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SATURDAY, JANUARY 23, 1960
CHURCHES
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Richard Allen to be Honored
Bv Methodists on Feb, 14
PHILADELPHIA, (ANP)
A "levV-v w!U io'n with foreign
countries on F, h. 14 to nav tribute
to slave-born Richard Allen, who
def ed abuse end discrimination
w’thin the Methodist clerev and
f nailv triumphed hv founding the
/Divan Methodist Episcopal
Church, as a separate connection.
The B'centennial Celebration,
headed by Bishop Sherman L.
Creene, marks the 200th birthday
of Founder Allen, born j^eb. 14.
1700. and a 1 o commemorates his
founding of the Connection in 1810,
at historic Mother Bethel church,
here in the Citv of Brotherly Love
STARTS WITH 15 MINUTES
AND LAYMEN
From its humble beginn'ng with
15 ministers and laymen, the De¬
nomination now lias over 1.200,000
members in America, Canada, the
West Indies, Bermuda. South
America and Africa; has more
than 7.000 churches with as many
ministers and thousands of dedi¬
cated Lay leaders. Allen himself,
was the first AME Bishop, elected
and ordained on April 11, 1816.
The three-day celebration here
begins on Sunday, Feb. 14, with
the 17 bishops preaching in vari¬
ous churches of the city at the
morning service. In the afternoon
a symposium will be held at Phila¬
delphia Academy of Music, and
the main speakers, discussing
“Richard Allen in America’s Life,”
will include the Rev. Archibald J.
Carey, pastor Quinn Chapel AME
church, Chicago, former UN dele¬
gate and alderman; Rabbi Rosen¬
thal of Cleveland, Ohio, and Atty.
Thurgood Marshall, chief counsel
for the NAACP.
A 500-voiced massed choir rep¬
resenting the AME churches in
Philadelphia area will furnish mu¬
sic. An audience of 3,000 can be
accommodated at the Academy.
The opening day v/iil close with
a special service at Old Saint
George Methodist Church, where
Richard Allen was a member, class
leader and licensed preacher, and
which church the early body
African descendants walked out
.
in protest over being prohibited
from sitting on the main floor for
services even though the balcony
MU 'Sfeich. slave members usually
sdt was full.
"MOTHER BETHEL” FIRST
a1 ctjurch
Harold Roberts, Lon¬
don-,'*~lfrigland, president, World
Council of Methodism, will be the
featured speaker in services to be
held Monday, Feb. 15, at Mother
Bethel AME Church, 6th near
Pine, the first AME church in
America. Mother Bethel is on the
isite originally purchased in 1794
•by Richard Allen and his follow¬
ers.
The church was dedicated by
Hlshbp Francis Asbury, pioneer
Mrfliodist bishop, after much criti¬
cism-from his contemporaries. Dr.
Roberts’ address will follow special
at Independence Hall
•earlier Monday morning and » mo-
tui'tado. -to Mother Bethel.
Dolton St. Rantist Church
Services at Bolton St. Baptist
cirurdh, -Rev. W. N. Robinson,
pastor, were largely attended
Sunday, January 17, beginning
with the Sunday School
Pastor Robinson brought the
message at the Baptist Train-
A panel , discussion .
ing Union.
was participated in by the fol
lowing: Marie Crawford, Chan-
cey Maxley, Nathaniel Hey¬
ward, and James Willie Thom¬
as; moderator. The topic was
"What Is Worship?”
Peter Seabrook is attending
the adjourned session of the
National Baptist Convention in
Hot Sprink, Ark. Mrs. Helen
PLEA FOR DIMES CONTRIBUTIONS
Bishop Stephen G. Spottswood, Washington, D.C., of (he
A.M.E. Zion Church; Mrs. E. C. Hedge-man, Detroit, president of
the Women’s Auxiliary to the National Medical Association; gnd
Thomas P. Harris, Chicago, president of the National Insurance
Association, make this plea for your generous contributions to
the New March of Dimes. “Perform your democratic, Christian
duty for yourself and your fellow man.” Help prevent crippling.
Join the New March of Dimes, Jan. 2-31.
Sarah Allen, wife of the found-
*r. will be honored bv the connec-
: Uomd Women’s Missionary Soci-
: etv, Mrs. Anne E. Heath, Wash-
’nvton, D. G., president, Mondav
afternoon. Students frpm Edwards
College, Jacksonville, Fla., will pre¬
sent a pageant on the life of Rich¬
ard Allen Monday night.
NIXON INVITED TO SPEAK
Vife-President Richard M. Nix¬
on has been invited to sneak Tues-
dav afternoon when the Division of
Education and various church de-
nartments will relate their history.
