A ME Drlrgulion
Kxrluinp1 Virus
AT Oxford (lonf.
The Delegates ut our church
to the Eighth Ecumenical Meth
odist Conference, held in Oxford,
England, will be filling the col
umns of our papers with inter
esting news from that session, for
the next lew months, 1 am sure.
There were lifty-eight loyal Af
rican Methodists there, and they
made their impression. Those
wi ' attended the Conference
were diligent in taking notes, and
in their participation. Those who
were, as the British say, “On
Holiday” will have great tales to
tell of the beauties and interesting
customs of the places visited. All
gathered several times each week
at Oxford with those attending
the Conference and the fellow
ship was altogether delightful
We were afforded our “meeting
place” by the generosity of Bishop
John A. Gregg. The “password” j
was “Two-thirty” and at that
time, coming from discussions ati
Examination Hall, from luncheon I
engagements, from shopping and
from excursions to nearby places'
of interest, the African Methodists
would be seen enroute to “Tom
Three” at Christ College. There,
in the spacious sitting room of ,
Bishop Gregg’s apartment, each|
day we came to share our views,
to discuss developments taking'
place in the Conference and to'
exchange notes on various ex-;
periences. We looked forward to',
these fellowship periods which
were enlivened almost each day'
by the unexpected and pleasant
visit of one of the group who
was “On Holiday.”
Mrs. Roberta Davis
Honored By Laymen
There was a lovely testimonial
four-course turkey dinner given
by the Executive Laymen’s Board
of the Southern California Con
ference of which Coley W. Staf
ford is President. The dinner was
given on Labor Day at the Second
A.M E. Church pastored by the
Rev. Mr. Jesse L. Glover. The
tables were beautifully decorated
and the dinner was well-prepared
and served by the committee.
Serving as waiters wrere Messrs
Mose E. Webb, Joseph Ellis, and
Bert Farmer. Our special guests
were Mrs. Roberta Davis, her hus
band, Mr. A. E. Davis, Mr. and
Mrs. Robert Andrews, Miss Jua
nita Johnson, Mrs. Runeff Tran
sue, and Mr. C. A. Freeman. Fol
lowing testimonies to Mrs. Davis,
the honoree, she was presented
with gifts. Mrs. Davis responded
with many thanks of appreciation
stating that she would continue to
be loyal to the church and the
lay organization in San Diego as
she had been here in Los Angeles.
In connection with the affair, we
gave tribute to President Staf
ford, Mose E. Webb, our delegate,
and to Evangelist Lucy Minor who
have just returned from our Fifth
Episcopal District and Connec
tional Laymens’ Meeting which
convened in St. Louis, Missouri on
August 1, 1951. Other tributes
were given to Mr. Ralph Jones of
1331 West Third Street, Santa
Ana, California, who is our newly
appointed District Supervisor, and
to Mr. B. W. Inghram, who was
named Mr. Layman of 1951.
The church was well repre
sented by the several presidents of
the various local church leagues.
S*everal ministers looked in on us
and gave words of encourage
ments. The evening was perfect.
The benediction was pronounced
by Evangelist Cherry Ross.
Camille Leftridge, reporter.
>1i*. 14i) ini'll of I *).■> I
Mr. Thomas Person, president I
of the Lay men's league, First
Church, Utii & Towne, in Ixis An
il p 1 e s, C a 1 I
fornia, held hisj
first meeting of
the new con for
e n c o year on
S r p tem b e r
16th, 1951. Mr.
Person, a very
worthy man to
fill the position
of president, is
i president of the
Mr. Person usher board
No. 1 and a senior steward,
i Rev. Alvin A. Shaw is pastor ol'
First Church in Los Angeles.
