DUKE UNIVERSITY
DIVINITY SCHOOL LIBRARY
NORTH CAROLINA
BAPTIST
ANNUAL
ONE-HUNDRED THIRTIETH YEAR
CITY AUDITORIUM ASHEVILLE
19BO
Annual
il
of the
Baptist State Convention
of
North CaroIiiZ
Proceedings of the One Hundred Thirtieth Annual Session
CITY AUDITORIUM
Asheville November 15-17, 1960
Edited by
E. Norfleet Gardner
Recording Secretary Henderson, N. C.
Special Session to be held
May 4, 1961 Memorial Auditorium, Greensboro
The Next Annual Session will be held
November 14-16, 1961
Memorial Auditorium, Greensboro
The 1962 Annual Session will be held in Raleigh
FREDERICK HOLLIDAY BROOKS
To Whose Memory, With That of Rev. W. B. Harrington, This 1960 Annual Is Dedicated.
Frederick Holliday Brooks was born in historic Williamsburg, Virginia, August 12, 1878, the son of James Mitchell and Nancy Hull Brooks. His father came to this country from England.
Young Frederick Brooks attended a private school in Williamsburg, and later took a course at Smithdeal's Business College in Richmond. After coming to Smithfield. North Carolina, he read law under the direction of Judge W.S. Stevens of Johnston County. Pursuing further his. study of law at the University of North Carolina **» passed the state bar examination in February, 1901 He was sworn in as Wged lawyer before Judge E. W. Timberlake, in March
of the same yeai
Mr. Brooks' care Smithfield began when he came from Virginia in 1898
to accept a tempora. job as stenographer in the office of a local lawyer, later U. S. Congressman, Eaward W. Pou.'He decided to make his home there when his job wis made a permanent one. After passing the state bar he became a partner in the law office of Mr. Pou. Then, too he liked the social Me of Smith- field where he met Miss Lelia Ruth Parker. They were married on September 25, 1901.
In the community life of Smithfield, Mr. Brooks was a dynamic figure, and his community activities and interests were extensive and varied.
The political life in Smithfield and Johnston County also felt the impact of Mr Brooks' aggressive leadership. For eleven years he served as the first judge ot the Johnston County Recorder's Court, established in 1911. After that he returned to independent law practice. Because of declining health, he closed his law office December 11, 1956.
In his political life Judge Brooks was a "Crusader." Before Prohibition days bp was "a fighting adversary of barrooms and dispensaries, and always a loyal Democrat " As an "unyielding Prohibitionist," *in later years he carried his fight for that cause from the local scene to the county, to the Democratic National Convention in 1928. and to the State Legislature in 1937, as an elected Repre- sentative. To the end of his active career he was at the forefront of Democratic and Prohibition causes, local and state-wide.
Mr. Brooks was also widely known as a staunch Baptist His interest in Baptist affairs began when, as a young man. he joined the Baptist. Churcn at Williamsburg. When he came to Smithfield he transferred his membership to the First Baptist Church there.
"For more than 40 years he was a regular Sunday School teacher at First Baptist Church. He also served as Sunday School superintendent.
"He was active as a deacon for many years. In his later years, the First Baptist Church elected him honorary life member of the deacon board.
"In the early years of the century, Judge Brooks rode the county with the late J. M. Be'aty, assisting Mr. Beaty in the organization of rural Baptist churches."*
Mr Brooks was active in the Johnston Baptist Association, having served as moderator of that body, and in other important assignments. He attended regu- larly for many years the Baptist State Convention, and was a member of the convention's board of trustees, serving a part of that time as chairman.
As further evidence of the esteem and honor ascribed to Judge Brooks in his own church, in 1956 a group of the men adopted for their class the official name "Brooks Bible Class."
Judge Brooks passed to his eternal reward on Monday, February 8 1960, at the age of eightv-one years. His body was laid to rest in Riverside Cemetery in Smithfield. Thus ended the long and useful career of one of Gods faithful leaders in community, church and state.
~ "Note- Quotations from article in The Smithfield Herald February 9 I960, T. J. Lassiter editor, chief source of the information on Judge Brooks life.
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FREDERICK HOLLIDAY BROOKS
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THE REV. WILLIE B. HARRINGTON
THE REV. WILLIE B. HARRINGTON
To Whose Memory, With That of Judge F. H. Brooks, This I960 Annual Is Dedicated.
Having lost his mother while he was Sfi i^^f \ and Ei^beth Harrington, of the late Alfred and Lucy Hanson wWc i? nt> he +Wf^ ta,ken into the home his life in the Farm Lif "Community ' e^KdVSSS^S formative vear* of
effort* undeftiethd1re0cCtfonSCohf°rnHbfUt P* ed"cati°n came largely by his own training turLd him toZd the m n^"g and noble, loster Parents. His early ordained for service in the PrirnYt^f & ?"l ?S. February 28, 1915, he was pastorate at Smithwfck's Creek n/qs a?3Polst Church. , He retired from the Missionary Baptist Church on w?5?v, and a?ZZ£te& a cal1 to the Cedar Branch ning of an extensive SnL Pe^be; 1' 19-28' the date marking the begin- Grove in Griffins TowSshin Tin «&•*£? denomil?ation there and later at Piney a new site for the Piney Lve m LkL tadershP %neZ church was built on years after he was T miLh +°7 e..membership in Griffins Township in 1938, five
Jamesville and RiddickJs Grove fnr-P^^rate- He $so -served th* churches at under his guidance °r many years' a11 enjoying a marked growth
leaX^iSSleySrS6 Sf^SSS^^gSffi SSV^ ^ g°°d for a11' community and throughout theVountv and imw° hundreds of homes in his everywhere as a Godfearing man and alartlo, areas', ?e was recognized asking little for himself It is fairly certain that Z^ d°lng„ for others and and married more couples than aTy 'minSr b^ lifffi ^nty"^18
advancement iTthe inTlTe^otm^ Tm°y,ement* ^ better schools and the he pleaded for thl ] helplesf and the 'n^ lnl°ne fund drive after another, freely in the cause of S^^S^Sf^kS^^J^^ ^ m6anS
alw?ys^atting1hedgoSdnexamDle1nword^ ^V his family and ^ends
i^soS^a srsssLrg g?^to#aj?n;-1j^r Feb-ai-
for^en^eTen "riSfflf. 'abS^^WS ^?mtof *?» Was an -valid spite of his loss of speech and Lriolfs imMimpnT ^f „?£ent*m ? h°spital. In tamed a cheerful disposition all the while aTSavl ^J2??er ta.c"i«es. he main- smile until the critical period just a Tew^efe^ore^f Stfa*"^- With a
Raleigh, of Richmond, Virginia and S-t Rrn™f0 nh' of .the home community, Mrs. Justus Coltxain, of Farm Life. ° Browme Harrington; and one daughter,
bundreSd^ was held,
service in Piney Grove Baptist Church Like n/viS ^f m attended his funeral
p^om^in ssse ^li&ISS flpffswrsa
through his faith he is still "peaking *" (Heb ^11 :4 RSV) &ge' he died' but
* Note : Quotation from The Enterprise William^trm m p n primary source of the information ffi Brothe? Harrington December 15' 1959.
CONTENTS
A WUBDHdairritnegdtotn Frederick H°™*y Brooks and SECTI°N
Appreciation .. Yao\"T6n 23
Auditor's Report and Financiar'statements ( ' (84) 59,66,68
Convention, Institutions
Associational Directory 193
Baptist Children's Home Drama /oiV 328
Baptist Foundation, directors of 2f 48
Baptist World Alliance (76) 10, 63
Biblical Recorder, directors of 17
Report of ... 11
SoStST1 of Missions'a^'sociarwork:::::;::;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;{^j «
Advance Program for the Colleges
Christian Action League ycnv 187
Christian Life ,(59> 55
Committee on Committees (fo| 56
CoZSIS on Sfi Arrangements (196r)V.V.:(4)(f J g
Memorials '59) 5g
Orientation of Trustees (^9 ) 56
Place and Preacher, 1961-1962 (,n 56
Public Affairs (9) 43
Publicity (59) 55
Resolutions (59) 56
Special Cooperative Program bay yiS? 43
Special Offerings y VdvviZll 53
Constitution and By-laws (57) (74> 53, 62
Amendment to Constitution.;... fi'aT "^7V"7*aY 18
Amendment to By-Laws ( ' 2Z ^9) 54
Convention (57) (63) 54, 59
Associational Missionaries
Directories 413
HlKc^Ta™1 T^ -n?
Messengers by Associations 330
Officers Elected 75
Organization (58) 54
President's Message, Charles B. beane V"i = } f2
Proceedings of Annual Convention (15) *4
n™ Se™on— Howard G. Dawkins... 7VS :v 39
r=?^frfatlVe Pr°gram Day. Aoril 9, 1961 V'lTl ( w ^
Gavel from Property of M T VatPs (Ill) 57 43
General Board, Report of (86) 72
Officers and Organization "." 77„v „ 83
Graham^ Billy, Closing Message ..:™™~——JZZ^U] 9' g
New Ministers Recognized.. ,„,
Ordamed. active in pastorate (7) 43
Ordained, not active in pastorate 417
JStto^SSd'H^StlSr111181 °n F°reign Fi6ldS (66) 400
Alcoholic Beverages ,„„,, o„ .
American Bible Society ( 33),°4 47, 84
SSSSKS..* by Colleges "»^sssi~-s -Race::-;;;-(5r)-((864! 5i. iS
Gardner- Webb College , K<^ , o^
Wingate College S f9) 84) 57
ATUbiLeeT,Advance G°als for 1961 <59) )l$\ 58
K R?cky Mount Church Controversy (26)" 84 ft
President-elect J. F. Kennedy Message to 97 12 , 45
Representation on Boards, Agencils etc toll *a 46' 67' 69
at To Perfect the Minutes.. ^gencies- etc (28) 59 46; 59
N°r™£arolina Associational Missionaries1' '" (75) 62
Conference, Officers
w«5£ £aro!*na Baptist Assembly, birec'tor 15
Pastors' Conference 73
Officers 1961
Program 1960 14
Reports : 74
American Bible Society ,„„,
BapA^d?^S Homes^^-th Carolina:::::;:;;:;;;;;;;;;;;;!^} 48> ™
Drama of Mills Home /^v 218
Trustees (36) 48
Baptist Foundation (?6) !!_ 65
10, 169
48 45, 50, 180
BiblD^eS^rder - " zzzzzzi™! u, Si: ill
Budgf^weiizz":::::::::::::::::::::":.. (57> 54, no
Campbell College ,-1
Application for Senior Status - (48) 01
^S^p^zzz=zz::zzz:::z::::::=:::z::(76) ia.aa
Chowan College „ ,
Audit Report ------ **J
Trustees - (76) 12, 64
Christian Action League - nTwim 44 173
Christian Life (13) (81) 44, 1/i
Church Development Department (34)
Committee on Advance Program for
the Colleges (24) (46 47
Committee on Committees (9) (59) *•*. 5g
Committee on Nominations (59) (76) 55, b<2
Committee on Public Affairs ■-[52) $*
Convention Arrangements (4) (25) (59) d», 43
Council on Christian Education - 45 50, 15U
Enrollment (39) (55) (83) 49, 53, 66
Foreign Missions (66) (69) 60, bl
Gardner-Webb College
Audit Report S*
Resolution to' BorrowZZZZZ. (29) (59) (84) 47, 57, 67
Trustees - (76' 16- b*
General Board d„ =o
Advance Report Presented (ID ^ ^
Principal Interim Actions - ..—..-..- ™
Recommendations - dD (57) 43, 53, 106
Historical Committee Home Missions
(85) 70, 177
.(65) 60
Mars Hill College ,.„
Application for Senior Status (57) w
T^tee?port zzzzzzz:::z:::(76) is, ti
MemS f zz:zzzzzz.. (?2> ei, 170
Meredith College 21_
Audit Report ------ n «2
Trustees ( '" ' ■ 2
North Carolina Baptist Homes (22) 45, 162
Audit Report -- -,------ "**£
Recognition Service for Mr. and Mrs. J. M Hayes 22 45
Resolution to Borrow (57) (59) 84) 54, 58, 67 108
Trustees ( '" ' 2
North Carolina Baptist Hospital 164
Approval to Borrow £";?
Audit Report --- -""
Mother's Day Offering 42 *£
Trustees <™ U' ™
Order of Business, 1960 <4)
P.O.A.U Place
40 191
1962 Convention....' (79) 66
Place and Preacher for 1961 Convention (79)
Public Affairs (5^
Publicity Committee (°~ '
Resolutions Committee (°*> . ,, , ,,,
Relief and Annuity 42 49, 148
Seminaries — S3?}
State Missions
66
52, 170
66
66
(34) 48
Sunday Schools - (*«*) 50
Trustees, Orientation of (ff) o±
Trustees of Convention (58) 55, l/y, ihh
Wake Forest College „1fi
Audit Report ------ . -"*
Trustees (76» 14' b*
Wingate College 217
Audit Report 7=nV"""/"o>i"< *« R7
Resolution to Borrow (59) 84 56, 67
Trustees (76) 14, 65
Woman's Missionary Union (67) 9, 60
Royal Ambassador Camping (ID (57) 4.5, 5.5, »»
Royal Ambassador Pages (18) (84) *?
Southern Baptist Convention, Directory of 10
Statistical Data : 92i
Associational :*,-.,
College Enrollment, 1959-1960 jg*
Statistical Summary ii"?
Sunday School Superintendents ........... ...... .,"£
Telegrams and Messages (19) (40) (41) (55) (73) 45, 49, 53, 62
Woman's Missionary Union „
Directory ------ - 18„
Report of (67) 6". 1Ha
AVorship
Periods ..(2) (17) (32) (38) (54) (61) (68) (71) (88) (90)
DIRECTORTFS
OF THE BAPTIST STATE CONVENTION
OF NORTH CAROLINA
Baptist Memorial Building
301Hillsboro Street
Raleigh, North Carolina
I. OFFICERS
SSWiSrBWS&BSgg^SSffi^^ Preside.,,
E. Norfleet Gardner 153 You ne b"S„H ----General Secretary-Treasurer
L. L. Morgan, Baptist ' Bids r! l^ieh' SeR.derson- N- C Recording Secretary
shearon Harris, iLulaSce^ig^iegh^vcc:::::::;^
II. TRUSTEES
Ed Hall Assistant. Print Shop
Mail Messenger
S-- it McMillan, Insurance Bldg., Raleieh N r m
N- M. Gurley, 318 S. McDowell St Raleigh NC"" Trustee
t. Lacy wiihamS( First citizens Bi^^.,^ai^^;NV~c::::::z::::::::::::::::SSS
III. ADMINISTRATION
Douglas M. Branch ~ , „
miss Mary Liiy Duncan:::::;:=;Secretary to"§SS BSSS3J2SSS
IV. DIVISION OF BUSINESS MANAGEMENT
Leon P. Spencer _
Miss Wixie Herring Business Manager
Miss Mary Alice Gray Bookkeeper
Mrs. Edith Yelverton ' ; — •-.- Bookkeeper
Mrs. Anne McDonald " d""1""«" ""--v ---Assistant Bookkeeper
Banks M. Williams --.Receptionist and Switchboard Operator
Bobby Brewer Building and Print Shop Superintendent
• -- " As~~'~'
V. DIVISION OF EVANGELISM
Julian S. Hopkins
Gary Harthcock.. "' Director
Mrs. Mildred Vick "."_" " - Associate
- Office Secretary
VI. DIVISION OF MISSIONS
E. L. Spivey
Mrs. Betsy Smith... Director
J. D. Griffin, Cherokee N r c"« '•'"! i Office Secretary
J. Boyd Horton, Cherokee', N C TKl °f Cherokee Mission
' ^ Fleld Worker, Cherokee Mission
CHURCH DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT Ernest C. Upchurch *•«"!.« J.
Mrs. Carolyn W. Wells - Secretary
Office Secretary
W R Grigg DEPAR™ENT OF INTERRACIAL COOPERATION
Mrs. Mary Lou Maynard ~ Secretary
Office Secretary
DEPARTMENT OF WORK WITH DEAF
Jerry F. Potter, Rt. 3, Box 144, Thomasville N C
Neal Peyton, 602 S. Main St., Wake Forest , N cZZ Secretary
-iVSSOClHXG
INSTITUTIONAL MINISTRY
Ernest Poston, West End, N C r-v, , ■
R. D. Spear, Jr., Mooresville N C r^o^i """• *?piai.n- Samarcand
C C. Craig, Hamlet, N. C rM*?11, ££c£ain Sanitorium
Chaplain, McCain Sanitorium
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fruitland bible institute and fruitland camp
Fritz D. HemphiU, P. O. Box 1120, Hendersonville N. C. -.-- Director
Mrs. Kay W. Mitchell, P. O. Box 1120, Hendersonville, N. C Office Secretary
SEMINARY EXTENSION PROGRAM IN REGION NO. 10
J. Alton Morris, Andrews, N. C - Director
VII. DIVISION OF CHURCH PROGRAMS
Douglas M. Branch .....Acting Director
SUNDAY SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
Herman Ihley - - ----- - -- iVsodate
Mrs. Myra S. Motley - - aSSSSS
Jack R. Bagwell - -- - - - Aviate
Miasms ^°h ----- iz::::::Ste
Mrs Shirley Ogle - Assistant Office Secretary
TRAINING UNION DEPARTMENT
James P. Morgan - Secretary
Miss Doris Morgan..... — - - Associate
Miss Katv Ruth Grayson - -- - ------- Associate
Mrs. Anne Warren - - 2Sce Secretary
Mrs. Sallie Jones Assistant Office Secretary
DEPARTMENT OF STUDENT WORK
Harold Cole - - - Secretary
Miss Gloria Blanton ------ - Associate
James Y. Greene - - ------- Associate
Miss Marilyn Park -Office Secretary
Mrs Annie Holt Assistant Office Secretary
Dwight Fickling, Greenville, East Carolina College Student Director
Miss Carolvn Dosher, Wingate College, Wingate Student Director
James O. Cansler, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Student Director
(On leave of absence until August 31, 1961)
William Price, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill ,„ fM1,
Interim Student Director (Through August 31, 1961) Wake Forest College, Winston-Salem. ..Student Director
Richard L. Muse, Campbell College, Buies Creek Student Director
Henry Greer. Appalachian State Teachers College, Boone Student Director
Miss Marv Kiser, Woman's College of U.N.C., Greensboro Student Director
Dr. Bernard Cochran, Meredith College, Raleigh Student Director
Miss Frances Nicoll, N. C. Baptist Hospital, Winston-Salem Student Director
Quentin Perreault, Western Carolina College, Cullowhee Student Director
Lerov P. Richardson, Jr., N. C. State College, Raleigh Student Director
William C. Smith. Duke University, Durham Student Director
Dr Edgar McKnight, Chowan College, Murfreesboro .-. .....Student Director
John B. Hiott, Gardner-Webb College, Boiling Springs ...Student Director
James Bardin, Pembroke State College, Pembroke §^en} i?Tec}°l
Worth L. Barbour, A & T College, Greensboro Student Director
DEPARTMENT OF CHURCH PLANNING
L. L. Morgan - - ----- Secretary
Mrs. Johnsie Markham Office Secretary
DEPARTMENT OF CHURCH MUSIC
Joseph O. Stroud Secretary
Miss Edith Shepherd Office Secretary
BROTHERHOOD AND ROYAL AMBASSADOR DEPARTMENT
Clvde L. Davis, Sr - Secretary
B. W. Jackson Associate
Mrs. Julia Shearon - Office Secretary
Mrs. Dorothy Harvey - Assistant Office Secretary
NORTH CAROLINA BAPTIST ASSEMBLY
Fred J. Smith, 107 E. Aycock St., Raleigh Manager
VIII. DIVISION OF STEWARDSHIP PROMOTION
AND EDITORIAL SERVICES
Earle L. Bradley ------ Director
Mrs. Viola Powell ....Office Secretary
STEWARDSHIP PROMOTION
Ottis J. Hagler ■--- Secretary
Mrs. Viola Powell Office Secretary
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ANNUITY DEPARTMENT
R. T. Greene _ Secretary
Mrs. Dorothy Harvey Office Secretary
DEPARTMENT OF PROGRAM SERVICES
L. J. Morriss ..Secretary
Mrs. Peggy S. Davis Office Secretary
IX. DIVISION OF CHRISTIAN EDUCATION
Claude F. Gaddy Director
Miss Grace Yow Office Secretary
COUNCIL ON CHRISTIAN EDUUCATION
R. N. Simms, Jr., P. O. Box 2776, Raleigh, N. C Chairman
X. DIVISION OF CHRISTIAN SOCIAL SERVICES
Maynard Mangum, First Baptist Church, Southern Pines, N. C Acting Director
XI. WOMAN'S MISSIONARY UNION AUXILIARY TO
THE BAPTIST STATE CONVENTION
Mrs. W. K. McGee, Rt. 1, Old Town Rd., Winston-Salem President
Miss Miriam J Robinson, Raleigh .Executive Secretary
Miss Kathryn Bullard, Raleigh WMS Director
Miss Sara Ann Hobbs, Raleigh YWA Director
Miss Willa Dean Freeman, Raleigh """" GA Director
Miss Delois Hamrick Raleigh Sunbeam Director
Miss Vivian Nowell, Wendell Financial Secretary
Miss Peggy Morns, Raleigh __ Office Secretary
Mrs. Eugene M. Jones, Raleigh Literature Secretary
Mrs. Jim Wade, Wake Forest Receptionist and Stenographer
XI. THE GENERAL BOARD AND ITS ORGANIZATION
Nane Starnes, President, Asheville
George E. Simmons, Vice-President, Wadesboro
Mrs. Dennis Hockaday, Recording Secretary, Durham
Term Expiring 1961: George E. Simmons, Wadesboro, Anson Association J. P. DuBose, Jr., Marion, Blue Ridge Association; James M. Parks, Union Grove' Brier Creek Association; E. J. Prevatte, Southport, Brunswick Association-' Henry A. Morgan, Wilkesboro, Brushy Mountain Association; E. V. Plemmons Weaverville, Buncombe Association; L. W. Jacobs, Pembroke, Burnt Swamp Association; J. D. Griffin, Cherokee, Cherokee Association; J. H. Moore, Elizabeth City, Chowan Association; R. C. Foster Whiteville, Columbus Association- Cor- bett Coleman, Ash, Dock Association; J. J. Tarlton, Rutherfordton, Green 'River Association; James Earp, Selma, Johnston Association; W. V. Tarlton, Shelby King's Mountain Association; Roland Leath, Shelby, King's Mountain Associa- tion; W. B. Carr, Matthews, Mecklenburg Association; Marion E. Parker, Troy, Montgomery Association; William M. York, Greensboro, Piedmont Association- Robert N. Simms, Jr., Raleigh Association; Carl D. English, Liberty, Randolph Association; James M. Lambert, Sylva, Transylvania Association; J. D. Whisnant, Yadkinville, Yadkin Association.
Term Expiring 1962: Ira T. Johnston, Jefferson, Ashe Association; W Wistar Hamilton. Jr., Havelock, Atlantic Association; H. D. Young, Roxboro Beulah Association; Thomas A. Wolfe, Clarktcn, Bladen Association; Charles C Coffey Kannapolis, Cabarrus Association; James L. Pharr, Lenoir, Caldwell Association-' Robert C. Fincher, High Point, Central Association; F. E. Pinnell Henderson' Cullom Association; Worth Braswell, Stoneville, Dan Valley Association- John
B. Beam, Lowell, Gaston Association: Horace L. Smith, Canton, Haywood As- sociation; Weldon Johnson, Buie's Creek, Little River Association- Ben F Broadway, Hamlet. Pee Dee Association; William L. Bennett, Greensboro Pied- mont Association; Ralph L. Cannon, Winston-Salem, Pilot Mountain Association- L. R. McNeill, Forest City, Sandy Run Association; Percy B. Upchurch, Green- ville, South Roanoke Association; Maynard Mangum, Southern Pines South Sandy Creek Association; Woltz Stone, Toast, Surry Association; Gaither M Beam, Louisburg, Tar River Association: Rowland S. Pruette, Murfreesboro West Chowan Association; Mrs. Dennis W. Hockaday, Durham, Yates Association.
Term Expiring 1963: Donald Adcox, Hendersonville, Carolina Association; Andy M. Long, Morganton, Catawba River Association; Roy Millsaps, Robbins- ville, Cheoah Association; Cletus Brock, Mount Olive, Eastern Association- Howard J. Ford, Elkin, Elkin Association; W. A. Mitchiner, Oxford, Flat River As- sociation; Wade Hughey, Marshall, French Broad Association; Kermit Caldwell Charlotte, Mecklenburg Association; Powell Bland, Goldsboro, Neuse Association' Riley Corn, Asheville, New Found Association; E. C. Chamblee, Fayetteville' New South River Association; Hoyle T. Allred, Albemarle, Stanley Association;
C. H. Greene, Lincolnton, South Fork Association; Geter Porch, Mooresville'
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South Yadkin Association; James Reavis, North Wilkesboro, Stone Mountain Association; Wayne Slaton, Bryson City, Tennessee River Association; Donald Greene, Hickory, Theron Rankin Association; Carl Day, Boone, Three Forks Association; J. Dewey Hobbs, Jr., Wingate, Union Association; Thomas Christ- mas, Andrews, Western North Carolina Association; J. D. Hobbs, Sr., Wilmington, Wilmington Association; Charles B. Trammell, Burnsville, Yancey Association. Term Expiring 1964: I. V. Couch, Taylorsville, Alexander Association; Van Miller, Laurel Springs, Alleghany Association; Bruce Daniels, Newland, Avery Association; Frank Hopkins, Candler, Buncombe Association; Ernest A. Mehaffey, Alexis, Gaston Association; F. Stanley Hardee, Jr., Thomasville, Liberty As- sociation; J. C. Jacobs, Franklin, Macon Association; R. M. Cassity, Spruce Pine, Mitchell Association; Travis Styles, Burlington, Mount Zion Association; Millard R. Brown, Jacksonville, New River Association; Clarence E. Godwin, Rocky Mount, North Roanoke Association; T. O. Hickman, Enfield, North Roanoke Association; Dr. W. H. Davis, Jr., Winston-Salem, Pilot Mountain Association; W. C. Adkinson. Garner, Raleigh Association; A. D. Frazier, Lum- berton, Robeson Association; Charles Cook, Statesville, Rocky Face Association; J. B. Gibson, Salisbury, Rowan Association; H. A. Teague, Siler City, Sandy Creek Association; Ray Billings, Connelly Springs, South Mountain Association; Carson Eggers, Blowing Rock, Stony Fork Association; Jarvis Brock, Penrose, Transylvania Association; Willard Graham, Unaka, West Liberty Association; Russell Barbee, Durham, Yates Association.
Committees of the General Board — 1961
Executive Committee: Nane Starnes, President of the General Board Chair- man of the Executive Committee, and First Vice-President of the Convention- C. B. Deane, President of the Convention; John E. Lawrence, Second Vice- President of the Convention; Henry A. Morgan, Chairman of the Committee on Stewardship Promotion and Editorial Services; R. N. Simms, Jr , Chairman of the Committee on Christian Education; William L. Bennett, Chairman of the Committee on Evangelism; George E. Simmons, Chairman of the Committee on Missions; Howard J. Ford, Chairman of the Committee on Church Programs- Maynard Mangum, Chairman of the Committee on Christian Social Services1 Millard R. Brown, Charles B. Trammel, Charles C. Coffey, Carl Day, and E J Prevatte, members-at-large.
Committee on Stewardship Promotion and Editorial Services: Ray Billings Cletus Brock. B. Kermit Caldwell, I. V. Couch, Stanley Hardee, Henry A Mor- gan, Marion E. Parker, James E. Revis, Horace L. Smith, Thomas A Wolfe William M. York.
