Christmas in Calvert's Darkey Town Brims With Joy
In Calvert's colored community Christmas Eve blends church services, carols, and a lively street scene. Families decorate, share stories, and enjoy songs, with Santa visiting and a possum trick show delighting children. Despite poverty, laughter and community spirit prevail as traditions mix with modern tunes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calvert
Darkey Town
van Poorter
Lizzie
Vem
Lizsie
Ushal Fis
Fedo Smaart
Edo
Wongoon
Santa
Splendid Colored School
Christmas Spirit and Charity Through Hard Times
The piece extols Christmas as a spirit not a date, urging kindness, cheer, and faith amid economic woes. It warns against guns for children, calls for early shopping, and reflects on Mary and Jesus in Bethlehem. It emphasizes giving, forgiveness, and sustaining hope through hardship.
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Eertering Srrardsa
Mary
Jesus
Herod
Galles
Samaria
Judea
Bethlehem
David
Roarh
Lfe
Pioneer Methodist Preacher Rev John Wesley Bowden Dies at 90
Bowden, a Texas Methodism pioneer born July 6 1842 in Tennessee, died near age 90 after a life of circuit walking. He walked sixteen preaching places on his first charge and later completed a 700 mile post Civil War trek home from Union prison. He served early in Texas, endured capture twice, and was mourned by family who learned of his presumed death before his eventual homecoming.
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John Wesley Bowden
Waco
Texas
Bowden
Arkansas
Mr. Bowden
Lawrence County
Tennessee
Price
Missouri
Heel
Christmas Time and Shared Fellowship
A brief Christmas reflection on joy and fellowship highlighting renewing old friendships and the spirit of giving and goodwill during the season.
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Pry Tad
Darkey Tower
Palvert
Barre
Soho Peat
Ling Nelly Gray
Sewaner River
Birmingham
Tambo
Darkey
Mister van Poorter
Deacon Green
Jaus
Mister van Poarter
J. H. Wim
LOWRY
Santa Claus
Christ
Jou
Tam
Christ- Thas
Pagh
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