TWO LEADERS OF THE METHODIST CHl'RCII in Mexico are
Dr. Alfonso C. Mejia (left), lay leader and president of the Gideons,
and Bishop Kolando Zapata (right). In the parish are 141 charges
including 200 congregations. The Church was established in 1873
by missionaries from the Methodist Episcopal and Methodist Epis
copal South organizations. It has spread through 19 of Mexico's
states. (Mountaineer Photo).
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M. ELIA PETER, youth work
secretary of the Methodist
Church in Southern Asia. He was
warm in his praise of the hos
pitality received here, which i
made a person over 10,000 miles '
from home feel mighty good. Mr.
Peter will lead a group of young
people on a mission tour of Cat
in America this fail. arid will
enter Harvard University next
spring. (Mountaineer Photo).
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DELEGATES FROM AFRICA meet at the Methodist Conference.
They are, left to right, Edgar Cooper, Peter Shaumba, Mrs.Shaum
ba, their son Samuel, and Mrs. Cooper. The Shaumbas come from
the Belgian Congo, where Mr, Shaumba is a district superintend
ent. The Coopers live in Angola, Portuguese West Africa, doing
mission work with the Kiinbundus. Mrs. Cooper, president of her
WSCS Conference, says that the women of the area are so thrilled
over WSCS work that they sometimes walk three or four miles to
a meeting and are willing to meet at 7 a.m. to lit the occasion
into their hard-working lives. The trip this year meant a reunion
with their older daughter, who caine to America alone last year
to enter Scarritt College in Nashville, Tenn. ( Mountaineer Photo).
MRS ERNST SCIIOLZ. Berlin, president of World Federation
Methodist Women, discussed the beauties of Lake Junaluska with
Di. Mason Crum. of Lake Junaluska, and Duke University, where
he is a profession in the department of religion. This is the sixth
visit Mrs. Seholz has made to America, all in behalf of her church
work. She was accompanied by her husband, who is district super
intendent of the Methodist Church in Germany. They felt the
American hospitality here was wonderful, and 1-akc Junaluska was
the ideal place for such a World Conference. (Mountaineer I'hoto).
MANUEL V. FLORES of Mexi
co, ministerial delegate to the
World Methodist Conference,
Iijs been put in charge of the
new Sunday School curriculum
for Latin America, working with
Professor G. Baez-Camargo and
the Committee for Cooperation
for Latin America. He is a warm
exponent of the value of mission
work, as both he and his wife
were educated in Methodist mis
sion schools. His special interest
is work with young people, and
for 23 of his 25 years in the min
istry he was In charge of Chris
tian F.ducation work.
(Mountaineer Photo).
Personals 1
Mrs. William Ingram and her
small son of Greensboro are spend
ing this week here as guests of the
former's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Dan ?
Watkins, Mr. Ingram will join ?
them for the weekend.
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Mr. and Mrs, John Towe and I
son. Ronny. returned to their home
in Suffolk, Va., on Wednesday al
ter a visit with Mrs. Towe's par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Will MeClure.
on Eagle's .Nest JRoad.
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Mrs. W H. Dameron I'll yester
day for her home in Warrenton
after visiting her son-in-law and
daughter. Mr and Mrs. David Hy
att.
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Mr. and Mrs. Guy Massie left
this morning for Flagler Beach.
Fla.. where they expect to spend I
- -veral weeks.
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Mrs. Hilda Luther, who is mak
ing her home with a son, Bobby
Luther, in Newport News, Va., is
visiting in Waynesville for several
weeks.
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Stanley Williamson left Satur
day for Yosemite National Park to ;
join his brother, Malcolm wflliam- !
son, Jr , who has spent the summer j
there. Stanley Visited points of in
terest on the southern route going
out and th > brothers will return'
by the northern route, also stop- i
ping for sightseeing. They expect
to reach Waynesville about Septem
ber 10. Malcolm will then return
to Duke University for his second
year in Law School and Stanley
will return for his junior year at
the University of North Carolina.