Committee on Missions: W. C. Adkinson, Russell Barbee, Ralph L. Cannon R. M. Cassity, E. C. Chamblee, Charles Cook, Riley Corn, Carl Day, Carson aggers, Carl D. English, A. D. Frazier, J. B. Gibson, Wade Huey, James M. Lambert, Van Miller, Roy Millsaps, W. A. Mitchiner, F. E. Pinnell, E. J Prevatte George E. Simmons, W. V. Tarlton.
Committee on Evangelism: Hoyle T. Allred, John B. Beam, William L. Bennett, Worth Braswell, Ben F. Broadway, Millard R. Brown, Thomas C. Christmas, Donald E. Greene, J. C. Jacobs, L. R. McNeill, James L. Pharr, Geter Porch Woltz Stone, Travis Styles.
Committee on Church Programs: Donald Adcox, Powell Bland Charles C Coffey, Robert C. Fincher, Howard J. Ford, Clarence E. Godwin C H Green" J. D. Griffin, WiJliam Hartsell. J. D. Hobbs, Sr., Mrs. Dennis T Ho'ckaday Frank Hopkins, Weldon Johnson, Roland Leath, E. V. Plemmons, Wayne Slaton Charles B. Trammel, Percy Upchurch.
Committee on Christian Education: Gaither M. Beam, Jarvis Brock W B Carr William H. Davis, Jr., James Earp, Willard Graham, T. O. Hickman Dewev Hobbs, Jr., Ira T. Johnston, J. H. Moore, Rowland Pruett, R N Simms Jr J. J. Tarlton.
Committee on Christian Social Services: Corbett Coleman, Bruce Daniels J. P. DuBose, Jr.. R. C. Foster, Wistar Hamilton, L. W. Jacobs, Andrew M Lane' Maynard Mangum, E. A. Mehaffey, James M. Parks, H. A. Teague, H. D. Young!
XII. THE INSTITUTIONS OF THE CONVENTION
BAPTIST FOUNDATION
Authorized by Baptist State Convention, November 12 1919 Organized December 15, 1919 First Meeting of Directors, November 17, 1920 - , chairman,
Term Expiring 1961: L. H. Beck, Fuquay Springs; F. L. Paschal, Greensboro- O. B. Teague, Greensboro.
Term Expiring 1962: H. G. Ashecraft, Charlotte; Dwight Barbour Clayton- L. O. Branch, Durham.
Term Expiring 1963: M. W. Gordon, Boiling Springs; W. Reid Martin Raleigh- T. E. Storey, Wilkesboro.
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Term Expiring 1964: C. C. Fox, Statesville; Henry LeRoy, Elizabeth City; Gilbert T. Stevenson, Pendleton.
Term Expiring 1965: R. Knolan Benfield, Morganton; Peyton Brown, Raleigh; Albert Young, Hickory.
BAPTIST HOSPITAL
Authorized by Baptist State Convention of N. C, November 17, 1920
Chartered December 27, 1922
Began Operation May 28, 1923
Reid T. Holmes, Administrator, Winston-Salem
Board of Trustees
Colin Stokes, Chairman, Winston-Salem
Term Expiring 1961: Mack M. Goss, Hendersonville; D. R. Perry, Durham; J. G. Raby, Tarboro; J. E. Rawlinson, High Point; Colin Stokes, Winston-Salem; Mrs. George T. Watkins, Jr., Durham.
Term Expiring 1962: J. Roy Clifford, Lexington; John William Gore, Rocking- ham; Howard Holly, Burgaw; John K. Knott, Charlotte; Curtis Long, Winston- Salem; Tom Long, Roxboro.
Term Expiring 1963: T. L. Cashwell, Jr., Albemarle; E. L. Davis, Jr., Winston- Salem; E. B. Denny, Raleigh; A. H. Field, Hickory; Carter M. Preslar, Asheville; Henry D. Ward, Lumberton.
Term Expiring 1964: E. T. Anderson, Charlotte; Brantley C. Booe, Winston- Salem; Rex Campbell, West Jefferson; Fleming Fuller, Kinston; W. B. Haire, Gastonia; Mrs. C. Odell Matthews, Winston-Salem.
BAPTIST CHILDREN'S HOMES OF NORTH CAROLINA, INC.
General Managership Began January 12, 1885
W. R. Wagoner, General Superintendent, Thomasville
R. E. Muth, Treasurer, Thomasville
MILLS HOME BRANCH
Vernon S. Sparrow, Superintendent, Thomasville
KENNEDY HOME BRANCH
Transfer of Property, April 26, 1912
First Group Admitted, June 5, 1914
W. A. Smith, Superintendent, Kinston
ODUM HOME BRANCH
Transfer of Property, January 1, 1958 Chesley Hammond, Superintendent, Pembroke
CHARITY AND CHILDREN
John E. Roberts, Editor, Thomasville
A. L. Beck, Plant Superintendent, Thomasville
Published weekly at Mills Home Branch of Baptist Children's Homes, Inc.,
Thomasville Founded by John H. Mills in 1887
Board of Trustees
James E. Conrad, Chairman, Winstcm-Salem Term Expiring 1961: J. A. Burris, Lincolnton; H. L. Ferguson Charlotte- Lurnberton6116, ' Concord; C B- Hasbrouck, Bladenboro; D E Ward Jr ,
wrT£rm, Ex?i£in? 1962: F- D Byrd> Fayetteville; James Conrad Winston-Salem- W. E. Poe, Charlotte; Raymond A. Stone, Wilson. ' wmston haiem,
Term Expiring 1963: Mrs. E. F. Baler, Robbinsville; Paul Broyhill Lenoir-
AhoTkie yeS' ' L' H- Jenkins' North Wilkesboro; W Isaac Terrell',
Term Expiring 1964: Olin T. Binkley, Wake Forest; Elmer Carter Canton- Mrs. Roger Crook, Raleigh; Greer Glenn, Smithfield. carter, canton,
BIBLICAL RECORDER
J. Marse Grant, Editor, Raleigh Published every Saturday in Raleigh, as the Journal of the Baptist State _ j Convention of North Carolina
Founded in 1833 by Thomas Meredith in Edenton. Moved to New Bern in 1835
then to Raleigh in 1838. Publication suspended in 1841 but resumed I in '
1843^ Originally incorporated 1901 and owned by the Biblical Recorder
Pubhsning Company until purchased by the Baptist State Con-
_ vention of North Carolina in 1938.
On January 4, 1939, the first issue was published by the Convention
Board of Directors
Ben C. Fisher, Chairman, Wake Forest Term Expiring 1961: James H. Blackmore, Spring Hone- Mrs Dwieht Pnnlr Drexel; L. D. Holt, Raleigh; Aubrey M. Quakenbush, Clintom Dwlght Cook-
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Term Expiring 1962: Henry Belk, Goldsboro; E. R. Echerd, Charlotte; Louis S Gaines, Fayetteville; James F. Heaton, Raleigh.
Term Expiring 1963: Brodie Griffith, Charlotte; Ben C. Fisher, Wake Forest- G. Othell Hand, Hickory; T. Lacy Williams, Raleigh.
Term Expiring 1964: Robert W. Abrams, Sylva; Alden Angline, Asheville- Hoke Coon, Forest City; Robert Farley, Greensboro.
NORTH CAROLINA BAPTIST HOMES, INC.
Authorized by the Convention November 14, 1950
First Superintendent Elected January 9, 1951
First Group Admitted as Operations Began March 16, 1951
Incorporated as North Carolina Baptist Homes, Inc., May 30, 1951
William A. Poole, Superintendent, Winston-Salem
Board of Trustees
N. W. Mitchell, Chairman, Winston-Salem Term Expiring 1961: J. H. Boyd, Jr., Greenville; Clyde P. Harris, Jr., Wilson- Coite H. Jones, Raleigh; Robert Philpott, Lexington; Carroll O. Weaver, Greens- boro.
Term Expiring 1962: Warren Coble, Albemarle; Corbin Cooper, Morehead City; Mrs. Colin Churchill, Wilmington; P. W. Green, Mount Airy; Nicholas W. Mitchell, Winston-Salem.
Term Expiring 1963: Mrs. Paul P. Davis. Yadkinville; Mrs. L. P. Frans, Hick- ory; J. O. Mattox, Red Springs; R. Fred Pascal, Siler City; Jack Taylor, Aberdeen.
w5SSJBZ^?nt19*i* E- r- ,Fal£is' s£elby: Henry Johnson, Hamilton; Don S rin s Hamilton; Jack Roe, Greensboro; Wyan Washburn, Boiling
TRUSTEES OF COLLEGES
CAMPBELL COLLEGE
Opened as Buie's Creek Academy, January 5 1887
a «. .Became Buie's Creek Junior College, August 31, 1926
Authorized by Baptist State Convention to become Campbell College
December 17, 1926
New Charter Campbell College Adopted by Trustees April 7, 1927
Leslie H. Campbell, President, Buie's Creek
Board of Trustees H. Spurgeon Boyce, Chairman, Durham Term Expiring 1961: Herbert M. Baucom, Jr., Oxford; Robert A. Harris, Spray; Sam Hocutt, Goldsboro; Roy M. Purser, Raleigh; Mrs. J. H. Strickland, Four Oaks; Street Brewer, Roseboro; W. H. Jones, Kinston.
Term Expiring 1962: Claude B. Bowen. Greensboro; H. Spurgeon Bovce Durham; Mrs^ Martha Layton Winston, Lillington; Mrs. W. E. Nichols, Coats;' Jacksonvm' Grissom' Ellzabeth City; Carl Worley, Sr., Selma; Carroll Bryan!
t> TAFnlr Expiring 1963: Bruce Boyers, Goldsboro; R. C. Bridger, Bladenboro- 5' , fjecigepeth. Lumberton; Addison Hewlett, Wilmington; Wiley W. Mears Rocky Mount; T. L. Rich, Fairmont; Dan E. Stewart, Raleigh.
Term Expiring 1964: Yancey C. Elliott, Salemburg; C W Henderson Wil- mington; Fred Keith Lumberton; Willis E. Kivett ? Southern T Pines r Gerald Primm, Greensboro; John Scalf, Jr., Caroleen; Earl McD. Westbrook Dunn
CHOWAN COLLEGE
Founded and opened for students as Chowan Female Institute, October 11 1848
First called Chowan Female College Institute in 1851
First called Chowan Baptist Female Institute in 1868
Became Chowan College, May 17, 1910
Changed to a Junior College, September 1937
Bruce E. Whitaker, President, Murfreesboro
Board of Trustees
Felix Arnold, Chairman, Enfield
,-KKrm™Ex?iring 1961: J- Felix Arnold, Enfield; E. R. Evans Ahoskie- Georee
^iKSrSBg^* JaCkS°n' Greenville= McDaniel Lewis^eeSooro!
t? TwrnVE,S-rln+g 19l,2: £ L*.ewis Bryan- Goldsboro; J. L. Darden, Sr., Ahoskie- R W. Kickhghter. Elizabeth City; Don Matthews, Jr.. Hamilton1 J L Walter Moose, Seaboard; Randolph Sutton, Rocky Mount; Craig Vaughan, ' Ahoskie Term Expiring 1963: Mrs. Grady Bridgers, Jackson; Gordon Conklin, W
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liamston; Bennie Daniels, Wake Forest; R. H. Goodman, Williamston; J. C Leary, Edenton; Mrs. W. S. Penny, Raleigh; Dewey W. Wells, Elizabeth City.
Term Expiring 1964: Mrs. Clarence Beasley, Colerain; R. L. Hughes, Ashe- boro; W. Raleigh Parker, Woodland; J. Craig Revelle, Murfreesboro; W. A. Thomas, Cofield; Archer V. Turner, Scotland Neck; H. D. White, Rocky Mount.
GARDNER-WEBB COLLEGE
Chartered first as Boiling Springs High School, Incorporated, December 2, 1905
Opened as Boiling Springs Junior College, September 3, 1928
The name was changed and a new charter granted to Gardner-Webb
Junior College, Incorporated, June 1942
Charter amended in conformity to the Constitution of the North Carolina
Baptist State Convention, November 1946
Admitted to the North Carolina Baptist State Convention at the Convention
held in Asheville, November 21, 1946
Phil L. Elliott, President, Boiling Springs
Board of Trustees Mrs. Rush Stroup, President, Shelby Term Expiring 1961: Mrs. Ward Barr. Gastonia; Claude Hinson, Belmont; Donald Moore, Coats; R. E. Price, Rutherfordton; Mrs. E. G. Shore, Winston- Salem; Willard K. Weeks, Ridgecrest; A. T. Winthrow, Charlotte.
Term Expiring 1962: John A. Bracey, Shelby; Horace Easom, Shelby; Ralph Falls, Morganton; M. O. Owens. Gastonia; R. P. Reece, Winston-Salem; Ralph Roberts, Shelby; Mrs. Rush Stroup, Shelby.
Term Expiring 1963: Carl E. Bates, Charlotte; Jack Dover, Shelby; J. D. Fitz, Morganton; Mrs. O. Max Gardner, Sr., Shelbv; A. LeRoy Parker, Jr., Greensboro; Mrs. Hattie Self, Cherryville; Richard A. Williams, Maiden.
Term Expiring 1964: R. O. Baker, Cramerton; J. Toliver Davis, Forest City; Robert P. Hamby, Connelly Springs; J. C. Hames. Cliffside; I. A. McLain, Marion; Miss Charlene Stamey, Fallston.
MARS HILL COLLEGE
First Commencement or Exhibition as French Broad Baptist Institute
July 4, 1857
Chartered Mars Hill College, February 16, 1859
Opened as Mars Hill Junior College, August 14, 1922
Hoyt Blackwell. President, Mars Hill
Board of Trustees John H. Knight, President, Concord Term Expiring 1961: W. M. Brooks. Charlotte; Otis Broyhill Marion- J E Gibson, Sr., High Point; R. O. Huffman, Morganton; John H. Knight Concord- Mrs. C. M. Palmer, Albemarle; Mrs. George Pennell, Asheville.
Term Expiring 1962: Mrs. R. Knolan Benfield, Morganton; Charles Bruce Mars Hill; Mrs. H. M. Craig, Lincolnton; Lloyd Garner, Jr., Rutherfordton- C Rav Lawrence, Boone; W. J. Stephenson. Salisbury.
Term Expiring 1963: Mrs. T. H. Broyhill. Lenoir; W. R. Chambers Marion- C. G. Fox. Hickory; Carlyle Marney, Charlotte; Robert E. Seymour, Chapel Hill: C. C. Wall, Lexington; W. F. Woodall, Spindale.
Term Expiring 1964: John A. Bailey. Burlington; W. Perry Crouch Asheville- John E. Lawrence, Shelby, Emory C. McCall. Lenoir; Mrs. Burette Mvers States- ville; Ula Stroupe, Mount Holly: Glenn Watts, Statesville.
MEREDITH COLLEGE
Incorporated as Baptist Female University of North Carolina, February 27 1891
Opened for Students. September 27, 1899
By legislative enactment became Baptist University for Women January 20 1905
Became Meredith College by legislative enactment, January 24, 1911
Carlyle Campbell, President, Raleigh
Board of Trustees
LeRoy Martin, President, Raleigh
Term Expiring 1961: Robert A. Gilbert. Kinston; Charles E. Parker Lincolnton- Mrs. Leon Robertson, Rocky Mount; John M. Simms, Raleigh- D J ThiiS' Jr., Wilson; Mrs. W. R. Wagoner, Thomasville; Jack B. Wilder, Durham
Term Expiring 1962: Mrs. W. J. Bone. Nashville; Randolph L Greeorv Wil mington; J. M. Kesler, Winston-Salem; LeRoy Martin, Raleigh- C O Milford Charlotte; Mrs. Charles Norwood, Goldsboro; Herman A. Rhinehart Durham-' W. H. Weatherspoon. Raleigh. '
Term Expiring 1963: R. A. Bryan, Goldsboro; Mrs. Foy J Farmer Raleigh- W. W. Finlator, Raleigh; Walker Martin, Raleigh; L. M. Massev Zebulon Tvr^f^' Slate, High Point; Fred Williams, Greensboro iviassey, Z,ebulon, Marvin
Term Expiring 1964: Mrs. J. Wilbur Bunn, Raleigh; Dr. Elizabeth Dotterer San ford; Paul Early, Greensboro; Hatcher Elliott, Charlotte; Hayden B Haw, Hickory; Ernest P. Russell, Dunn; Preston Taylor, Mount Airy -"ayes,
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WAKE FOREST COLLEGE
Opened as Wake Forest Institute, Wake Forest, February 3 1834
Chartered as Wake Forest College, Wake Forest, December 28 1838
Bowman Gray Medical School of Wake Forest College, Winston-Salem
Officially opened July 1, 1941 and
The first class of students began work September 10, 1941
Wake Forest College authorized by Special Session of
Convention meeting in Greensboro July 30, 1946
to move to Winston-Salem. First session
in Winston-Salem began with the summer term June 18, 1956.
Harold W. Tribble, President, Winston-Salem
Board of Trustees
William J. Conrad, President, Winston-Salem
Term Expiring 1961: W. L. Bingham. Lexington; James C. Cammack Jr
Fayetteville; Gilmer H. Cross, Goidsboro; Mrs. Earl C. James, Elkin; Herbert
Jenkins, Aulanaer; Charles H. Larkins. Sr.. Kinston; O. M. Mull, Shelby James
S. Potter, Charlotte; Charles B. Summey, Knightdale.
Term Expiring 1962: Glenn R. Clark, Reidsville; Walter E. Crissman High Point; C. O. Greene, Lawndale; Paul Johnson, Winston-Salem; Hubert F Led- ford, Raleigh; Lex Marsh, Charlotte; George Pennell, Asheville; LoweU F Sode- man, Rocky Mount; Leon Rice, Winston-Salem.
Term Expiring 1963: L. Y. Ballentine, Raleigh; H. L. Bridges, Raleigh; J E Broyhill, Lenoir; W. J. Conrad, Winston-Salem; Marion Davis, Winston-Salem- Johnson J. Hayes, Wilkesboro; Maurice Hill, Morganton; Sam Holbrook, States- ville; O. J. Murphy. Hickory.
Term Expiring 1964: V. Ward Barr, Gastonia; J. Boyce Brooks Boone- Mrs RoyB- Culler, Sr. High Point; Wendell G. Davis, Charlotte; C Rush Hamrick'
SSSR H^d p1S^ULLUerxinnbg4ogn. <** ^^ Charl°tte; R°bert H" <«
WINGATE COLLEGE
Authorized Union Baptist Association 1895
Opened 1896 — Chartered 1897
From its Founding until 1923, Operated and Controlled bv Trustees from the
Union and Surrounding Baptist Associations 1f, ,^ rJnc£ 1923 °wned by Baptist State Convention of North Carolina in 1949 the Trustees were First Appointed by the Baptist State Convention of
North Carolina Budd E. Smith, President, Wingate
Board of Trustees
Robert Crutchfield, President, Kannapolis
Term Expiring 1961: Grady Faulk, Monroe; Mrs. W. M. Perry Wingate- J R
?Tfr^Jc-,Cha^°lte; ?K- J- Smith' Jr- Charlotte; John L. SticWey, Charlotte-' John M. Sykes, Statesville; Russell E. Tucker, Charlotte. '
r^LTfi ^Pi£ng 19SV F^,A11en, Wadesboro: M. S. Brittain, Hickory; Robert Crutchfield, Kannapolis; William Crymes, Charlotte; W. Wilbur Hutchins San- ford; E. R. Morgan, Gastonia; James J. Richardson, Laurinburg.
TTHTer^ £xP^ri?s AM63: J; H£?ert Bridges, Charlotte; Ed. Gaskins, Monroe; Edward Holbert, Albemarle; Thomas H. Leath, Rockingham; A. S Lineberrv Greensboro; Clayton Purser, Monroe; H. Gordon Weekley, Jr., Charlotte.
Term Expiring 1964: W. LeGrand Bennett, Wadesboro; Dallas Buckingham Rockingham; Roy B Culler, Jr., High Point; G. Carl Lewis, Rockingham; Mrs' A. L. Parker, Greensboro; M. A. Powers, Mount Gilead; Glenn Rushing, Monroe!
XIII. NORTH CAROLINA BAPTIST ASSEMBLY
Acquired by purchase from the Federal Government in 1949 Fred J. Smith, Manager, Southport
XIV. FRUITLAND BAPTIST BIBLE INSTITUTE AND FRUITLAND CAMP
Fritz D. Hemphill, Manager, Hendersonville
XV. NORTH CAROLINA BAPTIST PASTORS' CONFERENCE
Officers for 1961
H. Gordon Weekley, Jr., President, Charlotte
Harold Killian, Vice-President, Brevard
Milton Boone, Secretary, Mount Olive
Maynard Mangum, Chorister, Southern Pines
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XVI. NORTH CAROLINA BAPTIST BROTHERHOOD
Officers for 1961
Walter E. Crissman, President, Greensboro J. Dewey Hobbs, Vice-President, Wingate J. Dave Taylor, Secretary, Charlotte Eugene Warren, Christian Witness Leader, Charlotte D. O. Tice, Stewardship Leader, Greensboro Robert Fincher, Royal Ambassador Leader, High Point Wtlliam A. Mitchiner, World Missions Leader, Oxford tt ^dvls<£ry Council: John E. Lawrence, Shelby; Colin Jackson, Wilmington- Hubert Mumford, Durham; Harold Shoemaker, Charlotte; Ted Williams Lex- ington; Dwane Zimmerman, Winston-Salem.
XVII. NORTH CAROLINA BAPTIST ASSOCIATIONAL
MISSIONARIES' CONFERENCE
Officers for 1961
Hubert S. Mumford, President, Durham
Leland Royster, Vice-President, Graham
Julius Holloway, Vice-President, Buie's Creek
Mrs. Margaret McRackan, Secretary, Southport
Ted Williams, Song Leader, Lexington
Grady Burgiss, Public Relations Secretary, Yadkin ville
XVIII. NORTH CAROLINA BAPTIST EDUCATION AND MUSIC CONFERENCE
Officers for 1961
Harold Shoemaker, President, Pritchard Memorial Baptist Church Charlotte
Roland Leath, Vice-President, First Baptist Church, Shelby
Miss Louise : Royston Secretary -Treasurer, First Baptist Church, Winston-Salem
k™ ecti°na* Officers: Education— Melvin Anderson, First Baptist Church, Ashe-
boro, Music— Carl Perry, First Baptist Church, Asheville; Youth— Miss Nancy
Kistler^ First Baptist Church, Charlotte; Elementary— Miss Jeanette Wheatley,
*irst Baptist Church, Greensboro; Church Secretaries — Miss Ann Feltner, First
.Baptist Church, Hickory.
XIX. NORTH CAROLINA BAPTIST CHAPLAINS' CONFERENCE
Officers for 1961
George E. Simmons, President, Wadesboro
Warren T. Bush, Vice-President, Butner
Herman Ihley, Secretary, Raleigh
XX. NORTH CAROLINA BAPTIST MINISTERS' WIVES CONFERENCE
Officers for 1961
Mrs. Claude Bo wen, President, Greensboro
Mrs. Lowell Sodeman, Vice-President, Rocky Mount
Mrs. Howard Dawkins, Secretary-Treasurer Kinston
Mrs. Earle Rogers, Publicity, Madison
Mrs. Maurice Grissom, Eastern Representative Elizabeth Citv
Mrs. James S. Potter, Central Representative, Charlotte
Mrs. T. E. Robinett, Western Representative, Waynesville
Mrs. Ronald Wall, Social Chairman, Greensboro
DIRECTORY OF THE SOUTHERN BAPTIST CONVENTION
Au^sta^Ga611*1011 W3S organized May 8' 1845- and held its first meeting in The 1943 and 1945 Conventions were deferred by the Southern Ranti«t rm
vention Executive Committee in view of war restrictions on travel The 1960 session was held in Miami Beach, Florida May 17-20 Future sessions to be held in St. Louis, Mo., May 23-26, 1961- San Francisco
£rall±^oJ!ine 5"8' 1962; Kansas City, Mo., May 7-10, 1963; Atlantic Citv N J
May 18-24, 1964; Dallas, Texas, June 1-4, 1965. C ty' W* J-
Officers of the Convention:
President: Ramsey Pollard. Bellevue Baptist Church, Memphis Tennessee
Rock^Arkansas6"^ W' ° VaUght' Jr" Immanuel Baptist P Church; Little
Sebu?g' South rciroehna J°hn L' Slaughter' First Baptist Church, Spartan-
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Secretaries: James W. Merritt, 447 Boulevard, Gainesville, Georgia; Joe Wright Burton, 127 Ninth Avenue, North, Nashville 3, Tennessee.
Treasurer: Porter Wroe Routh, 127 Ninth Avenue, North, Nashville 3, Tennessee.
Executive Committee:
Porter Routh, Executive Secretary. Nashville. Tennessee. North Carolina Members: A. Leroy Parker. Jr., Greensboro: Mrs. C. Gordon Maddry, Ahoskie; Ernest T. Anderson, Charlotte.
Boards of the Convention:
Foreign Mission Board, Richmond. Va.. Baker J. Cauthen, Executive Secre- tary. North Carolina Members: V. Ward Barr. Gastonia: Mrs. William H. Mitchiner. Oxford; E. Norfieet Gardner, Henderson.
Home Missions Board. Atlanta, Ga., Courts Redford. Executive Secretarv. North Carolina Members: J. Robert Philpott. Lexington; Charles H. Larkins. Kinston; Hayden B. Hayes. Hickory.
Sunday School Board, Nashville. Tennessee. James L. Sullivan. Executive Secretary. North Carolina Members: M. O. Owens, Jr., Gastonia; James S. Potter. Charlotte; Robert C. Foster. Whiteville.
Annuity Board. Dallas, Texas, R. Alton Reed, Executive Secretary. North Carolina Members: J. Larry Mayo (moved from state); Gilmer Cross, Goldsboro; J. E. Collette. Winston-Salem.
Institutions of the Convention:
Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. Duke K. McCall, President Louis- ville. Kentucky. North Carolina Members of Board of Trustees- W W Finlator. Raleigh; R. W. Kicklighter. Elizabeth City; Henry D Ward' Lumberton.
Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. Robert E. Naylor President Fort Worth. Texas. North Carolina Member of Board of Trustees- S C Ray, Greensboro.
New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, H. Leo Eddleman, President New Orleans. Louisiana. North Carolina Member of Board of Trustees' Claude U. Broach. Charlotte.
Golden Gate Baptist Theological Seminary. Harold K. Graves, President Strawberry Point. Mill Vallev. California. North Carolina Member of Board of Trustees: Clyde E. Baucom. Wilson.
Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. Sydnor L. Stealev. President Wake Forest. North Carolina. North Carolina Local Members of Board of Trustees: Term Expiring 1961: P. L. Elliott. Boiling Springs: Ralph A. Herring. Winston-Salem. Term Expiring 1962: Claud B. Bowen. Greens- boro: J. E. Burnside, Sr.. Charlotte. Term Expiring 1963: Emerv B Denny. Raleigh: William L. Wyatt. Raleigh. Term Expiring 1964: J. Glenn Blackburn, Winston-Salem: Jesse A. Jones, Kinston. Term Expiring 1965: C. M. Euliss, Burlington: A. J. Hewett. Greensboro.
Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. Millard J. Berquist, President. Kansas Ctiy, Missouri. North Carolina Member of Board of Trustees: James C. Cammack. Fayetteville.
Carver School of Missions and Social Work, Nathan C. Brooks. Jr., Presi- dent. Louisville. Kentucky. North Carolina Member of Board of Trus- tees: Mary Lynch Johnson. Raleigh.
Southern Baptist Hospital. T. Sloane Guy. Jr.. Superintendent, New Orleans. Louisiana. North Carolina Member of Board of Trustees: Howard G. Dawkins. Kinston.