A colorful banquet at the Benj¬
amin Franklin Hotel is being ar¬
ranged for 1,0W on Tuesday night
to bring the celebration to a close.
Bishop David H. Sims,
delphia, director of the celebra-
t : on is being assisted by Bishop S.
L. Greene, AUanta, chairman:
Bishop George W. Baber, Philadel¬
phia, co-chairman; Bishop H.
Thomas Primm, Waco, Texas:
Bishop I. II. Bonner, Columbia, S.
C., Bishop Joseph Gomez. Detroit;
Bishop E. C. Hatcher, Cleveland;
Bishop C. A. Gibbs, Birmingham;
Rev. Dr. George A. Singleton, edi¬
tor AME Review magazine, secre¬
tary; J. Leonidas Leach, M.D.,
Flint, Mich.; Robert W. Mance,
M. D., Washington, D. C.; and Rev.
Dr. John D. Bl ight, host pastor.
ALLEN BORN OF
SLAVE PARENTS
The founder, Richard Allen, who
was born in Philadelphia of slave
parents did much in addition to
his church work to raise the stand¬
ards of enslaved people. He or¬
ganized the “Free African Soci¬
ety” in 1787 which was the earli¬
est cooperative movement in Amer-
- ca, and an insurance society in
1808.
He rendered heroic service dur¬
ing the dread yellow fever epi¬
demic of 1793. Alien began preach¬
ing in 1782, was ordained by Bish-
op Asburv in 1800 and became the
first AME b.shop when the church
was formally organized in 1816.
BISHOP GREENE, CHAIRMAN
OF MEMORIAL PROGRAM
Senior Bishop and chairman
Sherman L. Greene, expressed the
significance of the celebration
when he stated recently, “every
loyal follower of the tradition
freedom encouched in the life of
our founder ought worship with us
at his shrine, dedicating them¬
selves to continue freedom’s fight
until Allen’s motto, “God our Fath¬
er, Christ our Redeemer, Man our
Brother, is the watchword of every
race and clan.”
Bishop Greene stated that the
j AME church is established in 47
states, Canada, Bermuda, W e s t
Indies, South America and Africa
with more than 5,000 churches in
the states, 9 colleges, 3 seminaries,
a hospital and religious education
camp.
The celebration will be followed
by the winter session of the Bish¬
op’s and Connectional Councils
meeting on Wednesday and Thurs¬
day, Feb. 17 and 18.
Eddy is in the Memorial hos-
pital.
Mctropolitan Bapt.
At Metropolitan
church, Rev. L. G. Gibbs, pas¬
tor, services on Sunday, Jan. 17
svere inspiring beginning with
gunday SchooIf Supt Jordan ln
charge. At 3:00 p. m. com¬
munion services were held. The
message was delivered by the
pastor.
Sunday night, Jan. 24 a Dea-
cons’ Appreciation program will
be rendered and each member
will present a gift to his dea¬
con.
|Berean Bapt. Association
Meets Jan. 27
The First Evergreen Baptist
church, 622 E. Bolton street
the Rev. E. A. Gapers, pastor,
will be the host to the adjourn¬
ed session of the Berean Mis¬
sionary Baptist Association,
Wednesday, January 27.
The session will open at 10
tn. with the moderator, Rev. E.
A. Capers, presiding,
Rev. William Daniels, vice
moderator. Rev. L. S, Stell. is
clerk and Rev. L. L. Small is
treasurer.
Raotist Ministers Union
Chatham County Baptist Min¬
isters Union met Tuesday at
Bethlehem Baptist church.
! Rev. L. S. Stell, Jr„ host min-
ister.
Devotions were led by Rev. L.
Harden and the Sunday School
lesson was taught by Rev. D. D.
Henderson. It was announced
by Rev. C. J. Jackson that the
Board of Education will meet
on Tuesday, January 19 at 3:30.
A discussion was held on the
theme, “Aids To Integration.”
Rev. Jim Givens, a son of
Bethlehem Baptist church was
received in the fellowship.
The Union plans to meet once
a month with the Interdenom¬
inational Ministers Alliance The
next meeting of the Alliance
will be held Feb. 8.
Devotional services for next
week’s Union meeting will be
led by Rev. Jim Givens and the
Sunday School lesson will be
taught by Rev. E. R. Roper. A
discussion will be held on “Con¬
ducting Funerals.”
Bethlehem Bapt. Church
Bethlehem Baptist church
began services Sunday, Jan. 17
with Sunday School .at 10 a. m.,
David Nichols, (superintendent.
The pastor, Rev. L. S. Stell, Jr.,
delivered two messages from
the subjects, “Thorns in the
Flesh,” and “Strength for the
Journey.” At communion ser¬
vices, pulpit guests were Rev.