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Bishop Oxnam
At Bennett
GREENSBORO, N. C.—(ANP)
—Bishop G. Bromley Oxnam, res
ident bishop of the New York
area, was the principal speaker
Tuesday, Oct. 30, at services ob
serving the 78th anniversary of ]
Bennett college here. I
Bishop Oxnam also spoke at a
testimonial dinner given by min- j'
isters and laymen of the North '
Carolina conference, for Bishop 1
and Mrs. Alexander P. Shaw of ^
Baltimore. Bishop Shaw is resi- i
dent head of the Baltimore area
which includes the North Caro- <
lina Conference. Organized in i
1972 as a co-educational school 1
tor the religious training of Ne- s
gro youth, Bennett college be
came a women’s college in 1926. <
Dr. David D. Jones is president <
of the college. <
/niolna Wilson
(lamlidalr l or
(lliiH SiMT(‘lary
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Delegates and friends of the
S. W. Missouri conference lay or
ganization which was held in
Kansas City October 13th, were
guests at a reception for Mrs
Zenobia H. Wilson, candidate for
Chief Secretary to the General
Conference to be held in Chicago,
May 1952. The reception, spon
sored by the Bootsers’ Club, was
held at Tracy Center with ap
proximately 150 persons attend
ing.
J. D. Williams, delegates to the
General Conference did a mag
nificent job as master of cere
monies and R. T. Sweeney host
president, ably assisted him.
Mrs. Glendoris Evans, campaign;
manager for Mrs. Wilson, was a
charming hostess and, in brief re
marks, reaffirmed her belief that
the prayers of the righteous avail-'
eth much.
Many prominent and outstand
ing guests and admirers of the
honoree were introduced and em
phasized the ability and fitness
of the candidate and gave a re
view of her experience as a mem
ber of the secretarial staff in De
troit, 1940; Philadelphia, 1944;
Little Rock and Kansas City, Kan-!
sas in 1948.
Mrs. Rubie W. Shakespeare, I
editor of the Laymen’s Voice was
introduced and spoke briefly on
the significance of the press in
sponsoring such a campaign.
The Rev. McCoy Ransom, pastor
of Ward Chapel, Kansas City,
complimented the club and en
couraged the laymen to continue
Father, Son Receive Honors
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CHARLES M. GOOLSBY
Charles M. Goosby, has recently
been admitted to the Graduate
Scnool of Arts and Sciences at
'Harvard University where he is
persuing work toward a Ph.D. de
gree in biology with an emphasis
(on internal secretions.
Mr. Goolsby received his B.Sc.
j in zoology at the University of
Nebraska in 1948 and M.Sc. de
gree in physiology in July of this
year. While at Nebraska he held
appointments as graduate assist- ^
ant from 1949 until his graduation^
’ He is a member of the Society of
Sigma Xi, national research hon
orary, and of Alpha Phi Alpha
fraternity in which organization
1 he has served as Regional Director
for Nebraska and Iowa since 1948.
! At the Ivy League school he has
1 received an appointment as a re
• search assistant to one of the coun
try’s leading endocrinologists.
| Mr. Goolsby is the son of Rev.
and Mrs. Lewis S. Goolsby of
Columbia, Mo., and formerly of
> Lincoln. He was this year elected
Grand Patron for Amaranthus
: Grand Chapter, O.E.S.; he has
. been a trustees of Quinn Chapel
church, and a member of Lebanon
[ Lodge No. 3 A.F. & A.M., Robert
Huckles Consistery, Amaranthus
Chapter No. 3, O.E.S., the Lincoln
DR. LEWIS S. GOOLSBY
Dr. Lewis S. Goolsby was re
cently elected to the General Con
ference to be held in Chicago, May
1952. He was honored to led the
North Missouri delegation.
Candidate for
Western Recorder
Dr. Lewis S. Goolsby, pastor of
St. Paul A.M.E. church, Colum
bia, Missouri, aspires to editorship
of the Western Christian Recorder.
A Georgian by birth and training,
an African Methodist of pure
stock, he has given forty years
of unbroken service and success as
pastor and presiding elder. He
was delegate to last General Con
ference and is a trustee of Wilber
force University; a graduate of
Morris Brown College, Atlanta,
Georgia, and of Turner’s Theo
logical Seminary. Also studied at
the University of California, in
Berkeley, received his D.D. de
gree from Western University.
Thirty years spent in the West,
this has given him the personal
belief that the East and West can
meet. In harmony with wishes
of friends he therefore aspires for
this post.
Urban League, the Lincoln Coun
cil on Human Relations, successor
to the Lincoln Social Action coun
cil, and the Y.M.C.A.
