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VOL. 26, NO. 23
GREENSBORO, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, MARCH 24, 1967
PRICE 10 CENTS
BETHEL A M E CHURCH NEWS
Activities For Easter
Sunrise service will be held
at Bethel Church Sunday,
March 26 at 6 a.m. During this
service the Young People's De
partment will present their
Easter Program. Members of
the combined choirs will sing.
"Service of Adoration" will bi
held at 11:00 a.m. The Pastor,
Dr. L. S. Penn Sr., will deliver
the message.
At 3:30 p.m. the Sunday
School Department will pre
sent their Easter Program in
the Fellowship Hall.
Union Service will be held
at 8 p.m.
The Annual Egg Hunt spon
sored by the Sunday School
will be held on the lawn of
the residence of Mrs. Odessa
Harris on Ward Road, Monday,
March 27, at 10:00 a.m. Mem
bers are asked to donate eggs
for this event. Contact Mrs.
Maude Edwards for further in
formation.
Easter Breakfast
Following the Sunrise Serv
ice at Bethel Church, breakfast
will be sponsored by the
Governors of the States of
Oregon and Mississippi and
their workers at 7:00 a.m.
Benefit ? The States Rally, de
siimed to raise funds for the
Church Sanctuary is now pro
gressing nicely. The menu will
consist of bacon or sausage,
grits ,eggs, hot rolls and cof
fee. $1.00 per plate. Break
fast anyone? You will help a
worthy cause.
Senior Missionary Society
The Senior Missionary So
ciety of Bethel Church met in
the Education Building Thurs
day March 16 for their regular
monthly session at 8 p.m. Mrs.
Ethvel Anderson the President,
presided. Devotion was conduct
ed bv Mrs. Theora Gilmer. The
meeting was opened by sing
ing "Glory To His Nam."
Prayer was offered by Mrs.
Sarah Jacksin. The scripture,
the 19th charter of St. John
was read by Mrs. Odetta Wig
gins. Mrs. Gilmer read an in -
teresting and timelv poem ?
"The Trail of Blood". The
meeting was then turned over
to the President, Mrs. Ander
son who gave the lesson
theme for the session ? "The
Toiler Becomes The Thinker" ?
Goal ? To help people to use
their talents to help them
selves ? Learning Through Ac
tion. She presented the first
panelist ? Dr. L. S. Penn Sr. to
the group. Dr. Penn's subject
was "What is a good job," ?
Jobs for Youth a concern of the
church today and tomorrow. He
stressed three points ? Qualifi
cation, preparation and rewards.
The second panelist, Mrs.
Aleece Faukner spoke on Jobs
for Youth ? A Concern of thel
Church Today and Tomorrow.
She emphasized keeping the
youth in school today that they
may be well prepared for jobs
tomorrow.
The third speaker Mrs. Bea
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Welfare Department spoke on
the Community Action Pro
gram. She outlined services of
the local Welfare Department
in its effort to help people help
themselves to become better
citizens.
Mrs. Anderson concluded the
discussion by saying ? "Today's
youth will be the adults of to
morrow, if they have an op
portunity to learn depends on
the adults of today if they
grasp the opportunities offer
ed them the future will be a
better place in which to live
than today. If they do not the
world will be doomed. Let us
help them to learn, to toil in a
creditable way for "The Toil
ers Becomes The Thinkers" in
the present and the future. The
future belongs to thise who
prepare for it. Let's prepare our
youth."
The meeting closed with the
Missionary Benediction.
Education Building Dedicated
The dedication of the Educa
tion Building of Bethel Church
was held Sunday, March 19, at
3:30 p.m with Bishop George
W. Barber, Presiding Prelate of
the Second Episcopal Dsitrict
conducting the service.
The "First Lady of the Dis
trict" Mrs. Elvira Baber, ac
companied her husband to
Greensboro.
Following the dedication a
Fellowship Tea yas served in
honor of Bishop and Mrs Ba
ber Dr. Gant Presiding Elder of
the District The Pastor and
Mrs. Penn and all of the official
family of Bethel visitors and
friends; by the Senior Mission
ary Society.
Flowers and palms for the
decoration in the Fellowship
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Funeral Services Held For
James Thomas Kimble
Mr. James Thomas Kimble,
ago 73 died at L. Richardson j
Memorial Hospital, Tuesday, j
'
March 21, following a brief ill
ness. He resided at 207 Ray St. !