Sammy Gordon and Rev. Kirk-
land Music ^ rendered by
the choir and fchp Gospe] cho _
rus with Mrs. Carolyn Hayes at
the organ.
The church will be the guest
] of College Park Baptist church
Friday night, January 22. Pray¬
er meeting is held every Tues-1
day .at 7:30 p. m.
St. Mary’s AME
ism.” At 4 p. m. the pastor,
Rev. Charlie Fogle, brought the
message from Acts 15:3-5.
The church’s anniversary will
be celebrated January 25-29 at
8 p. m. at First A. B. Church In
East Savannah on Treet street.
St. Phillip Mon. AME
Services were well attended
Sunday January 17 at St. Phil¬
lip Monumental church. Pas¬
tor Jaudon delivered the mes¬
sage. Baptismal services were
held. The senior and Progres¬
sive choirs rendered music.
The men of Monumental are
striving for a successful Pew
Rally on Sunday, January 31 |
Rev. F. D. Jaudon is pastor.
Connor’s Temple
Services at Connor Temple
were inspiring and well attend¬
ed on Sunday, January 17.
“Search Me, Try Me, and Lead
Me,” wias the subject of the
morning’s message, delivered
by the pastor, Rev. W. W.
Whitehead. The service was
broadcast over radio station
WSOK. The music was ren¬
dered by Choir No. II under the
direction of Mrs. H. Lopez.
Did you know your dollars to
the New March of Dimes will
helD train more medical assist¬
ants? *
My Neighbors
“Figure it out—if the union
shared their profits we’d be
making $40.00 an hour on this
job! I”
TIIE SAVANNAH TRIBUNE, SAVANNAH, GEORGIA
MISS VIOLET BREWER, Cape
Palmas, Liberia, daughter cf
George Tilman Brewer, Liberi¬
an Ambassador to Great Brit¬
ain, is a research assistant at
the Evans Medical laboratories
in Liverpool, England. First of
a number of Liberian students
who will study at Evans, she
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St. Phillip A. M. E.
At St. Philip AME church. Rev.
John S. Bryan, pastor, the Sun-
the theme will be
Work in the Program of the
Church.”
On Sunday, Jan. 17 at 11:30
a .m. the pastor, Rev. J. S
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Guidance
Personnel
(Continued Front Page 1>
High School; Mrs. Dorothy R. \Vl-
cox, Beach Junior High School and
Mrs. Melissa L. Miller, Sol C.
Johnson High School. Dr. Paul
Taylor and Miss Loreese Davis
represented Savannah State Col¬
lege.
Dr. Wiley Bolden, Clark College,
served as speaker for the first
general session. In presenting in¬
formation on the "Individual” Dr.
Bolden asserted that counselors
must have the skill to know and
understand individuals by con¬
stantly accessing factors in human
growth and development. Dr. Bol¬
den further stated that counselors
should be aware of what the indi¬
vidual is, where he is going and
how education can help him attain
his goal.
The area of environment was
featured at the second general ses¬
sion by Samuel Johhson. Mr. John¬
son referred to environment ns
“the totality of an individual.”
The speaker stated that over-pro-
tection, social environment, com¬
paring siblings, home and school
co-operation and parental under¬
standing are some major factors
in terms of growth and behavior.
Dr. Fain Guthrie, in his address
“The Counseling Process,” describ¬
ed counseling as the one to one
relationship between the counselor
and the counselee. Dr. Guthrie
challenged counselors to create ef¬
fective rapport in order to assist
individuals in becoming self-direct¬
ing.
Topics for group discussion
were: Planning system wide guid¬
ance in-service programs, certifi¬
cation, test scoring ard interpret¬
ing test results, collecting and
using educational and vocational
information and counseling tech¬
niques.
For increased efficiency in the
operation and maintenance of in-
service guidance programs, the
state has been apportioned. Paine
College, Atlanta University, Al¬
bany State College, Fort Valley
State College and Savannah State
College will serve guidance per¬
sonnel within a 60 mile radius
of each institution. Personnel in
the Savannah State College region
will meet March 9.
An announcement by the Board
of Regents of the University Sys¬
tem of Georgia reveals that the
scholastic aptitude test will be re¬
quired of all students entering
Georgia’s publicly supported col¬
leges. Testing dates are February
6, March 12, May 21, August 10
and December 13. For additional
information contact school coun-
will join the staff of the Brit¬
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upon completion of her course
of study. The internationally
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Bryan, delivered the sermon on
the subject, “Mountain Top
Blessings.” Among the visi¬
tors were Atty. and Mrs. B. C.
