News and Events of Interest To Norlina Readers
MRS. IMOGENE ARNOLD, Editor
Mrs. Aon'fc- C. Rivers of
Rowland Street in Henderson,
formerly of Wise, is confined to
her home following eye surgery
at Watts Hospital on Jan. 19.
Mrs. Ada Carter and Bob of
Norlina and Mrs. Alice Herron
and Richard of Rocky Mount
visited relatives in Aberdeen
last weekend.
Mrs. W. A. Delbridge. Helen
and Lisa Delbridge visited Mrs.
Mary Stanley at Lawrenceville,
Va., on Sundays
Mrs. W. S. Hicks visited Mr.
and Mrs. Richard Swink and
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Weaver in
Greensboro last weekend.
Mrs. James Knight under
went surgery at Memorial
Hospital in Chapel Hill on
Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Weathers
of Winston-Salem were Friday
overnight guests of Mr. and
Mrs. Henry Wiggins.
Mr. and Mrs. Murry Myrick
of Littleton were Sunday overnight
guests of Mrs. W. H.
Perkinson. Mrs. Robert Moore
and Mrs. Clyde Myrick of
Littleton were Sunday guests
of Mrs. Perkinson.
Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Williams
and Miss Hattie Mae Caw
thorne spent Tuesday with
relatives in Mebane.
Mrs. Marie Taylor of
Henderson was a Thursday
night dinner guest in the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Wallace
Stallings.
Mr. and Mrs. Wallace
Stallings visited Mrs. Kenneth
Mills in Apex on Sunday
afternoon.
Mrs. Sue Wilker, Mrs.
Robert V. Allen,' Mrs. Vincent
Allen and Miss Gwen Allen
visited the Rev. and Mrs. H. V.
Conner at Gretna, Va., on
Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hayes
and Mrs. Eleanor Hayes visited
Mrs. Peggie Darhlinghaus at
Johnston Willis Hospital in
Richmond, Va., on Sunday.
In Who's Who
Jerry Lee Ayscue of Norlina,
a student at Appalachian State
University, is among 56
students at ASU selected for
listing in the annual honorary
publication, "Who's Who
Among Students in American
Universities & Colleges."
Ayscue, the son of Mr. Oscar
L. Ayscue of Route 2, Norlina,
is a senior finance and banking
major.
Zion UMW To
Have Meeting
The Zion United Methodist
Women will meet Monday night
Feb. 2, at 7:30 p. m. at the home
of Mrs. Jake Norwood. All
members are urged to attend.
Lola Sue Group
Meets On Monday
The Lola Sue Mission Action
group held its monthly meeting
on Monday afternoon at the
home of Mrs. Hyla Stultz with
eight members present. The
meeting opened with scripture
reading by all members
followed with prayer by Mrs.
Gracie Floyd.
Mrs. Stultz, group leader,
presided over the business
session and plans were
discussed for W.M.S. focus
week Feb. 7. Plans were also
made to remember shut-ins on
Valentines Day.
The program entitled, "The
How of Witnessing" was
presented by Mrs. Floyd
assisted by Mrs. Emily Bobbitt.
Mrs. Nita Fuller closed the
meeting with the call to prayer.
Mrs. Fuller will entertain the
group for the February
meeting and Mrs. Bobbitt will
have charge of the program.
The hostess served Jello,
pound cake and coffee.
Mrs. John Clarke
Entertains Club
Mrs. John Clarke entertained
the Norlina Bridge Club at her
home on Boyd Street on
Tuesday evening. Mrs. Kenneth
Davis was winner of the
high score prize, Mrs. B. A.
Thaxton won second high and
the bingo prize went to Mrs. E.
M. Robinson. Mrs. A. B. Hair
"and Mrs. J. W. Mayfield were
guest players. Other players
were Mrs. C. L. Hege, Mrs. F.
D. Draffiin, and Mrs. Robert
Read.
Mrs. Clarke served her
guests a salad plate and coffee.
Prayer Group
Has Gathering
The Mattie Pridgen Prayer
group of the Norlina Baptist
Church , held its January
meeting on Monday morning at
10 a. m. at the home of Mrs. W.
0. Reed.
Mrs. Alice Stultz, leader,
opened the meeting with a
devotional and prayer. Mrs.
Carolyn Dickerson, guest, gave
an interesting program on
prayer for Puerto Rico.
Mrs. C. E. Tucker and Mrs.
H. Dempt will entertain the
group at the February meeting
and Mrs. Reed will have charge
of the program.
During the social hour, the
hostess served pie and coffee to
the seven members present.
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Lee Hawks, Sr., announce the engagement
of their daughter. Miss Fave Elizabeth Hawks, to Carl Edward
Choplin. Jr.. son of Mr. and Mrs. Choplin of Durham. A
February wedding is planned.
