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VOLUME 14 NUMBER 19
Mays to run for mayor
The News-Review has learned
from reliable sources that 2nd
Ward City Councilman Willie
Mays “will definitely” be a can
didate for Mayor of Augusta.
Mayor Pro Tern Charles
DeVaney and Ist Ward Coun
cilwoman Inez Wylds have
previously announced their can
didacies.
Mays refused to confirm or deny
that he will be a candidate but did
admit that he is “seriously con
sidering” running.
He said that if he should decide
to run that he would be the only
candidate who has served on all
eight standing committees of city
council.
He is presently chairman of the
council’s Finance Committee and a
member of the Public Safety
Committee. He has co-chaired the
Cemetery Trees and Parks
Committee as well as the Com-
Dick Gregory pledges
$1 million to SCLC
After explaining that he owes his
career to SCLC and revealing that
he just signed a multi-million
dollar contract with a Swedish
corporation, SCLC board member
Dick Gregory surprised those at
tending the mass rally by announ
cing that he is pledging sl-million
to the civil rights organization.
“I will give (SCLC) SIOO,OOO a
year for 10 years starting with your
next convention,” Gregory told a
shocked and cheering audience
that had come to the mass rally
held as part of SCLC’s 27th An
nual National Convention held
recently in Charlotte, N.C.
Gregory explained that when he
first became involved with SCLC
in the 60s, he “was drinking a fifth
of scotch a day.” Said Gregory,
“I want to thank you all for
changing my life.
Mysterious burning
Charlie Reid Jr’s
By Theresa Minor
A mysterious fire has totaled a
car owned by Augusta
businessman, Charles Reid Jr.
And though Reid is quick to point
out that he does not know for sure
that foul play was involved in the
vehicle’s destruction, he admits
that “it crossed my mind” that the
fire could be linked to a federal
suit Reid is pursuing against David
W. Frye, owner of Marlowe’s
restaurant and lounge.
“The only thing I know is when
I turned, my car into the driveway I
heard a loud burst. When I looked
out of my window I noticed flames
jumping from my engine up to my
dash,” said Reid.
Reid said his insurance company
is now investigating the incident
that claimed the 1982 Sedan de
Ville Cadillac valued at $16,000.
He said he expects a report on the
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munity Development Committee.
He said that he chaired the
Stockade and Recorders Court
Committee during its most
profitable times and was in
strumental in taking city coun-
Dick Gregory
“I’ve gone all over the world
with a new dignity that celebrities
don’t even know. It was never a
question of if my civil rights work
would interfere with my show
business career, but if my show
matter by Friday.
“I don’t want to accuse anybody
of anything,” Reid emphasized,
“But as a result of what happened
I’m being extra careful about what
I do and where I travel.”
Reid is currently awaiting a
federal court hearing over a suit he
filed against Frye following a late
August incident during which both
Reid and his father were denied
entrance to Augusta’s newest
restaurant and lounge. Reid said
Frye became verbally abusive and
shoved his father when challenged
on why the two men were not being
allowed to dine in the restaurant.
Police were summoned and were
told by Frye that the establishment
was open to “members only.” Ac
cording to Reid, police responded
by telling Frye that he could not
operate a private club without it
cilmembers out of the actual court
proceedings.
Council members used to serve
as judge of Recorders Court on
Saturdays.
He has also served on the Tran
sit Committee, and the Water
Works Committee.
Mays, 33, was elected to council
in 1979 and was the first person to
succeed his parent (Mrs. Carrie J.
Mays) on the City Council.
He is first vice president of the
Georgia Funeral Service Prac
titioners Association and expects
to be elected president in 1986.
He also served as the mayor’s
representative to the Richmond
County Board of Health
throughout mayor Edward M.
Mclntyre’s tenure in office.
He is a member of the Board of
Stewards at Trinity C.M.E. Chur
ch.
business career would interfere
with my civil rights work.”
Gregory praised the work of
SCLC saying, “You’ve been out
here so 10ng...27 years and you’ve
really made a difference. There is
no force on this planet with the
budget that you had to work with
that can say they’ve had the effect
that you have had.”
“I give you (the $1 million) as a
Black person who has profited by
your sweat and tears when you’ve
been up at night on planes, going
places you had to go, sitting in on
meetings, negotiating for a better
way of life for Black folks, when
we didn’t even know the meeting
was going on,” Gregory said to the
solemn crowd.
“SCLC has never asked me for
nothing. In fact, SCLC acts like I
give y’all a lot. I got a stake in this
thing.”
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being duly posted. He said at the
time of the incident there were no
signs to that affect.
Reid said during a meeting bet
ween Frye and a mediator for the
Human Relations Commission,
Frye was unable to give explicit
qualifications for membership to
his club, stating only that it was
open to “professional people.”
