Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-08-31
Birthday Greetings

BirthduY Greetings
Birthday greetings in st. Paul: Sept.
&c. Oliver. 94S IElehart. Sept. 4-DeIores
River, 7ls Iglehart; Grace Seaton, $50 Car
roll; Grace RoystOn, 298 st. Anthony.
Sept. 5-Mrs. Villa Mae Parker. 1853 West
ern Ave. Eva Draper, 43s Olive st. Sept.
6-Carolyn Combs, sos st. Anthony. Sept.
Joseph johnson, st. Paul.
Birthday greetings in Minneapolis: Aug.
Mrs. VIM. Seabron. 1901 26th Ave. S.
Sept. flames Hudson, ITO Highland Ave.
N. Mrs. Beatrice Cassius, 1856 Fourth
Ave. s.; Oscar Newman, 2434 Fifth Ave.
s.; James Sisson, 2l0 Irving Ave. N. and
Miss osceOla Wright. I'LL Emerson Ave.
S. Sept. 2-Ars. Mary Duke, 22Ol Fifth
Ave. s.. Hobart Mitchell, Jr.. 1912 Elliot
Ave. Mrs. E. H. Frazier, 2425 Fourth Ave.
g.; Mrs. T. b. Warren, sos Fremont Ave.
N; and Fred @. Murphy, 374l Fifth Ave.
s. Sept. "a. J. Clark. 4045 Clinton Ave.
N. Sept. A. s. Barnett. 1920 Clinton
Ave. S. Sept. 5-M. E. Bell. 1929 Clinton
Ave. S.; Giovanni Alexander, 1920 Fifth
Ave. s.; Theodore Wallace, Void Cham
berlsin. Sept. 6-Theodore Vaughn, 1920
Fourth Ave. s.; Mr.. and Mrs. W. c. Rem
2207 Elliot Ave. Sept MARY L. Can
non, 1882 Fifth Ave. s.; Richard Ross, 532
Aldrich Ave. N. c. r. Mendoza, 53S Girard
Ave. N. Matte Deering, 1886 Clinton Ave.
Charlene Noble, 1882 Fourth Ave. s., and
James Hammond, 274l Clinton Ave. S.
Belated Greetings to Mrs. Bonnie Dugas.
1910 Tenth Ave. S., Thursday. Aug. 80.
Outof-tOwn: Sept. 3-Kathleen and
Eileen, Rte. l, New Brighton, MINI. Sept.
Mrs. Henry Kirtley, Kansas City, Mo.
George F. Jackson. GAINESVILLE. Ohio. Sept.
6-Mrs. Mary Williams, Chicago: and Ver-
non Lucas. Des Moines, Iowa.
VISITORS
s-s4 l..
Mrs. Young j. Outlaw, Mrs. d. E. Baker,
Mrs. VIM. Mitchell of st. Louis, Mo. ; Mrs.
Pearl Brooks st. Paul; Lillian Turk. Cert
rude Renfro and Murray Lee, Milwaukee,
Wis. Mrs. T. c. Mathis, Detroit; Russell
Hoard, Kansas City, Mo; Mr.. and Mrs.
LeOla Washington, Shreveport, La. Mrs.
VIM. Seabron, Evanston, Ill. Maxine Jones,
Ruth Brown of Minneapolis and the Rev.
M. E. Nelson. Columbus, Ohio.
CamphOr Memorial Methodist Church:
Choose Ye This Day Whom Thou Will
Serve" was the text used by the Rev.
Merrill E. Nelson, pastor of the Wheatand
Avenue Methodist Church. in a sermon at
the morning worship service last Sunday.
The guest speaker. who is a brother of the
pastor, the Rev. Clarence T. X. Nelson,
declared that 'the Christians of the world
could have prevented the World War if
they had stood firm, as did a few con-
scientious DIRECTORS, for their convictions
against war"
We were pleased to have among the WISH
tors at the service, the Rev. John Brooks,
a member of the Washington Conference.
