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WE WOULD LIKE FOR YOU TO KNOW YOUR STAFF
Henri Freeman
Education: Public
elementary school, Richmond
County and Paine High
School. B.A.- Paine College.
M.A. - Teachers College
Columbia University.
Employment: Teacher 20
years. Public School
Richmond County. Presently
Planning and Placement Paine
College.
Civic Activities: Member of
Board of Directors of CSRA
Equal Opportunity Agency,
Activities Chairman of Harper
White Division of 8.5.A.,
Member of Community
Advisory Committee local
State Employment Agency.
Church Affiliation: Elim
Baptist Church Board of
Trustees.
Willis J. Walker
Education: Paine College -
B.S. - M.S. Wayne State
University. Graduate Teaching
Assistant at Wayne State
University and Ph.D. at the
Medical College of Georgia.
Employment: Admissions
Councelor and Associate
Director of Special Projects
for Afro-American Students at
the Medical College of
Georgia. Vice President of the
Augusta Chapter of the Paine
College Alumni Association.
Church Affiliation: Williams
Memorial C.M.E. Church,
President of Williams
Memorial Young Adults.
Activities: The Institute of
Food Technologists;
American Society of
Micro-Biologists; Sigma Phi
Fraternity; Omega Psi Phi
Pledge.
William Wright
Education: B.A. - Paine
College, M.A. - Duke
University; candidate for
Ph.D. at Duke University.
Additional studies L’Ecole
Francaise d’Ete’, McGill
University (Montreal);
L’Alliance Francaise (Paris);
L’Universita’ per Stranier
(Italy).
Membership in professional
Organizations: Member of the
South Atlantic Modern
Language Association and the
Modern Language
Association.
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Charles G. Harris, Jr.
Education: Paine College -
Major: Sociology and History.
Military: Active duty in U.S.
Army and four years in
Reserve, 366 Chemical Co.,
Augusta.
Employment: Athletic
Director, Boys’ Club of
Richmond County.
Audiovisual Specialist the
Institute on Problems of
Desegregation in Public
Schools. Georgia Sales
Representative for
Southwestern Petroleum
Corporation (SWEPCO)
Building, Maintenance, and
Lubricant Products. Editor of
The Mirror. Presently
Executive for WTHB Radio.
Was candidate for the
Second Ward City Council
seat, recent election, served as
a student liaison for the
Richmond County Jimmy
Carter for Governor
Organization. Member of
Alpha Psi Omega Dramatic
Fraternity.
Lamar Bryant
Education: Paine College,
Senior; Majoring in Biology -
Goal is to be Medical
Illustrator.
Activities and Positions:Pres
ident of Art Club; President
of Senior Class; President of
UNCF Council; Treasurer of
Eta Alpha Chapter of Alpha
Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc.; Art
Illustrator of the Painette;
Student Coordinator to
clean-up campaign;
Student Disciplinary
Committee Ervin Hall;
Member of the National
Conference of Artists; Portrait
Painter; Student of the Month.
Position to Staff: Layout and
Editorial Illustrator
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Mrs. Latimer Blount
Education: American
University, 8.A., Howard
University. Master’s degree,
American University Graduate
School.
Employment: Commun
ications Specialist with
General Electric’s Information
Services Division in
Washington, D.C. Chief of the
Education Section the
American Trucking
Association, with
headquarters in Washington.
Research Aide for the Center
for Research in Social Systems
in Washington. Desk
Supervisor for the
Georgetown Public Library.
Activities: National
Education Association;
National Council for Social
Studies; the Department of
Audio-Visual Instruction of
NEA; the American Personnel
and Guidance Association; the
National Association for
Industry-Education
Cooperation, and Capital Press
Club.
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Karl Wilson
Education: B.S. Degree,
1963, Allen University,
Columbia, South Carolina.
Major: Psychology -
Minor: Sociology.
M.A. degree, 1969, North
Carolina Central University,
Durham, North Carolina.
Major: Counseling
Minor: Clinical Psychology.
Related study in Clinical
Psychology, Duke University.
Work Experience: Served as
Community Youth Organizer,
Operation Breakthrough Inc.,
Durham, N.C. 1968.
Psychological Technician -
Milledgeville State Hospital,
1967.
Served with honor in the
United States Army (82nd
Airborne Division)
1963-1965.
