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Chapel Hill
MRS. JOYCe WINSTON OWENS
FUNERAL SERVICES
Gravesick' sorvices were held
last Thursday at the Chapel Hill
Cemeter>' for Mrs. Mary Gill of
Norfolk, Va., formerly of Chapel
Hill who died in Norfolk last
Tuesday. She is sur\'ived by d
lister, Mrs. Lela 'Davis and
nephew, Oscar Davis of Chapel
Hill. ,
Funeral services will be held
Tuesday for the infant dau^btei
of Mr. and Mrs. Sheriff Allcri
of Knolles Development dio was
found dead in bed a( lier home
on Saturday. An au'opsy was con
ducted to determine the exaci
cause of deat»i but at this writ
inc 'no resists have been given.
Tl»e littl^/^girl, whose name i.s
Denise Vluiassa was seven months
old. Mrs. Allen is the former
Mist Mary McCauley.
APPRECIATION Sk-RVICE
I An am>reciation service was held
at the First Baptist Church for
Mias Julia Caaldwell, a veter&n
teaclier of the Sunday School. It
was sponsored by the Sunday
School at the Church on Sunday
afternoon. Rev. J. R. Manley
pastor of the church.
AAARRIA6E ANNOUNCED
Miss Janie Alston and Alton
Purefoy were married recently in
South Carolina. She is a student
of Lincoln High School and he is
a recent graduate of the same
school. The young couple is stay
ing at the home of the bride on
Lindsey St^t.
VISITING NORTH
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Jones of
McDade Street and Mr. and Mrs
Sam Jones of Merritt Mill Road
left Chapel Hill last week to visit
friends and relatives in Wash
ton, D. C., New York City aiid
New Jersey. They will return to
Chapel Hill on Tuesday.
BACK AT HOME
Mrs. Maggie Craig, daughter oi
Mrs. E^fie Taylor, who is a reg
istered nurse is back in Chael
Hill to stay and is living with
her mother while her house is
being occupied by some teachers
of Northside School.
SICK AND SHUT IN
Mrs. Susie H. Weaver has been
confined to her bed at her home
on Brooks Street with illness. She
the leader of the Weaver Gos
pel Singers and witc of Bynuw
Weaver.
Mrs. Fannie Massey of McDade
St. is ill at her home on McDadf
Street.
Linda Cole Is ill at ther
itome of her sister Mrs. Lina
Foushee on Caldwell Street. Her
friends and neighbors are wish
ing for her a complete recovejy,
INVITATION RECEIVED
Your reporter received an
vitation to attend the installation
of officers of J. Finley Wilson
Memorial Lodge No. 1371 and Eli
zabeth Ross Gordon Temple No
1011 of the IBPOE of •fi Thurs
day, January 19 at 8:30 p.m. at
the Bethlehem Baptist Church in
Washington, D, C. as the guest
of Mr. and Mrs. Livery Caldwell
formerly of Chapel Hill.
Officers are: Stanley Anderson
Exalted Ruler; Lillian M. Cogdell
Daughter Ruler; Onton Lloyd,
Chief Dist. Deputy; Gertrude
Brown, Dist. Deputy and Jessie
M. Williams, Mistress of Social
Sessions. She regrets that she was
unable ^o attend but was glad to
receive the invitation.
WINS PRIZE
The Chapel Hill Division of the
Randolph 185 0. E. S. Lodge won
First Prize in a Bridal Contest
which makes it their third year
winning it in succession. The c^n
test was held at the First Bap
tist Church in December in the
form of a banquet. Dr. R. Pittman,
of Durham, is the Deputy for the
Rondolph 185, and was one of
the speakers for the event. Out
of town guests who attended were
Mr. and Mrs. Livery Caldwell ol
Washington, I). C., Mrs. Mary
Green ad Mrs. Esther Barbee oi
New York City.
ENTERTAINS GUESTS
it{teniCi5i!i to i'aiie (un3i
behalf of the Swimming Poo).
Over three hundred dollars wai
reported with the expectation! ul
more to come.
