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The Augusta News-Review September 1,1984
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Miss Alaska Miss District of Columbia Miss Illinois Miss Louisiana Miss Minnesota Miss Oregon
Six Blacks to compete for Miss America title
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years. She is a student of George
Washington University, majoring
in dance therapy.
Desiree has stuided dance for
14 years and will perform a mod
dern dance routine in the Miss
American Pageant. She wants to
perform as a dancer and eventually
use dance therapy as away to help
others, particularly children.
Beautiful Ruth Booker, Miss
Illinois, is o’ne of 15 children and a
self-taught singer. Ruth is a junior
at DePaul University in Chicago,
majoring in accounting. She has
served as an accounting intern for
Time-Life, Inc.
And been involved with Inroads,
Inc., an internship organization
for minority students in business
and engineering. Ruth also served
as honorary co-chairman of the
Sickle Cell Anemia Bike-A-Thon.
Anita Whitaker, Miss
Louisiana, is a 24-year-old
registered nurse, who has already
cut her first gospel album. In 1982
Anita was selected as one of the
“Outstanding Young Women in
America.” Among her hobbies
are songwriting, cross stitching
and playing the piano and violin.
Her professional singing experien
ce includes two years of perfor
ming with the Las Vagas Sahara
Showcase. Anita is a graduate of
Northeast Louisiana University
where she was a Dean’s List
student.
Tall (5’ 10 ,! ) Lauren Green is
the first Black Miss Minnesota. A
School Night for Scouting scheduled
The fun and adventure that boys
find in Scouting is very near for
hundreds of boys in this area who
want to be Cub Scouts or Boy
Scouts.
School Night for Scouting in
The CSRA Employment and Training Consortium and the
Augusta Area Technical School will be offering a course in
Liscensed Practical Nursing (LPN) to begin September 26,
1984. Funds for this program are being made available
through the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA).
In order to be eligible for the program you must have a
high school diploma or GED; be a resident of Richmond or
Columbia County; and be economically disadvantaged ac
cording to federal guidelines.
If you are interested in applying for this program, report to
the Georgia Department of Labor, 601 Greene
Street—Room 229, between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and
11:30 a.m. or 1:00 p.m. and 4:00 p.m., Monday, August
17th through Thursday, August 30, 1984. Bring your Social
Security Card With You!!
Equal Opportunity Trainers/Employers.
MORNING sTcKNESS DRUG
SUSPECTED of CAUSING
BIRTH DEFECTS
A drug prescribed to control morning sickness may
have been the cause of birth defects in children
whose mothers took the drug during the first three
months of pregnancy.
The trade name of the drug was Benedectin. It was
created to control nausea and vomiting In pregnant
women. The drug is considered a possible cause of a
number of mental or physical defects in children, in
cluding mental deficiency, blindness, cleft palate and
missing limbs or deformities of the toes, fingers or in
ternal organs of children.
Bendectin was first introduced in 1953. The
manufacturer stopped making the drug in June 1983
and has taken it off the market.
Children who have birth defects caused by Ben
dectin may be able to receive money damages from
the manufacturer of the drug. If you took Bendectin
and your child was born with a birth defect, or if you
have any information about possible harm caused by
Bendectin, please call toll-free Monday through
Friday.
1-800-822-TORT
MIDDLETON & ANDERSON, P.C.
1-800-822-TORT
MIDDLETON & ANDERSON, P.C.
graduate of the University of Min
nesota where she majored in piano
performance, music has always
been a big part of her life.
She received an academic
scholarship to college based on her
piano talent, and studied with the
late Fred Waring and Carnegie
Hall pianist Bernhard Weiser.
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Suzette Charles
Miss America
Lauren currently works for the
Human Resources Department at
Twin City Federal.
One of five children, she hopes
to pursue classical theatre training
at the Royal Academy of Dramatic
Arts in London.
Renee’ Bagley, Miss Oregon,
lives on 13 of the original 40 acres
her grandfather bought in 1939.
local schools is scheduled for 7:30
p.m., Sept. 6 in Columbia and
Richmond counties.
Boys and their parents are in
vited to come to their neigh
borhood school “to join the
Majoring in health and physical
education at Portland State
University, Renee’ has long been
involved in sports. She is an ice
skater of merit, and was ranked as
one of the top three skaters in the
Northwest Figure Skating Cham
pionships for four years.
She is also quite proud of her
brother who as a collegiate wrestler
won the Big Sky Conference
wrestling championship four years
in a row. Renee’ will sing in the
Miss America Pageant and hopes
eventually to start her own
business, with an emphasis on
health for all her employees.
What does it mean to be a part
of the Pageant? Ruth Booker says
of her new responsibility, “It’s
important for all young women to
have rolemodels. It’s a role that I
do not mind playing-all of us need
to look up to someone who in
spires us to greater heights, and I
hope by my accomplishments
other young women will realize
that they, too, can work to achieve
their dreams.”
Dance classes
announced
The Wheeler Road YWCA is ac
cepting registration for classes in
Jazz dance. Classes will meet on
Mondays, Sept. 10-13.
Kaye Petkas will be the instruc
tor. Pre-registration is required.
For more information, call the
YWCA at 738-6678.
Scouts,” according to John Drew,
School Night Chairman for the
Netami District, Georgia-Carolina
Council, Boy Scouts of America.
“Cub Scouting and Boy
Scouting are more educational
than recreational programs,”
Drew said, “and parents find that
the fun and activities of Scouting
all have a basis of character
development, citizenship training,
and mental and physical fitness.”
Drew explained that Cub Scouts
are eight years of age or have com
pleted the second grade and Scouts
are eleven years of age or have
completed the fifth grade. New
program is the family oriented
program called Tiger Cubs,” it is
for a boy who is either six years of
age and have completed the first
grade or are seven years of age.
Barbara Hilliard
Barbara Hillard
is reassigned
Airman Barbara A. Hilliard,
daughter of Gladys J. Hilliard of
2004 Barnes Road, has been
assigned to Kessler Air Force Base,
Miss., after completing air force
basic training.
During the six weeks at
Lackland Air Force Base, Texas,
the airman studied the Air Force
mission, organization and customs
and received special training in
human relations.
In addition, airmen who com
plete basic training earn credits
toward an associate degree
through the Community College of
the Air Force.
The airman will now receive
specialized training in the ad
ministration field.
She is a 1981 graduate of George
P. Butler High School.