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onvocation Begins Sunday!
By Audrey C. Lodato
Pout Staff Writer
..The 58th Annual Holy Convoca
tion of the United House of Prayer
For All People opens this Sunday
with An ’Introductory sermon by
' Apostle C. B. Gibson, pastor of the
Motberhouse and State Chairman of
the churches in North Carolina. The
ties Ford Road.
Alfred Cloud, Director of the Coa
lition of Concerned Citizens in the
Community, an organization within
the United House of Prayer, reports
that the Holy Convocation will be
attended by church representatives
from 32 states. The Convocation is
also open to the general public.
. \ The purpose of the Convocation,
said Cloud, is to “highlight the year
_with the Holy Week. The Church
year ends at the Convocation and
starts over into a new year.” The
General Council, made up of pastors
and chairmen from the various
states, meets during the day hours to
settle matters of church business.
The Honorable W. McCoUough,
Bishop, will be presiding over the
Convocation, which commences at
11 a.m. this Sunday with introduc
musical programs and preaching
throughout the week. Other activi-N
ties planned Include the McCoUough
Scholarship Softball Game, sched
uled for Saturday, October 8. at 2 at
West Charlotte Senior High and a
Baptismal Service on Sunday,
October?, at the House of Prayer at
. 11 a.m. The Baptismal Service will
be followed at 2 p.m. by a Band
Exhibition on the grounds
UNITED HOUSE OF PRAYER FOR ALL PEOPLE ..2321 Beatties Ford Rond
Cloud noted that the local area
churches, as well as House of Pray
er missions throughout the state,
will be closed during the week, as
all activity will be concentrated at
the Motherhouse.
Although one might ^expect an
active church member of any deno
mination to speak well of his or her
congregation, A1 Cloud’s enthusiasm
is contagious “It's my life, it's my
joy,” he avowed. “I wouldn't swap it
for anything in the world. It's the
cause of me being who I am and how
I am,” he continued The United
House of Prayer has a lot to offei
young people. Cloud attested
The House of Prayer was founded
by Bishop Charles Emmanuel
Grace. According to records, Bi
[National surveys Indicate Depression Widespread
By Charles Blackburn
Duke Medical Center
Special To Ike Post
Durham - Preliminary results
from nationwide surreys indicate
that more than 15 million Americans
may be suffering from depression
without realizing it, according to a
Duke University Medical Center
psychiatrist.
Dr. William Zung said the data
tends to support an earlier study at
Duke in which hidden or masked
depression was diagnosed in 143 of
1,000 patients seen at the medical
center’s Family Medicine Clinic.
"Clinical depression is more than
a case of the blues," >Zung said.
"Other symptons may Include
forgetfulness, a persistent loss of
appetite, the inability td sleep and
constant fatigue or restlessness ”
The problem is, many people fail
to make the connection between
these symptoms and clinical
depression, Zung said. )
"That’s why we speak of it as
being hidden or masked. The patient
seneea that something is wrong, but
he doesn’t know what.
"Moat of us occasionally have
Insomnia or feel tired, but we don’t
have these and other symptoms of
depression over a long period of
time, and they don't occur in
clusters," he said.
According to Zung, the condition
found In children as well as adults,
with the highest incidence in people
age* 35 to 44. Twice as many women
aa men ere diagnosed as having the
qiiorotr.
“In certain cases, depression may
be associated with a chemical
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imbalance in the brain or a change
in body chemistry,” Zung said.
"Research indicates that there are
different kinds of depression, each
requiring its own special type of
treatment.”
Antidepressant drugs are often
used successfully to treat
depression, according to Zung, “bu*
you’ve got to identify it before you
can treat it."
Zung has been participating in
three nationwide projects from
which he is assembling data about
depression. All three are aimed at
alerting physicians as well as lay
people to a common medical
problem.
Many older Americans among tha
more than l million who
participated in this year's National
Health Fair Program took aversion
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o! tne Zung Self-rating Depression
Scale. The scale has been used as a
diagnostic aid by general
practitioners and psychiatrists for
more than 20 years. It has been
translated into 30 languages.
“We know that clinical depression
is under-recognized and therefore
under-treated among older
Americans,” Zung said. “This was
an effort to identify the problem and
let people know that they can change
the way they feel about themselves
and life.”
He described the Self-rating
Depression Scale as • diagnostic tool
for monitoring "the emotional vital
signs” of s pattent. It consists of 20
statements, each of which relates to
a specific characteristic of clinical
depression in four basic areas:
physlcal^ ptychologicsl, psycho
motor and mood.
The patient rates them according
to how applicable they are to his or
her life during the preceding two
weeks. He can check one of four
boxes with headings ranging from
"None or a little of the time" to
"Most nrallaf the time. " Examples
include: I get tired for no reason; I
have crying spells or feel like it, I
am restless and can't keep still
By using a simple scoring method,
the physician can use the scale in
conjunction with his own clinical
observations to gauge the patient’s
emotional state.
The scale was given to television
viewers last May through a
Lifetime Cable Network special on
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.Mothrrhousr pastor
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Me Cullen Applies Her Sk s Arranging
or Customers
By Jalyne Strong
Post Staff Writer
Before graduating last June,
Wanda McCullen studied cosmetolo
gy for three years at East Meck
lenburg She is now a beautician at
Rainbow Beauty Center where she
applies her skill, arranging stun
ning hairstyles for clients.
