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Future Homemakers of America of Hephzibah High School are shown displaying their Spring Projects at their Open
House. Refreshments were prepared and served by members of the FHA and Home Economics Classes. Left to
right are: Misses Shirley Blount, Brenda Bell, Carolyn Bryant, Patricia Campbell, Wanda Jones, Edwina Harlson,
Betty Hughes ans Jacqueline Thomas. Not shown. Mrs. Charissa J. Slaughter, Instructor & Counselor; and Principal,
Mr. Wallace Partridge.
USO Honors Graduates With Tea
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(L to R) Miss Inetta Johnson, Miss Mae Alice
Washington, Miss Annie Lee Jones, Miss Deborah
Wright, and Miss Martha Anderson.
On Sunday, June 20, Mrs.
Ann Brown spoke to the
Junior Volunteer Council and
their guests who gathered to
honor those Junior Volunteers
that graduated this month
from our local high schools and
colleges. The theme of Mrs.
Brown’s speech centered
around achievement and the
attributes one needs to go
along with a diploma in order
to achieve. Mrs. Ann Brown,
the wife of Dr. Allen N.
Brown, a prominent Augusta
physician, was introduced by
Mrs. Mattie B. Braxton,
professor emertius and
Director of Student Training at
Paine College.
Junior Volunteers on this
year’s “Graduate’s Weekend”
Committee are Miss Mary
CJifford - Chairman, Miss
Brenda Freeman, Miss
'Elizabeth Bentley, Miss Connie
Berrian, Miss Elginnette Jones,
Miss Bernice Hogan, and Miss
Patricia Ann Green.
The following Junior
Volunteers were recognized
and honored this weekend with
a Dance Party and Sunday
Afternoon Tea:
Miss Martha Anderson, the
daughter of Mr. Raymond
Anderson, graduated this
month from Savannah State
College with a 8.8.A. in
Business Administration. While
at Savannah State, Miss
Anderson was a member of the
Student National Education
Association, Phi Beta Lambda
Business Fraternity, lopa Tau
Tau, as well as many other
student functions. Miss
Anderson plans a career as a
professional secretary or
Business Education Teacher.
Miss Inetta Johnson, the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Agrippa McCall, graduated
from Lucy C. Laney High
School. While at Laney Miss
Johnson was a member of the
Band, Future Homemakers of
America, and her future plans
930 Gwinnett St.
include entering Paine College
where she will major in music.
Miss Annie Lee Jones, the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Lester Jones, Sr., graduated
June 6th from Augusta College
with a B.A. in Psychology.
While at Augusta College Miss
Jones was active in many
student activities, some of
which are the Augusta College
newspaper - The Bellringer -of
which she was the first black
editor, Dean’s List Student,
first black recipient of the A.C.
Student Leadership Award,
Who’s Who in American
Universities and Colleges,
founder and president of
Epsilon Tau Epsilon, Georgia
Collegiate Press Association,
Student Government
Association, Black Student’s
Psychological Association, and
the current president of the
Gwinnett St. USO Junior
Volunteer Council. Miss Jones
will enter the University of
Tennessee at Knoxville this fall
on a fellowship to earn the
PhD. in Clinical Psychology.
Miss Mae Alice Washington,
the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
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Warren Washington, Sr.,
graduated from Lucy C. Laney.
A Junior Red Cross Volunteer,
Miss Washington also held
membership in the Future
Homemakers of America. Miss
Washington plans to begin a
course in Nurse’s Training in
the fall.
Miss Deborah Wright, the
daughter of Mrs. Thomasena
Wright, finished Paine College
in May with a B.A. in
Sociology. An Honor Roll
Student, Miss Wright was the
year’s recipient of the choir’s
‘Most Valuable Soprano
Award,’ as well as an award for
outstanding performance for
four years in the Paine College
Choir. Miss Wright plans a
career as a Social Worker here
in Richmond County.
Promotion Announced
Following today’s meeting
of the Advisory Board of The
Citizens and Southern National
Bank, EVP Bennett A. Brown
announced that Bryce H.