Pastor Nelson conducted the service. and
preached last Sunday morning at the Hol-
man Methodist church, for the pastor who
is on his vacation.
After the morning service many mem
bers and friends of the church went to
Como Park and enjoyed the first annual
basket meeting. The festivities of the day
were closed with song service.
Rev Nelson will preach at the IL a. m.
service Sunday, and will deliver a Labor
Sunday message. The Mems Club will be
in charge of Labor Sunday program at
6 80 p. m. The principal feature of the
program will be a panel discussion on the
subject THE Relationship of Labor and the
Church." Speakers on the panel will in
clude S. Vincent Owens executive secre-
tary of the st. Paul Urban League Maceo
V. Littlejohn, general chairman of Local
SIG Frank Boyd, secretary-treasurer of the
Twin Cities Division of Brotherhood of
Sleeping Car Porters William Heron, vice
president of Local CIO and John Law
renee, representing the United Transport
Workers Of America. Musical numbers on
the program will include solos by Chester
Russell and Thomas Greene. Prof. r. Nell
son. barber, will play the pipe organ and
Janet Armstrong, Mrs. Arlee Blakey and
william Buliar0 VIII sing as q tTlO.
Wayman A. NJ. E. Church: Sunday the
pastor, the Rev. L. P. Ashford, preached
from the subject 20 Wretched Man That
Am Who Shall Deliver Me-"
In Analysing the text, the pastor pointed
out what sin does to an individual a
nation, it causes a retardment in the lives
of the human family and finally an Outburst
of an unhappy state of life.
After the sermon, the infant son of S lie
Lee Henry Oates and Mrs. Betty Oates,
Melvin Bernard Oates. was baptized The
god-parents are Mrs. Myrtle Hill and James
Batsell. Visitors present were the Rev. E. G.
Harris, Edward Carr and Mrs. Mary Swain,
all Of Minneapolis.
Tuesday night. Mrs Corrie Brown en-
tertained the Busy Bee Club at her home
Tuesday afternoon. the Missionary Society
held its last meeting for this conference
year Mt the home of Mrs. Myrtle Hill
On last Friday night. August "a, the
Pastors Aid Society met in its final meet
ing in this conference year at the home of
the president, Mrs. Ruby Bobo. The society
has been organized just four months, and
have gone over the top financially. The
pastor and family were presented with a
very nice purse for their trip to the annual
conference.
The Pastors Aid Society is to be COM
mended for the fine work that they have
done in such a short time.
On Sunday morning the pastor will
preach from the subject, And the Lord
Will Provide" After the morning service
the pastor and family will leave for the
annual conference in Council Bluffs, Ia.
The public is cordially invited to come
out and hear the last sermon in this con-
ference year.-Church Reporter.
st. Peter A. NJ. E. Church: The Mems
Day program was a grand success. The
guest speaker, William M Seabron, gave a
good message on Man and Religion" At
the close of his talk, four persons joined the
church. including him and his wife.
The panel discussion was led by the Rev.
r. W. Kelley, and a group from the Uni
versity of Minnesota. The discussion was
one of the best we have heard this sum
mer. The congregation enjoyed the many
points Of interest brought out in the discus
sion. The chairman, Arthur Wright, and
the program chairman, W. E. Stovall. are
very thankful to all who helped make the
day a grand success. They will make their
final report Sunday on. the amount of
finances raised.
The Young Peoples Day chairman, Robert
Wormley, and Earl Bowman, program
chairman. are requesting the youth, and the
other members of the Church to cooperate
with them in every way to make Sunday,
September 2, a grand success. The young
peoples chorus will sing. There will be
services at l0:4 a. m. and a program at
p. m.
The delegates to the missionary conven-
ton and annual conference will leave Sun
day evening for Council Bluffs, Iowa. The
delegates are James L. Lewis and Rev. and
Mrs. H. C. Boyd. The missionary conven-
ton will convene Monday at noon. Sunday,
September 8, the Rev. Henderson Reddick
will preach in the absence of Pastor Boyd.
Every member is requested to be present.
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