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Montgomery Bapt. Church
To Celebrate
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REV, COLLINS TILSON,
Pastor
Montgomery Baptist church
will celebrate Its 76th anniver¬
sary June 1-7 at which time a
number of churches will parti,
cipate in the festivities as fol-
lq#$: Monday night, June 1
fti^&iway Baptist church, Rev.
L. W. Stevens, pastor; Tuesday
night, Beaulah Baptist church,
Rev. Freddie Bonds; Wednes¬
day night, Isle of Hope Baptist
church, Rev. Tilson, pastor;
Thursday night, Macedonia
Baptist church, Rev. Freddie
Bonds; Friday night, Sweet
Field Baptist church. Rev. L.
W. Stevens; Sunday, 2 o’clock,
Speedwell Methodist and Mont¬
gomery Baptist churches in
charge.
Chatham County Baptist
Ministers Union
The Chatham County Baptist
Ministers Union held its regu¬
lar y weekly activities at
Odor’s Temple Baptist church, by! j
Devotions were conducted
t he •■president. Prayer by Rev
R. L. Byrd, who also explain- 1
ed the Sunday School lesson, j
The Union shares deepest
sympathy with Rev. E. A. Cap.
ers in the passing of his be-
loved mother-in-law. j
The chairman of the Sick
Committee reported the illness
of Rev. J. C. McAllister who re-1
sides at 110 Reid street and
Mrs. E. G. Lane. I
The joint summer outing of
the Interdenominational Min.
isters Alliance and the Chatham
County Baptist Ministers Union
will be June 30 at
Members and their families will
mobolize at St. Philip A. M. E.
church, Broad streets, Charles and West|
Tuesday, 9:00 a.
m., June 30th. !
Happy .and heart-felt expres-:
sions were made by the various
brethren concerning their fel-;
lowship during the year.
The Union closed its
activities Tuesday for the sum-
mer holidays until the Nation-1
al Baptist Convention of Amer.
ica, Inc., in California.
Members in attendance were
Revs. E. G. Lane, J. B. Bates.
E. P. Quarterman, L. W. Stev-1
ens, B. M. Corley. R.
F. T. Perry. C. J. Jackson. L. S.'l
Stell, R. L. Byrd. E. L. Thomas
G. R. Conner, Sr.
HaDDv Home Baptist
Church ;
Services Sunday at Happy
Home Baptist church were very
inspiring beginning with Sun.
day School. The 11 a . m. mes-:
sage was delivered by Rev. L.
L. Small and music was ren. 1
BTU dered by held the at Senior Choir [
was 6.30 and night
services at 7:30. Revival meet-
ing began this week with pray- j
er service and one week of j
preaching will begin Monday, j
June 1 with Rev. Mann of
Brunswick. ’" !
St. Luke I ..Lo Bapt. Church rL...„L !
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Services Sundav at St. Luke!
were very inspiring beginning
with ^Sunday School^ At ll
o’clock Rev. B. C. Thomas
preached an impressive sermon. f
He also delivered the night!
sermon. The Mission will cele¬
brate their anniversary Sunday
a t 3:30 p m. Two were added
to the church Sunday night.
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Bethlehem Bapt. Church
The services at Bethlehem
Baptist church Sunday, May 24
were in recognition of the
graduates of our various schools
of the city; the youth of the
church being in charge. The
Emily J. Williams' Choral group
and the L. S. St.ell Singers were
in charge of the music. The
Junior Ushers, and other youth
participated. At the conclu¬
sion of the well attended and
inspiring Church School the
regular morning worship scr.
vice was held. The pastor, Rev.
L. S. Stoll, spoke on the theme;
“Counting The Cost.” Luke
14:28. The Rev. Harold Bak-
er was among the visitors.
The Baptist Training Union
presented a panel discussion in
the afternoon. At the evening
worship Pastor Stell spoke on
the theme: ”A Prosperous Life,”
Psalm 1:1-3.
The men of Bethlehem are
planning for their annual
Men’s day observance under the
leadership of Dea. William Ken
on. Sunday will be
day in our church locally, and
Memorial Day nationally. The
ttixsfor will speak on the
theme: “The Pursuit Of
Romans 14:19.
**ew Rally At
St. Philip Monumental
A Roval Queen Pew Rally will
be held .at St.. Philip Monumen¬
tal AME church Sunday, 5 p. m.
Contestants for the Eastside of
the church are. Queen, Mrs Ada
James: maid, Mrs. Ardell Lun
non; for the Westside, queen
Mrs. Juanita E. Perkins; maid,
Mrs. Willie Bell Ross. .Sendees
were well attended Sundav. At
the morning service Pastor Jau.
