Mayfield Memorial Baptist Church Young People Eniov Valentine Party
The Young people's Organi
zation of the Mayfield Memor
ial Baptist Church located at
700 Sugar Creek Road West,
enjoyed a Valentine’s Day ev
ening of fun and frolic as they
gathered in the Young Adult
Headquarter’s Building at
7:30. The assembly room of
the building was appropriate
ly decorated for the occasion,
and the Youths of Mayfield
and their guests socialized,
froliced, ate candies, chips,
dip, and drank punch until
around 10 p.m.
The Young People's Organi
zation meets at least once
each month and its purpose is
to help develop the young peo
ple mentally, spiritually, mor
ally, and physically. At least
one special activity per quart
er is planned for the Young
People. All Young people of
Mayfield between the ages of
14 through High School are
eligible for membership in
ftie organization.
Advisors to the young people
are Mrs. Carol Bridges and
Mrs. Frances Hamlin. The
Mayfield Church is pastored
by Rev. H.S. Diggs.
Rev. J. G. Whitfield
...First Mayfield pastor
Rev. H.S. Diggs
, ...Mayfield pastor
Rev. George E. Battle, Jr.
The Mayfield Memorial
Baptist Church, located aj
700 Sugar Creek Road West,
observed the Annual Celebra
tion of their Deacons and
Trustees on Sunday, February
22. at 6 P.M.
The annual Celebration was
highlighted by a panel discuss
ion explaining the general du
ties of the Deacons and Trus
tees of the Mayfield Memorial
Church. The duties of Deacons
at Mayfield are: (1) to assist
with ordinances (2) Sponsor
ing Candidates for Member
ship (3) Pulpit Supplies (4)
Custidians of Fellowship Fund
(5) Board of Review (6) Pas
tors Acolytes (7) Responsibili
ty for Spiritual Phase of Work.
THe duties of Trustees at
Mayfield are: (1) To hold title
to property of the church (2)
To Hold in trust for church
membership the material pos
sessions belonging to it (3) To
care for all Real property and
improve a£ needed (4) To
cause to be paid all properly
authorized debts of the chu
...ueuisemane AMt Zion Pasto
rch. Chairpersons for the pan
el were Deacon Roosevelt
Gooden and Trustee James T.
Hamlin.
The Deacons of Mayfield
are: Roosevelt Gooden, Chair
man Lester Trapps, Vice Cha
irman, Desoto Ellison, Robert
Bell, Lewis James, Robert
Johnson, Henry Rubin, Ben
Worthy Sr. Jar-.:-* W. Brid
ges, Wiiiic ILU, iommie Car
ter, Cornell Eichelberger, and
James Hubbard.
The Trustees of Mayfield
are: James T. Hamlin, Chair
man, William Sealey, Vice
Chairman, Willie Green, War
Study Shows More Blacks
Graduate Than Whites
A study at North Carolina
State University shows that a
higher percentage of black
students with low Scholastic
Aptitude Test scores and low
predicted first-year grades go
on to graduate than do their'
white students with similarly
low scores.
The figures are part of a
survey of student retention
and graduation at NCSU, con
ducted by the University’s
planning and research depart
ment. It is the first of what is
planned to be a continuing
survey of the annual progress
of NCSU students.
In part of the survey, it was
found that all of the 1970 fresh
men with first-year grade po
int averages below 1.59 out of
a possible 4.0, only 14.6 per
cent of the black students in
the group went on to graduate.
According to Dr. Thomas
Stafford of the planning and
research department, the
large difference raises "a ser
ious question about the valid
ity of using the first year GPA
(grade point average) as the
criterion for admission of
black students.”
The study also shows that
women are more likely to
withdraw and less likely to be
suspended than men; and that
^ the ones who remain in school
tend to graduate sooner than
men, with 45 percent gradu
ating in fours years compared
to 38.6 percent of the men.
