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VOLUME XXIX NOVEMBER 15, 1954 NUMBER 6
Kansas City, Missouri To
Be Hosi To 1355 Session!
Of Sunday School
Congress
Si. Stephen Baptist Church, Pastor
and Officers Will Join With the
State in Entertaining the Next
Summer School of Methods
Departmental Conductors of Both
the Sunday School and B. Y. P. U.
as Well as State Leaders Being
Notified
It has now become official that
the next session of the Sunday
School Congress is to be h e 1 d in
Kansas City, Mo., with of course,
the Kansas City, Kansas group join- !
ing in with the Missouri contingent
of Baptist workers. The date an
nounced for the Congress is Wed
nesday before the second Sunday
in June, which is June 8 - 12, 1955.
The entertaining pastor will be the
Rev. John W. Williams, and the
Congress headquarters will be the
St. Stephen Baptist Church. 1414
--Truman Road. It so happens that
e entertaining pastor is a member
.f the National Baptist Publishing
i-oard, which places him in a dual
In making t h e announcement.
Sec. tar\ Boyd said he had polled
all the board members living out of
the city of Nashville, and they had
vi : "Y- 'el'-: "n to Kansan City"
so to speak. A letter has been sent
to all the Congress officials, depart
mental workers, state leaders, and
convention officials giving them
■ lie information about the time and
place of the Congress. This, said
Secretary Boyd, will give each
state, each county and each group
ample time to m a k e their plans
a n d preparations to go to Kansas
City and put over a very definite,
constructive program, because the
religious leaders from the various
states will be on hand at this fifty
first annual session of the Con
gress. ,
Dr. Williams said in a message
to Secretary Henry A. Bovd, that
three churches, including St. Ste
phen. will be in walking distance of
the Congress general session head
quarters. In extending the invitation
Rev. Mr. Williams said he would
have the solid support of the State
Convention of Kansas and Missouri
cf which he is the president, with
the v.-rious associations and practi
cally every church in the section of
Kansas C i t y, Kansas and Kansas
City, Missouri.
Prof. ' - mines lrrai .
dent of Lodge No. 113 has dura
wonderful job as President of bis
lodge: a very friendly and eompclen
person.
Mr. (». B. Arrington of Lodge No.
32 Ins L c n very successful with
• • 1 ■ cd always makes a fine
report during the Boards.
, HEIDELBERG NEWS
By Mrs. Annette Caraway
Professor and Mrs. L. II. Hardy are
baci-i home again after spending two
* weeks in • hospital in Laurel. They
both are oing nicely.
The fifth Sunday in October a .
ground breaking day ut Heidelberg
Methodist Church, with many visi
tors pres< .it.
Reverend Jimerson and wile from
Meridian, Reverend Howard from
Laurel, also Reverend Roberts from
Laurel and Elio ville, Rev. n ..c J. H
Hendrix, Disc. J. D. Wheaton and
Revo, i r.i C. M. Webb, pa.;tor. Rov
er' ud ijavir Iron Desota, Mr. and
Mrs. Tom Brown and several others
were in attendance for this occasion.
Mr. Fate Newell from Chicago, Ill
inois, is visiting his sister, Mrs. Mar
gin,'; Jorv s.
Misses Oillie 3. and Ruth Newell of
Alcorn College, daughters of Mr. and
Mrs. Doss Newell, spent the weekend
/■at home.
'JtauuEEikS
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Tin sad news has reached the of
l.t-c of the untimely death of liever
encl O. W. Mil ap> provident o' IT. T>.
A. L< ’go Mo. 148 of Ba- Springs,
li o ippi. This lodge has grown
■ t i e 1, ode. ship of h. veroed
‘ a 1 e att 'inled the boards as
'a s !,,.;lith would allow,
he will miss this old warrior in
rs 1!. B. A. meetings. He has fought
'* ford fight and we hope and pray
that the lodge will continue to *go
'or warn.
We e,d« nd to the bereaved heart
ed sympathy.
Woo! H. B. A. Caps
i On Hand
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The office 1 as tn strvU n fm*
wool H. B. A. caps with the tassel.
Wo do net jr*oc t o inunv of these
caos at a time. Tf vou are interested
in a cap, please notify the office.
ama
Mr-. Irb President of
Lod ■ No. 9 lre< ted fill
ing her pledge, but personally, I be
lieve she will go over it.
Mr. Wr.!. Kinslow. President of
.edges I! 373. 193, and 199, is si ill
/cry act: ^ ; nd cooperative.
He , 1 i of the finest persons
inyon.e could meet. •
FFLALE NEWS
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PV 1 >v t'.• i i the Echo for
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x ■ • ' ' " r T. dams y,
i O to' e r 'r". Time ?i:0 vjsi
iiic Col
■7. Mr. anc’ Mrs.
Joe Brown.
Rev. J eve Da vie. Mrs. Luvc-th
' ’ ' "nd Mr; M ,.ie T. Brown *>
Om
I Church :her<
• •'ei • -n ■ in attendance and Rev.
