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f? - THE WAYNESVILLE MOUNTAINEER Ifde Churches Show Substantial Growth And Improvement During 1954 I* ? 'f'' Central Methodist Church HPT *< -, Wesleyan Methodist Church Clyde llaptist Church te Groups e Made Gains j (hurches have shown un-1 pgress during the past iirding to survey and of iport from the three participating. hievements of the church read like fiction, in that ive accomplished what pear to the average lay ting almost out of reach, i the projects of the com tor the "Finer Carolina 1 was improvement of ! plants, and increase in \ mendance. From the wrds, it is evident that mof Clyde attained both k. and to a high degree Itral Methodist Church, i : George C. Starr, Jr., it Clyde Baptist Church, /. G. Goodwin, Jr., pas the Wesleyan Methodist rith Rev. K. E. George ? the three churches t report. wtral Methodist raised r improvements and pay ment on the church debt last year, while the Baptists spent about S2.500 on renovations, and added $8,000 to their building fund pro gram. The Wesleyan Methodist have expanded facilities, added a bus, and increased attendance almost 300 per cent. These are just some of the high lights of the accomplishments of the churches. Some more of the details in clude: CENTRAL METHODIST A total of 27 members received by profession of faith and transfer; a seven per cent increase in Sun day School attendance, and a 10 per cent in attendance at morning worship. A debt of 57,500. plus interest, paid off; with another $1,000 paid on the parsonage debt; as $2,500 was spent on the church grounds for landscaping and improvement. A $500 oil heating system was added to the church, making a tdTal of $17,551 raised by the con gregation for local improvements and payment on debt. The congregation received $500 from a Lord's acre project, and the funds were used on the debt. CLYDE BAPTIST The interior of the church was renovated, including a complete painting, sanding, and refinishing of floors; new carpets; refinish of benches, and new hymnals pur chased as w ell as choir robes. This' project represented an expendi ture of more than $2,500. The church sold the old parson age behind the church, and the site was cleared and converted in to a parking lot for the congrega tion. The church purchased an acre tract above the church and will use it for parking, and also a site for a new structure. Plans are to remodel the front of the present church building, and build a new educational build ing. The church now has $8,000 in the building fund, and $15,000 in pledges toward the new structure, j The campaign has been under way just a little more than a month. Twenty members were added to the church roll in the past year, and Sunday School attendance has shown a 10 per cent increase.1 while attendance at the morning worship service has shown a 151 per cent increase. WESLEYAN METHODIST The people of the Wesleyan Methodist Church have shown I what can be accomplished by co operation. Only a year ago the membership of the church was small and the building was incom plete, but today the story is quite different. Under the leadership of Rev. K. j E. George the church has grown in number and through faith and prayer the membership has grown spiritually. More than 60 have found spiritual help in the last ; year. The first need of the church j was more Sunday School class- j rooms, so the men began to spend | their free time working on this j project. Soon five new class-rooms ! were completed. The next problem was heating, A new oil heating system was installed. From the classrooms, the men moved into the main auditorium. The auditorium was painted, the floor was sanded and re-finished, the vestibule was plastered and painted. New doors were added to both the main auditorium and vestibule. Light fixtures were in stalled and the Ladies Missionary .Society bought a new carpet. The people realized the next problem was transportation. There were many people who wanted to come to church but had no car. With this in mind a bus was pur chased to take care of this need, i PFC Clyde L. Green Is At Fort Eustis, Va. FORT EUSTIS. Va? Pfc. Clyde L. Green, son of Mr. and Mrs. Clyde I,. Green. Route 1, Waynes ville, is presently assigned to the Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 110th Transportation Harbor Craft and Marine Main tenance Battalion. Fort Eustis, Va. The 110th is a subordinate unit of the 4th Transportation Terminal The growth of the church mem bership has been steady. Twenty eight new members, have been re ceived into the church. From an average in attendance in Sunday School of 46 a year ago. the aver age now is 113. The record attend ance is 141. Through their work in a contest the Wesleyan Young Peoples Society had 230 present for one Sunday night service. The church is now confronted with another need for classrooms. Seeing this need, the Missionary Board of the Western District of the Conference has set aside $500 to begin this project, providing the people raise this amount to go with it. So the people are working to gether again, and with much co operation. faith, and prayer, in a few months our new class-rooms will be completed. }? ? ! Command C. The mission of* this unique unit is to train enlisted personnel for service in army port units in the United States and I abroad! Wives Of Diplomats Learn Art Of Public Speaking By ANNETTE DAVIS (For Jane Eads) WASHINGTON ? Hester Beall Provensen wanted to teach public speaking as far back as she can remember. Even though her fam j ily insisted she get a law degree because she was too young to go to work, she kept the idea of speech i ! class in the back of her mind. Now, j as instructor of the Capital Public ) I Speaking Class and the speech I class at the Congressional Club. I her list of pupils reads like a com bination Who's Who and social register. Although an occasional male stu dent may creep In. her classes are primarily for women. She feels that any woman whose husband is in public life must know' how to ; say at least a few words in public. Sometimes one of the hardest j i things for a wife new in the polit- j f ical spotlight 'is to accept a cor sage at a public meeting, Mrs. j Piovensen says. "Even if it is the tenth one that week, a ferfunctory 'thank you' won't do. The recipient must make the listeners feel there is something very special about that particular corsage." The wives of diplomats from foreign countries from a large con tingent of Mrs Provensen's Capital Class. Many of them have told her that a public speaking class for women in their own countries ! is unheard of and that they want to take advantage of one while they are here. Public speaking in any country doesn't come naturally to women. Mrs. Provensen feels. Their voices are pitched too high and most of the time aren't loud enough. To overcome the high pitch, she | has three suggestions; Take a deep breath when your name is called, j take another one after you address the chairman, and a third one after you address the audience. She says it is important to start with a low pitch since that is the pitch you will keep throughout the speech. For those who would like to overcome nervousness, she has this bit of advice: "Don't overcome it, direct it. It's a flow of energy which adds vitality and enthusiasm to a speech. The only way to control it is to speak often." In addition to her classes in Washington, Mrs. Provensen teach es at the University of Maryland, where she is an assistant professor of speech. Possibly as a result of juggling her own time schedule, she has little sympathy for con gressional wives who complain they don't have time to change into dinner clothes when their hus bands are campaigning. She al ways tells them about the time she was driving to Baltimore with a friend to address a group: "At 50 miles an hour I climbed into the back seat and changed clothes. If I could do it. you can too." U. S .photographers use about half a billion flash bulbs a year. U. S. Senators were elected by state legislatures until 1913 when the 17th Constitutional amend ment was ratified. Br For the BEST BUYS in REAL ESTATE WATCH OUR ADS in this PAPER! THIS HOUSE WAS ADVERTISED IN THE MOUNTAINEER ON MONDAY AND WAS SOLD WITHIN A VERY SHORT TIME TO MR. AND MRS. JOE TERRELL RUSSELL. WE NEED LISTINGS! ANY SIZE ? ANY PRICE ? 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