Memphis World
Memphis World Publishing Co.
1961-11-09
J. A. Beauchamp


—Bishop A. B. McEwen 
of Memphis, chairman of the executive commissioners of
the vast Church of God in Christ, is shown as he spoke at Bishop
C. H. Mason's funeral. The executive commission, composed of
bishops appointed by the late Bishop Mason, will carry on the
operation of the church.

Who Will Take Over
Bishop Mason's Role
As Church's Leader?
Will the operation and administration of the world-wide
Church of God in Christ continue at directed by Bishop Charles
H. Mason, the 99-year old founder and senior prelate who was
buried last week in the foyer of spacious Mason Temple following 
a five-hour funeral?
Will the executive commission of bishops continue to work
as a body in carrying on the work of the church or is there one in
this group who will rise to the top and become supreme leader?
Will the executive commission of
bishops continue to work as a body
in carrying oh die work of the
church or is there one in this
group who will rise to the top and
become supreme leader?
The late Bishop Mason was the
founder and senior bishop of the
many - winged Church of God in
Christ which claims 5000 churches
and from four to five million members. 

He was the supreme leader. He
was the man who called the signals, 
the man who made the big
decisions and assignments, the
man who kept the church on a
steady course.

The Church of God in Christ
is now under the direction of executive 
commissioners consisting of
Bishop A. B. McEwen of Memphis
as chairman, Bishop John B. Bailey 
of Detroit as co - chairman,
Bishop J. O. Patterson of Memphis 
as secretary," and Bishops O.
M. Kelly of New York, Bishop J.
O. Patterson of Memphis as secretary, 
and Bishops O. M. Kelly of
New York, Bishop S. M. Crouch of
Las Angeles, Bishop O. T. Jones of
Philadelphia and Bishop O. E. Miller 
of Detroit. Mrs. Lillian Brooks
Coffey, another powerful figure in
the church, heads the Woman's


LeMoyne Sunday
Set For Dec. 10
The annual project of the senfor 
class, LeMoyne Sunday, will be
observed at Second Congregational
Church, Walker and McDowell,
Sunday, Dec. 10, with Dr. Henry
C. McDowell of Miami as speaker. 

Seniors will preside at the 11
o'clock hour at which time Dr. McDowell 
will deliver the sermon.
At 4 p. m., there will be a "Conversation 
With Dr. McDowell,"
sponsored by three organizations—
the LeMoyne College Student
Christian Fellowship and the Laymen's 
Fellowship and Women's
Fellowship of the church. A reception 
will follow the afternoon program. 

Dr. McDowell is now pastor of
an interracial Congregational
Church in Miami and was formerly
a missionary to Anglo, Portuguese,
West Africa. He also has been instructor 
at Hartsford Theological
Seminary and pastor of Bixwell
Avenue Congregational Church in
New Haven, Conn.


R. S. LEWIS AND SONS' new chapel, one of the finest in the
South, will be open to the public in a few weeks.
TWO LOCAL EDITORS, J. A. Beauchamp (World) and Thaddeus 
T. Stokes (Tri-State), leave this weekend for Washington,
D.C., where they will participate in a Peace Corps Conference
as guests of the U. S. Government.
CENTENARY METHODIST CHURCH'S Men's Day went over the
$3,000 mark. Several $50 gifts helped push the total to $3,112.
GOODWILL REVUE sponsored by WDIA for Xmas charily
made news in more ways than one. It pulled a crowd of 7,000.
Two of the station's key personalities, Disc Jockey Ford Nelson
And Vice President Bert Ferguson, were too ill to attend the show.
And, three high school basketball games were cancelled because
of the revue's tremendous drawing power.
THAT SPARKLING six-by-six sign at me corner of Walker
and Neptune advertising LeMoyne's basketball games was done
by the well known artist and decorator, Jefferson Taylor of 1319
Barbour.
CASH REGISTERS in Main Street department stores are making 
merry music. Could it be that lifting of the boycott had anything 
to do with this sudden upsurge?

END OF FUNERAL—
Bishops and high officers of
the Church of God in Christ stand in the pulpit
in spacious Mason Temple as undertakers prepare 
to move the copper casket containing the

body of Bishop Charles H. Mason to the foyer
of the temple for burial. Approximately 7,000
jammed the temple to witness the five-hour
funeral.

