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The Augusta News-Review October 27,1984
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hv George Bailev
Let’s go back
A few months ago, if you recall,
I told you about the impact of a
Supreme Court’s ruling in favor of
college football. I-also told you
that though the rulling was a major
step for colleges who were able to
land more, lucrative contracts, it
was another nail in the coffin for
small Black colleges anticipating
some of the same revenues from
major TV contracts. Thanks to the
NCAA,we were able to see a few
games on national TV.
With NBC, CBS, ABC, and the
numerous cable stations all battl
ing each for rights to major college
football programs, not a single
Black conference or school was
albe to attract the attention of
these “boob tubes” executives.
Such Black conferences as the
SWAC and MEAC were hurt by
the ruling. It was anticipated in
come that would suddenly be
stripped from their budgets.
How are the school’s doing?
They are surviving. They made it
when the big bucks weren’t there,
and they will continue to make it.
As it stands now, the system is
really unfair. Thanks to the ruling,
we’ve been able to see some teams
as many as three times this year,
and we have two months to go.
What the networks are going to
do is over-play some teams. I’ve
already seen enough of Miami this
year. Besides, I really can’t iden
tify with those schools or their
Protecting our
heritage
STITUTE—The beneficiaries of
Black colleges “have no right to
play games with the heritage of
our Black institutions,” the
president of Topgaloo College in
Mississippi stated in Tuskegee last
week.
Pioneers in the development of
Black colleges were credited with
laboring when they could have
rested and struggling when they
could have been comforted so
that generations to come could
profit from their toils.
Dr. J. Herman Blake was the
keynote speaker for the school’s
observance of Black College Day.
“We have to make sure what
has been here a long time will be
here a long time to come,” the
speaker told the audience. Blake, a
sociologist, relatged the longevity
of the Black college to the wisdom
of a 114-year-old south Carolina
woman he interviewed several
years ago.
Just as her 114 years of wisdom
carried him back into history,
Blake said, “these schools carry us
0.1. C. to offer
new courses
Augusta 0.1. C. is now accep
ting applications for the G.E.D.
and janitorial maintenance cour
ses. These courses will begin
January 7.
For additional information on
these short-term courses, please
contasct OIC at 724-0542 or come
by the OIC office Monday-
Thursday, 8:30 a.m. 5 p.m.
OIC is located at 1167 Broad St.,
Augusta.
Sgt. Hightower
awarded medal
Sgt. Thomas L. Hightower, son
of Thomasena Hightower and
grandson of Thomas Odom of
1550 Twiggs, Augusta has been
awarded the Expert Infantryman
Badge at Fort Bragg, N.C.
The badge is the Army’s highest
non-combat proficiency award for
infantrymen.
Seventeen specific infantry skills
are covered in the testing, in
cluding rifle marksmanship, hand
grenades, antitank weapons, first
aid, military intelligence and
signal communications. A 12-mile
road march with full combat gear
completes the test.
He is a 1981 graduate of Lucy
Laney High School.
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teams.
It’s really amazing, we as Black
people percentage-wise watch
more TV than any other ethnic
group, yet the networks couldn’t
find a single school or conference
worth our attention. I find that
hard to believe.
Don’t think for one minute that
the money and playing on
television is the only important
thing here, it’s not!
Studies have shown that a
school’s frequent appearence on
television also helps in enrollment
and recruitment of other students.
Looking at major college sports on
the fields and in the arenas you
would think that Black students
were coming out the rafters. These
schools sure do a good job of
show-casing, don’t they?
Unfortunately, students and
athletes in our predomipatly Black
schools are not being showcased.
Thus, many of our children are not
even aware of these hollowed and
sacred halls that we once passed
through.
What do I suggest? Take them
back. Let them see and know that
such institutions as Clark,
Morehouse, Paine, S.C. State,
Savannah State and J.C Smith do
exist.
Just because they are not on
television every week, does not
mean they aren’t getting the job
done.
back into our history.” Through
the eyes of the elderly woman,
Blake said he was being “connec
ted with a past he had never seen
and the 21st century she would
never see.”
To question the need for Black
colleges is analogous to believing
genocide, the speaker said.
A former sociology professor
and college provost, Blake said the
survival or Black colleges is not an
issue.
“If they weren’t going to survive
they would have been gone long
ago”, the speaker maintained.
“They (Black Colleges) survived
not because they are Black, but
because they are righteously Black.
They are the essense of their
Blackness,” Dr. Blake added.