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HORE ABOUT
Dayton Rubber
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acts and several quartets from the i
area.
Noble Arrington and Dean!
Reeves, activities committee, have |
planned an "Old Timers Softball j
Tournament" for the afternoon.
Florence Drinnon and Geraldine
McClure are in Charge of decora
tions Lewis "Shug" Green and ,
Ada Moore have made arrange
ments for the dinner.
Jim Hendricks and Kyle Camp
bell are responsible to see that all
members have transportation to
Camp Hope. Lee Allen, Taylor t
Wilson and Carl Arrington have
selected the proposed slate of of
ficers for 1957.
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swered.
Ilouell then motioned the oth
er officers to close in and there
they found Medford laying in the
bed of poison ivy.
Deputy Messer is allergic to
the poison, and is just recover
ing from a severe case.
If the escapee is easily pois
oned. the officers say there is
sure to be a "big breaking oqt" '!
-?but for sure, not from jail.
Mr and Mrs. Frank McClure and
daughter. Joyce Gail, have return
ed to their home in High Point af
ter -pending the weekend with the
former's parents. Mr. and Mrs.
Will McClure on Eagle's Nest
Road
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ing. a social period is listed, when ,
.delegates may stroll about the;^
grounds or have refreshments in I
a big tent beside the lake near tho J
auditorium. Since many of the vis
itors from foreign lands are wear
ing their native dress*, the scene
is always a colorful one.
The daily program opens with ,
Holy Communion at 7:30 each
morning. A Worship Service at j
9:15 a.m. is followed by an addres- j
at 9:30 a.m. The 11 o'clock social'
period leads to both discussion I
groups and a vistors' address at
11 30 The afternoop programs
usually call for a special discus- .
sion at 2:30 p.m., with another lec- '
lure often schedulea for 5 p.m. A i
public assembly is held each even- !
ing at 7:30 o'clock.
Addresses tonight will be made
by the Rev. M. A. McDowell, presi
dent of the New Zealand Methodist
Conference, and by Bishop William
R: Wilkes. African Methodist Epis
copal Church. USA.
Tomorrow ' evening's addresses |
will be given by South African and '
German representatives, on the
background of Methodism in their j
respective areas.
Saturday morning will see Bishop j
G. Bromley Oxnam speaking at:
10:15 o'clock. Bishop Ralph Ward l
of Taiwan will speak at 11:30.
In addition to the sermons pre-1
sented Sunday by Bishop Moore in
the morning and Dr. Sangster in!
the evening, there will be a vesper j
sermon at 5 p.m. Holy Communion 1
w ill be observed at 9 a.m. as well |
as at 7:30 a.m.
In an address yesterday Dr. C.1
A. Coulson received a standing!
ovation for his discussion of "Nu-!
clear Knowledge and Christian Re-1
sponsibility." Dr. Coulson is a pro
fessor of mathematics at Oxford
University and an outstanding nu
clear physicist. lie viewed his ma
terial from the standpoint of what !
atomic energy realty is. its lole ir, ,
any civilization of the future, and :
the -landpoint of the Christian's
responsibility for the right use of
nuclear knowledge.
"Nuclear knowledge seems to
me," he said, "to be a great Rift
of God. Let us be proud to use
this knowledge, and equally con
cerned to share it . . .
"I believe that the Christian
Church should publicly and open
ly condemn all use of large-scale
bomb explosions. Let us do it, not
because it is a way to get peace? j
which it may or may not be in
present circumstances ? but be
cause it is an offense against the
children of God to use a weapon
of this type.
? "Let us intensify our sharing of
the power provided by peaceful
uses of nuclear knowledge . ? ?
Whatever happens, the uranium is
not ours. The Christian will see it
as God's."
Last night the gathering heard
greetings from representatives of
various churches and church
groups, among them Bishop-Elect
P J. Solomon and the Rev. D. A.