Preached from the theme:
“Things That Make The Church
Strong.” One person was unit-
with the church. The com-
bined choirs rendered music
At 3 n. m. Pastor Jaudon left
tor Bluffton, S. C„ to deliver
the baccalaureate address at
Bluffton High School. During
the evening hour of worship.
Rev. Julius Carmichael, a son of
the mother church, delivered
the message. Music was ren.
dered by the gospel choir. Dtir.
ing the Christian Baptism ser-
vice. 4. infants were baptized
and 5 adults were baptized and
recced the right hand of fcl.
lowship.
Fonvielle Memorial
Fonvielle Memorial A. M. E.
church, West 36th street
celebrated its third
ry, May 18—22 with various
churches participating as
lows:Stout Chapel CME
Arthur Oliver, pastor:
Temple, Rev. W. W. White-
pastor: along with Rev.
church, and Bethel A
Church and Methol A
E. Church. Rev. J. N. Har
pastor. Rev. J. N.
pastor of Fonvielle
church.
St. John Bapt. Church
Revival services began
at Second St. John Baptist
church and will end Jtine 5.
- ® G- Lane is conducting
reviv al. On Sunday night
P ro S ram will be sponsored by
' !ie S 0 ™ 01- Choir. Rv. T. J.
is pastor of the church
* s located on Golden
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Metropolitan Bapt. Church
Sundy services were well
attended at Metropolitan Bap-
tist church, Rev. l. G. Gibbs,
pastor, begining with Sunday
At 8 p. m. a program
was rendered by the
the Meiiow Tones Gospel
On the coming
regular services will be held
at the church,
BAPTIST BOOK STORE
152 Barnard St.
Bibles. Church and Sunday
School Supplies, Books
Choir Robes
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Pastor’s Anniversary
Comes To An End
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Groveland, Ga.
First Christ Holiness
closed their pastor’s 4th
versary, Eld. Orbert
| | which was well attended.
11 o’clock sermon was
' by Eld. F. Pinkney,
“Press Forward.” The
I message was brought by Eld.
j D Owens of Lanier, service Ga., and
the 7:30 o’clock was con-
dueted by Eld. O. Foxworth of
Claxton, Ga. Sunday the
re-union will convene at Glenn-
ville, Ga., pastor, Eld. J.
on.
B-antbt Ministers
Alliance
The Savannah Baptist Minis
ters Alliance weekly devotio ns
were conducted Tuesday in the
First Evergreen Baptist church
by Rev. John T. Taylor. Opening
remarks were by the
Rev James C McMillan,
presided.
The Sunday School lesson
brought, by Rev. G. W.
from the topic “Elijah,
Warrior”.
The passing of Mrs. Corrie
kins. the. mother of Mrs. E. A.
Capers and mother-in-law
Rev. E. A. Capers, was announc¬
ed by the president.
Curent events were reported
by several of the members.
The order of the day,was
profound sermon delivered by
Rev. J. C. Brown of Sylvania
theme Fishers Of Men.” Matt.
| 5:4-5. Rev. W. K. Miller as¬
sisted in the pulpit services.
Rev. R. B. Brown will bring the
sermon on next Tuesday, and
the Sunday School lesson by Rev.
,T. T. Taylor.
Benediction was by Rev. J.
C. Brown.
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Concert ‘ At 2ll4 Baptist
The Simmons Ringers will
pear in concert at Second Bap
tist church Monday night,
8, at 8:30 p. m. This group
of singers is fully equipped to
render an impressive concert
of varied repertoire, ranging
from Negro spirituals, anthems,
gospel songs and hymns,
will capture the most diserim-
inating music critic of
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TTninn union Moef>n<r uieer.n,
qr-j 1P Progressive Building Aid
union is having .a meeting
which opens Monday night and
through Baalist ^Sunday. church. May 31 11
a t Bethel aW
miles on Ogeechee road. Rev.
p q canion is president of the
Union and Sis. Brown, secre-
tary.
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Fifth Sunday Program
At Eet'i Eden
Sunday evening at 6:30 o’clock
the regular 5th Sunday program
will be presented by the choir
of Beth Eden Baptist church
Oscar Greene will be in charge
of the program which follows:
Selection, “I Waiked Today
Where Jesus Walked.” choir:
Poem, “The Pure • Pearl”, Miss
Terry Jean Dempsey;
“How Great Thou Art,” MKs
Yvonne Blake; Poem, “A Rainy
Day,” Miss Delres Dempsey; So.
lo, “The Lord’s Prayer,” J. La.
mar Wright; Reading, “A Ren-
de/vou.-: With Life,” Mrs. An
ta C Hairyood; Solo, “One
Sweetly Solemn Thought,” Miss
Delore! Demp. ey; Solo, Nobody
But Jesus.” Miss Rosalyn B.
