New York Amsterdam News — 1964-00-00014

Prayer Of The Week Our Father, Thou hast uught us to love truth and beauty aad goodness. May They truth make us free-free from pride and pre­ judice and from all the ugly sins of disposition that so easily be­ set us. Lift us, we pray, above the mud and scum of mere things to the holiness of Thy beauty, so that even the common task and the trivial round may be edged with crimson and gold. Lead us into paths of righteous­ ness for Thy name's sake. En­ rich us, we pray, with the dur­ able satisfactions of life, so that the multiplying years may not find us bankrupt In the things that matter most — the goklen currency of faith and hope and love. We ask it in the dear Re­ deemer's name. Amen. Callender To Head Presbytery Rev. Eugene S. Callender, pas­ tor of the Church of the Master, 360 W. 122nd St., will be installed as the Moderator of the Presby­ tery of New York City In cer­ emonies next Tuesday, * Jan. 14, at the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church, 7 W. 55th St., the first Negro to assume the top Pres­ byterian Church post In New Discussion of the first of a five- part series “On Growing A Re­ ligion of One’s Own" begins at 11 a m. Sunday at The Commun­ ity Church, 40 E. 35th St., under the Rev. Donald Harrington, min­ ister of the church, it was an­ nounced this week. Since the number of discussants will be limited to 25, the church said, pre - registration will be required by prospective partic­ ipants by sending in their names and addresses to the church’s office by Jan. 6. ’64 AME Conference Paradise Important To Bishop Leader Rev. Cooke The Rev. Ernest Cooke re­ mains as pastor of Paradise Bap­ tist Church at 30 Bradhurst Ave. In a judgment filed lasw week Monday, Supreme Court Referee Joseph J. Conroy dismissed all complaints made against him by 11 members of the church on the grounds they had "failed to show that (the minister Is doing any more interfering In the temporal and fiscal affairs than ■ the (complainants) them­ selves." i The 11 had sought to have the minister of five years re­ moved on the grounds that he had usurped his responsibility and on the grounds that he was not the elected pastor of the small congregation. In Its Judgment, the court said the Rev. Cooke was “not the one interfering with the temporal affairs," but was trying "to have them carried out by the duly authorized" trustees who were prevented by the plaintiffs from doing so. Duly Elected The court, in leading up to the above, said "Water Devonish and Leroy Stanley (two of the 11 plaintiffs), If they were trus­ tees, did not exercise the right to administer the temporal and fiscal affairs, (but) left (them) to others who had no right.” In acknowledging that the minister was duly elected pastor ot the congregation, the court said the “plaintiffs have no power to remove the defendant (the Rev. Cooke" and he was "never removed by the congregation,” the only body In the church which can remove the pastor. The court’s judgment was based on a report, written last Nov. 13 after a hearing on Nov. Christian Science Sermon On “God” Man's dependence on God will be emphasized at all Christian Science services this Sunday. Readings from the Bible Les­ son on “God" will Include this passage from I Chronicles (16: 29): "Give unto the Lord the glory due unto his name.” By CONAAD CLARK ■* The quadrennial AMI General Conference to ba held to 1964 Is expected to be one that will long be remembered by the entire membership of the African Meth­ odist Episcopal church, through­ out tha country, especially by the former Bishop of the Elrst Epis­ copal District, D. Ward Nichols of Long Island. New York. About ten days age. the bishop was scheduled to stand trial In Common Pleas Court In Phila­ delphia, on charges of embezzle­ ment and misappropriation of some 000 of church funds, hut the case was postponed for a later hearing. The bishop was suspended by the 1000 AME General Confer­ ence and he faces a 42 - count in- dictment charging him with