The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-08-28
NEGROES OPEN
CONVENTION AT
CHRIST TEMPLE
Observe Twentieth Ami
verSary of Church; Visit
ing Delegates Here.

More than $50 delegates have reg
istered at Christ Temple for the
fifteen-day convention which began
Aug. "a.
Many of the delegates journeying
to this convention are visiting
Christ Temple the first time. The
Temple had its beginning in 1908
in an old abandoned tin shop in
w. Michigan st. The Rev. G.. 7.
Haywood is pastor and has been
its head continuously for the past
twenty years.
The present location of Christ
Temple is one of the attractive
sites of the north side colored
neighborhood and was erected at a
cost of $4,000.
The seventeenth anniversary cele-
bration of the Metropolitan Baptist
Church was opened Monday night
with a large crowd in attendance.
Visit Boys at Camp
The Rev. G. L. Lillard and choir
will have charge of the program at
the church tonight. The Rev. I. M.
Hendon will conduct services
Wednesday night and the Rev. R. D.
Leonard and choir will represent
the Union Tai -rnacle, Thursday
night. The service is in recognition
of the seventeen years pastorate of
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A number of citizens have been
motoring to Fl. Harrison each week
to visit the training camp for colored
boys.
Baseball games between students
Of Crispus Attucks high school and
the c. M. T. c., boys have been re-
cent attractions at the camp.
Arrange Civic Picnic
A picnic at Noblesville will be
given by the Pleasant View Civic
Club on Labor day. The public is
! invited to attend. w. D. Harrison
is president of the club which is
made up of south side citizens.
Mrs. j. F. Johnson, Mrs. Katie
Boyer and Mrs. Camille Richardson
are at the Tyson in Chicago for a
weeks visit.
Mr.. and Mrs. Murphy Dinwiddie,
Twenty-First ST., motored to Chi
cago Monday for a visit with
relatives. They were accompanied
by Mrs. H. c. Hoskins and Mrs.
Katie Boyer.
Members of the Y. w. G. A, staff
are back from vacations and
promise to announce fall programs
for each department at an early
date.
Clarence Baxter, Highland Pl.,
son of Parker Baxter, Greensburg,
Pa, left Sunday following report
of his fathers death. Clarence Bax-
ter's son william and a brother
Harold Baxter left Monday to at
tend the funeral.
Misses Hazel Alexander and lone
Givens are spending their vacation
in Chicago.
Attend Music Convention
Elder Herbert Davis, Leaven-
worth, Kan; Elder E. L. jackson
Denver, Colo; K. A. F. Smith, Co.
| lumbuS, Ohio, and Elder j. M. Tur.
pin, Baltimore, are among the lead
ers of the Apostolic Ministers Of
Pentecost attending the convention
at Christ Temple.
Indianapolis persons attending
the National Music Promoters con-
vention in Detroit this week: Mrs.
Helen Chenault, Miss Ellen v.
Thomas and Mrs. Ethel Hyte, who
are motoring to points in Canada
before their return.
Mrs. Sarah V. Harris, California
St., is to undergo an operation at
the city hospital.
Mrs. P. H. Roney, Tuskegee, Ala,
is visiting in Chicago for the week.
Mrs. Roney will join her husband
here this week for a return motor
trip South. Roney is on the staff
of Col. j. H. Ward at the United
States Veterans Hospital at Tus-
kegee.
DR.. R. r. Morton was the guest
of Attorney and Mrs. r. L. Broken
burr during his stay in the city. He
was accompanied to the city by his
secretary, DR.. G. Lake lines. DR..
Motion returned directly to his sum-
mer home at Capahosic, Va. He adj
dressed 1900 citizens at a mass
meeting during the Walker conven-
ton.