Fifty-four percent of the stu
dents who entered NCSU in
1970 graduated within five
years, as compared to a 1965
study which showed that sligh
tly fewer, 51.8 percent, stu
New Brochure
Published On
City Government
The City’s Public Service
and Information Department
hu published a new brochure
oM?harlotte City government.
The flyer highlights Char
lotte's Council-Manager form
of government and explains
the duties of the Mayor, City
Council, City Manager, cuy
Attorney and City Clerk. The
publication also describes the
history of Charlotte from 1748
to the present.
To obtain a free copy per
sons should contact the Char
lotte Public Service and In
formation Department, 800
East Trade Street, Charlotte,
,28302, or call 374-2395
aenis graduated in the same
amount of time.
According to Stafford’s and
Kathryn Council’s report, stu
dents entering the University
in the past two years are more
likely to continue than studen
ts of a few years ago. In fact,
none of the students who ent
ered NCSU in 1974 were un
able to return in 1975 because
of academic suspension.
The report also indicated
that a student’s “staying
power” varies from school to
power” varies form school to
school within the University.
Design students, for example,
were found to be more likely to
remain in that school and to
graduate than students in any
other school. Students in the
School of Forest Resources,
however, were more likelv to
change schools before gradua
tion and had a lower percent
age of graduates, than any
other school.
The report includes classes
from 1970 to the present, and
Stafford said the results will
likely show more conclusive
trends as more of the students
studied complete their educa
tion.
AME Zion
Church Drive
Nets $219,000
SALISBURY - Bishop H.B.
Shaw, chairman, Trustee
Board, Livingstone College,
last Thursday, after having
been told that the AME Zion
Church had raised $219,279.19
in its Tri-College Educational
Drive, said, "What was term
ed an intorerable debt at the
opening of the 1975-76 school
year, is now ajolerable debt."
He was high in his praise to
the members ol the demomin
ation that they rose to the
occasion and responded so
favorably. He had special
praise for the student body
and the faculty.
Important People And
Dates In Black History
February
25.1870, Hiram Revels, first Black to serve upper
house of Congress took oath of United States
Senate.
26. 1869, the 15th Amendment, regarding Black
suffrage was passed.
27. 1946, the U.S. Navy took inevitable step of
opening up general service assignments
without regard to race.
28. 1776, Phillis Wheatley was invited to visit
George Washington on her birthday.
BESSIE SMITH
(1898-1837)
EMPRESS OF THE BLUES -
Born in Chattanooga, Bessie Smith at the age of
11 or so joined the traveling troupe of Ma Rainey,
the pioneer woman blues singer from whom she
learned her trade. Success began for the contral
to-voiced blues singer in 1923 when she recorded
“Down Hearted Blues,” which sold an unheard
of 800,000 copies and became the standard
version. All in all Bessie Smith made 160
recordings and afterward made regular appear
ances with her own show in New York, Chicago,
Boston, Philadelphia and large Southern cities,
playing almost always to Blacks. Her voice was
powerful and she sang in all the categories of
blues. Preferrring a slow tempo although in her
last recordings, her voice developed a rough,
rasping quality that only enhanced her amazing
power to communicate the blues. The late Janis
Joplin borrowed heavily from the style and
considered Bessie Smitn ner idol. As she grew
older she began to write her own tunes and
lyrics. One of her_finest records is Back-water
Blues,” and many people consider her rendition
of “St. Louis Blues the finest in existence. In 1929
she appeared in a film titled “St. Louis Blues,”
but it was banned and is still not available for
public showing. Bessie Smith died after a car
accident in Mississippi although some research*
ers dispute the claim that she would not have
died, had it not been for the local hospital’s
segregationist treatment policies.
ren stukes, J AitfsJtay J.C,
Archie, JohnnwStewarf, Rob
ert Scales, JamW Davis, John
T. Massey. Otis McCaw, Ray
mond Burch, Theodore Jones.
Richard Wilson, and Tee King.
