Evening star., 1943-05-20
50-Year Members
Of Calvary Baptist
Are Paid Tribute
DR.. H. K. WiIIioms Speaks
At Ceremony Preceding
Annual Elections

Calvary Baptist Church last night
honored its "50-yearlings
worshipers who have membership
records of more than so years-dur-
ing ceremonies preceding the
church's annual election.
Only "a of the IS old-time men,
bers were present, led by Miss Geor-
gia E. Doran, 6211 Thirty-first
street NV. member of the church
for 63 years.
Miss Doran was the oldest in point
of membership present, since Mrs
Sallie Anderson Crupper. member
for 81 years, was unable to attend.
The women were presented with
corsages and the men boutonniers
by Dick Crawford, son of DR.. c. w.
Crawford, the church pastor, and
Elizabeth Everett, granddaughter of
William w. Everett, a member of the
church for 81 years.
Tribute Paid to Group.
Tribute was paid the venerable
group for their years of devotion"
by DR.. Crawford and DR.. Louis D.
Bliss, head of the Bliss Electrical
School, Takoma Park, and member
for so years, responded to the 80
yearlings."
DR.. Howard K Williams, minister
Of the Alpha Baptist Church, Phila-
delphia. addressed the 400 guests,
and the Rev. Edwin H. Tuller, assist
ant pastor of Calvary, pronounced
the invocation.
Nearly 81 years old ITSELF Calvary
Church has 3.543 members, making
it one of the two largest Protestant
congregations in Washington.
Following the dinner and recog-
milton of the honor guests, the
church elections were held. Elected
to the Board of Deacons were J. @.
Buzbee, Clyde J. Crouch, John G.
Minor, A. Hunter Pritchard, A. G.
Johnson. Philip A. Wright, w. w.
Everett, jr.; William l.. Ford S. w.
Bristow. Lawrence C. Greene,
Thomas Marx Huff, Marvin F. Yates.
Deacons Are Listed.
Elected to the honorary list of
deacons were Dr. William A. Wilbur.
George Musson. William Henry
Moore, J. B. Klnnear. Herbert l..
Davis, Dr. H. H. Kimball, DR.. Louis
D. Bliss.
Members of the Board of Trustees
elected were Henry M. Barry, Golden
N. Dagger. Richard A. Sauer, R.
Brice Waters. Elected to the Board
of Deaconesses were Mrs. Clyde J.
Crouch, Mrs. Austin Holloway, Mrs.
William E. Harvard, Mrs. Richard
A Sauer and Mrs. A. M. Wolford.
w. Parks Crater was elected
church clerk and Bert H. Wise was
elected Sunday school superintend-
ent. Mrs. Ella M. Orr was appointed
assistant general superintendent.
Members of the church for more
than SO years and their length of
service are:
Mrs. Sallie Anderson Crupper. ST;
Miss Georgia E. Doran, So; Mrs.
Kate Mandley Mitchell. 81; Mrs.
Cora Boyd Morgan, 81; Miss Anna
B. Adams. 81; Mrs. Gertrude Cowling
Kimball. so; Herbert L. Davis, so;
Mrs. Leila Bailey Hardell, 60: Mrs
Kate Judd Evans. 58; Mrs. Emma
MaStbrook Heard So
Mrs Susie Purcell Bell, So: Mrs.
Irene Best Elliott So Robert w.
Nicely, 81, Miss Juliet M Searle, ST:
Mrs. Blanche Smith Palmer. ST: Mr..
and Mrs. John B. kinnear. both ST:
DR.. H. H, Kimpall. 81: Mrs. Josie
Collins Nourse, 57;:Mrs. Maggie Rush
Smith, S.
Mrs Angelina Schleuter, Sc; Miss
Jennie B. Butler. Sc; Miss Carrie
Braden, Sc; Mrs. Isabelle Woodward
Olcott, SIS; Mrs. Blanche Hewlett
Finch. SIS: Mrs. Annie Bond Gotta.
SIS; Mrs. Lou Palmer Ballinger, SIS:
Miss Irene Jasper. SIS: Miss Cora E.
Troxell, 55; Mrs. Mabel Vaughn
Mercer. 54
DR.. Eugene c. Rice. 54: Miss
Grizelle L. Bishop. 54: Miss Rosa
cond K. Stickney, 54; Mrs. Albert B.
Ruff, 54; William w. Everett, 81:
Miss Grace Penney, 54; Miss Lou
AK GERS, 50; William E. Mothershead
54I DR.. T. A. Wilmington, 54; Mrs
Jennie Fish Kinnan, SO.
Miss Mignonette o. Buckingham
81; Mrs. Sadie Buckingham Everett,
So; Miss Harriet Hughes. So: Miss
Mary 1. McKeever, So: Miss Nettie
B. Browne, So; Miss Alice M.
Prentiss. So; Miss Minerva Prentiss.
s3; Miss Annie M. Walton, So: Miss
Mollie E. Ellyson, 50; Mrs. Grace
Whitaker Seibold, Sc.
George G.. Seibold, So. Mrs. Clara