Newman, 39, has been elected
Executive Vice President, and
will succeed Brown as head of
C&S for the Augusta Area. Mr.
Brown will assume executive
responsibilities with the C&S
National Bank in Atlanta.
Newman was born in
Augusta, Maine, and graduated
from high school in
Winston-Salem, N.C., in 1950.
He served in the United States
Navy from 1950 to 1954, and
graduated from the University
of Georgia in 1958.
Joining C&S in 1961,
Newman gained experience in
the charge account, credit and
national accounts departments
and was elected assistant vice
president in February, 1966.
He was head of the C&S New
York Service Office in 1967
and 1968. He then returned to
the Atlanta corporate accounts
division as Vice President.
Newman joined C&S,
Augusta, in November, 1970,
New Director For Bethlehem
Community Center Named
At a recent meeting of the
Board of Directors of
Bethlehem Community Center,
Mr. Verlyn C. Bell was
unanimously appointed
Director, according to Dr. H.
Maurice Thompson, Chairman
of the Board. Dr. Thompson
said that Mr. Bell’s
appointment will become
effective September 1, 1971.
Mr. Bell was born in Winder,
Georgia on July 23, 1939. He
considers Gainesville, Georgia
his home since his family
moved there when he was four
years of age. He received his
baccalaureate degree from
Savannah State College in
1963, majoring in Sociology
and minoring in Economics. He
received the Master of Social
Work degree from Atlanta
University in 1969. Mr. Bell
also holds a certificate in
Juvenile Justice Administration
from the University of Georgia
Center for continuing
Education, and a certificate in
Civil Defense and Personal
Survival from the State
Department of Education.
Mr. Bell comes to Bethlehem
Community Center from the
Youth Development Center
where he is currently employed
as Director of Staff
Development. He has served in
several supervisory,
administrative, and direct
service capacities at the Center,
‘which includes Social . Work
Race
Relations
Seminar
“Augusta -- A Year Later” is
the title of a 10-week seminar
on race relations to begin June
29 at Augusta College. The
seminar, a part of the
Community Development
Project funder under Title I of
the Higher Education Act of
1965 and sponsored by AC,
will be conducted by John M.
Smith Jr., of the sociology
department. Registration is
open to all citizens of the
community, and the only
charge will be a $5 registration
fee. Registration will take place
throughout the day on June 29
- in the sociology department
before 6:30 p.m. and in the
Academic Building I, Room 5,
after that time. For further
information contact Mr. Smith
at 733-2234, Extension 329.
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Bennett A. Brown
as vice president. He was made
head of corporate banking in
December, 1970.
In the brief time Newman
has been in Augusta he has
become an active member of
the Kiwanis Qub, and serves
on the Board of Directors of
St. Joseph’s Hospital, the
Board of the Chamber of
Commerce, the Augusta
College Business Advisory
Council, and is a Director of
the Augusta-North Augusta
United Fund.
Newman serves on the C&S
Advisory Board and is a
member of Chi Phi national
Aide; Section Supervision;
Social Worker I; and Social
Work Supervisor. Prior to
coming to the Youth
Development Center in
October of 1964, Mr. Bell was
employed as a probation
officer with the Hall County
Juvenile Court, Gainesville,
Georgia.
While in Graduate school,
Mr. Bell received field work
experience in the following
agencies: Butler Street
Y.M.C.A.; House of U.S.E.
(Understanding, Stimulation,
and Education); and Vine City
Child Center in Atlanta, Ga.
Also he spent six months as a
Case Worker at Boys Village in
Cheltenham, Maryland. As an
undergraduate student, Mr.
Bell was employed as a
Program Worker for the
Savannah Y.W.C.A.
Mr. Bell is affiliated with
numerous scholastic, religious
and social organizations,
among which are the
following: Omega Psi Phi
Fraternity; Young Men’s
Christian Association
(Y.M.C.A.); National
Association of Social Workers;
Alpha Kappa Delta; National
Sociology Honor Society; and
Georgia Conference on Social
Welfare.
Mr. Bell is married to the
former Shirley Terry of
Dawson, Georgia and is the
•father of two daughters.
