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St. Mark M. E. Church IFormallyDedicatedImpressive CeremoniesIMembers of Olrl Mark Chapel Church. Colored. Hold Seriesof Services Celebrating Completion cA New BuildingValued At $50,000.,ilt;t.Oon thenow St. on r t ;i,\ great forward ®t**p w i nh\ the members of tin old .Morris Coap* 1 M 1 i j '* • 1 : * : t Ik com\ c-t u • Ik e Is; ’: * ’ a ‘a cost ofMark !V1. E. churlt; h Washington stref t.The nev church, upon w hi* hwork w as star t ed 1m r Mavh, a ^ completed tin middb of O* fob* r and formally dlt; d; ated to t Ik service of Christianity last Sunday, Oct oh* r 28. Special * i \ ice*-were held from (»(t-»her r»*h *o29th.Dr. \. I) Sham bos *.’• r, of Louisville*. 1\\.. officiated at the formal dedication c* remonies. In the afternoon of the same da tn* other service was Ip Id in which I'rer] N. rl it e, a member of theboard of ste wards of Wesley Mmorial church, extended the praises of the city to the numbers forthe fineness of their alt;compl«~h-ments. lie assured the com; i fion that the peopb of High Pointwere proud of their colored «iti zens and of the splendid worth while things the y wen trying ;lt; do.Rev. H. L. A she, the present pastor, was given a gnat dlt; al of credit for the carrying out of the program planned by the eliurlt; hThe improved building now contains standard Sunday * ehool looms, small assembly rooms, i commodious auditorium w ith reargallery, a kitchen and a pipe organ.A brief history of the chur* h ns carried in the directory for the dedication program followsAbout the year 1871, or fifty-seven years ago, a Methodist Kpis-copal church was organized in High Point. A small group, under the leadership of Rev. Lewis Gibson met, first in the home ■ and later in the school house on Perry street. At this time there was no church building in High Point for Negroes and the Methodist and Baptist groups met in the school house on alternate, Sundays.Among those in the organization of tho church were: Abram and Martha Carter, Wesley and Min-cva IJndsa}, Anna Alford. York and Ann Foster, .lack and Ibbev (iflnnaway, Joseph and M iiktv.i Tussey, Likev Idol, Henry ha vis, Fannie Austin, Mo.-es and Sallie Naylor, Benjamin and Mahal# Hill, Elvira Gray, William and Salile Sawyer, Ceorge (iray, Sidney and Adeline Bowman, Johnand Oita Robinson, Giles and Mai garet ( \i rtlt; r, 1 imeline Taylor, Greene Bow man, \ manda Merles, Van and Maria Calvin.During i prayer service at thehone of Anna Alford the first col -lection w a taken for the purchaseof a church site. The collectionn ’ : : r*Followin' Rev. Gibson as pastor was Rev. Daniel Brooks who came to ill is charge in 1ST! and was here for two years. Rev. Harry Pope then came to the pastorate.In 1^77 Rev Win Ilf nrv Smith came to this charge and it was during his pastorate the land was punha-od and the first church built. The church was calledCAhOu‘ 1 SrM), Rev. Smith was serving here again and planning to build a ik w church when death '■alb d him awav. Dr. J. P. Morriswa s* ut t o fill t ho place. Hebuilt the first brick church which w as calk'd Morris ( ha pel.In 1907 while R* v. J, c. Robbins was pa storing here the church was burned. Holding services at tIk High Point Normal and 1 ndu -trial Institute, Rev. Robbins !•-gan a new church. The church w as completed during t. he pastorate of Rev. J. H. Lovell.This church served for a long while but the growth of the town and the needs of the community demanded a larger and more modern edifice. Rev. P. .1. Cooke after building a new parsonage started the new church building mind which was added to by Rev. L. A. I’eeler.1 nder the efficient leadership of Rev. II. L. Ashe h most beauti-t ul and modern church building lias been erected, a church that will meet the demands of the people now and for future generations. The pastor and membership felt that the church had far outgrown the Appelation chapel and it is now called St. Mark M. K. church.■.1lt;ift j f«cfIVIt1w€tIIDAHO'S RANGES FAILUREIN WINTER FEED TESTr)I IC)IS. Idaho (.*!’► — A federal experiment which lasted seven vears has proven that it is not economical and practicable to at-t1 mpt production of winter feed for sheep on high ranges at an al-5 tit tide of 5,500 to 6,000 feet.The test, conducted by the 1'nit-ed States Sheep Experiment sta-• ion here, show lt;d, too, t hat land with similar rainfall had better be left unplowed, and used for grazing unless water is available for irrigation.Crops tested were sunflowers for silage, peas and oats for hay, sweet clover for hay and oats for hav. As a rule, the seasons were
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High Point Enterprise
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Sun, Nov 04, 1928
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