A THS CACOUNA TIMES SAT HAY It 1874
I LOOKED AIID
I SAW
BY
Rev. C.R. Stone, D.D.
J
"GOD'S RUN AWAY CHILD".
No man really likes all responsibilities placed upon him as a
follower of God through the Son. There are ways whereby man
will let it be known to others that he is not inagreement with
things assigned to his hands. For example, an individual may rebel
immediately and openly on a particualr issue of importance.
Another individual may rebel against a particular situation
silently and the primary way of discovering one's rejection is by
the fact that the assigned work was not accomplished. In other
words, the idea of a man running away from his God-given
responsibilities is an old trick even played by today's new
generation.
Let us look for a moment at Jonah's attitude toward his
responsibilities with God. To no surprise, Jonah knew that God
selected him for going to Niveneh to accomplish a divine mission
for Him. History does not record just how long Jonah rejected
God's plan of divien responsibilities because another individual
cannot record ideas one silently keept to himself. History does
however, reveal that the man of God called Jonah became a
run-away child from Nineveh to Tarshish. It should be
remembered here that any run-away child for the wrong city,
who is called by God, shall only increase the problems associated
with responsibilities. Further, Jonah could find no legal excuse to
satisfy God for his running in the wrong direction.
Since God is the Almighty force in His world, He has a way of
compelling the man who rejects His idea to acknowledge Him as
the true source of joy and success. Through God'i mighty power,
He prepared a huge fish to receive His run-away child. Because
Jonah finally discovered that he could not have hit personal way
on divine responsibilities,' he was convinced that God should have
His way.
He who hath ears to hear let him hear.
Firs! Calvary
Qact Church to
Honor
Mofa
Sunday, May 12, 1974,
First Calvary Baptist Church
will pay tribute to the mothers
of the church with a special
service centered around the
theme, "HONORING
MOTHERHOOD." The 11:00
message will be delivered by
Mrs. Verdelle Johnston, a
teacher in the city schools of
Durham and an outstanding
civic and religious leader in the
affairs of the city. Music for
the occasion will be furnished
by a special Women's Choir
under the direction of Miss
Brenda' Lyde and Mrs.
Hortense M. Jones.
The evening service, which
will take place at 6:30 p.m.,
will consist of a concert by the
Women's Choir.
Mrs. Johnston is an active
member of the St. Joseph
A.M.E. Church where her
deceased husband pastored for
many years. In addition to
holding membership in the
Carrie Barnes Missionary Circle
for. two years she served as
President of the State
Missionary Work of her
denomination. Mrs. Johnston
is widely known for her
voluntary work with the
Y.W.C.A. for many years,
where she served on the Branch
Committee on Administration,
as Chairman of the World Day
of Prayer.
Mrs. Johnston, who teaches
at Lyon Park Elemtary School,
traveled in Europe on a study
tour with other educators in
her field who studied various
techniques in teaching retarded
children. She is the mother of
two daughters. Rev. A. L.
Thompson pastor.
t c
9
- k- "vr
Mrs. Bowling
Mrs. Bowling to
ri
west Durham
Oh Sunday May 12, Mrs.
Wiley Bowling of 309 Umstead
Street will be honored as "The
Mother of the Year" at the 11
o'clock service at the West
Durham Baptist Church corner
of Nixon and Athens Streets.
The Mary E. Borland
Sunday School class of the
church will presept a Mother's
Day play, directed by Miss
Mary Louise Stephens at 6
p.m. in the Fellowship Hall.
The public is invited to these
services. Dr. Harold J. Cobb is
the minister at West Durham
Baptist Church.
Service disabled veterans
whose prosthetic or orthopedic
devices tend to wear out or
tear their clothing may obtain
a $150 annual clothing
allowance by applying to the
Veterans Administration, the
agency reminded recently.
Is LTS Acdl;!r.3 Yea?
By SHERWOOD ROSS
WASHINGTON, D.C.-We now have It from the President's
daughter that Richard Nixon doesn't have to pay all those back
taxes. Her story is that Big Daddy is paying up $432,000 just to
- set a good example for the rest of us.
Her reasoning is that the Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
cannot collect bact taxes older than three years unless fraud is
involved and since there is no fraud alleged why, her father is
being ahiled as a defender of the tax system. . .
