VOLUME 151, NUMBER 48 THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2015 75 CENTS

INDEXP. 6 ObituariesP. 3 Crime ReportsP. 4 OpinionP. 10-11 ClassifiedsP. 8 -9 Sports

Mrs. Rhetonia P. Chisholm celebrated 95th birthday on October 18

Someone to be thankful for. . . R.P. Chisholm has given much to her family and community

Editor’s note: Each Thanks-giving The Tuskegee News pro-files individuals ororganizations that have con-tributed to the community andfor which we are thankful.Spotlighted this year is Mrs.Rhetonia Perry (R.P.)Chisholm.

By GUY RHODESEditor/Publisher

As an educator, elected offi-cial, cemetery caretaker andvolunteer, Mrs. Rhetonia Perry(R.P.) Chisholm has put herheart and soul into makingMacon County and Tuskegee abetter place.

Born Oct. 10, 1920, Mrs.Chisholm recently celebratedher 95th birthday and wasjoined by friends and family. Asa testament to her tenacity,Mrs. Chisholm was back in herhome on Tuskegee’s ChisholmStreet after spending 14months in Magnolia HavenNursing and RehabilitationCenter for an illness.

“I can do everything for my-self, except drive,” Mrs.Chisholm points out.

Her sons, Charles Jr., whoworks at the Tuskegee V.A.Hospital, and Euclyde, an em-ployee of the Utilities Board ofTuskegee (UBT), usually drivetheir mother where she needsto be.

A life-long resident of MaconCounty with the exception of acouple of years, Mrs. Chisholmgraduated from Tuskegee Insti-tute in 1944 when one of herprofessors was Dr. CharlesGomillion, who taught her his-tory. Dr. Gomillion headed theTuskegee Improvement Associ-ation (TIA) that was instru-mental in the local civil rightsmovement.

She majored in home econom-ics with a minor in science. But

she didn’t immediately go intothe education field because ofwhat she considered a matterof principle.

“I had a teacher at TuskegeeInstitute that gave me an ‘A’ inswimming and I never saw theswimming pool,” she explains.“I was going to report her to Dr.Patterson (TI President Freder-ick Patterson), but was talkedout of it by some other instruc-tors. My mother had bought mea one-piece swim suit. I felt likeI was cheated and to this day Ican’t swim.”

Instead of teaching she wentto Detroit where one of herbrothers was living.

“I passed a test to be a secre-tary with flying colors, but theman told me that with my edu-cation I shouldn’t work for

Photos by Jacquelyn Carlisle

State Rep. Pebblin Warren, right, and her husband re-tired Macon County Sheriff David Warren wish Mrs. R.P. Chisholma happy birthday.

Mrs. R.P. Chisholm joined by her 1944 Tuskegee In-stitute classmate, Johnnie Kirkland, right, and cousin, YvonneVaughan, left, at her 95th birthday celebration. (See MRS. CHISHOLM, P. 6)

Birmingham man held on local chargeof attempted murder

The Tuskegee Police Department have arrested43-year-old Chris Wimbush and charged him withattempted murder in connection with an assaultthat occurred on Saturday, Nov. 7.

According to Tuskegee Police Chief LesterPatrick Lester Patrick, at approximately 6:41p.m., Tuskegee Policereceived a complaint ofa woman having beenassaulted at the 200block of East OakStreet.

Upon arrival contactwas made with a femaleon the ground sufferingfrom an injury. It waslater learned that thevictim and her husband,both residents of Birm-ingham, had been en-gaged in a verbaldispute that turnedphysical, resulting inthe victim suffering aninjury to her neck.

The 44-year-old victimwas treated on scene and later transferred by LifeFlight helicopter to Columbus Regional Hospitalin Columbus.

On Sunday, Nov. 8, Tuskegee Police investiga-tors traveled to Birmingham and arrested Wim-bush and he was transported to Tuskegee andplaced in the Macon County Detention Centerwhere he was held on a $75,000 bond.

Chris Wimbush

Dillman submits signaturesfor run as an independentfor Commission Chairman

By GUY RHODESEditor/Publisher

Long-time Notasulga resident Frank Dillmanturned in a required petition and the paperworkrequired to qualifyas an independentcandidate for theposition of chair-man of the MaconCounty Commis-sion.

Dillman turnedin the paperworkwith 284 signa-tures to MaconCounty ProbateJudge AlfonzaMenefee at theMacon CountyCourthouse on Fri-day, Nov. 20.

Dillman refers tohimself as a“watchdog” ofcounty govern-ment and for manyyears he has beena columnist forThe TuskegeeNews since the in-ception of a community reporting page four yearsago.

The last independent candidate to qualify in

Photo by Jacquelyn Carlisle

Macon County ProbateJudge Alfonza Menefee, left,shakes hands with Frank Dill-man, who submitted signaturesto run as an independent can-didate for the Macon CountyCommission chairmanship.

(See DILLMAN, P. 11)

Carver Elmentary Schoolcelebrates Thanksgiving

Mrs. and Miss George WashingtonCarver, Kenneth Moore and MaKayla Jones,both in third grade, in front of a Thanksgivingdecoration at the school. Above is another ofthe Carver School decorations.