Black Army Capt. Shares Views
By Sp 4 Ralph Nelson
In 1957, Bobby D. Parham
graduated from high school
and faced the decision of
whether to go to college or to
the service.
“Since students were being
drafted right out of college in
those days, I decided to enlist
in the Army first,” he said. “I
did not plan at the time to
make a career out of the
Army.”
The muscular Black Captain
is now a 14-year veteran. He
has risen through the ranks,
spending nearly seven years as
an enlisted man. He has fought
as an infantry officer in
Vietnam and wears the jungle
expert’s patch.
What motivated a man who
originally planned to be a
biology major to stay in the
Army, especially when there
was a time that he believed he
was a victim of racial
discrimination?
Capt. Parham says he is
staying because of the
opportunities the Army offers
for self improvement.
“One major factor in my
staying in the Army,” he said,
“was the opportunity to travel
a lot - something I had never
foreseen for myself.”
Parham also cited the
educational programs, financial
security and the chance for
steady advancement as
inducements to stay.
For a while, though, he felt
differently about the chances
for advancement. “As an
enlisted man, one of the things
that bothered me,” he said,
“was that I spent a long time as
a Specialist 4. I saw people
who came in the Army after I
was already a Specialist 4
passing me.”
fraternity. He is a member of
the Pinnacle Club, the Augusta
Country Club, and Westlake
Country Club.
Newman and his wife, Lynn,
have two children, and attend
the Good Shepherd Episcopal
Church.
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Maurice Thompson (left) congratulates Bell
“They told me it was
because of my MOS (in
supply), but when I saw these
people passing me, I started to
get a little perturbed.” Parham
suspected that part of the
reason for his not being
promoted was derived from
racial prejudice.
The changing point for him
probably came after
completing NCO Academy. A
platoon leader told him not to
be satisfied with making
sergeant but to keep on going.
Parham did keep on going,
completing Infantry Officers
Candidate School at Fort
Benning in 1964.
Since completing OCS, he
has served tours in Vietnam
and Thailand before coming to
Fort Gordon in July, 1970. He
was first assigned here as
executive officer of the 42nd
Civil Affairs Group. Last
September, he assumed
command of headquarters and
headquarters detachment of
the 95th Civil Affairs Group
remaining there until last
month.
Parham is now assigned to
Augusta College under a
two-year degree completion
program. He has never lost
sight of his goal for a college
degree and is working towards
a Bachelor of Arts degree in
business administration,
specializing in management.
He is in the Quartermaster
Branch now and plans to make
that his career. Besides the
college work, he has completed
a Quartermaster Career course
and a parachute maintenance
and aerial supply course at
Fort Lee, Va.
Parham has felt at times he
was being discriminated against
as an officer.
“I’ve had a couple of raters
I’ve worked for who didn’t do
me justice giving me low
reports which didn’t enhance
me,” he said.
He later found out that
these people had admitted to
having a personal dislike for
him, possibly because of racial
bigotry. He concluded that
efficiency reports were a
problem for all officers since
there was always the problem
of personality conflicts.
Parham says that the
enlisted ranks are still being
unfairly treated. He was
especially critical of the low
pay and lack of concern for
personal problems shown
toward low-ranking enlisted
men.
He noted that in Vietnam he
saw a disporportionate number
of blacks in combat, but he
added, “I think the Army is
aware of the problem.”
“You’ve got to reach
everyone in the Army,” he
said. “Blacks have felt really
discriminated against.”
Parham concluded that the
Army was trying to change and
that things were starting to
change on the outside too.
“I’ve been in almost 14
years now and you can see
channels that have opened up
now that weren’t open then.
Opportunities are much greater
now,” he said.
When asked what was the
most satisfying aspect of his
Army career, Parham said, “I
guess it’s the advancement. I’ve
enjoyed being able to come up
through the ranks and improve
myself as I have. This has given
me great incentive.”
A native Georgian, Capt.
Parham now lives in Augusta
with his wife Alice and
children, Darryl, 9, and
Michelle, 7.
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