Missionary Society Holds Celebration
The Winston-Salem District
Woman's Home and C)\erseas Mis
sionary Society under the leadership
ot president. Ka> S. Walser present
its first KWANZAA Celebration
and fundraiser on Sunday. Dec. 5.
W3 at the Carl H. Russell Center.
Syteria Puryear. mistress of
with the audience singing -"Lift
Every Voice and Sing." The Rev.
Nancetta Myers prayed that God
would be with us and bless us.
Dorothy Brame and Montana Davis
recognized the distinguished guest
and the Kukaribisha (welcoming) us
to the tradition African festival of
the harv est of the first crops.
Kay Walser then introduced
and presented the nineteen contes
tants each representing there church
and an African country. The pro
gram continued as two students
from the N.C. School of Arts
offered energetic one-women narra
tions. The Kwanzaa Ensemble of
Bethlehem AME Zion Church sang
Christmas Carols.
Pauline Jackson reflected on
the Kwanzaa Celebration after
which the Rev. Seth O. Lartey. pas
tor of Goler Memorial AME Zion
Church, sang "To God be the
Glory."
The Seven Principles of Kwan
~zaa~was~?xptained and the candle
lighters lit the seven candles repre
senting; UNITY (Franklin Stove):
Self-Determination (Josephine
McCall); Collective Work and
Responsibility (Burlia Bailey);
Cooperative Economic (Belinda
Harris), Purpose (Donice Gaskins);
Creative (Marie Burney); Faith
(Viable Ross). The next phase of the
prbgram was Kushangilia, which
means rejoicing: The reading of the
reports jwas -done by the finance
cctmmittee under the direction of
Marie Matthews. Second runner-up
w$s Marjorie Marshall, Goler Met
riipolitan Church; First runner-up.
Getaine Valentine. Goler Memorial,
th? Kwanzaa Queen for 1993 was
\tinnie Ervin of Bethania AME
Zion Church. She was crowned by
Missionary Supervisor of the West
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em North Carolina Conference and the audience wearing their African
Senior Supervisor of the AME Zion garb paraded around the auditorium
Church. Janie G. Speaks who came to pass the five judges: Kathleen
from Sal isbur> . Speaks talked about Hunt. Shirley Damon. Virginia
the eight sears she and the Bishop Newell. Sylvia Hamlin and Cedric
Ruben L. Speaks spent in Africa. Russell. Isabelle and Johnetta
The District Missionaries raised Luther a mother-daughter team
over S7. 500. from Center Grove Church,
To eap-off the evem. those in ? emerged as the winners.
Minnie Ervin
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Allison Brown
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Students from Mineral Springs celebrate Thanksgiving Feast
Thanksgiving Feast Celebrated
The Kindergarten Children of
Mineral Springs Elementary
enjoyed a Thanksgiving Feast in the
Grand Ballroom at Adam's Mark
Hotel on Wednesday. Nov. 24. The
Adam's Mark Hotel, business part
ners- to Mineral Springs Elementary
School invited the Kindergarten
classes to a Thanksgiving lunch
with turkey and all the trimming.
The children arrived dressed in
Indian. Pilgrim boy and girl head
dresses and collars.
' The trip culminated the stu
. dents' study on the First Thanksgiv
ing.
A thank you wreath, made with
children's hand prints, was pre"
sented to the staff of Adam's Mark.
The attendance at the Thanks
giving Feast were Kinderganen chil
dren: the teachers. Kay Allen, Tina
Clifrese. Gretchen Martin. Kimberly
Cloud: the assistants. Pat Bracken.
Veronica Conner, Pat Owens.
Aleisha Oakes: the bus drivers,
Teresa Morrison and Mike Carpen
ter and the assistant principal. Chlo
nes P. Shore.
Gave Weatherman is the princi
pal of the school.
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