Nothing can be further from reality. According to Sen. Lowell
Weicker (R.-Conn.), the Nixon Administration has been using IRS
like a "lending library." The fact is, your tax returns are supposed
to be private. But the Nixon team that gave us the Watergate
break-in has apparently blown the confidentiality of IRS files sky
high.
The President's daughter can say what she likes but Sen.
Weicker has shown up the cold, calculating hypocrisy of the
White House by disclosing how it got IRS to send over the Rev.
Billy Graham's tax file to Mr. Nixon's top aide, H.R. Haldeman.
The purpose of getting IRS to send over the Graham file remains
unclear,. But ther apparently was a memo from Nixon's then
lawyer, John Dean, to Haldeman on the Graham file, whose
thrust was, "Can we do anything to help?I don't know but I'm
checking," somebody had written on it.
The impression given Is that the White House might have
stepped in to help its evangelist friend then being audited over
various gifts he received. While Rev. Graham denies he ever
sought White House help, the burning issue here is how to file
ever got over to the White House in the first place. ;
Sen. Weicker is suggesting that the Nixon White House had a
list of entertainers and pals from Graham to Frank Sinatra and
from John Wayne to Sammy Davis Jr. for whom it Intervened In
one way or another to lessen their tax burden. At the same time,
rumor has it, the IRS has I list of 10,000 Americans it thinks it
can kick around because the White House didn't care for their
political views.
A SAI1ITED MAI1
BY GEORGE RUSS
i'iF.J
tr '
m
iiir
0
Despite the wide-spread rumor that the now generation's
doom is alreail" sealed, we are blessed, daily, with an outcropping
of wondrous deeds wrought by our youth which should cancel
out the the discrepancies in the argumentation that this
generation is a "lostball in tall grass."
Apparently many of our young people are more endowed with
the attributes of self-awareness, to a greater extend than is
manifested by many of our, supposedly, mature, stalwart
brothers and sisters of the Christian faith.
I didn't say, aloud, "what is this," when I liste'nd to Mr. and
Mrs. Billy Nicholson discuss plans for a One-Day, city wide Spring
Revival, however, I was aghast.
The Nicholsons, are a couple of young-marrieds, blessed with a
pair of lovely daughters, Donna and S henna; the family is fervent
workers of Mt. Calvary Holy Church, Bishop F. 'Yelveton is
pastor.
"Revival?' I quizzed with a twisted smile. You see, we are so
conditioned to young people "doing their thing" that, we don't
believe our own ears when they approach us with some really
serious business. So deeply seated was the young man's interest in
bringing a soul stirring Spring Revival to Durham that the mark
at the corners of lips quickly ossified into a more dignified aspect.
Mr. and Mrs. Nicholson are obsessed with the joy of bringing
Elder E. C. Cannon, the president and Founder of the E. C.
Cannon Crusade, Inc. The organization is a non-profit Christian,
Educational Corporation which consists of people of all walks of
life; color, Creeds, Races, and Denominations. The objectives of
the Crusade are (1) to preache delicerance to every soul (2) to
counsel those needing spiritual guidance (3) to serve all
communities in any aspect.
Under the leadership of this "Man of God" thousands of souls
have been blessed. This ministry can be heard and seen oyer the
following station: WRET T.V. Channel 36 every Saturday
morning; at 9 : 30 a. m.
The Elder Earl C. Cannon was born in Western North Carolina.
Asheville is his hometown. '
AS a child, Earl was sick a great deal, and, he was stricken with
if Jteg disorder that retarded locomotion; he did not Walk until he
was yearsd. And to add additional misery to his life, he was
victimized by a rheumatic heart until he was 15 years Old. His
doctors claimed he was an incurable he would never get-well.
Earl's mother, being a great woman of God, sought help from
God. This handicapped son, one 10 children, was near and dear to
her heart. She dedicated this child to God, not because he was a
puny ailing child, but rather, because she believed with all being;
heart and soul, that God could help her child. She didn't tell the
Master what to do, she gave him to God to do with as He saw fit.
She preceded to do as the Holy Bible states: she called in an Elder
of the church to come and pray for her son; and God, In
his own way miraculously healed, through the prayers of Elder
Williams, the son whose life had known nough but suffering and, '
actually, was written off as incurable.
