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01,r Nmn-Hwim Vol. 1 IISk * • x. * / * 4 -CrfllioßMMlMpMlW * - fw 5-XZ?MWb» <*- ' w <t:» i ? ;X | THANKFUL CELEBRATES 131ST ANNIVERSARY Thankful Baptist Church, daughter of Springfield Baptist Church, is the second oldest Black church in Augusta, and is located on the corner of Third and Walker Streets. Celebration of its 131st anniversary on August 22, 1971,wi1l begin with the Youth and Young Adults in charge of the morning worship at 11:00 a.m. The Rev. Raymond Dean, pastor of the Royal Baptist Church in Anderson, South Carolina, and a student at Atlanta’s ITC, will be the guest minister. Music will be rendered by Thankful’s Youth and Young Adult Choirs under the direction of Miss Eileen Terry. Ushers and pulpit participants will represent the Talmadge Meets Black Businessmen Dedicates Housing Project inHSUL FTt m (L-R) Senator Talmadge and Mayor Beckum Senator Herman Talmadge was in Augusta Tuesday for the dedication of the Cleo Underwood Homes, a new low income housing development qn Sand Bar Ferry Road. Later in the afternoon Talmadge met with a group of Black Businessmen in the civic room of the Georgia Railroad Bank Building. youth and young adult division of the church. John Q. Terry is Chairman of the morning program. Continuing and culminating WANTED NEWS BOYS WANTED! 100 News Boys Good Pay CALL ' News—Review Office 930 Gwinnett St. 722-4555 Among other requests the businessmen urged the senator to push for more money for direct loans for small businesses. Talmadge said that jobs must be created in rural areas rather than in urban areas, many of which Talmadge said are “unlivable and ungovernable.” 930 Gwinnett St. Augusta Ga Phone 722-4555 this 131st celebration will be the 3:00 p.m. service with the Senior members of the church in charge. The Rev. J.H. Sims, pastor of the Greater Young Zion Baptist Church of Augusta will be the guest minister. His congregation, officers, choirs, and ushers will accompany him. Dinner will be served following the afternoon service. The public is invited to attend. The pastor, Rev. N.T. Blood Donors Needed One of the most expensive items to our elderly, when they are forced to enter a hospital, is the cost of a blood transfusion. when it is required. The Hospital portion of Medicare pays nothing for the first three units of blood received in any benefit period. The Medical portion of Medicare will pay nothing toward the first three units of blood received in any calendar year, that which may be administered by a doctor in his office, or the outpatient or emergency room of a hospital. To offset this very costly item to elderly persons, a program is being instituted by the Senior Citizens Council, in conjunction with the CSRA Blood Assurance Plan, Inc., wherein the elderly may receive blood free under a group plan for a four year period. When this group plan is instituted, only 25% of the group must donate each four years to cover the entire group. In cases wherein the elderly person has passed that age at which they may become a donor themselves, an adult child or a friend of the elderly person may become a donor for them. If the elderly person THE PEOPLE’S PAPER Young, Sr., serves as Chairman of the afternoon program. The music will be rendered by Choirs from Greater Young Zion and by Thankful’s Senior Choir with Mrs. M.T. Blount in charge. $8 Million To Black Colleges The United Methodist Church pledged $8 million in aid to Black colleges-twelve Methodist related Black colleges in the deep South -a two year period, the religious body announced in Philadelphia, Pa. The colleges, normally assisted from race relations offerings, will secure funds resulting from gifts from interested Laymen. The program, Negro College Advance, is being co-directed by the Rev. Dennis R. Fletcher, assistant General Secretary of the National Division of Missions and E. Clayton Calhoun, former President of Paine College. Donors, who include Church Officials and Laymen, may specify the colleges to receive their gifts or the money will be adminstrated by a council made up of the presidents of the 12 Black colleges. has neither an adult child or a friend willing to become a donor, the Senior Citizens Council will attempt to locate a donor for them. For further information regarding this plan, call the Senior Citizens Council, at 724-0301, between 9 AM and 5 PM any weekday. Anyone wishing to become a donor for an elderly person who has no donor is also invited to call. CAUCUS LAUNCHES VOTER REGISTRATION CAMPAIGN The Decade of the Sixties saw Black .mericans in the South make remarkable gains in their struggle for full citizenship and the right to participate meaningfully in the political process. Registration of Black voters more than