The news-review. (Augusta, Ga.) 1971-1972, March 25, 1971, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextClu ' Vol. 1 EDITORIAL POLICY The News-Review is a vehicle of communications for all people in the Central Savannah River Area; therefore we shall try to be as objective as possible. However since we are a community paper with a predominatly Black readership, regarding political, social, and educational issues, the paper must present a Black perspective. Opinions expressed on the editorial page will reflect a level-headed yet firm and positive approach to a given problem. Our editorials will not be limited to just problems. There will be complimentary editorials, announcement-type editorials, public service editorials, health oriented editorials, congratulatory editorials and occasionally a humorous editorial. The editorial page is the speak-out page for both the paper and the community. We encourage our readers to react to editorials and we will publish opposing views. The publisher must reserve the right to reject any unsolicited material. Our general editorial policy will reflect an over all concern for Black citizens in the CSRA and we will not sweep anything under the rug. Even if we do not have a firm opinion on a given issue, we will indicate that we have not made up our minds but we will offer both sides of the argument and provide as much information as possible both pro and con. We do not feel that we always have to have an opinion on controversial matters. The News-Review recognizes human relations as the number one local, national, and international problem. We humbly hope that our newspaper will also be an instrument through which human relations will be improved. Advice For Hard Working Publicity Chairman by Nancy Anderson In the opinion of this reporter, there is no more rewarding job in the realm of civic organizations than that of publicity chairman....when your efforts get results. At the same time, when you fail, or when you are failed somewhere down the line, there it is for all the world to see. There is not a publicity chairman alive who hasn’t suffered from that withering comment by the president at the monthly club meeting, “Our project would have been a success if we had had adequate publicity.” (At this point all eyes turn your way and you begin to shrivel.) Having experienced both the agony and the ecstasy of being publicity chairman many times over for many organizations over, 1 am in a position to share with the rest of you some of the practicalities involved that lead more often to good coverage. (1) Provide a written account, preferably type-written with double-spaced lines, of the message you want to get across. Keep it brief. Mail it or take it in person to the news media several days ahead of the day you want the publicity to start. If you have access to a mimeograh machine, take advantage of it so that you’ll have plenty of copies to go around. (2) Make it a rule never to give your message on the telephone. Many radio stations refuse to take any publicity unless it is written, and newspaper reporters are often hard-pressed by deadlines and unable to talk with you at the time. Besides, it is to your advantage to have the publicity written out correctly. (Don’t be upset, however, if your r story is re-written!) (3) Don’t expect the news media to consider your organization’s activities as absorbing as your membership does. Sometimes you’ll find your story or notice on the front page, but more often than not it will be elsewhere. People will see it anywhere; the main difference is to your own ego. (4) Remember that all news media are in business, and don’t really have to print your club news at all. By and large, though, they are happy to help out and you’ll find yourself making all kinds of new friends. This is one of the most rewarding aspects of being a publicity chairman. (5) Do most of the work yourself. Don’t ask for a reporter if you can provide the information on your own. If you feel that your story is worthy of a photograph, talk with the news staff several days ahead of the event. The same goes for live radio coverage or a television cameraman. The main thing to remember is to allow plenty of time. (6) Ask about deadlines. The Sunday paper, for instance, has several deadlines, ranging from the preceding Monday for a story on the fine arts in Panorama to Thursday for anything to appear in the women’s section. The more you can do to make the job easier on the other end of the line, the better are your chances for coverage. (7) On