a ulv Lroup Likes “Performinff For OoW”
Post Staff Writer
Through the distance in the
night, in the lonely confines of
the hospitals and through the
very walls of Mount Olive
Presbyterian Church, you can
hear their harmonious voices
singing out the praises of the
Lord.
The Watts family singing
group was formed in 1939
around the large kitchen table
where they would pray and
sing gospels for the family.
"My uncle would load us up in
his pick up truck and take us
up to Huntersville Sanitorium,
where we would go from room
to room singing to the tubercu
patients, Mrs. Redice, a
member of the group said
. This was combined with the
singing that they did in the
family church and in other
churches on special occasions.
The group broke up after my
uncle died Most of the women
got marriefl and had children
and the primary male voice
which was that of my brother,’
was busy in the war, so we
didn't do much singing after
that."
Today, after years of ab
sence from the singing world,
the Watts family has joined to
perform benefits for their
church in order to raise money
for their building fund. “We
i ourt Approves Food Town Merger
Food Town Stores, Inc. and
Lowe's Food Stores, Inc. joint
ly announced that the U.S.
District Court has denied the
application filed on August 6,
1976, by the Federal Trade
Commission for a temporary
restraining order which
sought to enjoin the proposed
merger of Lowe's into Food
Town pending a determination
of its motion for a preliminary
injudion. The preliminary in
junction motion sought to en
join the merger pending com
pletion of the FTC's proceed
ings commenced on August
4th.
The action of the Court
permitted the shareholders
meeting held this week by the
two Companies to proceed to
approve the merger How
ever, the Court specified that
Articles of Merger necessary
to consummate the merger
not be filed until 5 p m. on
August 11, 1976,
raised $1400 at a benefit that
we gave on June the 6th when
we sang, and we hope to
eventually raise a lot more.”
Mrs. Redice said
The Watts are native Char
lotteans whose deeply rich
singing voices have delightful
ly graced the homes of many
people in their communities.
They readily admit that sing
ing makes them feel very
good. particularly when they
are singing the gospels that
they love. They practice their
talents whenever and where '
ever they can, however, they
are sometimes limited by the
work that they must put into
taking care of their families
. This problem has been
somewhat rectified by incor "
poraling the new additions of
the family into their group
The original group was com
posed of six girls and five
boys, including one sister-in
law. The group has since
grown to twenty six members,
including sisters-in-law, bro
thers-in-law, and their child
ren. "We enjoy singing. Our
motto is we bow our heads not .
because of the wrong that
we've done, but because of the
things that we hope to do
through God,” Mrs. Redice
said.
The huge family of song
sters meets the first Sunday in
every month to organize and
learn new gospel songs. Pre
sently, Mrs. Emma Parks and
Mr. Henry Watts are the
group's leaders
The family is extremely
close-knit, including the non
singing members But, oddly
enough, there does not seem to
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be anyone who has not been :
born or married into the fami
ly that does not have a great
singing voice “We feel pri
vileged to be able to bring
(iod s messages through
song the religious Mrs Re- ;
dice commented And. as one :
advent listener said Their
voices surely must have come
from Heaven_
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How To Kill
Af?P^ga*P?ation __
If one te really interested iff
killig^his club, and all the fine
thirds for which it may stand,
here^resome guidelines:
DttnT'com'e to any of the
If you do, come late.
If the weather doesn’t suit
you, don’t think of coming.
If you received a notice of
the meeting, forget the date at
onee-sdgprt try to remember
It.
If you attend a meeting, find
fault with the officers and the
other members. -
Never accept an office - it is
easier to criticize than do
things. Claim you were too
busy to give any of your time.
Nevertheless, get sore if you
are not nominated for an
office or appointed to a com
mittee; but if you do obtain a
position; do not attend any of
the meetings.
If you are asked by the
chairman to give your opinion
regarding some important
matter, tell him you have
nothing to say. After the meet
ing tell everyone how things
ought to be done.
Do bottling more than abso
luftly nfe&ssdry/ but wnen
other members roll up their
sleeves and willingly and un
selfishly work to help matters
along, howl that the club is run
by a clique.
When you attend a meeting, 1
vote to do something, and then
go home and do the opposite.
Agree to everything said at
the meeting and disagree with
all of it outside the meeting.
Get all the club can give
you, don't give the club any
thing.
When asked for information
don’t give it - blame the
officers for the incomplete
ness of their information.
When you pay your dues,
make everybody feel it is a
Christmas present from you.
Talk about the cooperation
of the persons with you, but
don’t cooperate with them.
It is obvious that the more
members who wear this shoe,
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Adept this to our teams,
parents, players, coaches, and
sponsors, and let’s see if we
can’t have a better team next
year.
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