Hawkins; Solo, “I Want Jesus
To Walk With Me,” Jesse L
Keane.
Bolton St. Bapt. Church
The 65th anniversary of Bol¬
ton Street Baptist Church clos.
cd Monday night with a bnn-
ouet at the YMOA with the
Rev. E. P Quarterman serving
as master of ceremonies at a
program which was as follows:
Opening selection by congrega¬
tion; prayer bv R. I,. Plummer,
duet by the Fay sisters.
Jennette and Carolyn;
j bv Miss Juanita Moon, address
bv Rev IT. E. Harden of
ris College Sumter, S. O.,
was accompanied by Rev. Eli-
jah Gardner, director of public
relations of Morris College and
Rev. IT. E King, a student;
| Miss Thomasina White.
j Throughout the week a num-
| her of churches participated in
the programs. Among
weakens was Dr. Bussey of
Rockdale Baptist church of At.
lanfn Rev W. N. Robinson
nastor of Bolton St. Baptist
Church.
FBR Church
At, First Brvan Baptist
church there will be a special
nronram Sunday morning at
j 11:30 o’clock by the Brother¬
hood of the church. Music will
he by the Men’s Chorus. The
quest sneaker will be one of
Savannah’s best, known young
men, Louis Pratt. At Sunday
School at 10 a. m. a special
award will he given the class
with the hi "Lost attendance
Rev. R M Williams will preach.
PiWIm Bant Church
At Pilgrim Baptist church
school met at the usual hour.
Rev. A. A. Lewis was guest
speaker for the day. One was
added t,o the church. The pas¬
tor’s aid club met at 1 p. m. and
at 5:30 p. m. the pastor, offi-
ficers and members will parti¬
cipate in service with the Gar¬
j vin Temple Baptist Church I
Thursday, Mav 28. The Rolling
Stone Gospel Singers 0 J
1 Charleston, S. C., will render a
1
j program Sunday at 7:30, spon-
| sored by the Sunday School.
j - "*r£reen _ Bapt. —
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Chn*Tb
Sunday at Evergreen Sunday
School met at 10 o’clock. Pastor
Caners delivering the merning
message on “Go Stand. And
Bneak." Baptist Training
Union A snlendid be^an at its usual hour.
■ program was ren-
dm*ci with Bro. Daniel Capers
j in charge. At the evening ser.
; vipps Pastor Capers again deliv-
j ! cr °d a heart warming message.
The church family has been
stricken with three deaths, the
funeral of the niece of Dea.
Wilson Scott which was held
1 Monday, the father of Dea.
James Harris which was held
i Tuesday and the mother of Mrs.
A. M. Capers, which was held
j Wednesday.
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St. Philip AME Church
Sunday at St. Philip A. M. E.
Church the Sunday School was
largely attended at 10 a. m.
Plans were completed for
Vacation Bible School, which
will open Monday, June 8. At
H 60 a. m. the pastor delivered
the sermon on the subject
i “Why Am I Left .’ At 7.30 p
m - ^he pastor spoke on th*
subject. The Value of Time.
* ext Sunday Rev. Bryan will
deliver the sermon on the sub.
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The I MW A
The Interdenominational
| Ministers Wives Alliance met on
May 15 at the home of Rev. a nd
Mrs. L. L. Scott, 710 West 42nd
street. Devotions were in charge
of Mrs. H. Sherman and the i
president, Mrs. Hobbs, presided, j
The I MW A is looking forward
to their outing on Thursday,
Tulv 30 at Hilton Head, S. C.
Next meeting will be a Tea ral¬
ly. A large number of mem¬
bers was present and the hostess
^ , ;( > r ved a lovely repast. Our
ne-|t (meeting will be at the
home of Rev. and Mrs. E. A
Tlagins, 1123 Wright street.
1 Trrp Love Ban!. Church
At, True Love Baptist church.
Rev. F. Bonds, pastor, youth
day was observed Sunday begin-
^ with Sunt j av Schoo i At
the morning worship the speak¬
j er was Miss Shirlev Thomas
B. T. U. was largely attended
I At, 7 p. m. the closing program
for youth day was presented
with the speaker being L. R
Stell, TTT. Regular services will
be held Sunday.