em- bezslement and misappropriating funds in the First District, over which he presided from 1962 un­ til 1*66, and in the latter year, was tsansferred to the Florida District 'V * mg Law The charges are also based on a law passed by the General Con­ ference In 1966 requiring that all funds collected by bishops be de­ posited in the general church treasury. The charges were first filed against the bishop in court In 1067, after he was tried and sus­ pended at a trial la Jacksonville, Fla., hi tha summer of that year. The 1960 General Conference upheld the suspension, after re­ ceiving two reports unfavorable to the bishop. - P" The Rev. Ellas Miner will preach the annual sermon of the Junior and Intermediate Usher Board of United Christian Bap­ tist Church, 719 X. 223rd St„ tha Bronx, on Sunday afternoon. Cheer For Needy The International Masons of the Bronx Joined with the Ra- mant of torssl Temple at 1400 Boston load, tha Bronx, to spread Ute Joy of Christmas to 100 needy Morrisanla young­ ster*. The temple** minister to the Rev. Walter H. Singletary. Ryan’s Party About 100 Harlem children al­ so were treated to Christmas cheers and gifts by Ryan’s Chris­ tian Group which held a party at the Hariem YMCA, 100 W. 135th St. The Eureka Grand Chapter re­ cently held its annual divine rites at St. Jamas’ Presbyterian Church, 141st St. aad St. Nichol­ as Ave., under tha Rev. Dr. Shel­ by Books, minister of the church. Delegates from upstate districts attended the special services. Facts and Figures The 1964 Yearbook of Ameri­ can Churches has yielded inter­ esting and important statistics, dealing with the number of Pro­ testants. Catholic, Jews, Eastern Orthodox Church members, num­ ber of churches of tach of the number of clergymen and num­ ber of members in conventions of the major denominations. * PEWS, pulpits; chaws it COMMUNION TABLES * NEW OR USED * FOR SALE OR RENT * TERMS '' HERCULES SEATING CO., INC « rwt rtaw. h.r.c. ■A 71741 which recommanded that he re- maln suspended until the next General Conference this coming May. The other was another min­ ority report which recommended The 1160 conference adopted the minority report, and aa a re­ sult, the bishop was relieved of all episcopal responsibilities, in­ cluding the right to administer his district, collect church funds or make ministerial appointments and the pulplta of the AME Church are supposed to be barred to him. The 1164 General Conference will have to do one of two things in regards to the fate of Bishop Nichols. The Conference will either have to seat him and restore him with full powers of his bishop’s role, or suspend him indefinitely from the AME Church, aad the latter does not seem to be In the of­ fing. The last “stormy” AME Gen­ eral Conference that is still re­ membered was held at the Rock­ land Palace, 165th St. and Eighth Avenue in New York, and this Conference also involved Bishop Nichols and his predecessor. Bish­ op Davis, who then headed the First District. At the trial which did not come about in Philadelphia, tha bishop was represented by Atty. Drem Levy, and prosecutor was Asst. District Atty. Specter, while Atty. J. Austin Norris represented the church. In Its foreword, commenting on the system of recording used by the reporting churches and church-agencies, the Yearbook Indicated the National Baptist Convention of the U.S.A. Inc. has reported a membership of five million, every year since 1968, suggesting that the figure may not be dependable since it show­ ed neither an increase or de­ crease resulting from addition or attrition. City’s School Problems June Shagaloff, NAACP edu­ cation consultant, speaks on the educational problems of the city’s schools Sunday afternoon at Tha Community Church, 40 X. 36th Her talks - will begin the church’s series on larger educa­ tional prospects in the city’s school system. Earlier that day, at the church's morning worship rites, the Rev. Donald Harrington, min­ ister of the church, will seek to answer whether religion is Inte­ gral or peripheral in