Earl C. Cannon was called to the ministry at an early age.
While he was a teenager, in 1948, he went to Hamlet where he
pastored the South Hamlet Church of God in Christ. Later, in
1948, this young man of God received a promotion, he was called
to the pastorate at the Pemberton Temple Church of God in
Christ, of Hamlet, where he is still pastoring. Since his calling he
had administed, through the ministry of teaching and preaching,
many churches, and several ministers and elders have been
inspired, to the ministry through him. "This man of God"- has
made serving God a successful business career. Aside from the'
aforementioned churches where he has or is still pastoring, he has
been diveniy blessed with others churches to his credit: The
Cannon's Temple Church of God in Christ, at Maxton, The
Cannon's Temple Church of God in Christ, at Charlotte, The
Cannon's Temple Church of God, Gastonia, also The Mount Zion
Church of God in Christ, Lumberton. Furthermore, he is
Superintendent of the Laurinburg District of the churches of God
in Christ of Greater North Carolina, under the leadership of
4 Bishop Wyoming Wells of Greensboro. Here, he is one of the
leading elders of the church, and State Expeditor of the State
Workers Meeting; plus, the State Convocation and Administrative
Assistant to Bishop Wells. .
On the Academic-ladder, God has blessed Elder Cannon to
prepare himself for the work to which he has dedicated his life.
Aside from completing his education in the public schools at
Asheville hasstudied from the Seminary at Baltimore Md; a
graduate of the Voice of Prophecy Correspondence School; has
completed the Senior Bible Correspondence Course.
This Christian-gentleman is a family man; he is married to Mrs.
Rossie L. Cannon, father of three daughters and a foster son.
The E.C. Cannon Crusade will be in Durham, May 25, 1974 at
7:30 p.m.; at the Durham Civic Center. Be a witness to
. "Pentacost In Action! "
Thus, while the 1Kb otticial Nixon named to a top spot
running the Philadelphia IRS office was semmingly promoted for
overlooking Nixon's tax discrepencies, other IRS officials may
have been used to help pro-Nixon entertainers. And still other
IRS men may have been used to bounce around thousands of
Americans the Watergate boys didn't like!
For the the first time' in U.S. history, and on a massive scale,
IRS officials around the ccountry have apparently violated their
sacred trust to the American people. They have succumbed to
White House pressure to punish Nixon's political enemies while
rewarding and helping Nixon and his political allies.
It may well be the IRS officials have been quilty of criminal
violation of the tax laws by turning over confidential files to the
White House. After all, what is the difference between the
plumbers' raid on Democratic head-quarters breaking' in to steal
private information and a raid by IRS officials into the private
lives of American citizens? 1:.
If the plumbers who broke into the Democratic headquarters
. should be tried and convicted, shouldn't the IRS officials who
turned over confidential documents to unauthorized White House
aides be tried and convicted for their crimes? t ..
- The time has come for a sweeping Congessional investigation
into every aspect of IRS and its operation. A Federal Grand Jury
should be set up to investigate , IRS immediately and ; to
recommend criminal indictments against anv and all IRS officials
who betrayed the taxpayers, ..u-r
Mrs. Jamison
Women's Day
Speaker Sun.
Mrs. ; Vorheese D. B.
Jamison Will be guest speaker
for the Women's Day Program
at Mount Vernon Baptist
Church, Sunday May 12, 1974,
t 10:45 a.m.
Mrs. Jamison attended
Kittrell College and is the
recipient of the A B degree
from A&T State University in
Greensboro. '
Presently, she is employed
at Howard University as
Administrative Assistant to the
Dean of Admission.
Mrs. Jamison is a member of
the Ward Memorial A.M.E.
Church in Washington, D.C.
She is active in numerous civic
and religious organizations.
The speaker- is the National
President of the Kittrell
College Alumni Association
and a member of the Board of
Trustees at the same
institution.
She is the mother, of one
teen-age daughter.
Music for the program will
be furnished by a special
Women's Chorus under the
direction of Mrs. Ruth S.
McCollura , ...
illli
A
Mrs. Coward
Mrs. Coward is
S! Mark Mother
Of The Year
Mrs. Willa C. Coward, with
her husband the late Rev. O.W.