Presently employed Paine
College, Augusta, Georgia and
holds the position of
Coordinator of Counseling
Services for all male students
and Coordinator of Testing
Services for the Student
Personnel Department.
Mrs. Frances Powell Harris
Education: Paine College -
Senior.
Employment: The Mirror, a
subsidiary of Lee Publications
of Orangeburg, S.C. -
Brooklyn Public Library
System, Brooklyn, New York.
Activities: Alpha Psi Omega
Fraternity and is president of
the Paine College Dramatics
Club. First place winner of the
1970 “Spotlight on Youth”
sponsored by the Augusta
Association of University
Women. Was chosen “Best
Actress” at Paine College for
two consecutive years.
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Dr. I.E. Washington
Education: Walker Baptist
Institute, Augusta Georgia.;
Paine College - 8.A.; Temple
University - Master of
Education; Post Graduate
works - Temple University,
Columbia University, Atlanta
University. Honorary Doctor
of Letters - Allen University.
Experience as an educational
administrator - Principal of
the Craig Elementary School;
Principal of the Charles T.
Walker Elementary School;
Principal of A.R. Johnson
Junior High School; presently
Principal of Lucy C. Laney
High School. Also served as
summer school instructor at
Albany State College, Albany,
Georgia.
Past positions held in
educational, social, and civic
organizations: President,
Richmond County Teachers
Association; President,
Georgia Teachers and
Education Association;
President Southeastern
Atlantic Officials and Athletic
Association; Pasilues, Si
Omega Chapter, Omega Si Phi
Fraternity; Member of the
Finance Committee of the
local United Fund; Director of
various Civil Drives for the
Negro Community of
Augusta.
Present positions held in
educational, social, and civic
organizations: Treasurer,
Richmond County Teachers
Association; Member of the
Advisory Board of the
Gwinnett Street Branch of the
Georgia Railroad Bank and
Trust Company; Member of
the Finance Committee of the
Ninth Street YMCA; Treasurer
of the Richmond County
Principals’ Association; Lay
Leader, St. Mary’s Espicopal
Church; Chairman,
Harper-White District of the
Georgia Carolina Council of
the Boy Scouts of America;
Chairman, Board of Directors
of Ninth Street YMCA;
Member of Development
Authority of Richmond
County, elected January 1,
1971 for a 6 year term.
Travels: Canada, Cuba,
Scotland, England, France,
Monaco, Switzerland,
Germany, Denmark, Italy and
Sweden.
Charlie McCann
Education: C.T. Walker
Elementary School, Lucy
Laney High School, American
Institute of Banking
(Supervisor Diploma)
Chicago, Illinois.
Community Activities: -
Membership in YMCA;
Richmond County Voters;
Citizen Voters League and
Amvets.
Served in United States
Army, Oversea assignment for
3 years.
Church Affiliation: Antioch
Baptist Board Member;
Officer of the Trustee Board
and Gospel Chorus.
Employment: Self Employed
George E. Thomas
Employment: United States
Post Office-letter carrier for
the past nineteen years.
Activities: Broadway Baptist
Church, Board of Trustees,
Life Member of American
Veterans of World War II and
Korea, Commander of local
post 616, affiliated with
National Association of Letter
Carriers and National Alliance
of Postal and Federal
Employees and their
subsidiaries.
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Mrs. Ann N. Johnson
Education: Walker Business
College, Jacksonville, Florida,
further study Paine College.
Employment: Paine College
as the Administrative
Assistant to the Treasurer.
Activities: Elim Baptist
Church and is a member of the
Senior Choir and Member of
Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority.
Mrs. Frank P. Anderson (Nancy)
Served as Assistant in Public
Relations, Paine College -
1966-70; has served as
publicity chairman for a
number of civic organizations.
President of League of Women
Voters of the Augusta Aiea,
( 1 96 2-65) Secretary,
Richmond County Citizens
Committee for Clean Air;
Secretary, CSRA Economic
Opportunity Authority, Inc.;
Active with Red Cross,
Augusta Symphony Guild;
Member of Government Study
Committee which prepared
charter for unified
government.
Wife of Dr. Frank Anderson
of Medical College of Georgia,
faculty, mother of five
children.
Special Interests: Ecology,
local government, fine arts in
Augusta, anti-poverty
program, consolidation.
