Local NAACP
chapter accepts
lifetime member
Ora M. Rutland prasantad har
final paymant on an NAACP
Ufa Mambarship to C.I.
Hausar, chapter llfa mambar
ship chairman, May 23. Sha
mada har Initial paymant Aug.
26, 1996.
A Ufa mambarship costs $300.
The Ufa Mambarship program
Is tha financial llfa blood of tha
NAACP. It Is racommandad that
a llfa mambarship bo paid for
in installmants of $30 ovar a
10-yaar pariod.
Spooking of Rutland's paymant
racord, Hausar said, "I hava
boon soliciting NAACP Ufa
Mambarships for mora than 20
yaars. Thara hava boon a faw
individuals and organisations
which maka a ono-timo
paymant of $300 for a llfa
mambarship, but most
subscrlbars maka annual or an
occasional paymant until tha
$300 is paid, Ms. Rutland is
tha first ona of my subscrlbars
to maka aight consacutiva
monthly paymants and a final
paymant of $ 100.
Rutland is rotirod from R.J
Raynolds Tobacco Company.
?The Glory of Gospel' auditions set for June 21 I
Director/choreographer Mabel
Robinson is seeking strong gospel
singers and dancers to perform for
the 1997 National Black Theatre
Festival's production "The Glory
of Gospel," produced by Larry
Leon Hamlin and the North
Carolina Black Repertory
Company.
The audition date will be June
21 at 2:30 p.m. at the Anderson
Center on the campus of Winston
Salem State University.
Re prepared to sing an up
tempo selection, preferably gospel,
and a ballad. Cassette tracks can
be used as accompaniment; how
ever, be prepared to singing a cap
pella if requested (An
accompanist will also be provid
ed).
The National Black Theatre
Festival is an event that brings
together the black theaters of the
world and attracts more than 50
celebrities.
If you plan to attend the audi
tion or if you have any questions,
please contact Elliott D. Lowery at
The North Carolina Black
*
Repertory Company office, (910)
723-2266, Monday through Friday
between noon and 5 p.m.
Women of Purpose to sponsor women's conference
Dr. Millicent Thompson, of
Philadelphia, will again be a
keynote speaker for the 1997
Women's Conference, sponsored
by the Women of Purpose
Ministries (WOP) of Cleveland
Avenue Christian Church
(Disciples of Christ), 945
Cleveland Ave., on Friday, June
13. Thompson is the senior pastor
of the Baptist Worship Center in
Philadelphia, and the award-win
ning author of two books. She
received the 1995 Christian
Women of Excellence award for
her book "Don't Die in the Winter
... Your Season Is Coming."
Thompson, who is a much
sought-after revivalist and confer
ence speaker across the country, is
returning to the city after a power
ful and anointing message during
last year's conference.
Another keynote speaker for
the WOP Conference '97 will be
Dr. Patricia Bailey, of Atlanta.
Bailey is president/director of
Master's Touch Ministries
International. Her ministry has
affected the lives of many in over
20 countries around the world.
She will be the featured speaker
opening the conference Thursday
night.
This year's conference will be
held Thursday through Saturday,
June 12-14, at Cleveland Avenue
Christian Church in Winston
Salem. The theme is "Women
called according to His own pur
pose and grace" (II Timothy 1:9).
Other conference speakers include
the Rev. Sheldon M. McCarter,
pastor of CACC, and Evangelist
Audrey McCarter-Hedgepeth, of
Morning Star Christian Church
(Disciples of Christ) in Rocky
Mount, N.C. The conference will
culminate on Saturday, June 14,
when Thompson speaks for the
closing session.
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Operation Will Power recognizes school pledgees 11
M.
? A press conference was held at
tfie central office of Winston
Salem/Forsyth County Schools
decently, to recognize schools
drhose students made pledges Tb
Operation Will Power. Operation
Will Power of Statement, Inc., is
a charitable, educational, non
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profit organization organized to
Encourage students and citizens
Of the United States (as well as
dthers within its borders) who
have not participated in drugs,
violence, imprisonment, or gun
Use, due to the danger they
engender for the individual as
well as the country. Three
^chools, Diggs, First Assembly,
And Carver High, were each pre
sented a check in the amount of
Si,000, for having the highest per
centage of their students pledge
to be "free." They represented the
elementary, middle, and high
school. The principals of these
Schools expressed their apprecia
tion to Operation Will Power and
Accepted the checks on behalf of
the school and students.
Representatives from the police
department, community and the
Board of Statement Inc., were in
attendance.
Dr. Martin, superintendent of
schools, expressed his thanks to
Operation Will Power for the
positive image that it has had on
the schools, and his willingness to
support this worthwhile effort. A
total of 14 schools participated
in Operation Will Power.
A total of 6,256 pledges were
made. Operation Will Power was
able to make the donation to the
schools because of grants from
First Baptist Downtown and
Centenary United Methodist
Churches. The schools that par
ticipated were: Clemmons, Diggs,
First Assembly and Old
Richmond Elementary Schools;
Ashley, Cook, First Assembly,
Hanes-Lowrance, LEAP
Academy, Northwest, and Philo .
Middle Schools; and Carver,
Glenn, and Reynolds High
Schools.
Dr. Lartey, CEO of Operation
Will Power, announced that
Vacation Bible School Youth
Freedom Drive has been initiat
ed. This drive seeks to collabo
rate with churches so as to set
aside a day when young people,
who are free of drugs, violence,
imprisonment, and gun use can
be identified and enlisted in the
program of Operation Will
Power. The Winston-Salem
District of the African Methodist
Episcopal Zion Church, at their
district conference, held June 7, a
St. John AME Zion Church in
Thomasville, N.C., endorsed and
embraced the idea of the VBS
Youth Freedom Drive. Dr.
Horace Walser, presiding elder of
the district, challenged the minis
ters of the 21 churches of the
Winston-Salem District and the
conference to set a goal of 2,000
to be enlisted in this drive. A
total of 653 was recorded at the
conference.
For additional information,
call 724-9411 or 924-0759.
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