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Salem Church
To Observe
98th Year
September 24 will be a big
-day-at- the- Salem Baptist
Church. Sunday will have a
double meaning for this
church, it will be the 98th
Anniversary celebration, as
well as, the Annual
Homecoming. This event
occurs each year on the fourth
Sunday in September.
This celebration is for the
purpose of letting former
members reacquaint them
selves with the' present
members and the church’s
activities. All former
members, those that have
-moved—away,_changed
memberships, etc., come back
“home.”
— After the morning worship
hours, there will be a
fellowship dinner for everyone
in attendance.
At 2:30 o’clock. Rev. H. S.
Diggs, pastor of Mayfield
Memorial Baptist Church, will
be guest speaker for the event.
Accompanying Rev. Diggs
. will be the choir of his Church.
Rev. M H Rnstir- Tr i« tk.
pastor of Salem Baptist
Church. Salem is located at
5318 Salem Church Rd.
John A. McCullough,”a
member of the Salem Baptist
* Church 34 of his .44 years,
stated that “in the last 55
years there have only been 3
ministers of this pillar of
i religion. ”, He continued, “the
Bred, 26*
years from 1943 to 1989 and
presently- RevT M. H. Bostic
who has been with the church
since Rev. Moore retired."
Mr. McCullough who is
Chairman of the Board of
- Deacons at Salem feels that
“the church has made rapid
progress under the leadership
of Rev. Bostic.” Mr. Mc
Cullough is also the assistant
superintendent of Sunday
School and president of the
I vocal choir at Saleiri.
Mr. McCullough also made
note that several ministers
have come from this church;
more notable, the Davidson
brothers - W. H. Davidson, S
L. Davidson, Perry Davidson
and Dolph Davidson all now
deceased. M. L. Davidson
. Davidson who recently retiree
from the pastorate at' th<
Ebenezer Baptist Church ii
Shelby, N.C. ._v.. »
The Salem Baptist Church is
approximately 250 strong with
the eldest of its members
being 92 years old and very
active in the church. She is
Mrs. Violet Berry.
Hickory Mission
To Be Dedicated
The newest addition to th«
Housfe of Prayer for all Peopi*
’ will be dedicated Frida)
"ft- mization will take ir
ns latest mission at the ser
vice in Hickory when th«
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MISS GLENDA LADELL PVANT
....Johnson C. Smith University Junior
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Miss Glenda Ladell Pyant is
this week’s Choice t« l*it'ont the
pedestal df-beauty. Stir ■» the
daughter of Rev. apd Mrs. R.
L. Pyant. She liv.*s with her
parents at 1639 Madison Ave.
Glend#is a very petite 5
feet, 1-inch tall young lady,
who is a junior iit Johnson C.
Smith University. Glenda also
- offers 33-23-35 statistics that
she carries very.well on the
100 pound frame that she has.
. Being ah asti«e young lady,
Miss Pyant is very active in
many of the school’s ac
I tivities. She is a member of
i
uems$mane
To Observe
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Woman’s Day
• Woman's Day will be ob
served Sunday at the Greater
Gethsemane AME Zion
Church at Campus St. and
-•-Cemetery Ave- frith services
at 11 a.m. and five p.m.
The observance will begin
with Church School at 9:30
Sunday morning and the
Special Woman's Day Service
begin at,11.
ft. Fannie A. Neal of
tgomery, Ala. will be the
est speaker at the morning
hip. She Is field director
Committee on Political
tion AFL-CIO
voung people oi me
11 be in charge of the
oRram. James Davis
a. Jacquelyn B.
will direct this
rs. Bernice Ervin is
as the general
of Woman's Day,
ion will follow the
worship.' J .
acting u” m
Sororitv the Student
Government and the Student
Ctynslian Association. Miss
Pyant is also a member of the
Off-Campus Women's
Association. Being a beauty
comes as nothin? new for
Glenda. She is “Miss Off
Campus Queen” at Smith this
year. ; —
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With a major in elementary
education arid a minor in
French, Glenda will have
several avenues to choose
from as 4ter lifetime
livelihood. She has not yet
decided exactly what it is that
she wantA to do. But....her
heart \i& with the “little
folk.”