Baptist Men's Group Day Successfull
Baptist Men's Day at Norlina
Baptist. Church was a success.
Twenty men gathered for
breakfast in the church
fellowship hall at 8 a. m. The
cooks, Macon Myrick, F. M.
Egerton and Leon Pridgen,
assisted by Mrs. Wallace
Stallings' biscuits and Mr.
Myrick's father's sausage and
Elmer Davis' tomato juice
created a delectable start to the
day.
Men filled all teaching
positions in the adult department.
Wallace Stallings, Brotherhood
president, presided at
worship assisted by Ben Lloyd,
Earl Shearin and Elmer Davis.
Macon Myrick gave the
morning worship service sermon.
Two music specials were
included, one by Wallace
Stallings and one by a choirloft
of Brotherhood men, with the
Rev. G. Elton Cooke at the
organ for the service's music
accompaniment.
For evening worship Mr.
Stallings led with Kenneth
Severance, Howard Edmonds,
F. M. Egerton and Tommy
Frazier to help. M. A. Liles
gave a testimonial message and
William Dickerson sang a
special accompanied by Mrs.
Barbara Cooke,
A fellowship for all present
followed the evening service
with refreshments prepared
and served by the men.
Baptist Men's Day is one day
laymen take leadership roles, in
different capacities than they
usually fill. It has proved again
to be a highlight of the church
year.
School Menus
Feb. 2-6
(Subject To Change Without
Notice)
Monday — Pig-in-a-blanket,
cabbage-carrot slaw, whipped
potatoes, peanut butter
brownie, milk.
Tuesday—Pizza, buttered
broccoli, pineapple salad, iced
sheet cake, milk.
W ed nesday—Bologna-cheese
sandwich, potato salad, steamed
cabbage, cherry cobbler,
milk. o
Thursday —Meatballs on
noodles, tossed salad with
dressing, chilled pear halves,
hot rolls, milk.
Friday—Cheeseburger, sliced
tomatoes, French fries,
greenbeans, Devil's food cake,
milk.
Social Club Meet
Filled With
Good Times
By REV. ELTON COOKE
The Norlina Senior Social
Club met at the Norlina United
Methodist Church on Thursday,
January 22, for their first
meeting in 1976. Forty-one
members and guests were
present.
Mrs. Mollie Haithcock. the
club's vice president, called the
meeting to order by introducing
Mrs. Edith Comer, who
brought the devotional
thought. Mrs. John Holtzman
was recognized and brightened
the atmosphere with amusing
and conscience-pricking anecdotes.
Mrs. Haithcock in the true
bi centennial spirit so prevalent
today, assigned Mrs. Lela
Delbridge the task of leading all
present in singing "America the
Beautiful" to begin 1976. Mrs.
Etta Strange, in behalf of the
Senior Social Club, presented a
birthday cake to the Rev. Elton
Cooke, whose birthday coincided
not only with the day of the
meeting, but the hour as well.
Mr. John Holtzman and Mrs.
Louise Haithcock also had
birthdays in January and all
sang "Happy Birthday" to the
three. The door prize was won
by B. A. Thaxton.
After discussing plans for
future projects and the plans
for the next meeting during the
business session, the membership
present was divided into
seven groups. They "dusted the
cobwebs" from their thinking
apparatuses to compete in
identifying "States and Capitals,"
"Famous World
Leaders," "Advertising Slogans",
"U. S. Presidents," and
"Assorted Flowers." The team
that won with the most correct
answers included Mrs. Lela
Delbridge, Mrs. R. L. Harris,
the Rev. David Dudley, Mrs.
Helen Whitmore, Mrs. Lottie
Nance and Mrs. Gladys Perkinson.
To close the session, each
group recalled from study an
historical event in United
States History and pantomimed
it until someone present could
identify it. Rocketing to the
moon, Betsy Ross' sewing the
flag, the signing of the
Declaration of Independence,
.the Wright Brothers' flying
machine, the night of "The Star
Spangled Banner," the sinking
of the Titantic, the raising of
the flag at I wo Jima were all
enacted.
Rev. Dudley offered the
blessing or refreshments served
by Mrs. Etta Strange, Mrs.
Emma Hicks, Mrs. Ophelia
Pearce, and Mrs. Lela Delbridge.
The meeting in February will
be at St. Paul's Lutheran
Church on February 26 at 2 p.
m. All who come are asked to
bring an unwrapped gift that
will be exchanged by means of
Progressive Bingo. It has the
possibilities of being a rather
interesting meeting.
Mrs. Margaret Felts
Entertains Group
Mrs. Margaret Felts entertained
the Annie Armstrong
Mission Prayer group at her
home on Monday night. Mrs.
Ann Pullen opened the meeting
with scripture reading and Mrs.
Ann Mulchi offered the opening
prayer.
