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A.C. Valedictorian
Lillie Frances Butler
graduated from Augusta
College Sunday. She was the
college’s first Black
Valedictorian.
A local product, Miss Butler
was the 1967 Valedictorian at
T.W. Josey High School.
During her four years at
Augusta College, Miss Butler
received only three grades less
than “A”. She had three “B+”
(one of them in a gymn class).
An English major, she plans
to do her graduate study at
AUGUSTA COLLEGE’S
LEADERSHIP AWARD GOES
TO MISS JONES FOR ‘7l
Miss Annie Lee Jones is the
1971 recipient of the Augusta
College Service-Leadership
Award. The award is
presented each year to the girl
and boy who excels in the
various areas of academic life
during their four years of
attendance at the college. Miss
Jones, besides being the first
black recipient of the
leadership award is also the
college’s first black newspaper
editor. Earlier this year Miss
Jones was named a Regents
Scholar for 1971 and received
a scholarship for her senior
year’s work at the college.
During the four years she
spent at Augusta College, Miss
Jones served as one of the
founders of the school’s first
Interracial Council, and the
school’s first Black Student’s
Union. As Founder and
President of Epsilon Tau
Epsilon, she initiated the
organized social life for black
students on the campus.
Miss Jones held
memberships in the Inter-Club
Council, Student Government
Association, and the Sociology
Club on campus; Director of
Sidewalk College at A.C.;
Refresher English Course
Tutor; President of Gwinnett
St. USD Junior Volunteer
Council; member of the
Richmond County Tutorial
Project and a member of the
Magnolia Baptist Church.
Miss Jones, a psychology
ijjajor and Dean’s List
Student, has received a
graduate assistantship from
the University of Tennessee at
Knoxville to earn the PhD. in
Clinical Psychology.
the University of Chicago or
the University of Georgia.
During the summer of 1969
Miss Butler participated in the
study abroad program
sponsored by the University
of Georgia. She was a member
of student Education
Association and served on the
Bell Ringer, the college’s
newspaper.
The daughter of Dr. and
Mrs. Charles Butler of 1240
Kent Street, Lillie said she
“always planned to teach in
high school.” She says that
she wants to teach
“potentially capable but
educationally deprived
students.”
RIOT Not
Dead
Renewal in our Town
(RIOT) consultant, Reve r end
M.E. Stokes said the
organization will continue
although its members are
dwindling.
The group gained its
greatest momentum during the
spring clean-up campaign in
the Twiggs Street area.
According to Stokes most of
the people who participated in
the campaign were publicity
seekers who left as soon as
the T.V. cameras left.
Speaking of the purposes of
RIOT, Stokes cited better
housing, jobs, community
involvement in self-help
programs, clean-ups and
fix-ups among the group’s
goals. “We try to inform the
people of their rights and
responsibilities and what they
are capable of doing for
themselves. The people are
now aware of urban resources
and some have taken
leadership roles in our
projects.”
Stokes cites “Blacks selling
out” as the biggest obstacle
the group has faced.
Referred to the waning
number of active group
members Stokes points to the
fact the group is basically
elderly with a shortage of man
power. Men who normally
would be willing to help work
from 60-64 hours per week.
Stokes says that urban
renewal in the Twiggs Street
area is just a dream. “True
urban renewal is not going to
happen in this community.
People are given promises and
false hopes. This urban
renewal proposal is not the
answer. Although ‘true’ urban
renewal will answer the
committee’s needs.’”
A library has been
established at Mount Olive
Baptist Church where the
group is headquartered. The
library allows area residents to
become familiar with F.H.A.
loans, grants, and model cities
930 Gwinnett St.
Alto Graduation
For Sixty-One
Sixty-one students will be
honored during graduation
exercises at the Alto Education
and Evaluation Center June 10,
reports C.W. Davis, director of
the center.
Davis said that 22 of the
group will receive diplomas
from the center’s academic
high school, and the remainder
of those to be acknowledged
during the ceremony have
earned certificates from the
center’s vocational school.