"I do regular hair care eaaentials
such as wash and sets, curls and
perms," McCullen confers, "But I
especially like to style hair." She
stays busy at the newly opened
Rainbow Beauty Center, says Mc
Cullen. "It’s a large salon In a good
location"
"I’ve always enjoyed doing hair,"
claims the IS year old and she
acquired much experience from
working on her own. McCullen pre
fers s variety of new and different
styles. "I’ll take a lot of time to do
my hair and get It just right," she
states. Her finished look often r*
ceives compliments from admirers
and also requests from friends for
hairdos.
Though McCullen enjoys her sue
ceas with hairstyling she has other
ambitions. Currently taking courses
at Central Pledmoht Community
College, she is preparing to enter the
University of Asheville in January
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Miss Wanda McCullen
.To enter Asheville U.
"I'm definitely looking forward to
going away to college." ahe
projects *Tm not decided upon
what to major in yet "
But she's sure that attending
college is going to interfere with one
of her favorite activities An All
My Children,” "One Life to Live,
and "General Hospital” soap opera
fan. McCullen acknowledges that
classes and study will mean missing
a few episodes But she still can
follow another favorite, "Dynasty”
which airs at night
Other interests include listening to
Michael Jackson or Prince and
evenings at home
A quiet and demure person,
McCullen happens to be a Leo
"People always tell me I don't act
like a Leo.” she laughs McCullen
concurs, saying she hasn t found any
likeness between herself and the
very extroverted traits of the Zodiac
sign
McCullen easily admits that her
mother is the person she most
admires “She takes very good care
of me,” McCullen states This
week's beauty attends Greater Ga
lilee Baptist Church
She’s soon to become a college
coed but while she is still a beau
tician. McCullen offers a few tips on
hair care Keep your hair sham
pooed and conditioned,” she in
forms “Don’t use curling irons
daily because they damage the hair
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shop Grace came to America in 1903
from a Portuguese island. He spent
the next 18 years learning the
customs of his adopted land His
church, begun in Massachusettes,
was incorporated in 1921
During 1923-1924, Bishop Grace,
better known to his followers as
"Sweet Daddy Grace,"
traveled to the Holy Land and spent
time in Jerusalem in pursuit of the
Gospel. Upon his return to the
United States, he began preaching
from city to city.
In 1926, he came to Charlotte and
pitched a tent at Third and
Caldwell. That was the beginning of
the House of Prayer in Charlotte
From Charlotte, the Bishop tra
veled to other parts of the South,
starting churches in the cities he
visited According to a church
spokesman, the church remains
strongest in those locations he visit
ed in the early years
From its beginnings at Third and
Caldwell, the Charlotte church has
moved many times. First, the House
of Prayer relocated to Long St., and
[ then, in 1954, to a new temple on
McDowell. During the redevelop
ment if the Brooklyn area in 1969,
the temple was tom down. The
present Motherhouse on Beatties
Ford Road was completed in 1970.
The Motherhouse oversees the
smaller churches, knowm as mis
sions, throughout the state. In the
Charlotte area alone, there are 10
missions, according to Cloud. Local
membership numbers around 6,000
Nationally, membership is around
six million
Apostles and Elders from the
Mecklenburg area include the fol
lowing: Apostle E C. Taylor. Char
lotte No. 2. Apostle J. Wynn.
Biddleville Mission; Apostle C
Bailey, North Charlotte, Elder R
Belton. First Ward; Apostle H
Williams, Third Ward; Apostle N
Rhynes, Jr., Matthews; Elder J
Tayler, Concord; Apostle S Ford,
Derita; Apostle D C. Truesdale,
Huntersville; Apostle R. Palton,
Gastonia; Elder E Webb, Mallard
Creek. Elder J.C Crawford,
Mooresville, Elder W Baxter,
Statesville; Elder N Goode, Hie
kory; Apostle F Barringer, Dallas;
and Apostle J Henderson. Lan
caster, S.C
Friends Of JCSU
Launch Series Of
New Activities
The newly-formed Friends of
Johnson C Smith University kicks
off its 1984-85 schedule of public
activities with an inaugural dinner
at 7 30 p m . Thursday, September
27. in the Grimes Lounge of the
Student Union center University
President. Dr Robert Albright, will
be the dinner speaker
Over 150 members recruited
during the summer will help cele
brate the start of a series of ac
tivities that will focus on supporting
the arts on campus in its initial year
Scheduled events will include a
President's Champagne Reception
as part of the First Nighters’ The
atre Party for the Tra Aldridge
Drama Guild's annual major pro
duction. a reception following the
December Christmas Vesper Ser
vice; a dinner party for area
Chapter I high school students; and
a Spring banquet
' The purpose of the association is
to bring more interaction from the
community to the campus," ex
plained Elizabeth Randolph, co
chairperson along with Gerson
Stroud of the Friends of JCSU
We ll be emphasizing different
types of activities each year."
One activity of note will be choos
ing a recipient for the McKinney
Memorial Fund Award established
upon the death of Martha Llyod
McKinney in the name of Mr and
Mrs. McKinney. Theophilus E
McKinney was Dean of Academic
Affairs for many years at Johnson C.
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