Southern Baptist Foundation, James W. Storer, Executive Secretary. Nash- ville. Tennessee. North Carolina Member of Board of Directors: M. A. Huggins. Raleigh; and Leaders SBC Institutions, Boards and Com- missions.
Commissions of the Convention:
Education Commission, Rabun L. Brantley, Executive Secretary, Nashville Tennessee. North Carolina Member: Carlyle Campbell, Raleigh
Christian Life Commission, A. C. Miller. Executive Secretarv, Nashville Tennessee. North Carolina Member: Olin T. Binkley. Wake Forest
Radio and Television Commission. Paul M. Stevens. Director. Fort Worth Texas. North Carolina Member: E. W. Price. Jr.. High Point.
Historical Commission. Davis C. Woolley. Executive Secretarv, Nashville Tennessee. North Carolina Member: Henry S. Stroupe. Winston-Salem'
Commission on American Baptist Theological Seminarv. L. S. Sedberry Executive Secretary and Treasurer. Nashville. Tennessee. North Caro- lina Member: L. E. M. Freeman. Raleigh.
Baptist Brotherhood Commission, George W. Schroeder. Executive Secretary- Treasurer. Memphis. Tennessee. North Carolina Member: John E Law- rence. Shelby.
Stewardship Commission. Merrill D. Moore. Executive Secretary. Nashville, Tennessee. North Carolina Member: W. T. Harris. Charlotte.
Members from North Carolina on Standing S.B.C. Committees:
Committee on Denominational Calendar. Baker J. Cauthen, Chairman, Rich- mond, Virginia; Garland A. Hendricks. Wake Forest: C C Warren Charlotte.
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Committee on Order of Business TVmp= # t™/,,^ r-u •
Florida. (No North 'cSSffifWSS? seisin gSg*"™- Pohock^,
in°lt9h61:'ar0llna MembCrS °f Special Committees of the Convention to Report Committee on Baptist Jubilee Advanrp c c rcr-,.^.™ <-«. •
COm{f."ee„5°snGB„<lS&;ames A' H™*™' Chal'™". columbto, s. c, Gilmer Officers of the Woman's Missionary Union-
Nortr? Carolina ^S&^S^^^SSJ^SSSS. *">"**•
BAPTIST WORLD ALLIANCE
Rev. Joao (John) Soren, President, First Baptist Church
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Dr. Josef Nordenhaug, General Secretarv
Miami Beach. Fla.. 1965. ' une ^°-July 3, 1960. Next session
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CONSTITUTION
PREAMBLE
For the declaration of its fundamental purposes and the perma- nent guidance and control of its activities, the body does adopt the following as its Constitution, to wit:
ARTICLE I. Name
The name of this body is the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina.
ARTICLE II. Purposes
The object of this Convention shall be to promote missions, evangelism, education, social services, the distribution of the Bible and sound religious literature, and to co-operate with the work of the Southern Baptist Convention.
ARTICLE III. Authority
While independent and sovereign in its own sphere, the Con- vention does not claim and will never attempt to exercise any authority over any other Baptist body, whether church, auxiliary organization, association, or Convention.
ARTICLE IV. Composition
The Convention shall be composed of
( 1 ) Two messengers from each co-operating church, and one additional messenger from each church for every hundred members or major fraction thereof, beyond the first one hundred members; provided, that no church shall be entitled to more than ten mes- sengers. No one shall be a messenger who is not a member of a church co-operating with the Convention, and messengers must be duly elected by their churches; a co-operating church shall be one that supports any object of the Convention and which is in friendly cooperation with this Convention and sympathetic with its purpose and work; and (2) The officers of the Convention, the members of the General Board, the editor of the Biblical Recorder, and the President of the Woman's Missionary Union.
ARTICLE V. Meetings
The Convention shall convene annually on Tuesday after the sec- ond Sunday in November. In case of emergency the General Board is empowered to change the time or place of meeting, cancel the sessions of the Convention, or call a special meeting by a vote of two-thirds of the members present when the vote is taken.
ARTICLE VI. Officers
The officers of the Convention shall be a President, a First Vice- President, a Second Vice-President, a Recording Secretary, a General Secretary-Treasurer, three Trustees, and a Parliamentarian. The
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terms of the President, the Vice-President and the Parliamentarian shall commence at the conclusion of the annual session at which they are elected and continue until the close of the next annual session of the Convention. The President and Vice-Presidents may not be elected for more than two consecutive terms. All officers subject to annual election shall be elected on the second day of the annual Convention. A vacancy in any of the above-mentioned offices, except that of President, occurring between sessions of the Convention may be filled by the General Board; such vacancies in the presidency shall be filled by the Vice-Presidents succeeding to the office in order of their rank.
a. In case of a vacancy in the office of General Secretary-Treas- urer, the General Board shall nominate a man to the Convention to fill this office.
b. Opportunity shall be given to receive additional nominations from the floor of the Convention.
c. The man receiving the majority of votes cast shall be declared elected.
d. In case the position of General Secretary-Treasurer becomes vacant between sessions of the Convention, the General Board upon the recommendation of its Executive Committee, shall name an acting General Secretary-Treasurer to serve until the next regular session of the Convention.
The General Secretary-Treasurer is the chief executive officer of the General Board, the chief administrative and program officer of the General Board staff, the chief budget officer of the General Board staff, the chief professional adviser of the General Board and
V+T^ltteeS' the secretary and treasurer of the General Board and the Convention, and one of the denomination's spiritual leaders providing statewide guidance and inspiration.
The General Secretary-Treasurer and the President of the Con- vention shall serve ex-officio without voting on all committees and aid by furnishing information, printed materials and needed euid ance for the work of the committees.
ARTICLE VII. Trustees of the Convention
The Convention shall have three trustees who shall serve for one year and shall hold title to the property of the Convention and con- lGy !, m?Se thG Same aS directed by the Convention or its General Board They shall execute obligations only in behalf of and as or- dered by the Convention. They shall have the powers granted to trustees of religious societies by the laws of the State of North Carolina, but subject always to the limitations imposed by this Con- stitution and by action of the Convention or its General Board They shall require the Treasurer of the Convention to give suitable bond with corporate security and in adequate amount as determined by the General Board, and they shall cause such bonds to be safely kept. Failure on the part of the Treasurer to maintain such a bond in force for as long a period as ten days shall authorize the Trustees to remove him from office. The Trustees shall make full
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detailed reports to the annual sessions of the Convention and at other times if requested by the General Board. They shall safely keep the seal of the Convention and affix it only as authorized by the Convention or its General Board. The seal shall be circular in form and shall bear the words :
"Trustees of the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina, In- corporated 1893.
SEAL."
The Trustees shall keep full minutes of all their meetings and preserve the same in permanent forms. They shall elect their own Chairman and Secretary. Any vacancy occurring in their member- ship between sessions of the Convention shall be filled by the General Board.
ARTICLE VIII. The General Board
A. Membership
1. One member shall be elected from the area of each District Association; one additional member from each District Association with a membership of 20,000 to 40,000; and one additional member from any District Association with a membership of more than 40,000, with a limit of one member from any church and three members from any association.
2. The President and First and Second Vice-Presidents of the Convention shall be ex-officio voting members of the General Board and its Executive Committee. These members, selected by virtue of their Convention offices, shall not be used in determining the number of members from a District Association or church.
3. The General Secretary-Treasurer, the Recording Secretary, and the State Woman's Missionary Union President shall be ex- officio non voting members.
4. No one who is employed by any institution or agency of the convention, whether the salary be total or supplemental, shall be eligible for membership on the General Board except as an ex- officio member.
5. In the event a member moves from the area of an association from which he was elected to another in the state, his membership shall be terminated on December 31.
6. Any vacancy on the General Board occurring between an- nual sessions of the Convention may be filled by action of the Executive Committee. Those elected shall serve through the re- mainder of the calendar year. The Convention shall at its next regular annual session fill the vacancy for the unexpired term.
B. Election
1. The Nominating Committee, as directed by the By-Laws of the Convention and in keeping with Baptist policies and practices, shall present to the annual session a slate of nominees for election,
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and after opportunity for further nominations from the floor is given, the members shall be elected by the Convention in session wi?h B°ard 7embers sha11 be elected for a term of four years
hlw i T J y/S may be P0Ssible' one fourth of the membership bemg elected at each annual session. moersnip
C. Powers and Functions
n^Pi n f ecifically limited by the constitution, the General Board shall have the power to act for the Convention in The interim between sessions, and shall have general superv sfon of all agencies and institutions fostered and supported by the Convention
ARTICLE IX. Institutions and Agencies of the Convention
stifutionr^68 and direCt°rS °f the Conv-tion's Agencies and In-
orTnpa?t^thfrnry,inStit,Uti0n °Wned °r ™™°^ - whole or m part by the Convention shall contain the following provisions:
1 The Baptist State Convention of North Carolina shall elect yeL rUeS:ptThttdtheeCDrS f ^ ^^ ^ ^™ * four
^kix^^^r^ss^ tFounhdaion shan be
tion one- fourt h of the boaXf ££.*?&%£ SL^SES
three "ea^^rtheT; ^^ '^ tW° yearS' one-fourth tr tnree years, and the remaining one-fourth for four years At Parh
T^T^TtIuT^ T™ °' ** ^nventfon 'one Vurtn elected bv th. r f-S ^ Directors of said corporation shall be
reSing ^ C°nventlon to succeed the members of said Board
£SSa5F«,«f=xxSt
— °* «es cfo^attgth;ifhtte0LN„°;et„htioCnar0lina "* 4. Removal of a member of a Board of Trustees or Directors u lor any reason a member of a Board shall m» t„ u
thereby terminated An vv!', membeJfhip on any Board shall be remain, V^S^F^^™*™ 5 £
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Convention, and the Convention shall at its next regular annual session fill the vacancy for the unexpired term. The Board of Trustees or Directors of said corporation by affirmative vote of three-fourths of the entire membership given in regular annual meeting or in a special meeting called for the purpose, shall have the power to remove from office any trustee or director of such corporation for cause considered sufficient by such Board, but only after reasonable notice to such trustee or director and opportunity to be heard by the Board. The Convention shall have the right to remove any trustee or director for cause considered sufficient by the Convention, but only after reasonable notice to such trustee or director, and opportunity for him to be heard by the Convention. Notice of such contemplated action and hearing by the Convention may be given by the Executive Committee of the General Board of the Con- vention.
5. The trustees or directors of the institutions and agencies of the Convention shall be elected by the Convention after receiving nominations from the Convention's Nominating Committee. The trustees and directors of all institutions owned and supported by the Convention shall make an annual report to the above committee of all vacancies to be filled.
B. Baptist Foundation
The Baptist Foundation shall be operated by fifteen directors who shall serve for five-year terms. One-fifth of the directors shall be elected annually by the Convention. The purposes of the Founda- tion shall be to receive, hold and administer donations of money and property which charitable-minded persons may leave to it from time to time.
C. Council on Christian Education
1. The Council shall be composed of the members of the General Board comprising the Christian Education Committee, together with the President, Dean, and chairman of the trustees of each of the colleges receiving funds from the Convention, and as ex-officio members: the General Secretary-Treasurer of the Baptist State Convention, the President of the Convention, the President of the General Board, and the President of the WMU. The chairman of the General Board's committee on Christian Education shall be presi- dent of the Council; and the Director of the Division of Christian Education of the General Board shall serve as secretary of the Coun- cil. The duties and powers of the Council shall be fixed by the By-Laws of the Convention.
2. Representatives on the Council from the colleges will not have voting power in the allocation of funds. No member of the Council who occupies a salaried position with the Convention or its institu- tions or its auxiliary shall have a vote on appropriations that may be made to the institutions; and all appropriations agreed upon shall be subject to the approval of the General Board.
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D. Council on Christian Social Services
1 The Council shall be composed of the members of the Christian Social Services Committee of the General Board; the adminSfrs of the North Carolina Baptist Children's Homes/the nSSS Homes, Incorporated, and the North Carolina Baptist Hospital- the presidents of the Boards of Trustees of these institutions he Genera Secretary-Treasurer of the Convention, the President of he General Board and the President of the Woman's Missionary Union The Chairman of the General Board's Committee on Christian Social Services shall be President of the Council, and the Director of the Division of Christian Social Services of the General Board when chosen shall serve as secretary of the Council. The duties and
veXn C°UnCil Sha11 ^ fiXed by the By-Laws of the6^
h,^RTeSentatiVeS °n thG C°Uncil from the institutions will not have voting power in the allocation of funds. No member of Te Council who occupies a salaried position with the Convention or its nstitutions or its auxiliary shall have a vote on appropriation that may be made to the institutions; and all appropriations agreed upon shall be subject to the approval of the General Board
ARTICLE X. Concerning Debts
A. The General Board shall have authority to borrow monev in anticipation of current revenue, provide! that anT unpaid balance of such borrowing at the end of the current fiscal year shall
ftcalTet" '" " and madG a Part °f thG bud^et for the subLVuen"
B No institution or agency of the Convention shall encum- ber its property or change its status with respect to the Convention without authority from the Convention. Institutions and agencies of the Convention, subject to the approval of the General Board shall have authority to borrow money in anticipation of cuS
theVeZe'nPPtrrided that-Sny UnpaM balance of ™* borrowing at
1 parfof the buXT/ *£* T ^ be Pr°Vided f°r in and ™** a part o± the budget for the subsequent current year.
C. All borrowing by the Convention for its own use or for
aincv of ;rSr°r agfnCleSu °r borro™^ by any institution or agency of the Convention, the payment of which would require an
SST"1 1 tlme bey°nd the close of the subsequent fiscal year shall be authorized only on the following terms and conditions
(1) Notice of any and all contemplated borrowings shall annMr m the Biblical Recorder in three separate issues in fdvance of thl rik^ ** ^^^ *"** Whlch tt is ^olelZZ act!"
(2) Any and all resolutions which propose the borrowing nf money shall set forth all pertinent facts and a definite scheme for repayment. They shall be considered by the Coatee on Resolu-
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tions, or by a special committee, and shall be voted on by the Con- vention on two separate days while the Convention is in session; and on each day they must receive the votes of at least three-fifths of the messengers present when the vote is taken, and such vote shall be recorded in the minutes of the Convention.
ARTICLE XI. Miscellaneous
A. The Convention's fiscal year shall close on December 31.
B. The members of the Board of trustees and directors of the institutions and agencies of the convention shall be distributed as widely as practicable. The term of office of a trustee who has not resigned, died, become disqualified, or been removed shall not expire until his successor shall have been duly elected and qualified.
No individual shall serve on any board, institution, or agency, who is at the same time holding membership on any other board, in- stitution, or agency. Not more than three members of any Board of any institution or agency supported wholly or in part by the Convention shall be members of the same church.
C. Individuals, churches and associations, or others desiring the assistance and co-operation of the Baptists of the Convention in any work not already fostered by the Convention shall present such project to the agency under which it should be properly placed. If the agency fails or refuses to approve it, it may be presented to the Convention under miscellaneous business or as a special order.
D. Neither the Convention, nor any institution or agency, owned or supported in whole or in part by the Convention, shall accept or receive, directly or indirectly, any gift, grant, or aid from the Federal or State governments or any governmental agency, except for definite and full services rendered by the institution or agency and by and with the approval of the Convention or its General Board.
ARTICLE XII. Woman's Missionary Union
The Woman's Missionary Union of North Carolina is recognized as an auxiliary of this Convention whose accomplishments and po- tentialities in good works are appreciated as being of immeasurable power to our Christian cause.
ARTICLE XIII. Amendments
This Constitution may be changed or amended on the second day of any annual session of the Convention by a two-thirds vote of the registered messengers present when the vote is taken, provided, that notice of the contemplated change shall have been announced on or before the first day of the Convention.
ARTICLE XIV. Validate
The adoption of this new Constitution shall not invalidate any action validly taken by or in behalf of the Convention or any of its
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institutions or agencies prior to the date this new Constitution be- comes effective.
BYLAWS
The work of the Convention shall be governed by the following bylaws :
ARTICLE I. Duties of Officers of the Convention
A. The president shall preside over the deliberations of the Convention and discharge such other duties as are imposed upon him by the Convention or as are incumbent on the presiding officer of a deliberative body. He shall in advance of the meeting of the Convention and with the assistance of the Vice-Presidents appoint a Committee on Enrollment consisting of nine members and a Committee on Committees consisting of fifteen members. He may appoint other committees when so directed by the body. He shall also serve ex-officio as a voting member of the General Board and its Executive Committee. He shall also serve as an ex-officio non- voting member of all Convention committees.
B. The Vice-Presidents
1. In the event of the death of the President or his incapacity to serve the Vice-Presidents shall succeed him in the order of their rank; and so succeeding shall have and discharge the duties in- cumbent upon the President.
2. They shall assist the President in naming those Convention Committees for which he is responsible and shall serve ex-officio as voting members of the General Board and its Executive Com- mittee.
C. The Recording Secretary
The Recording Secretary shall record and preserve the proceedings of the Convention and shall prepare the copy for printing.
D. The General Secretary-Treasurer
1. The General Secretary of the Convention shall promote the whole program of the Convention, including Missions, Evangelism, Education and Social Service, and may serve as adviser to all the institutions, agencies and committees of the Convention. He shall work under the direction of and be subject to the authority of the General Board; and shall have administrative supervision of such work as shall be assigned to him by the Convention or its General Board.
2. In carrying out the responsibilities of each and all these func- tions, the General Secretary-Treasurer shall:
a. Co-ordinate and evaluate General Board programs with the help of the General Board and its Executive Committee;
b. Advise and otherwise assist the General Board, the Convention and their committees and subcommittees, including the provision
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of direct staff help in planning meetings, preparing agenda, pre- senting analyses, facts, and recommendations;
c. Plan, co-ordinate and supervise the entire budgetary process (formulation, authorization and administration) under the direc- tion of the Executive Committee and, where appropriate, the Con- vention;
d. Assume responsibility for the administration, co-ordination and direction of General Board staff, including the recommendations of all divisions and department heads, organization of professional staff, development of professional staff position descriptions, and preparation of personnel policies;
e. Encourage staff members to make their fullest contribution to the work of the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina;
f. Work on a co-operating basis with the heads of all Boards and agencies of the Convention;
g. Promote participation in and support for all North Carolina Baptist and Southern Baptist Convention programs and represent the General Board, as appropriate, to the denomination and the public.
3. As Treasurer he shall receive all funds sent him for the objects of the Conventions, and make acknowledgment of the same in the manner as the General Board may determine for the faithful per- formance of his duties. He shall sign all checks which shall be countersigned by the Business Manager and Comptroller; and both of these officers shall be bonded in such amount as shall be deter- mined by the General Board. He shall forward at least once a month all contributions to their destinations. He shall make an annual report of his receipts and disbursements which shall be published in the minutes of the Convention, and upon retiring from his office, he shall deliver to his successor all money, papers, books and other property belonging thereto.
E. The Parliamentarian
The Parliamentarian shall advise and assist the Presiding Officer of the Convention with respect to all matters involving proper parliamentary procedure. The Rules of Order for the Convention shall be those laid down in Kerfoot's "Parliamentary Law," but in cases where the meaning may not be clear the President shall exercise his discretion, subject to appeal to the Convention.
ARTICLE II. Duties of Committees
The committees of the Convention shall be divided into three categories:
A. Those appointed by the President and Vice-Presidents in advance of the meeting of the Convention.
1. The Committee on Enrollment consisting of nine members whose duties it shall be to provide registration cards for messengers
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and visitors and have them in a suitable place several hours before the meeting of the Convention. This committee shall make a report to the assembled messengers upon the call of the President, and shall serve as a committee on credentials.
2. The Committee on Committees whose duty it shall be to nomi- nate for election by the Convention the committees listed under sections B and C below, and such other committees as may be assigned to it. At least a fair proportion of the members nominated to all committees of the Convention shall come from the rural and urban churches, and no one shall be nominated to serve on more than one committee at the same time.
B. Those to report at the session of the Convention by which they are elected.
1. A Committee on Resolutions consisting of fifteen members. It shall be composed of at least five members from the General Board with at least two of the five from the Executive Committee of the Board.
All resolutions presented to the Convention shall be referred to the Committee on Resolutions, except that by a two-thirds vote of the messengers present on the first or second day of the Convention, the rules may be suspended and a resolution be taken up for immediate consideration.
2. The Committee on Place and Preacher consisting of nine members. This committee shall be responsible for recommending to the Convention a place of meeting for at least two years in advance; and should consider proper accommodations and the size of the auditorium which is available.
C. Those to report at the next regular session of the Convention.
1. A Committee on Nominations consisting of fifteen members, five of whom shall be retained from the previous year's committee. Their term of office shall begin with the adjournment of the Con- vention by which they are elected and shall terminate upon ad- journment of the Convention at which their successors are elected. No member shall be eligible to succeed himself after serving two consecutive years. Vacancies occurring shall be filled at the next session of the Convention. Membership on this committee shall not bar one from election to the General Board or as a Trustee or Director of any institution or agency of this Convention. The Com- mittee shall nominate a fair proportion of members from rural and urban churches to the various boards of all agencies and institutions.
a. It shall have a preliminary meeting in the first quarter of each calendar year in order to review vacancies and eliminate from consideration those already serving on Boards and Agencies of the Convention.
b. It shall consult with the associational leaders, with individuals, and with the representatives of co-operating Baptist churches and the institutions and agencies of the Convention with respect to
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prospects for membership on the General Board and Boards of Trustees and Directors of Institutions and Agencies and secure a written sketch of each prospect concerning his or her qualifications as to Christian character, church relationship, and general ability.
c. It shall hold a second meeting not later than midsummer, for the purpose of making recommendations for all vacancies.
d. It shall publish its full report in the Biblical Recorder at least one week prior to the meeting of the Convention.
2. The Committee on Convention Arrangements, consisting of nine. This committee shall be responsible: a. for the program for the Annual Meeting; b. for local arrangements, and c. for all other matters pertaining to the annual meeting except place and preacher.
3. The Christian Life Committee, consisting of fifteen. This com- mittee shall deal with the Christian's responsibility to study social problems and to formulate statements and programs designed to promote personal and social righteousness; and it shall co-operate with the Christian Life Commission of the Southern Baptist Con- vention. (This Committee was formerly designated as the Com- mittee on Social Service and Civic Righteousness.)
4. The Christian Action Committee, consisting of nine. It shall co-operate with the State-wide Christian Action League, and shall, in addition, recommend to the Convention programs of alcohol education and other needed programs. (This committee was formerly known as the Allied Church League.)
5. The Committee on Memorials, consisting of five. In addition to its other duties, it may recommend to the Convention a deceased person or persons to whom the annual of the Convention may be dedicated.
6. The Historical Committee, consisting of thirteen. It shall recommend to the Convention or General Board appropriate measures which should be taken to preserve Baptist History. It shall seek to preserve the minutes and records of all Baptist bodies, churches, associations and conventions, historical manuscripts, printed materials, including correspondence, and museum objects. It shall encourage the writing and publication of high-standard histories of individuals, churches, associations and conventions. It shall recommend what historic sites, including buildings, should be properly marked and preserved. It shall co-operate with the Historical Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention. It shall make a report annually to the Convention.
7. The Committee on Public Affairs, consisting of nine, shall deal with the relationship between Church and State, and shall cooperate with a committee of the Southern Baptist Convention of like name. (This committee was formerly designated as the Committee on Religious Liberty.)
D. Nothing contained in reports to the Convention shall be con- strued as an action of the Convention except the recommendations which are definitely listed and adopted by the Convention.
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ARTICLE III. Eligibility for Membership on the General Board and on Boards of Trustees and Directors of Agencies and Institutions of the Convention
Members of the General Board and Trustees and Directors of any agency or institution of the Convention shall be members of churches co-operating with the Convention.
The term of office shall begin on January 1, following the meeting of the Convention at which members were elected; and shall end on December 31 following the Convention at which their successors were elected, unless sooner terminated.
In no case shall a member of any board serve a continuous term of more than four years, except the directors of North Carolina Baptist Foundation, in which case the continuous term shall not exceed five years.
Any member of a board or agency of the Convention having just completed a full term of office on a board shall not be eligible for election to membership on any other until one year has elapsed.
ARTICLE IV. The General Board
A. Powers and Duties of the General Board
1. The General Board shall have charge and control of all work of the Convention, including missions, evangelism, education, beneficences, and all other general activities, in the interim be- tween sessions of the Convention, except those activities commit- ted specifically by charter to the Boards of Trustees of its institu- tions and agencies. It shall have the power to act for the Convention in the interim between sessions of the Convention; and any action taken during the interim shall be binding on the Convention and reported fully to the Convention at its next session. It shall make and approve all appropriations. It shall have no power to contravene any action of the Convention nor to launch any new institutions. It may provide for the expansion of any phase of work which its income and resources may make possible. It shall have the responsibility of bringing to the Convention for its consideration recommendations concerning any phase of the work that is being done or that should be undertaken in order that the Convention may have an over-all picture of the total program of North Carolina Missionary Baptists.
2. The General Board shall make a report to the Convention of its activities during the year, including the work done by the de- partments of Missions, Education, and Beneficences and all other general activities. The Board shall have its report printed and ready for distribution at the first session of the Convention, including reports from Education Institutions, Hospitals, Children's Homes, Homes for the Aging, Baptist Foundation, Education Council, Social Services Council, and all other agencies of the Convention.
3. Allocation of funds. The General Board shall recommend to the Convention the budget allocations of Cooperative Program un-
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designated gifts for each object of the Convention, and the amount or percentage of Cooperative Program funds to be allocated to Southern Baptist Convention causes.
4. The General Board shall present its recommendations to the Convention; and these recommendations shall be printed in the Biblical Recorder, together with any pertinent information, two weeks prior to the meeting of the Convention.
5. Audit. The General Board shall employ a certified public ac- countant each year to make a complete audit of the books and accounts of the treasurer and comptroller, and it shall employ or cause to be employed a certified public accountant, or accountants, to make annual audits of all institutions of the Convention.
A copy of the annual audit of the General Board and of each institution receiving funds from the Convention shall be presented to the General Secretary-Treasurer of the Convention; the audit of the General Board and a summarv of the other audits shall be presented to the Recording Secretary not later than thirty days after the close of the fiscal year for inclusion in the Annual of the Convention and, in the discretion of the General Board, in the Biblical Recorder.
The Executive Committee of the General Board and the General Secretary-Treasurer shall have the authority to provide the forms which will indicate what items should appear in said summary.
B. The Organization of the General Board
1. Meetings. The General Board shall meet on Monday and Tuesday following the third Sunday of January, and on Monday and Tuesday following the second Sunday of July and of October of each year, and in cases of emergency at the call of the General Secretary-Treasurer and the President of the Board or of any five members.
2. Officers, Divisional and Departmental Heads. At the January meeting of the Board the following officers shall be elected and they shall serve until their successors are elected and qualified: a Presi- dent, a Vice-President, and a Recording Secretary. At the same time the Board shall fill vacancies and elect needed new em- ployees and shall fix the compensation of its secretaries and other employees, and all salaried officers of the Convention.
3. At the January meeting of the Board the Convention program of Missions, Education and Social Services shall be organized and promoted under the following six divisions, and the Executive Committee:
a. Stewardship Promotion and Editorial Services
b. Missions
c. Evangelism
d. Church Programs
e. Christian Education
f. Christian Social Services
g. Executive Committee
These divisions, numbered a to f inclusive, shall be administered
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and promoted under committees composed of members of the General Board as follows:
Each committee (a through f) shall be composed of approxi- mately one-sixth of the total membership of the Board.
These committees shall meet at each regular session of the Board, and, if necessary, at other times upon the call of the Divisional Director or Committee Chairman, or both.
a. Committee on Stewardship, Promotion, and Editorial Services
(1) Function: To work with the Director of the Division in promoting the total program of Stewardship, Promotion and Editorial services.
(2) Duties and responsibilities of the Director of the Division:
(a) He shall be responsible to the General Secretary for the over- all performance of all departments and activities of the Division.