Gregory of the Church of South
India, and the Right Honorable
I George Thomas, member of the |
British Parliament and a Local
Preacher of the British Methodist
I Church. Another speaker. Dr.
Jesse M. Bader, General Secretary
of the World Convention of
Churches of Christ < Disciples),
commented: . We can best
-erve the present age, not as dis
connected. disjointed arid isolated
units, hut as unified, harmonious
families . . The ecumenical spirit
should be fostered in all our meet
ings as you are doing here at Lak.1
.lunatuska."
Speaking yesterday morning. Dr.
Harry Denman. lay preacher and
executive secretary of the Board
of Evangelism, laid special cmpha-.
sis on the method of proclaiming '
I the gospel by example. "We must
Jo more than proclaim the Gospel I
iaitli our lips," he said. "It must be
lone as Jesus did it ? with our
ives."
At the same service, the Rev. I
Dr. Harold Wood, delegate frond
Australia, stated: "Nothing can
save the world but the Gospil.
preached and practiced in a church
as pure and as passionate as the
primitive Church which first pro
claimed that Gospel . . . We are in
deed on holy ground when we take
up the Gospel of Certainty ?vh ch
our forebears preached to the
whole world."
"Human Relations in Africa and
the West Indies" was the topic the
same day of his Excellency, Sir
Hugh Mackintosh Foot, Captain
General and Governor-in-Chief of
Jamaica and its Dependencies. In
discussing the problems of federat
ing the 13 British colonies in tl ?
area, he said. "My story . is
an adventure in human relations
unique in the history of the world
... a story which can bring hope
to Africa and Asia and can even
have lessons for Europe and Afri
ca.
"The aim is to unite three mil
lion people of different races in a
single entity based on parlia
mentary government and racial
harmony- and equal justice .
to show how much good can he
done when diverse people work to
gether*"
Speakers Tuesday included the
Rev. Dr. Russell Humbert of De
Pauw University, the Rev. Dr. Eric
W. Baker of London, and Dean
William R. Cannon of Emory Uni
versity.
At a session of the World Fed
eration of Methodist Women, the
group (determined upon affiliation
with the World Council during ;ts
current conference Mrs. Err.-t
Scholz of Berlin, Germany, was
named president. Other officers
newly elected are Mrs, Paul At
rington. Jackson. Miss., vice presi
dent; Miss Muriel Stinnett ol Lon
don, England, secretary; and Miss
Henrietta Gibson of New York
City, treasurer.
The election of Edwin H May
nard of Wheaton. 111., as editor
of the new monthly program-pro
motional journal was announced
Tuesday. The new journalWill re
place five other publications. It is
titled The Methodist Story.
DEATHS J
JOHN II. DUCKETT
John Henry Duckelt, 83, of 147 1
Holtzclaw Street, Canton, died at j
12:25 a.m. today in the Haywood j
I County Hospital.
A retired merchant of Union, 1
S. C., Duckett had made his home
with a son, Hoy Duckett, in Can
ton for several years.
Funeral services will be conducts
j ed Saturday at 10 a.m. in the Can- ,
; ton Free Will Baptist Church with j
the pastor, the Rev. Milton HVilli
field, officiating, assisted by the i
Rev. Thomas Erwin.
A second service will be held at
4 p.m. in Union, S C.. and burial j
will be in Rosemont Cemetery
there.
CI rand sons will serve as pall
bearers. j
Surviving are five sons. Furman .
of Union. S. C.. .Guv of Charlotte, '
Raymond and Hoy of Canton, and j
Wilson Duckett of Salem. Ore.;
two daughters, Mrs. Hermie Ivey
i and Mrs. John Campbell, both of |
j Great Falls. S C.: 34 grandchil-.
(hen and 38 great-grandchildren.
| One half-brother, Theodore Duck- ,
! ett of Pacolet. S. C. also survives. I
Wells Funeral Home of Canton
; is in charge of arrangements.