Father Kills Son!
Jesse Bethel Sr., 39, of 984 Carey
Road, had warned his son about
"being disrespectful in public."
Jesse Bethel Jr., 21, of 3701
Swanee Road, was dead Sunday,
shot and killed by his own father
for "talking disrespectful in public." 
Investigating officers said the


WORKING FOR COLLEGE FUND—
John Taylor,
left, and Mrs. Ann L. Weathers, second from
right, are two of the outstanding field workers
in the current United Negro College Fund campaign. 
Each has turned in more than $150.
Others lending a hand in the drive are Miss

Jewel Gentry, second from left, and Miss Dorothy 
Slate, far right. The campaign continues
through December 31 and the goal is $15,000.
Workers report Monday nights at 7:30 in the
faculty lounge of LeMoyne College.

UNCF Campaign
Over $5000 Mark
The United Negro College Fund
Campaign went over the $5,000 mark
Monday night. Campaign workers
reported $1,044,50, pulling the total
to date to $5,445,57.
Another report meeting is scheduled 
for next Monday night in
the faculty lounge of LeMoyne College. 

Campaign workers, under the direction 
of Co-chairman. A. C. Williams 
of WDTA, are aiming for a
goal of $15,000. Deadline for the
drive is Dec. 31.
Most of the money reported Monday 
night came from business houses 
of Memphic, city and county
school teachers, Postal workers and
Universal Life Insurance Company
personnel.



Reuben Rivers Is
Buried In New Park
Funeral services were held Tuesday 
afternoon from Avery Chapel
AME Church for the late Reuben
Rivers, well-known businessman.
Burial was in New Park Cemetery
with Quails and Co. in charge of
arrangements.
Mr. Rivers operated a cleaning
establishment for years on Beale
Street and later set up a similar
business on Kansas near Fay Avenue. 

He was the husband of Mrs. Jessie 
Rivers, foster-father of Miss
Susan Rivers, and brother of Willie 
Rivers, Mrs. John Wright and



Statewide Baptist
Teas To Aid Owen
An International Tea will be held at the First Baptist Church
of East Nashville, Sunday afternoon, Dec. 10, sponsored by the
Baptist Education Fund Commission of the Tennessee Baptist Missionary 
and Educational Convention for the benefit of Owen College 
in Memphis.
Mrs. J. N. Rucker, president of
the Women's Department of the
Stone River Baptist Association, is
the chairman of the Nashville Tea.
A similar tea was held in Knoxville 
at the Tabernacle Baptist
Church, on Nov. 26. Rev. S. A.
Baker, Owen College trustee, vice
president of the Tenn. B. M.&E.
Convention and pastor of the
church, was the chairman of the
Knoxville Tea.

Various countries are selected by
local churches and the tables are
decorated and arranged to depict
life in that country; Visitors may
visit the country of their choice
and sample some of the native
foods and drink.
Rev. H. H. Harper is the chairman 
of the Baptist Education
Fund Commission.
Teas will be held in Chattanooga, 
Jackson and Dyersburg in
the near future.
New role for colleges in space
program.

8 Owen Students
Attend Conference
The Owen College chapter of the
Baptist Student Union sent eight
delegates to the Southwide BSU
Workers Conference in Oklahoma
City, Okla., Dec. 4-6, at the St.
John Baptist Church.
The meeting attracted teacher
tors, city missionaries and BSU dimissionaries, 
Baptist center direcrectors 
on college campuses as well
as student members.
Owen College respesentatives to
the conference were: Dorothy Bradford, 
Gloria Nathan, Geraldine
Johnson, Oliver Garner, Shirley
McLin, Carolyn" Morgan, Mary
Jones and Mitchell Petway. Rev.
Fred Lofton, college minister and
group advisor, accompanied the
group.
The conference was co-sponsored
by the Home Mission Board of the
Southern Baptist Convention's department 
of Work with National
Baptists.

TO HIS RESTING PLACE—
Members of the Mason 
family look on as the body of Bishop Charles 
H. Mason, founder and senior bishop of the
Church of God in Christ, is lowered into its rest
ing 
place in the foyer of Mason Temple. Taylor
Hayes, center, of T. H. Hayes&Sons Funeral
Home, directed the funeral for the Funeral Directors 
of Memphis.