The largest single contribution
of one hundred dollars was giv
en by Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Clark.
Mr. Clark has worked long and
hard in behalf of this effort and
it is hoped that the citizens of
Chapel Hill will rally to the
cause. Let us work as one grea*
team to make this drive a suc
cess.
It is estimated that $12,500 will
be needed to get the pool open
and for the bath houses. When
you are called upon to donate,
please push the nickels and dimes
aside and give dollars. The peaker
for the occasion was Dr. E. C.
Weatherford and he was intro
duced by liliss Lucille Caldwell,
dirertor of the center. Mr. Clark
was master of ceremonies and
music was furnished by the choirs
from cach of the churches in ll.i
city. Mr. Weatherford spoke
‘Problems on Running a Swim
ming Pool.”
Miss Rosa McMaster, who re
cently moved into a beautiful new
home, entertained for some guests
who were visiting here for the
Christmas holidays. Those attend
ing; Mr. and Mrs. Livery Cald
well, Mr. and Mrs. Leo Strowd,
Sr., and Mr. and Mrs. Thomas
Merritt.
MASS MEETING
A large crowd of citizens were
on hand to attend the mass meet
ing at ths Community Center Sun-
' “A FRIENDLY CHURCH"
White Rock Baptist Cliurcli
WHITE ROCK SQUAftfe
DURHAM. NORTH CAROLINA .
MILES MARK FISHER. PUtor
Sundy. Janury 22,1961
8:45 A.M. CALL TO WORSHIP Electronics
9:30 A.M. SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON
“She Found Out Who Jesus Was”
John 4:21-42
Dr. Charles Ray, Superintendent
11:00 A.M. “SAYING AND DOING” The Pastor
Senior Choir, John H. Gattis, Director •:
8:3$ P.M. BAPTIST TRAINING UNION>
Ira Murchison, Director
7:30 P.M. "Hie Board of Deacons Sponsors the Ordination of
J. W. Fortune, Ervin Trice and Roy Trice, Jr.
Gospel Chorus, Miss Leana E.' Rbberson, Directress
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HAYESTOWN
HAPPEHINGS
By MISS SANDRA ALSTON
SUNDAY SCHOOL RALLY
The Orange Grove Sunday
School had its financial rally Sun
day, January 15, at 3:00 p.m. The
guest speaker for the event was
Rev. J. H. Cofield. He is a senior
at Shaw University and Assistant
Pastor of White Rock Baptist
Church. His subject was “Father
is Waiting.” This message was en'
joyed by all.
CONFINED
Mrs. Daisy Chavis, Mrs. Felisia
Revels, Mrs. Martha Rjmpsun,
Mrs. Viola Jeffers, Mrs. Nattie
Lee and Sterling Holloway.
SOUTH CAROLINA TRIP
Mr. and Mrs. Thurman Bridges
and family went to Bamburg, S
C., last week end to visit Mrs.
Ertha Bridges’ mother. They re
turned on Sunday night.
WELCOME
You are welcome to come and
visit us or even worship with us
any time you please. You are al
ways welcome to our Sunday
School and regular Warship Hour
eacn Sunday.
The message will be delivered
by Rev.- C. B. Bullock, Assistant
Pastor of Orange Grove Baotlst
Church on Sunday which is the
Fourth Sunday of the month.
Please come and worship with us.
SPECIAL NOTICE
Give what you hav^t to soiria
one in need. Give to the crippl^
and handicapped childreBr-cS^ to
the March of Dim ;i. Let your
■ dimes march ttr help someone iir ‘
need. Thank you.
SEND IN YOUR NEWS
If you have any news items to
be published in the Hayestown
news section, please write in com
plete details and send it to San
dra Alston, 219 East End Avenue
or telephone her at 681-2115.
ST. JOSEPH’S A. M. E. CHURCH
“Serving n Wm^d Pariah with Chriat Since 186#"
MELVIN CHESTER SWANN, The Minister
MRS. G. A. WINSLOW, M nister of Music
JAMES H. ROBINSON, Director of Christian Education
FAYETTEVILLE STREET
DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA
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Sunday, January 22, 1961
9-M AJI. SUNDAY SCHOOL
“Who Is Jesus?”
