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Mcßean Rd. of Augusta, will host a Shepeard Community
Blood Center blood drive on Sun., Feb. 24, from 10a.m. to 1:30
p.m. Please bring ID or donor card.
8 Elim Baptist Church, 2359 Mt. Auburn St. of Augusta,
will hold Paine College Day on Sun., Feb. 24. Services will
begin at 11 a.m. with the Rev. Dr. Rosa Williams, pastor of
Everfaithful Baptist Church will deliver the sermon. Rev. Dr.
" Charles E. Smith is pastor. :
B Old Storm Branch Baptist Church of Clearwater,
S.C. will host the Stormettes Girls Ministry Black History
Program on Sat., Feb. 23, at 5 p.m. in the Family life Center.
The church will also hold its Annual Black History Program on
Sun., Feb. 24, at 4 p.m. Speaker will be Mrs. Patricia Abney
McDaniel. Rev. Nathaniel Irvin Sr. is pastor.
B Hammond Grove Baptist Church of North Augusta,
S.C. will celebrate its Annual Family and Friends Program on
Sun., Feb. 24, at 6 p.m. Rev. Angelina Walker and her church
congregation will be the special guest for the occasion. Bobby
G. Hankerson is pastor.
@ Whole Life Ministries, 2621 Washington Rd. of Augus
ta, will be celebratingits 15 anniversary on Sun. & Mon., Feb.
24and 25, For Feb. 24, services willbe held 10:30 a.m. and 7:30
p.m. with the concluding Feb. 25 service at 7:30 p.m. Guest
speakers will be Perry Stone and Barbara Richmond. Also
featuring the L’Chaim Dancers. There will be a healing
explosion on March 16, Jerry Savelle on March 12 and Jesse
DuPlantis on April 25-26.
B Fort Gordon will hold its National Prayer Breakfast on
Tues., Feb. 26, at 6:30 a.m. at the Gordon Club on 19t St.
Guest speaker will be Chaplain (Brig. Gen.) David H. Hicks,
deputy chief of chaplains. The event is open to the public with
proceeds going to the Chaplain’s Crisis Ministry Fund, which
assists needy service members and their families. For ticket
information, please call (706) 791-4707.
B Liberty Baptist Church, 1232 Ancerson Ave. of Augus
ta, will hold a day of observance of National Black HIV/AIDS
Awareness on Tues., Feb. 26, at 7 p.m. The program goals are
to emphasize the HIV/AIDS “state of emergency” in the black
community; to educate people of color about HIV/AIDS; to
encourage testing and to make responsible life choices and to
promote the need for African Ainericans to advocate for
resources needed to fight this disease. For information,
contact Sandra E. Wimberly at 667-4342. Rev. Don Darden is
pastor.
B Beulah Grove Baptist Church, 1434 Poplar St. of
Augusta, will hold a Morning Bible Study, “Through the Bible
in One Year,” every Thurs. a 7 and 8 a.m. For more info, visit
the web site at www.beulahgrove.orgor call 724-1086. Rev. Dr.
Sam Davis is pastor.
M The Christ Episcopal Church, 1900 Greene St. on the
corner of Eve and Greene Streets, near Crawford Ave. of
Augusta, will host a soup kitchen for the needy and homeless
every Sat., from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. No preaching, no
pledging, no cost, only good food. For more info, call (706) 736-
5165.
B New Beginning, an alcohol and drug support group, will
meet every Monday at 6:30 p.m. at the House of the Lord
Pentecostal Church, 1351 10 St. and Perry Ave. of Augusta,
the place where “you can begin again.” For more info, call
(706) 722-6023.
B CSRA R.LS.E,, Inc., a non-profit organization, is offer
ing GED preparation and tutoring classes free of charge at
1202 D’Antignac St. To register for classes, you may sign up
at the center between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m., Mon. - Fri., or just
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Rev. Dr. Paul Gardner
1630 Fifteenth St. Augusta, Ga. 30901
(706) 733-9430
Sunday: Sunday School 9:30 am
Worship Service 11:00 am
Ist Sunday Eve. 6:30 pm
Wednesday: Praise Bible Study 7:00 pm
Thursday: Senior Services 10:00 am
Day Care Center ‘
6:45 am-5:30 pm
Thankful Baptist Church
A Friendly Church with a Friendly Welcome
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Thankful Baptist Church
: ' 302 Walker Street
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: Rev. Gregory A. Young
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before classes at 6 p.m. For more info, call Rev. Thomas
Walker at 737-3776.
B Jerusalem Missionary Baptist Church, 1415 Jones
St. of Augusta, holds Sunday worship services at 8 and 10:15
a.m. Church training classes are held Wednesdays at 6 p.m.
Hot meals served on Tuesdays at noon. ‘fransportation to
Sunday worship services provided. Call (706) 722-5081.
