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fi-TV?CAPOt?Tt" AT. JULY ?4. 19761 - itev.. I. i. IftsCTca Ccfcfciofos 23rd - Innfoerscry Sunday; July 25 The members of the First Calvary Baptist Church wiQ honor the pastor, Rev. A. L Thomp son on his 23rd anniversary, Sunday, Jury 25. The speaker for the occasion will be Dr. Lawrence H. Thompson, Sr. DR. L.H. THOMSON. SR. Dr. Thompson, son of Rev. A. L Thompson, is a native of Lumberton. He received his B. A. and M. A. degrees from North Carolina Cen tral University and his Ph. D. from the University of Missouri, Kansas City. Dr. Thompson - has1 taught in the public school system in Durham, he has been a member of the management team of Proctor & Gamble in Scarsdale, NJ Y. and an evaluator of special services program for the disadvantaged in Kansas City. Presently he is on the staff of St Augustine's College in Raleigh where he has held the positions of assistant vice president for academic affairs, head . of History and Government Department, Division Chair man of Education, founder of the continuing Education Program and developer of a career mobility system for the City of Raleigh. In 1974, he lectured and studied Africa as a Phelps Stokes Scholar. Dr. Thomp son is married and is the father of three sons. The afternoon service will be a musical tribute to Rev. Thompson with the Gospel Choir furnishing the music. un. -i Ml ) M ' - v" LJZ 'i ; MRS. LOTTIE MCNEIL MRS. PHYLLIS ANTHONY Graduate From UCC REV. A. L. THOMPSON. " I'J i .MPki DIst. Convocation LOOKED AMD ' EbdsNom: I SAW By Rev. C. R. Stone Two Durham natives graduated from the Durham Extension of the United Christian College in Golds boro, May 20. The exercises were held at the Branch Tabernacle, 506 Gulley St., Goldsboro. Mrs. Lottie McNeill, pastor of Palmer Memorial Holy Church, Fairview Ave., attended Shaw University, taking Christian Education, instructed by Dr. James Z. Alexander and received her certificate. She completed a paper entitled, "Climbing the Mountains of Life with The Good Shephard as a Guide." It was uniquely informative and inspirational. She then received a Bachelor of Theology from the United College. Mrs. Phyllis Anthony, a member of Palmer Memorial attended Horden's Bible Class, then completed a course at the Durham Ex tension and received a diploma in Christian Education. Committee The Western North Caro lina District Convocation held its quarterly business meeting on Saturday, June 26. Guid ing Star Holy Church, Drewry, was the site of the meeting. Bishop A. W. The struggle for recognition in society by the children of "-PM101 of Fisher Me; men can induce many to early defeat. In other words, they faint ShSvS,? in their minds with their ideas concerning those around them. JSS? presided Elder Because some iidividuals refuse to see others as they really are, Jesse jon'eS) Assistant to the these are they, on many occasions, who become failures rather Bishops, acted as Co-chair- than those whom they had anticipated. The truth is that those man. who see others they way they choose do not invision themselves During the meeting a as becoming the victims of failures. In fact, these are they who special nominating commit- allow their minds to be restricted to the frets of life, thus tee for the convocation was becoming enslaved to some common realities which occur among elected: John McKinnon of men of high and low society. For example, some brethern the Central District, David through evil efforts train themselves to believe that the unde- Strickland of the Sanford sirable events in history which seem to hinder the progress of, tnct and Leonard Thornp- some Dersons cannot reverse their course of behavior toward! ?,Y e!ern 1",; them. Again, these are they who allow their minds to restrict chairman Anyone desiring many key truths. t0 make nominations for . The minds of all men need to become sensitive for new facts' offices should do so by con as well as those which have been proved truths from old times. tafcting one the members The things of truth which have come to men from old times have of comm,.tte flections fallen on all brethern from all walks of life. In fact, the divine JJJ 0Q Saturday power of God has exempted no particular group from 7 no&fc fofldwin! encountering evils which can lead to failures as weQ as good- tne gle lecture, ness which can lead to blessings in abundance. Because of the The next quarterly meet point expressed here, some need not become enslaved in their ing will be held on October minds. 