Mr. James Thomas Kimble
Funeral service will be held
Friday, March 24th, 4:00 P. M.
St. James Baptist Church, Rev.
Prince E. Graves pastor will of- |
ficiate. Burial will follow in Ma
plewood Cemetery.
The family will receive their
friends at Brown's Funeral
Home Thursday night between
the hours 7-9.
Survivors include his wife,
Mrs. Nellie Kimble; two sons,
Nathaniel and James Kimble,
both of Greensboro, N. C.; tw. .
step daughters, Miss Evelyn
Austin and Mrs. Cornelius
Smith, Greensboro; eight grand
children, four great grandchild
ren; three brothers, Henry Kim
ble, Elkhorn, W., Virgina, Ro
bert Kimble .Lakeview, Now
Jersey, Murvin Kimble, Green
wich, Connecticut ;three sisters,
Mrs. Mary Petty, Mrs. Alice
Cummings and Mrs. Lucille
Siler, all of Greensboro.
Brown's Funeral Directors in
charge of arrangements.
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Bennett College Seniors
Pecelve C?ps ! nd Gowns
Members of the senior class I
at Bennett College Friday re- 1
ceived their caps and gowns I
and heard President Isaac H. >
Miller, Jr. urge them to be
"creative and not reactive" as
they build their lives.
"The world," he said, "is
I crying for creative leadership,
j What new ingredient do you
have to put into life's recipe;
j what new factor into life's
equation? The world is in need
| of young people who can in
ject new meaning and new
principle into the life of our
land It's up to you."
President Miller urged the
seniors to maintain a broad base
of religious commitment, to set
high standards for themselves,
to place all things in perspeetivs
; and to make themselves indis
pensable. "Have something that
j the world wants to pay for," he
declared
I Dean Chauncey O Winston, in
presentng the 107 seniors to
President Miller, revealed that,
as of yesterday, Miss Patricia
Falson, if New Bern, with a
cumulative average of 2.85 out
of a possible 3.0 is leading her
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Annual Usher Board Baby Coirfet Held
St Matthews Methodst Church
held its Annual Usher Board's
Baby Contest on Sunday, Marcn
19th, 1967 at 3:00 P.M. Mrs. D.
B. Mcl.eod presided. Mrs. R. D.
Barrett was the speaker. The (
Hampton School Glee Club
supplied the music. A sum of .
$126.00 was raised.
Shown in the picture from .
S.t Matthews Methodist Church
Dickson James Peterson, Jr.,
and Jeffry Mack. Mrs D. B. Mc
Leod stands to the far right of
tho picture.
Asa T. Spaulding, NCM
President, Receives
University of Michigan's
Sescuir.cn ennicl Award
Asa T Spaulding, president of
the North Carolina Mutual Life
Insurance Company was the
recent recipient of the Univer
sity of Michigans Sesquicenten
nial Award. The award was
given in connection with the
commemoration of this insti
tution's 150th anniversary, and
was created by the Regents of
the University to be given ex
clusively during the Sesquicen
tennial year.
The unique award is being
presented on various occasions
throughout the year to alumni
Asa T. Spaulding
of the University and to other
individuals who exemplify the
principles expressed in the
Sesquicentennial theme: Knowl
edge, Wisdom and the Courage
to Serve
Spaulding is an alumnus of
the University of Michigan,
where he received a degree in
actuarial science.
Visitors from all over the
world, including heads of state,
ministers of education, and
scholars in scores of fields are
expected to participate in the
events of the year-long cele
bration.
The University has commis
sioned music, books of history, a
photographic essay and a film
to mark the occasion.
I. Rich rdson Hospital
Gets 5150,000 Loan
A $-150,000 loan for L. Rich
ardson Hospital was approved
yesterday by the Greensboro
City Council and the Guilford
County Board of Commission
ers, with each to supply half.
Funds for the five-year,
interest-free loan are to come
from non-ad-valorem , sources
in both city and county budgets
The proposal for loans as
sisting the hospital in its finan
cial crisis was made by Council
man Forrest Campbell, after the
council and the commissioners
earlier had denied a grant to
the hospital.
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