Coward, joined St. Mark
A.M.E. Zion Church in 1916
when the Reverend J.A. Barber
was pastor. She has maintained
active membership except
during periods when her
husband pastored sister
churches in the city. For many
years she taught a Sunday
School class. Today, in 1974,
Mrs. Coward attends Sunday
services regularly, is a member
of the Gleaners Sunday School
Class and Club, and Stewardess
Board 33. She supports and
participates in as many
activities as her 80 odd years
permit. Mrs. Coward
remembers walking to St.
Mark, first with her children,
later with grandchildren, from
her home on Kent Street where
she still resides.
Mrs. Coward, a retired
school teacher, considers
herself well blessed as her
greatest ambition to educate
her six children, has been
realized. Five of her children
are teachers and teh sixth a
government employee. The
four children living are: Mrs.
Claudine C. Hudson, a teacher
in Washington, D.C, Adolph
M. Coward, Sr., a teacher in
the Durham City School
system, Dr. Willa C. Bryant,
Divisional Chairman t
Livingstone College, Mrs.
Delores C. Smith, Unit
Supervision Department of the
Army, Washington, and a
granddaughter whom she
reared, Mrs. Samantha G.
Wormley employed in the
Computer Division of HEW,
Washington, D.C.
In addition to Adolph
Coward, Sr., and Dr. Willa C.
Bryant, five of the eight
grandchildren, and six
great-grandchildren are
members of St. Mark Church:
Mrs. Phyllis C. Rogers and
daughter Delphine, Miss Lavern
Coward, Miss Mona Bryant,
and Sean Coward.
Mrs. Coward will be
honored Mother of the year
for 1974 Sunday May 12, and
will be presented the St. Mark
A.M.E. Zion Church "Mothers'
Day Award." .
CHAMPVA, a Veterans
Administration medical care
program for widows and
dependents of veterans (similar
to the military's CHAUMPUS),
IS the most recent of widow
benefits, which have steadily
Increased over the years, VA
noted recently.
o
Rev. Ward
Rev. M.F. Ward
Is Honored By
Bibje College
Rev. M. F. Ward, minister of
the Mattocks Memorial A.M.E.
Zion Church, Fayettevllle, had
the Honorary Director of
Divinity Degree conferred
upon him on Sunday, May 5,
1974 at the Laurinburg Center
in Raeford, by the James W.
Teamers Bible College of
Charlotte.
Dr. L.W. Miller, minister of
St. Mark A.M.E. Zion Church
of Durham and Dr. Doroucher
L. Blakey, minister of Fair
Promise A.M.E. Zion Church
of Sanford were representatives
of the teamers Bible College.
Rev. Ward has also been
honored by the Union
Christian Bible Institute of
Durham, when it conferred the
Honorary Doctor of Divinity
Degree upon him in January,
1973. Lawson's Bible Institute
in N.Y. also conferred an
Honorary Doctorate of
Divinity upon him.
Rev. Dr. Ward, a long time
resident in Durham was
converted and baptised in
Durham in 1929. His
elementary education was
received at James City, and
later he attended Hillside High
School. He was graduated from
the West Street High School in
New Bern.
Following Honorable
Discharge from the Armed
Forces, he pursued additional
religious studies at the National
Bible Institute, New York City,
Lawson's Bible Instiute in New
York and Hoo'dl Theological
Seminary, Livingstone College,
Salisbury. He was licensed in
1944 in the N.Y. Conference
of the A.M.E. Zion Church, Dr.
Ward served as a minister at the
First A.M.E. Zion Church
under the late Dr. D.O
Carrington. Upon his return to
the Central N.C. Conference,
Dr. Ward has ministered to
several churches in the area,
including Chapel Hill,
Pittsboro, Cumnock, Chestnut,
Broadway, Kesler Temple and
Trinity of Dunn. Church
renovations and newly built
churches have been among the
tasks performed by him.
Dr. Ward has also worked
diligently with the labor
unions, especially the
Teamsters to aid men and
women of all ethnic groups to
gain their fair share of the
nation's economy.
Currently at Mattocks, Dr.
