SING AT BESSEMER CITY FRIDAY — The Oak Ridge Quartet will
feature a gospel song program at Bessemer City high school audi
torium Friday night at 8 o'clock, in a program sponsored by the Bes
semer City Junior Chamber of Commerce. Also to be featured at the
program are the Songsters.
Negro News
By Mrs. Cannie Gordon
105 Carpenter Street
’ The* WSCs" of St. Paul Metho
dist church will meet Sunday
evening at 4 p. m. at the home
of Mrs. Daisy L. Smith.
All children, ages 6 to 12, are
asked to attend Children’s Hour
Sunday afternoon from 4 to 5
p. m. at the home of Mrs. Lucille
Tate on Watterson street.
Mrs. Doris Reed returned from
a visit with relatives in New
York.
Rev. and Mrs. F. J. Lee were
Sunday dinner guests of Mr. and
Mrs. Buddy McCluney.
A household shower was given
In honor of Rev. and Mrs. F. J.
Lee Tuesday evening by the Com
munity club at the home of Mrs.
J. A. Gibson. Many useful gifts
were received.
Mrs. James Twltty of the Lin
coln Academy community died
Tuesday morning at her home.
Funeral arrangements are incom
plete at this writing.
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St. Paul Methodist church met
Wednesday evening at 7:45 at
the home of Mrs. Pearl Goude
loek. Mrs. Lawyer Quinn conduct
ed the worship service. Program
topic was "Faith”. Taking part
on the program were Mrs. Can
nie Gordan. “Faith in Our Bible”;
Mrs. Sam Brown, “To Have Fai
th”; and Mrs. W. J. Goudelock,
“Faith and Hope”. The business
session followed. Mrs. Eila Ruth
Stars, chairman, presided. Visi
tors presented were Mrs. Inez
Wright, Mrs. Mattie Ourrence,
Mrs. L. Wright, and ladies of the
WSCS of St. James Methodist
church, York, S. C. Others pre
sent included Mrs. Janie Young,
Mrs. Sarah Clark, Mrs. Lottie
Means, Mrs. Eunice Hickman,
Mrs. Mary Lizzie Roberts, Mrs.
Ann Nell Williams, Mrs. Eugenia
Brown, Quincy Stars, Sam
Brown, and Lawyer Quinn. At the
close of the meeting Mrs. Euge
nia Brown directed the group to
the dining room to a covered dish
supper.
Funeral service for Meek Mc
Gill was held Thursday at 3 p. m.
at Trinity AME Zion church, the
pastor officiating. Surviving are
his wife, Mrs. Cora McGill; four
daughters, Mrs. Sally Hughes,
Mrs. Mattie Carroll. Mrs. Laura
Jane Rhodes, and Mrs. Wilma
McGill, High Point; three sons.
Mason and Jim McGill of De
troit, and Buster McGill of Balti
more, Md.; one brother, Sam Mc
Gill of Kings Creek, S. C.; and 12
grandchildren.
On Saturday and Sunday nights
Arthur Williams, Jr., and Miss
Mary Helen Williams, of Gas
tonia; and Sammie Williams and
Miss Mary Frances Armstrong
of Clover were united in marriage
in Gaffney, S. C. Both young men
are sons of Rev. A. W. Williams
of Route 1.
There will be a fish fry given
on the lawn of Good Hope Pres
byterian church on Saturday af
ternoon, April 30, beginning at 4
o’clock. Sponsored by the circle
of the church.
Compact News
By Mzs. A. P. Adams. P. O. Box
166. Phono 1130-W
The Compact High School Glee
Club sang at Ebenezer church
Sund(ay, April 24. The sermon
was presented by the ipastor, Rev.
W. M. Murry, who left imemedi
ately after service for Pittsburg,
Penn.
Social News
There will ibe a social at Com
pact High school Friday night
sponsored by the N. H. A. chap
ter of Compact.
School News
The Compact chapter of the
New Farmers of America was
represented at the Atkins Feder
al contest which was held at
i Lincoln High School on April 25.
The chapter was represented in
public speaking by Jimmie Dye;
the Quiz Contest by Levaughn
Crosby; the Chapter Electrician,
Alexander Adams; the Quartet,
A. F. Goode, Raymond Goode,
Donald Louis and Levaughn
Crosby; Shop contestant, Berlin
Mitche; Talent, Levaughn Cros
by. Other boys from the Chapter
were Herbert Daniels, Odell Mit
chem, and James Curiton. The
chapter made a better showing
this year, than It did last year.
Faculty members present from
! Cornpast were Mr. L. L, Adams,
Principal; Mr. M. L. Campbell,
Agriculture teacher. State offi
cials present were Mr. W. G.
Fisher and Mr. W. T., Jackson.
Other schools represented were
Camp High, Washington High,
Green Bethel High, and Douglas
High of Cleveland county; John
Chavis and Lincoln High of Gas
ton county; Clear Creek and
Huntersville of Mecklenburg
county. It was a very inspiring
and beneficials meeting.
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