9 at Jerusalem United Holy Ha whn hath Mrs tn hear let Hm hear 'Church, Reidsville. TRIVIA First Patent Whale of a Take i The first patent ever granted in: Each year whalers from the! the United States was released in Azores harpoon from 100 to 200 1790. for a better way to make whales. That's a small number: potash. By 1975, patents totaled wnen compared to the ap-l am :u At- A. . . . . YPHA-Usfaers Retreat Session field At Dreivry The Retreat Session of the Usher's Union and YP HA Central District con vened at Guiding Star UHC, Drewry, July 17 and 18. The theme was "Man's Relation to God: Is There A Communication Barrier?" On Saturday, July 17, at 2:00 p.m. the session went to Bullocksville Recre ation Area which is a large picnic and camping area. The group enjoyed a deli cious picnic lunch and wading in Kerr lake. Satur day evening at Guiding Star Holy Church, Jesse D. Smith led the devotions before the talent hour. The talent hour featured parti cipants frm each church in the Central District. Ms. Magnolia Pettiford, President of the Ushers' Union pre sented Ms. Pamela Bennett . who acted as Mistress of Ceremonies. Participants were: Duet - Ms. Hasknsv and Ms. Elam Of Guiding' Star; Drewry; Solo, - Rev. Sue F. Davis of Bennett's Memorial, Durham; Piano Selection Ms. Margaret W. Smith of Fisher Memorial, 'Durham; Piano Selection -John Wilkins of Gospel Light, Gamer; Poem - Ms. Barbara Rosser of Obie's Chapel, Timberlake. Margaret W. Smith, President of the Central District YPHA explained that "Retreat" is to turn away from things and con centrate on our relationship with God. On Sunday, Rev. Alan Smith, a Senior student at Livingstone College, Salisbury and a member of Fisher Memorial UHC gave the morning message. The Educa tion Hour was brought by Ms. Cynthia Shaw, also of Fisher Memorial. The next session of the Union will be held at Ben nett's Memorial,, Durham in October. The date will be V announced., I mm wm 3.8 million in this country. Hard Worker The leader of a school of fish! works harder than any other in the school. He leaves a V-shaped wake and the fish swimming behind are aided by the wave motion and don't have to use as much energy to move forward. proximately 35,000 taken by the Japanese and Soviet Union! whaling fleets every year. Bureaucratic Conference A conference in Washington consists of a group of persons who can do nothing as indi viduals, and as a group they de cided that nothing can be done. The Members Of Monroe Chapel Church Invite You To Worship With Us Each Sunday Morning Sunday School 9:30 A. M. Morning Worship 1 1 :00 A. M. Monroe Chapel Church 1710 Sherman Avenue (Off S. Alston Ave.) Durham, N. C. LI Rev. 6. R. Fryt ' , r j s MRS. IDA B. ROYSTER Final rites for Mrs. Ida Bell Royster were held on Tuesday, July 13 at the Scarborough and Hargett Memorial Chapel, officiated by Rev. Robert Monford. Mrs. Royster was born in Granville County, where shr attended school. She was a We fist 300 Fayetoflle S. Duriio, H. C. IEV. L0HNZ0 A. LYNCH, Nfttr SUNDAY July 25, 1976 MEET THE CANDIDATES SUNDAY , ,9:30 AJL- CHURCH SCHOOL 10:55 KM. - WORSHIP - Sermon "ON A WIDOW WHO WONT QUIT!' (Luke J 8: 108) The Pastor The Junior Ushers ushering. -. The Gospel Choir leading the ringing - Mrs. Phyllis S. HoDiday, Organist; Mn. Virginia W. ; Alston, Director ' ' ' :.