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VOL. 27. NO. SO GREENSBORO. NORTH CAROLINA. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1968 PRICE 10 CENTS
BETHEL A.M.E.
bethel CHURCH
League Meet In*
Tile Laymen's League of
Bethel A. M. E. Church held
Its regular meeting Friday, Sept
87, at 8 p. m. with Mr. and
Mrs. Comey Enzlow as hosts In
their home on Jones Road In
the Mt. Tabor community.
Members present were Mr.
and Mrs. James Slappy, Mrs.
Nettle Thompson, Mrs. Mary
Miller. Mrs. Maggie Gant, Mrs.
Florence Lucas, Mrs. Bradford,
Mr. L. S. Penn, Jr., Rev. L. S.
Penn. Sr., Mrs. Ruth Jackson,
Mrs. Summers, Mr. and Mrs.
Comev Enzlow, Mrs. Odessa
Norris. Carol and Micheal En
zlow and Dewain Norris.
The League plan a full day
of activity Sunday, Oct. 27. and
all are urged to share in the
celebration of Laymen's Day.
Mr Joseph McKinney, the pres
ident of the Laymen's Organi
zation of the Second Episcopal
District of the A. M. E. Church
will be the guest speaker at
11:00 a. m. At 4:00 p. m, the
Young Laymen wlU have
charge of the service, thus di
viding the observance Into two
sections to accommodate the
jrouth and adults. You are in
vited to attend.
League is gaining mo
mentum as it grows in the
work. We solicit more members
during Its membership cam
paign. Please see Mr. Thomas
Slater for your membership
card todayt
Executive Meeting
The Executive Board of the
Laymen's Organization of the
North Carolina Conference met
at Bethel A. M. E. Church,
Sunday, Sept. 29, at 2:00 p. m.
with presidents from four dis
tricts giving favorable reports
from their respective units,
namely: John C. Pike, Morgan
ton District; A. A. . Smith,
Greensboro District; S. F. Pom
pey, Durham District, and Bel
ton Bethea, Raleigh District.
Mr. Bryant Bethea of Ra
leigh, N. C., presided, with Mrs.
O. M. Carr of Charlotte, N. C.,
second vice president, assisting.
Mrs. Eva Slappy, chaplain of
Bethel A.M.E. Church's League,
led the devotion.
Miss Gertrude Judd, Guilford
College, representing the Youth
Department, gave a report on
plans for money-raising proj
ects.
Mr. Carl Judd, Guilford, N.
C., chairman of the Finance
Committee, presented a pro
posed budget to the group to
study.
Mr. P. A. Williams of Dur
ham, N. C., chairman of the
Constitution and By-Law*
Committee, read the Constitu
tion and By-Laws to the group
tor approval.
World Coqamimian Bandar
Sunday, October ?, is World
Communion Sunday. Bethel
Church will join in the obser
CHURCH NEWS
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vance of the day during the
1 11 o'clock worship service.
Sixteenth Anniversary
The Pulpit Aid Club will ob
serve its sixteenth Anniversary
Sunday, October 13, at 3:00 p.
m. An interesting and educa
tional program is being planned
for the occasion and for your
enjoyment. The pubjlic is cor
dially invited to attend.
Annual Woman's Day
Woman's Day will be ob
served at Bethel Church, Sun
day, October 20. Mrs. Aleece
Faulkner will serve as chair
man, with Mrs. C. F. Gill as
co-chairman. All are urged to
cooperate to help make this
Woman's Dav successful, both
spiritually and financially. Each
member of Pethel is asked to
eive $10.00. Woman's Dav Cap- ]
tains will be published next
week.
Bake Sale
I The Bethelites of Bethel ? our
"Little Ane^ls". will sponsor a
Bake Sale following the morn
ing worship service Sunday,
Oct. 13. They need your sup
port!
Musical Program
The Pastor's Aid Club is pre
senting the "Father and Three
Sons" Quartet and other talent
Sunday, Oct. 27, at 8:00 p. *n.
You muit not miss this treat!
All are invited to attend.
Ebony Campaign at
Bethel Church
An Ebony Campaign is now
in progress at Bethel Church.
Now is the time to subscribe or
renew your present subscription
at $4.00 per year. The Negro
Digest, Jet and Tan are also
offered at low prices. ACT
NOW!
A THOUGHT TO PONDER
"True godliness can be at
tained only as the body,
called in the scripture "Tem
ple of the Holy Ghost" is
cleansed from defilement. In
other words, good health
and a good Christian experi
ence go hand in hand."
