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GREENSBORO, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER /9, 1967
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A Community Responds
To The Red Cross Call
Persons in picture (from left to
right): Mr. Fred Fulp, J. P.
Stevens & Co., Inc.; Mrs. Verner
Love, Volunteer Chairman of
Production and in charge of
Ditty Bag for Christmas Project,
and Frank Allen, Jr., Staff,
American Red Cross.
In July, to be exact just 177
days before Christmas, the word
went out "Christmas in Vietnam
Ditty Bag Project Begins". The
quota of 1000 bags from Greens
boro did not cause even a small
flutter of concern. When you
have worked with the citizens of
this area you know the response
will be immediate, generous and
will continue until the objective
is accomplished.
Who are the people who help
onn such projects? People from
all walks of life. All ages, all
races, everyone with a desire to
help the men away from home
who are giving their "all" to
help us.
The youngest contributor was
a lad only five years old. He
went with his mother to shop
for the items and then had her
write on nthe card enclosed, "I
am five years old. I had fun
shopping with mommy. Hope
you have a Merry Christmas".
Young people responded ? cub
scouts, youth groups. Young
girls and boys came by the
chapter house taking onen bag,
maybe two bags to fill.
Organizations such as busi
ness and professional women.
National Secretaries, Legal Sec
retaries, State Highway Patrol
Auxiliary, Barber's Auxiliary,
neghborhood service clubs, cos
metologist and drug auxiliary.
Lions and Quota Club and vet
eran's groups.
Church groups filled a large
portion nof the quota. The list
of women's church groups num
bered over fifteen and the
Knight's of Columbus took forty
bags to fill.
Several shut-ins called and
asked for one, two or three bags
to be mailed to them so they
could share n this project.
The nurses at L. Richardson
and Wesley Long had a part.
The success of this project
was made possible by the help
of our senior citizens. The
Young at Heart Senior Citizens
made over two hundred bags
and filled thirty bags. Many
people will remember Miss Ber
tha Brooks and her sister Mrs.
Wilson of Brooks and Wilson
and their friend Mrs. Farlow.
These lovely ladies, nonw re
tired, made 175 bags for the
boys.
A person would come by and
in an almost apologetic manner
ask for one or two bags to fill.
Perhaps they felt it was so little
to offer. When all of these re
quests were added up, over
forty people had asked for five
or less each and the total filled
by them was 105 ? 10% of our
quota.
Monetary contributions were
made to defray the cost of post
age from San Francisco to Viet
nam.
The sewing room at the chap
ter house has been open since
July. The faithful ladies have
made bags there on Tuesday and
took bags home in order that
the supply of bags would be
| ready for our citizens to pick
up and fill.
The production room is now
filled with Christmas for the
men in Vietnam. The next step
is to check them out and load
the truck, (a courtesy of J. P.
Stevens & Co., Inc.), for free
shipment to San Francisco.
At the last count to date, bags
made and filled reached a
grand total of approximately
1300 bags.
Christmas will be brighter for
our fighting men knowing the
people of Greensboro and Guil
ford County cared enough to
work for them. Christmas will
be more meaningful to us at
home knowing we have shared.
Miss Ruth Clinard, Executive
Director of the Greensboro
Chapter, American Red Cross
and Mrs. Verner Love, produc
tion chairman, express their
thanks for the help and cooper
ation from the people of this
area.
Local Council To Unveil New Look
In Cub Scout Activities
"Improving a great program
for boys" will be the theme of
a special orientation program to
be held Sunday, October 1st at
the West Market Street Metho
dist Church, 2:30 p.m. Special
invitations are being sent to the
900 Cub Workers in the General
Greene Council area, which
covers most of Guilford and
Randolph Counties. Adult Cub
Scout workers expected to at
tend the meeting are: Pack
Committee Chairmen, Pack
Committee Members, Cubmas
ters, Assistant Cubmasters, We
bclos Den Leaders, Den Leader
Coaches, Den Mothers, Den
Dads and Cub Scout parents.
