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PASTORS CHURCH OF
5,0% i MEMBERS
Dr. Thomas S Hasten, recog¬
nised as one of the nation's
great Negro leaders, Is pastor
of Brooklyn’s Holy Trinity Bap¬
tist church, which he has led
from a congregation of 82 mem¬
bers to one of more than 5,000.
He is also vice president of the
National Baptist convention.
DISTRICT MEETING
The district meeting of the
G S. V D. of S. will convene
Sept. 12 at St. Luke A. M. E
church with pastor G. H Stoke:,
and his congregation. Speaker
tor the morning will be Rev,
Stokes, and the welcome ad¬
dress will be given by Mrs. C.
L Washington of St. Luki
church. The afternoon servic.
will be given mostly to the ju¬
veniles of the Good Samaritans,
the speaker being J T. Green,
grand chief of the Samaritans,
and an ardei,] worker and
steward of St. Thomas A M. E.
church. All Samaritans are
asked to be present.
AN INVITATION
The First A B BTU will cel¬
ebrate with a birthday party
at the church, 231 Montgomery
street, Sunday evening, Sept.
12, at 6 o’clock Everyone will
sil iu the group with his or her
birth month associates.
Representatives and friends
Iron every Training Union ixx
til ■ citv are invited. F. C. Mc-
Moore is president; Mrs. Ale-
thla James, secretary; J P.
Brownlee, Director, and Rev. R.
M Gilbert, pastor.
MT. TABOR BAPT.
CHURCH
1 ast Sunday was Men’s Day
at Mt. Tabor Baptist church,
Htary and Bast Bvoa streets.
The morning anil evening ser¬
vices were well attended The
speaker for the morning service
was Deacon Dixon of St. John
Baptist church, and A L
Sampson, prominent member
of the Afro-American Insur¬
ance Co. staff. John Berrien
sang several solos for this oc¬
casion Many visitors witness¬
ed the program George Brin¬
son was the sponsor; Deacon
George White, clerk. Rev. J. H.
Martin, pastor
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REV. WILLIAMS AT
SECOND BAPTIST
The members anil friends oi
the Second Baptist church,
President and Houston streets,
afe looking forward to hear-
the Rev. Richard Williams
jr„ who will preach for them
at the morning and evening
services this coming Sunday
Rev. Williams will also admin¬
ister the holy communion at
1 p. m. He is a son of the Bry¬
an Baptist church and pastor
of the' Pooler Baptist church
B fore entering the ministry
Rev. Williams was a deacon 0 /
3ryan Baptist Church.
The services last Sunday
were conducted by the Rev
Blanton E. Black of Macon
An appreciative audience heard
him at both services
Central Baptist Church
Corner Hull and McAllister
streets; Rev Wm. Daniels, pas¬
tor. In spite of the bad wea¬
ther during the week, services
were well attended Baptism
was Sunday morning and the
Lord’s supper was served at 4
o’clock. A program was ren¬
dered at 8 o’clock by the choir
The Sunday school enjoyed a
lovely outing Labor Day at the
college. The BTU will have its
usual moetiift at 6:30 Sunday.
We are happy to announce
that our sick members are do¬
ing fair.
CITY-WIDE
JSIIKRS UNION
The City-Wide Ushers Un-
m will have its regular meet-
ng Monday night at 8 30 at
Bethlehem Baptist church. All
nembers are asked to be pres¬
ent.
TO PREACH
TRIAL SERMON
D'acon P. H. Hunter will
oreach his trial sermon Sun-
lay night at St Mary's Bap-
ist church. Rev R. D. Cooper,
oastor, to which Deacon Hun-
ter’s friends are invited to ftt "
tend -
• »iii x c„-uto i ne nev. F
F. Moten, for 50 years a dis
tinguished minister and pro
uding elder of the AME church,
will celebrate his golder) an¬
niversary September 16 at thi
Bethel AME church, Kansa;
City, Missouri. Distinguished
churchmen will grace the pro¬
gram, and his daughter, Etla
Moten, will sing.