Memphis Host To
2-Day Hi-Y Meet
The Tennessee State Hi-Y Conference 
will convene at the Abe
Scharff Branch of the YMCA,
Saturday, December 9, at 9 a. m.
The program will continue through
2 p. m. Sunday, Dec. 10. The theme
for this year's conference is "Youth
Meets the Challenge of the Atomic
Age."
Schools participating are: Carver, 
Douglass, Hamilton, Lester,
Manassas, Melrose and Booker T.
Washington. Also participating will
be the Gra-Y organizations of the
elementary schools. Charles Powell
of Booker T. Washington High
School is president of the city wide
council. Fred Joseph and J. D.
Springer are the general chairmen
for this occasion.
The public is invited.
More than 100 visiting delegates
are expected to attend the meeting.
They will come from Nashville,
Knoxville, Chattanooga, Johnson
City, and other points over the
state. Local Hi-Y and Gra-Y members 
will be represented in large
numbers.
Working to promote the conference 
are: Ray Thomas, Rev. Edward 
Curry, Rev. W. A. Suggs, Henry 
Pilcher, John Wilson, James Berry, 
Mose Walker, William Collins,
Mrs. Charelene Mallory, Norris Tennon, 
Phillip Dean Ernest Stennis,
Mike Larry, Mrs. Magolia Brown,
Mrs. M. Brooks, Miss Ethel House,
Miss Alberta Robinson, and Fred
Joseph, executive secretary.

Burns Are Fatal
To 4-Year-Old Girl
They're making funeral plans for
four-year-old Lillian Ann Ware
who died Sunday night of burns
she received last week while pouring 
kerosene oh a burning wood
stove at her home, 808 Fields Road.
An 11-year-old sister," Annie
Pearl Ware, said the younger girl
was heating the stove to bake biscuits 
for her lunch.
The mother, Mrs. Verti May Ware;
was at a grocery store at the timepurchasing 
baking powder.
Annie Pearl saved the girl from
sudden death by tearing off her
burning clothes and throwing them
in the front yard.

Attorney Latting
"Making Progress"
Atty. A. A. Latting was reported
"making satisfactory progress" at
E. H. Crump Hospital where he
underwent an operation last week.
The well-known lawyer of 1310
Quinn Avenue entered the Hospital
nearly two weeks ago complaining
of a virus.

Lt. Lee Raps Republican
Plan To By-Pass Negro
Vote In The Deep South
Lieut. George W. Lee, veteran Republican leader in West
Tennessee and a member of the Tennessee Republican Committee, 
dashed off a letter this week to the notional party chairman,
William Miller, criticising the proposal by some Republican bigwigs 
to by-pass the Negro vote in the South.
Lieutenant Lee: heaped his criticism upon two men in particular, 
Senator Barry Goldwater (R., Ariz.) and Wirt Yerger of
Jackson, Miss., GOP chairman in that state and recently elected
chairman of southern GOP leaders at a meeting in Atlanta.
The Republican Party faces dangerous 
times if it chooses to ignore
the Negro vote, Mr. Lee declared.
His letter to Mr. Miller follows:
"I have read the reports of the
Atlanta meeting of Southern Republican 
leaders about the election
of Mr. Wert Yerger of Mississippi,
a white supremacist, who makes no
bones about his White Citizens
Council roots. I have also read
about the new philosophy, pronounced 
by Senator Goldwater
and Mr. Yerger, for the establishment 
of a two - party system in
the South. I have read with shock
and surprise the plan that he and
others have put forth to by -pass
the Negro vote in the South. The
reason given is that the Republican 
Party will not try to outpromise 
the Democrats for the Negroes'
vote. Yet, on the other hand
there seems to be the plan to outpromise 
the Democrats for the
white southerner's vote. This is
symbolized in the election of Mr.
Wert Yerger, who said in a speech
in Memphis in October, 1960, that,
"the Republican Party would neyer 
amount to anything until it got
rid of the Negro."
"When a Republican leader disregards 
our party's heritage and
our party's regularity and join the
cry of the White Citizens Council


MISS ROSE MARIE ROBINSON
MISS SOPHOMORE — Miss Rose
Mario Robinson, daughter of Mrs.
Jessie Robinson and the late Henry
Robinson, 829 Marianna Street, has
been named "Miss Sophomore" of
Rust College in Holly springs. Miss
Robinson is a graduate of Melrose
High and is a member of New
Era Baptist Church. Her mother is
owner of Nu-Way Cleaner's.


Goodwill Revue Is
Hit; 7,000 See It!
Shelby Unity Plan
The man in the moon isn't made of green cheese, man!
But he's a big cheese, and he's a happy cheese.
Seven thousand people found out a few facts about this old
moon pappy when WDIA's Goodwill Revue, with all profits go
ing to charities, made its apperaance on the Auditorium stage
Friday night.
Mary Johnson, the noted songbender 
from Chicago, was on hand
to thrill his listeners and send most
of them — particularly the women
— skyrocketing into orbit.

The revue went into action without 
the services of Ford Nelson, director 
of the gospel singers part
of the show. Nelson became suddenly 
ill and was in K. H. Crump
Hospital when the curtain went up.