Mrs. Joyce Lundy Cherry
Education: Pre-Baccal
aurerate Program - New York
University, B.A. • Paine
College, M.A. - Atlanta
University.
Employment: Paine College
Assistant Professor of English,
Advisor - Paineite, Director-
Communicative Arts
Conference - Paine College;
Administrative Assistant -
Georgia Teachers and
Education Association.
Activities: College Language
Association; Modern
Language Association;
A. A.U.P. Cons, on African and
Afro-American Studies -
Atlanta University and Syma
Gamma Rho Sorority.
Church Affiliation: Trinity
C.M.E. Church.
Lester O. Pollard
Edu cation: Paine College,
Washington & Lee University,
McGill University.
Employment: Teaching in
high school, Paine College.
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Lonnie Napier, II
Education: J.W. Holley High
School in Sylvester, Georgia;
Presently attending Paine
College.
Merits: Graduated with
honor; was nominee to Who’s
Who in Colleges and
Universities in America.
Presently business manager of
the Student Council; Lion
Staff sports editor; President
of Eta Alpha Chapter of Alpha
Phi Alpha Fraternity.
Job on Staff: Assistant sports
Editor.
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Paul Hammond
Education: Graduate of R.J.
Murray High School, St.
Augustine, Florida; attended
University of Tampa, Florida
and is presently a student of
Augusta College.
Employment: Pharmacy
Technician, Medical College of
Georgia. Proprietor, Income
Tax Service, Harlem, Georgia,
and Free Lance Photographer.
Church Affiliation: First Mt.
Moriah Baptist Church.
Mrs. Mildred Anderson Hill
Education: Paine College ■
B. Western Reserve ■ M.A.
Additional Studies - Indiana
University and University of
Minnesota.
Employment: Assistant
Professor of English, Paine
College. Exchange Professor,
Hamline University, St. Paul,
Minnesota.
Current Memberships: -
National Council of Teachers
of English, South Atlantic
Modern Language Association
National Paine College Alumni
Association (Assistant
Secretary), Eight College
Consortium Planning
Committee, Modern Language
Association and Conference
on College Composition &
Communications.
Honors and Special
Interests: Alpha Kappa Mu
Honor Society’ Participant in
1963 Institute for Teachers of
English in Predominantly
Negro Colleges, Indiana.
Community Services: -
Member of Trinity C.M.E.
Church, Member of
Parent-Teacher Association;
Member of Advisory Board,
Paine College Upward Bound
Program; Consultant for
Elementary and High School
Language Arts and Linguistic
Workshop, and Member of
YWCA.
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John Warren
Education: Mallory High
School, New York ■ 1965;
graduated 16 of 350 w/92.7
average for 4 years. Marist
College, Poughkeepsie, New
York - 1969, graduated “cum
Laude” w/3.318 cum. index -
Major - Math. - strong minor -
religion & philosophy. Paine
College, Augusta, Georgia -
exchange program - spring
semester 1969.
Memberships: National
Association for Advancement
of Colored People; Southern
Christian Leadership
Conference; National Welfare
Rights Organization;
American Civil Liberties
Union; Fellow of
Reconciliation; Catholic Peace
Fellowship.
Activities and Experience: -
Volunteer work in Appalachia
- Mt. Vernon, Kentucky;
Upward Bound ,
Tutor-counselor, - Marist
College; Volunteer Tutoring
Programs, Poughkeepsie,
N.Y.; Teacher at Aquinas High
School, Augusta, Ga., courses
on Contemporary Human
Problems; Topics:
Non-violence, race relations;
former member of Committee
of Ten, Augusta Georgia.
Current Employment: Tea
cher - Upward Bound Program
, Paine College.
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Rev. Arthur D. Sims
Education: Received the
Bachelor of Arts and the
Bachelor of Divinity Degrees
from Paine College and
Morehouse School of
Religion, Interdenominational
Theological Seminary Atlanta,
Georgia. Further study at
Augusta College, 1970.
Employment: Pastor of'The
First Mt. Moriah Baptist
Church.
Executive Director of The
Community Development
Project of Columbia County,
Inc. (a private poverty
organization).
A recording artist for Jewell
Recording Co.
Involvements: Member of
the Board of Directors of the
American Civil Liberty Union.
Member of the Board of
Directors of Metro-Advance
Housing Development.