J. E. Dvr; preached. •> soul siirrini'
'■ ollectioi taken ani
he : n-< 1' of $25X2 wv. raised.
•vim Majrue 1 drown,
Reporter.
Dear Miss Lai-kin:
I'Di-' C" to -• that I am on a
two and one-half months vacation in
Pennsylvania and since 1 have been
here I have been learning of other
insurances and none of them can
beat the "Poor Man’s Friend ’ at its
price. 1 am the secretary of Lodge
No. 23b located at Shubuta, Missis
sippi and 1 would like for all of the
members of the Association to know
that we have something to be m-ond
of. All we have got to do is to keep
it going and we can do that by doing
our duties and obeying the laws and
regulations of t h c Association. I
w 11 be returning home soon and I
hope to find my lodge in good con
dition.
Mrs. Josephine Dixon,
Secretary No. 230..
Erie, Pennsylvania.
ADDITION TO ECHO
In the November 1st issue of the
Echo we carried two extra pages of
The National Weekly. This was a
"try-c,ut” and we do not know just
how long this will last, but we are
trying to make our Echo news more
interesting.
If you enjoyed the addition to our
paper, please let us hear from you.
M. L. Larkin, Secretary
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Mrs. Velma Edwards, President of
No. 472, has constantly been adding
members to her lodge since the mem
bership drive began.
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Mr Derias Craft, one of the local
pr
I see the office staff whenever he is
in town, a fine man.
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That person with such a pita sing
pe ,-iity and one of the finest'
presidents who is doing wonders |
with i^odge No. 77—Could that be (
anyone but Mrs. Bet tie Faulkner?
Facts About the YMCA
and Its Work With
Youth
Did You Know
1. That the YMCA is serving
more than 7.000 boys and girls in the
Negro High Schools of Mississippi
through the Hi - Y and Tri - Hi - Y
Hubs;
2. That the YMCA over a period
>f 40 years has given a program of
Christian guidance to youth in our
high schools of the State;
3. That these youth and their
leaders carry on their character
building program through 8 district
conferences and one big State confer
ence each year under the direction
of the State YMCA and our leaders
of the Board of Directors;
4. That the YMCA provides train
ed leaders who work at the “grass
roots'’ in helping youth develop
Christian Character;
5. That the YMCA provides help
ful materials and counsel on boy
girl problems;
6. That the boys and girls in our
schools make wide use of our Bible
study courses;
7. That the YMCA gives charac
ter references on boys and girls en
rolled in these clubs which prove
most valuable in many ways;
8. That through these activities
the schools have better scholarship,
better school attendance, better
school spirit and better all round
citizenship records;
9. That the YMCA was founded
in London, England. Junet6, 1844 by
George Williams at the age of 20.
It was transplanted in the United
States in 1851.
10 The YMCA is a world - wide
Christian fellowship movement; it is
found on e v e r y continent in the
world and in every major city in 79
countries;
11. That your YMCA membership
card gives you a home away from
home where ever you find Yr.l V
12. That basketball and volley
ball were invented by the YMCA;
13. That the first gym work. :
schools, social work and coun-cling
were started by the YMCA;
i.1. nil'll VI i lie veil! 1\ U3
founded by the YMCA and in 1910
YMCA leaders helped to launch Boy
Scouts of America;
15. That women served in the
YMCA both in war and peace since
1916 and represent about 13' i of the
otal YMCA membership;
16.. That according to 1950 survex .
there are 1,400 women on top policy
making boards in the YMCA's of the
United States; and
17. That every successful national
oi world leader in the last 50 years
has at sometime been under the in
fluence of the YMCA either directly
or indirectlj.
Mrs. Bettie Faulkner, the sweet
heart of the Holbrook Benevolent
Association. In order to help make
t h e General Secretary’s vacation
complete, Mrs. Faulkner sent her a
beautiful exquisite s o t of costume
jewelry. Sho is, known throughout
the Association to always do things
to make others happy.
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The National Foundation
'for Infantile Paralysis
News
James Clark Allen, Jr . five-year
old son of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Allen
of Tyler, Texas, v. - stricken with
polio in his sect cl yea. He has
been offieialh. .as-prated 1955
March ol Dimes F sfer Boy.
His picture will ,.pre,'.. in thous
ands of windows ail ever .he nation
during the drive ter pcJio-iighting
funds next Janiu : News stories
and campaign j hiioations will fea
ture the story n: ring tight
against polio.
James now w. i,-a.- with the aid ol
a hip brace tor his left leg and two
Canadian crutches. Allot fifty clays
of hospitalizatior. a hscharged
for home care and fa ice-weekly, out
|patient physical t: r.spy. From June
118. 1952 to Sept. 1. 1954 the Smith
C o ti n t y Chapter ol tl ■ National
Foundation for Infant.le Paralysis
has expended $2,510 80 r March of
| Dimes funds to enable Jar ,es to walk
again.
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