The improved Cub program is
the results of a national re
search study, which obtained
the best possible knowledge, ex
perience and opinions about the
needs, characteristics, and de
sires of boys of Cub Scout age
and their family and group in
terest. This national survey re
viewed and appraised current
practices in Cub Scouting. The
findings have been tested and
evaluated since 1965 in sixty
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Funeral Sevices Held For
Rev. H. Baxter Perry
Funeral services were con
ducted for Rev. H. Baxter
Perry, Saturday, September 23,
1967, at 1:00 p. m., Elizabeth
Baptist Church, Monroe, N. C.
Rev. J. H. Ferguson, Minister,
officiated.
The late Professor H. Baxter
Perry, son of the late Leonard
and Frances Anthony Perry,
was born in Kershaw County,
South Carolina, February 7,
1882. He accepted Jesus Christ
as Lord and Saviour of his life.
He worked diligently to pro
mote, through the educational
process, young minds for intel
ligent leadership of their re
spective communities around
the nation.
Professor Perry was a product
of the Union County Schools.
He graduated from Biddle Uni
versity (Johnson C. Smith Uni
versity, Charlotte, North Caro
lina), The Newton Theological
Seminary, Newton, Massachu- j
setts. Class of 1908 and The,
Chicago School of Religion,
Chicago, Illinois.
He was married in 1911 to
the late Mattie Elizabeth Barber
who preceded him in death
September 14, 1967 at High
Point, North Carolina. Four
daughters were born to this un
ion, Elizabeth, Edith A., Edna
V., and Velma. He was a man of
integrity and loved his family ir
his own way.
Professor Perry served pas
torates in Santa Fe, New Mex
ico, Boulder, Colorado and Kan
sas City," Missouri for a number
of years. He then entered the
field of Education as an instruc
tor. He taught Theology (He
brew and The Old Testament)
at Bishop College, Marshall,
Texas until 1931 when he re
turned to North Carolina where
he worked for the educational
growth and development of the
youth of his race in Union
Rev. H. Baxter Perry
County. He believed that each
child should develop to his full
est potentials rather than the
possession of worldly goods.
Survivors include Mesdames
Elizabeth Perry Macklin of
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; E.
Augusta Jackson and E. Vir
ginia Jackson of High Point, N.
C., and Velma P. Morales of
South Ozone Park, New York;
four grandchildren; one sister,
Mrs. Carrie P. Carter of Balti
more, Md.; many nieces and
nephews, other relatives and
many dear friends.
Rev. W. M. Bell To Be Installed As
Head of United Campos Christian Ministry
will be instituted as director of
A&T State University's new
United Campus Christian Min
istry at a special service Sunday,
October 1, at 6 p. m. in the Uni
versity's Harrison Auditorium.
The service, to be conducted
by the Ministry's board of di
rectors will feature a sermon
by the Rev. State W. Alexander,
pastor of Lloyd Presbyterian
Church, Winston-Salem.
Others to take part in the
public program are Dr. William
C. Smith, Jr., state secretary of
student work for the Baptist
State Convention of North Caro
lina; the Rev. Cleo M. McCoy,
director of religious activities at
A&T. The University choir, di
rected by Howard Pearsall, will
furnish music.
In his position, the Rev. Mr.
Bell will work with existing re
ligious programs on the campus
and encourage greater partici
pation by students in inter
collegiate denominational and
Interdenominational conferences
and projects.
The Ministry is sponsored by
the Baptist State Convention of
North Carolina, the General
Baptist State Convention of
North Carolina, the Presbyter
ian Church in the United States,
the Protestant Episcopal Church,
the United Church of Christ,
the United Holy Church of
America, the United Presbyter
ian Church in the United States
of Amerca and the Methodist
Church.
Rev. Mr. Bell is a 1962 grad
uate of A&T and holds a degree
in theology from the Southeast
ern Baptist Theological Semi
nary. He is a son of Dr. and
Mrs. William M. Bell, Sr., 12X5
Moody Street. Dr. Bell is ath
letic director at A&T.
Circle Meets
Circle No. Two, United Insti
tutional Baptist Church, will
meet Sunday in the home of
Mrs. W. M. Warren at 2107
Luthern St., at 5:00 p. m.
Reporter, Mrs. Hollis
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