modern man’s life. Bishop Nichols AME Bishop Decatur Ward Nichols will be honored by the Volunteers Integration Committee on Jan. 24 at the Hotel Plaza in recognition of his work in the civil rights campaign in Charles­ ton, S.C. The Charleston Move­ ment for Desegregation will bene­ fit from the proceeds of the ban­ quet. The bishop faces trial on Jan. 20 in Philadelphia's Common Pleas Court on charges of em­ bezzling between (250,000 to 6350,- 000 In funds of the First Episco­ pal District. Joint Rites . i The Interdenominational Min­ isters Meeting of Greater New York and Vicinity and the Bap­ tist Ministers Conference o f Greater New York and Vicinity will jointly worship Monday af­ ternoon at Second Canaan Bap­ tist Church, Lenox Ave. and Ulth St. Mrs. Roberts Reutrnlng Mrs. Marjorie Roberts, wife of Bishop James P. Roberts of Harlem’s St. Thomas the Apostle MORTICIANS 413 Waat 13S St December 10. UC2 HENRY EDWARDS -j, Ahoskie. N C. 40-M West 111 St. December 10, 1WS3 Virginia ANNA LEE 22S Weat 123 St. December IL 1M3 RUDOLPH SAWYER Now York. N.Y. SOTS—Ml Avg. December IL IMS PRIMMER L. WRIGHT South Carolina December IL IMS M East 133 St Lexington, Ky VIOLA LEWIS December 11. 1M3 37 Weot 13S St. WAINWRIGHT & SON FUNERAL HOME, Inc UNDERTAKERS AND EMBALMERS ECONOMY with Dignity * » Jtep. Edw W Wainwright Found,r '•* Jle». Lssftt g. Wainwright General Manager and President . . LKXNSED UNMRTAKEM __ LICENSED UNDERTAKERS Ida g. Wainwright Treasurer Gract W Wainwright Notary r AU 6-4290 162 WIIT 136th STREET WE Caawact With All Uadartakars to tha UaWad State. A CHRISTMAS GIFT? — The Rev. Liinette Williamson (sec­ ond from left), pastor of Christ Community Church, is given gift by Ena Johnson, church organist, with the Rev. Jean Clarke and the Rev. Divld Lic- orish at testimonial dinner at the church. (Gilbert Photo) Ministers Analyze Negro Rights Fight 3 Faiths To Meet On Race The Negro struggle for first- class citizenship in the nation and In organized labor will be probed at two of the three-day sessions of the 13th annual min­ isters conference which opens next Tuesday at Union Theolo­ gical Seminary at Broadway and 120th St. Albert Buchanan, chairman of t'he conference’s program com­ mittee, quoted from an earlier “bonds of union” statement by Roman Catholic bishops of the nation in stating the reason far the conference’s interest in civil rights and Negro employment opportunities. "Social justice has become merely a political matter and we remain as a nation morally tortured by racial injustice in our schools, jobs, housing, com­ munal facilities and democratic suffrage,” said Buctoaoao, quot­ ing the bonds of unioo statement. The ministers conference will be held Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday from 8:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. the first day; 9 am. to 4:30 p.m. the second day and from 8:30 am. to 11:30 a.m. the final day Dr. John C. Bennett, dean of the seminary faculty, and Dr. Kenneth B. Clark, of the City College of New York, wtt ex­ plore the civil righto movement at 7 p.m. Tuesday. Dr. Mathew Aftunann, execu­ tive director of the National Catholic Conference far Inter­ racial Justice, and John A. Mor­ sel!, of the NAACP, will probe the farms of action the church and community can take to pro­ mote harmony between the races in secular and church Ufa nt a Wednesday morning workshop. Employment dtocrimfnatfan and discrimination In organiaed lab­ or w« be explained at 1:30 pm. Wednesday by Herbert HHi, national labor secretary of the NAACP. Registration to attend the three sessions must be made before next Wednesday and each par­ ticipant will be required to pay a 65 fae? For the first time la the city's history, local leaders of the three major faiths will meet next month in a concerted attempt to support the civil rights aspira­ tions of minority groups and push equal opportunity in varied fields for non whites. Mora than 1,500 Protestant, Catholic and Jewish clergymen, Negro and white, will Join public, civic, labor