Warwick Church Celebrates
Local Church Anniversary Is Recalled
By REV. GENE ASBILL
Warwick Baptist Church,
located on N.C. 32 north at the
Gates County line, celebrated its
125th anniversary on Sunday,
Nov. 30, 1986.
Prior to the Civil War, probably
in the early H50*a. the people in
HAPPY HUG—Allie Mae White (right) gets a hug at the anniver
sary celebration as former pastor Don Phillips looks on.
OLD LOOK—This was Warwick Baptist Church before its transfor
mation last summer. The building was begun in 1905.
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RALEIGH—The Easter Seal
Society of North Carolina, Inc.
recently received six major cor
porate grants to its capital cam
paign to construct a new state
headquarters facility.
The grants are $25,000 from
First Citizens Bank, $15,000 from
BB&T (Branch Bank & Trust),
$15,000 from First Union National
Bank, $15,000 from Southern Bell,
$15,000 from the Lance Founda
tion, and $10,000 from Golden Cor
ral Corporation. These commit
ments put the Easter Seal Capital
Campaign at 78% of the $600,000
goal, according to John Tice, State
Campaign Chairman.
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done by the church choir, Marilyn
Pavey, the Sun Shine Kids, Renee
Stallings, Men Chorus, the Youth
Choir, Donna Harrell and Gary
Byrum.
These are exciting times at
Warwick. People are united to the
call to “make disciples of all
men”. There is a deep desire by
our church to be the Light House
in this community. If you have no
church home, we invite you to
worship with us! We invite you to
come and visit with us anytime
you’re in our area!
Support Added
GREENVILLE-The North
Carolina Scottish Rite Masonic
Foundation has increased its total
support of the Scottish Rite Clinic
for Childhood Language Disor
ders at East Carolina University
to more than a half-million
dollars.
In addition to a gift of $60,000 for
1986-87, the foundation recently
gave an additional $5,000 to the
clinic. “This additional check
reflects our high esteem for the
splendid work that is accomplish
ed at East Carolina University,”
said H. Lloyd Wilkerson, Sov
ereign Grand Inspector General
and Grand Master of Ceremonies
in North Carolina. To date, the
foundation’s total support
amounts to $508,283 with $280,000
having been contributed in the
past five years.
The clinic, a part of the Depart
ment of Speech-Language and
Auditory Pathology (SLAP) at
ECU, was established in 1972.
Since that time it has provided
free diagnostic services for
children afflicted with neuro
logical language disorders and
dyslexia.
upper Chowan County and lower
Sates County didn’t have a
church, but attended religious ser
vices under oak trees near War
wick Swamp which separated the
two counties.
On October 25, 1859, land was
purchased from J.T. Jefferson
Mitchell for $1 for the sole purpose
jf erecting a house of worship.
Warwick Baptist Church was
organized in 1861. The mother
church of Warwick is Ballard’s
Bridge Baptist Church, organized
n 1781.
The first house of worship was
i small frame house built by its
nembers with Ephriam Bunch
md Moses White as overseers.
Bunch, licensed to preach the
;ospel, became the church’s first
castor and was later ordained by
Warwick Baptist Church.
The first Bible (printed in 1859)
md the first Communion service
vere given to the new church by
tames Outler Wright. These are
incased in the church’s vestibule,
>laced there by James 0. Wright
n memory of his grandfather.
The first church building serv
;d as the house of worship until it
:ould no longer accommodate
hose attending. A new building
vas begun in 1905. On January 5,
964, a new educational wing was
ledicated and another wing was
ledicated on September 27,1981.
Much work has been done on the
hurch. The exterior of the sanc
uary has been faced with brick;
front porch has been added with
olumns and flagstone flooring;
nd a new steeple is in place. In
erior work included padding of
ews, repainting of the sanctuary
nd new sanctuary lighting which
/as installed prior to the anniver
ary celebration.
I would like to call particular at
;ntion to Mrs. Hazel Blanchard,
ur historian. She really worked
ard for the anniversary
elebration.
The celebration was attended
y the following former pastors:
lev. James Davenport, retired
rom the Manteo Baptist Church;
nd Rev. Don Phillips, currently
astor of the Bethel Baptist
Ihurch in Statesville, N.C.
A rededication service, with the
jrmer pastors was held on Nov.
OJErom 11 to 12.
After the morning worship ser
ice a dinner was held in the
sllowship hall which consisted of
3 tables of food prepared by the
idies with loving care, and en
jyed by some 300 people!
After dinner, dessert and tours
f the church, everyone gathered
ack in the main sanctuary for a
inging service with music by Ben
llanchard, Shelia Ward and
lussell Blanchard. Songs were
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ESC Staff Is Recognized By State
Edenton Employment Security
Commission office has received
an award of merit for fiscal 1985
for increased productivity, pro
motion in the community and pro
viding a viable service to job
seekers and employers.
Manager Gordon Allen said the
service placed 1,112 workers dur
ing the year, compared to 764 in
1984 and 822 the previous year.
This ranked the Edenton office
second statewide in non
agricultural individuals placed
and second in placement produc
tivity for all offices of the same
size in the state.
The local office was also rank
ed third statewide for all size of
fices in total individual placem
ment productivity and third in
non-agricultural placement pro
ductivity and third in non
agricultural placement
productivity.
Allen said improvements in his
office had been accomplished by
developing an employer relations
program which consisted of better
prepared employer visits, a
quicker response to job orders, a
more thorough file search, a
revitalized Employer Advisory
Committee, frequent news ar
ticles to highlight local office ac
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He further stated that, “I was
very pleased to see the staff
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because it is given by members of
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