Gldbda attends Rock Hill
A M.E E. Church where her
father is the pastor. The
church is located in Indian
Trail, K.C.
Some of Glenda’s favorite
pasttimes are swimming,
-playing softball and basket
ball and she enjoys running. If
she were to Join a track team,
Wilma Randolph just might
would have some “soul”
competition.
Glenda is one of four Pyant
children. She has a brother
who is in his third year of med
school at Meharry Med
School, his name is Robert Lee
Pyant, Jr. Her two sisters are
Mrs. Barbara Black and
Juanita, who is a freshman at
A It T In Greensboro.
Of college life. Glenda sayt
that “it really fascinated yoi
because it is nothing like th«
carefree life of high schoo
days.” “However.” Giendi
continued, "the biggest dif
ference that I've found is that
you are more on your own U
get assignments done and
work completed, because this
Hotfse Of Prayer’s ~
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46th Holy Convocation
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Begins Here Sunday ~
Smith
Engages '
Tuskegee
The air is expected to be
filled with footballs when
"^•Johnson C. Smith University
meets Tuskegee Institute at
Memorial Stadium here
Saturday Night.
The Golden Bulls’ quick
striking offense depends upon
the rifle arm of sophomore
quarterback Luther Carter.
Tuskegee has one of the best in
quarterback Edwin Grimett.
who riddles JCSU with his
bullet passes last year in/.
Tuskegee. Ala. '
Shores, 22-16^ in the season’s
opener here week before last.
They, then lost 45-12, to *
Virginia Union in Richmond,
_ Va. last Saturday.
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DIGNITARIES at the ground-breaking
ceremonies for the Winston Mutual Building at
Fifth St. and Erwin Ave. here Sunday are from
left to right, Robert L. Davis, Fred Alexander,
Edmond R. J 1 •won. Harvey S. Gantt, ftev
1V:L. Rich. Key. F.M. Allen. George E. Hill
J.L. Pearson. W.L. Smith and Rev. JW.L
Houston.
The Golden Tigers lost to
Alabama State in its opener
but rebounded with an im
pressive 29-12 verdict over
Morris Brown at ' Tuskegee r
last week.
The favored Alabama team
also has powerful runners in
tailback Kelly Stanley, full
bade* Hornsby Sams and
- Halfback Clinton Wallace.
Sams rushed for 96 years
while Wallace was gaining 82 _
against Morris-Brown.
Freshman • tackle Em
manuel McGhee led the
Golden Tiger defense with “
eight tackles and four assiits
against- Morris-Brown. He
also blocked a pass apd
recovered a fumble.
Coach Eddie McGirt as
pects his Bulls to return to
victory form with top
defensive crew led by tacMes
Tom Johnson and Ronald
Miles and end Luther Turtpr.
“We’re extremely happy
that we are able to increase
oar efficiency and service to
the- Charlotte community,”
J.L. Pearson, manager of the.
Charlotte District of Winston
Mutual Life Insurance
Company said Sunday. >
Presiding at the ground
breaking ceremonies for the
new professional office
building at Fifth St. and Irwin
Ave. near the 1-77 in
terchange, Mr. Pearson
continued: “We feel that with
our new facilities and our new
portfolio plans we will be in a
position to be most com
petitive.” •
Mr. Pearson is a native of
- Asheville, who has been-with
the Winston Mutual Life In
surance Company for the past
19 years. He is a graduate of
Steplien-Lee High School in
Asheville and North Carolina
Central University i^
Durham. He has also at
tended Agency Management
Classes at North Carolina
Central. •
According to Mr. Pearson,
the building will house th.e
Charlotte offices of the
Winston Mutual Life In
surance Company and it will
be named the Winston Mutual
Building.
The two-story con
temporary structure,
designed by the Gantt,
Huberman Associates of
Charlotte r^proaonta the fiat
new construction venture in
the Fourth Ward.ares that is
slated for redevelopment by
the Charlotte Redevelopment
Cofhmission. The develop
ment additionally represents
one of the few black-owned
and financially# backed
projects of its ty|e in the
Charlotte area.