and management leader* at a Metropolitan New York Conference on Religion and Race on Feb. 25 at the Amer­ icana Hotel. Tha New York Board of Rab­ bis, the Protestant Council of New York, the Queens Federa­ tion of Churches and the Roman Catholic Dioceses of New York and Brooklyn will sponsor the all-day conference. Mayer's Committee The Metropolitan New York Conference to an outgrowth of the Committee of Religious Lead­ ers ot New York City and was set up five years ago by Mayor Wag­ ner to improve the moral, cul­ tural and spiritual climate of the city. York City. He was selected for the high church honor last month, and will succeed Rev. George L. Knight, of Brooklyn’s Lafayette Avenue Church, as Moderator. He will serve for one year with three Vice - Moderators, Rev. Julio Garcia of St. Augustine’s Pres­ byterian Church, Bronx; Rev. Arthur Trots, of Brooklyn, and Rev. Gerald Heunink, of Staten Island. Another prominent New York Presbyterian minister, Rev. Ed- ler Hawkins, who formerly head­ ed the Presbytery for Manhattan and the Bronx before they merg ed as a citywide Presbytery, has been recommended for election next year to head the national Presbytery. Rev. 'Hawkins is pas­ tor of the Bronx’s St. Augustine's Church. Rev. Callender, a graduate of Boston University, Westminster Theological Seminary and Union Theological Seminary, Is active in several Harlem community groups. He li vice president of the New York branch NAACP; chairman of the board of the Har­ lem Neighborhoods Association, and active on (he boards of the Harlem Youth Neighborhoods Un- ' limited, Sheltering Arms Chil­ dren’s Service, and the Clayton Apartments, Inc. He is married I and the father of three children. Bible Q By REV. V. SIMPSON TURNER 1. Who was the first Jewish prime minister of Egyp 2. What Bible person became the first high pries 3. What man became the first chosen king of Israe 4. Who committed the first murder in the Bible? (See answers below) Months Wo coll on your group, ovoningt Show now molorioli, >lylo>, high fashion color, & combination. Take individual measurement. Quote complete low price Wear your robe, a, you pay Full Information • Ne obligation ACademy 2-7100 Operator, On Dnty 24 Hour, SPRINGER ROBE Co Advertised in EBONY ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE FOR THOSE THAT BELIEVE 1 Cxlr*r.ally kxmrx throxgkext the world over .13 outstanding Radio. T V station, W Hear him on the following itation,: In w N.T., WNJR 4 WAOO. Prenrhlng the wHyl* Deliveraare ol Humanity Teaching of a Living God. , 23 wHHMknMR MEET BISHOP J J. LOVEJOY For the benefit of Usoae of you who are I not able to attend the Special Service,. ‘ Bishop Lovejoy ha, made it poulbte for ' yon to ,ee him eerh Thur,day between 11.00 AM 4 7 I'M at the ’ 1st Apostolic (htlrrh of Applied I tins! lenity. 274 West 145th Street corner ol »th Avenue for further Information -all Bishop lnvejor Dial a Prayer Speak to him at AC S-72SS. .... Y . « Sr ’ ■. A . SPECIAL PRE - CHRISTMAS MEETING BISHOP i. B. LOVEJOY IS COMING YOUR WAY DECEMBER IStk. 19S3 AT THE MASONIC TEMPLE. 1M BELMONT AVENUE. NEWARK. NEW JERSEY, AT J P.M. SHARP. RECEIVE BLEBBINGB FOR CHRISTMAS _ ALL WHO ENTER WILL RECEIVE THE LORD S BLESSINGS. GREAT GOSPEL SPECTACULAR SEE GREAT OOSPEL STARS IN PERSON — SEE THE GREAT BATTLE OF SONG <11 Brother Deway Yeoog aad tha <41 Dlvloo TraveDara of Rlrh- • Sr Flytog Claada of Waaktagtoa. DC. (» Breeklvo AD Mart. Brooktya, N.Y. “Pm Going Home” "I'm Oa the ■tite New" <S> Vletory All Stare af Nerfelk. Vlr- mood. Virginia (Si other Special Oreat Man Radle-T.V. of («) Sl.M Denattoa at Dear group was televised on a closed channel circuit for hotel guests throughout the city. In Memoriam Services In Local Churches In loving memory of my beloved wife, BESSIE CEPHAS, who.de- parted this life January 1st, 1963. "Sadly missed. Memories linger in my heart." Husband, William-Cephas In loving memory of our mother, BEATRICE MC NEILL, who passed away January 3, 1961. "In our hearts a memory lingers Always tender fond and true. There is not a day that passes That we do not think of you.” Sadly missed by Son and daughter In memory of LOUISE MC GILL-- "Always in our hearts Gone but not forgotten." Miss Carrie Johnson. Mrs Lillian McLain and Mrs. Gladys Free­ man. Obituary MOUNT OLIVET 201 Lenox Avo. (Cor. 120th St.) Dr. O. Clay Maxwell A Lovelle A. Maxwell, BD THIS SUNDAY SUNDAY SERVICES: Sued ay School 100 A.M. Worship 11 tO A.M. and 7:30 PM. Baptist Training Union — I B P.M. CONVENT AVE. BAPTIST CHURCH 14Sth ST. Convent Ave.) THE REVEREND M. L. WILSON PASTOR 420 W. 