REV. STEPHENSON TO BE
GUEST SPEAKER SUNDAY
Rev. John P. Stephenson, Jr.,
executive director of Hope Har
bor, (a Christian home for
alcoholics), will be guest speak
er for the Union Service Sun
day at Trinity A. M. E. Zion at
8:00 p. m. Music will be fur
nished by the Union Adult
Choir. The public is invited.
United Fund
Gets Under Way
The 1969 Campaign of the
United Fund for the Greater
Greensboro Area "officially"
got underway Tuesday, Oct. 1,
as a torch was lighted on First
Citizens Plaza at Elm and Mar
ket streets in downtown
Greensboro.
Seven Torchlighter compa
nies. in which campaign? were
conducted in advance of the
public drive, reported they had
increased their total giving by
40 r>er cent over last year.
The seven companies and the
percentage increase:
Air Conditioning Corooration,
| 27%: BrnoVs Lumber Company,
84%: The fev Company, ?R%:
Lynch Hosiery Mi'ls. ?5"%;
O^ell Hardware Comoanv. 65%;
P'lot Life Insurance Company,
33%. arid West Ai'to Supnly
Comnanv Division office. 47%.
T^e first report meeting of
the campaign, with a g"al of
SI. 361. 557. will be held Thurs
day, Oct. 10. at 12:30 p. m. at
the Statler-Hilton.
Veterans' Administration
News
(Information Service)
(EDITOB"? ITCHS: Vetei-ans
and their families are asking
thousands of questions concern
ing the benefits their govern
ment provides for them through
the Veterans Administration.
Below are some representative
queries. Additional information
may be obtained at any VA
office.)
Q ? I will be separated from
military service too late to enter
school this fall. Must I start
school in the spring semester or
can I take it easy this year and
enter school in the fall of 1969?
I don't want to lose my G. I.
Bill entitlement.
A ? You can delay entering
school without losing your
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ftnderson memorial at St. Matthews
United Methodist Church
Mary Katheryn Anderson
Mrs. Julia B. Anderson and
her children remembered their
husband and father during ser
vices at St. Matthews United
Methodist Church last Sunday.
The Reverend Anderson was
pastor of St. Matthews in 1965,
and rendered exceptional sei
vice in the church and in the
Greensboro community before
his death. Little Mary Ander
son presented the check for
one hundred dollars to the
^uilding fund of the tjhur?h tov
^memory of her father. ,
. Joseph B. Bethea, minister of
St. Matthews, received the gift
on behalf of the church, and
called the gift a fitting tribute
to Mr. Anderson, "who gave his
life for St. Matthews Church".
Annual Revival Services
To Be Held At
St. Matthews Church
The Annual Revival of St.
Matthews United Methodist
Church will be held October 27
November 1. Dr. William M.
Ferguson, District Superinten
dent of the North Florida Dis
trict, Florida Conference of the
United Methodist, will be the
guest preacher. The pastor,
Joseph B. Bethea, and mem
bers of St. Matthews extend a
cordial Invitation to the Greens
boro community to attend the
services. The church is located
at S. Ashe and Lee streets.
School Of Missions
To Be Held At
St. Matthews Church
The church-wide School o 1
Missions will be held at St.
Matthews United Methodist
Church on the four Sunday
afternoons in November at 5:30.
Mrs. Joseph B. Bethea will lead
the adult study, "New Forms
of Mission." Corbett Drake will
. lead the youth study, and Jos
eph B. Bethea will lead the
Bible study on the Gospel of
John. Mrs. Lenora Andrews,
dean of the school, is expecting
large numbers to participate la
oportunity for worship, study,
and fellowship.
United Methodist
Youth Fellowship
At St. Matthews
The United Methodist Youth
Fellowship of St. Matthews
United Methodist Church has
' been quite active in the church
in recent weeks. In addition to
a car-wash at the church on a
recent weekend, the Fellowship
was in charge of morning wor
ship at the church last Sunday.
Miss Charleen Lindsay pre
sided and several other mem
bers of the Fellowship partici
pated. The Youth Choir, di
rected by Mrs. Carrie Shipp,
sang several selections.
The minister, Joseph B. Be
thea, spoke to the congregation
on "The Reasons For Living,"
; and installed the new officers
of the Fellowship for the year.
WELCOME AND FAREWELL ? Senator Hugh Scott (R.-Pa.), with pipe in
hand, welcomes Mrs. Deborah Tolson (right), a Howard University senior who
jnst joined his staff, at a farewell party for Roy Ogburn (left) who leaves Sena
tor Scott's staff to attend Harvard Law School. Senator Scott has one of the best
Integrated staffs in the CapitoL