(luticv o( the ('hurra
Dr. Frederick D. Jordan
I-iOS Angeles, California
The Choice of the Church for Bishop
... At this General Conference
as Strong, Loyal Dependable.
God-Fearing Laymen.
Mr. Sweeney is chairman of the
club.
What Laymen Are Doiiif:
Mr. M. E. Webb, member and
ardent worker of Second A.M.E.
church, Los Angeles, California
took a well deserved vacation
during the summer. Being a very
active member of the Laymen’s
League of Southern California, he
attended the National convention
held in St. Louis, Missouri. He
was accompanied by his wife, anc
two daughters, Misses Marion anc
Eloise and his sister, Ethel Webb
who works untiringly as choii
director of Ward’s Chapel A.M.E.
church. Stops made during this
vacation were Fort Worth and
Dallas, Texas, Kansas City and St.
Louis, Missouri and Denver, Colo
rado.
* * *
The A.M.E. Ministers of South
ern California and the officers,
members and friends of Ward
A.M.E. church gave a “BON VOY
AGE PARTY” in August honor
ing Dr. and Mrs. Frederick D.
Jordan, delegate to the World
.Methodist Conference in Oxfjrd,,
England. Honorary co-chairmen,
were Dr. Browning C. Allen and ^
Dr. Alfred K. Quinn. General
chairman was Mr. Oscar V. Little.
Coley W. Stafford, president oL
Southern California conference,
and Chaplain Lucy Minor, Red
lands, Calif., were among persons
to attend the National Laymen’s
meeting held in St. Louis, Mis
souri.
Laymen’s day at Allen A.M.E.
church, San Bernardino, Califor-,
nia was a huge success with its
president, Dixon Johnson. Sister
iVassar Burke Freeman of Price
Chapel, Los Angeles, California,1
was guest speaker. Many churches
were represented including Lula
White Fontana, George Philips,
Riverside, California; Lucy Minor,
Redland; Mose Webb and Bro
Buckner, Los Angeles. After the
afternoon meeting a chicken din
ner was served.
* * *
Mr. J. E. Bell, president of the
Lay Leagues of St. Paul A ME
church, St. Louis, Missouri, at
tended the annual lay conference
held at Allen Chapel Kansas City,
Missouri, October 13th. In his
remarks he praiat i the officers
and lay nvwibers tor the very
fine progress they are making.
• * *
I Mrs. Dolly Brown Glasse,
Jest us
The Carpenter
Charles M. Sheldon
If I could hold within my hand
The hammer Jesus swung,
Not all the gold in all the land,
Nor jewels countless as the sand,
All in the balance flung,
Could weigh the value of that
thing
Round which his finger once did
cling.
I If 1 could have the table Christ
jl Once made in Nazareth,
jNot all the pearls in all the sea,
. Nor crowns of kings or kings to be
As long as men have breath,
Could buy that thing of wood he
made;
The Lord of Lords who learned a
trade.
Yea, but his hammer still is - own
By honest hands that toil,
And round his table men sit down;
And all are equals, with a crown
Nor gold nor pearls can soil;
The shop of Nazareth was bare;
But brotherhood was builded
there.
widely known A.M.E. church
choir director, singer and organist,
became the bride recently of Mr.
Freeman L. Martin, veteran St.
Louis attorney. Atty. Martin is
president of the Missouri confer
ence lay organization.
The ceremony was performed at
the Bethel A.M.E. church where
Mrs. Glasse has been choir direc
tor intermittently for about 12
years, by the Rev. Francis H. Mc
Clure, Bethel pastor. Several hun
dred persons were present to wit
ness the marriage of the two well
known Mid-Westerners.
Religion in The News
Forty-five young men and wo
men, selected for three years of
service each in Africa under spon
sorship of the Methodist church,
have completed a six-weeks train
ing and orientation period at
Hartford, Conn., and will soon
be enroute to Alrica. The group
made up of twenty men and
twenty-five women, each under
thirty years of age, includes
teachers, technicians, ministers
and religious educators, agricul
tural workers, builders, recrea
tional leaders, nurses, social
workers, and musicians.