On the program to address
the graduates and their families
are Jack P. Nix, state
superintendent of schools; Lee
Arrendale, chairman, state
board of corrections; Ellis C.
Mac Dougall, director of the
board of corrections; Charles
Balkcom Jr., Georgia Industrial
Institute superintendent; and
Davis. W.W. Coffee, principal
of the high school, will preside.
All of the young men who
will be graduated volunteered
to enroll in classes at the center
while incarcerated at the
Vets. Drug
Centers To
Increase
The drug abuse problem
among returning U.S.
servicemen has become so
acute that the Veterans
Administration now plans to
open at least 10 more drug
treatment facilities that were
originally planned by the end
of fiscal year 1973.
Georgia Veterans Service
Director Pete Wheeler says that
figures by VA medical officials
indicate that of the estimated
200,000 hard drug users in the
United States, approximately
one-fourth of them are
veterans and most of them
have served on active duty
since the beginning of the
fighting in Viet Nam.
“The number is increasing,”
said Wheeler, “and
consequently the VA has had
to revise upward its plans for
establishing drug treatment
centers. Last year the VA
announced plans for
developing a total of 30 such
facilities. Now it plans to open
40 centers and even this
number is likely to be
increased.”
Since January of this year
the VA has had five drug
centers in operation. These
centers are located in VA
hospitals in Washington, D.C.,
Battle Creek, Michigan,
Sepulveda, California,
Houston, Texas, and New York
City, New York.
“By the end of fiscal year
1972 plans were to have 18
drug centers in operation but
because of the tremendous
increase in drug use by younger
veterans, many additional
centers very likely will have to
be opened during the year,”
Wheeler said.
Each facility will be capable
of handling 200 drug patients
annually. When all of the
presently-proposed centers are
in operation, the VA will be
able to provide treatment for
8,000 veterans at a time.
Wheeler added that the
Atlanta VA Hospital is
scheduled to have one of the
proposed drug treatment
centers, a 16-bed unit, during
the fiscal year of 1973.
programs.
Explaining the name RIOT
Stokes said they wanted a
name that would show that
you can have a group that is
militant, speaks the truth', yet
not violent. “Our town needs a
total renewal, slums as well as
people’s minds need renewal.
We chose # name that would
be heard although not
necessarily respected.”
Augusta Ga Phone 722-4555
institute. The center is a unit
of the Georgia Department of
Education.
When a young man is
sentenced to Alto, a State
Department of Education staff
member invites him to look
into one of the center’s four
programs, the academic high
school, the vocational trade
school, the vocational
rehabilitation services or the
basic adult education program.
Faculty members at the
center are certified by the
Georgia Department of
Education. Sixteen of the
teachers hold Bachelor
degrees; three, Masters degrees,
and one holds a six year
certificate. The high school is a
member of Georgia High
School Association.
“The high school has had
seven graduating classes
consisting of 154 seniors since
it was established in September
1962. Few of these boys would
have earned a high school
diploma had not an
opportunity been given while
they served their sentences
here. It is known that about 15
percent of our graduates have
entered college or other
institutions of higher learning,”
said Davis.
The trade school, which has
a capacity for 225 students, is
equipped with 12 career areas
including air conditioning and
heating, auto body repair, auto
mechanics, barbering, cooking
and baking, masonry,
plumbing, small engine repair,
upholstery, welding,
woodworking and electrical
repair.
In October 1963, vocational
rehabilitation services were
added at the center in
association with 80 inmates.
To be eligible for rehabilitation
services, an inmate must have a
physical, intellectual or
emotional handicap. It is the
function of the professional in
several specialities to determine
if a disability exists and if it is
remediable.
The Alto administration
decided on the need for
development of an adult
program in 1970 when reading
tests given to inmates indicated
that many were functioning
below high school level.
“This program began with
eight teachers and 79 students.
We now have 217 enrolled, and
we need additional teachers.
Students who register for this
course in communication skills
are encouraged to attend
school one-half day and learn a
vocational trade the other
half-day,” reports Davis.