Mitt Marie Faulk, Superintendent
llilOA.M. MORNOKi WORSHIP ’
SERMON , The Minister
MUSIC The Senior Choir
Mrs. Minnie Gilmer at the Console
Joseph T. Mitchell, Directing
4:00 PM. ALLEN CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR LEAGUE
7:00 PJL EVENING WORSHIP
SH9MON The Minister
^ MUSIC * Senior Choir
^ Mrs. Minnie Gilmer at the Console
PKEE PABiONG ON ST. JOSEPH STREET
Witnesses End
3-Day Methods
Convention
According to Oliver M. Stokes,
presiding minister for the South
Unit of Jehovah’s Witnesses,
members of that congreigation
have just recently returned from
their 3 day Circuit convention in
Lumbe|(on.
Stokes sai(lT ’’Questions like,,
‘Why are so many prayers unans
wered? What is God’s purpose for
mankind- were answered when H.
Ii Brissetlv District Supervisor
rl'tlivered thei, widjy advertised
talk “Is God Interested in the Af
fairs of Men?” on Sunday.
The discourse was delivered to
an audience of approxinvately 500
persons.
Missett said, “God is definitaly
not interested in men’s futile ef
forts to stabilize and perpetuate
the present order of things but
God is interested in man.”
He continued, “Therefore God
has promised a Kingdom of right-
eouness which will completely
solve evevry problem of distressed
mankind, even abolijsbi^g sick
ness, sorrow, pain and death.” To
(wove his point from the Bible,
Brissett quoted Rev. 21: 3, 4.
The purpose of the 3 day Chris
tian convention was to improve
the efficient of thfe teaching
methods among the Witnesses en
abling them to scriptuatly aid
those persons in their home com
munity. The teaching was done
in the form of instruction talks,
demonstrations and practical me
thods.
With additional training they
have received, these trained mini
sters have for the past six months
A veteran Durham minister who
has survived 48 years in the min
istry said here ^this week that the
most important thing a preacher
must have is the assurance that
he has received “the call.”
This belief was voiced by the
Rev. James Edward Thorpe, of
509 East EMd Avepue. Rev, Thorpe
has spent most of his adult life
as a pastor in the Baptist Church
He emphasized the necessity of
what he dpscribcs as “the call
a conversation this' week which
ranged over much of jiis experi
ence in the past 45 years as a
minister.
It was stressed in answer to
a question.
Asked, “what advice would you
have for a young person just start
ing out in the miaistry,” the Rev
Thorpe replied:
“The first thing I would ask
is, ‘do you know you have been
called to preach?’ ”
“1 think this is basic. Of course
there are other things that
minister must have. He must jiave
a good education. He must like
people. He has to be a leader. He
must be able to work with peo
ple.
“But these things are second
ary. They are the tools. They help
him to the job he must do. But
if he has “the call,” he can get
all of these things.
Rev. Thorpe believes “the call”
is a real life experience. He de
scribes it as coming from an in
ternal voice.
“It doesn’t happen in the same
way for all lieople. But it is real,
and it does hiippen. Once it hap
pens, the experience of it never
leaves you. Once you hear it,
(“the call”) you can’t quit,” he
said.
He attribut|^ the success he has
enjoyed in his 45 years of the
ministry to what he calls the
“ability to serve God anywhere.”
“I think an individual can serve
the Lord anywhere if he makes
up his mind to,” he declared.
One of the most dangerous er
ror a minister can fall into is that
of snobbery, the Rev. Thorpe
said.
“A pastor must be able to work
with all kinds of people. If he
passes by an individual simply
because that person doesn’t share
his ideals, he won’t be able to
mdke it.
“I talk with any cla^s of ,peo-
ile. All human beings have some
God in them.
Rev. Thorpe began his career
as a Baptist minister when he was
He was. ordained in August, .
idis.
