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Peat Staff Writer
Not only is Hie Post’s
Church Woman of the Year
Contest exciting for con
testants and their com
mittee members, it is also
“a beautiful expedience”
for the participating con
gregations, according to
Rev. A.B. Sutton of Ebene
zer Baptist Church, last
year’s second place
winner.
“It gives the church a
certain exposure,’’ noted
Rev. Sutton. “It is very
good for us.’’
Besides providing val
uable prizes for the con-,
testants, the contest
enables local churches to
fund projects or equipment
they might otherwise have
to do without. Last year,
was the beneficiary of the
money raised by the
church’s contest partki
pants.
New Hampton Presby
Rev. Isaiah Phinisee
. .New Hampton Presb.
terian Church was the 1963
first-place winner. Rev.
Isaiah Phinisee, pastor of
’the congregation, felt the
experience of participating
in the contest was exciting
and rewarding for all
—involved. “Every weekend
we had something to look
forward to," the pastor
explained. “It was a let
down when the contest was
over.” The money raised
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First Citizens began of
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RELAY network is ope
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tioos whose customers
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owned by all members of
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The network will enable
First Citizens customers to
get cash and make balance
inquiries at automated
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her at banks in tbe
Carolines and Virginia.
Customers of member
banks will also have access
to First Citizens’ 52 ATMs
When all 39 members
implement the service,
their customers will have
access to approximately
850 ATMs.
According to Bill Allen,
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giving customers access to
their gn»*i anti a<*»«mnt
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in new geographic areas.
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Rev. A.B. Sutton
. Ebenexer Baptist
went toward the purchase
of a copy machine far the
church’s Christian
Education Department.
Last year was New
Hampton’s first opportu
nity to participate in the
Church Woman of the Year
Contest as a congregation.
Despite the lack of
previous experience,
however, the church’s con
testant, Estelle Davis, was
able to secure the coveted
title.
Memorial United Pres
byterian on Beatties Ford
Rd. finished in first place
for two years in a raw. The
money that Memorial’s
congregation raised by
selling subscriptions to The
PMt went toward die pur
chase of a new church
organ and needed office
equipment.
Memorial’s pastor, the
■ Rev. Edward Newberry,
thinks the contest is a good
endeavor. “It gives mem
bers a short project to work
on and brings people
together," Rev. Newberry
stated. The pastor believes
CWOY provides the
congregation with some
thing to be proud of and
. pleased about. “It’s a
rallying point," he noted.
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