USO Entertain
Viet Vets
The Junior Volunteer
Council at the Gwinnett
Street USO will entertain an
estimated 60 Vietnam
returnees from the Fort
Gordon Hospital on June
11th. This is a monthly
project for the Gwinnett
Street J.V. Council and every
effort is made by each J.V. to
make the programs and parties
different each month. The
Red Cross Center at Fort
Gordon works with the
hospital and Gwinnett St.
USO in the coordination and
transportation of the patients
from the hospital to the USO
Club. All the Junior
Volunteers join their director,
Mrs. C.L. Gardner, in the
planning, cooking and
execution of the entire
program. This month’s event
will be a “Horoscope Hop,”
where each dance will feature
a girl and a guy from each of
the astrology signs for each
month. Gifts and Prizes will
also be given out by the
Junior Volunteer Council.
SIX CANDIDATES IN
RACE FOR SHERIFF
All candidates for sheriff
were questioned on television
Tuesday night by members of
the Augusta League of Women
Voters.
Daniel H. Cross, president
of the Augusta chapter of the
NAACP said he sees need for
a lot of improvement at the
jail. The retired military police
sergeant said he would like to
see county patrol cars used as
“referral stations” to help
‘drug users rather than to carry
users to jail. Cross said he
would “give everybody a
• chance” in the matter of
selecting wreckers to tow
property.
George Johnson Jr., service
station proprietor, said he is
campaigning as “a citizen of
Augusta and a taxpayer.” He
said this gives him an “open
mind” to go into office and
“implement new programs in
criminology.”
Capt. Tebow said he would
add men to the county’s vice
squad and work toward the
construction of a new county
jail. A 20-year veteran, Tebow
said he knows the drug
problems in Richmond
County from talking with
students and parents. He said
the county jail is “real
confusion” with little room
for prisoners and deputies.
Anderson said he would
keep politics out of
P. C. Honors Retiring
Faculty Members
Paine College faculty
members hosted a party
honoring retiring colleagues
Ruby Jenkins and Donald
Lawson.
Mrs. Jenkins, an associate
professor of music, joined the
faculty in 1944 as director of
music. She directed Paine’s
chorus for sixteen years.
A graduate of Paine
College, Mrs. Jenkins, received
the Bachelor of Music and the
Master of Music Education
from the American
Conservatory of Music and did
further study at Columbia
University.
During her early years as a
faculty member, Mrs. Jenkins
recruited students for Paine
by going from city to city
performing on programs where
she sang, played the piano and
recited poetry.
Next month Mrs, Jenkins
will travel to West and East
Africa. She has traveled in
every state in the continental
United States as well as
England, France, Holland,
Luxemburg, Switzerland, Italy
promotions within the sheriff
department.
“Political promotions have
been bad for morale,”
BW Presents
Speaker
Dr. Marvin Mundel,
internationally known
consultant in industrial
engineering management, will
conduct a series of meetings
at Babcock & Wilcox on
Friday.
He will lead a discussion on
“Budgeting and Controlling
Staff Activity,” with the vice
president’s staff and during
the day will meet with various
other management and
professional employees.
Since receiving his PhD
from lowa State University in
1939 Dr. Mundel has taught
at several universities,
managed the industrial
engineering departments for
leading companies and served
as consultant for the
government and for firms in
the United States and abroad.
He is the author of several
books, among them “Motion
and Time Study - Principles
and Practices.”
At the present time Dr.
Mundel is principal of M.E.
Mundel and Associates,
management and industrial
engineering consultants.
Professors Donald Lawson and Ruby Jenkins
and Scotland.
Upon her return Mrs.
Jenkins plans to write music,
particularly “sentimental
songs.”
Mrs. Jenkins wrote the
lyrics for the Lucy Laney
school song.
A native of England,
Lawson studied at Cliff
College in Derbyshire,
England, and Durham
University, Durham, England,
where he became the first
president of the Durham
College Methodist Society.
