The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-09-21
NEGRO CHURCH
ARRANGES FOR
CONFERENCE
Sessions Will Be Held ir
Allen Chapel, Opening
Wednesday.

ence of the African Methodist
Episcopal church will be held in
Allen chapel, Broadway and Elev-
enth StS., Sept. &c to 80.
The Rev. w. D. Shannon is pastor
of the church, while conference Off
GERS will include the Rev. A. j.
Carey, presiding bishop, and the
Rev. j. P. @. Wallace, presiding
elder.
Annual sermon by the Rev. H. A.
Perry will open the sessions Wednes-
day morning. The administration
of the Lords Supper and the organ
ization of conference plans are on
the afternoon program.
Welcoming exercises are listed
for Wednesday night and DR.. H. w.
Armistead is to be master of cere-
monies.
jackson on Program
Other numbers of the welcoming
program will include addresses by
Governor Ed Jackson, F. E. De
FrantZ, secretary of the Negro Y.
M. c. A.; the Rev. I. M. Hendon,
pastor of the Corinthian Baptist
Church; Mrs. Gertrude B. Hill,
president of the Woman's Mission
airy society; Mrs. Susie A. Moten,
representing the senior department
of Allen chapel, and Miss Zelma
Gibson Of the junior department.
Response will be made by the Rev.
A. j. Carey, Chicago, presiding
bishop of the conference.
Musical numbers for the evening
will be given by the Allen Chapel
choir, the Richard Allen chorus,
Allen Chapel male quartet, Mrs.
Matte Bivens, the Floyd quartet
and Hoosier male quartet.
The pageant scheduled for Sat-
urday night, ordination sermon
Sunday morning and appointment
of pastors Sunday night are main
events of the weeks program.
The Eliza A Baker Memorial
Club has been formed, its members
former graduates of the Indianapo-
lis Teachers College.
Next Meeting Oct. 6
The president stated that all
meetings and entertainments of the
club will be held at the school. The
next meeting is planned for Oct. 6
when plans for a benefit party Oct.
IL viii be completed.
Officers are Miss Bessie Coleman
president; Mrs. Flora j. Davis, Sec
rotary, and Mrs. Ida Bryant, treas
urer.
R. L. Brokenburr, chairman OF
the membership committee an
nounces the annual fall member
ship campaign from Oct. 1 to TO- He
has set the goal at 500 men and
boys and expresses the thought
that this number will be reached
early in the campaign.
Invitations have been sent TO
fifty workers, among whom are:
R. L. Brokenburr, F. B. Ransom, II. L.
Sanders. Or. NJ D. Battles, DR.. w. E..
Brown, Dr. L. r. Young. DR.. W. w. Ste
art Or. H. l. luminous, J. A. Patton, M.
NolcoX, DR.. E. D. Alexander, A. Dodson,
W. z. GrubbS, L. Armstrong, William La
velles, John Anderson, NJ, Taylor, H. Dan
ields, E. Arts, r. Doyle, J. H: Kemp. J.; H.
DR.. 6. A. Lucas, DR.. L. A. Lewis. Wilbur
Grant, Willis A. Kersey, the Rev: Mr.
Spotlwood. DR., J. B. Hankal; DR.. B; J. ,os-
borne, DR.. L. Meriweather, Mrs; Whitaker.
Turner Robinson, Roy Kennedy, Vernon
Anderson, Budy Boyd Julian Coleman, H.
Riley. Max Sanders. william Baxter. DR..
William Mack. E. Chamblee. DR.. Frank
Chowning, William Walker and William
Brooks.
Meeting of the campaign organi-
zation will be held at the building
Wednesday evening, Sept. 26 at $50,
when 100 men and boys. members Of
the campaign organization, will be
banquet guests.
Funeral Is Held
Funeral of Mrs. Francis McDow-
ell was held Wednesday afternoon
from the Messiah A. M. E. Church
The Rev. E. A. White, pastor of
Simpson M. E. Church, was in
charge. The funeral sermon was by
the pastor, the Rev. Jesse H. Johns.
Mrs. Mcdowell was founder of the
Messiah Church and the mother of
Mrs. Katie Boyer, her only daugh-
ter.
Burial was in Crown Hill cemetery
in charge of the John A. Patton
funeral firm.
High school graduates, members
of the Second Baptist Sunday
school, will be entertained by the
Sunday school at the church to-
night. The superintendent, Mrs.
Elizabeth jackson, invites the pub
lie to attend. The Rev. B. j. F.
Westbrooks is the pastor.
Announcement is made of APP
pointment of w. A. Kersey of High
land Pl., as State organizer of the
colored Democratic voters. Kersey
has held important posts under
Democratic administrations of the
past.
Independent Charity No. Is will
give a benefit luncheon Sunday at
the home of Mrs. Anna Dickerson,
226 N. Oakland Ave. The public is
invited.
A reception in honor of Miss Fan