Black colleges were credited with
being able to feed multitudes with
five loaves of bread and two fishes
-with being able to do much with
so little.
Blake thought a careful analysis
of institutions of higher education
would find Black colleges superior
in their capacity to nurture and
motivate the students to high levels
of achievement.
He cited studies which showed a
decline in Graduate record
Examination scores, when com
pared with the Scholastic Aptitiude
Test scores, at some schools that
attracted so called high achievers.
And he suggested thast the declines
in test performance were not found
among Black students.
However, Blake insisted, “we
don’t need to compare our schools
with others. Tougallo should
exist because it is,” he said of the
Mississippi school.
Blake called on students and
faculty at Black colleges to “probe
the depth of the Black experience
and bring clarity to the values that
have caused (the schools) to sur
vive.”
Smith completes
Army training
Pvt. DeMechie F. Smith, son of
Katherine Smith of 517 Sandbar
Ferry Rd., Augusta has completed
an Army motor transport operator
course at Fort Dix, N.J.
During the course, students were
trained in the operation and main
tenance of military vehicles of less
than four and one-half tons rated
capacity. Instruction was also giv
en in the transportation of person
nel, equipment and supplies.
Smith is a 1983 graduate of Lucy
Laney High School.
Clark wins
Fall Tennis
Classic
Watson Clark won the Fall Ten
nis Classic recently held at. the
Dyess and May Park courts. In the
finals, Clark defeated Scylance
Scott 6-4, 6-0 to win the singles
titles.
Seeded second in the tour
nament, Clark used a Mistering
backhand and a top spin lob in
beating Calvin Cummings in the
quarters and James Dotts in the
semi’s to push his way to the
finals.
Fourth seed Scott gained his way
to the finals via Mike Hardin and
John Alexander.
In mixed doubles, George Bailey
ad Rita Bradley upset number one
seeded Scylance Scott and Cynthia
Elliot, 7-6, 4-6, 6-4 to win the
mixed doubles title.
Other participants in the tour
nament were:Tyrone Butler, Herb
Edney, Marice Carthern, Preston
Mealing, Lonnie Hollis, Trudi
Menuwa, Betty Meachum and
Morris Johnson.
Henedict Alumni
to hold meeting
The Augusta Chapter of the
Benedict College Altimni Club will
meet on Oct. 27, at 6:00 p.m. at
the CSRA Business League.
Omegas to
sponsor bus trip
The Omega Psi Phi Fraternity,
Inc. is sponsoring a bus trip to
Savannah on Nov. 3. to see Savan
nah State College vs. Ft. Valley
State College in football.
The cost of the game will be
$22.00 which includes game ad
mission. The bus will depart from
the Augusta-Richmond County
Municipal Building parking lot at
8:00 a.m.
For further information contact
Mr. B. Diggs at 793-5964 or Mr. J.
Walker at 724-3933
Armstrong to
represent council
Javon Armstrong, Senior patrol
leader of Boy Scout Troop 504 of
Tabernacle Baptist Church was
recently selected to represent the
Georgia Carolina Council Boy
Scouts of America in the Youth
Leadership in America award
competition. Jay was competing
against other council senior patrol
leader winners in the Southeast
region.
Jay has led Boy Scout Troop 504
through an outstanding program
of scouting. He was selected as the
most improved band student at
Westside High School and is active
in student government. He is the
son of Mr. & Mrs. Henry T. Ar
mstrong, Jr. Mr. Armstrong also
serves as scoutmaster of Troop
504.
The council extends
congratulations and best wishes to
Jay as he enters the regional com
petition.
Wilkins receives
achievement
medal
Spec. 4 Terry D. Wilkins, son
of James E. and Mary N. Wilkins
of 914 11th Ave., Augusta has
been decorated with the Army
Achievement Medal at Fort Sill,
Okla.
The Achievement Medal is
awarded to soldiers for accom
plishment, meritorious service or
acts of courage.
Wilkins is a connon crewman
with the 2nd Battelion, 2nd Field
Artillery.
He is a 1980 graduate of Butler
High School.
Jaycee women
to sponsor craft
festival
The Augusta Jaycee Women will
hold their Second Annual Arts and
crafts festival on Nov. 10. at
National Hills Shopping Center on
Washington Rd. from 10 a.m. to 6
p.m.
The festival will feature han
dmade arts and crafts from the
CSRA and surrounding areas. En
tertainment will be provided
thoughout the day and will feature
the barber shop quartet “Second
Time Around”.