all your publicity releases, be sure to put the name of your organization and your own name and telephone number so that the radio, TV and newspaper people can know who to call if they need to. News personnel change periodically, so it’s a good idea to call first to ask the name of the person who handles club news. If you have the time, it is also invaluable to call on this person with your first publicity so that you can establish a good working relationship with your new colleague. Those of you who have done this for years know that each publicity chairman works out his or her own way of doing things. That’s part of the fun of the job. Enjoy it all the way! 930 Gwinnett St. Augusta Ga Phone 722-4555 i /wb BLACK WOMAN RUNS FOR CONGRESS Mrs. Victoria DeLee, candidate for the U.S. Congress in the first Congressional District of South Carolina, held a press conference at Paine College on Wednesday, March 24. If elected Mrs. DeLee will become the first of her race to represent the South in Congress since the Reconstruction Period. She is running as a candidate of the United States Citizens Party. One of her two opponents, Mendel Davis, is the god-son of Mendel Rivers whose recent death created the vacant congressional seat. Mrs. DeLee said that if elected she will bring more industry into the area. She pointed out that while Charleston has more than its share of industries, there are very few in the nine counties surrounding Charleston. Mrs. DeLee is from Ridgeville, South Carolina, which is about thirty six miles southeast of Charleston. Housing and the Vietnam war are also issues of great concern to Mrs. DeLee. Speaking of FHA 235, she said, “present federal programs are not reaching the people they were intended to reach”. When asked about the war in Vietnam, the mother of seven said, “I’ve got two sons messed up in this war. They would be better off dead. They are so messed up that they want to kill. They hate everybody; and one of them is messed up on drugs. They are not my sons as I knew them, now they are like • Ebb* ■ J 9 t A*' MJ * ffIBMBiO •- OSCAR AND NOMINEES - A golden statuette for the best performance by an actor will be presented during the 43rd annual Oscar Awards program, to be presented live and in color on the NBC Television Network Thursday, April 15 (10p.m. NYT to conclusion). The nominees are: (top left to right) Jack Nicholson (“Five Easy Pieces”); Ryan O’Neal (“Love Story”); (bottom, left to right) Melvyn Douglas (“I Never Sang for My Father”); James Earl Jones (“The Great White Hope”) and George C. Scott (“Patton”). animals.” Mrs. De Lee feels she is very qualified, having had strong MALLORY MILLENDER PUBLISHER AND EDITOR WILLIAM WRIGHT ASSOCIATE EDITOR CHARLES G. HARRIS, JR. MANAGING EDITOR CHARLES McANN ADVERTISING MANAGER LAMAR BRYANT EDITORI AL ILLUSTRATOR REVEREND ARTHUR D. SIMS CHURCH EDITOR CHURCH EDITOR ANN JOHNSON SOCIAL EDITOR EILEEN BUCHANAN SOCIAL EDITOR HENRI FREEMAN SPORTS EDITOR LONNIE NAPIER SPORTS EDITOR WILLIAM FENNOY SPORTS EDITOR AL IRBY CONTRIBUTING EDITOR LIVINGSTON WALLACE CONTRIBUTING EDITOR JOYCE CHERRY CONTRIBUTING EDITOR MILDRED HILL CONTRIBUTING EDITOR JEAN BLOUNT CONTRIBUTING EDITOR LARRY THOMPSON CONTRIBUTING EDITOR COLLEGE PRODUCTION SCHEDULED THREE NIGHTS THE PAINE COLLEGE DRAMATICS CLUB IS PRESENTING THE OWL AND THE PUSSYCAT A COMEDY IN THREE ACTS. THE CAST CONSISTS OF TWO PERSONS; FRANCES POWELL HARRIS AND LONNIE NAPIER 11 IN THE RESPECTIVE ROLES OF “DORIS” AND “FELIX”, IN THIS HILARIOUS PRODUCTION ABOUT OPPOSITE PERSONALITIES. THE PLAY WILL BE PRESENTED MARCH 25. 26. AND 27 AT 8:00 P.M. IN THE ODEUM OF THE PAINE COLLEGE MUSIC BUILDING ties with black congressmen in Washington for over twenty years. She says she YOUR STAFF WILLIS J. WALKER COLUMNIST LESTER O. POLLARD SALES REPRESENTATIVE KARAL WILSON CONTRIBUTING EDITOR CYNTHIA BUTLER SALES REPRESENTATIVE DR. I.E. WASHINGTON COLUMNIST REVEREND N.T. YOUNG COLUMNIST MltS. ih.aH‘l ui’Lhi COLUMNIST CARRIE J. MAYS POLITICAL EDITOR PAUL HAMMOND PHOTOGRAPHER CIRCULATION MANAGER ROSCOE WILLIAMS PHOTOGRAPHER HERBERT ROSS PHOTOGRAPHER WILLIAM FENNOY PHOTOGRAPHER JOHN WARREN REPORTER NANCY ANDERSON REPORTER MAURICE WASHINGTON REPORTER GEORGE THOMAS COMPTROLLER FRANCES P. HARRIS COLUMNIST Mr. Millender, a native of Birmingham, Alabama, earned his Bachelor of Arts Degree from Paine College and his Master of Science from Kansas State Teachers College. His further studies were at Hamilton College, New York, and the University of Toulouse, France on a Fulbright Travel Grant. After