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VOL. 26. NO. 36 GREENSBORO, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, JUNE 30, 1967 PRICE 10 CENTS
BETHEL A M E CHURCH NEWS
Musical Festival
A Musical Festival and Pew
Rally will be sponsored by Mrs.
Carrie Black, Miss Willie M.
Brooks and other governors ol
the States Rally, Sunday, July
2, at 3:30 p. m. All are cordiaUy |
invited to attend.
Ministers Solo Contest
You wouldn't want to miss the
Ministers Solo Contest to be
presented at New Zion Baptist
Church, Thursday, June 29, at
8:00 p. m. Come out and vote for
your favorite pastor.
District Sunday School
Convention
The Sunday School Conven
tion of the Greensboro District
will convene with Bethel in
ReidsviUe, July 6-9. Plan now
to attend.
Anniversary
The Senior Usher Board will
observe their anniversary Sun
day, July 9, at 3::30 p. m. at
Bethel Church. Come one, come
all.
Electorial College
The Electorial College of the
Western N. C. Conference will
meet with Mt. Pisgah A. M. E.
Church, Hickory, N. C., July 12.
Stewardess Day
"Stewardess Day" will be ob
served by Stewardess Eoavd Mo.
2 of Bethel Church, Sunday,
July 16, at 3:30 p. m.
Annual Missionary Day
The Rev. Mrs. Lucy James
will be the speaker during the
Missionary Day Service, Sun
day, July 23, at 11 a. m. The
public is cordially invited to
attend.
Bethelites Choir
The newly organized "Bethel
ites" Choir, consisting of chil
dren, will have their initial ser
vice Sunday, July 23, at 4:00 p.
m. The choir was organized by
Rev. Mrs. Lucy James, Mrs.
Maude Edwards and Mrs. Co-:
feen Isley. The choir rehearses'
each Monday from 5-6 p. m. at
the church.
Missionary Society Meeting
The Annual meeting of the
Missionary Society of the West
ern N. C. Conference Branch
will convene in Hillsborough, N.
C., Thursday, July 27. All Mis-:
sionaries plan to attend.
Youth Day
Youth Day at Bethel Church j
will be observed Sunday, July 30
at 11:00 a. m.
Vacation Bible School
A very successful session of i
the Annual Vacation Bible
School was held at Bethel
Church, June 5-12, with Mrs. ,
Ethel Anderson and Mrs. Odessa \
Harris directors. There were a
total of 16 workers, and 108
youths enrolled in 6 different
departments. Mothers of the
children and friends formed ?|
car pool in getting the children
to and from the church.
The classes began at 9:00 a.
m. and closed at noon with a
refreshment period. An inter-)
estlng program was held Friday i
evening, June 16 at 8 p. m. with
each department represented on
the program. I
The directors express sincere
appreciation for contributions ol '
refreshments, money and time to
all in helping to make this the
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State Rally Queen
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MRS. CONNIE CLAPP
Mrs. Connie Clapp, a member
of the Bethel AME Church, re
cently won a state rally building
fund contest conducted by the
Church under the leadership of
Rev. L. S. Penn. Each member
was asked to raise $200 and the
leader in this drive would be
named president. Each candidate
represented one of the fifty
states. Mrs. Clapp who repre
sented the state of Florida amass
ed an amazing total of $763.00
and was named president. The
closest competitor was Mrs. Ida
Bell Wilkins who raised a sum
of $352.10 and third place went
to Mrs. Mamie Hook. All the
contestants congratulated Mrs.
Clapp on her tremendous victory
and commented on the splendid
effort she put forth to assure
the success of the< drive. The
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Rosary Held Thursday
For W. H. Gurin, Sr.
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MR. WM. H. GUNN, SR.
Mr. William H. Gunn, Sr., age
44 died at L. Richardson Me
morial Hospital Tuesday morn
ing, June 27th following a brief J
illness. He lived at 1507 Blu- [
ford Street.
Rosary was held Thursday
evening, 8:00 p.m. at Brown's |
Funeral Home Chapel.
Funeral will be held Friday
morning 10:00 a.m., Our Lady
of the Miraculous Medal Cath
olic Church. Burial will follow
in Veterans Plot, Maplewood
Cemetery.
Survivors include one son.
William H. Gunn, Jr., New York.
New York.
Brown's Funeral Directors in |
charge of arrangements.