CHURCH-PASTOR
ANNIVERSARY
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REV. FREDD )'. BOND, Pastor
True Love Baptist church, 777 i
iast Gwinnett street, will ob-
erve its twenty-fourth anni-
/ersary and the seventh anni-
/ersary of the Rev Freddie
3ond as its pastor. The cele¬
bration begins Monday night
md will end Tuesday night,
Sept. 21.
Rev. Bonds has made re¬
markable advancement toward
the beautifying of the church
->nd has added innumerably to
the membership- The public is
medially inyited to attend
'hose services and lister* to
some of Savannah’s most
prominent ministers who will
speak on these programs each
night.
SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON
September 12, ,,. li/48 4U
Finiling and Encouraging 9:26-31: |
Workers- Acts 4:32-37;
11:22-30; 12:25—13:7, 43-52; 14:
1-20- .'cilatians l r >- 1-39; i Corinthians
» ;6 21 13; Collosi-
i-,ns 4:10.
Memory Selection: He was a
good man, and full of the
Holy Spirit and of faith. Acts
II 24.
The lesson prayer by Richard
II Rlttor:
Lord God of the good: grant
us to be good- Keep us hum-
hie, helpful, and generous. May
we be true sons of consolation,
approaching others With open
hearts and open hands. Give
us the grace of simplicity.
Grant that we may see the
rood, even in those distrusted
,»f others, end be willing to be
warders of the friendless and
>I}insors of the unknown.
Cause us to be of one mind
and one soul with all (hose in
need, seeing with their eyes
and feeling with their hearts.
,Ve ask this in the name of
Jesus Christ. Amen.
OLD SAVANNAHIAN
PASSES
Mrs. Elizabeth Warren Curry
younger daughter of the late
Richard and Dellua Warren,
doneer residents of Savannah
md early members of Beth-
tden Baptist church, died last
month in Jacksonville, Florida,
where for many years she had
made her home with her son
md daughter, the son. William
Johnson, a government em¬
ploye; the daughter, Mrs. Eli¬
nor Bowen Littlejohn, a public
health nurse. During her brief
illness she was tenderly cared
for by her children.
Impressive funeral services
were held at Central Baptist
church, where she had been a
member of the Deaconess
Board for many years.
Flowers and messages of
sympathy came from many
parts of the country, many
from old friends in Savannah,
among them Mrs. E B Hall,
Mr. and Mrs. Sim Thomas,
Mrs Franl 4 MpNSchols, Mrs.
C H Stewart Mrs. J W Der¬
rick, and Miss Hattie Lloyd
and Miss M. E. F. Burns, liie- |
long friends of the deceased.
She was tenderly laid to rest |
beneath a mound of beautiful
flowers, thus bringing to a |
close the final chapter of
beautiful and useful life.
r '.iHb SAVANNAS TRIBcNU
fcAPTIST LEADER—Rev.
L. Prince, president of the Na-
tional Baptist Co M ention cf
America, which is holding
annual convention at the
auditorium, Oakland, Cal.,
this wiek -lANPi.
CHURCH-PASTOR
ANNIVERSARY
REV. J E- BAILEY, Pastor
New Moon Baptist
Randolph street, will
its fiftieth anniversary, be¬
girding Monday night,
13, and also the eighth
versary of the Rev. J. E.
as pastor.
The observance will end
September 24 and will be
ticipated in bv a number oi
churches, among them
Arnold Baptist church,
EJenezer Baptist church,
Pageville Baptist church,
Peaceful Zion, Shiloh,
Mt. Herman
churches and St. James
cnurcn ’
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LUTHERAN CHURCH
CHICAGO Wiggan < ANP>—Miss last Sun- Lor-j j
raine Azalea j
day became the first colored
woman of the Illinois synod to
be commission'd as a mission-,
ary of the United Lutheran
church in an impressive serv¬
ice. Guests of both races, more
„mte inaii colored, Idled St.