(b) He shall study ways and means of promoting every phase of the Baptist program. In particular he shall promote the Forward Program of Church Finance, church budgets, stewardship revivals, the Cooperative Program, and all special offerings promoted by the State Convention.
(c) He shall work with all the departments of the Division, establish a library for use of the General Board Staff, and set up a tract service to serve all departments.
(d) He shall conduct regular staff meetings for the personnel of this Division.
(e) He shall, in co-operation with the Divisional committee, present to the General Secretary-Treasurer and the Budget Com- mittee the budget needs of the Division.
(f) He shall work with and supervise the work of the following Departmental Secretaries: Department of Stewardship Promotion, Department of Program Services, including Visual Aids, Department of Retirement Plans, Department of Statistical Analysis.
b. Committee on Missions.
(1) Function: To work with the Director of the Division in promoting the total program of mission activities in North Carolina.
(2) Duties and responsibilities of the Director of the Division.
(a) He shall be responsible to the General Secretary for the over-all performance of all departments and activities of the Division.
(b) He shall work with the Committee on Missions in promoting a vigorous program of mission activities in North Carolina, and shall hold staff meetings in an effort to correlate the work wherever possible.
(c) He shall participate in rallies and conferences in order to inform and inspire the leaders and encourage the people in the churches to support the total program, and shall plan and conduct Schools for Pastors and Schools of Missions.
(d) He shall, in co-operation with the Committee, present the
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needs of the Division to the Budget Committee and to the General Board.
(e) He shall work with and supervise the work of the following Departmental Secretaries: Department of Church Development, De- partment of Interracial Co-operation, Department of Ministry to the Deaf.
(f ) He shall work with the director and have general supervision of Fruitland Bible Institute.
(g) In particular, he shall promote the following activities: aid for Missionary Pastors; a study and survey of situations where missions and eventually churches should be established; recom- mendations concerning the purchase of lots or loans for buildings; a ministry in the correctional institutions of the state, and to other groups; co-operation with and advisor to Associational Missionaries.
c. Committee on Evangelism
(1) Function: To work with the Director of the Division in pro- moting the total program of Evangelism among Baptists in North Carolina.
(2) Duties and Responsibilities of the Director of the Division.
(a) He shall be responsible to the General Secretary for the over- all performance of all activities of the Division, and he shall work closely with the General Secretary in the effort to place Evangelism in the forefront total of the Convention program.
(b) In co-operation with all divisions and departments of the Convention he shall study ways and means of getting and main- taining the spirit and practice of evangelism (witnessing unto Christ) in every phase of the total Baptist program in North Carolina.
(c) Work with the Committee on Evangelism of the General Board in promoting a vigorous program of evangelism in North Carolina.
(d) He shall, in co-operation with the Committee, present the needs of the Division to the Budget Committee and to the General Board.
(e) He shall promote the Southern Baptist Program of Evan- gelism in co-operation with the boards and agencies of the South- ern Baptist Convention.
d. Committee on Church Programs.
(1) Function: To work with the Director of this Division in providing the churches with trained educational leadership for the total church membership. Such a program will involve co-operation with the Sunday School Board and other Boards and agencies of the Southern Baptist Convention.
(2) Duties and responsibilities of the Director of this Division. (a) He shall be responsible to the General Secretary-Treasurer
and the General Board for the over-all performance of all Depart- ments and activities of the Division.
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(b) Work with the Committee on Church Programs of the General Board in studying the needs of the local church. Through the various departments of his Division, seek to guide in providing programs, literature, and leadership to help meet these needs. This will involve church community surveys and research in church programs, conferences with pastors and church leaders and co- operation with the various departments and facilities of the Sunday School Board and the various mission boards.
(c) Hold regular staff meetings of the department heads and all personnel in the various departments of the Division of Church Programs; correlate the work of church programs in such a way as to strengthen the local church; work with the department heads to prevent overlapping in meetings or emphases; and help create a spirit of team work as each department seeks to do its part in the total development of the local church.
(d) Meet in conference with the various department secretaries nd the Committee on Church Programs to develop a recommended
budget for the Division. This recommended budget would then be studied by the General Secretary-Treasurer and presented by him to the Budget Committee for consideration.
(e) Participate in various district and state programs to help inform the people concerning the work of his Division and to help promote the entire Cooperative Program of Baptists.
(f ) He shall work with and supervise the work of the following Departmental Secretaries: Department of Sunday Schools, Depart- ment of Training Unions, Department of Baptist Student Union, Department of Brotherhood and Royal Ambassadors, Department of Church Music, Department of Church Architecture, and Depart- ment of Assembly and Camps.
e. Committee on Christian Education.
(1) Function: To work with the Director of this Division in order to provide an effective program for the several Baptist col- leges, without in any way hindering the independent operation of any one of them.
(2) Duties and responsibilities of the Director of this Division.
(a) He shall serve as Secretary of the Council on Christian Edu- cation.
(b) He shall be responsible to the Council on Christian Education, to the General Secretary-Treasurer, and to the General Board, and shall work in co-operation with all Divisions and Departments of the General Board in an effort to secure full support for the Con- vention's program of higher education.
(c) He shall, in co-operation with the Business Manager and Comptroller of the General Board, work towards promoting a uni- form method of bookkeeping for all the colleges in an effort to understand and interpret all their budget needs.
(d) He shall work towards correlating the programs of the several educational institutions and securing their co-operation,
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and shall formulate plans for promoting an interest in and support of Christian Higher Education.
f. Committee on Christian Social Services.
(1) Function: To work with the Director of this Division in order to provide a well-integrated program for Children's Homes, Homes for Aging and the Hospital, without in any way hindering the independent operation of each.
(2) It shall be the duty of the committee to recommend each year to the Budget Committee of the Board a suggested amount to be appropriated to each of the three institutions.
(3) Duties and responsibilities of the Director of the Division.
He shall be responsible to the Council on Christian Social Serv- ices, to the General Secretary-Treasurer, and to the General Board, and shall co-operate with all the Divisions and Departments in order to create a better understanding of all the problems involved in providing for the needs of these benevolent institutions.
g. The Executive Committee
(1) Function: To serve in a dual capacity as the General Board ad interim deciding on routine and emergency matters between sessions of the General Board, and as a survey and policy committee, reviewing, correlating and recommending policies and programs to the General Board. It will initiate and recommend matters con- cerning business management, budget and finance and approve the employment of all personnel.
(2) The Committee shall be composed of the President of the General Board, the President of the Convention, the first vice- president of the Convention, the second vice-president of the Con- vention, the chairman of the six major committees, and five members at large from the General Board.
The Executive Committee as constituted the year previous shall remain intact until the January meeting of the General Board at which the Executive Committee will be re-constituted.
(3) The Executive Committee shall have three sub-committees to facilitate its work:
(a) Business Management (composed of five members of the Executive Committee) to work with the Business Manager-Comp- troller and General Secretary-Treasurer on all routine matters of business in connection with the division of business management. Matters affecting policies, new personnel or new expenditures shall be referred to entire Executive Committee.
(b) Budget and Finance Committee (composed of six members of the Executive Committee) to handle program budget and finance matters and study, formulate and recommend general budget alloca- tions. Final recommendation of budget will come from the full Executive Committee. Since the Executive Committee represents every division of the work of the General Board and all of the institutions and agencies, it is the proper committee to recommend budgets each year.
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(c) Denominational Co-operation Committee, composed of the president, first and second vice-presidents of the Convention, to meet at each regular committee period of the General Board and at such other times as conditions warrant. They shall consider the work of the agencies and institutions of the state and Southern Baptist Conventions and recommend any policies that will improve co-operation with these agencies and institutions and Woman's Missionary Union.
(4) Meetings of the Executive Committee shall be held as follows :
(a) Regular meetings at least once per quarter.
(b) Once each year, not later than September, the full Executive Committee shall invite secretaries, department heads and heads of all agencies and institutions of the Convention to present written evaluations of their needs and requests for the next fiscal year. Following this meeting, the Executive Committee shall prepare a budget to be presented to the General Board at the pre-Convention session of the General Board. Any changes caused by Convention action, or later needs may be made at the January meeting of the General Board.
(c) The Executive Committee shall meet in special meeting on call of the General Secretary-Treasurer or the President of the General Board or both.
(5) The President of the General Board shall serve as chairman of the Executive Committee and ex-officio member of its sub- committees.
(6) The Executive Committee shall direct the work of the Business Manager and Comptroller and of the Director of Public Relations, whose duties shall be as follows:
(a) Business Manager and Comptroller
1. Serve as the principal assistant to the General Secretary- Treasurer on all business activities of the General Board and its staff.
2. Supervise and direct all of the bookkeeping and accounting in connection with the Convention treasury and the work of the General Board.
3. In co-operation with the General Secretary-Treasurer execute the financial instructions of the General Board regarding the ap- propriations of all funds received by the Convention.
4. Supervise the work of the building superintendent, switchboard operator and receptionist, mail clerk, print shop workers and maids and janitors.
5. Prepare and circulate manuals of administrative policies, pro- cedures and practices to all General Board employees and supervise personnel activities such as length of vacation, sick leave, salaries and expenses.
6. Prepare periodic financial reports of Convention receipts and expenditures for use of General Secretary-Treasurer, General Board and staff members and heads of institutions and agencies. Present
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financial reports to each regular meeting of the General Board and the annual meeting of the Baptist State Convention.
7. Be responsible for proper auditing of Convention financial records and for presenting such reports to the Convention and its General Board.
8. Assist the departments of the General Board staff in develop- ing effective and economical procedures for the conduct of their work.
9. Establish and administer procedures to be used by staff mem- bers in making purchases of office supplies and equipment.
10. Make himself available to help any agency or institution of the Convention, at its request, to adopt better bookkeeping practices and work toward promoting a uniform method of bookkeeping for all agencies and institutions of the convention.
(b) Director of Public Relations
1. He shall serve as an assistant to the General Secretary-Treas- urer in all matters involving public relations.
2. He shall work in close co-operation with every Division and Department of the Board in the production of printed materials, including promotional literature.
3. He shall represent the General Secretary-Treasurer in attend- ance upon denominational meetings and others, and shall work in close co-operation with the heads of all institutions and agencies.
4. He shall develop and maintain a close liaison with newspapers, church papers, radio and TV stations and other news channels; and shall be responsible for the release of all publicity in connection with the Convention's annual meeting and the work of the General Board.
ARTICLE V. The Council on Christian Education
A. Duties. The duties of the Council shall be as follows:
1. It shall devise ways and means for the proper correlation of the work and programs in the several educational institutions sup- ported by the Convention.
2. It shall study the needs of the institutions and their ability to meet these needs, and upon the basis of its findings shall recom- mend to the General Board allocations to the institutions of such funds as may be made available by the Convention or the General Board for Christian education.
3. It shall examine the budget requests made by each institution and present them to the General Secretary-Treasurer.
4. It shall formulate and promote plans for increasing the interest in and the support of these institutions and shall make reports in detail to the General Board upon all its work and findings.
B. Secretary
The Council on Christian Education in co-operation with the General Secretary-Treasurer of the Convention shall nominate and the General Board shall elect an Executive Secretary.
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C. Meetings.
The Council shall meet at the call of the Chairman at least three times during the Convention year; it may meet in special session at the call of the Chairman and Secretary, or any five members.
ARTICLE VI. The Council on Christian Social Services
A. Duties: The duties of the Council shall be to consider prob- lems common to all of the institutions, and keep the needs of these institutions before the General Board and the Baptist people of North Carolina. The Council shall examine the budget requests made by each of the institutions and present them with recom- mendations to the General Secretary-Treasurer.
B. Secretary
When the Council feels that it has made sufficient progress to warrant a full-time Director of Christian Social Services, in co- operation with the General Secretary-Treasurer of the Convention it shall nominate, and the General Board shall elect a Director' who shall serve as Secretary of the Division.
C. Meetings.
The Council shall meet at the call of the Chairman at least twice during the Convention year, it may meet in special session at the call of the Chairman and Secretary, or any five members.
ARTICLE VII. Amendments to Bylaws
These Bylaws may be altered by a majority vote of the mes- sengers present on the first or second day of the annual Convention.
PROCEEDINGS
City Auditorium, Asheville, N. C. November 15-17, 1960
Convention Theme: "The Christian Witness in a Changing World"
Scripture: Acts 1:8— "You shall be my witnesses . . . unto the uttermost part of the earth"
TUESDAY MORNING— NOVEMBER 15, 1960
Session Theme: "The Home Witnessing for Christ"
1. The 130th annual session of the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina was convened by President Charles B. Deane, Rock- ingham, at 9:00 o'clock, on the morning of November 15, 1960. All sessions of the convention were held in the city auditorium of Asheville, N. C.
2. The president announced that at the opening of each session of the Convention the doors of the building would be closed during the worship service, which had been arranged to emphasize the convention session themes. The worship period was under the direction of selected individuals, assisted by Joseph O. Stroud of the Convention Music Department, Harold L. Shoemaker, minister of music and education for the Tabernacle Church, Raleigh, Richard Van Sciver, organist representing the Allen organ firm, and a choral group made up of ministers of music in the churches of the state.
For the first worship service the choir sang "Swell the Full Chorus" (Handel), and the congregation joined in singing "O Wor- ship the King." Elbert N. Johnson, Wagram, concluded the period with prayer, asking God's blessing upon the deliberations of the body and the spirit of the messengers.
3. The president announced the following committee on enroll- ment: Alden Angline, Chairman; William Fox; John Bowden- Mrs Nane Starnes; Harry Logan; Mrs. Clyde Kinser; Mrs. J. Brank Clark- Mrs. Horace Smith; and Mrs. Harry Corey. Thereupon he recognized the chairman.
It was moved by Alden Angline that the 1,081 messengers already enrolled and those to be enrolled later constitute the Convention for the transaction of Convention business.
4. Roy Beals, Goldsboro, Chairman of the Committee on Con- vention Arrangements, announced the members of his committee as: Roy Beals, Chairman; W. Perry Crouch, Vice-Chairman; R. O Baker, Jr.; Mrs. Robert L. Costner; C. A. Francis; Ernest Holt- Forest Maxwell; Jack Noffsinger; A. T. Usher.
He indicated that the committee had attempted to blend work
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and worship in each session. The Order of Business, submitted by the Chairman, was adopted as follows:
Order of Business TUESDAY MORNING— NOVEMBER 15, 1960
Session Theme: "The Home Witnessing for Christ"
9:00 A.M. Worship, with special prayer for coming sessions of
the Convention E. N. Johnson, Wagram
9:15 A.M. Business
Enrollment and organization Report of Committee on Enrollment
Alden Angline, Chairman, Asheville Report of Committee on Convention Arrangements
Roy Beals, Chairman, Goldsboro
Recognition of Visitors C. B. Deane, Rockingham
Recognition of Pastors of Buncombe Association
C. B. Deane Recognition of New Pastors
Douglas M. Branch, Raleigh
9:30 A.M. Convention Sermon Howard G. Dawkins, Kinston
Scripture... Isaac Terrell, Ahoskie
10:00 A.M. General Board Report
Nane Starnes, President, Asheville 10:45 A.M. Report of Committee on Committees
Claude U. Broach, Chairman, Charlotte 10:55 A.M. Hymn 11:00 A.M. Report of Christian Life Committee
T. L. Cashwell, Jr., Chairman, Albemarle
Address Reuben Herring, Nashville, Tennessee
11:25 A.M. Special Music Convention Choir
11:30 A.M. President's Message C. B. Deane
12:00 Noon Adjournment
TUESDAY AFTERNOON — NOVEMBER 15, 1960
Session Theme: "Witnessing for Christ Through Baptist Institutions"
2:00 P.M. Worship G. Carl Lewis, Rockingham
2:30 P.M. North Carolina Baptist Hospitals, Inc.
W. K. McGee, Winston-Salem 2:45 P.M. North Carolina Baptist Homes, Inc
William A. Poole, Winston-Salem 3:00 P.M. James M. Hayes Recognition Service 3:15 P.M. Hymn 3:20 P.M. Report of Biblical Recorder
Marse Grant, Editor, Raleigh 3:40 P.M. Report of Committee on Advance Needs of
the Colleges E. Norfleet Gardner, Chairman
Henderson 3:55 P.M. Business 4:00 P.M. Adjournment
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TUESDAY EVENING— NOVEMBER 15, 1960
Session Theme: "Witnessing for Christ through Missions in North Carolina"
7:00 P.M. Worship Mrs. Owen F. Herring, Winston-Salem
7:30 P.M. Announcements
7:35 P.M. Missions in North Carolina Douglas M. Branch
8:45 P.M. Children's Homes Drama
9:15 P.M. Adjournment
WEDNESDAY MORNING— NOVEMBER 16, 1960
Session Theme: "Witnessing for Christ through Christian Education"
9:00 A.M. Worship Marion E. Parker, Troy
9:30 A.M. Announcements
9:35 A.M. Report of Convention Trustees
T. Lacy Williams, Chairman, Raleigh
9:45 A.M. Annuity Program R. T. Greene, Secretary Raleigh
10:10 A.M. The Sunday School Board
Herman Ihley, Raleigh, Presiding
Address .....Howard P. Colson, Nashville, Tennessee
10:30 A.M. Hymn
10:35 A.M. Report of Council on Christian Education
Claude F. Gaddy, Executive Secretary, Raleigh 10:55 A.M. Discussion of Report of Committee on Advance Needs of the Colleges E. Norfleet Gardner, Chairman,
Presiding 11:40 A.M. Report of Trustee Orientation Committee
Gilmer Cross, Chairman, Goldsboro
11:45 A.M. Special Music... Convention Choir
11:50 A.M. Report of Committee on Public Affairs
W. W. Finlator, Chairman, Raleigh
Address C. Emanuel Carlson, Washington, D C
12:20 P.M. Adjournment
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON— NOVEMBER 16, 1960
Session Theme: "Witnessing for Christ through Convention
Leadership"
2:00 P.M. Worship W. Harold Killian, Brevard
2:30 P.M. Report on Seminaries
Nolan Howington, Louisville, Kentucky 3:00 P.M. Discussion and vote on General Board's Report
Nane Starnes, President, Presiding 3:30 P.M. Election of Officers 3:55 P.M. Miscellaneous Business 4:00 P.M. Adjournment
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WEDNESDAY EVENING— NOVEMBER 16, 1960
Session Theme: "Witnessing for Christ through Home and Foreign Missions"
7:00 P.M. Worship - James F. Heaton, Raleigh
7:30 P.M. Announcements
All active and retired missionaries of the Home and Foreign Mission Boards are requested to come and take seats on the Convention platform. 7:35 P.M. Report on American Bible Society
Thomas Holloway, Representative, Dallas, Texas 7:45 P.M. Recognition of Missionaries 7:50 P.M. Home Missions
Louis S. Gaines, Presiding,, Fayetteville
Address James C. Peck, Atlanta, Georgia
8:20 P.M. Report of Woman's Missionary Union
Miss Miriam Robinson, Executive Secretary, Raleigh,
Presiding
8:35 P.M. Music Mars Hill College Choir
8:45 P.M. Foreign Missions... Mrs. Foy J. Farmer, Raleigh,
Presiding
Address Baker James Cauthen, Richmond, Virginia
9:15 P.M. Adjournment
THURSDAY MORNING— NOVEMBER 17, 1960
Session Theme: "Witnessing for Christ through Social Action"
9:00 A.M. Worship Earle J. Rogers, Madison
9:30 A.M. Miscellaneous Business 9:45 A.M. Memorials
Edward G. Cole, Acting Chairman, Winterville 9:55 A.M. Report of Committee on Nominations
A. Leroy Parker, Chairman, Greensboro 10:20 A.M. Report of Committee on Place and Preacher 10:25 A.M. Report of Christian Action League
Wendell G. Davis, Chairman, Charlotte 10:40 A.M. Carver School of Missions and Social Work
Nathan C. Brooks, President, Louisville, Kentucky 10:55 A.M. Hymn
11:00 A.M. Report of Resolutions Committee 11:15 A.M. Report of Historical Committee
Henry Stroupe, Chairman, Winston-Salem
11:25 A.M. Special Music Wake Forest College Choir
11:30 A.M. Address.. Billy Graham
12:10 P.M. Adjournment
5. President Deane extended a welcome to the visitors present. Then he expressed appreciation to the pastors of the ninety-one churches of the Buncombe Association, with 21,307 members, for the welcome and care they had given in preparing for the con- vention.
6. Robert N. Simms, Jr., Raleigh, was asked to serve as Parlia-
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mentarian during the convention, in the place of Shearon Harris, who was unable to be present.
7. General Secretary Douglas M. Branch extended a welcome to the new pastors coming into the fellowship of North Carolina Baptists since the last meeting of the Convention, and expressed the hope that they would have a long tenure of service in the state.
8. The President named the following Committee on Committees: Claude U. Broach, Chairman, Charlotte; Mrs. Harry D. Wood, Vice- Chairman, Leaksville; William C. Smith, Secretary, Durham; Eng- lish Jones, Pembroke; Robert L. Costner, Raleigh; T. Winfield Blackwell, Jr., Winston-Salem; Mack M. Goss, Henderson ville; Neil Armstrong, High Point; R. C. Foster, Whiteville; J. Boyce Brooks, Boone; Bruce E. Whitaker, Murfreesboro; Doric C. Sullivan, Eagle Springs; J. Henry LeRoy, Elizabeth City; Mrs. Howard J. Ford, Elkin; CO. Greene, Shelby.
9. The chairman was recognized, and released the names of com- mittees to report at the present session:
Place and Preacher: W. A. Mitchiner, Chairman, Oxford; Mrs. F. T. Matthews, Vice-Chairman, Goldsboro; Paul Shaver, High Point; D. M. Larkins, Shelby; Eugene Walter, Whiteville; Henry LeRoy^ Elizabeth City; Carlton Cox, Blowing Rock; Floyd Key, Lasker; Jarvis Brock, Penrose.
Resolutions: Carlton Prickett, Chairman, Burlington; Ralph Lee, Vice-Chairman, Mars Hill; E. J. Prevatte, Southport; J. J. Tarleton, Rutherfordton; George McCotter, Buie's Creek; W. V. Tarleton, Shelby; Charles Trammell, Burnsville; Carlyle Campbell, Raleigh; P. C. Gantt, Mooresville; Henry Powell, Whiteville; J. L. Carter, Pembroke; Alec Stanford, Leaksville; W. R. Eaton, Boone; W. T. Adams, Rocky Mount; Mrs. Claud Bowen, Greensboro.
10. The hour for the convention sermon was announced. Isaac Terrell, Ahoskie, read the following Scriptures: Deut. 6: 6-9; Eph. 6:1-4; Mic. 6:8, and led in prayer. Howard G. Dawkins, Kinston, preached the sermon on "The Witness of the Home."
11. Nane Starnes, President of the General Board, presented the report of the General Board. In this he indicated significant achieve- ments of the past year and called on several individuals to speak to some of them.
Charles C. Coffey, Kannapolis, spoke of the importance of Royal Ambassador camping needs being met, and called attention to a proposed 888-acre site available in Randolph County for this pur- pose.
Howard J. Ford, Elkin, called attention to the first three recom- mendations of the Board dealing with the Cooperative Program and Special Offerings, Special Cooperative Program Day, and Royal Ambassador Committee (page 106).
Robert N. Simms, Jr. read proposed changes in the Constitution and the Bylaws (No. 4 in recommendations as on page 107).
William A. Poole, Winston-Salem, presented a resolution con- cerning Hamilton Homes for the Aging. (Page 108.)
William L. Bennett, Greensboro, offered helpful suggestions con-
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cerning goals for evangelism. He was followed by Fred A. Mauney, Forest City, who presented Recommendation 6 on North Carolina Baptist Jubilee Advance Goals for 1961. (Page 109.)
Leon Spencer, Comptroller for the Baptist State Convention, presented an encouraging statement concerning financial progress during the year, and estimated that the Cooperative Program might reach $3,900,000 by the end of 1960. He said that the receipt of $163,000 for State Missions set a new record.
Douglas M. Branch, Secretary, called attention to the recom- mended budget of $4,400,000 for 1961. Of this amount, 66 per cent of Cooperative Program Funds would be used in North Carolina, and 34 per cent would go for S. B. C. causes. Any overage in un- designated income would be divided between Southern Baptist and State Convention objects (page 110).
12. The congregation joined in singing "Fairest Lord Jesus."
13. T. L. Cashwell, Jr., Albemarle, presented the report on the Christian Life Committee (page 173), and moved its adoption. The motion was carried. He then presented Reuben Herring, editor of Family Life Materials, and Associate Editor of Home Life maga- zine, Nashville, Tennessee, who spoke on the Home and the Church in relation to juvenile delinquency. He declared that delinquency originates in the home, so that there is great need for placing importance on home training. There are 400,000 marriages that end in divorce in the United States every year, and 1,500,000 chil- dren are arrested every year. The church and the home have both a responsibility and an opportunity in this matter.
14. The Choir sang "My Eternal King" (Jane Marshall)
15. E. W. Price, Jr., High Point, First Vice-President, presented President C. B. Deane, Mrs. Deane, and their son Charles. Mr. Deane delivered a masterful and soul-searching address, centering around the question, "Has the Christian Church Lost Its Revolu- tionary Power To Change the Selfishness in Men?".
16. The morning session was adjourned with prayer by A. Douglas Aldrich, Raleigh.
TUESDAY AFTERNOON — NOVEMBER 15, 1960
Session Theme : "Witnessing for Christ Through Baptist Institutions"
17. The worship period of the afternoon began with the singing by the choir of "All Hail the Power of Jesus' Name" (Diadem). Harold Shoemaker, with the aid of the choir, read Matthew 25: 31-40. After the choir had sung "Inspire My Love for Thee" (Scholfield), G. Carl Lewis, Rockingham, brought a message on "We Are the Witnesses," and led in prayer.
18. President Deane introduced Royal Ambassadors Larry Old- ham, Clayton, and Tony Yates, Faith. These and Kay Huggins, Henderson ville, and Frank Hopkins, Jr., Candler were chosen be- cause of their high rank in Royal Ambassador work to serve as Pages for the Convention.
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19. General Secretary Branch called attention to the deaths over the week end of two elect ladies of the convention: Mrs. C. C. War- ren and Mrs. L. L. Carpenter. He read a telegram from C. C. War- ren, and the convention authorized the sending expressions of sympathy and the assurance of our prayers to Dr. Warren and Dr. Carpenter.
20. E. W. Price, Jr., First Vice-President, presented Colin Stokes, chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Baptist Hospital, Inc., who called attention to the report of progress at the hospital, and urged the support of the Mother's Day offering. Eddie Reynolds, Lincoln- ton presented Mrs. Dean Lowman, a former patient at the Hospital, who made an appeal for the Mother's Day offering.
21. William A. Poole, Superintendent of the North Carolina Bap- tist Homes, Inc., presented his first report to the convention and moved its adoption. This was carried. He then presented C. L. Weaver, recently appointed business administrator of the N. C. Baptist Homes.
22. A recognition service for James M. Hayes, first Superin- tendent of the Homes, elected January 9, 1951, who retired May 1, 1960, and for Mrs. Hayes was observed. Among those who spoke were Hubert L. Tomlinson, the first resident of the Home, Miss Edna Heinzerling, the first supervisor, and Mrs. Ethel Ful'ghum, who succeeded Miss Heinzerling. The Convention stood honoring Mr. and Mrs. Hayes for their worthy pioneering in this field. Mr. Hayes responded fittingly. W. A. Poole called attention to the recent action of the board of trustees in naming the new adminis- tration building, the Hayes Administration Building. He then led in prayer.
23. The Biblical Recorder report was presented by H. B. Ander- son, Durham. A record circulation of 67,250 was announced.