Closing remarks were given
by Pastor H.S. Diggs who
gave words of thanks and
commendation for the fine co
operative efforts being put fo
rth by the Deacons and
Trustees.
GREATER GETHSEMANE
AME ZION
Rev. George Battle Jr. and
member of Greater Gethse
mane AME Zion Church, 531
r Campus St., have scheduled
"Doctor’s Day" for Sunday,
March 28 The Charlotte Med
ical Auxiliary and the Charlot
te Medical Society will join the
11 a m. worship services. Mrs.
Thelma Ladd is the chairman
of the Auxiliary.
Rev. Battle announces the
Senior Choir will rehearse
Thursday nights at 7:45 o’
clock.
NEW EMMANUEL CONGRE
GATIONAL
The Senior Missionary Soc
iety of the New Emmanuel
Congregational United Church
of Christ, 3540 Beatties Ford
Hoad, will have their Quarter
ly Program Sunday afternoon,
February 29, at 3 o'clock.
All missionaries are invited.
Mrs. Ethel Choate, president
of the organization, also invi
tes the public.
Rev. N.C Calhoun, counsel
or-minister, announces that a
great big Spirit of 1976 Bicen
tennial Gospel Program, spon
soring the Johnson C. Smith
University Gospel Choir on
Sunday, March 14 at 2.30 o'
clock.
“This great choir stirs the
souls of all,'' Dr. Calhoun
stated, "ineir singing helps
remove stress and strain. This
is a reare treat to which we
invite all music lovers.’’
The program is sponsored
by the Pastor's Aide of New
Emmanuel. Mrs. Estell
Thompson is the president and ■
Mrs. Alice Cowan is the repor
ter.
First Mayfield
m
First Mayfield Memorial
Baptist Church, presently
worshipping at Oaklawn
Avenue Elementary School,
installed Dr. J. G. Whitfield as
their minister last Sunday.
The Welcome Address for
this auspicious occasion was
delivered by Mr John H.
Davidson, chairman of the
Deacon Board of Mayfield
Memorial Baptist Church.
Rev. Wilch H. Caldwell Sr.,
pastor of Faith Memorial
Baptist Church, delivered the
sermon.
Also participating in the 11
a.m. ceremony were: Faith
Memorial Baptist Church
Gospel Choir and St. Paul
Baptist Church Choir.
Rev. J. T. §cott presided at
the affair wtrtch also featured
participation by Earl Avant,
Chairman of the Trustee
Board, Mary Drakeford,
Church Clerk, Sarah Suren.
Church Historian, Mamie
Guthrie, Spokeswoman for the
Deaconesses, Catherine
Honor, Superintendent of Sun
day School. Addie Mitchell,
President of the Missionary
^egartmen^^os^^amble^
J
President of the Adult Choir;
Senelle Pettigrew, Spokes
woman for the Hostess
Committee; John Harrison,
spokesman for the Music
Department, Annie N. Sadler,
of Emanual Baptist Church,
Gastonia, N. C., and visiting
ministers Rev J. T. Scott, *
Rev. R. W. Ramsey, Rev F
C Pinkney, Rev. B M
McKenzie. Rev Phillip Nelson
and Rev Carol Campbell
Metropolitan Ministries
The Baptist Metropolitan
Ministries is an inter-racial
fellowship of fourteen church
es in Charlotte invovled in
inner-city missions. The pro
gram for the Fellowship
Dinner of Baptist Metro at the
Pritchard Memorial Baptist
Church. Tuesday, March 2, at
7 p.m. will feature Prison and
Jail Ministries.
The Rev. Roy Hood. Pro
gram Coordinator of the Pre
Release and Rehab Center,
and the Rev. Ed Echerd,
chaplain to the city-county jail
from the Charlotte Area
Clergy Association, will be the
resource persons.