* onnor f _
S ' eiurue
j Gwinnett At Connor street, Temple, 509 West
Rpv. W. W.
Whitehead, pastor, the services
Sunday were largely attended.
During the absence of Pastor
Whitehead, the morning and
evening messages were deliver¬
ed bv Rev. Bvrd, pastor of Ab-
bvsinnian Bnntist church, sub
1 iects, “The Slowness of God’ 1
and “Rich Fond.’ Music was
rendered bv the Junior Choir
Gospel Chorus. At Con¬
nor TemDle we have five young
ladies and three young men to
j namely: graduate Misses from Juanita high school, Simp-
son, Eleanor Fields, Betty Ry-
also Jame' Brown, Willie Bur¬
ton and Willie Rountree.
AcKi.rv To Present
“ X. Musical F.vtravaPanTa”
On Sunday, May 31 at 6 P. M.
the various organizations of As-
bury Methodist church will pre¬
sent ” A Musical Extravagan¬
za.” Each organization of the
church has been responsible for
soliciting talent. As a result j
of this contact, some of the' 1
eitv’s most outstanding talent
will appear on program. Mrs.
E. W. Roberts chairman; Mrs.
V. T. Stripling, co-chairman,
and Rev. Geo. D Walker, pas¬
tor.
Bus Ride
The Brotherhood of ZiorT Hill
Is sponsoring a bus ride to
Beaufort, S. C„ Saturday, May
30. The bus will leave the
church at 9 o’clock. The sen¬
ior usher board is sponsoring
their annual boat ride Satur¬
day, June 6.
NOTICE
The Savannah Tribune is
not responsible for pictures
and cuts that are left at the
office for m nr e than thirty
(30) days. All pictures and
cuts may be obtained bv the
owner on the Monday follow¬
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54 U. S. NEGROES
ORDAINED CATHOLIC
PRIESTS SINCE 1950
BAY ST. LOUIS, Miss. tANPi
~ ^^ ,, our Amencan Negroes
have bcc!1 orda * ed CatnoUf '
priests since 1950, a survey
completed here reveals.
The figure reflects a sub-
stantial increase since 1957.
when there were only 37.
Negroes account for 91 of the
50,000 American priests. One
Negro is a bishop, the Most
Rev. Joseph Bowers, assigned
The rJ?' 1 * survey was conducted , , , , by
f|‘j. AuguTine’s seminary, an
integrated institution which
trains priests for the Society of
the Divine Word, a missionary
order.
Of the 91 Negro priests, 31 be-
, to the Divine Word order,
Thirty are members of 11 other
” orders, and like
number are diocesan priests.
Religious orders lead a commu¬
nal liife under a superior gen¬
eral. Diocesan priests are re¬
sponsible to the bishop of a
diocese.
Bethel AME Church
Sunday was a high day at
Bethel AME church beginning
in the Sunda y School ; Rpv - A '
B. Wilson, pastor, delivered two
spirit provoking messages for
the day, in the morning his
subject being “The Vision,” .and
in the evening “The Presence
of God.” On Sunday in * the
morning service the Sunday
School will honor their children
who are in the graduating class
this year with a special
gram, Miss Yvette Hodge will be
the guest speaker. On Sundav
afternoon the Young Woman’s
Auxiliary will present a Russian
Tea at the home of Mrs. Lillian
Battiste, 510 East Henry street,
On June 4th, the Gospel Cho-
rus Invites every one to go with
them on their moonlight cruise
on the Visitor. Sympathy to
Mrs. Geneva Williams whose !
brother passed last week- Mrs
Susie Middleton, whose aunt j
Da.ssed last week and Mrs. Lot-
tie Bodison whose mother pass¬
ed on last Saturday.
Mrs. Steele To S"“»k
At Presbyterian Chnrch
'Mrs. Sadie D Steele, teacher
at Powell Laboratory school,
will be the featured speaker for
the P. W. O. of Butler Presbv- j
terian church Sunday, May 31,
at 1,1:30 a. m. Mrs. Steele;
has won wide recognition for!
her teaching abilities and her
creative gifts. Recently, she
was honored as the Georgia
Teacher of the Year, for 1959.
Her P 0 ™ 1 -' and P ,a v R havo n P-
peared in several leading pub¬
lications and have been per¬
formed on radio and television.
The speaker will be introduc¬
ed by Mrs. Richardine Mingo,
teacher a t Pearl Smith elemen¬
tary school. Mrs. Eunice Sim¬
mons is president of the Butler
Women’s organiza¬
tion. The fifth Sunday pro¬
are under the direction
M!rs. A. S. Leake.