James Evangelical Lutheran
church to attend the commis-
ioning service and the -recep¬
tion after the service-
The Rev. Arthur Miller Knud-
. en, of the Board of American
Missions commissioned her ar,d
Mrs. Howard S. Bechtelt, vice
president, and Mrs. Claud R
Williams of the Women’s M s-
j.j cnar y Society presented her.
; The Rev. K. Bruno Neuman,
p as ^ 0 r, Luther Memorial church,
uel ver. d the sermon, “The
Light Sh’.nes.” The' Rev. Rob-
bin Wiley Skyles, pastor of St.
| Tames, was liturgist- provided by the
Music was
St. James choir. Solos were “O
Thou That Tellest Good Tid-
jings to Zion,” (Handel), bar 'by'
i Howard Edward Harrison,
jitene and d .rector oi the St
, James choir, anJ “O Divine
Redeemer” by Miss Pearl Rich¬
ards. Miss Gwendolyn Bennett
Ray was the organist.
Miss Wiggan will leave for
Puerto Rico September 9, where
her missionary duties will be¬
gin Sept. 11.
She was the first Negro
graduate of Carthage college
in 194G with a B A. cum laude
in music.
When she goes to Puerto
Rico she will leave her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Edward R. Wig¬
gan, and two sisters, Misses
Ilene and Joyce Wiggan.
Miss Wiggan’s church, St-
James, is one of only three
colored congregations in, the
(United Lutheran church. Other
cities with Negro churches are
Philadelphia and New York.
Pilgrim Baptist Church
628-30 W. Huntingdon St.
Rev. J. J. Dinkins, pastor. The
weekly activities were carried
out as pre-arranged. Church
school met at the usual hour
with Deacon C. H- Jenkins,
,Supt., and the pastor and Dea.
Chares Berry as lesson inter¬
preters. The semi-farewell pastor also de- j
livered a sermon
at 11:30, as he has left fer
the National Baptist Conven¬
tion in Houston, Texas- At 8 j
p. m. Rev. J. H. Fqrd delivered j
an excellent sermon On ’’Look-
U!g for Somebody to go on
Man’s Bond " The Senior Choir ;
will participate in the 12th an-
niversal 'y of the Union Branch
Baptist Choir No. 1, Monday,
Sept13 gistera Edna Wilson
j and Anna Wallace are still ill
and confined to the bed.
UKUlit [HANKS
CARD OF THANKS
Mr and Mrs. Joseph Butler
wish to thank the neighbors
xnd friends for the kindness
and good services shown them
during the illness and dealt
of their mother, Mrs. Lucy
Raiiey. Also for the beautiful
floral designs.
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Butler
CARD OF THANKS
The fam’ly of the late Mrs
Lucinda Williams acknowledges
”ith grateful appreciation the
kind expressions of sympathy
shown by the many friends
during their hour of bereave¬
ment- We also acknowledge
with appreciation the kind
thoughts manifested and cars
donated, too. We especially
hank Rev. E Boyd and church
nd the Steele Funeral Home
or their courtesies.
Mrs. Rebecca Elmore
Mr. Charlie Williams ait,'
hiidren.
Sisters, brothers, aunts, un-
les and other members of the
"amily.
CARD OF THANKS
I want to express my thanks
to my friends for beirj; so
kind to me in my sickness, and
to Mrs Mahalie Green for being
so good waiting on me- Her
dndness will never be forgot-
ten.
MRS. RUTH HOLMES.
429 Purse St.
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Read of the National’Baptist
publishing Board, one of the
great business enterprises oi
race. He is an important
in the National Baptist
i; invention-* of America which
its 68th annual session at
Calif., this week.—
LN MEMORY
SAMPSON — In loving
memory of my husband,
MR. HOWARD SIMPSON
who departed this life
September 6, 1947.
“Beautiful are the memo¬
ries
Of you so kind and true
Through all this sad year
There has been a longing
for you.