doubled; the number of Black public officials increased over six-fold; and many white officials have begun to display greater sensitivity to Black Dr. Sheppard Returns To Paine Dr. Cecilia M. Sheppard, who retired last year as Chairman of the Division of Philosophy and Religion at Paine College, will return to. the campus in September to serve for one year as a Professor in the Division, Dr. L.H. Pitts, President of Paine College has announced. Dr. Ellis Rece is Chairman of the Division. A member of the Paine faculty for 12 years, at the time of her retirement, Dr. Sheppard was the Luella F. Steward Chair of Bible Prefessor. The Chair o f Bible, established through the Woman’s Division of Christian Service of the Board of Missions of the Methodist Church, was created at Paine in 1965. It is endowed by a basic gift from the Luella F. Steward Trust. A native of Baltimore, Maryland, Dr. Sheppard completed her under graduate studies at American University in Washington, D.C. and did further study at Bryn Mawr College in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania. She earned her Ph.D. degree from Yale University and has done Post-Doctoral work in Palestine and Great Britain at the University of Edinburgh and Selly Oak Colleges. During her teaching career, Dr. Sheppard served on the faculty at William Penn College in lowa and at National College for Christian Workers in Kansas City, Missouri. Dr. Sheppard came to Paine following the closing of National College. Concerning Dr. Shephard’s return, President Pitts says, “I consider it a tribute to Paine College and Augusta community that Dr. Sheppard is returning to Paine.” Business League To Sponsor Seminar The CSRA Business League in conjunction with the Augusta Chamber of Commerce and the Small Business Administration will sponsor a business seminar entitled “Keys to Business Success” on August 14, 1971 from 9 a.m. - 4:40 p.m. at the St. Mary’s Parish House, 1117 Pine St. The purpose of the workshop is to equip the small businessman with some basic fundamentals of management, show him how to start successfully in business and prevent waste of financial resources and how to get and make use of outside counsel and assistance. Participants include Elliott Serotta, Local CPA; Professors C.M. Richardson and J.F. Hodges from Augusta College; Ron Loftin, Metropolitian Life , Ins., and George Trace from SBA. Local Banks will also be represented. The seminar is open to all who wish to attend, ( free of charge. i constituents. These are extremely important accomplishments. It 1 is crucial, however, to recognize just where they have brought us. The fetters of political acquiescence have been shattered, The move toward an equal share of political power has begun. Many barriers, particularly the most blatant ones, have been overcome. Yet, the goal of a truly representative system of government is still distant. This is why the Richmond County Voter Education Project, an action program of the Augusta Caucus, has begun a voter registration drive in Augusta and Richmond County. It is very important that those of us who are not registered or have not voted in the last 3 years register now. Weeks of planning has gone into this campaign hopefully to make it an effective one. What is needed now is full Unity Rally Aug. 13-15 by John Cashin Since Mr. Agnew has now ascended to the lecture platform and presumptuously delivered unsolicited advice to Black American leaders, 1 think it quite- in order that we appraise the days/daze that put the puppet on the stage. Spiro Agnew would already be a dead duck without his publicity man, Vic Gold. Agnew himself is not smart enough to realize that he was sent out of the country to keep his big mouth silent while Nixon cut a deal with Red China. As I have said all along, Nixon will do everything to get , reelected, and that includes making deals with George Wallace, Chou En Lai, and/or selling his conservative supporters down the river, all of which he has apparently already done. Now in Spain, expendable Agnew is prodded by his publicity man to say something to let his supporters know he is still alive, though finessed, in Spain, Africa, Korea, or you name it. He knows better than to attack the boss back home, but he’s got to do something, so what happens? Os course, there are always those niggers to kick around! So he does, and the , racist press turns on a flood of ' ink to make Nixon’s millstone look good. Let this be a lesson to Black America: We will always be convenient scapegoats for desperate demagogues until we develop some real political strength along with a unified strategy. It is toward these goals and principles that I, Julian Bond, Maynard Jackson, Charles Evers, Barbara Jordon, Percy Sutton, Jesse Jackson, Carl Stokes, Ben