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BISHOP R. R. WRIGHT’S
WIFE PASSES
Los Angeles, Cal, May 22—Mrs.
Charlotte Crogman Wright, 79,
Bishop Richard . , „ R.
wife of
Wright, presiding Bishop of
the 5th Episcopal District of the
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African Methodist Episcopal
church, embracing states west
0 f t he Rocky Mountains, Ne-
braska, Kansas and Missouri
j died at Good Samaritan Hospi-
tal, Los Angeles, Thursday, May
21. 7:10 p. m. where she had
been a patient for two weeks.
Daughter 8 of the late Dr. Wil-
15 am H. Crogman. former
dent of Clark University and
founder of Gammon Theologi¬
cal Seminary, Atlanta, Ga., and
Mrs. Lavinia Mot Crogman; she
was born September 19, 1879 at
Atlanta. Graduated from
University and University of
Chicago, former teacher,
Haines Institute, Augusta, Ga.,
and Clark University and a
member of AKA sorority. She
was married to Rev. R. R.
Wright, September 8, 1909 in
Atlanta.
She travelled over 100,000
miles in Africa with her hus¬
band, (1936-19401 doing
to establish and enlarge the
missionary work of the
ination, later writing a book,
‘Beneath The Southern Cross,”
^ told the story of her
Havels. She was co-editor of
The Poems of Phyllis Wheat-
lev. and the Encyclopaedia of
African Methodism published in
1947. ’ *' I *F
Mrs. Wright is survived by her
husband, Bishop Wright; four
children, Dr. Ruth Hayre, prin-
cipal William Penn High School
Philadelphia, Pa.; Mrs. Grace
Kvle, wife of presiding Eider
Dwight Vincent Kyle, Los An-
*Ples; R. R. Wright, III, pres-
'dent Beneficial Savings and
Loan Association, Oakland
California; and Mrs. Alberta
CcClain of Philadelphia;
sisters, Mrs. Ada Franklin,
of the Kansas
City Call newspaper and Mrs.
Eelit.h Brooks, widow of the late
Bishop R. N. Brooks of the Me-
thodist Church, and one broth¬
er. William H. Crogman of Chi.
oago, 111.
Funeral services, Monday,
May 25, 1 p. m. at First AME
church, 8th and Towne Ave, Los
Angeles.
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work and wood furniture dur¬
ing spring housecleaning, be
sure to work in the direction
of the grain of the wood. Wipe
down with warm, sudsy water
first, rinse off with damp
doth, then wipe dry.
After this, rub on polish.
'This treatment not only will
freshen your wood pieces but
it will add a little needed
moisture after a winter of
drying, indoor heat.
Memorials
JENKINS—In loving memory
of our son and brother
PFC. JOSEPH N. JENKINS
who departed this life
four years ago
May 25, 1955
Quick and sudden was your call.
The blow was hard, the shock
severe; 4
We didn’t think your death so
near. “ i*y
What would we give to hear
your voice,
your patient face to see;
To hold your hand and see you
smile, ^
As in thp days that used to be
May brings sad memories
Of a loved one gone to rest.
y ou w jj j ne ver be forgotten by
j <pj los€ w n 0 i ove y OU
Mother,
Mrs. Alma Jenkins
Son,
Wayne Jenkins
New York
Sisters,
Mrs. Jame Parker
Mrs. Evelyn Mincy
Miss Margin rite Jenkins:
Nieces and nephews ■
LEE—In sad but loving mem¬
ory of a devoted mother and
grandmother
MRS. KATIE KNOWLES LEE
who passed away
May 30, 1957
Today recalls sad memories
Of a loved one gone to rest,
And those who think of you
today
Are the ones who iove yon best.
Our hearts still ache with sad-
t
nes^
°ur eyes shed many tears
God only knows how we miss
you
At the end of one long year.
Peaceful be your sleep, dear
Mother,
Tis so sweet to breathe your
- name;
We loved you ‘.0 much in life
In death we do the same.
Missed deeply by her family,
daughter,
Mrs. Carrie Regular
New York City
brother,
Mr. Daniel W. Drayton
Savannah, Georgia
grandchildren
(Miss Evelyn R. Regular
Mrs. Vivian Ferguson
.New York
, great-grandchildren,
Thomas and
Karen M. Fergumn
other relatives and friends
of New York and Savannah
CARDS OF THANKS
CARD OF THANKS
Mrs. Laura G. Jefferson wish¬
es to thank her many friends
for the kindness shown during
the illness and de-tih of her
mother, Mrs. Laura B. Greene,
who recently passed in Chica¬
go, Illinois.
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