Reid said Frye was told by HRC
that the criteria was too vague and
that the establishment had to be
opened to the public. Frye later
consented to open Marlowe’s up to
patrons at least 19 years old and
properly attired.
Reid said he has not seen Frye
since the meeting with HRC and
added that the change in the mem
bership rule does not affect his in
tentions to sue Frye for the
physcial assault on his father,
among other things.
September 8,1984
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DR. RICHARD E. STENHOUSE is flanked by his wife, Ella, (left) and Mrs. Ann Brown
during visit to Augusta last year.
Ex-Paine dean gets
top United Church post
Dr. Richard E. Stenhouse, for
mer dean of students at Paine
College and former regional
secretary for Africa of the United
Church Board for World
Ministries, became a United Chur
ch Board for World Ministries
consultant for the United Church
of Christ’s Black constituency and
the Council of Racial and Ethnic
Ministries Sept. 1. The change in
Dr. Stenhouse’s assignment was
announced at the recent annual
meeting of the denomination’s
Board for World Ministries.
In his new position, he will
develop “an integrated global
mission program” of the World
Board which will lead to “in
creased involvement of Black and
other racial and ethnic United
Church of Christ congregations
and seminarians.”
He will also strive to increase
financial support from Black chur
ch and church-member sources;
obtain commitment to overseas
Subpoena power delayed
oy Theresa Minor
“It’s just like a red flag.
Everytime someone mentions
subpoena power everybody gets
upset,” commented Rev. Peter
Thomas, chairman of the board of
directors for the Human Relations
Commission.
Thomas statement comes
following a last minute request by
HRC board members that the or
dinance involving the issue of sub
poena power be dropped from the
agenda of the Sept. 4 Richmond
Julian Bond predicts massive
Black voter turnout in Nov.
BINGHAMTON, N.Y.
Georgia state Sen. Julian Bond
Thursday predicted a massive
Black voter turnout in November
to defeat Ronald Regan and called
the president’s administration an
“aggressive enemy” of civil rights.
The Georgia Democrat also
chided the Mondale campaign,
saying it could do more to endear
itself to Black voters. He called
for more cooperation between
Mondale and the Rev. Jesse
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service by Christians of African
descent, and promote missionary
relationships between Southern
churches, particularly with the
Church of Angola, which has
recently called for a return of
missionaries from the U.S.A.
Dr. Stenhouse, Africa-desk
secretary since 1978, coordinated
the work of 37 missionaries serving
the denomination in 10 African
countries, and helped develop
denominational policy toward that
continent.
Previously, he and his wife,
Ella, served as missionaries to the
Volta region of Ghana for six
years. They were assigned to
Evangelical Presbyterian Church
Seminary at Peki, where Dr.
Stenhouse taught and eventually
became principal.
He was dean of students at
Paine College from 1963-1971; a
lecturer at Pendle Hill School, PA
from 1961-1963, and a religion in
structor at Paine College from
County Commission meeting.
He explained the request to
delay final action on the issue
evolved from a meeting with mem
bers of the executive committee of
the Greater Augusta Chamber of
Commerce, during which “it was
brought to HRC’s attention that
several agencies were concerned”
about the subpoena power.
Thomas said an agreement was
reached between HRC and the
Chamber of Commerce that no ac-
Jackson, saying Jackson’s support
was important to the Democrats.
Bond, who spoke to reporters
before addressing an orientation
session at State University in
Binghamton, also said he thought
a Black should be a candidate on
the 1988 Democratic ticket because
of the loyalty of Blacks to the par
ty.
Bond told reporters that Black
Americans had a greater stake in
the election than any other group
1959-1961.
Between 1953 and 1959, Dr.
Stenhouse served the
Presbyterian’s Church of the
Master in New York City, first as a
student at Union Theological
Seminary, then as first assistant
and associate pastor.
A 1949 graduate of William
Penn College, Oskaloosa, IA, Dr.
Stenhouse received the M.A.
degree in 1950 from Haverford
College. In 1953, he earned his
M.Div. in systematic theology
from Union Theological Seminary
and was ordained as a Ph.D. from
the University of Denver. He and
his wife have three children,
Richard, David and Vera.
The United Church of Christ is &
1957 union of the Evangelical and
Reformed Church and the
Congregational Christian Chur
ches. The United Church Board
for World Ministries, founded in
1810, is the oldest U.S. overseas
mission agency.
tion would be taken on the matter
until chamber members had a
chance to meet on the subject.
“Out of courtesy and wanting to
hear their response and if possible
get their support we agreed to
delay action,” said Thomas, “We
realize that the ordinance might af
fect small businesses.”
Thomas said he thought the
meeting of the chamber committee
would have taken place before the
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in the country. He said the choice
between Democratic candidate
Walter Mondale and Regan was
“so stark and so clear.”
“For Black people, these are life
and death questions. This affects
... whether or not we’ll be able to
earn an education, whether or not
we’ll work, whether an enormous
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