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Bennett College Enrolls Sixty-six
Summer School Students
Some 66 B'ennett College stu
dents ? two of them entering
freshmen ? are engaged in a
wide variety of occupations on
the college campus this summer.
In addition to holding down
jobs with the National Science
institute and the Humanities
School, the students are involv- j
ed in a number of service activi- |
ties across the campus, some |
made possible by federal grants I
from the Office of Economic
Opportunity.
Among those on campus arc:
North Carolina
Geraldine Battle, Rocky Mt.;
Velda Bright, Washington; Ber
tha Burris, High Point; Annie
Dempson, Durham; Deloris Dil
lard, Greensboro; Jannifer Eng
lish, Efland; Modgie Enzlow,
Greensboro; Patricia Farrish
Reidsville; Patricia Galloway,
Winston-Salem; Sheila Gibbs.
Greensboro; Isabelle Glover,
Greensboro; Valeria Hayes,
Winston-S'alem;
Patricia Herring, Greensboro;
Rlossie Hughes, Rocky Moun'
Jacqueline Hunter, Garner; Syl
via Jones, Burlington; Andriette
Lmeberger, Gastonia; Ann Mc
Rae, Greensboro; Kathy Millner,
Draper; Tresca Mitchell,
Blanche; Linda Morehead, Reids
ville; Veda Patrick, Kinston; Jo
Ann Phillips, Farmville; Fannie
Ratliff, Morven; Laura Robin-,
son, Norlina; Mary Shanks, Bur- j
lington;
Cheryl Smith, Fayetteville; j
Patricia Staples, Greensboro;
Constance Streater, Salisbury; :
Gloria Taggart, Greensboro; :
Mische'le Thompson, Lumber- |
ton; Esther Tyler, Greensboro;
Bonnie Warren, Glen Raven;
Queen E. Wiggs, Goldsboro; j
Sarah Wiley, McLeansville;
Sandra Wilson, Greensboro.
Virginia
Margot and Maria Beverley,
Lynchburg; Hattie Carwell, Ash
land; Barbara Hayes. Richmond;
Celesta Lewis, Newport News;
Betty Martin, Petersburg; Diana
Powell, Lynchburg; Brenda Rob
inson, Roanoke; Paulette Wood
liff, Roanoke and E d w i n a
Wright, Halifax.
South Carolina
Margie Gerald, Florence; Mar
va Gerald, Mullins; Cynthia
Huntley, Cheraw; Zeitamarie
Sanders, Florence; Roy Lee
Skinner, Lake City; Ednita
Wright, Society Hill.
Other Places
Claudette Banze, Congo-Leo,
Africa; Denise Bibb, Birming
ham, Ala.; Margaret Brown,
Carlisle, Pa.; Carolyn Burrell,
Pittsburgh, Pa.; Eloise Franklin,
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Golden Bell Garden
Club Sponsors
"Miss Teenage"
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Windsor Community Center Oemolished
The old 1929 Windsor Com
munity Center structure Is be
ing demolished shortly before
the day of Independence of 1967.
TJp to this date of June 28. 1967,
hundreds of thousands of youths
have swum at this spot on the
corner of Gorrcll and Ben bow j
Road. The younger generation is
looking forward to a more mod- |
; era recreational plant with in
I doors swimming pool, basketball j
! court, and several other mnrf?rn
{.recreational facilities by 1968.
This year's Fourth of July will
see no recreational activities be
ing hold at the center, hut the
youths of the city hope that the
year of 19G8 will again see the
Community Center alive with
activities for Independence Day.
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Miss Deborah McKay
The Golden Bell Garden Club
sponsored the "Miss Teenage"
Golden Bell Contest at Pearson
Street Y.W.C.A. Saturday, May
27, 1967, at 8:00 p. m. Miss Deb
orah McKay, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Thomas McKay, 718
Jennifer Street, who raised
$135.25, was crowned "Miss
Teenage Golden Bell of 1967"
by Miss Dorrie Howell, "Miss
Teenage Golden Bell of 1966".
Miss Sheletha Keek, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Bobby Keck,
second place winner, raised
$94 95. Miss Aim en a Lowe,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John
Lowe, third place winner, raised
$71.00 Miss Mederia Meadows,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hel
burn Meadows, raised $70.00
and Miss JoAnn Mitchell, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Chester
Mitchell, raised $60.00. Other
contestants were Miss Patricia
Curry, daughter of Mr. Norman
Curry, who raised $41.50 and
Miss Deloris Jackson, daughter
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