B The Light of the World Evangelistic Outreach
Ministries, 1880 Alabama Rd. of Augusta, holds Sunday
School at 10 a.m. with worship service at 11 a.m. Bible study/
prayer is held every Wed., 7 p.m. Ministries of the church
include spiritual counseling for the homeless, poor and needy;
Food and Clothing Ministry; Sr. Citizen Brown Bag Program;
Sr. Citizen Housing Grants for repairs and painting of homes;
IRS tax consulting; teenage pregnancy counseling and many
other in-house ministries. For more info, call the church at
Obituaries
WILLIAMS FUNERAL
HOME INC.
1765 MARTIN LUTHER
KING JR. BLVD.
AUGUSTA, GA
Mrs. Lona Cathryn
Mitchell Crawford
Entered into rest on Wednes
day, February6,2oo2at MCG.
Funeral servicewasheld Feb
ruary 11, 2002 at 1 p.m. at
Beulah Grove Baptist Church
with Rev. Phillip Dunston offi
ciating. Interment was in
Southview Cemetery. Survi
vors include five daughters:
Shirley Mosley, Kathryn
Guzman and Cheryl Crawford,
all of Augusta, Ga., Jereen
(willie) Walton of Queens, N.Y.
and Yvonne Crawford of
Greenville, S.C.; two sons:
Richard Crawford Jr. and
Ronnie Crawford, both of Au
gusta, Ga.; twosisters: Hildred
Williams and Martha (John)
Winfield, both of Augusta,
Ga.three brothers: George
(Minnie) Mitchell, James
(Mary) Mitchell and Monore
(Cherrie) Mitchell Jr., all of
Grenville, S.C.; 14 grandchil
dren, seven great-grandchil
dren, nieces, nephews, cous
ins; and a host of other rela
tives and friends.
Mr. Eugene Fuller
Entered into rest on Wednes
day, February 6, 2002 at the
University Hospital. Funeral
service was held February 8,
2002 at 12 noon atMacedonia
Baptist Church with Rev. J.L.
Stokes officating. Interment
wasin Cedar Grove Cemetery.
Survivors include his wife,
Evelyn Moore Fuller; one
daughter, Patricia Fuller
Godette of New York, N.Y.;
Faith Outreach Christian Life Center, inc.
Monthly Event Schedule
Sunday Services 8:00AM
10:45AM
Ist Saturday of the Month Men’s Outreach B:3OAM
2nd Tuesday Youth Outreach (Ages 3-12) 7:OO°PM
2nd Friday * Teen Outreach (Ages 13-18) 7:OOPM
2nd Saturday Adult Single’s Outreach . B:3OAM
3rd Saturday Women’s Outreach B:3OAM
4th Tuesday Marriage Maintenance 7:OOPM
Every 4th Monday Youth Skating at the Stardust
- Rink or Youth Bowling at the
Fort Gordon Bowling Alley
(Please call) 6:3OPM
Every Wednesday Corporate Prayer 6:OOPM
Every Wednesday Bible Study 7:OOPM
Pastor RicHARD PEOPLES
2664 Willis Foreman Road
Hephzibah, GA 30815
Phone: (706) 792-9972
‘Write the vision and make it plain upon the tables that he may run who readeth it” Hab 2:2
"RESTORATION MINISTRIES INTERNATIONAL
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Dr. & Mirs.
Michael Mitchell
+Sunday Services 9:30a.m,
+Wednesday “Hour of Power” Bible Study 7:00p.m.
TV_BROADCASTS:
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& Charter Cable Ch 9 Monday-Friday 11:30 a.m.
Comcast Cable Channel 66 Mondanga& Thursday, 8:30 p.m.
& Sunday 9:00 a.m.
Services Held At: Restoration Ministries International
2404 Tobacco Road
Hephzibah, Ga. 30815-Phone: 796-1400 e rmi24o4@aol.com
two sons: Carl Eugene
(Darlene) Fuller of College
Park, Ga. and Steven (Tracey)
Fuller of New York, N.Y.; two
sisters: Thelma Fuller Skin
ner of Philadelphia, Pa. and
Jennie Fuller Cooper of Au
gusta, Ga.; nine grandchil
dren, one great-grandchild;
and a host of other relatives
and friends.
Mr. Percy Davis Pugh
Entered into rest on Friday,
Februaryl,2oo2. Funeral ser
vice washeld February 3, 2002
at 3 p.m. at Doyle Grove Bap
tist Churchin Blythe, Ga. with
Rev. Stanley Brown officiat
ing. Interment was in the
church cemetery. Survivors
include his wife, Lillian B.
Pugh; four daughter: Shirley
(Donnie) Jefferson of Bath,
S.C.,Judy(Charles) Greenand
Iris V. Brown, both of Au
gusta, Ga. and Earnestine
(Dennis) Jones of Brooklyn,
N.Y.; one son, Rev. Stanley
(Julia) Brown of Grovetown,
Ga.; two sisters: Laura Mae
Fields and Shirley (Bill)
Tomlinson, both of Atlanta,
Ga.; eight grandchildren, two
great-grandchildren, five sis
ters-in-law, two brothers-in
law; and a host of other rela
tives and friends.