150,000 Minorities
Register To Vote
NEW YORK - The Plati nal
Association for the fcd
■ vancement of Colored Pt pie
'■*has registered "well o er”
180,000 voters in Its an lual
drive in minority commu4ties ,
across the nation as it pnghes
toward a 1972 goal of one
million. x, j
W.C. Patton of jBir
. mingham,- Ala., NAjACP
associate director of Voter
education, Mid that the 1)0,000
figure is based on incomplete
returns from branch#* He
«**«cence that the ,
*PW reach Us J
half million newly-registered
voters. Last year, which was
ELLY ALEXANDER JR
[.NAACPYouth Official
not a key political period.
NAacp youth registered
than 200,000 in Just 21
clti« This year their drive
cov^> far more cities.
Dusng the past weeks, Mr.
Patton reported, high school
student: have been ringing
doorbels and educating
voters cd« their citixenship
rights, ^dtties and respon
sibilities v'For example, ip
New Xprh Kenneth R^d****'
ford. »-•■* n regional
dlrectoA^jrf Coordinating a
mobile catty ign that has a'
goal of \it i^w voters per
month, fnfatidr areas of New !
York NAAt’ branches ate
conducting tmllar efforts.
The NAAfP' oter education
campaign I fmhnced by a
foundation f*nt to the
NAACP special Contribution
Fund which undgg Federal
LaW allowed to conduct
tion programs
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Attorney Edmond R. Johnson,
and the permanent financing
is being provided by Winston
Mutual, a black-owned
.company based in Winston
Salem.
Johnson and Winston
Mutual will occupy major
portions of the second floor of
- the 8,400 square foot building.
Office space for tenants will
be provided on both floors of
the $180,000 brick and bronze
glass structure.
Off-street parking will toe
provided for tenants and
visitors at the rear Laxton
Construction Company of
Charlotte is the general
contractor.
Mr. Pgareon succeeded the
late r*,,s «> manager of
iwe CharlotteDL|irlev. ^
Hftaeaen.M■ »■ "*r rn Tlecemher
last year. The Charlotte office
employs 13 people.
Mrs. Mable Kearns,
Mrs. Eunice Evans,
cashier; JE. '
Levi Brown _.
managers, and Mrs. .rdrey
Womble. Mrs Martha Lytch,
Mrs. Jessie Cunningham.
Dennis Johnson.
Rossana Alexander, A1 Peace,
Mrs Helen Shoal*. William
Griffin and Charles Gibb*
agents
Parade Set
For Sunday,
. October 1_
The United House of Prayer
for All People, 2321 Beatties -
Ford Road will observe its
46th Annual Holy Convocation
beginning Sunday, September
24 and continuing through
Sunday,.Oct. I.
There will be a special
program at the Church each
night in honor of the Most
Honorable Bishop C. -Mc
Collough. The General
Council will meet each night
from Monday through Friipji. ~
Special talents
preaching will be feature*,
nightly, •
- Thursday night. .._.
Spiritual Baptismal Sei '
vices will be held at 11 a.n_
Sunday, Oct. 1 at the Moth ^
House of Prayer and
urace h’eacc^raradc will
held Oct. l at 2 fr.m. W
It will be the second
exhibition of the famous
House of Prayer Marching
Bands from throughout the
country will perform. Bands
will represent New York City,
Philadelphia Washington. D
C., Baltimore, Newport News, ^
Va., and Charlotte. _The
exhibition will be held on the
parking lot behind the Mother
House of Praycrr^_
Founded by the late Bishop
C. M (Daddy) Grace, the
House of Prayer for All People
is led by Bishop Mc
Collough. Elder C. Wilkerson
is lf\e pastor of the Mother
House of Prayer here andjhe
chairman of the state of North
Carolina.
There are 19 missions in the
Charlotte area.
•The public is invited to
enjoy this holy feast with us,"
Elder Wilkerson stated
Wednesday. "We expect to
,-have one of the largest and
best attended Holy Gp
vocations in the history of the
ehurch." M' .
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