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-THK CAROLINA TUB SATURDAY, MARCH 7, 1970
CR. Frazer, Retired Author
Businessman, Mutator Dies
EAST ST LOUIS, Illinois -
Charles Riven Frazer, Sr., re
tired educator, businessman,
end author died here March 2.
He was 90.
Pranr was among the last
of a poup of pioneer Negro
educators who were prominent
a half century ago. He was a
native of Auburn, Ala., the son
of Edmund and Estelle
(Mitchell) Eraser and grand
son of Joshua Frazer.
Holder of B.A. degrtts in
languages from Shaw Universi
ty (1900) and the University
of Chicago, (1907) he headed
the College department at Shaw
University. Raleigh, from 1902
to 1910. He was Shaw's first
Negro Dean and served in that
capacity from 1910 to 1921.
Survivors include his wife,
the former Miss Daisy Christian
of the home (258 N. 14th 9t„
E. St. Louis. Illinois), one dau
ghter, Mrs. Eva Frazer Ray,
Durham; one son. Dr. Charles
R. Frazer, Jr., E. St. Louis,
Illinois. three grandsons,
Charles R. Frazer, 111, Cam
bridge, Massachustees, and
Charles A. Ray, Jr., Durham,
and Wyatt Christian Frazer,
St. Louis Missouri; and two
grand daughter, Eva Louise
Frazer, St. Louis, Missouri, and
Veronica Ray, Durham.
Frazer held a variety of
administrative business posi
tions after leaving school work.
For a time he was manager of
Progressive Red Estate Com
pany. and Secretary of the
Capital Building and Loan As
sociation, Rale'gh.
Prom 1923 to 1946 he was
Cashier of the Raleigh Branch
of the Mechanics and Farmer
Bank of Durham. From 1935
to 1945 he was Field Repre
sentative of the Mechanics and
Farmers Bank and the North
Carolina Mutual Life Insurance
Company. After 1945 he en
tered private business and con
tinued until his retirement.
Retirement marked the be
ginning of a busy writing ca
reet. Among his publications
are the following pamphlets:
Nicholas Franklin Roberts,
Pioneer in Education and Reli
gion; Oscar Sidney Bullock, the
Builder and Ten Poems. He
is also author of a full length
treatise called White Man,
Black Man, and had recently
completed the manuscript of
his autobiography. -
As a young man Frazer was
active in athletic and musical
activities. He was one of the
founders of the recently dis
banded Central Intercollegiate
Athletic Association and at
various times coached tennis
and baseball. His directing of
the Deep River Chorus in the
Raleigh (NC) area during World
War 11 was widely known.
The University of Chicago
beatowed a gold medallion
upon Frazer on the 50th anni
versary of his graduation. He
"Tribute To The
Clergy"
Because our contacts with
the clergymen of our com
munity are frequent and va
ried, we must admit that we
have sometimes been guilty
of taking their selfless de
votion for granted. May we
at the Scarborough and Har
gett Funeral Home at this
tsM express our apprecia
te) far Mm many gracious
sendees they note with
out complaint mi 90m
with little or no reward.
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also was recipient of medals
and certificated of appreciation
from Shaw University, and the
CIA A.
Black Methodists
Question Church
KANSAS CITY, Kan—The
role and the value of the
Christian church were
sharply questioned here to
day in several presentations
to the third annual conven
tion of Black Methodists for
Church renewal, which drew
some 400 members from
across the nation.
Dr. Vincent Harding of
Atlanta, Ga., director of the
Martin Luther King, Jr. Li
, hrarV- >Prty questioned
serioosty whtinei the Chris
tian church has a role now,
especially in denominations
like The United Methodist
Church, since the mood of
the black community is that
the church "has been one
of the major obstacles to
ward liberation of black
people. And the implica
tions are many."
In interpreting the mood
and movement of blacks
(•day, Dr. Harding said:
"The liberation movement
is imbued with black na
tionalism at its best; and
that this movement is tied
to the whole movement of
formerly colonized people,
who are seeking to realize
a break from the power of
white racist oppression."
The noted author and his
torian explained that "the
movement today has within
very deep and strong
strands of anti-Americanism
as America has defined it
self. And if there is any re
ligion that has been the
American religion it cer
tainly has been Methodist."
This, he said, means
"therefore that black Meth
odist churchmen are press
ed against the wall if they
face the implications of the
question and of the mood."
Search For Manhood
This movement of black
ness is also a tremendous
groping after an understand
ing of black manhood. "And
one of the questions that is
asked again and again is
can we find our manhood
in the very institutions that
were first introduced to us
as tax-making institutions.
And certainly one must
state that for American
Methodism."
The implications of the
black movement is pressing
upon all black churchmen,
Dr. Harding said. "One con
sequence has been the
searching after African
roots: 'What it was wc were
before we were Christians,
or were we nothing but pa
gans?' "
Another aspect of this
searching has led to black
autonomy. He observed that
"white folks call it racism
and separatism but we pay
no attention to such words.
"The meaning of black au
tonomy and black solidarity
mean in the face of all the
denominational divisions in
which blacks now find them
selves is being questioned
by blacks, too.
New Methods
"Do we have time for
such a luxury as the struc
tures of white denomina
tions?" asked Dr. Harding,
who said the structures had
been imposed upon blacks.
Even if new ecumenical in
stitutions are considered, he
declared, there must be
"better ways than whites
have found so far."
The overarching concern,
however, for blacks is the
meaning of black autonomy
and black solidarity, Dr.