He pastored two years at Hen
derson Grove Baptist in the east
ern edge of Durham county. In
19l6, he left the area and migrat
ed north to Pittsburgh, Pa., where
he stayed for two years. During
tHis time, he was assistant pastor
Chariotle NMNr hgto New
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REV. THORPE
of New Hope Baptist in that city.
In 1919, after World War I had
ended, he returned to Morrisville
and became a farmer. Following
a two year interlude during which
he laid aside his interest in the
ministry, he returned to the
Chutch, and iji 1921 became pas
tor of Mt. Level Baptist, of Gran
ville county.
After two years at Mt. Level,
he took on additional pastoral
duties. In 1923, he became pastor
of Cameron Grove, then located at
Stagville. It was then that he be
gan his career of serving several
churches in a rural circuit.
In 1930, he accepted his third
charge, at Mt. Silon Baptist, and
in 1932 started his ministry at a
fourth church. Cedar Grove Bap
tist.
In the meantime he droppw
Mt. Level, le^ing him to servi
three churches. /
In 1948, the Cameron Grtffe
Church btiilding was moved from
Stagville, located in Granville
county, to it’s present site in
Bragtown.
Rev. Thorpe moved his family
one year later to Durham, where
he has resided since.
Rev. Thorpe is now pastor of
four churches, most of which are
located in rural areas. He divides
his time between Ledge Rock
Baptist, in Wake County,. Cedar
Grove, near- Roxboro; Cameron
Grove; and'Silon Baptist.
Between travels back and forth
to these churches, the Rev. Thorpe
and his wife, Mrs. Estelle Thorpe,
have found time to rear five chil
dren. They are Mrs. Virginia
Bridgette, of 517 East End Ave.,
a beauty shop operator; Wesley
Conn., a tailor; and James Ed
ward Thorpe, Jr., an aircraft in
spector, of New Haven, Conn.;
Mrs. Theodosia Vines, of Raleigh,
public school teacher; and Miss
Margaret Thorpe, of Dover, Del.,
member of the Delaware State
faculty.
Odd Fellows New Officers Named
Newly elected officers of the
Page Beloved Lodge, 110948, of
eht Grand United Order of Odd
Fellows, were reveiUed this week
The officers and members of
the Lodge entertained at a
Chirstmas banquet at Frazier’s
Luncheonette during the holidays.
Officers are Mose Richardson,
N. G-; ,\?T. E. Thompspn, ;Adyocfi-
tor Walter Bland, P. ^.Sebfeiary;
Macon Kieth, P. N. pJ; Winston
Lee Allerv. rJ. F.; John C., Mc
Clain, Warden; Archie HoU^w,
V. G,;.Vy'B. >Bai7ie8KR.| 9.>j;tWe
Mitchell, L.' C.;^ William TayloV,
R. S.; and Mr. McClain, Chaplain.
Richardson acted as master of
ceremonies for the_banquet held
during the holidays. Thompson,
father of the Lodge, gave brief
remarks.
NEW YORK, — Two salesmen
for racial segregation from the
State of Mississippi peddled their
doctrine early this week at a Ro
tary Club luncheon and before a
class at New York University, bull
admitted that no spokesman for
desegregation wouW be permitted
to speak at the University of Ml*-
sissippi, or to a Rotary Club in
that state.
The pair, Judge R. P. Sugg.yof
Eudora, Miss., and Earl Johnston,
Jr., a public relations man for
the Mississippi Sovereignty Com
mission, came to the New York
area in response to invitations re
sulting from the widespread dis
tribution of a leaflet inviting in
quiries about Mississippi.
They said their expenses here
and elsewhere in the North are
paid out of the state treasury in
order to spread the story of the
•‘happy” segregated life in that
state.
Their story is an old one to Ne
groes —- that Negroes in Mississip
pi “prefer segregation and are
happy with it. They could not
answer question about how few
Negroes vote in Mississippi
cept to say that Negroes “seem to
be indiffereitt.’* They admittbd
to another questioner at the Port
Jefferson, L. I., Club that although
Negroes are 45 percent of the
state’s population non^ has been
elected to the legislature or to
other public office.