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MRS. Rt'TII J. DEVLIN
Mrs. Ruth Jackson Devlin, 71.
I mother of Mrs. Paul Clark, Sr.,
! of Canton, died Tuesday morning
in an Asheville .hospital after an
illness of two weeks.
She was a native of Buncombe
County and a resident of Candler,
Route 3.
Funeral services were held this
afternoon in the Hominy Baptist j
Church of which she was a mem
ber.
Surviving in addition to Mrs.
Clark, are a daughter, Mrs. Awyer j
Jamison of Candler; two sons. Hall 1
C. Devlin of Candler and J. E.
i Devlin of Cincinnati, Ohio; five
J grandchildren; two great-grand- j
i children, and several brothers and |
J sisters.
Wells- Funeral Home was in
Charge of arrangements.
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'Miss Sallie' Termed An
'Institution' At Mills Home
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By MARSE GRANf
(Editor of Charity & Children*
It was exactly 60 years ago Sun
day that a young lady from Hay- j
wood County stepped off the train
iii Thomasville to be greeted by j
Supt. J. B. Boone of the Baptist
Orphanage. She had come to work
with the children in whatever
capacity the small, but growing,
institution needed her.
Since that day in 1806, Miss
Sallie McCracken has became an
"institution" herself and Sunday
afternoon in the Mills Home Bap
tist Church this "young lady" was
honored. There were tributes from
people in all walks of life, perhaps
a surprise congratulatory message
or two from those occupying high
places.
Now nearing 87. "Miss Sallie"
drives her car to the office every
day where she puts in eight or
nine hours as church treasurer
and research secretary.
Student lias Answer
llow does she continue so ac
tive and so keenly-interested in a
dozen different endeavors? One
of her students of 50 years ago
has his own answer. Gerald \V.
Johnson of Balimore. distinguish
ed historian and statesman whos<
father edited Charity and Chil
dren at the orphanage for 40 j
years, puts it this way:
"She actually is younger than
most of us because she has plant
ed her life in the hearts and
minds of children and it is con- I
tinually springing up and flower
ing again in youth and beauty.
She will still be living when you
and 1 are as dead as King Tut
because there will still be men'
and women who are stronger and
finer and better because When,
they were boys and girls part of
her life was planted in theirs."
There have been nearly 6,000 of
those boys and girls referred to
by the Baltimore sage ? and "Miss
Kallie" still remembers most of
their names and faces. A few days
ago a man walked In her office
who had not been on the Mills
Home campus for almost 50 years.
Without a moment's hesitation, she
called his name, and true to her
nature, chided him in a nice way
for staying away for so long.
Stories of her remarkable memory
are. legion.
Symbol of Strength
When she came to Mills Home,
the institution was only 11 years
old. Like sturdy oaks which spread
oyer the campus, she has become
1 a symbol of strength and stability.
Children and staff members have
come and gone, but she has re
. mained the connecting link be
tween the generations. Her of
ficial title has been secretary to
the general superintendent, but
fshe has been many things to many
people.
For 41 years, she has been
church treasurer and on Monday
morning she can still be found
counting the pennies and nickels
and dollars dropped into the of
fering plate on Sunday. She was
chairman of the board of deacons
for years, a position held by very
few women in any Baptist church.
Her unfailing interest in missions
has made her one of the best
informed missionary Baptists in
the Southern Baptist fconvention.
In (lie heart of Africa a building
at a Baptist school bears her
name. In 1923, she attended the
Baptist World Congress in Stock
holm. Sweden, touring the Holy
Land and Europe on the same
! triii.
Believed of her arduous duties
, of years ago. "Miss Sallie" can
set her own pace now, but one
would never speak of her as be
ing "retired." As Gerald John
son expresses it. "She has 50
years of life remaining for it
will be at least that long before
j the last of the boys and girls she
j has influenced is gathered unto
i Abraham's bosom."
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cinnamon and several whole
j Cloves; remove the spices before
spooning over the griddle cakes.
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