Harding said adding:
"Does it lead into black sol
idarity? Does it lead into
black autonomy? Or is it
another tool for dividing
Mack people?"
Dr. Harding reported how
a recent study made of the
role of western missionaries
in southern Africa revealed
how they committed "the
most damnable thing to sep
arate and break up families
in a land where family uni
ty was and is so essential"
for survival.
Curging that there can be
no political liberation with
out spiritual liberation, Dr.
Harding called for blacks
Gospel Singer
Retires To U.S.
After Europe Tow
NEW YORK Arthur Brad
ford h»s returned to the U. S.
A. after having conducted sev
eral Youth For Christ crusades
in several countries in Europe.
Africa. South America and the
West Indies during 1969 and
early 1970 Mr. Bradford and
members of his Evangelistic
team are making preparation
for a Tri-State Youth for Christ
campaign beginning Easter Sun
day, March 29. Mr Bradford is
inviting clergymen, mission
aries. gospel singers, church
workers, students, men and
women of all races and faiths
to assist during the crusade
During the campaign there will
be speakers from South Caro
line, Barbados, Dominica
Ghana, Grenada, Guyana, Ja
maica. Liberia and 1 Trinidad
The Rocky Mountain big
horn sheep found in Wyo
ming is the foremost among
wild sheep races in the
United States.
to "affirm the faith of OUR
fathers," because "I do not
trust anything the west has
invented for us," including
"structures shaped by a col
onizing world." He added
that "the cleansing of rac
ism from a predominantly
white church may not be
our calling now; we may
need to experiment with a
religion that grows out of
our blackness and nothing
else."
Concerning the continued
miseducation of black young
people, who "are misedu
cated and destroyed in the
school systems" and are
"spewed out into the streets
and sucked into the military
industrial complex," he
asked what would be the
response of black church
men now: "chaplancy? . . .
or action?"
He further said that
blacks ought to question
whether (United) "Metho
dist church buildings can be
used to train black children
taken from the horrors of
public education ... in free
dom schools ... as is being
done by Catholic and Jew
ish communities. If not,
what is their function?"
In another question con
cerning the degree of seri
ousness to which members
of Black Methodists are
committed since its found
ing three years ago to re
new the church and put it
self out of business, Dr.
Harding asked:
"Does the man remain in
the same church that made
him a 'nigger,' or enslaved
his father?"
Mt. Zoor Baptist
To Host Sunday
School Meeting
The First District Sunday
School Convention will meet
at the Mount Zoar Baptist
Church, on Cheek Road here
March 6 and 8.
Items on the agenda include
enrollment of delegates and
committee appointments, field
missionaries report and various
other reports.
Highlighting the Friday
night session will be a oratorial
contest. The subject will be
"What is Man's Duty to God?"
Scriptural text for this subject
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First Calvary
Holds Annual
Youth Day
First Calvary Youth cele
brated Annual Youth Day Sun
day March 8, with Hubert L.
Gooch, Jr., of Creedmoor.
The Youth of First Calvary
will have charge of the service
all day Sunday. The Sunday
School will be presided over
by Misses Myme Webb and
Patricia Best. With Miss Debo
rah Burnett presiding at the
11 o'clock service. Some othei
young people taking part will
be Miss Carolyn Grafton, Tru
dia Watson, Gloria Maltock,
Diane Thompson, Alton Wea
ver, Eugene Jacob, Michael
Thompson, Lee Richardson,
Michael Thompson, and
Michael Butler.
Ten Morehead Junior Choir
will furnish music for the after
noon service at 6 o'clock. The
public is asked to please come
out ans see the young people
in action.
***
EBENEZER BAPTIST CHURCF
The Floral Club met. in the
Chapel Sunday March 1, at
4 p.m., Mrs. Dorothy Williams
conducted the devotions.
The usual business session
was presided over by the presi
dent, Mrs. Nonnie Hamilton.
Plans for the fashion show and
contest were discussed, which
is to be held March 22 at
3 p.m. at the church. A special
committee was appointed to
organize the Senior Citizens of
the Community and Church.
Present were Mesdames
Essie Malone, Bertha Snipes,
Mattie Holloway, Marina
Fisher, Helen Jones, Lillie Mc-
Intyre, Dorothy Vanhook,
Ethel McNeil, Addie Barbee,
Rose McClain, Celeste Dalrym
ple, Est el la Shaw, Josephine
Plummer, Flora Pur gear, Effie
Chavis, Helen Lash, Dicie Mor
gan, Martha Stanley, Lillie Mae
UpChurch, Ruth Davis and
Art is Plummer, Sr. Mrs. Marina
Fisher thanked the club mem
bers for their kindness shown
her during her recent illness in
Lincoln Hospital.
A lovely repast was served
for Mrs. Lovella Kelley by
three persons who served as
hostess, Mesdames Nonnie
Hamilton, Ruth Flowers and
Lillie Mae UpChurch.
Mrs. Hattie Lane will serve
as hostess in April.
is Eccles. 5:1-2.
The sermon Sunday morn
ing will be delivered by A. H.
Parker. Music will be rendered
by the Mt. Zoar Gospel Choir.
McKinley Mangum, presi
dent of the group will preside
on the two day meeting.
NAACP Protests
Demeaning Acts
NEW YORK—Reports have
reached the NAACP that
members of a white fraternity
at the University of Vermont
have attempted to "stereotype
and embarrass" black stu
dents by staging "cakewalks"
in blackface.
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