Miayfield. Pulpit guest was
Rev. L. L. Scott. The members
cf the trustee board were nom¬
inated by the pastor. Prayer
was offered for the recovery of
Mrs. E. C. Blackshear, Mrs.
Charlotte Sneed, Mrs. Georgia
Moore and Louis McLendon.
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Should Negro
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ditions?”
Speaking on the subject of "Re¬
sponsibilities of Leadership Im¬
posed upon Creek-Letter Organi¬
zations,” Dr. Troup stated that
only 3% of the nation’s Negroes
Attend college. “This means,” he
said, “that we represent a privi¬
leged class . . , Privileges and re¬
sponsibilities go hand in hand.”
He pointed out that members of
such groups spend “most of our
years as graduate members,” and
emphasized that “there are many
problems about which wc, as Ne¬
groes, should be greatly concern¬
ed” after graduation.
He named health, education,
polities, and economics as critical
areas where Negro Greek groups
should devote "talent and energy.”
In health, he said that: 1) “The
death rate among us is much high¬
er than among whites from organic
heart disease—killing colored peo¬
ple lt& times as fast as it does
whites; 2) tuberculosis kills three
times as many Negroes per thou¬
sand as whites; 3) the pneumonia
rate is double that for whites; 4)
■hronic kidney disease and hemor¬
rhages of the brain kill at the rate
of two Negroes to one white; and
5) our venereal disease rate is en¬
tirely too high.”
Dr. Troup said that politically
“Negroes in the South have the
voting potential of 5 million, but
today there are only about 1% mil.
lion Negro voters.”
He decried the Negro's economic
poverty. “Poverty,” he said, “forces
us to live in slums where disease
is more prevalent, and "makes it
extremely difficult to feed, clothe,
and provide medical care for our
families.” Too, he said, poverty
keeps Negroes “easily exploited
(just like n football- anybody can
kick us around).”
The Georgia college president
warned “privileged” Negroes to
“bear in mind the fact that as long
as wc are identified with the Negro
race, we can not, rise any higher
than the least privileged members
of the group.”
sclors.
“The Pursuit of Excellence in
Counseling” will be the official
theme of the guidance interest
group for the 1960 convention of
the Georgia Teachers’ and Educa¬
tion Association that convenes in
Savannah, April 7, 8 and 9.
During 1959 The National
Foundation of the New March of
Dimes spent $16,500,000 in pa¬
tient aid to more than 50,000
polio patients,
PAGE THREE
A CHALLENGE TO
SHRINED0M
By Raleigh Macon
Lecturer, Omar Temple No. 21
A. E. A .O. N. M. S.
Ghrineaom had a birthday.
W; were 66 years old, and in¬
terestingly, on the eve of the
1959 Los Angeles Convention.
It was on June 10, 1893 several
of our forebears were conferred
the degree In Chicago, 111.
From that eventful occasiton
our host Temple Arabic Temple
No. 44 was organized, proudly
It still has enrolled In Its mem¬
bership a member of that first
group of Pioneer Sons of the
Desert.
Today as we reach this new
milestone in our forward move¬
ment of progress in the Insti¬
tution of Shrlnedom, the pres¬
ent generation of Shriners ought
consider this a period for re-
dedication of their hearts,
minds and souls to the inher¬
ent principles. At the same
period of rededication and re¬
affirming of faith in noble
nrinciples set about to strength¬
ening our ideals In the hearts
if men, today Shriners should
->lan effectively to demonstrate Ln
every community where he lives
the faith of Shrlnedom. We
have certain basic values which
if aoplled to life and living
would change men’s hearts and
provide a more wholesome at¬
mosphere in our communities.
Shrlnedom's goals must be¬
come realities. Shrlnedom with
its basic principles has and does
now give to men a deepening of
thought and human ideals, and
a will to save our nation from
ruin.
The challenge of these tur¬
bulent times Is for men of
strong wills supported by prin¬
ciples such as ours and a deep
abiding faith ln human well
being to build constructively.
This must be done with full
speed ahead.
MAN DROPS DEAD AT
COUSIN’S FUNERAL
SNOW HILL, N. C„ (ANP1 —
Haywood Edwards, a 60-year-old
Sunday school teacher, deliv¬
ered a stirring eulogy at the
funeral of his cousin, Richard
Edwards, who was in his 90s
when he passed away here last
week.
“Sleep on brother,” Haywood
said In closing his tribute,
“wait for me outside the gate,
for I am coming right on.”
A minute later, Haywood, who
appeared hale and hearty, col¬
lapsed and died within reach
of the casket of his departed
cousin. Doctors blamed a
heart attack.