--' After the Worship - Candidates wfll also be greeted fa the Fellowship Hall during the reuowaup Hour. : 5:00 VM. - The Pastor, Ushers, Senior Choir, St Congre gation conducting Worship at Peace Baptist ; Church, Durham 7:00 PiL - Annual Membership Honoring Program MRS. MILLIE ANN MORRIS member of Mount Zion Holiness Cnlirch before moving to Dikham at an early age. - ti Survivors --include ; two daughters, Ms. Clara Roys ter of Durham and Mrs. Ida Mae Williamson of Newark, New Jersey; two sisters, Ms. Clara Rogers of Oxford, and s ft lllll'" 2 ft f::v " ,,uitrticfrfcioR;Mfi;: . Msi Lenore Royster of Dur ham; one granddaughter, one grandson and four great grandchildren. Burial was in the Beech wood Cemetery. Courtesy of Scarborough and Hargett Memorial Chapel and Gardens. Funeral services for Ms: Millie Ann Morris were held on Thursday, July 15 at the Ebenezer Baptist Church. Or. Thurman Hairston officiated. Mrs. Morris was the daughter of the Mr. and Mrs. Jim McNeil and was a native of McCall, South Carolina. Survivors include one son, John Chambers of Richmond, Va., one daughter Celie Upchurch of Durham, ten grandchildren, and twenty-five great grand children. Burial was in the Glen view Cemetery. Courtesy of Scarborough and Hargett Memorial Chapel and Gardens. STROUD - Final rites for John Albert Stroud were held Tuesday at the Scar borough and Hargett Me morial Chapel by Rev. A. L. Thompson. Survivors include his . wife, Mrs. Pattie Stroud of Louisburg; five sisters, Mrs. Jennie Stanley of Durham, - Mrs. Helen Edmund, : Mrs. Naomi Bynum and Mrs. Ida Pendergraph, all of Chapel Hill and Mrs. Isabelle Rogers of New London, Conn.; two; brothers, Julius of Carrboro and Jerry of Chapel Hill; two stepsisters, Mrs. Doris Red drick and Mrs. Christine Mc Ghee, both of Durham. Burial was in the Hickory1 Grove Church cemetery. Courtesy of Scarborough and Hargett Memorial Chapel and Gardens. CLAYTON - Final rites for Archie Lee Clayton were held Tuesday in Orange County at the Flat Rock Methodist Church by Rev. P. R. Weaver. Survivors are his wife, Mrs. Rita R. Clayton of Dur ham; four daughters, Mrs. Eula Whitted, Miss Anna Clayton, Mrs. Ella Leathers and Miss Willie Clayton, all of Durham; two sons, John and Archie, Jr., both of Durham; and eight grandchildren. Burial was in the church Ucj. XJteltl: of Ccf s7C?os As Rus$qI Pastor Innfierscjy , Rev. L H. Whekhel, Jr, celebrated his seventh anni versary, June 28 - Jury 4 as pastor of Russell Memorial C.M.E. Church. Rev. Whekhel was born in Warren County, Georgia the son of Rev. and Mrs. L. H. Whelchel, Sr. He attended Paine College in Augusta, Georgia and completed his seminary training at Boston University School of Theology. He completed work for the M. A. degree at New York University and has recently completed course requirements for the Ph. D. at Duke University. I mm REV. L H. WHELCHEL, JR. Rev. Whelchef has served the Metropolitan C. M. E. Church in Birminiam, Ala bama and served on the faculty of history at Miles College. He was one of the founders and first president of the Ensley-Pratt City NAACP. He is currently pastor of Russell Memorial C. M. E. Church and the St. Paul Church in Apex. He is married to the former Miss Larma J. Miller, a graduate of Paine College and they are the parents of four children. Adolphus D. Clark "An Admiring Look" - by Clifton Stone, President State Ushers Association I first met Clark as a mere lad some forty-two years ago, as I followed my late grandmother to Old Haw River Baptist Church, off a dusty road between U. S. 15-501 and U. S. 64. Although Clark was at the age when most young men are really "living it up", he was always at church and whenever some thing needed to be done, he was the person to do it. As I sit and write this, I think of that man, who was in his A. D.CLARK early forties then, and of him now as he performs and carries on in his middle eighties. Clark is now Senior Deacon or Haw River Baptist Church, Chairman of the Executive Board of the Interdenominational Ushers' Assocation of North Carolina, Inc., President of the Chatham County Ushers' Union, past President of the Chatham County Community branch NAACP, and a consultant to the,, Historical Society of Chapel ' Hill' ' In ' the area of Black History. He was a charter member of the former Negro , Men's Civic Club of Chapel Hill, the namesake of the A. D. Clark Swim ming Pool of Chapel Hill, and charter member of the reorganized Pythians Lodge of Chapel Hill. A. D., as he is called by many, has played an important part in the development of the black conscious ness in the Chapel Hill-Carrboro-Cha-tham area. Whatever has been done, especially as it pertains to or was a part of. the