For one so good and rare
To me no other couid
compare
You scattered sunshine
everywhere.
Those who knew you
could only say the
best
May God grant you eter¬
nal rest.
Mrs. Daisy Simpson.,
Wife.
SHAVERS — In loving re-
nembrance of our dear son
xnd brother,
MR. AARON SHAVERS
departed this life Sept. 11,
1942.
rhe years have slowly passed
away,
,ince you, dear son, have gone
away,
But each day as the house
move on,
Our love for you has been re¬
born.
often sit and think of you,
we are all alone,
memory is the only thing,
That grief can call its owm
(Ve miss you, oh, we miss you
Tow could we help but cry?
But we know that seme day,
We’ll meet you again by and
by.
No one knows of the sadness,
Only those who have lost can
tell,
Of the grief that’s borne in si¬
lence,
For the one we love so well
God knows how much we miss
you,
Never shall your memory fade
Loving thoughts shall always
wander
the spot where you were
laid.
Sadly missed by:
Mother, Mrs. Hattie Shavers.
Father, Rev M. S. Shavers |
Sister, Mrs. Marie Edwards
Brother, Mr. Moses Shavers
.Jr., New York city.
Grandmother, Mrs. Louisa
Jenkins.
GCULDIn loving memory of
ixy wife and our mother,
MRS. IE ABELL GOULD
vho departed this life two
/ears ago, September 9, 1946.
iently the stars are shining,
Down on her silent grave,
Where lies our loved one sleep¬
ing,
he one we loved but could not
ave.
We often sit and think of
her,
When we are all alone,
cor memory is the only thing,
,’hat grief can call its own.
dore and more each day we
miss her,
?riends may think the wound
has healed,
lut they little know the sor¬
row,
That lies within our hearts-
concealed.
Mr. William Gould, Sr-
Mr. William Gould, Jr.
Mrs. R. L. Haden
Mr. Alfred Gould.
WALLACE—In loving memory
our wife and mother,
MRS. ROSA WALLACE,
vho departed this life Septem¬
5, 1946.
should you be taken
Jne so sweet and rare?
heaven needed
a mother there.
Husband, Henry Wallace
Children:
Mr. aiyi Mrs. Henry Wallace,
Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Ed¬
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Wallace
Charlie Wallace
Two grandchildren, Vincent
Erosylin
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McKELVEY— In sad
ing memory of our veted
WILLIAM McKELVEY, £R.
who departed this l-Ei one
year ago today, September P,
1947- ‘1
Life to him was like a chal¬
lenge, ->
A pilgrimage, a quest, •
And toward the goal of heaven
He moved with noble zest.
£
Death to him was but thb finis
When life’s work was done,
How splendid we can think of
him,
With earth's battle Worn
Sadly missed:
Mrs. Alice McKelvey, v$jife
Washington, D. C. d
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. McKelvey,
Son and daughter-in-law,
New York city- d
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STAPLETON—in sad but
loving memory of my soh and
devoted brother, 1
MR. MIDDLETON STAPLETON,
JR. 1
who departed this life July 29,
1937
and ' -
MIDDLETON STAPIsjETON,
SR.
who departed this life Sept 3,
1946.
did we know that morn¬
ing,
your time had co’fne to
so,
we miss you so. l:^p
is the voice I love ti
sad, but true, I jwonder
why,
had to go.
blow was hard, thej shock
severe,
did not know the pa n was
so near,
God saw that you w< e suf¬
fering,
hills were hard to ilimb,
He whispered closed ytmr pyes, |
peace beithine.
Sadly missed by;
Wife, Mrs. Julia Staple on
.Daughter, Mrs. Ethel i taple-
ton McGee
Sister, Mrs. Diana Grif ’en
Nieces:
Mrs. Florence Gibson
Miss Lovie Mae Allen
Miss Gladys Alim
Mrs. Ethel Tolbert
Mrs- Sadie Mae Smith
Nephew, Mr. Geoger Cl: ments
Son-in-law, Mr. David Ir.Gee
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