After serving in the British
Army in World War 11,
Lawson came to the United
States and obtained his B.D.
degree from Emory University
in Atlanta. Because of his
strong interest in education,
especially audio-visual
education, he taught high
school in Atlanta for one
year. The next year, he was
called to Paine and established
a department of Audio-Visual
Services. The department
continued to expand under
Lawson’s leadership and AV
June 10, 1971 No. 12
Anderson said. He said he
would attract and keep
competent deputies by
emphasizing merit and
Reid To Speak To
Business League
J. Madden Reid, Executive
Director of the Augusta
Housing Authority will speak
to the CSRA Business League
on June 14, 1971 at the
Parrish House 7:30 p.m. The
emphasis of the meeting is to
discuss the urbanization of the
housing projects here in
Augusta. The contracts call
for an amount in excess of
one million dollars. Mr. Reid
will explain the program and
how our minority contractors
and other businessmen may
take part in the renovation
program.
All businessmen are urged
to attend.
courses were initiated. During
the past semester over 50
students were enrolled in this
course.
Lawson is elated over his
newly found “freedom” and
has plans for the summer, and
a trip next fall to the
Mediterranean island of Malta,
where he plans to make his
home.
Lawson will be in Macon
for eight weeks, serving on the
faculty for the Governor’s
Honors Program session for
gifted high school students.
For four years he has
attended this state-financed
program as audio-visual
coordinator. He has also
served as an instructor of
Hellenistic Greek.
The Paine College
community and many local
residents will miss his warm
British voice at 10 p.m. each
Sunday on the radio program,
Under The Cock. For eight
years Lawson has hosted this
campus-oriented variety
program.
education
A.B. Williamson pledged he
would “not let politics play
any part in promotions.” He
said rank will be achieved
according to results of oral
and written examinations.
Williamson, a 21-year Augusta
Police Dept, veteran, resigned
as traffic captain last year.
Widener said at this time
the county cannot afford a
new jail facility. He said the
county will have to make do
with what it has until the tax
digest increases.
Candidates for sheriff of
Richmond County will appear
before an informal group of
concerned citizens on
Monday June 14, 1971 at
5:30 p.m. at the Saint Mary’s
Parrish House.
The public is urged to
attend.
Make That
Camping Trip
A Safe One
As the urban crush affects
more people each year, city
dwellers are flocking to the
countryside, campgrounds and
forests for respite. The
serenity of the outdoors is
welcome relief from city
hubbub.
But the wilderness
environment poses many
opportunities for accidents to
both novice and experienced
campers, warns the American
Red Cross.
“Every prospective camper
should know first aid and
carry a first aid kit,” says Mrs.
Lucile Kemp, Red Cross Aid
Chairman, “because camping
areas are generally distant
from medical facilities.”
In preparing for a camping
trip, an experienced camper
should be consulted on what
equipment is necessary, the
best types of food to take,
and other pointers which will
prove helpful.' The Red Cross
also suggests that tents,
trailers, stoves, lights, fire
extinguishers, tools and other
paraphernalia be assembled
and tested at home to ensure
they will work properly in the
field.
The automobile to be used
on the trip should also be
checked. A breakdown en
route or in an isolated area
could be time-consuming,
expensive and possibly
dangerous. An emergency kit
consisting of a shovel, flare,
jack, axe or hatchet, and
similar items is also
recommended.
“Choosing a proper camp
site upon arrival at your
destination is very important,”
said Mrs. Kemp. “If there are
children in the party, avoid
steep embankments and cliffs.
Select a site that offers some
protection from strong winds.
Stay away from low, swampy
areas and water with swift
currents. Don’t camp under
dead trees or those with dead
branches that may fall in high
winds.”
Campfires can be
dangerous. Choose a spot for
your fire away from brush
and low hanging branches, a
safe distance from your tent
or camper. Clear away an area
down to the soil and make a
pit with banked stones or soil.
Control the fire and always
have someone present while it
is burning. To extinguish the
SEE CAMPING
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