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VOLUME IV, NUMBER 51
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J. E. BROWEll NAMED
DISTRICT HEAD AT
Ll'MBEKTON MEET
Tlie North Carolina Conference,
Central Jurisdiction, meet,
- ing in Lumberton, condluded
its 87th session Sunday morning
and an impressive,love feast was
conducted, afterwhich Bishop
Robert N. Brooks, presiding, delivered
an inspiring sermon. At
the close of this service, two
, were ordained as elders and four
v.. as deacons.
The new district superintendents:
Dr. J. E. Brower, pastor of
St. Matthews church, becomes
district superintendent of the
Greensboro district: Rev. R W.
.Winchester, former district superintendent,
retires from active
service; Rev. W. S. McLeod, pastor
of St. Marks, High Point, becomes
district superintendent of
the Winston district, while Rev.
; R. P. McCallum, former district
superintendent, takes over the
Lauriuburg district. Rev. G. M.
Phelps comes to St. Matthews,
Greensboro, from Charlotte, and
Rev. Robert B. McRae, former
district superintendent of the
; Laurinburg district, comes to St.
f Marks church, High Point,
f, The list of appointments folL
lows;
GREENSBORO DISTRICT;
J. E. Brower, DIst. Supt.
Basses and Raleigh's Cross
Road.-W. T. Lomax; Brown
Summit, Eugene Black; Bullock
"VCt., R. J. Shipp; Empire Ct., D.
A. Hill; Greensboro: Browning
Chapel and St. James, R. W. Winchester;
High Street and LiaughV
lin, P. I. Wells; North West, R.
, C. Sharpe; St. Matthews, G. M.
' Phelps; South, J. W. Shufford;
ICprnfirRvlllfv FV F) Mnrphp.nH
Leakesville, E. M. MoLeod; Oxford,
J. W. Hall; Newport News,
J. W. Gamble; Raleigh, W. J.
Cameron; Randleman, D. C.
Skeen; Reidsville, S. L. Townsend;
Summerfleld and Collins
'' Grove, R. D. Crockett; Wesley
and Chapel Hill, J. H. Ledwell;
District missionary secretary, G.
M. Phelps.
BAURINBURG DISTRICT
R. F. McCollum, Dlst. Supt.
John's Ct., To be supplied;
Bomore and Mt. Zion, J. H. Mci
Cailum; Charlotte:, Boulware
f ?' Chapel, D. A. Williams; Simpson
S Memorial, B. W. Stewart; Fairly
. tnont, B. ,B. Barnes; Fayetteville,
' H. D. Ashe; Goldsboro, A. M.
r"> Roberson; Hamlet, J. J.'Patterson;
Hickory Bend and Millers,
I H. M. McNalr; Hoffman and
? Pembroke, B. F. Gleaves; Hohns
& /;. and Beaver Dam, G. W. Patterson;
Laurinburg and Cool Spring
ft W. M. Wells; Lumberton and
K,..New Zion, R. D. Sharpe; Maxton
Bj \ and Piney Grove, W. T. Brown;
Philadelphia and St. Peters, A..
E'ij'M. Erwin; Red Springs and
ft-'v Beauty Spot, R. B. Rhyne; Row
mes!
GREENSBORO
Conference
dntments
i Year
land and Salem, J. W. Alford;
Sanford Circuit, J. F. Sawyer;
District missionary secretary, B.
W. Stewart.
WESTERN DISTRICT
D. S. Hogue, Dist. Supt.
Asheville, L. A. Brown; Philadelphia,
N. J. Pass; Catawha Ct.,
G. D. Kirkland; Cornelius Ct.,
Denver Ct., A. W. Stowe; Forest
City, J. Q. Dula; Franklin. To be
supplied; Gastoni-a, O. W. Bur
wick: Glades, e. L. Folder; Hickory
Ct., T. H. Wooten; Kings
Mountain, J. W. Mtckle; Lenoir,
Marshall McCallum; Lenoir Ct... I
|H. H. Houston; El Betliel, Cornelius,
C. O. Hill; Lincolnton Ct,.
J. II. Meeks; Marion Ct., Glenn
A. Brooks; Mooresville, I. A.
Friend; Newton, B. L. Burgc;
Mt. Holly, H. A. Davis; Slielliy
and Brooks, C. E. Strickland: St.
James. W. C. Cook: Slatesvflle.
Beverly Brown; Union Mills and
Bracket Town, S. I?\ Furgeson;
West Asheville, H. L. Parker;
Wilkesboro, C. W. Bailey. Distrist
missionary secretary, C. E.
Strickland.
WINSTON DISTRICT
W. S. McLeod, Dist. Supt.
Advance and Oak Grove, To
be supplied; Andrews Grove, P.
G. Carter; Elkin and JonesviUe,
B. E. Staten; Asheboro, W. E.
Hairston; High Point; Brooks
Memorial, L. M. Mayfield; St.
Mark, It. B. McRae; Lexington,
C. L. Gidpey; Madison-Stonevllle,
M. S. Laughlin; Mt. Airy,
S. B. McBraver: Penhoolc and
Boones Mill, L. M. Campt; Red
Bank and Oak Grove, T. C. Frazier;
Rural Hall and Pilot Mountain,
C. G. Bynum; Thomasville:
Bast, J. W. Jones; St. John and
Midway, F. D. Caldwell; Trinity
and Glenola, E. Frost; Walnut
Cove and Walkertown, To be supplied;
Winston-Salem: Mt. Pleasant
and Chestnut Grove, J. C.