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CHARLOTTE POST
CHIRCH DIRECTORY
“Where Christ Is Preached As He Is To Men As They Are”
GREATER MT SINAI BAPTIST CHURCH
1234 W. Blvd. Charlotte. N C. 332-2163 372-3420
REV. NORMAN E. KERRY.
PASTOR
Sunday School-9:30 A M.
Morning Worship-11:00 A M.
Mid-Week Service-7:30P.M.
Tuesday-7:00 P.M.
Youth Meeting
W ednesday-7:30 P. M .
Teachers Meeting
Nursery Available
During Services
"The Church With Soul"
NEW HOPE BAPTIST CHURCH
2612 Statesville Avenue
Sunday School-9:30
Devotion -10:45
Mid-week Service
Wednesday - 7:30
Rev. M. McMoore, pastor
Rev. B. R. Moore, Assistant pastor
Phone: 332-4275
"A Church Where Everybody Is
Somebody And Christ Is All”
Attend The
Church Of
Your Choice
TO ADVERTISE YOUR CHURCH
-t BN THIS DIRECTORY
CALL 392-1306
Beatties Ford-Trinity Baptist Church
315 Trinity Road
Charlotte. N. C.
399-5824
Rev. Robert Miller-Pastor
Sunday School - 9:30 A.M
Morning Worship - it A M.
Mid-Week Service-8 A M.
‘‘A Church With Positive Faith"
FRIENDSHIP BAPTIST CHURCH
3301 Beatties Ford Road
392-0391
Coleman W. Kerry, Pastor
Sunday Schedule
9:45A.M.SundaySchool '
11:00A.M. Morning Worship
6:00PM Bible Study
Graded Day Care Center
Mon-Fri. 7:00 A M -6:00 P M
iages4mos.-5yrs.i
"The church in the heart of the community with the
community in its heart "
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“Serving Chris! and Community Since IBM
( LINTON CHAPEL AME ZION CHURCH
1901 Rozzells Kerry Kd
333-9803 376-6782
Sunday Morning Service
Church School-9 45 A M
Classes For All Ages
Morning Worship-11 A M
Inspirational Music-A Message To Help
Active Boy Scout and Cub Troops
Activities For All Age Groups
DAY CARE CENTER Mon Fri -7 AM to 5 P M
REV MORGAN W TANN. PASTOR
MT ZION HOI JNESS CHURCH
2800 Tuckaseegee road
BISHOP W J DAVIS PASTOR
Sunday School TO A M
Morning Worship-11 15 A M
Young People Willing Workers-6 P M
Evening Service-7 30 P M
Monday BibleStudy 8P M
Sister of Charity Wednesday -Mid Week
Service-7 30 P M
GREATER BETHEL AME CHURCH
201 Grandin Road
REV. LEONS PENN. PASTOR
Sunday School 9 45 A M
Morning Worship-11 A M
Church Telephone-376-4345
Parsonage 375-2003
Your Church
Needs Your Support
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Everyday!
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WALLS MEMORIAL AME ZION (HUROf
• 2722 Bancroft Street
Charlotte, N C 28206
REV. J.T. WHITE, MINISTER
Resident 523 2888 .. Church: 375-5361
Sunday School 9:45 A. M - Classes For All Ages
Morning Worship-11 AM
"Enter To Worship ...Depart To Serve" '
Day Care Center for 212 to 5 year olds
Monday thru Friday-7A M till 6P M
Mr Worth Williams. Minister of Music
Mrs Bobbie Parks, Assistant Minister Of Music
Gospel Choir-Tuesday, 8PM
Vocal Choir-Wednesday, 7:30 P M
Senior Choir- Thursday, 7:30 P M
J.T White Singers Thursday 6 PM
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FIRST CHURCH OF GOD
Hooker Street Murshville. N c
2nd C'hr 7-14 St. John 17-11
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Act 20-28
Services Each
Second And
Fourth Sundays
SUNDAY SCHOOL.. 10a m
WORSHIP SERVICE II 30
a.m.
HISIIOI’ W . V \\ M l.vPastm