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The Augusta News-Review May 26, 1984
From six gold records to a
‘shooting gallery’ junkie
Sam Moore became
famous as half of the
rhythm ‘n’ blues duo Sam
and Dave in the 19605.
His soulful style earned
him six gold records and
the pretigious Grammy
Award for “Soul Man.”
On one occasion,
musical superstar
Michael Jackson asked
this sould legend how he
handled success. “I said,
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‘very poorly,” remem
bers Moore. “That’s the
only thing that could
come out of my mouth,
very poorly. He just
shook his head and he
wanted toknow the rest
of it. So I just told him.”
Forf the first time on
television, Sam Moore
tells the complete,
agonizing story of how he
lost his fortune, health
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and career to drugs and
how he became a
“shooting gallery’’
junkie. “They were
closing the doors on us,”
he painfully recalls.
“Agencies wouldn’t even
consider taking Sam and
Dav. The name Sam and
Dave was a bad word for
bad boys. So we lost cars,
jewelry, money, air
planes, clothes,
everything. I sold
everything. Never stole
anything, but I sold
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BARBECUE—Frances Weston, chairper
son of the Special Events Committee for the
1984 Paine College United Negro College
Fund, prepares for an old-fashioned bar
becue to be held at her home. The annual
event will be held May 26 at 5 p.m. All
proceeds will go to the UNCF drive.
everything that I
possessed.”
Moore tells how he
sank further into
depravation. Drugs
melted his 200-pound
frame down to 118 poun
ds. But he found a
beacon of hope when he
discovered a wonder drug
that set him on the road
to salvation.
The program will be
seen in this area on,
WCES-20 at 7:30 p.m. on
June 5.
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Sam Moore
Free paint program
taking applications
Now is the time to ap
ply for the City of
Augusta’s operation
paintbrush program.
“Operation Pain
tbrush” is a proram
designed to help low and
moderate income families
beautify the exterior ap
pearance of their homes.
To qualify, one must be a
homeowner-occupant anc
NEW HOMES
Buy and Move In—Tbday
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Quail Hollow Salem West
CHARLES SMITH REALTY CO
Sales—Trades—Rentals
3546 Deans Bridge Rd 796-7676
2729 Tobacco Rd. 793-0065
Scholarship
banquet
slated
The East-View Ladies
:•:• Club will have its
S Benefield-Dunn-Jenkins
:•:■ Memorial Scholarship
K Banquet at The Terrace
:$ Plaza on May 26 at 6
K p.m.
All seniors completing
scholarship applications
•:•: in the various high
•:•: schools and their coun
•:•: selors are invited. There
$: will be four SSOO scholar
g ships awarded at the
banquet.
| Founders Day
announced
:•:• The Augusta Chapter
:•:• of the Pan Hellenic
£• Council will celebrate its
■x Founders Day, June Bat
x 7:30 p.m. at the Christ
Presbyterian Church,
:!■: 13 K Laney-Walker Blvd.
The guest speaker will
•:•: be Dr. L&uise Rice,
■:•: assoicate director of ad
s: missions and Minority
jj Recruitment Officer at
$: Augusta College.
HOW TO MAKE COLLEGE LESS
EXPENSIVE AND MORE VALUABLE.
It vou re kxikino for ways to pay for college, take
a gtxxj kx>k at the Army College Fund. It’s a program
in which you can earn money for college while
vou serve in the Army and train in one of 60
valuable skills.
Here s how it works, it vou c|ualifv. vou con
tribute vour Armv each month, and
wHNUSffi r^c government matches it five dollars lor morel
to It up to
year enlistment. to
m< to the Army
assistance. As a soldier, you get the added bene
fits of skill training, the opportunity to meet new
people, and travel. That prepares you for college, too.
All of the details are in this booklet. Call 1-800-USA-ARMY and
ask for a copy.
ARMY.BE allyou can be.
come within the income
guidelines.
The paint is absolutely
free. Interested persons
should contact the City of
Augusta Community
Development Depar
tment “Operation Pain
tbrush” program im
mediately at 624 Greene
St., next to Trail way Bus
Station, or call 724-3706.
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AMVETS CONTRIBUTE TO VETERANS—The Amvets recently celebrated
“Because We Care” day at Augusta Veterans Administration Medical Center. In
cluded in gifts for patients were toilet articles, books, playing cards, craft kits, cof
fee and creamer.
Eugene E. Speer, Jr., Medical Center director, accepted the donation from Allen
Brown Sr., Amvets representative.
(Phote: (Left to right) Lorie Williams and Betty Dwyer, Amvets Auxiliary represen
tatives, Speer and Brown.)
Bon Air offers
elegant lifestyle
to elderly, handicapped
The Bon Air Hotel,
listed in the National
Historic Record as the
‘‘Show Place of
Augusta,” is now a
residence for the elderly,
the handicapped and the
disabled.
The cost is 30 percent
of the resident
of the resident’s gross
adjusted income.
For example, a person
on a fixed income of S3OO
a month would be
charged S9O a month to
live at the Bon Air, in
cluding utilities.
While intended for per
sons 62 and older living
on fixed incomes, persons
as young as 18 years of
age can live there if they
are handicapped or
disabled.
Couples are welcomed,
although families will not
be allowed to reside at the
hotel. No children are
permitted as residents
and all adults must be
self-sufficient.
Sorority initiates six
Phi Chi Chapter of Chi
Eta Phi Sorority, Inc.,
recently initiated six
registered nurses into the
sorority. The new mem
bers are Antonia Autry,
Gwendolyn Allen,
Jeanette Meriweather,
Portia Welcher, Frances
Jackson and Sheila
Roberson.
Eight sorors represen-
Mrs. Lillie Grenade
and Mrs. Joan West,
manager and assistant
manager, respectively,
are gearing up for the
Open House to be held at
the Bon Air May 27 from
1-6 p.m.
“We’re open and
would like for people to
review our facilities and
see if they qualify,” said
Mrs. Grenade.
“We hope that the
residents will do most of
the planning (of ac
tivities)—things they en
joy.”
Furniture has been or
dered for the Terrace
Room, the TV Room, the
chapel and the library.
There is a large
ballroom, and huge
dining area, and the pen
thouse offers a
breathtaking view of the
city. Work is being done
dn the pool although it
won’t be ready for use
this year.
The Bon Air office,
2101 Walton Way, is
open Monday through
Saturday from 9-5.
ted the chapter at the 31st
Southeast Regional con
ference held at the Hilton
Inn in Winston Salem,
N.C. Sorors attending the
conference were Juanita
Taylor, basileus; Patsy
Scott, Claudia Oliphant,
Salome Hankinson,
Willena Williams,
Harriet Reisler, Florence
McNatt, and Annie B.
Robinson.