completing his studies Mr. Milender began his teaching career at W.T. Josey High School, where he taught French for three years. He then returned to France and taught English at the Lycee Saint Cricq as a French Government Teaching Assistant . For the past two years he has been on the faculty of Paine College. Mr. Millender is married to the former Miss J acqueline Stripling and is a member of the Antioch Baptist Church. Mr. Millender is also an active member in a number of pedagogic associations: The South Atlantic Modern Language Association; Alliance Francaise; National Educators Association; and he is on the Board of Directors of the Paine College Alumni Association. holds a Masters Degree in hunger and a Doctorate in malnutrition. She says that she has a good chance of winning the election to be held on April 27th although only thirty-five percent of the registered voters in her district are black. She is counting on a split white vote as well as the support she expects from young whites. She characterizes herself as “The grass-roots candidate, champion of the undernrivileeed - black, white and red - unbossed, unbought, and unsold.” -ilimirnnaofr'?l:-r 1 -- . . MB : "t! I '‘Wa® - 7 w~ r W? i ~~ - I !| i S' | ii .Ji 81, OLD FRIENDSHIP BAPTIST CHURCH-This old church established 117 years ago by a slave may be restored as an historic Cobb County site. Most of the original hand made pews are in good condition. (PRN) Restoration Planned For Church Built By Slaves ATLANTA (PRN) - With a little bit of charity and a great deal of faith and hope, a Negro slave called “Preacher,” established a little church under a bush arbor in the Lost Mountain area of Cobb County back in 1854. The Rev. John Jennings called his new church Friendship Baptist Church and for their help in cutting the brush and erecting the shield from the elements three other slaves. Bud Blanchard, Lewis Williams and Square Bragge were named deacons. A few years ago, with a little bit more charity and the same amount of faith and hope, Mrs. Louise McMurty. a faithful member of the congregation, undertook a campaign to collect trading stamps to build a new Friendship Baptist Church. It stands in marked contrast to the old church, which after a few years replaced the bush arbor. The new church has March,2s-1971 Editor And Publisher ■ C.S.R.A. B I ySkACTiONUNE} . i;\l 11 11' wntNWFwB I fit jßk X JB Sksaa h* l IlliiFm JBUSs B< If ;,i 122 W 1 | Ul 4555 JP J > P-O-Box 953 WANT TO KNOW THE ANSWERS? THEN WRITE ACTION LINE! “ACTION LINE” WILL GO TO HIE SOURCE FOR THE ANSWER. JUST WRITE TO P.O. BOX 953, AUGUSTA, GA., OR PHONE 722-4555. THIS COLUMN MILL NOT BE THE OPINION OF ,NY CKE INDIVIDUAL BUT V ILL <■>>.• . i J < FACTS FROM THE PERSONS RESPONSIBLE - OR FROM THE DEPARTMENT OR AGENCIES IN QUESTION. gleaming white walls and stained glass windows and beautiful polished wood pews. The old structure, typical cracker box with bellfry and steeple, is tumbling down. It is built of unpainted weatherboard with cedar shingle roof. Some of the original hand made pews remain and the original floor is sound. A contractor savs it is not beyond repair or restoring. Mrs. McMurty, reasonably sure that the mortgage on the new structure can be paid off by the same 30 members, now sets her sights on restoring the old building for special occasion uses. “I’m trying not to let my sentiment outrun my belief that the old church building has historical value,” she says. It may well be the only slave-established church in Georgia. Originally it cost “about $118,” and best estimates that it will take several thousand to restore it. No. 1 It 1 It was built on a half-acre of ground donated by Jim Hardage, plantation owner, “because he had faith in Preacher Jennings.” Through the years, his descendents have given or the congregation has purchased adjacent parcels-of land until today it rests on some 3.5 acres. The entire tract is wooded and lends itself to a picnic park area and the present dream is to make the old church the focal point of just such a park. The old church has also served as a school of Negro children, immediately after they were freed. “We hope now that it can serve as an inspiration to the people of our area, while at the same time providing a place for play and recreation for our children,” said Mrs. McMurty. Do nations for the restoration project may be sent to Mrs. Louise McMurty, Rt. no. 4, Marietta, Georgia, 30060.

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The news-review. (Augusta, Ga.) 1971-1972, March 25, 1971, Image 1