Ame’s Mammoth Conclave Illuminates Religious Education Leaders
The AMEs set for a large congress in Atlanta feature remarks by Dean Rusk and Dorothy Tilly with other senior church and youth figures. Programs include devotional services, panels on world order, an Oratorical Contest, workshops for all ages, and high profile sermons by Bishops including A J Allen Gomez and Wright.
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Dean Rusk
Washington, D.C
Dorothy Tilly
Pres. Roosevelt
John Schisler
Board of Education
the Methodist Church
Weaver M. Marr
Boy Scouts of America
International Society Christian Endeavor
International Council of Religious Education
B.N. Moore
St. Paul
Sadie Belle Barrow
New Orleans
Priscilla Massie
Detroit
H. B. Frazier
Columbia
S. C
Richard Allen
Home and Foreign Missionary Society
L. L. Berry
A.M.E. Church
Anne Heath
Woman’s Mission
Ary Society
Nora W. Link
Woman’s Missionary Society
R. R. Wright, Jr
South Africa
Susie L. Flipper
Joseph S. Flipper
Mary P. King
Artishia Jordan
Los Angeles
Gladys Holmes
Boston
A. J. Allen
Cleveland
Ohio
Joseph Gomez
Waco
Texas
Atlanta
D. Ward Nichols
New York
John H. Clayborn
Memphis
Tenn
Morris Brown College
W. A. Fountain
E. C. Mitchell
R. R. Wright
Georgia
Bishop Gregg's Wife Buried in Two States
Mrs. Melberta Gregg, wife of Bishop John A. Gregg of the Florida District AME Church, was buried in Lawrence after double funeral services in two states. She died July 18 in Jacksonville Fla from lingering illness caused by a fall injuring her spine and hips. A noted German refugee physician from Vienna had developed a silver socket for her hip bone in attempts to heal her.
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Lawrence, Kas
ANP
Melberta Gregg
John A. Gregg
Florida
African Methodist Episcopal Church
Gregg
Jacksonville
Fla
Vienna
Oldest Negro Church Honors Longtime Pastor in Savannah
America's oldest Negro church, First African Baptist in Savannah, founded January 20, 1788, honored its pastor Rev. Ralph Mark Gilbert for ten years of service. Ministers, congregations, and over 20 secular groups visited daily as church choirs sang in tribute to Dr. Gilbert.
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Savannah
America
First African Baptist Church
Ralph Mark Gilbert
First African
Gilbert
West Pointers Ordered to Active Duty
Two June 1950 West Point graduates were ordered to active duty here last week. They are David K. Carlisle of this city and Robert W. Green of Oakland. They will report for duty in Yokohama, Japan, where they will then be assigned to their permanent outfits. At West Point they were roommates.
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Los Angeles
ANP
West Point
David K. Carlisle
Robert W. Green
Oakland
Yokohama
Japan
U. S. Military Academy
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