Negro (Black) advancement, he was a part of it. Many thought that he was too conservative, too timid or just plain scared, when it came to the issues of the '60's. But after the heat and the emotion had died down, they came to understand and appreciate his stand. He always had a soothing, calm voice and would always take a little time before answering. The North Carolina Interdenomi national Ushers' Association of North Carolina, Inc. has a membership of some 5,000 church ushers jpver the State of North Carolina and of Virgi lina, Virginia. This organization was organized to help christian people unite regardless of denominations, and work for a common goal. In addition to fostering the cause of ushering, it gives worthy boys and girls scholar ships each year, makes contributions to worthy charities and since 1968 has planned the construction of a unique type retirement home. A home that will exemplify the christian spirit in all aspects and also a home that will be non-profit. Clark was Chairman of the Board when we decided to undertake this job and was very much instrumental in all its planning. He has been the guiding influence behind the total work of this organization since its inception in 1925. I ; sincerely believe that when the, annals of human history are written, whether they be legible or not, or whether the scholars will recognize it or not, the life and work of this great man will be somewhere near the top. He is not a great scholar, he does not have the many degrees, there is no chair named for him, there are no great buildings with his name inscribed on them, there are no streets with his name, nor schools or churches named after him, but people, both black and white, of Chapel Hill, Carrboro, Northern Chatham County, and Pittsboro, will always pause, say a kind word and mark time for a few moments, when A. D. comes by or his name is mentioned. "Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful." "And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season;. . . . "Psaim 1:1,3. That man could be A. D. Clark. On July 25, 1976, Brother Clark . will retire as President of the "Chatham v i CpuntyiUsher VmovCS after xsfifty, years of fine dedicated services. Out of the fifty years, Brother Clark has been absent only twice and that was due to illness. His retirement will take place at the Russell Chapel Church in Cha-, tham County, near Bynum, N. C. This is where the Chatham County Ushers' Union was organized by Brother Clark, July 25, 1926 (fifty years ago). Since this is the place where he began, he has picked this same site to retire. There will be "Special Services" all day in his honor, starting with the 1 1 :00 a.m. worship services (dinner will be served). Following with an afternoon program at 2:30 pjn., with music, special talents and "Special Recogni tion." Brother Clark, feels that it is time for him to step down as President and give some younger person a chance to serve and to add their new ideas. Brother Clark is very proud of the Chatham County Ushers' Union and the wonderful services they are rendering. Brother Clark also helped organize the Orange County Ushers' Union, being a residence of Chapel Hill, he was interested in them too. He is very proud of the Ushers' Unions as a whole, this includes the Inter-denorninational Ushers' Association of North Carolina, Inc. Mrs. MOdred I. Merritt of Chapel Hill, N. C. has written a book about Brother Clark's life. cemetery. Courtesy of Scarborough and Hargett Memorial Chapel and Gardens. hes Lavson accompanied Bishop Lawson, Refreshments were served along with Ms. Mary Crudup following the service, as pianist for the groups. 1 Specks At West DjAo Dept. Bishop A. W. Lawson, pastor of Fisher Memorial UHC brought the message at West Durham Baptist Church on Sunday, July 4, at 6:00 p.m. The occasion was the first event of the Pastor's Aid Club at West. Durham. Mrs. Mary Horton introduced Bishop Lawson. The Angelic Choir, the Chancel Choir, the Senior Choir and the Young Adult Choir, ushers and congre gation of Fisher Memorial Complete Funeral Service for 3 generations ELLIS D. JONES & SONS, let. 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