Editor Marse Grant presented his assistant, Cyrus M. Bazemore. The editor called attention to the consideration being given to increasing the cost of subscriptions by $.50 a year, and sending complimentary copies to the Sunday School Superintendents for this year. He emphasized the fact that the policy of the paper was to "speak the truth in love." This has been undertaken in various issues that confronted the country this year. The report was ac- cepted.
24. The President resumed the chair, and recognized E. Norfleet Gardner, who used the first period allotted for the committee on Advance Program for the Colleges by reading the first part of the report, which endeavors to set forth the basic principles under- lying Christian education. At the close he called attention to the six recommendations in the latter part of the report.
25. Roy Beals, Chairman of the Committee on Arrangements, moved the extension of time ten minutes.
26. James M. Bulman, of East Spencer offered the following resolution, similar to those offered by him at former conventions:
Whereas, There are indications of a decline in progress in cer- tain phases of our denominational work, and whereas certain ones
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in positions of denominational leadership have pointed to this situation as occasioning the need for a realistic reappraisal of our position.
Be It Resolved that we hereby reaffirm our faith in our organized denominational work, while at the same time acknowledging our need of making certain corrections in some matters affecting our basic denominational practice — acknowledging in particular our lack of consistency in that, while we have claimed to champion the principles of religious liberty and of separation of church and state, we have sometimes failed to live up to these principles, especially in regard to the great issue of the North Rocky Mount Church controversy;
Therefore. Be It Further Resolved that we hereby set our own record straight and not evade this great issue any longer, and now repudiate the North Carolina Supreme Court decision in the North Rocky Mount Church controversy as a decision contrary to the Baptist concept of religious liberty and separation of church and state.
The resolution was referred to the Committee on Resolutions.
27. Marse Grant presented the following resolution with refer- ence to the recent political campaign and the election of Senator John F. Kennedy to the presidency:
Whereas, Senator John F. Kennedy has been elected President of the United States and.
Whereas He, during his campaign, repeatedly stated that he stood firmly for the separation of church and state and that he has been and is opposed to governmental aid to parochial schools, and,
Whereas. He, during his appearance before the Houston Minis- terial Association on Sept. 20, 1960, avowed, "I am wholly opposed to the state being used by any religious group, Catholic or Protes- tant, to compel, prohibit or persecute the free exercise of any other religion. And that goes for any persecution at any time by any one in any country," and
Whereas. He further stated that he "would use (his) influence as President of the United States to permit (and) to encourage the development of freedom all over the world," and
Whereas. He has repeatedly avowed that he will not be influenced in any decisions by clerical and ecclesiastical pressures and,
Whereas, These public declarations are in keeping with the his- toric position of Baptists on such vital issues as religious liberty and the separation of church and state, therefore
Be It Resolved that we, the messengers to the 130th annual session of the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina meeting in Asheville November 15-17, 1960, do hereby pledge to President- elect Kennedy our sincere prayers and co-operation in his efforts to carry out his arduous duties as President and in his efforts to fulfill the above pledges he made during his campaign.
28. Lloyd Garner, Rutherfordton, moved that the following pro-
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posd constitutional amendment be the first item of business Wednes- day at 3:55: "In order that there may be a fair and equitable distribution of the responsibility among laymen and ministers in North Carolina Baptist work, no board, agency or institution of the Convention shall have more than two-thirds from either or- dained or lay persons serving on its board." The motion was carried.
29. M. O. Owens presented a resolution concerning the borrowing of an amount not to exceed $300,000 by Gardner-Webb College.
30. Colon Myrick, Hope Mills, moved that the morning addresses of C. B. Deane and Reuben Herring be prepared for distribution for the messengers before leaving. The motion was carried. Later on account of the impracticality of carrying out this, L. J. Morris, Raleigh, indicated that he would make the material available from tape recordings for those who requested it.
31. The session was adjourned with prayer by Harold W. Tribble, President of Wake Forest College.
TUESDAY EVENING— NOVEMBER 15, 1960
Session Theme: "Witnessing for Christ through Missions in North Carolina"
32. The worship period of the evening was introduced by the choir's singing Psalm 117 (Laverty) and "The Lord's Prayer" (Malotte). Mrs. Owen F. Herring, Winston-Salem, used for a devotional thought centering around "The Christian's Witness in a Changing World" the importance of placing correct values in the home, so that they may produce the right effects in the lives of those who live in them. After a prayer, led by Mrs. Herring, the choir sang in response, "Jesus, These Eyes Have Never Seen."
33. The following resolution, presented by Thurman W. Allred, Edenton, was referred to the Committee on Resolutions:
Whereas, The Christmas Season is the season during which Chris- tians commemorate the birthday of our Lord and Saviour, and
Whereas, The Easter Season is the season during which Chris- tians commemorate the death, burial and resurrection of this same Lord and Saviour, and
Whereas, These two seasons are considered sacred by the Chris- tian churches and Christians throughout our nation, and
Whereas, During times past, and presumably in the future, the liquor industry has directed and will continue to direct adver- tising through every medium available, to the end that their prod- uct will be promoted as being inseparable from the spirit of Christmas and Easter, will identify liquor with the sacred seasons of Christendom, and will promote vigorously, the sale of intoxi- cating beverages at a time when a spirit of prayer and wholesome- ness should prevail, and
Whereas, We must all agree that there is no connection between the consumption of alcoholic beverages and the true spirit of Christ- mas and Easter:
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Hereby Be It Resolved that the North Carolina Baptist State Convention go on record as decrying and opposing the continued association of alcohol and alcohol products, through any medium of advertising, with either of these Christian holy days, and
Be It Further Resolved that the North Carolina Baptist State Convention go on record as suggesting and supporting state and national legislation which would make it unlawful for the liquor industry to associate their product with these holy seasons, and
Furthermore, Be It Resolved that copies of this resolution be sent to all North Carolina State Senators, to all Representatives and Senators elected from North Carolina and serving in the United States Congress, and that copies be forwarded to the Biblical Re- corder and Charity and Children for publication, and
Finally, Be It Resolved that every Christian be urged to give renewed dedication to the safeguarding of these seasons for Chris- tian activity and conduct.
34. General Secretary Douglas M. Branch was recognized to have direction of the period set aside for the presentation of Missions in North Carolina. He recognized Ernest C. Upchurch, Secretary of the Church Development Department, who in turn called to the platform pastors of two outstanding churches, whose achievements merited first and second places in the church achievement program. Lawrence Childs, Rt. 5, Sanford, pastor of Flat Springs Baptist Church, Sandy Creek Association, was presented a bronze plaque for his church, which was winner of first place. N. W. Martin, pastor of the Plainview Baptist Church, Gaston Association, was presented the runner-up award for his church.
Dr. Branch called attention to the more than 100,000 service men and their families concentrated largely in two or three areas in North Carolina, and indicated that the Home Mission Board and the State Convention were co-operating with the churches of the Jacksonville area to help provide more nearly adequate ministry to them. Millard Brown, Jacksonville, made a strong statement con- cerning the great responsibility and opportunity facing the churches in that area, stating that in 1940 Jacksonville reported a popula- tion of around 800, whereas now within the corporate limits live 15,000, with between 100,000 and 125,000 people within the area.
Secretary Branch closed his message with an appeal to the Con- vention. Calling attention to storm signals, he declared his faith that North Carolina Baptists may be facing their finest hour. Most of the divisions among us grow out of sociological rather than theological differences. This leads to a need for vital Christian fellowship. Baptists of the state have a great program that has been divinely blest. We have great institutions. God has given us an unlimited capacity for spiritual growth.
35. L. J. Morris, secretary of the Department of Program Serv- ices, showed slides depicting some of the work of the Convention. The choir sang "Open Our Eyes" (Macfarlane).
36. W. R. Wagoner, General Superintendent Baptist Children's Homes, was recognized, and moved the adoption of the report.
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Then he called attention to the fact that this week the institution was celebrating its seventy-fifth anniversary, for which a drama had been prepared to be given at the Convention. For an hour the Convention was intrigued by the story of the beginnings of the orphanage in the days of John H. Mills, with helpful narration added to indicate the progress of different administrations and the present trend in child care. The drama was written by Charles Nesbit, III, of Charlotte and Chapel Hill, directed by Glenn Vernon, of Mississippi and Chapel Hill, and produced by members of the staff and student body of Mills Home, with Roger Williams, pastor of the Mills Home Church, serving as narrator.
37. The session was adjourned with prayer by T. W. Hearne, Monroe.
WEDNESDAY MORNING— NOVEMBER 16, 1960
Session Theme: "Witnessing for Christ Through Christian Higher Education"
38. The second day's session of the Convention was convened at nine o'clock, with Marion E. Parker, Troy, conducting a helpful devotional period centering around the idea of "Jesus as a Trail- Blazer" (Luke 2:52). The convention choir introduced the period with a special arrangement of "How Firm a Foundation" (Arr. by Richard Warner), and the congregation joined in singing "Stand Up, Stand Up for Jesus."
39. Telegrams were read from the Mayor of Durham, the Cham- ber of Commerce of that city, and the sales director of the Jack Tar Hotel, Durham, inviting the convention to hold its 1961 session in that city. The location of the session for that year was set by the 1959 session at Greensboro. Alden Angline announced for the Committee on Enrollment that at the close of the session last night 1,957 messengers, and 346 visitors, making a total of 2,303, had been enrolled.
40. A telegram of good wishes was read from Forrest C Feezor Executive Secretary, Baptist General Convention of Texas and former president of this convention. Former convention presidents in the auditorium were recognized: A. L. Parker J C Canipe D. M. Branch, I. G. Greer, and W. Harrison Williams. The record- ing secretary was instructed to send greetings and the love of the convention to other past presidents kept from attending this ses- sion. (Replies were received from past presidents Zeno Wall J. Clyde Turner, R. N. Simms, and Ralph A. Herring.)
41. Messages from the state conventions of Georgia, Alabama South Carolina and Florida, also meeting this week were read' and the recording secretary was instructed to reply, and to send greetings to other state conventions now in session. Messages were later read from these conventions: Oklahoma, Maryland, Arkansas Mississippi, the General Baptist Convention of North Carolina (Negro), and the Virginia General Association.
42. R. T. Greene, Secretary for annuity programs for the Con-
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vention, presented Fred W. Noe, Treasurer of the Annuity Board of the Southern Baptist Convention, Dallas, Texas, who emphasized the importance of churches enrolling their pastors in one of the annuity plans. He showed the film, "The Time is Now."
43. Herman Ihley, Secretary of the Sunday School Department, introduced the report, and presented Howard P. Colson, editor-in- chief of the Sunday School lesson courses of the Sunday School Board since 1951. Dr. Colson indicated some of the extensive work of the eighteen programs of the Board, and called attention to a recent ruling by the attorney general that property of the Baptist Sunday School Board in Nashville was to be considered tax-exempt, provided it was not discriminatory.
44. The congregation joined in singing the hymn, "Holy, Holy, Holy."
45. Claude F. Gaddy, Secretary of the Council on Christian Edu- cation, introduced Robert N. Simms, Jr., Raleigh, President of the Council, who moved the adoption of the report printed in the Book of Advance Reports. It was carried. He called attention to the hour for the presentation of the report of the Committee on Advance Program for the Colleges, and recognized
46. Nane Starnes, Asheville, who moved "that the report of the Committee on Advance Program for the Colleges be received; and that this Committee be continued; and at the recommendation of the Committee, the General Board be instructed to call a special session of the Baptist State Convention as early as practical to consider and act upon the Committee's recommendations."
47. An hour was given to the discussion of the report, which was directed by E. Norfleet Gardner, chairman.
General Secretary D. M. Branch emphasized the importance of the denominational school, stating that the Christian school was an asset to the denomination, and that there was need for enlargement, and concern for getting this on the hearts of our people.
Mrs. A. Leroy Parker, Greensboro, called attention to the need of increasing the capacity of the colleges, so that the recommenda- tion of an enrollment to be raised from 8,100 to 12,500 could be met. In underscoring the emphasis for "Christian" education, she spoke of three "C's" that must be taken into consideration if the program was to succeed: Concern, Cooperation, and Contributions.
James C. Cammack, secretary of the committee, Fayetteville, declared that the goal of $45,000,000 for Christian education was the greatest financial challenge presented to North Carolina Bap- tists in their history. He declared it was essential to put into the hands of Christian educators the facilities and tools to carry out the task involved in Christian education. We can meet these mini- mum needs, and we must, he said.
Harold Cole, Baptist Student Union secretary, called attention to the needs of Baptist students on other than Baptist college cam- puses, and predicted that by 1975 we would be ministering to no more than 10 per cent to 14 per cent of Baptist students in our own
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colleges. At present we own and operate only one Baptist Student Center (at Greensboro). We need eight or ten more.
Fred Helms, Charlotte, emphasized the expense of higher educa- tion, not as a luxury, but as a necessity. Education, he declared, is the business of all of us as a convention, not just the business of the alumni. We have the wealth; do we have the will?
I. G. Greer, Chapel Hill, emphasized the importance of a special convention session to think further on this matter, that we may give to society tomorrow a better citizenship.
C. B. Deane suggested calling together the graduates and other students of all the colleges in communities over the state to consider the report of the committee.
Baxter Walker, Fayetteville, in addition to expressing gratitude for Christian education requested that a study of present college facilities be made in order that they be utilized to the fullest. The motion by Nane Starnes was adopted unanimously.
48. R. N. Simms, Jr. called attention to the action of the trustees of Campbell College in working toward senior status for the col- lege, stating that they had worked in close cooperation with the Council on Christian Education, and with the approval of the General Board. He moved "that, in view of the above reports, and further steps taken pursuant thereto by the trustees of Camp- bell College, this Convention expressly approve the expansion plans of this college to go on to four-year status as rapidly as possible." The motion was passed unanimously.
49. Gilmer Cross, Goldsboro, chairman of the Trustee Orienta- tion Committee, called attention to the highly successful first annual conference held earlier in the year at the Robert E. Lee Hotel, Winston-Salem, with 272 in attendance, and to plans being formu- lated for a second conference in 1961.
50. At this point the choir, composed as usual of the music direc- tors of churches throughout the state, sang with fine feeling "The Beatitudes" (Evans).
51. Robert E. Seymour, Chapel Hill, offered the following reso- lution :
Whereas, The North Carolina Baptist Convention meeting in Asheville at The First Baptist Church in the year 1955 approved the following recommendation:
"That recognizing the inescapable responsibility which rests upon Christian institutions to give courageous leadership in times of social change, and in the light of the clear resolutions previously adopted by this Convention, affirming the equality of all men in the sight of God we request the Trustees of the institutions of our Convention to give careful study to their responsibility and oppor- tunity to open doors of knowledge and service to qualified appli- cants regardless of race," and
Whereas, Our Southern Baptist Seminaries have opened their doors to all qualified applicants irrespective of race, and
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Whereas, Negroes are being admitted in increasing numbers to our tax-supported schools — not to mention the parochial schools of the Roman Church, and
Whereas, Talented Negro young people are being deprived of a superior college education because the colleges now most acces- sible to them are not yet comparable to those currently closed to them, and
Whereas, Our colleges enjoy a tax-free subsidy made possible in part by our Negro citizenry, and
Whereas, Our Convention has created a Department of Inter- racial Cooperation whose work is intended to bring the races to- gether, and
Whereas, Our missionaries to Africa suffer acute embarrassment over their inability to encourage promising students to apply to our Baptist schools, and
Whereas, Negroes are already attending some of our churches in increasing numbers and are thereby contributing toward the support of institutions they cannot yet attend, and
Whereas, After five years, not one of our colleges has made noticeable progress toward welcoming all qualified students regard- less of race,
Now, Therefore, Be It Resolved, that the Trustees of our seven Baptist colleges be requested to implement with all deliberate speed the will of this Convention as previously expressed.
This was referred to the Committee on Resolutions.
52. W. W. Finlator, Raleigh, called attention to the Report of the Committee on Public Affairs, which was adopted.
President Deane then introduced Emanuel Carlson, Director Bap- tist Joint Committee on Public Affairs, Washington, representing eight Baptist bodies numbering more than 19,000,000 in the United States and Canada. After making a statement relative to the dili- gent activity of the committee in the field of religious liberty, he declared the basis for this liberty lay in the words of Romans 12:2 "Be not conformed." Baptists, who have always opposed placing the individual under the institution, have a message that is needed today.
53. The session was adjourned with prayer by F. Stanley Hardee, Thomasville.
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON — NOVEMBER 16, 1960
Session Theme: "Witnessing for Christ Through Convention
Leadership"
54. The convention reassembled at two o'clock. The choir sang "How Great Thou Art" (Stuart K. Hine) and "This Is My Father's World," and was joined by the congregation in singing "To God Be the Glory" (Crosby-Doane) . After Scripture reading by Harold Shoemaker, the devotional message was given by W. Harold Killian, Brevard, who urged the importance of a proper balance between
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numerical quantity and spiritual quality in our denomination, our local churches, and our lives. He stated, "The early church' was finite in quantity, but infinite in quality," and closed the worship period with prayer.
55. Alden Angline announced the registration now stood at 2,504. The following message sent from Carthage to President Deane
by Judge Walter E. Crissman, President of the Brotherhood of North Carolina Baptists was read: "Dear Brother Deane: Regret that holding court here prevents my attendance there. The Brother- hood is in full cooperation with and is a real part of our State Convention. You have our support and very strongest wishes for a most harmonious and constructive session. With kindest regards and best wishes, I am, Sincerely yours, Walter E. Crissman."
56. The next order of business was the Report on Seminaries. Ben Fisher, of Southeastern, was in charge, and spoke for South- eastern, with R. E. Glaze, Jr., representing the New Orleans Semi- nary, and John Seelig, Southwestern. Nolan T. Howington, Southern Seminary, addressed the convention on the subject of theological study, indicating its progress among Southern Baptists. He ex- pressed concern over the apparent spiritual recession in the culture of the denomination, and posed the question as to what constructive measures could be taken by pastors to meet the moral needs of the day. He referred to the concept of Christian vocation as in- cluding many phases of full-time service, and issued a warning that we do not lose sight of the divine call as being essential. He declared that, unless students come to the seminary with that divine sense of mission, "instead of calling out the called, we will be culling out the culled."
57. With A. Douglas Aldrich, first vice-president in the chair, Nane Starnes, President of the General Board, was recognized. He reported that the General Board, meeting at Fruitland in July, had approved the plans of Mars Hill College for meeting conditions required to become a senior college, and that the school hoped to become a senior college, adding the junior class in 1962. This action was approved by the Convention.
Brother Starnes then presented recommendations of the General Board. No. 1, which referred to the appointment of a special com- mittee to consider the advisability of restudying the area of special offerings and their relationship to the Cooperative Program was passed, with seven being suggested for the committee. This number was later increased to eleven.
No. 2 advocating a Special Cooperative Program Day was passed; and April 9, 1961 was announced as the date for next year.
No. 3 recommended that the Royal Ambassador Camping Com- mittee become a Convention committee. George E. Simmons Wadesboro, offered the following substitute, which was adopted: 1. The Royal Ambassador Camping Committee be continued as a committee of the General Board, and 2. That the General Board shall authorize the trustees of the convention to purchase the prop- erty on which an option has been taken, when necessary funds
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are made available to them, provided suitable terms can be secured from the owners, and provided further, that funds for meeting pay- ments on the property can be secured and made available without endangering other programs of the convention.
No. 4 regarding proposed changes in constitution and by-laws was carried by a vote of more than two-thirds of those present, slight rewording being done for clarification.
No. 5, which concerned borrowing by the North Carolina Homes, Inc. not to exceed $225,000 for the Hamilton Homes for the Aging was carried.
No. 6 dealt with North Carolina Jubilee Advance Goals for 1961, and was adopted.
No. 7 proposed a budget of $4,412,000 for 1961. (This represented 7.32 per cent above that of 1960 for state and southwide agencies, and would be divided 34 per cent for southwide causes, and 66 per cent for state.)
Roberts Lasater, Charlotte, questioned the advisability of accept- ing $12,000 for the payment of an additional worker in the depart- ment of evangelism as a gift from an individual. He thought it would set a bad precedent, and suggested that if another worker was needed it should be provided for in the budget, and not by a designation.
John E. Lawrence, Shelby, raised a question as to how the money for the proposed Royal Ambassador camp would be raised. Secre- tary Branch indicated the hope it might be raised from private sources. Otherwise, it might have to come from Cooperative Pro- gram funds.
Charles Milford, Charlotte, reverting to the comment of Roberts Lasater, questioned the advisability of any individual paying the salary of an employee of the convention, and moved that we reject the idea, and that if an additional worker were needed, the selection be made according to the usual procedure. After the motion had been seconded and discussed, the vote was taken, and the amend- ment lost.
The budget as recommended was then adopted.
58. The hour for the election of officers having arrived, the presi- dent turned the chair over to vice-president Douglas Aldrich.
George Simmons, Wadesboro, nominated Charles B. Deane, Rock- ingham, for re-election as president. He was unanimously elected by acclamation.
Howard J. Ford, Elkin, nominated Nane Starnes, Asheville, for first vice-president. John Lucas, Cliffside, nominated John E. Lawrence. On motion of H. L. Ferguson, Charlotte, it was decided that the person receiving the higher number of votes would be first vice-president; the person receiving the lesser number, second vice-president. The balloting resulted in the election of Nane Starnes as first vice-president, and John E. Lawrence as second vice-president.
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On the nomination of W. Bryant Carr, Durham, E. Norfleet Gardner was re-elected recording secretary.
R. N. Simms, Jr. nominated Shearon Harris, Raleigh, to serve as parliamentarian. Dewey Hobbs, Wingate, nominated R. N. Simms, Jr., Raleigh, for this position. On the insistence of Mr. Simms, his nomination was withdrawn, and Shearon Harris was elected parliamentarian.
John Simms, Raleigh, moved the election of three to serve as trustees for the convention: R. L. McMillan, Raleigh, N. M. Gurley, Raleigh, and T. Lacy Williams, Raleigh. They were elected unani- mously.
59. Under the head of miscellaneous business Claude Broach, Charlotte, chairman of the Committee on Nominations, made the following report, which was approved:
REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON COMMITTEES
Claude Broach, Chairman Committee on Nominations — 1961
*Rex R. Campbell, West Jefferson, Chairman; Howard J. Ford, Elkin, Vice-Chairman; *W. D. Morris, Wilmington; *Lloyd Garner' Rutherfordton; *Robert Lawson, Reidsville; *Fred Sandusky, Wake Forest; Thomas A. Early, Sr., Winston-Salem; Wade Brown, Boone; Mrs. Rob Smith, Stoneville; Gordon Maddrey, Ahoskie; Mrs. A. D.' Aldrich, Raleigh; Roberts Lasater, Charlotte; C. D. Brisson, Dublin; Harold Killian, Brevard; Clarence Nida, Greensboro.
Convention Arrangements
Isaac Terrell, Ahoskie, Chairman; H. D. Roe, Greensboro, Vice- Chairman; Mrs. L. M. Nixon, Bennett; Howard Starks, Henderson- ville; Leon Mills, Wilson; E. B. Weatherspoon, Durham; Mrs. Car- roll Weaver, Winston-Salem; Mrs. Robert Andrews, Wilmington; Frank Marks, High Point.
Christian Action League
*E. W. Price, Jr., High Point, Chairman; Robert Hair, Leaksville, Vice-Chairman; *John Lawrence, Shelby; *Douglas Branch, Cary' Wayne Coffee, Wilkesboro; Mrs. Ben Parham, Oxford; J. Clarence Jones, Newell; Keith Arledge, Hendersonville; Mrs. Henry Gamble Waxhaw.
Public Affairs
Terms Expiring 1961: W. H. Plemmons, Boone; S. Craig Hopkins Albemarle; W. W. Finlator, Raleigh.
Terms Expiring 1962: Henry Stokes, Tryon (Chairman); McLeod Bryan, Winston-Salem; Miss Betsy Brooks McGee, Wingate.
* Served previous year.
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Terms Expiring 1963: W. S. Elliott, Hickory ( Vice-Chairman) ; Bruce Whitaker, Murfreesboro; Dr. Emily Lansdell, Wake Forest.
Orientation of Trustees
Term Expiring 1961: Gilmer H. Cross, Goldsboro (Chairman); Joseph P. DuBose, Jr., Marion (Vice-Chairman); L. A. Peacock, Raleigh.
Terms Expiring 1962: Budd E. Smith, Wingate; M. O. Owens, Gastonia; Judge William M. York, Greensboro.
Terms Expiring 1963: Lex Marsh, Charlotte; Roger Williams, Thomasville; John M. Lewis, Raleigh.
Historical Committee
George Griffin, Winston-Salem, Chairman; W. T. Lane, Canton, Vice-Chairman; M. A. Huggins, Raleigh; Samuel Tarlton, Raleigh; E. Norfleet Gardner, Henderson; Mrs. M. P. Taylor, Seaboard; Wil- liam Harrison Williams, Charlotte; Dr. Alice Keith, Raleigh; R. E. Price, Rutherfordton; P. M. Hutchinson, Rocky Mount; Allen Burris, Boiling Springs; John D. Davis, Murfreesboro; Mrs. Foy Farmer, Raleigh.
Memorials
T L. Sasser, Reidsville, Chairman; J. Lester Lane, Asheville, Vice- Chairman; A. B. Wood, Shelby; B. E. Morris, Charlotte; Oscar Creech, Ahoskie.
Publicity
Marse Grant, Raleigh, Chairman; Ben Fisher, Wake Forest, Vice- Chairman; Larry Penley, Wingate; Don Pryor, Elizabeth City; Cyrus M. Bazemore, Raleigh; John E. Roberts, Thomasville.
Christian Life Committee
Roger Crook, Raleigh, Chairman; *Thomas A. Bland, Wake Forest, Vice-Chairman; *John A. Bracey, Shelby; *Judge Walter E. Criss- man, High Point; * James Lambert, Sylva; *Ronda E. Robbins, Apex; T. Max Linnens, Boiling Springs; Leo Hawkins, Chadbourn; A. C. Reid, Winston-Salem; H. G. Oxendine, Pembroke; Mrs. F. O. Mixon, Murfreesboro; CO. Milford, Charlotte; Richard K. Young, Winston- Salem; Miss Helen Canady, Greensboro; Mrs. L. D. Burkhead, Charlotte.
Carlton Prickett, Burlington, chairman of the Committee on Resolutions, moved the adoption of the following:
RESOLUTIONS CONCERNING BORROWING OF MONEY
Resolution Concerning Borrowing by Wingate College
Whereas, The Board of Trustees of Wingate College find it wise, expedient and necessary, in order for such institution to properly carry on its work, to borrow up to $500,000 to be used for the pur-
* Served previous year.
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pose of constructing a science building and a dormitory for women, and
Whereas, It is the opinion of the said Board of Trustees that the principal amount of such loan, together with the interest thereon, can be liquidated over a period of twenty years from regular opera- tion income, and
Whereas, Said Board of Trustees of Wingate College can plan to borrow only such an amount as needed and at the best interest rate possible.
Now, Therefore, Be It Resolved by the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina, in session in the city of Asheville, North Carolina, November 15-17, 1960:
1. That the Board of Trustees of Wingate College be and it is hereby authorized and empowered to borrow an amount not to exceed $500,000 to be used for the purpose of constructing a science building and a dormitory for women, at such institution;
2. That the sum so borrowed, together with the interest thereon, shall be repaid over a period not in excess of twenty years, the payments of principal and interest to be made in approximately equal annual installments;
3. That said Board of Trustees be and it is hereby authorized and empowered to execute, or cause to be executed in the name of Win- gate College and on its behalf by its authorized officers, a mortgage upon the land upon which such science building and dormitory for women shall be erected, together with the approaches thereto; provided, however, that such mortgages shall not in any way en- cumber any other property presently owned by Wingate College;
4. That no part of indebtedness incurred by Wingate College by reason of this resolution shall be deemed or held to be in any respect an indebtedness or obligation of the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina, nor shall its General Board assume any responsi- bility whatever for the repayment of such loan or any interest thereon.