Vice President of SCLC.
A Delegate from the 10th
Congressional District-Dem
ocratic Party of Georgia.
A member of The Ga.
Conference on Social Welfare.
THE NEWS-REVIEW, MARCH 25, 1971
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Mrs. Carrie J. Mays
The wife of W.H. Mays 11, a
local mortician, is Augusta’s
first City Councilwoman. She
represents the second ward.
Mrs. Mays is a native of
Lincoln County, Georgia. She
moved to Augusta a number of
years ago. She received her
education in the public school
of Lincoln County.
Mrs. Mays, is a member of
Trinity C.M.E. Church. She is
very active in community
work. She has worked with the
following committees: the
lunchroom study committee,
American Cancer Society,
Community Clothing Center,
City Recreation and was a
pioneer in the city cleanup
committee.
Mrs. Mays has been active in
the following civic
organizations: Y.W.C.A.,
chairman of the Phyllis
Wheatley Branch for two
years, a member of the Board
of Directors of the Greene
Street Y.W.C.A. for three
years. In 1967 she was a voting
delegate to the National
Y.W.C.A. Convention in
Boston, Massachusetts. She is
also a member of the NAACP.
Mrs. Mays is a licensed
funeral director in the State of
Georgia and manager of W.H.
Mays Mortuary.
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Gwendolyn Pitts
Education: Junior at Paine
College - Majoringin Biology;
Minor - Psychology
Positions & Titles Held: First
attendant to Miss Paine;
Honor Student; Basiluis of
Zeta Eta Chapter of Alpha
Kappa Alpha Sorority;
Dramatics Club member;
Listed in Who’s Who in
American Colleges &
Universities; Freshman year
was Miss Harper; Junior year
Miss Letterman.
Church Affiliation: A native
of Montezuma, Ga., Miss Pitts
attends Antioch Baptist
Church while in Augusta.
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Herbert C. Ross
Education: Tennessee State
University, Modern School of
Photography. Currently a
Senior at Augusta College,
majoring in Economics,
Employment: Life
Underwriter, Pilgrim Health
Ins. Co.; Free Lance
Photographer.
Tax Consultant with W&H
Income Tax Service.
Activities: Minister of
Finance - Progressive Black
Organization; Trustee
Tabernacle Baptist Church.
Chet Trower
Education: Graduate of
Johnson C. Smith University,
Charlotte N.C. Presently
enrolled at Augusta College,
American Institute of
Banking. Member of Kappa
Alpha Psi Fraternity.
Employment: Presently
employed at Citizens and
Southern Bank as
Management Associate
He is married to the former
Jacqueline Reese. They
attend First Mt. Moriah
Baptist Church.
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Reverend N.T. Young
Education: Graduate of
Morehouse College in
Atlanta, Ga.
Employment: Pastor of
Thankful Baptist Church for
more than 20 years.
Activities: Presently a
member of the Richmond
County Board of Education.
Served for 5 years as
president of the Laurens
County Teachers Association,
Dublin, Ga.
Principal of the Millevill
High School in Dublin.
Taught at the Washington
Street High School.
Pastor of the First Baptist
Church, Rock Mart, Ga.
Pastor of Friendship
Baptist,Toccoa,Ga.
Pastor of First Paptist
Church, Dublin, Ga.
President of State Sunday
School Baptist Training
Union
President of the New Era
Baptist Congress.
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Mary Lou Williams Utley
Ed u cat ion: County Line
Elementary School, A.R.
Johnson Elementary School
Employment: Aragon
Community Center of
Richmond County.
Acknowledgments: Woman
of the Year - Chronicle
Herald; Baha’i Award for
Outstanding Community
Work; Award for Outstanding
Youth Development; Pilgrim
Health Life Ins. Co. Zeta Plii
Beta Sorority Award for
outstanding service to the
community.
Al Irby
Education: Paine College
High School; 2 years of
College, City College of New
York.
Employment: First Line
Supervisor, Babcock &
Wilcox Co.
Community
Activities: Advisory Boards;
Nellieville Community
Center, Recreation Centers.
Member NAACP; Georgia
Council of Human Relations;
American Civil Liberties
Union; Member First Mount
Moriah Baptist Church.
Chairman of Board of
Religious Education.
Technician
in the
U.S. Army Reserve.
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