Ward is in the process of
building classrooms and dining
rooms for the church and there
is now no mortgage on the
church. During the three years
period of his ministry at the
church some $70,000.00 have
been raised. There have been
one hundred and thirteen
conversions, thirty baptisms
and thirty five persons have
joined the church.
Other affiliation of Dr.
Ward's include membership in
the Eastern Star, 32nd Degree
Mason, Shriners, the Knights of
Pythias and The Elks.
Dr. Ward is also a Trustee of
the Union Christian Bible
Institute in Durham.
SCOUTICG TRAIL
By 4 TOM" THOMPSON
I." y
lir ;'" fill
MEN'S, FASHIONS
The spring-summer
fashion forecasters pre
dict young men will pre
fer a neater, more tailored
look with coordinates and
fabrics important. Jackets
will be shorter, sport
shirts fitted at the waist
and slacks featuring flare,
bell and baggy-types, says
Harriet Tutterow, exten
sion clothing specialist,
North Carolina State
University.
The Veterans
Administration will provide a
sports-model wheelchair for
service disabled veterans who
are wheelchair-bound, provided
the equipment is medically
prescribed and warranted for
sports, activity in connection
with physical rehabilitation. '
. - . : '
All roads lead this week to the state fairgrounds. The
Occoneechee Council Boy Scoutf of America will present the
annual Scout-A-Rama. Demonstrations, Displays, Fun, and many
other activities are in store for Scouts and Scout Supporters. The
day of preparation is coming to an end. Many boys will win prizes
for ticket sales. The grand prize being a 10 speed bicycle. More
than fifty (50) Units from the Mawat District of Durham will
participate. Many Units will camp overnite on the fairgrounds.
There will be excitement with Camp-fires, Center,-, Songs,
Dancing, Cooking and many events worth much to boys and
supporters. Friends of Scouting are asked to buy the $1.00
tickets to help promote Scouting Units in buying Camping and
other equipment and be able to re-charter on time.
Durham's Mawat District ' still needs sponsors as Churches,
PTA, Fraternal organizations or Business to organize and support
Cub Packs Scout Troops and Explorer Post.
This is the now generation and boys need Scouting now.
George Bernard Shaw has written, "Yesterday is a cancelled
check tomorrow is a promissory note, Today is Cash, Spend it
Wisely." Longfellow has written, "Let the dead past be buried
Trust no uncertain future live, Act in the Living Present." Gladys
Knight sings, "Yesterday is dead and Gone Tomorrow is out of
sight, I need help tonight." We must develop "Boypower now for
Manpower Tomorrow.
Call Executive E. L. Kearney at 682-7363 or "Tom"
Thompson at 544-6178 for Scoutine Information.
guests: Highway QC's of
Chicago, III., The --famous
Heavy Weights of New York
City, New York, The Pllgrams
Jubilee of Chicago, 111., and
many others. Public is invited!
McKinnon
M Melton
ToObserve27fii
Anniversary
Gospel Promo, Monday,
May 13, 1974 at 8:00 p.m.
Pinehurst Ele. School in
Taylortown, Pinehurst. Special
For- News Information Call:
The Carolina Times 682-2913
or 688-6587,
-ts? apt'
mm
WORDS FOR THE WORLD
Beware lest ye prefer
yourselves above your
neighbors. Be fair to yourselves
and to others, that the
evidences of justices may be
revealed, thrbiigtf'youY deeds,
among Our falthftiPs&vants.
-BAHA'I WRITINGS
A
1886
White Rod
(Baptist Chun
J400 FAYETTEVILLE STREET i
DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA 27702
Lorenzo A. Lynch, Pastor
Sunday, May 12, 1974
9:30 A.M. CHURCH SCHOOL
10:55 A.M. W0RSHIP
SERMON The Pastor
"On Motherhood In This Century"
(Ephesians 4: 1)
Senior Choir Leading the Singing Mr.
John H. Gattis, Director
there is
comfort
in blessings.
to
'eaved,
1
When one is bereaved, how
consoling it is to reflect on what
we still possess . . . family, rtends
and the good things of life. We , ,
stress this attitude in consoling
.... . those who come to us. .-. ; : , . - x
funeral Direcfors
, PHONES 682-1171 or 682-1172 !
' ' . Durham, '
i, 24-HOURS AMBUIJWCE SE&yiCErJ4
T
t