This was unanimously approved.
Resolution Concerning Borrowing by Gardner-Webb College
Whereas, Gardner- Webb College has been unable for a number of years to offer desired courses in the sciences because of inade- quate physical facilities; and
Whereas, This has been made more acute through the loss by fire of the Huggins-Curtis Building, in which five classrooms and one laboratory were destroyed; and
Whereas, The student body is increasing in number, and in desire for instruction in the sciences; and
Whereas, A science building and the necessary equipment to care for the expanding needs of the College will cost in the neighborhood of FOUR HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND ($450,000) DOLLARS; and
Whereas, The College will have no additional indebtedness, and
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it is the opinion of the Board of Trustees of said College that any proposed indebtedness can be liquidated within three years after the completion of construction,
Therefore, Be It Resolved by the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina in session in the City of Asheville, North Carolina, on November 15-17, 1960;
1. That Gardner- Webb College be and is hereby authorized and empowered to borrow an amount or amounts, the total not to exceed the sum of THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS ($300,000), as may be authorized by its Board of Trustees, to be used for the purpose of constructing a Science-Classroom Building.
2. That the said College be and is hereby authorized and em- powered to execute or cause to be executed in its name and on its behalf by its authorized officers a note or notes and any renewal or renewals thereof evidencing the indebtedness authorized by these resolutions.
3. That the sum or sums actually borrowed, together with interest thereon, shall be repaid over a period not to exceed ten years.
4. That the indebtedness incurred by Gardner-Webb College by reason of this resolution shall not be deemed or held to be in any respect as an indebtedness or obligation of the Baptist State Con- vention of North Carolina.
This was unanimously approved.
Resolution Concerning Borrowing by North Carolina Baptist Homes, Inc.
Whereas, There is an urgent need for an additional Home for the Aging in Eastern North Carolina;
Whereas, A dedicated layman of Hamilton, North Carolina, has given a considerable amount of money and land for this project;
Whereas, The Board of Trustees of the North Carolina Baptist Homes, Inc., plans to carry this said project forward and to construct a fourth Home for the Aging at Hamilton, North Carolina, at a cost of approximately $300,000;
Whereas, There are funds in hand to cover only one-third of the anticipated cost;
Therefore Be It Resolved by the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina in session in the City of Asheville, North Carolina, on November 15-17, 1960:
1. That the North Carolina Baptist Homes, Inc., be and hereby is authorized by the Baptist State Convention to accept a deed to the above mentioned land, all assets now held by the Board of Directors of the Baptist Home for the Aging of Hamilton, North Carolina, Inc., and proceed with plans to erect the above mentioned building on this land at a cost of approximately $300,000;
2. That said Board of Trustees of the Homes be and is hereby authorized and empowered by the Baptist State Convention to borrow an amount, or amounts, the total not to exceed $225,000,
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to erect and equip the above mentioned building, in addition to an indebtedness of $150,000 already authorized for an Infirmary Annex at the Headquarters Building of the North Carolina Baptist Homes, Inc., bringing the total indebtedness of the said Homes to $375,000;
3. That said North Carolina Baptist Homes, Inc., is hereby author- ized and empowered to execute or cause to be executed in its name and on its behalf by its authorized officers a note or notes and any renewal or renewals thereof evidencing the indebtedness authorized by this resolution, said indebtedness to be incurred over a period not to exceed ten years and at an interest rate not to exceed six per cent. Repayment is to be made as rapidly as possible through funds received from the Special Day Offering on the third Sunday of February annually, the Homes' share for capital needs from the Cooperative Program and special gifts;
4. That necessary security in the form of mortgage on certain properties now held by North Carolina Baptist Homes, Inc., may be pledged to secure such notes referred to above;
5. That the indebtedness incurred by the North Carolina Baptist Homes, Inc., by reason of this resolution shall not be deemed or held to be in any respect as an indebtedness or obligation of the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina.
The motion was unanimously adopted.
Lloyd Garner was recognized to discuss proposed amendment offered Tuesday with reference to membership on the boards and committees of the Convention (cf. Sec. 28). The resolution was opposed by J. B. Gillespie, Boiling Springs, W. W. Finlator, Raleigh, J. P. Dubose, Marion, R. W. Kicklighter, Elizabeth City, and W. K. McGee. The amendment was lost.
60. The session adjourned with prayer by W. H. Baucom, Sr., Lumberton.
WEDNESDAY EVENING — NOVEMBER 16, 1960
Session Theme: "Witnessing for Christ Through Home and Foreign Missions"
61. The impressive evening session Wednesday opened with the choir singing the "Sanctus" from "St. Cecilia Mass" (Gounod), with Carl Clary, Asheboro, as soloist. While Hal Shoemaker read from Isaiah 53:3-10, the choir hummed "O Sacred Head, Now Wounded" (Passion Chorale). The devotional message by James F. Heaton, Raleigh, dealt with the message, method, and power of the Com- mission of Jesus.
62. President Deane voiced the appreciation of the messengers and visitors to the choir for the notable part played by it in pro- ducing a real spirit of worship at each opening period of the convention sessions.
63. Attention was called to the following amendment to the By-Laws, adopted at the last session, but omitted from the minutes:
Article II, Section C. Subsection 7
7. The Committee on Public Affairs, consisting of nine, shall deal
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with the relationship between Church and State, and shall co-operate with a committee of the Southern Baptist Convention of like name. (This committee was formerly designated as the Committee on Religious Liberty.)
64. Roy Beals, Goldsboro, moved the adoption of the following:
REPORT ON AMERICAN BIBLE SOCIETY
Whereas, This Convention recognizes that widespread distribu- tion of the printed Word of God is a basic necessity in the worldwide missionary work to which we are committed, and
Whereas, We recognize that the American Bible Society renders an essential worldwide missionary service through translating and publishing the Scriptures without note or comment and through distributing them without profit and usually below cost, and
Whereas, We recognize that the American Bible Society is pro- viding a vital spiritual link between the home churches and the men and women in service by supplying to the Chaplains without charge, New Testaments, complete Bibles and any other Scripture volumes needed for distribution to the men and women in the Armed Forces,
Therefore, be it resolved,
First, that we earnestly request our churches and our people to make contributions to the work of the Society, all such contribu- tions to be sent through the regular channels to the Baptist state office, marked "for the American Bible Society," and
Second, that we approve an offering in the churches for the work of the American Bible Society as in previous years.
L. J. Morris called attention to the customary helpfulness of the Society. The report was approved.
65. President Deane presented James C. Peck, of the Home Mis- sion Board, Atlanta, who spoke on the far-reaching activities of that Board.
66. The following missionaries, who had been called to the plat- form, were recognized: Rev. and Mrs. Troy Bennett, Pakistan; Faye Tunmire, Philippines; J. T. Gillespie, retired from staff of the Home Mission Board, now at Gardner-Webb College; Rev. and Mrs. H. Cloyes Starnes, appointees for Korea; and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wiggs, appointees for Korea. Miss Miriam Robinson led in prayer in behalf of these North Carolina ambassadors for Christ.
67. Miss Miriam Robinson, Executive Secretary Woman's Mis- sionary Union of North Carolina, moved the adoption of the report of the W. M. U., and spoke briefly, along with the following mem- bers of the staff on the emphases of the Woman's Missionary Union in world missions: Miss Delois Hamrick, Sunbeam Director; Miss Willa Dean Freeman, G. A. Director; Miss Katherine Bullard, W. M. S. Director.
68. The convention was pleased to hear the Mars Hill choir, under the direction of Thomas J. Cole, in three numbers: Brahms' Motet Opus 29; "Grant Unto Me the Joy of Thy Salvation"; and
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"Lord God of Abraham" (Mendelssohn), the last a solo by Ronald Luck.
69. President Deane introduced Baker J. Cauthen, Executive Sec- retary of the Foreign Mission Board, who delivered a powerful and reasoned address in reply to various questions sometimes raised with reference to foreign missions: "Why take the gospel to nations that have their own religions?" "Does this matter of foreign mis- sions do any good?" "Is there need for doing more than we are doing?" "Don't you have all the money you can possibly use?" and "Is there anything I have to do?" To all of these the speaker answered in the words of Philip to Nathanael, "Come and see" (John 1:46).
70. The session was concluded with prayer by W. Harrison Wil- liams, Charlotte.
THURSDAY MORNING — NOVEMBER 17, 1960
Session Theme: "Witnessing for Christ through Social Action"
71. The Convention assembled for the closing session in the City Auditorium Thursday morning at nine o'clock, with the choir and congregation singing "Holy, Holy, Holy." The choir also sang "None Other Lamb" (Jane Marshall), and Earl J. Rogers, Madison, cen- tered a devotional message around a verse from the prologue of John's gospel: "As many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God" (John 1:12).
72. Edward G. Cole, Winterville, acting chairman, read the fol- lowing
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON MEMORIALS
Among lay members and ministers alike not a few of the saints have gone to their eternal rewards since the last meeting of this Convention. Like those whose names are recorded in the "Roll Call of the Faithful," in the 11th chapter of Hebrews, many of them lived, labored and died in faith. "By faith (they) sojourned in the land of promise . . . (looking) for a city . . . whose builder and maker is God. . . . These died in faith . . . therefore, God is not ashamed to be called their God: for he hath prepared for them a city" (Heb. 11:9, 10, 13, 16). Through their faith, though they are dead, they still speak. Their influence, like sweet incense, lingers in the lives of loved ones left behind.
Today we pause to pay tribute to the memory of these beloved dead, comforted by the assurance of the Word that "blessed are the dead who die in the Lord . . . (for) they . . . rest from their labors." (Rev. 14:13).
A list of the names of ministers who have "crossed the bar" during the past year is appended to this report. While there are, no doubt, some who have crossed over to the other side whose names were not available, we request that this list, prepared by our Con- vention Statistician and supplemented from other sources, be pub- lished in the minutes of this body.
We also recommend that the 1960 issue of the Convention An-
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nual be dedicated to the memory of the following: the late Judge F. H. Brooks, noted jurist and Christian layman, of Smithfield; and the late Rev. W. B. Harrington, Rt. 1, Williamston, faithful minister and long-time pastor of rural churches in Martin County. Their photographs and pertinent biographical information are being provided for publication in said annual.
By vote of the body the report was adopted, with the dedication of the 1960 annual to the memory of Judge F. H. Brooks, and Rev. W. B. Harrington.
73. M. A. Huggins, wise leader and secretary of North Carolina Baptists for more than a quarter of a century, was presented. He moved that the following telegram of greeting be sent Dr. Charles E. Maddry, one-time state secretary, who later led Southern Baptists as secretary of the Foreign Mission Board. "The messengers attend- ing the Baptist State Convention in session in Asheville send you and Mrs. Maddry their greetings and love, and wish for you both continued health and the abiding presence of the Holy Spirit." The motion was passed unanimously.
74. Claude U. Broach, chairman, reporting for the Committee on Committees, nominated the following to serve on the committee to study special offerings: R. Knolan Benfield, Morganton, chairman, Ralph A. Herring, Winston-Salem, vice-chairman, Everette Miller, Raleigh, Mrs. H. C. Pace, Jr., Leaksville, Mrs. W. Perry Crouch, Asheville, James W. Mason, Laurinburg, Warren T. Carr, Durham, Mrs. W. K. McGee, Winston-Salem, C. O. Greene, Lawndale, John A. Bracey, Shelby, S. C. Ray, Greensboro. The report was adopted.
75. In keeping with precedent, it was moved and carried that the recording secretary, the president of the Convention, and the general secretary of the Convention, be instructed to perfect the minutes for publication in the annual.
76. The following report of the Committee on Nominations, A. Leroy Parker, chairman, was presented and approved:
REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON NOMINATIONS
For Membership on the General Board
ROBESON ASSOCIATION: Rev. A. D. Frazier, Lumberton.
PILOT MOUNTAIN ASSOCIATION: Dr. W. H. Davis, Jr., Wins- ton-Salem.
MITCHELL ASSOCIATION: Rev. R. M. Cassity, Spruce Pine.
SANDY CREEK ASSOCIATION: Mr. H. A. Teague, Siler City.
YATES ASSOCIATION: Rev. Russell Barbee, Bethesda Church, Durham.
ALEXANDER ASSOCIATION: Rev. I. V. Couch, Taylorsville.
GASTON ASSOCIATION: Rev. Ernest A. Mehaffey, Alexis.
STONY FORK ASSOCIATION: Rev. Carson Eggers, Blowing Rock.
AVERY ASSOCIATION: Mr. Bruce Daniels, Newland.
MT. ZION ASSOCIATION: Rev. Travis Styles, Burlington.
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RALEIGH ASSOCIATION: Rev. W. C. Adkinson, Garner.
TRANSYLVANIA ASSOCIATION: Rev. Jarvis Brock, Penrose.
SOUTH MOUNTAIN ASSOCIATION : Rev. Ray Billings, Connelly Springs.
ALLEGHANY ASSOCIATION: Mr. Van Miller, Laurel Springs.
ROWAN ASSOCIATION: Rev. J. B. Gibson, Salisbury.
NORTH ROANOKE ASSOCIATION: Rev. Clarence Godwin, Rocky Mount, Mr. T. O. Hickman, Enfield.
BUNCOMBE ASSOCIATION: Rev. Frank Hopkins, Candler (4-yr. term), Rev. E. V. Plemmons, Weaverville, (1961 — to fill unexpired term of B. G. Bass).
WEST LIBERTY ASSOCIATION: Rev. Willard Graham, Unaka.
MACON ASSOCIATION: Mr. J. C. Jacobs, Franklin.
JOHNSTON ASSOCIATION: Mr. James Earp, Selma (to fill unexpired term of P. E. Jones, 1961).
SOUTH YADKIN ASSOCIATION: Rev. Geter Porch, Moores- ville (to fill unexpired term of Paul Brock, 1963).
ATLANTIC ASSOCIATION: Rev. Wistar Hamilton, Havelock (to fill unexpired term of George McCotter, 1962).
WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA ASSOCIATION: Rev. Thomas Christmas, Andrews (to fill unexpired term of J. Alton Morris, 1963).
TENNESSEE RIVER ASSOCIATION: Rev. Wayne Slaton, Bry- son City (to fill unexpired term of Earl Payne, 1963).
LITTLE RIVER ASSOCIATION: Rev. Weldon Johnson, Buie's Creek (to fill unexpired term of L. C. Pinnix, 1962).
CAROLINA ASSOCIATION: Mr. Donald Adcox, Hendersonville (to fill unexpired term of W. B. Sinclair, 1963).
KINGS MOUNTAIN ASSOCIATION: Mr. Roland Leath, Shelby (to fill unexpired term of Lamar L. Young, 1961).
HAYWOOD ASSOCIATION: Rev. Horace Smith, Canton (to fill unexpired term of Glenn W. Brown, 1962).
SANDY RUN ASSOCIATION: Rev. L. R. McNeill, Forest City (to fill unexpired term of Fred Mauney, 1962).
CALDWELL ASSOCIATION: Rev. James L. Pharr, Lenoir (to fill unexpired term of Vernon Sparrow, 1962).
NEW RIVER ASSOCIATION: Rev. Millard Brown, Jacksonville.
WILMINGTON ASSOCIATION: Mr. J. D. Hobbs, Sr., Wilmington (to fill unexpired term of Millard Brown, 1963).
ROCKY FACE ASSOCIATION: Rev. Charles Cook, Statesville.
LIBERTY ASSOCIATION: Rev. F. Stanley Hardee, Jr., Thomas- ville.
TRUSTEES OF INSTITUTIONS AND AGENCIES OF THE CONVENTION
Baptist Foundation Board of Directors
Rev. Knolan Benfield, Morganton; Rev. Albert Young, Hickory; Mr. Peyton Brown, Raleigh.
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CAMPBELL COLLEGE TRUSTEES
Regular Terms
Mr. C. W. Henderson, Wilmington; Rev. Yancey Elliott, Salem- burg; Rev. John Scalf, Jr., Caroleen; Mr. Fred Keith, Lumberton; Mr. Earl McD. Westbrook, Dunn; Mr. Willis E. Kivett, Southern Pines; Rev. Gerald Primm, Greensboro.
Unexpired term of Rev. Dennis Hockaday: Mr. Sam Hocutt, Goldsboro, 1961.
CHOWAN COLLEGE
Regular Term
Mr. H. D. White, Rocky Mount; Mr. J. Craig Revelle, Murfrees- boro; Dr. W. Raleigh Parker, Woodland; Rev. R. L. Hughes, Ashe- boro; Mrs. Clarence Beasley, Colerain; Mr. W. A. Thomas, Cofield; Rev. Archer V. Turner, Scotland Neck.
Unexpired term of W. D. Morris: Mr. Edward George, Roanoke Rapids, 1961.
GARDNER-WEBB COLLEGE
Regular Term
Mr. J. Toliver Davis, Forest City; Rev. R. O. Baker, Cramerton; Mr. J. C. Hames, Cliff side; Rev. Robert P. Hamby, Connelly Springs; Miss Charlene Stamey, Fallston; I. A. McLain, Marion; Rev. Wilson Padgett, Shelby.
MARS HILL COLLEGE
Regular Term
Rev. John Lawrence, Shelby; Dr. Perry Crouch, Asheville; Mr.
Emory C. McCall, Lenoir; Mr. Glenn Watts, Statesville; Mrs. Burette
Myers, Statesville; Mr. John A. Bailey, Burlington; Dr. Ula Stroupe,
Mt. Holly.
MEREDITH COLLEGE
Regular Term
Rev. Preston Taylor, Mount Airy; Dr. Elizabeth Dotterer, Sanford; Dr. Paul Early, Greensboro; Mrs. J. Wilbur Bunn, Raleigh; Rev! Ernest Russell, Dunn; Mr. Hayden B. Hayes, Hickory; Rev. Hatcher Elliott, Charlotte.
Unexpired term of C. T. Council: Herman A. Rhinehart, Durham 1962.
Unexpired term of Mrs. Tom Lawrence: Mrs. Leon Robertson, Rocky Mount, 1961.
WAKE FOREST COLLEGE
Regular Term
James Mason, Laurinburg; Rev. Wendell Davis, Charlotte; Mrs. R. B. Culler, Sr., High Point; Dr. Robert H. Owen, Canton; Dr. V. Ward Barr, Gastonia; C. Rush Hamrick, Shelby; Rev. Boyce Brooks, Boone; H. Cloyd Philpott, Lexington; Carl McCraw, Char- lotte.
Unexpired term of Swan Haworth: W. L. Bingham, Lexington, 1961.
Unexpired term of Fritz Hemphill: Rev. Lowell Sodeman, Rocky Mount, 1962.
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Unexpired term of Woodrow Hill: J. E. Broyhill, Lenoir, 1963.
Unexpired term of O. N. Hamrick: Rev. O. J. Murphy Hickory 1963.
WINGATE COLLEGE Regular Term
Rev. Glenn Rushing, Monroe; Mrs. A. L. Parker, Greensboro; Rev. G. Carl Lewis, Rockingham; W. LeGrand Bennett, Wadesboro; M. A. Powers, Mt. Gilead; Roy Culler, Jr., High Point; Dallas Buchanan, Rockingham.
Unexpired term of Charles Neal: M. S. Brittain, Hickory, 1962.
BAPTIST HOSPITAL
Regular Term Mr. Brantley C. Booe, Winston-Salem; Rev. Rex Campbell, West Jefferson; Dr. Fleming Fuller, Kinston; Mr. E. T. Anderson, Char- lotte; Mr. W. B. Haire, Gastonia; Mrs. C. Odell Matthews, Winston- Salem.
BIBLICAL RECORDER Regular Term Rev. Robert Abrams, Sylva; Robert Farley, Greensboro; Alden Angline, Asheville; Rev. Hoke Coon, Forest City.
Unexpired term of C. W. Duling: Dr. James F. Heaton Raleigh 1962. '
CHILDREN'S HOMES Regular Term Dr. Olin T. Binkley, Wake Forest; Mr. Greer Glenn, Smithfield; Mrs. Roger Crook, Raleigh; Rev. Elmer Carter, Canton.
HOMES FOR AGING
Regular Term
Rev. Jack Roe, Greensboro; Mr. Don Matthews, Sr., Hamilton; Dr. Wyan Washburn, Boiling Springs; Mr. Henry Johnson, Hamilton' Mr. E. F. Farris, Shelby.
Unexpired term of W. A. Poole: Rev. Corbin Cooper, Morehead City, 1962.
NOMINATING COMMITTEE— 1960 A. L. Parker, Greensboro, Chairman Gilmer Cross, Goldsboro, Vice-Chairman *Bill Bennett, Greensboro H. C. Bradshaw, Durham Rex Campbell, West Jefferson
* Wendell G. Davis, Charlotte *Mrs. Henry Gamble, Waxhaw Lloyd Garner, Rutherfordton
* Clarence E. Godwin, Rocky Mount Edsel Hoyle, Hickory
Robert Lawson, Reidsville W. D. Morris, Wilmington T. E. Robinette, Waynesville Fred Sandusky, Wake Forest *H. D. Ward, Lumberton
4 Served previous year.
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77. A. Leroy Parker called attention to the support given the resolution dealing with world evangelism adopted by the Conven- tion a year ago, and also by the Southern Convention which placed it in the program of our Baptist Jubilee Advance. He stated that a prayer retreat was held earlier this year by S. B. C. leaders, who joined in prayer for the evangelization of the world.
78. R. N. Simms, Jr., Raleigh, moved "that any and all parts of the Report of the General Board requiring approval by the Con- vention, and not previously expressly approved, shall be and are hereby expressly approved." This was carried.
79. W. A. Mitchiner, Oxford, chairman, reporting for the Com- mittee on Place and Preacher, recommended: Place: 1961 — Greens- boro; 1962 — Raleigh. Preacher for the Greensboro session: W. A. Huneycutt, Valdese; alternate: E. W. Price, Jr., High Point. The report was adopted.
President Deane thanked members of the Convention Hall per- sonnel, pastors of the Buncombe Association, and the First Baptist Church of Asheville for their courtesy and assistance in providing for the comfort of the messengers to the convention.
80. Wendell G. Davis, Charlotte, chairman of the Christian Action League, presented the recently elected executive director of the League, D. P. MacFarland, who addressed the Convention, empha- sizing the need for persistent warfare on, and total eradication of alcoholic beverages. He called attention to the importance of a program of education to implement this program, and said that for total eradication regeneration was basic.
81. Nathan C. Brooks, Jr., president of Carver School of Missions and Social Work, Louisville, was presented by President Deane. He spoke about the special task of the institution of which he is head, and called attention to the large number of unordained men and women in specialized religious services overseas. He urged consideration of God's call to young people for full-time service other than the preaching ministry.
82. President Deane recognized members of the press, and ex- pressed appreciation for their reporting during the session. The following served the convention well: Bloys Britt, AP, Charlotte, Dave Green, Greensboro Daily News, Lloyd Preslar and Miss Virtie Stroupe, Winston-Salem Journal-Sentinel, Dave Cooper, Raleigh News and Observer, Jay Hensley, Asheville Times, John Borchert, Charlotte Neios, Bill Lamkin, Charlotte Observer, Charlie Hamil- ton, Greensboro Record. Jay Eppley, WLOS-TV, and the members of the Committee on Publicity: Marse Grant, chairman, C. M. Baze- more, Larry Penley, Don Pryor, and Ben Fisher, with Mrs. Marse Grant as an unofficial assistant.
83. Alden Angline reported the final registration as 2,212 mes- sengers and 613 visitors, for a total of 2,825.
84. Carlton Prickett, chairman of the Committee on Resolutions, was recognized. He submitted the following
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REPORT OF RESOLUTIONS COMMITTEE
RESOLUTION NO. 1
A RESOLUTION CONCERNING BORROWING MONEY BY WINGATE COLLEGE
The Committee recommends that the Convention approve the resolution authorizing Wingate College to borrow up to $500,000. Adopted.
RESOLUTION NO. 2
A RESOLUTION CONCERNING BORROWING MONEY BY GARDNER-WEBB COLLEGE
The Committee recommends that the Convention approve the resolution authorizing Gardner-Webb to borrow up to $300,000. Adopted.
RESOLUTION NO. 3
A RESOLUTION CONCERNING BORROWING MONEY BY NORTH CAROLINA BAPTIST HOMES, INC.
The Committee recommends that the North Carolina Baptist Homes, Inc. be authorized to borrow the sum not to exceed $225,000. Adopted.
RESOLUTION NO. 4
RESOLUTION OFFERED BY JAMES M. BULMAN
The Committee recommends that this resolution relative to the issue of the North Rocky Mount Church controversary, be disap- proved since this matter has been settled by the Supreme Court of North Carolina. Adopted.
RESOLUTION NO. 5
RESOLUTION OFFERED BY THURMAN W. ALLRED
The Committee recommends that we reaffirm our well established position of being opposed to the use of alcoholic beverages of any kind at any time, and we deplore any advertisement or other in- ducements that would tend to encourage the use of strong drink. Adopted.
RESOLUTION NO. 6
RESOLUTION OFFERED BY MARSE GRANT
Because of the sharp differences of opinion and the emotional tensions manifested by many North Carolina Baptists in the recent national election, the Committee on Resolutions is of the unani-
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mous opinion that, especially at this time, any resolution addressed by this body to the President-elect of the United States would be seriously misunderstood and misinterpreted, and therefore we sin- cerely recommend that no action be taken by this Convention. (Substitute of Wendell G. Davis adopted.)
RESOLUTION NO. 7
RESOLUTION OFFERED BY ROBERT SEYMOUR
The Committee recommends that the Convention reaffirm the recommendation of 1955 passed by this Convention, namely:
"That recognizing the inescapable responsibility which rests upon Christian institutions to give courageous leadership in times of social change, and in the light of the clear resolutions previously adopted by this Convention, affirming the equality of all men in the sight of God, we request the Trustees of the institutions of our Convention to give careful study to their responsibility and opportunity to open doors of knowledge and service to qualified applicants regardless of race."
And we further recommend that a copy of the said resolution of 1955 be sent to the chairman of the Board of Trustees of each of the seven Baptist colleges. Adopted.
RESOLUTION NO. 8
The Committee on Resolutions moves that the Convention express appreciation to the following:
1. The pastors and churches of the Buncombe Association for their assistance and hospitality to the Convention messengers.
2. The Convention Arrangements Committee and its Chairman, Roy Beals, for the excellent provisions made for the Convention and for a well-planned and informative program.
3. To President Charles B. Deane and the other officers of the Convention for their fair consideration toward all who participated in the execution of the program.
4. To the Royal Ambassador Pages, Larry Oldham, Clayton, N. C, Tony Yates, Faith, N. C, Kay Huggins, Hendersonville, N. C, Frank Hopkins, Jr., Chandler, N. C, who served the Convention so ably during the sessions.
5. To the newspapers, radio and television stations for the fine coverage given in presenting the news of the Convention to the people.
6. To all program personalities, college choirs, and the special Convention Choir, and others who helped to make the programs meaningful to the messengers.
7. To the staff of the City Auditorium of Asheville for their co- operation in making the auditorium comfortable for the messengers.
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8. To the First Baptist Church, Calvary Baptist Church, and Alden Anglin, for the local arrangements in taking care of the pre- convention meetings. Adopted.
