion, a life member of
the Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, a
trustee of Stillman College, the
Greater Augusta Chamber of
Commerce, the Sportsman Boat
Club, the Board of Trustees of An
tioch Baptist Church, and past
president of the Baptist Young
People’s Union of Antioch Baptist
Church.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs.
Pauline D. Hornsby; two children,
Walter S. Hornsby 111 and
Willena H. Butler; two grandsons,
Walter S. IV and Wendell S.; a
daughter-in-law, Mrs. Clara J.
Hornsby; a son-in-law, William
Butler; a guardian-nephew,
Thomas D. Hornsby Jr.; a step
mother, Mrs. Hattie B. Hornsby;
three step sisters, Mrs. J.D.
Watkins, Mrs. Waltina Hornsby
and Mrs. Jean L. Williams; and
one great aunt, Mrs. E.B. Newton.
As his pastor the Rev.
R.E. Donaldson said in his
beautiful Eulogy, Hor
nsby, loathed an idle
mind, and always had
some kind of game or rid
dle that he would
challenge you to solve.
He loved his church and
practiced his religion
through quiet example, as
he did everything else.
He was a nice man, fun
to be around, a man who
added sunshine to every
day that he lived.
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