MAYS MORTUARY
1221 James Brown Bluvd.
Mr. Arthur Lee Smith
Entered into rest on Monday,
Februaryll,2oo2 at the Uni
versity Hospital. Funeral ser
vice was held February 15,
2002 at 1 p.m. at the W.H.
Mays Mortuary Chapel. Sur
vivors includeone aunt, Ruby
S. Wimberly of Hephzibah,
Ga.; and a host of other rela
tives and friends.
“A People of Destiny”
A Family Church--Devoted to Restoring
Lives Through the Word of God
*Women's Fellowship, IstFriday of month
*Singles Ministry, 2nd Friday of month
*Men's Fellowship, 3rd Friday of month
*Seniors Ministry
*SchoolofMinist%ofleredtoMinisters
*Teens, Youth, & Children’s Ministries
AUGUSTA FOCUS
Railway porters recalicd
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theirlivesto workingin Maine’s
railroad system would be over
looked in the excitement of the
railroad’s return.
“That’s why I had to go,”
Cummings said. “Maine has a
+black history that has to be
told.”
As many as a dozen workers
carriedbags, cleanedbathrooms
or cooked for passengers trav
eling in and out of Union Sta
tion beforeit wastorn down the
morningofAug. 31,1961. Many
of these people, such as }h{
Cummings brothers, were re
lated and settled in the Port
land area from Massachusetts
or Canada. Portland was con
sidered a safe and affordable
place to raise a family.
When the station was com
pleted in 1888, the nation was
caught up in a period of rapid
change. As part of the Indus
trial Revolution, anational rail
way system was emerging and
bringing the country together.
To service these trains and
stations, railways commis
sionedrecently freed slaves, who
had skills in manual labor in
fields or factories, or domestic
skills, such as cleaning, cook
ing and serving.
One railway known as the
Pullman Sleeping Car Co. be
gan to employ blacks exclu
sively. The system was said to
retain theracial infrastructure
in a manner that was accept
able to the general public.
The Maine Central Railroad
and otherrail servicesin Maine
reflected this national trend.
About sixred caps, a term used
todescribetheirapplered hats,
worked the Boston-Maine “Fly
ing Yankee” and “Hemlock”
services.
Work as a red cap was one of
the few job opportunities for
blacks in Portland, where
steady employment was very
limited. But there was virtually
no chance for advancement.
Eddie Cummingsrosenohigher
thantherank ofredcapcaptain
despite 50 years of service.
“Although hecould havebeen
whatever he wanted, he made
the best of it with what was
avalaible for him,” Cummings
said.
Professional career opportu
nities around Portland were
virtually non-existent.
Cummings recalled a relative
who was a pharmacist coming
to Portland to look for work.
No one would hire him, so he
too became a red cap.
“Itwassomewhatleft toblack
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FEBRUARY 14, 200
people that (service railroad
jobs) were their position,” said
Gerald Talbot, prominent local
black historian, “but for black
peopletohold that position and
to be respectable and cordial
andkind. Tobe personableand
to be the best they could be,
they brought dignity to it.”
Indeed. Wayne Davis, head of
the Trainriders/Northeast, said
as a child traveling along the
trainsystem, heremembersthe
red caps as “most attentive,
polite and well-spoken.”
é‘:lfiannbet there are a lot of
plewho entrusted their kids
to these car attendants,” he
said.
Though the red caps worked
for tips and were not salaried
until 1938, Portland red caps
managed to earn a living with
the income from their railroad
workand other sidebusinesses.
Themajority owned theirown
homes and trucks. Eddie
Cummings put six of his seven
children through college.
Nationally, African-Ameri
cans working in the train in
dustry formed the first black
labor union in 1925, shortly
before the number of black por
ters peaked at 20,224. Known
asthe Brotherhood of Pullman
Sleeping Car Porters, thegroup
wasled by A. Phillip Randolph.
The union made several de
mands, includingan end to tip
ping, araise in salary to $l5O a
month, fair pay for overtime, a
workreduction from 400 too 240
hours a month, and scheduled
time to sleep _ four hours the
first night of their weeks and
six hours the following nights.
When the red caps who
worked for companies other
than Pullman formed theirown
union in 1938 with help from
the Pullman porters organiza
tion, they achieved salariesand
shifts for the first time.
Tim Wilson, who directs the
Seedsof Peace Campin Otisfield,
compared thebrotherhood por
terswith theundergroundrail
road because of the national
network of opportunity the por
ters provided for newly freed
slaves in the South.
“They would goback and say
‘Thereisanew hotel beingbuilt
in New York,” Wilson said.
“They would get relatives and
madesurethat they got there.”
Wilson’s grandfather, An
drew Mobley, worked as a por
ter and was one of the original
membersofthe Pullman porter
union. Hetraveledaroutefrom
Charleston, S.C., to Baltimore
to Washington. Occasionally,
he would ride to Pittsburgh to
visit Wilson and his family.
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