Brown, Boisy Waiters, Thomas Reed, Harold Love, Fannie Lou Hamer, Mervyn Dymally and many other Black elected officials and similarly interested Black political figures, including the Congressional Black Caucus, are asking that all Black political leaders who are really serious about our problems gather at Mobile, Alabama on August 13-15 for the Southern Black Caucus. Let’s see if we can get together on our own “southern strategy” which will get George Wallace, Spiro Agnew, Richard Nixon and all other political manipulators off our backs. August 12, 1971 No. 19 By Floyd Green citizenship participation. If you have friends and relatives who are not registered voters please influence them to do so. Contact Mallory Millender, the Director of the Drive, at 7224555 for information or transportation to the registrars office. Plea’se register and then ... VOTE. King David Accused Os Bad Pass - Struck By R.L. Oliver King David Ingram well known cabaret worker in Augusta was allegedly beaten by the manager of the Whisk A Go Go, Bruno, in what Ingram said was an accusation made unfairly against him. Ingram said he was called to the rear of the club where the club’s manager and a white lady whom he did not know awaited him. According to Ingram, one of the managers, Bruce, asked him if he had seen the lady before and he said no. The lady accused Ingram of having made a pass at her. Bruce said the young lady’s mother told him that some black man had been calling this young lady from the club, and he was the only black male working there. Ingram continued, “I told Bruce that if he had no more confidence in me than that I did not need his job, I could go home. 1 was about to pull my bar jacket off when Bruce caught me by surprise and clubbed me in the jaw, hollering “I tried to talk to you but you won’t listen. I’ll break your ....jaw.” Ingram said he did not strike back, figuring he was outnumbered, “1 just got my jacket and cane and left. Bruno fßruce) contacted by Women Ministers Council Honors Oldest Member (L-R) Mrs. Marie Louise Williams and Mrs. Essie Mclntyre On Wednesday afternoon, the Women ; Ministers Council honored its oldest member Rev. Marie Louise Williams with a pre-birthday celebration at her home. Reverend Williams, who has lived at the corner of Ninth and Perry Streets for more than sixty years, will be ninety-four years old Sunday. The house in which Reverend Williams was born was located at the site of the downtown Post Office. According to Reverend Williams, the fountain in front of the Post Office was originally her family’s well. Mrs. Williams, who is amazingly alert and spry for her age, recalls events of her life with one after the other. She was one of Paine College’s first graduates. She remembers vividly the construction of Bethlehem center. She has operated a grocery store, auto garage and worked for the Johnson and Shanks Undertaking Establishment. She has taught in prisons which says they called the League Key - Self Help At Tuesday night’s meeting of the C.S.R.A. Business League, State Superintendent of Purchasing, Hoyt E. Robinson told the Black audience that the key to pulling yourself up is economics. “Money is the language everybody understands. In the face of the dollar, people suddenly become color blind,” he said. Robinson said that as long as we have poverty and people are out of jobs there will be no harmony. Robinson suggested “self help” as the best means of achieving economic independence. According to Robinson this can be achieved through pooling resources and sharing knowledge. He urged the group to “analyze where you are, where you are going, and how you’re going to get there. The Business League has the means to see that you get there.” fla H And 11 te Hi phone night of the incident said, “Yes 1 hit him. King was a little drunk acting up so I hit him to straighten him out. But Pm not mad at him. I was angry but not anymore, he can come back anytime.” “format ory.” The daughter of Reverend J. W. Winfield (both parents were ministers), Reverend Williams at one time maintained a church in the same living room that her 94th birthday party was held. She has also pastored Myles Memorial and served as associate pastor at Williams Memorial C.M.E. Church. She is presently a member of Trinity C.M.E. Church. Reverend Williams has three living sons and three grandchildren in Augusta. Other members of the Women Minister’s Council attending the Party were Reverend Essie Mclntyre (president), Reverend Rosa Williams (secretary), Reverend Eunice Malone and Reverend Clara Elam. Asked for the secret of long life, Reverend Williams said, “I lived right; didn’t drink liquor; and kept a clean body.” Who led the “Happy Birthday” singing with the loudest and best tune? Reverend Williams —of course.