'Corner of THIS SUNDAY — REV HENRY GRIFFIN PREACHING — SUNDAY CHURCH SCHOOL — REV. WILSON PREACHING — BAPTIST EVENING FELLOWSHIP — LORD'S SUPPER, REV. WILSON PREACHINO OTHER SERVICES WASHINGTON HEIGHTS CHURCH of CHRIST 105 W. 120th ST., N Y. — HOWARD U. JOHNSON. Mlntotor THIS SUNDAY 11 00 A lf._LORD'S DAY SCHOOL—11:00 A.M. and S:00 P.M.— WORSHIP WEDNESDAY. S:00 P.M. — BIBLE CLASS ALL WELCOME MORAVIAN Fourth Moravian Church of Now York City at City Taktraocio, 526 West 150th St. (off Broadway) WORSHIP AND CHURCH SCHOOL - 11 no A M THE REV. ROBERT W M. CUTHBERT. MINISTER ALL ARE CORDIALLY INVITED Rhone Rl 9 6622 COMMUNITY CHURCH 40 EAST ISth STREET SUNDAY, JANUARY 5th LARMON A. WILLIS of 92 Morningside Ave died December 8th in St. Lukes Hospital. Fun­ eral services were held at Prince Hall Masonic Temple , 454 W. 155 St., NYC, officiated by Rev. Peter A. Price, followed by In­ terment In Mt Hope Cemetery, H&stings-on-Hudaon. Mr. Willis was a past master of Joppa Lodge No. 55, F. 8c AJM. (Prince Hall i. He was active and Interest ed in local church, neighborhood & community affairs and was em­ ployed over 30 years at the Juil- liard School of Music. Survivors Include his beloved wife, Eliza­ beth. a loving daughter Etta, two devoted sisters, one brother, sev­ eral nieces, nephews, in-laws & other rebtowes OUR LADY OF LOURDES CATHOLIC CHURCH 4SS W 14S *4. filet Amsterdam A Convent Ave.) BT REV. MBGR. HENRY J. LENAHAN. Pastor SUNDAY MASSES AX.-4:B, S Ofl. S:M. 10 M (Rich). 11:30 (Spanish Sermon), _____ P.M.___________ WEEKDAY NAME* A.M.—Y. S, >. P.M,—13 08 ADULT BIBLE—CATECHISM CLASSES-TUES A THURS. at I P.M. 11 A M.— DONALD S. HARRINGTON “ON GROWING A RELIGION OF ONE'S OWN" I —"The Phlloaoptiy of ReHgton" iBroadoaat Umo 11:07 over WQXR—1500 AM, MS FM) 4 P.M.-FREE FORUM: "NEW YORK CITY SCHOOLS: CHILDREN APART" Speaker: MISS JUNE SHAGALOFF, Education Conaultant. NAACP Attend the Church of Your Choice BROADWAY CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH (UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST) Broadway a( 5«tk Streel DR. LAWRENCE L DURG1N THIS SUNDAY 11 00 A M.-’THE WISE MEN CAME" 10 43 A.M.-CHURCH SCHOOL AND NURSERY ST. MARK’S CHRISTMAS CHORISTERS — The youth choir of St. Mark's Methodist Church, accompanied by Its di­ rector, Mrs. Claire R- Waters (at piano), sang Christmas carols last Thursday In t h e Americana Hotel’s lobby. The Liberal Catholic Church, is ex­ pected to return to the States’ before the end of the month. The formeT organist at fit. Thomas the Apostle Liberal Cath­ olic Church, la expected to re­ turn to the States before the end of the month. The former organist at fit. Thomas, Mrs. Roberts has been recuperating in Jamaica from an Hlness that hospitalized her last year. Refuge Temple The Sisterhood of Refuge Tem­ ple Church of Our Lord Jesus Christ marked its second anni­ versary Sunday at the ehureh at Seventh Ave. and 124th St. Refuge's congregation expects to move soon to Lawson Auditor­ ium at 125th St., east of Park Ave., while the church under­ goes extensive renovations. Bible Answers 1. Joseph. 2. Aaron. 2. Saul. 4. Cain. Death Notice MRS HANNAH MIUJGAN of New York City A Auguste, i Georgia, died December 20th in I Augusta, Georgia. She was ae- jtlve in Memorial Baptist Church, •nyc. Untitled Document file:///C|/Documents%20and%20Settings/Administrator/Desktop/hello.html2/18/2007 11:01:03 AMThomas M. Tryniski 309 South 4th Street Fulton New York 13069 www.fultonhistory.com