Mrs. Pullen gave an
interesting prayer program on
Puerto Rico.
Mrs. Edith Cawthorne will
entertain the group at the
February meeting. The group
made 50 valentine favors for
the hospital and shut-ins. The
group was dismissed with
prayer by Mrs. Pullen.
During the social hour, the
hostess served punch and
assorted delectable party
dainties to the ten in
attendance.
^American Viewpoints
The great rule of conduct
for us, in regard to foreign
nations, is in extending our
commercial relations to have
with them as little political
connection as possible.
—George Washington
Farewell Address, 1796
Testimony To God's Power
By REV. M. W. WARREN
A young Norlina school
teacher, William Casper
(Butch) Carter, asked the
pastor following the Sunday
Worship, a week ago, if he had
a few minutes that he could
give him. "Of course. I have,"
the pastor assured him. "right
now."
The pastor was impressed
with Butch's sincerity and
dep'h of his religious experience
and knowledge of God
through the Holy Spirit. The
conversation lasted for over an
hour, which seemed like only a
few minutes. However before
we had parted the pastor asked
Methodist Services
Announcements for the
Norlina United Methodist
Church were made this week
by the minister, the Rev. M. W.
Warren, as follows:
Thursday, Jan. 29—7:30 p. m.
Bible Study and Sharing Group
(Rev. 4) at home of Mr. and
Mrs. C. L. Hege.
Sunday, Feb. 1—9:45 a. m.t
Church School (all ages
invited): 11 a. m., Morning
Worship; the sacrament of the
Lord's Supper will be observed:
6 p. m., UMYF.
Monday, Feb. 2—8 p. m.. All
circles will meet together:
program, "Week of Prayer and
Self-Denial."
Tuesday, Feb. 3-(Administrative
Board and Council on M.
will be postponed) 7:30 p. in.,
the Lay-Rally of the Raleigh
District will be held at Edenton
Street United Methodist
Church: men, women and youth
are urged to attend.
Wednesday. Feb. 4-7:45 p.
m., Chancel Choir rehearsal.
Thursday, Feb. 5-7:30 p. m.,
Bible Study and Sharing Group
(Rev. 5).
Birth
Detective and Mrs. Robert
Norvell of Wilmington announce
the birth of a son,
Jackson Ladd, on Jan. 23 at
New Hanover Memorial Hospital
in Wilmington. Mrs.
Norvell is the former Miss
Linda Barnhill of Canton and
Norvell is the son of Mrs. H.
Jack Shearin of Norlina.
Butch if h« would like to give a
few minutes testimony to his
faith in Jesus Christ next
Sunday. Our theme for next
Sunday will be on "Human
Relation's Day" and you can
speak on this if you would like."
He wasn't too enthusiastic
about it, as that would be
something new to him. The
pastor assured him that it
wouldn't be too different from
standing before a class of
children and young people in
school. So he agreed to try.
At the proper time, after
assisting with taking the
offering. Butch was asked to
come to the pulpit to speak.
Little did the pastor or the
congregation know or even
imagine what they were about
to hear. He spoke in a pleasant
tone of voice, much like a
teacher would to his class,
glancing at his notes only
occasionally.
"In September of 1972 I had
definitely made up my mind to
commit suicide," Butch startled
us with; the only next choice I
had to make was whether to
use a shotgun or a pistol." In
my frustration I had hit
bottom," he continued. "Some
time during what was to have
been the fatal day, I saw a sign,
advertising a service, entitled:
"God and the Scientific
Approach," 'or words to that
effect, at Virginia Beach. I
attended the service with great
interest and enthusiasm," he
said. "God through the Holy
Spirit came in and filled every
bit of my life and being with
love."
The young nun was speaking
without being aware of time.
His five minutes allotted time
had passed ten, fifteen, twenty,
twenty-five or more had passed
and the pastor decided that his
message would wait very well
until next Sunday. Being
moved by the young teacher's
message, the minister could
sense the same rapport of the
audience; otherwise he would
have reminded the young man
that his time was up before he
spoke half that time.
When the speaker had
finished, the minister felt
moved to say to the
congregation; "We have heard
an unusual testimony today,"
and then to lead the
congregation in singing a verse
of Fanny Crosby's hymn,
"Blessed assurance Jesus is
mine, 0 What a foretaste of
glory divine, heir of salvation,
purchased of God, born of his
spirit, washed in his blood."
Further he was inspired to
ask all who would like to
know the God to whom Butch
had just witnessed to come to
the altar as we sang to verses of
a hymn. And it was a very
heartening experience to see
the altar filled with all ages,
parents, grandparents and
youth, many whose eyes were
visibly wet with tears.
W. C. (Butch) is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Carter and
the grandson of Mrs. C. 0. Ivey
of Norlina.
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