The Wilmington morning star., 1946-04-21

OSOn, pleQSe master, lO1IlII1le real
and Jimmie Simmons, publicity ch
Mrs. E. C. Cole leading choir OF
so voices 20 open the service. The
Revs. Thomas P. Noe, John Mac
Loed and E. C. Chamblee were the
participating ministers.
Later in the morning at 7 o'clock
the Rt. Rev. Thomas H. Wright,
bishop of the Eastern Carolina
Diocese, delivered the principal
sermon on the lawn of the church
at Spofford Mills.
Assisting in the service were the
Revs. C. c. Myer, A. T. st. Ar
mand, j. H. Long, and C. w. Muir
ray.
Ocean-Front Service
At the same hour Wrightsville
residents were attending a service
on the beach ocean-front with
Chaplain Frank Thoml son, OF
P arsall Memorial Presbyterian
church in charge. The service was
sponsored by the Little Church
Along the Boardwalk.
Locally, $50 Camp Lejeune Ma
rines are to be entertained by resi-
dents who have invited the service
men to Wilmington for the day.
Many will attend church services
with their hosts and all will be
guests at noon-day meals IN Viii
mington homes.
A picnic for the Marines and
their hosts has been scheduled for
Greenfield lake at 4:30 o'clock as
a climax to the activities Of their
visit. Proceedings of the picnic
will be broadcast over WMFD at
5 O o'clock.
Plans have been made for the
group to be entertained in the Sec
ond and Orange USO if the wealth
er should take an adverse turn.
Miss Doris Marsolias is director OF
Hospitalit: day. assisted by local
churches and the Junior Chamber
of Commerce.
Special services have also been
planned at Camp Lejeune with
stay-at-camp Marines being pre-
sented with special Easter Day
services in the chapels Of their re-
spective faiths.
Locally, the Rev. W. L. Posey,
of Camp Lejeune, will be guest
speaker at an 8 o'clock service this
evening in the First Christian Obs
ciples) church. He has chosen HE
that winneth souls is WISE" as his
theme.
Dennis Lilly, also of Camp Le-
jeune, will be guest soloist at the
service singing, "Oh, Divine Re-
deemer."
Grace Methodist
A complete Easter musicale will
be presented to the congregation
of Grace Methodist church tonight
at o'clock.
Following the reading Of the
scripture by the Rev. ]. A. Rus
sell, Christ the King" a cantata,
will be sung by Paul Bliss.
Included in the program will be
The Procession to Calvary" a
recitation by Mrs. M. F. Mattocks,
Weep Not For Me-" Leon Walsh;
There They Crucified Him,
chorus; "At the Cry of the First
Bird" Margaret Smoot.
"Alleluia! Allelulia!" by wom-
ems voices; Nov Upon the First
ray," Mrs. D. c. Marshall, Mrs.
Mattocks and Miss Glenn HUFF
ham; I'm the End of the Sabbath"
Mrs. T. P. Brown; Death is no
Conqueror, chorus and postlude,
Alleluia following benediction.
Trinity Methodist
An Easter cantata will be pre-
sented at 5 o'clock tonight at
Trinity Methodist church. The
Seven Lost Words of Christ" by
Theodore Dubois will be presented
under the direction of Miss Sarah
nj. Robinson.
Following Introduction 20 All
Ye Who Travel Upon the High
way" the last seven words will be
presented. Father, Forgive
Them" first word; Verify, Thou
Shalt Be in Paradise with Me, !"
second word; Woman, Behold
Thy Son." third word; why Hast
Thou Forsaken Me?" fourth word;
IT Am A'thirst,'' fifth word;
Father, Into Thy Hands Com
mend My Soul" sixth word and
'It is Finished" seventh word.
The program will conclude with
a soprano solo by Sarah Anne Ea-
ton; a tenor solo by Bobby Melton
and a baritone solo by Donald
Brown. Eugene Mauney will be
the organist.
The choir Of Emmanuel Presby-
terian church will sing, "The Ris-
en- Christ" at the 1880 o'clock ser
vice in the form Of an Easter
cantata written by Louise e.
Stairs.
A series of II songs will be pre-
sented including awake Inou
that Sleepest," Behold the DARK
ness Shall Cover the Earth, Sor, :,
row Shall Endure for the Night,
Might Within the Garden ne