The NYU class in the psych
ology of prejudice seemed not to
be impressed by the spiel of the
Mississippians. After viewing a 27-
minute film brought by the segre
gationists in which a scattering
few Negro Mississippians told
timidly of their desire to remain
in the state. Judge Sugg and his
public relations man said they had
to catch a plane back home.
On the way out they told a
student that segregation was need
ed to preserve racial purity and
explained, also, the Negro doctors
in Mississippi were few perhaps
CHARLOTTE — This city’s mk
television program devoted an-
Urley to Negroes of Charlotte
the surrounding area made
REV. WERTZ
de]^ hette recently. The pro
gram is being presented oyer
WSCC-TV and by the new Oppor
tunity Foundation, Inc., of Char
lotte.
Moderator of the 30-minute pro-
grom is Dr. James F. Wertz, pas
tor of the St. Paul Baptist Church
and former president of the Meck
lenburg Christian Ministers Aa-
^soci{ition. St. Paul is one of the
largest churches in the "entire
state, with a membership of over
3,000. Under the leadership of E>¥.
because Negroes perferred whi^
doctors. When a surprised student
asked where segregation begart
and left off, Judge Sugg assured
him that business was not segrc-
ated.
The two medicine men were
booked to speak again January 20
in Rockville Centre, L. I., at the
Masinic Temple at a meeting spon
sored by the Long Island Federa^
tion of Women’s Clubs.
Wert* it has gained 'vide note as
one of the, most ouli!anding Pro=
testaiit churches of this section.
Several Sundays ago the pro
gram featured music by the Com-
manlty Chorus. Also appearing on
it were Biihop Herbrrt'Spaugh of
the Moravian Little Church on the
Lane and Dr. L. J. Shipman, pastor
of ,the new Park Baptist Church.
Dr. Wertz stated that the pro-
granr is designed “To re.veal to
dewing public the capabilities
qf the Negro in all areas of hu-
nian endeavor, to make possible
^expreissional opportunities for tal
ented individuals and groups, to
cultivate a better understanding
iji human relations and to en
courage the participation of other
groups in the community who can
cbntribute to these objectives”.
The show has been twoyears in
the making, said Dr. Wertz. He
stated further that Opportunity
mainlyFoundation Inc. was organ
ized mainly “to cultivate better
understanding in human rela
tions.”
Other persons connected with
the effort are, ^he Rev. Moses
Beilton, William Lindsay, Miss
Hortense Reid, Howard Barnhill,
James Hagans, Miss Bernice
Sloan, Langston Wertz, B. D. Ro
berts, Miss Faith Stewart, Mrs.
Ollie Phillips, Mrs. Queen Ellis,
Mrs. Zenovia Hagans, Miss &line
Major and representatives of the
television station and the found
ation:
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MISS'SCHOOLER
Hillside Co^
Wins Award ^
Doris Schooler, Hillside High
School senior coed, has been
named as the school's 1Q61 Betty
Of TonV>rr*w,
aMordlng tb an announcement re
ceived by Mrs. M. H. Mabry, Iflll-
side instructor in home eco
nomics, from the Public RelaCions
pepartment of the General Mills
Corporation.
Miss Schooler received the high-
See WINS, 6-A
conducted 31,924 hours, 2,222
Bible Studies, and 10,457 return
visits.
Ten persons symbolized their
dedication to do Jehovah’s wilL
SCARBOROUGH
and HARGETT
FUNERAL DIRECTORS
PUBLIC SERVICE
STERLING
All Hie glorious colors of
autumn are magnificently pro-
trayed on the countryside. Trees
that have matured early have
already relinquished their leaves
to winter, while others salute
the new season with a blaze of
unexcelled beauty.
In thtse days when we are
beset with tensions of many
kind, there comes a time when
calmness can build immeasura
ble strength. In the field of fun
eral directing, Scarborough and
Hargett service is as dependa
ble as fine sterling silver.
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