For more information or ap
plications, please contact Cathy
Jenkins at 736-6707 or Rosemary
Pilcher at 736-7492.
Drama to open with mystery
The Paine College Dramatic
Club will present Lezley Havard’s
suspense thriller “Hide and Seek”
on Nov. 10, 11, and 12.
This three-act contemporary
play unfolds over a twenty-four
hour period in the kitchen of an
old farm house, newly acquired by
Jennifer and Richard Crawford.
The Crawfords are not only im
mersed in the overwhelming trask
of renovation, but are about to
become parents after eighteen
years of marriage.
However the real troubles begin
when Jennifer Crawford starts
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WILLIE TYLER AND LESTER (R) with Paul Winchell and Jerry Mahoney.
Willie Tyler gets thrill of a lifetime
Willie Tyler had the thrill of a
lifetime when he performed with
Paul Winchell on Dick Clark’s
“TV Bloopers and Practical
Jokes” which airs on NBC —TV
October 22nd.
As a boy in Detroit, Willie
became intrigued with Paul Win
chell and Jerry Mahoney. He
acquired a Jerry Mahoney doll and
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Tina Turner
777 in Turner speaks out
Tina Turner who, after over 25
years as a recording artist is
presently enjoying her greatest
commercial success with the hit
song “What’s Love Got To Do
With It?” and the album “Private
Dancer”-was interviewed in an ex
clusive “Private Reel” segment of
NBC-TV’s “Friday Night Videos.”
Turner reminisced about
working with Rolling Stone Mick
Jagger and the legendary producer
Spector and contemplates the
source of her own appeal in the in
terview, which was conducted by
“Friday Night Videos” producer
David Benjamin.
Turner has long been
seeing a little girl who had been
murdered five years earlier.
Members of the cast are:
Maxine Barnett, as Jennifer
Crawford, an attractive, pregnant
woman in her late 30s; Terry
Williams, as Richard Crawford,
Jennifer’s husband, a confident
business man in his early 40s;
Rosalind Best, a freshman, as
Martha Turner, the Crawford’s
cleaning lady; Andrena Meyers, a
freshman, as Elly Bart, a large,
anxious-looking lady; Donald
Ratliff, a junior, as John Bart,
began practicing to become a ven
triloquist.
Over the last 20 years, Willie
Tyler & Lester have become one of
he foremost ventriloquist acts in
show business. They have perfor
med in the top venues from the
casinos in Nevada and Atlantic
City on the toptheatres and concert
halls.
acknowledged as the woman who
taught Mick Jagger to dance. Is
this true? Remembering her first
tour with the Stones, Turner
says:“Mick was...just beating on
the tambourine and singing when
we first toured in Britain with him.
It was when he came to America
that he was dancing. And I would
often see him in the wings, not
knowing who he was...
He would come into our
dressing room and say, ‘You
know, I like how you girls dance.’
The Pony was really big'then...and
he would try to do it.
We’d laugh, because of
his rhythm. And we had a real
Elly’s husband and a farmer; Cur
tis Abrams, a sophomore, as Tony
Crawford, Richard’s younger
brother; Phyllis Frazier, a fresh
man, playing Vicki Bennett,
Tony’s financee and owner of an
art gallery; Okon E. James, a
freshman, playing Matt Erskine, a
young contractor; and J.C.
Taylor, instructor of English and
advisor of the club, is directing.
Performances will be held in the
Odeum at 8:15 p.m. on Nov. 10
and 12 and at 4 p.m. on Nov. 11.
Admission is free and the public is
invited
Willie has opened for people like
Frank Sinatra, Dolly Parton,
Loretta Lynn, Chrystal Gayle,
Shirley MacLaine, Mac Davis and
Lou Rawls. And even today, the
inspiration for his act comes from
Paul Winchell and Jerry Mahoney.
Willie is hown here visting with
Winchell and Mahoney.
good time with Mick anil the dan
cing because he really did to.
So, it wasn’t like one-to-one
teaching. It was like an in
spiration. like his music inspired
me later to start doing ‘Honky
Tonk Woman,. “I didn’t know
that they (The Rolling Stones)
would ever become as enormous as
they are. To me they were just
another rock group. Sorry Mick!”
hit ‘‘River Dee —Mountain
Jagger and Rod Stewart: ‘‘l yelled
inspire me. They stuck to the
producers; they had directors...
There were manners and rules...
No one told me anything. I did
what was natural... I did what 1
felt. I do what I feel.