Rush; St. Andrews, W. O. Thomas;
St. Home, H. W. Phillips;
| St. Paul, W. C. S. Scarborough;
District missionary secretary, F.
D. Caldwell. /
Special Appointments
P. A. Taylor, Professor, Gammon
Theological Seminary; P.
W. Jenkins, S. P. Holland and
E. N. Madison, Chaplains, U. S.
army; William R. Crawford, E.
C. Tatum and Grandlson Phelps,
Jr., left without appointments to
attend school; H. C. Woodland,
executive secretary, Religious
Education; T. H. Wooten, con- 1
ference missionary secretary; W.
O. Thomas, conference secretary
of evangelism.
Mrs. Matt Young, accompanied
by her neices, Mrs. Arthur Lee
and Mrs. Pete Williams, spent
their vacation in Charleston, W.
Va., recently, motoring through
the country. Mrs. Lee lives at
Reidsvllle, while Mr. and Mrs.
Williams are residents of Ruffin.
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, N. C., SATURDAY, NOVEMBER
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Gathered on the stops of Arini
arc these young linlii'v, officers of
Hartsfield, .-arfroaiil-i.l-arnis, c;iasi
liaiuuclt. class reporter, Ucunfui
anil Helen Greene, president, I'lill
Monroe, X. C.; Thelina Hall, set
Rocky Mount, X. O.
Couple Ai
For Maki
In Public
M/Sgt. Joseph A. Mesaus,
white, was apprehended Tuesday
ni'ght wjth Miss Louise Starr, of
G09 Logan street, for public lovemaking.
Miss Starr was arrested for im- 1
moral vagrancy and the soldier I
was released to military authori- 1
ties of ORD. i
It was stated that Miss Starr 1
was introduced to Sgt. Mesaus as
being a Negro, and he accepted I
her company as such. Public sen- t
tiinent ran high when the couple (
DR. BENJAMIN MAYS
WILL SPEAK AT i
BENNETT SUNDAY
Dr. Benjamin Mays, president s
of Morehouse college. Atlanta,
CJa., will give his annual address
at Bennett college Sunday, November
11, during the regular i
vesper service. t
He received the unusual honor i
of being named vice-president of (
the Federal Council of Churches
of America last year. He Is the
first of his race to fill the post 1
and received nationwide publicity '
in the press at that time. 1
Dr. Mays was formerly dean
of the school of religion at How- (
aid University, Washington, D. 1
C. He is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate
of Bates college and holds l
the A. M. and Ph. D. degrees
from Chicago university.
1 Read
10, 1945
c* Mcruer riok- !<: Chapr! at \ici
(lie 'freshmen el ass. lirst raw, 1
sl>f>i'o. X. J.; Fl assi<? (ianl, trews
t, S. <7.; Ma?ia Icno Diilin, assist
ladelphin. 5'a, S croud row, left to
relary, l'hiladc Ipliia, L'a.; and
" rested
rig Love
Places
lltructed so much attention with
;heir arduous love-making on
East Market street. Upon the investigation
of military . officers
ind city police, it was found that ,
:he soldier was on a 90-day fur.ough.
His record further showed
.hat he is white, his native home 1
being in ViTginia, and that he 1
anly stopped in the city for a
brief stay.
Miss Starr, pleading guilty to ,
the charges Friday morning in
:ity court, was sentenced to 30
lays hi the county home.
WOODS TO ENTER 1
CORNELL UNIVERSITY
Theodore R. Woods, 1106 Ashe
itreet, has left the city to enter
Cornell University, Ithaca, New i
fork, where he will study further
a the fields of animal husbandry
md field crops, leading to an advanced
degree. He holds a lB. S.
iegree from Tennessee A. gnd I.
State College, Nashville, having
ieen inducted hi the army April
14, 1941, serving until Septemier
15, 19 45, at the Station Hoslital.
Fort Bragg, N. C., as a labiratory
technician and personnel
lupervisor.
Upon completion of his studies '
it Cornell, Mr. and Mrs. Woods 1
will make their home in Nash-(
ville. 1
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loft to u?ht, .Misses: Christine
nii'i', Charlotte, 1'.; ICIcunor
ant secretary* Mocksvillc, N. C.;
right, Allelic Williams, chaplain,
Mclba Davis, vicc-pn sitlciu,
OIise.rveFaunding
"^organization
The founding and reorganization
of Bennett college will he
marked when the college celetilt*
7 9ti/l !inn!"?'[.ov,f aP
w ?>iU U.IIU111 oo i ui ua
birth anil' its 20th year as a woman's
college. Traditional exercises,
with colorful academic regalia,
will be held in Annie Merner
Pfeiffer chapel Friday, Novmeber
16.
Principal speaker on the occasion
will be Dr. Roy A. Burkliart,
pastor of the First Community
church, Columbus, O. Ho
Is widely known because of the
service his c liurc h renders in
community youth improvement
and for his writings on marriage
and personal relationships.
The exercises will recall the day
it small group of Negro ministers
met iu the basement of Saint
Matthews church here in 1873,
and organized Bennett Seminary,
llic forerunner of Bennett college.
Likewise, it calls attention
io the reorganization in 1926
vhen the institution became a
woman's college and Dr. David
D. Jones was elected president.
Mrs. Louis Speed, of 819 Cumberland
street, left Sunday for
Fort Wayne, Ind., where she will
visit her son and daughter-inlaw,
Cpl. and Mrs. O. E. Speed.
Ipl. Speed is now stationed at
"on Wayne.