Members of Resolutions Committee:
Ralph Lee
E. J. Prevatte
J. J. Tarlton
George McCotter
W. V. Tarlton
Charles Trammel
Carlyle Campbell
P. C. Gantt
Henry Powell
J. L. Carter
Mrs. Alice Stanford
W. R. Eaton
W. T. Adams
Mrs. Claude Bowen
Carlton S. Prickett, Chairman
These were adopted, with the exception of Resolution No. 6. Instead of it, Wendell G. Davis offered the following substitute, which was adopted:
RESOLUTION CONCERNING THE PRESIDENT-ELECT OF THE UNITED STATES
Whereas, Senator John F. Kennedy has been elected President of the United States; and
"Whereas, Senator Kennedy has repeatedly affirmed his belief in the separation of church and state, his opposition to the use of government money for parochial schools, his opposition to the use of government by any religious group to prohibit the complete freedom of worship, and his intentions to use his influence as Presi- dent to encourage the development of freedom all over the world; and
"Whereas, these statements and principles are in keeping with our principles and intentions as Baptists; and
"Whereas, we know that there are forces within our land who will not be sympathetic with our President-elect in his desire to implement these good intentions and thoroughly American prin- ciples;
"Therefore, we, the messengers to the 130th Annual Session of the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina, meeting in Ashe- ville on November 17, 1960, hereby resolve:
"That we assure President-elect Kennedy of our full cooperation in his efforts to keep our government true to its historic principles of complete religious liberty and separation of church and state; and
"That we pledge to him our sincere remembrance in prayer as we together seek to make our country an instrument for the pro-
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motion of peace and complete religious liberty among the nations of the earth."
85. Henry S. Stroupe, Winston-Salem, chairman of the Historical Committee made the following report, which was adopted:
REPORT OF THE HISTORICAL COMMITTEE
During the past year the Historical Committee, working closely with the Secretary-Treasurer and General Board of the Convention, has been able to make two significant moves in the development of the historical program of North Carolina Baptists. The first of these was to begin microfilming our associational minutes and the second was the employment of a collector-researcher for the North Carolina Baptist Collection. Each project will now be de- scribed briefly.
1. In 1959 the Convention declared the Wake Forest College Library the official depository for North Carolina Baptist historical materials and authorized the Historical Committee to proceed with the collection of back issues of associational minutes by cooperating with the microfilming program of the Historical Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention.
The first step in microfilming minutes was to report Wake Forest College holdings to Dr. Davis C. Woolley, Executive Secretary of the Historical Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention, who requested that minutes not already in the Dargan-Carver Library be sent to Nashville for filming. Mr. Carlton P. West, Librarian of Wake Forest College, then sent a total of fourteen large packing boxes of minutes to Nashville. Meantime, Dr. Woolley had begun a search in several other major libraries for minutes not located at Nashville or Wake Forest. The response from these libraries has been splendid and Dr. Woolley reports that North Carolina is "going to have one of the most complete files of minutes of any of our states." This means that a researcher in the North Carolina Baptist Collection can find on microfilm if not in the original form most of the extant minutes of North Carolina associa- tions. Stated another way, this plan will bring together in one place copies of the North Carolina minutes held in all the princi- pal depositories in the United States.
2. Subsequent to the 1959 meeting of the Convention, the Gen- eral Board authorized the Historical Committee to proceed with the proposed plan of having the Convention and Wake Forest Col- lege join equally in providing a trained person to work with the Baptist Collection on a full time basis. The Historical Committee is pleased to report that Mr. James M. Nicholson has been em- ployed as Director of the Baptist Collection, effective January 1, 1961.
Mr. Nicholson was born in 1923 in Atlanta, Georgia, where he grew up and attended Boys' High School. He did both under- graduate and graduate work at Baylor University, receiving, in addition to the Bachelor's degree, the Master of Arts degree with a major in history. He then completed one year of graduate study
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in history at the University of Wisconsin. This was foil-owed by study in the School of Library Science at the University of North Carolina, where he was awarded the degree of Master of Science. His thesis was entitled "A History of the Wake Forest College Library, 1878-1946." From 1952 until 1954 Mr. Nicholson was employed by Wake Forest College to work primarily with the Baptist Collection. He then accepted a position in the Library of the University of Georgia. At present he is a student in Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, Kentucky. Mr. Nicholson is not only trained in research, writing, and library science, but is vitally interested in the type of work involved in the position to which he has been appointed.
The Historical Committee and the Librarian of Wake Forest Col- lege have prepared the following general statement regarding the duties of the Director of the Baptist Collection. Because this Col- lection has been in process of formation for many years, the items which are obvious and easily obtainable have already been ac- quired. There are many gaps, however, especially in the stock of church record books, associational minutes, and Baptist news- papers, and to fill these it will be necessary for the Director to go out into the State and regional field to make an active and deter- mined search for the needed items.
A collection of this nature, if it has any justification for existence, can and must be used, often by those who cannot conveniently examine its contents. Because of the lack of time it has been ex- tremely difficult for the existing staff to give adequate service to those who request information. Mr. Nicholson will have the time to assist both those who call at the Library in person and those who write seeking information. He will, it is also hoped, be able to undertake some independent research projects in the field of Baptist history.
Since Mr. Nicholson has earned a degree in library science, in addition to historical and seminary training, he will be able to give invaluable assistance in the cataloging and arranging of newly acquired Baptist materials. With his specialized interests, he can handle such acquisitions with greater efficiency and wider under- standing than can a cataloger who is obliged to deal with a great variety of subjects.
In employing for the first time a professionally trained person to work in this field, North Carolina Baptists have taken a long step forward in the advancement of interest in their history. Except for short periods of time when certain individuals were interested, North Carolina Baptists have neglected their history. The Historical Committee believes that the action here reported is the best that could have been taken to correct the neglect of the past and insure the proper collection and use of our records in the future. All persons who have possession of historical materials which should be in the North Carolina Baptist Collection and all persons who are interested in exploring selected phases of Baptist history are invited to call upon or write Mr. Nicholson at Wake Forest College
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for advice and help. His objective will be to serve the history inter- ests of North Carolina Baptists.
Henry S. Stroupe, Chairman
86. President Deane called attention to the gavel he had brought to Asheville. It was made of wood from the property of Matthew T. Yates. So well behaved had the Convention been there was no need to use it during the deliberations.
87. A motion for the official adjournment of the convention on the completion of the order of business was made by Robert N. Simms, Jr., and passed.
88. The Wake Forest choir, under the direction of Thane Mc- Donald, gave two excellent numbers at this point: "Striving After God" and "Jacob's Ladder."
89. President Deane presented Billy Graham, who brought the closing session, with perhaps the largest attendance of all, to ad- journment. He drew a distinction between false and true prophets of the Old Testament, and warned his hearers against listening to the false. He emphasized "the preaching of the cross" as needed, and as summoning to dangerous living today. The preacher asked whether we have the moral courage and strength to match that of communism, and appealed for complete surrender to Christ.
90. The convention stood as the combined convention and Wake Forest choirs sang magnificently the "Hallelujah Chorus" from "The Messiah." At its close the messengers and visitors adjourned to return to their homes.
E. Norfleet Gardner Recording Secretary
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<&uv Home (goers!
Barker, W. F. Lansing
Baucom, Hiram W._ -Gastonia
Blair, Guy
(Avery Association)
Blalock, T. L Statesville
Bunton, C. W... Kannapolis
Campbell, W. T Angier
Carroll, Rufus.. Greensboro
Chaney, R. L... Kings Mountain
Chavis, George J. Rowland
Chickilelee, Dewitt
Robbinsville Cook, Rube
(Avery Association)
Corn, Jesse _ Mars Hill
Ellis, J. A Raleigh
Fitzgerald, W. H Asheville
Frady, Jim Concord
Greene, W. W.
(Avery Association)
Hall, J. D Marion
Harrelson, A; D Whiteville
Harrington, W. B.
Williamston
Harris, Reid. ...Burlington
Hathcock, Adam A.
(Cabarrus Association)
Holcombe, J. B. Marion
Horton, A. F..._ .....Mt. Airy
Jackson, Charlie. ...Mt. Airy
Jacobs, Tommy L.
Fayetteville
Johnson, Joel S Fayetteville
Keith, Francis (Brushy
Mountain Association)
Keller, E. C Dunn
Kelly, W. M Wilmington
Key, Rufus Mt. Airy
King, T. H Wake Forest
Luffman, Martin
(Elkin Association)
Marshall, Frank H Durham
Matheson, Ralph. Robbinsville
McDevitt, James.. Marshall
Milburn, Boyd T... Kannapolis
Monk, W. R Roxboro
Mulkey, John Marble
Rhinehardt, W. G Asheville
Riddle, J. B.
(Carolina Association)
Roach, Thomas Henry
Lincolnton
Roberts, S. C. Oteen
Siler, Tasso W Jacksonville
Taylor, Ben I Raleigh
Tribble, T. J...... Burlington
Watson, Thomas ...Wilkesboro
Weaver, R. H Mocksville
West, Richard Thomasville
West, Richard L... Macclesfield
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Program
PASTOR'S CONFERENCE
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
ASHEVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA
November 14, 1960
Afternoon Session — 2:25 P.M.
2:25 P.M. — Congregational Hymn
Scripture Reading, Prayer _. Henry Crouch
Winston-Salem, N. C. 2:35 P.M. — "Southern Baptists' Program
of Evangelism" Ben O. Lynes
Wake Forest, N. C. 3:05 P.M. — Congregational Hymn 3:10 P.M. — "The Literacy Movement in
the Southeast" Mayes Behrman
Brasstown, N. C.
3:40 P.M. — Special Music .by the Mars Hill College Choir
3:55 P.M. — "Big Game Hunting in Africa" H. Gordon Weekley
Charlotte, N. C. 4:30 P.M. — Election of Officers 4:40 P.M. — Adjourn
Evening Session — 7:25 P.M.
7:25 P.M. — Congregational Hymn
Scripture Reading, Prayer Leslie E. Bookout
Monroe, N. C.
7:35 P.M. — "Christ or Culture" T. C. Smith
Mooresville, N. C. 8:05 P.M. — Congregational Hymn
8:10 P.M. — Special Music by the Mars Hill College Choir
8:25 P.M.— "The Colony of God in the
World of Men" A. Douglas Aldrich
Raleigh, N. C. 8:55 P.M. — Recognition of New Officers 9:00 P.M. — Benediction and Adjournment
Officers
President F. Eugene Deese, Greensboro
Vice-President ...Roger E. Williams, Jr., Thomasville
Secretary J. Dewey Hobbs, Jr., Wingate
Chorister Calvin S. Knight, Weldon
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MESSENGERS BY ASSOCIATIONS
ALEXANDER (18) Rev. and Mrs. Hayden M. Cartner, Rev. Hunter Church Rev and Mrs. I. V. Couch, Rev R. Love Dixon, Clay Elledge, H. S Grose P O Harrington, Rev. Glenn Maree, Rom L. Moose, Sloane W. Payne, W B Pittard' Jr., Mr. and Mrs. W. O. Warren, Rev. Robert Winecoff, Rev. and Mrs. Ralph h' Yarborough.
ANSON (12) J. H. Clark, Wayne Deitz, Edward Duncan, Rev. and Mrs. Alton W Greenlaw, Rev. Earl Henry, Mrs. Brenda Penson, Rev. Clayton W. Pope Rev Max G. Reece, Rev. and Mrs. John C. Searcy, Rev. George E. Simmons.
ASHE (7) W. T. Brackett, Rev. G. C. Burkett, Rev. Rexford R. Campbell, Rev Audley B. Frazier, John H. Goodman, Rev. and Mrs. William P. Shiflett.
ATLANTIC (18) Rev. and Mrs. L. J. Atkinson, Mr. and Mrs. Corbin Cooper Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Devine, Joe D. Everett, Guion Garner, Rev. Wistar Hamil- ton, Rev. Fred A. Mauney, Donald W. Morris, Rev. L. D. Munn, James C. Ride- outt, Rev. and Mrs. M. O. Sears, F. D. Soloman, Alec F. Thompson, M. L Tyndall.
AVERY (4) Rev. and Mrs. W. M. Abel, Rev. John M. Cann, Rev. K. L. Haga.
BEU^4? {2£) Rev- and Mrs- Robert E. Ayers, Rev. Benjamin E. Berry Jr Rev and Mrs Clarence Bishop, Rev. Dwight Early, Rev. L. G. Elliott, Mr. and Mrs' h ^adf FowTler^, ?aul F- ,Hardy. Charles O. Jenkins, Hassell Lamm, Rev. Calvin Metcalf K J Rainey, Elbert Smith, Johnny Smith, Rev. and Mrs. Alfred E Staley, John Wesley, Thomas C. Williams.
B^ADiEIi (7) Joe A- Campbell, Eugene Gaskin, Rev. George Langley, Rev John H. McCnmmon, Jerry M. Wallace, Frank Williams, Jr., Thomas A. Wolfe.
BLUE RIDGE (35) Rev. Charles Allman, Edward P. Bennett, Norman Brisson Mr. and Mrs. Roy Caldwell, Mr. and Mrs. I. L. Caplar, Helen Dale Rev' Joseph P. DuBose, Jr., Rev. and Mrs. D. C. Hardin, Rev. R. M. Heavne'r Mr' and Mrs. Olin D. Hefner, Hall Hollifield, Robert. F. Lambert, Rev B B Little- ton, Mrs. Fred McKinney, Mr. and Mrs. I. A. McLain, Mrs. W. 6. Nichols Mrs. Ralph Nodine, Rev. C. A. Piercy, Rev. L. C. Redding, Mrs. John Roach' Jr., Rev. H. H. Roberts, Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Robinson, Mr. and Mrs B M Strickland, Mrs. Locke Tate, S. E. Tilson, Mrs. Sam Tilson, H. R. Wilkerson' Mrs. Jack Young.
BRIER CREEK (1) D. L. Temple.
BRUNSWICK (14) Hubert Brittain, Wade W. Bunce, Eugene Clemmons, Mrs Stephen P. Frink, Rev. and Mrs. Frank Johnson, Rev. Bruce W. Lanier Mrs Margaret McRackan, Paul S. Odum, Rev. Mark Owens, E. J. Prevatte' Rev Robert W. Rollins, J. C. Shaw, Mrs. A. M. Woodside.
BRUSHY MOUNTAIN (18) Earl Adams, Rev. Clate P. Brown, Mr. and Mrs. Clate Bumgarner, Clyde Church, Rev. Dean Dillard, Judge Johnson J. Hayes, J. F Jordan, Rev. Warren E. Kerr, Rev. J. C. McQueen, Jr., Wade Wilier, Rev. and Mrs. Henry Morgan, Gerald K. Riggs, Paul Shoupe, T. E. Story, Harvey White, Rev. John R. Wright.
BURNT SWAMP (4) Rev. David H. Bland, John L. Carter, L. W. Jacobs, Roy W. Maynor.
BUNCOMBE (192) Clara M. Abernathy, Rev. Frank R. Abernathy, Mrs Garv V Allen, Alden Anghne, Mrs. Nannie Ashworth, Robert R. Barnes Rev J H Black Ethel Blackstock. W. D. Blalock, John H. Bowden, Mrs. Clarence Brank' A. J. Buckner, E. H. Buckner, Lillian Burgin, H. C. Caldwell Mrs Cordelia Camp, Mrs. Coke Candler, C. M. Carter, Rev. J. D. Cathey Mrs J B Clark 5evc" L,S- Clark. Mrs- Walter E. Clark, Rev. Robert G. Clayton Rev Willard Coffey, Mrs. Hubert P. Cohn, Larry Corn, Mrs. Bill Cox, Winston Craig, Robert Crayton, W. Perry Crouch, Walter S. Compton, Mr. and Mrs. H E Davis Mrs Jessie Davis, Mrs. Ralph Davis, Robert D. Duckett, Marvin Edenfield ' Mrs' Marie Ellis, Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Farmer, Mr. and Mrs. Joel A. Ferguson C B* Slsh^r^Mrs" C- B- Fisher. Mrs. John B. Fisher, Mr. and Mrs. Woodrow Flynn C. M. Fore, William D. Fox, Mrs. W. M. Fox, D. M. Frisbee, Mrs L W Frank- lin, Mrs Helen Gibson, Mrs. Lillie Goins, Mrs, W. H. Goode, Bobby D. Graham Jerane Graham, John A. Grant, Mrs. Lee Greene, Curtis C. Hall, G. H Hamby' Charles U. Hardin, Rev. and Mrs. Elbert F. Hardin, Mrs. E. V. Hawkins Rev' Joseph C. Hawkins, Jr., Mrs. Orville Hedden, Rev. B. S. Hensley, Ralph E Hensley, Mrs. Carrie Hepler, Ed. Hipps, A. N. Hollis, Jr., Frank B. Hopkins' Jr. Mrs D L Holland, Mrs. S. E. Horton, Sr., Mrs. W. C. Howell, David Huff, Robert L. Hutchins, C. E. Ingle, Mrs. John P. Ingle, J. W. Jameson, Mr and Mrs. James C. Jetten, Mrs. Baxter Johnson, Mr. and Mrs. G. D. Jordan, Mrs. i; ay+tE- ttx1c^' R" L- Keever. W. D. Kennedy, Rev. William King, Geoffrey D. Jjyiott, J. H. Lackey, Vonnie E. Lance, Howard Laney, Mrs. A. B. Lanning Mrs. Don Lanning, Ethel Lanning, Rev. and Mrs. Neils H. Larsen, J. L. Law- rence, H. R. Logan, Rev. F. A. Lunsford. Mrs. Peggie Lunsford, Rev. Troy Lunsford, Roy R. McCulloch, Hobart McFalls, Jr., R. M. McGee, Jack Matthews
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Morgan Mease, Mrs. Vance Miller, Mrs. Sam Moore, G. G. Morgan, Rev. and Mrs. W. R. Moss, Mr. and Mrs. B. L. Mullinax, Rev. Wm. E. Nelson, R. M. Nix, Mrs. Robert Nix, W. Lawrence Pruitt, Neal Pyatt, G. Troy Page, Jr., A. H. Parham, James F. Parham, Miss Barbara Payne, Cecil M. Perry, Mr. and Mrs. L. D. Perry, Rev. C. R. Pierce, Jr., Mrs. H. M. Pinner, Mrs. J. C. Pipes, E. V. Plemmons. Mrs. Claude Rector, Ruby Rector, Rev. and Mrs. Frank B. Robinson, Edward Samples, Rev. Edward Samples, Jr., Mrs. Hall Sayles, H. F. Sayles, Rev. and Mrs. G. H. Shope, Jr., Mrs. W. C. Shope, Rev. Glenn Short, Mrs. Eva Simpson, Mrs. Troy Sluden, A. L. Smiley, Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Smith, Mrs. and Mrs. Clyde B. Smith, Mrs. Frank Smith, Rev. and Mrs. M. D. Smith, Mrs. W. M. Smith. Mr. and Mrs. William A. Snyder, Clarence Sparkes, Harold L. Sprinkle, Mrs. L. E. Sprinkle, W. B. Sprinkle, Mrs. Wesley Sprinkle, Hildegard Stanley, Rev. and Mrs. Nane Starnes, A. L. Summers, Robert Swanger, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest L. Symms, Roy Taylor, Mrs. J. W. Teenes, Rev. and Mrs. LeRoy A. Thomas, H. S. Tiller, Mrs. Sally Tiller. Elma Towe, Mrs. James L. Truett, J. L. Underwood, Rev. and Mrs. A. T. Usher, Rev. Adrian Vaughn, Rev. and Mrs. W. F. Wagoner, W. A. Wallace, Kelly Whitt, Junie Wilkie, Mr. and Mrs. J. Lloyd Wolfe, Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Wright, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas S. Young.
CABARRUS (50) W. M. Anthony, Dalton Carrington, Henry L. Carroll, D. A. Clayton, Rev. and Mrs. Charles C. Coffey, E. P. Colson, Claude Connell, John C. Corbitt. Howard Davis, B. L. Dayvault, Mr. and Mrs. Larry N. Dickson, Odell Funderburk, John N. Garner, Eugene Goodman. Rev. A. T. Greene, Jr., Rev. Jack E. Guffey. John Haas. Rev. and Mrs. Virgil M. Hailey, Rev. James Hatley, Rev. Price Hatley, Mrs. W. L. Hollar, Rev. Lee Home, Rev. L. T. Joy- ner. Horace V. Kinney, Rev. John H. Knight, Rev. W. A. Knight, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Mace, Frank Miller, Rev. Harry J. Moore, Helen Parker. E. W. Pate, H. L. Register, Ned Robinette, Mrs. Marvin Rouse, Dewey M. Shaver, Thomas E. Sherrill. Farrell Shimpock. Charles Storey, Dr. E. S. Summers, Mr. and Mrs. Victor Trivette, Alvin Tweed, Charles Watkins, G. C. Watson, Raymond M. White, Mr. L. M. Williams.
CALDWELL (31) George Arney, Homer E. Bradley. Rev. Harold L. Brown, Rev. J. J. Buckner, Elizabeth Campbell, Rev. F. E. Edens, Mrs. Ithiel Edens, Rev. Thomas B. Flowe, Jyles G. Hall, Geo. W. Hollar, Paul J. Hopkins, Mrs. R. C. Icenhour, Murray F. Jackson, Rev. Fred Johnson. Carroll Kirby. Rev. and Mrs. J. Lester Lane, Rev. Paul Lovingood, Betty Miller, James L. Pharr, Rev. Billy G. Rivers. Rev. and Mrs. G. E. Scruggs, Ambrose Singley, Rev. Sam O. Stevenson, L. Deck Taylor, Robert Thurkill, Stanley Townsend, Mrs. L. E. Triplette, John H. Wallace, Rev. J. T. Whitworth.
CAROLINA (43) Homer O. Baker, Ralph Banning. Mr. and Mrs. Clay R. Barnes, W. S. Billingsley, E. R. Boyd, Dr. James C. Buchanan, Jr., Mrs. James C. Buchanan, Jr., Rev. and Mrs. J. C. Canipe, Rev. Henry Colvard, Ellen Daniel, Richard Davis, Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Fetner, Calvin W. Freeman, M. M. Goss, Rev. and Mrs. F. D. Hemphill. Wm. J. Hollins. Mrs. R. R. Howard. J. P. Hug- gins, Mrs. Joe Nanney, Andy Orr. Mrs. G. H. Orr, Mrs. D. W. Pace, Mrs. Horace Pace, Raleigh A. Pate. N. B. Phillips, Mrs. Sidney Pittillo. Mr. and Mrs. T. G. Proctor, J. Marion Rector, George A. Roberts. Mrs. R. L. Savage, W. G. Seism, W. Carroll Singleton, Howard F. Starks, Henry B. Stokes, M. L. Walker, Mrs. M. L. Walker, Lyman Wilson, William A Woodford.
CATAWBA RIVER (41) Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Ambrose, Rev. and Mrs. R. Knolan Benfield, Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Bradley, William D. Byrd, Rev. Edgar L. Cole, Mrs. Curtis Crump, Mr. and Mrs. Forrest Davis, Mr. and Mrs. T. B. Deese. Garland Early, J. C. Goare, Rev. William O. Goble, Jr., Millard F. Hall, Robert P. Hamby, Norma R. Hampton, Mr. and Mrs. C. Harrell, Rev. Jesse M. Head, I. B. Hopkins. W. A. Huneycutt, Dr. and Mrs. A. M. Lang, T. A. Lineberger, Charles J. McBride, Rev. Homer Messer. Charles L. Moseley, Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Pearson, Mr. and Mrs. Oliver C. Price. B. A. Small, Howard Tallent, Mrs. Frank Taylor, Rev. C. W. Teague, J. J. Tiller, Rev. Joseph I. Willis, John W. Woody.
CENTRAL (36) Rev. and Mrs. Neil Armstrong, H. E. Benfield, Mr. Hazel Ben- field, Mrs. Elwood Rawlinson, Moselle Boyles, Ora Boyles, Edna Burger, John M. Burger. Ray C. Chandler. Roger W. Cole, George W. Dowd, Rev. and Mrs. Billy G. Freeman, C. G. Goldsmith, Russell Lee Hinton, Edward Kissiah, Joseph M. McWethy, Charlie Mook, Jr., W. Frank Marks, Mrs. James W. Mof- fit.t, Rev. and Mrs. E. W. Price, Jr., Rev. and Mrs. J. E. Rawlinson, Woodrow W. Robbins, Mr. and Mrs. Paul J. Shaver, Rev. R. L. Smith, Rev. W. L. Smith, Mrs. Willa Stout J. J. Thornburg, Clyde H. Tucker, John E. Wade, Mr. and Mrs. George H. Wallace.
CHEOAH (3) Mrs. E. G. Altland, Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Corpening.
CHEROKEE (4) Mrs. Viola French, J. D. Griffin, J. Boyd Horton, Carr Paunooke.
CHOWAN (25) Rev. and Mrs. Thurman W. Allred, Rev. P. T. Bailey, Rev. Earl Barnes, Mrs. C. E. Barnes, Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Brown, R. N. Carroll, Wyatt Coley, Joseph N. Gantt, Rev. M. W. Grissom, Mr. and Mrs. Norman B. Harris, L. C. Hudson, Dr. and Mrs. R. W. Kicklighter, James P. Layton, Leighton Lewis, J. H. Moore, Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Pursell, Mr. and Mrs. Gordon B. Shaw, Donald Stewart, E. R. Stewart.
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COLUMBUS (20) Bill Alexander, C. E. Brisson, Stedman C. Davis, N B Edge Thomas C. Faircloth, Robert C. Foster, Mr. and Mrs. Maurice H. Gilliam Leo
F. Hawkins, S W. Jolly, O. S. Long, Ellis L. Marks, Henry Powell, Z. W. Rotan
P»anie,i1MJ SRe11, Mr- and Mrs- L- Eugene Walter, Rev. R. B. Williams, Rev. and Mrs. Clyde Yates, Jr.
CULLOM (10) A. L. Ayscue, T. Y. Angell, Rev. W. T. Bruce, Dr. and Mrs E N Gardner Malcom M. Hutton, Dr. and Mrs. W. W. Leathers, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Philip M. Young.
DAN VALLEY (21) Mr. and Mrs. Larry Austin, Rev. George M. Bishop Mr J. C. Bradner, Worth Braswell, Rev. H. Y. Criminger, Mrs. Troy Hodges, Mrs Hassel King, Mrs. J. A. King, H. F. Lambert, Rev. Robert W. Lawson, Rev.
G. Lee Mclntyre, W. H. Poindexter, Rev. and Mrs. Earle J. Rogers, W. T. Smith Marvin James Southard, Mrs. Alex R. Stanford, Walter W. Stanley, Rev. and Mrs. Harry D. Wood. Jr.
EASTERN (19) Rev. Claud Asbury, Jr., Milton Boone, J. Bruce Dellinger, Eugene B. Hage Rev. M. M. Johnson, Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Kelly, Euodias F. Knight, ?e,V a5?,d Mrs- L- H- Knott, Mr. and Mrs. B. L. Lambert, Rev. Jack H. Mans- field, Claude Marshall, Paul Mull, Dorris Norman, D. E. Parkerson, Clara Pearson, Mrs. H. H. Peterson.
ELKIN (6) L J Culler, Frances Cornwell, Rev. and Mrs. Howard J. Ford Rev and Mrs. W. C. Guth. '
FLAT RIVER (14) Rev. and Mrs. H. W. Baucom, Jr., Warren T. Bush Oren J Elms Mr. and Mrs. Ray L. Frye, E. W. Greene, Mr. and Mrs. W. I. Johnson' Tom M. Jones, Albert S. Lamm, Paul C. Mattox, Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Mitchiner!
FRENCH BROAD (26) Mildred Bingham, Dr. Hoyt Blackwell, Rev. Charles D Davis Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Furr, Ray Hooper, Wade Huey, Ralph M. Lee W L' Lynch, Rev Dean Minton, J. Raymond Nelson, Rev. and Mrs. Glen A Ramsey' Jr Mr. and Mrs. Shelby Ray, Mrs. Grace H. Riddle, Rev. and Mrs David B Roberts, Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Sawyer, Mr. and Mrs. Bobby Seagroves A p' Sprinkle, Roy Snyder, Paul A. Tugman, Vernon E. Wood. .
GASTON (87) Mrs. WE. Abrams, Robert E. Austin, Morris Baker, Mrs. Morris Baker R. O. Baker, A. A. Bailey, V. Ward Barr, Mrs. L. B. Bass, Joe Belcher Mrs^ Joe Belcher. W. W. Black, Mrs. W. W. Black, J. P. Bost, P T Brock O. G Buchanan, Rev. and Mrs. Mack Burgin, Rev. G. H. Caldwell, Yates W.' Campbell, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph B. Carpenter, C. L. Christian, Jr. A E Clem- mer, James F. Collette, Guthrie Colvard, Eugene Elmore, Z. Miller Freeman, Mrs Z. Miller Freeman Pansy J. Joynor, Mrs. George Grice, Mrs. Sadie Hendrix W T. Hendrix, Charles H. High, Leonard P. Home, Hubert Huggins, Westle S. Johnson, John Kinnaman, Mrs. John Kinnaman, Frank R. Koger W. C. Lamb, Rev. Loyd R. Lane, Harold Long, Walter N. Long, Mrs. Walter N. Long, Mrs. J. L. McCluney, Rev. J. L. McCluney, Rev. J. T. McElveen, C. R. McMahan, James B. McOuere, Mrs. James B. McQuere, Frank H. Malone N W Martin, Ernest A. Mehaffey, A. P. Miller, Mrs. A. P. Miller, Mrs. Harold Miller' Jimmie Mize, Mrs. Joe Moore, Clarence V. Morris, Waldo K. Mullen M O Owens, Jr., Rev. A. J. Payne, Rev. M. Grady Pennington, Mrs. Doris Pierce Rev. Marvin J. Pierce, Richard Plyler, O. B. Reel, Mrs. O. B. Reel, J A Richardson, Jr., Mrs. J. A. Richardson. Columbus C. Roberts. Carl Truitt Rogers, Lee A. Smith. Mrs. Lee A. Smith. Rev. Lonnie Sneed, Rev. Elliot B rxrew^art Mrs" E- B- Stewart, James S. Taylor. S. Guy Walker, Rev. Ralph Webb Jr., Rev. James Whitworth. Rev. J. D. Williams, George E. Williamson, Mrs. George E. Williamson, W. F. Woodall, R. Louie Wynn, Mrs. R. Louie Wynn.
GREEN RIVER (36) Z. D. Baker, Rev. Clifford Bradshaw, J. E Brock Mrs J E Brock A G. Brooks, Duncan L. Futrelle, Lloyd W. Garner, Mrs. Llovd Garner' Cecil Hedgepeth, Rev. Ernest Howell, Rev. A. C. Hughes, Mrs A C Hughes' 501\ °-,ia*sTon' Jack M- Jones, J. B. Jones, Hanna Rae Keefe', Rev Leon Keefe, W C. Lynch, R. F. Mayberry, Mrs. H. A. Nanney, Mrs. Fave Newman Nannie Newsome, Mrs. R. E. Price, E. C. Revis. Rev. Robert K. Rownd, Wade F Ruff, Mrs. Wade Ruff, Richard D. Smith, Mrs. Richard D. Smith Ralph Stanley. J. J. Tarlton. Rev. R. E. Thompson, Mrs. R. E. Thompson, C. R Upton Rev. Francis L. Whitmire, Rev. John Zanon. v '
H^YW°9P X?6i Roger Ammons, F. P. Blankenship, Bill Buchanan, Mrs. Delmas Caldwell, W. A. Cannon, Elmer P. Carter, Mrs. Ernest Chambers, Rev Robert L Clark Mrs. E. S. Davis, Spurge Davis, James E. Downs, Raymond Duckett, Mrs. Hubert Clark, C. H. Eiland. Thomas Erwin, Dale Frady Mrs Grover Francis, Robert L. Gaddis, Mrs. B. B. Hall, Mrs. M. K. Hipps, C S Hodge SrVii Ho110/1' Abe Jordan, W. Thomas Lane, Mrs. F. Y. McCracken, Rev. Doyle Miller, J G. Miller, Mrs. J. G Miller, James E. Morgan, Mrs. James E Mor- gan, J R. Morgan, Mrs. J. R. Morgan, Rev. J. W. Myers, Mrs. J. W Myers Rev. Chas. F. Owen. Mrs. Chas. F. Owen. W. Boyd Owen, Mrs. W. Boyd Owen' Sevj, Otto Parham, Mrs. Otto Parham, Rev. Frank Reed, T. E. Robinett Mrs T' ?;. ^J31"^- Lee ?■ Secrest- Esper R. Secrest, R. E. Sentelle, Horace L. Smith Mrs Horace L. Smith, Lewis Sorrells, Mrs. Lewis Sorrells, Herman Lowe, Van C. Wells, O. B. Williams, Mrs. O. B. Williams, C. W. Wright, Frank Wood.
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JOHNSTON (17) Jake Barnes, Mrs. Sally Barnes, Mrs. B. A. Hocutt, Guy C. Moore, Mrs. Guy C. Moore, Mrs. Minnie C. Page, James F. Pulley, Mrs. James F. Pulley, Larry Oldham, Mrs. J. R. Overby, G. Troy Page, Sr., Mrs. W. J. Payne, Horace W. Ricks, Charles W. Smith, Ellis Taff, Eph Whisenhunt, Harold M. White.
KINGS MOUNTAIN (79) W. Lawson Allen, Wayne Ashe, Mrs. Wayne Ashe, Ernest W. Arnold, J. Edgar Bishop, Jesse Blalock, Mrs. Jesse Blalock, J. A. Bracey, Allen Burris, Rev. D. Boyd Cannon, Mrs. D. Boyd Cannon, Robert Cantwell, Mrs. Robert Cantwell, Rev. J. R. Cantrell, Harold Crawford, Fred C. Crisp, Rev. Marion D. DuBose, Jr., Mrs. Marion D. DuBose, Jr., Mrs. E. S. Elliott, Dr. P. L. Elliott, T. W. Estes, Russell Fitts, Mrs. Russell Fitts, John S. Frazier, Oscar Funderburke, Rev. J. T. Gillespie, Mrs. J. T. Gillespie, Rev. C. O. Greene, Mrs. C. O. Greene, Rev. W. P. Hall, Jr., Rev. N. S. Hardin, Albert Hastings, W. C. Hill, Rev. John Hiott, Rev. James E. Holder, James A. Hutson, Mrs. James Hutson, Mac H. Jamison, Stuart Johnson, R. Allen Jolley, Arnold W. Kincaid, Dennis M. Larkins, John E. Lawrence, Roland Leath, Rev. T. Max Linnens, Mrs. T. Max Linnens, W. B. Logan, Thirlen Osborne, Walter F. Payne, Aaron C. Phipps, B. L. Raines, Miss Bonnie Roberts, E. R. Roberts, Lawrence Roberts, Mrs. Lawrence Roberts, Ben Shytle, Rev. Earle V. Smith, Ernest M. Smith, Richard M. Spencer, Mrs. Richard M. Spencer, Marlon Stroup, Mrs. Rush Stroup, Charles B. Summey, W. V. Tarlton, Mrs. W. V. Tarlton, Rev. L. M. Tenery, Mrs. L. M. Tenery, Burley S. Turner, H. E. Waldrop, Mrs. H. E. Waldrop, Rev. Coleman Watkins, Lillie Watkins, Jack Weaver, James E. Williams, W. A. Williams, A. B. Wood, Mrs. A. B. Wood, Paris L. Yelton, Mrs. Paris L. Yelton.
LIBERTY (48) John R. Ball, Mrs. J. R. Ball, James H. Bolick, B. V. Broadway, Ruth Burgiss, Bennie Christman, J. Roy Clifford, Shirley Combs, Bennie Craw- ford, Mrs. Bennie Crawford, Raymond E. Crow, W. P. Edinger, Judy Godfrey, Stanley Hardee, Carl Hemphill, Marie Hinson, Jerry R. Hill, Mrs. Roy E. Holder, Roy E. Holder, Janice Lewis, Ronnie Lewis, Evelyn McDonald, Ben J. Mclver, Mrs. B. J. Mclver, Rev. Richard McQueen, Mrs. Richard McQueen, Rev. J. C. Mangum, Tom Marlowe, Mrs. Tom Marlowe, Kenneth A. Miller, Donald D. Moore, C. J. Morris, Sam H. O'Neal, Mrs. Sam H. O'Neal, John E. Roberts, Leonard Rollins, Jo Anne Smith, Roy J. Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Sparrow, Judeen Talbert, Betty Jean Terry, Rev. and Mrs. W. R. Wagoner, J. O. Walton, Roger Williams, Ted W. Williams, Jane Wood.
LITTLE RIVER (18) Mr. and Mrs. R. Lewis Beal, A. Howard Beard, Dan Bowen, Leslie H. Campbell, W. F. Gentry, Rev. Julius Holloway, Jack A, Holt, E. Wel- don Johnson, A. E. Lynch, Geo. McCotter, Jeff G. Roberts, Ernest P. Russell, J. A. Senter, Ronald H. Sorensen, Irvin Stephens, Leonard M. Thomas, Miss Carolyn Watkins.
MECKLENBURG (75) Rev. D. J. Abernathy, Rev. C. E. Baker, Carl E. Bates, Mrs. Carl E. Bates, Latt Beshears, Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Biles, John R. Blanchard, Claude U. Broach, Rev. and Mrs. Wendell G. Davis, M. Leon Denson, Spurgeon J. Virgil Colson. Mr. and Mrs. Wendell G. Davis, M. Leon Denson, Spurgeon Dorton, E. R. Echerd, Jr., Rev. H. S. Elliott, W. E. Entrekin, Mrs. W. E. Entrekin, H. L. Ferguson, L. W. Fields. David L. Fletcher, L. A. Gable, Jr., Mrs. L. A. Gable, Jr., W. R. Gaddy, John L. Grass, H. I. Grimes, Mrs. H. I. Grimes, Alex F. Hegenbart. Fred B. Helms, Wm. Guy Helms, J. C. Hill, Mrs. J. C. Hill, Rev. Bartley Paul Home, James A. Holston, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. James A Ivey Jr., Rev. Edwood B. Joyner, Ken Kinnaird, Ralph W. Knight, Roberts C. Lasater, John Leatherman, Jr., Marion T. Lineberger, Raymond Long, Nor- man W Merrell, C. O. Milford, Frank R. Moore, Mrs. Frank R. Moore, Dr. George H. Moore, Aubrey Q. Patterson, M. G. Perry, Mrs. M. G. Perry, Ronnie Pierce, James S. Potter, William Revis, Rev. A. V. Rippy, Mrs. A. V. Rippy, Mr. and Mrs. Byrd N. Sexton, W. C. Sledge, Edward B. Smith, Jr., Robert L. Trexler, John D. Tripp, H. Gordon Weekley, D. C. Wesson, Dr. Wm. Harrison Williams, David M. Wooten, Mrs. Patricia Wooten, J. Clyde Yates, Mrs. J. Clyde Yates, Mr. and Mrs. William J. Yeaman, Jr., J. O. Young.
MACON (23) Clyde W. Collins, Mrs. W. N. Cook. Marion Deal, Rev. Jud Duvall, Mrs. E. W. Fisher, Rev. and Mrs. J. A. Hall, Mrs. C. E. Henry, Mrs. Lefferts Higdon, Rev. and Mrs. L. A. Howard, J. C. Jacobs, Rev. and Mrs. Jack Lewis, Mr and Mrs. H. H. Plemmons, Mr. and Mrs. Carl E. Poston, Hyldah S. Shep- herd, W. K. Shields, Rev. Robert R. Standley, C. T. Taylor, Everett R. White.
MITCHELL (14) Howard Buchanan, Anna Mae Carpenter, R. M. Cassity, Alice T. Frye, Paul W. Ledford, P. L. McMahon, R. B. Phillips, Mrs. Robert Phillips, Rev. Joe L. Pittman, Ben Lee Ray, Ryler LeRoy, Rev. and Mrs. Joe A. Sprinkle, R. P. Stroup.
MONTGOMERY (7) Robert Byrd, W. M. Helms, Jerry L. Niswonger, Daniel F. Page, Mr. and Mrs. Marion Parker, Rev. S. G. Whitley.
MT ZION (19) Furney G. Baker, B. G. Bass, Raymond Burke, W. T. Cockman, Ben W. Cox, Mrs. Ben W. Cox, O. H. Harrison, Jr., Rev. Ralph E. Jones, Jr., Paul Kesterson, Luther A. Nail, Eugene Olive, John W. Phillips, Carlton S. Prickett, G. Leland Royster, Harvey Rumfelt, Rev. Howard Smith, Travis Styles, J. H. Waugh, Julius H. Waugh.
NEUSE (22) Rev. and Mrs. Roy Beals, Mr. and Mrs. Gilmer Cross, Millard
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Crumpler, Rev. and Mrs. Howard G. Dawkins, H. Arthur Dechent, Waldo D Early, Sr., William Everhart, Mrs. George E. Ham, Mr. and Mrs. Fred L Har- rell, P. P. Hartsell, Mr. and Mrs. F. T. Jones, Douglas McCullough, W J Matthews, W. H. Murray, Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Reed, R. E. Whitley T c' Williams, Jr.
NEW RIVER (21) Rev. and Mrs. Junie S. Barnes, Dr. and Mrs. Millard R. Brown
D. M. Clemmons, Jerry DeBell, Anthony Z. Gurganus, Mr. and Mrs. M R Haire, Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Hines, Rev. and Mrs. W. T. Lunday, Mr. and Mrs' Davis N. Morris, Rev. and Mrs. Paul C. Nix, B. M. Smith, Jr., J. C. Thomas Rev. and Mrs. A. E. Thompson.
NEW SOUTH RIVER (35) Richard L. August, Horace O. Barefoot, Mrs. Horace O. Barefoot, Paul Bobbitt, Rev. and Mrs. W. Harold Bridges, James Cammack Rev. and Mrs. E. C. Chamblee, Rev. Fred G. Culler, Rev. and Mrs. Yancey C. Elliott, Sr., Rev. and Mrs. Charles T. Fulbright, Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Getzman, Mr. and Mrs. Robert B. Isner, John P. Johnson, Rev. Dan H. Jolly, Ellis Lanier, Herston Ledbetter, J. Richard McDuffie, Franklin C. Meares, Billy T. Mobley, Colon W. Myrick, J. T. Parnell, Rev. W. E. Pope, Rev. and Mrs. Edgar N. Teague, Charles Tilley, Baxter Walker, Rev. E. C. Watson, Jr., John W. Wolfe, Dennis T. Wright.
NORTH ROANOKE (36) J. Felix Arnold, W. T. Adams, Miss Virginia Beall J. L. Bellamy Sr., Mrs. J. L. Bellamy, Sr., Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Benton, J. c' Brooks, Rev. G. N. Cowan, John T. Evans, Rudolph Evans, Rev. J. R Everette' Mrs- J. R. Everette Alfred Gibson, Clarence E. Godwin, T. D. Hickman, Morris S. Hollineld, P. M. Hutchinson, Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Joyner, Mrs. L. H. Kitchin Sr., Calvin Knight, U. A. McManus, Jr., Miss Hilda Mayo, Rev. and Mrs M a' Pegram, Rev. and Mrs. Gordon L. Price, Rev. and Mrs. M. L. Pridgen Rev' John Pnvott, Paul H. Russell, Rev. and Mrs. Lowell F. Sodeman, Rev Archer V. Turner, Bernard Marshall Whitehurst.
PEE DEE (30) Rev. and Mrs. Carroll W. Andrews, Howard Benoy, Ben F Broad- ™a7- _Mljiis Frances Cartner, Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Deane, Richard A. Forrester Robert B. Glazner, Rev. and Mrs. Melvin Greene, K. E. Haigler, J. C Halli- burton, Rev. E. N. Johnson, Mrs. Ruby Key, Miss Carolyn Killian, Rev. George Langley, G. Carl Lewis, Avery Lunnsden, Rev. Richard E. Price, Jr., Mrs. Betty S. Privette, Rev. C. C. Privette, Miss Anna Rivers, E. Bruce Sloop, Rev. W J Stirk Rev. J B. Strange, Scott Turner, Jr., Harvey Williams, R. T. Willis, Jr.', Charles Ray Yarborough.
PIEDMONT (48 ) Mrs. I C Apple, Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Aydelette, Rev. Bill Ben- nett Mrs. J. Carl Bell, Norman L. Blythe, Dr. and Mrs. Claud B. Bowen, Mr and Mrs W. S Caudle, Jack Causey, Rev. James Clifton, R. G. Cocklereece' Eugene Deese, W. A. Duncan, Jr., Paul D. Early, Glenn S. Gaffney James O Hagwood Donald B. Haskins, Mr. and Mrs. U. A. Hedrick, J. W. Hines Ernest G. Holt, George Hyler, C. F. Johnson, Harold E. Jensen, Mrs. F T Matthews Clarence Nida, C. M Oates, Rev. and Mrs. Leroy Parker, Gerald C. Primm' S. C. Ray H D. Jack Roe, Mrs. Minnie D. Scott, Rev. M. W. Shaw, E l' Smithierck, Wilson L. Stewart, J. S. Teague, Rev. and Mrs. Ronald E. Wall' Vmcent G Wall Carroll D. Weaver, Jack B. Wilder, Mr. and Mrs. W. Fred Williams, Bill Wilson, S. R. Young.
PILOT MOUNTAIN (95) David L. Beavers, J. Glenn Blackburn Winfield Black- well, David C.Boaz, Mrs. Virginia Bowen, Carl D. Brown, Holman Byers 5rev^alp£ ™V Cannon, Dr- Coy C. Carpenter, Dr. A. M. Church, Mrs. Avery M. Church, W. B. Cone, C. E. Crawford, Rev. and Mrs. W. Henry Crouch
E. L. Davis Jr., E. L. Davis, Mrs. E. L. Davis, Charles Deane, Jr., David l' Early, J. Allen Easley, Cliff Elkins, Richard F. Everhart, Harry A Goble' Homer L Good, C Irvin Grigg, Rev. and Mrs. Jack E. Hames, Charles w' Hancock, Mr. and Mrs. Troy V. Hamrick, Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Hasty J M Hayes, Owen F Herring, Rev. and Mrs. Kenneth L. Hollineld, L. H. Hollings- worth, Reid Holmes, Rev. Perry J. Huffstetler, Jr., Rev. and Mrs. Robert R Hunter W Elvm Jones, R. S. Liner, D. A. Long, Dewey Long, Madeline Long' Lewis E. Ludlum, Rev. James H. Lund. T. M. McClelland, W K McGee Menlyn Magnon, Wm. Foy Martin, Albert L. Meiburg, Rev. and Mrs ' Herman Motsinger, Kenneth Neuenschwander, W. E. Norman Glain S Pennell Mrf W. R. Phillips, Mr. and Mrs. William A. Poole, Lloyd Preslar DouJl'as H Pruden, Mrs. Mori Pruden, Rev. Paul M. Reese, Mrs. Louise Reese R?v arTA Mrs. Richard K. Redwine, James D. Reich, Evan B. Sap£ Rev Gordon SchrSm Bessie Snipes, O. E Snow Rev. and Mrs. C. H. Stanfield John Warren StZ' Henry S. Stroupe, Glenn E. Swain, Rev. Robert Taylor, Aileen Taylor Hubert A. Tomlinson, Harold W. Tribble, Mr. and Mrs. Otis Tucker WCTTttrr Vaughn, Bob Walker, Gene Williams, Miss Ruth Williams ' w' L Warffnrd" Rev. and Mrs. D. O. Wright, Richard K. Young, DwayneB. Zimmer
RALEIGH (105) Rev. W. C. Adkinson, Rev. and Mrs. A. Douglas Aldrich Tark r Bagwell, C. W. Bazemore, Rev. W. P. Biggerstaff, C. E.Bilhop Miss Gloria Blanton, James Bohannon, Dr. and Mrs. Earle L. Bradley, Sr Dr and ff Douglas M. Branch, Lamar J. Brooks, Mrs. Lamar J. Brooks Pevt'on Brown Dr. Carlyle Campbell, W. E. Coates, Harold Cole, Maurice Cooper RobertT' Costner, W. L. Culbertson, Clyde L. Davis, Roy Davis, Mr and Mrs Then R Davis, R. G. Deyton, Robert Dorr, W. W. Finlator, Mrs WW Finlator Ben C Fisher Mr and Mrs. R. T. Funderburke, Mr. and Mrs. Claude FGaddy Mr and Mrs. Marse Grant, Mr. and Mrs. Eddie Gray, Miss Katy Ruth Grayson
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Mr. and Mrs. Tom Greene, W. R. Grigg, Mae Grimmer, O. J. Hagler, Parks C. Harris, James F. Heatom Mrs. James F. Heaton, L. D. Holt, Rev. Julian Hop- kins, Dr. M. A. Huggins, Mrs. M. A. Huggins, Herman Ihley, B. W. Jackson, Coite Jones, Crate Jones, Alphonso Jordan, Roy D. Keller, John W. Kincheloe, Jr., John Wesley Lambert, Clyde Lanier, Mrs. R. C. Lanier, Allen Laymon, John M. Lewis, Ben Lynes, Mrs. Gerald J. Maynard, Mrs. Roy Medlin, Wil- liam T. Mills, Doris Morgan, James Morgan, L. L. Morgan, Mrs. L. L. Morgan, Jimmy Morriss, Mrs. Myra Motley, Rev. and Mrs. Donald R. Niswonger, R. Lacy Oliver, Rufus F. Potts, Mrs. Edwin S. Preston, J. W. Price, Jr., Rev. Joe Roach, Miss Miriam Robinson, Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Robbins, Harold I. Shoemaker, Mr. and Mrs. Dan Silver, John M. Simms, R. N. Simms, Jr., Leon Spencer, George Stallings, Mr. and Mrs. I. T. Stroud, Rev. Joseph O. Stroud, Mr. and Mrs. Marion S. Terry, James B. Turner,. Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Upchurch, William H. Vinson, Jr., Harold West, James E. West, Mrs. W. W. Wooden, L. M. Woolweaver, Grace Yow.
RANDOLPH (25) Mel Anderson, Mrs. Mel Anderson, J. G. Bailey, W. Clyde Bearden, W. M. Belcher, Mr. and Mrs. M. W. Chapman, Edward H. Daniel, Betty R. Daniel, Carl D. English, Mr. and Mrs. Fletcher Ford, Rev. Raymond Hudson, R. L. Hughes, Samuel M. James, Rev. Clarence Jenkins, Dempsy Lawson, Fred Reece, Mrs. Joseph Reese, Rev. Jack Sherron, R. T. Smith, John H. Stevenson, Rev. D. C. Sullivan, Mrs. Frank G. Toler, Sr.
ROBESON (28) Steven J. Barton, Mrs. L. J. Barton, Rev. and Mrs. H. W. Baucom, Mr. and Mrs. Luther G. Brewer, R. C. Bullard, Robert D. Davis, C. J. Ellis, A. D. Frazier, Rev. and Mrs. John M. Glenn, Lamar L. Hardwich, W. Robert Holt, Mrs. Nettie Humphrey, S. N. Lamb, H. Page Lee, Rev. J. O. Mattox, Rev. R. C. Melton, R. E. Moore, Rachel Mullinax, T. Robert Mullinax, Thomas L. Rich, Jr., A. P. Stephens, Mrs. A. P. Stephens, Jo Strickland, Joe W. Tyler, Henry E. Walden, Jr.
ROWAN (43) Rev. Don Abernathy, Herman C. Alisher, J. W. Allen, Howard Barnes, R. R. Beck, Mr. and Mrs. David Bell, Rev. and Mrs. Maurice P. Boggs, James Bulman, A. C. Carpenter, Grady Carpenter, Dr. Clyde D. Chapman, Dr. Glenn Choate, Mrs. Glenn Choate, Troy Clement, Miss Ann Cross, Rev. E. M. Fain, Mrs. E. M. Fain, Claude Harwood, Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Hocutt, B. Lester Huff, Searcy Jackson, Rev. Wade H. James, Rev. Charles R. Lemley, Mrs. Charles R. Lemley, Mrs. C. F. Limerick, Lyman McDonald, Rev. Harold J. Mason, B. W. Mullis, Robert Nash, Rev. H. J. Norris, Mrs. M. L. Parris, Clyde Petrea, Mrs. W. V. Porter, Sr., Rev. L. D. Scruggs, Mr. and Mrs. David A. Staley, Mrs. L. A. Steele, W. J. Stephenson, J. D. Whisnant, Tony Yates.
SANDHILLS (6) Miss Anna Ruth King, C. A. Kirby, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Maynard H. Mangum, Ernest Poston, R. D. Spear, Jr.
SANDY CREEK (13) O. M. Burckhalter, Mrs. T. A. Burns, Lawrence Childs, Mrs. L. P. Dixon, Charles Dorman, Eugene E. Edmondson, Curtis M. Har- rington, Rev. Joseph J. Reese, Rev. Claude Simpson, Elihu E. Sloan, John D. Smith, R. F. Smith, Jr., R. J. Thornton.
SANDY RUN (41) W. W. Abernethy, Rev. F. M. Barnem, John B. Blanton, Joe J. Bridges, B. Fred Bryant, A. B. Bumgarner, W. V. Carroll, David Hoke Coon. Rev. C. C. Crow, Rev. E. S. Elliott, L. N. Epley, James Estop, J. R. Featherston, Charles P. Ginn, Dupre Gowan, J. W. Harris, W. Carlisle Hender- son, Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Hollifield, M. H. Ingles, Mrs. Paul Jarvis, Guy John- son, Fred L. Kelly, Mrs. F. L. Kelly, Rev. and Mrs. John W. Lucas, W. F. McGinnis, Rev. and Mrs. J. I. McMahan, Mr. and Mrs. L. R. McNeill, Carl G. Mauney, W. M. Owens, Jeanne Saunders, John H. Scalf, Jr., Warren D. Simpson, Rev. Leroy Sisk, M. W. Stallings, Rev. and Mrs. M. C. Swicegood, Rev. Dwight Watts.
SOUTH FORK (27) Mrs. W. G. Bandy, Mrs. T. A. Carpenter, H. M. Craig, Paul K. Drum, C. H. Greene, Mrs. C. H. Greene, J. D. Hillman, John Kale, Mrs Clyde Lawing, A. V. Ledford, Mrs. T. V. Lineberger, Rev. G. T. Liner, Mrs A. C. McHargul, Rev. Wade A. McKnight, Herbert P. Miller, Rev. James M. Newman, Charles E. Parker, W. L. Pitts, Mrs. W. L. Pitts, Rev. and Mrs. Eddie Reynolds, H. L. Sidis, Rev. Frank C. Taylor, Mrs. Dwight Williams, Mrs. Florence Wilkin-
. son, A. A. Walker, A. L. Whiteside.
SOUTH MOUNTAIN (6) Rev. Ray Billings, Rev. Mark Hodge, E. L. Mull, Charles T. Stephens, S. M. Stroupe, Rev. Gwyn P. Sullivan.
SOUTH ROANOKE (21) Rev. Irvin W. Adcock, Mrs. Irvin W. Adcock, James Annis,. Clyde E. Baucom, J. L. Bryson, E. G. Cole, T. N. Cooper, Mrs. T. N. Cooper, Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Holmes, Robert Lee Humber, Daniel E. Huney- cutt, Irby B. Jackson, Rev. W. M. King, J. S. Larrimore, F. M. Lindler, T. W. McKneely, Rufus L. Morgan, John A. Moore, Tommy Payne, Horace G. Thompson.
SOUTH YADKIN (32) Gilmer J. Beck, Rev. Harvie Brewington, Rev. Charles P.
Burchette, Jr., Mrs. Charles P. Burchette, Jr., Milton A. Burd, Mr. and Mrs.
Boyce G. Coates, Bill Cochrane, E. L. Childers, J. P. Davis, C. C. Fox, P. C.
Gantt, J. C. Gwaltney, Cecil Herrin, Mrs. Cecil Herrin, P. M. Johnson, Nor- .. man Joyner, Reid Keiger, Rev. A. M. Kiser, W. H. Lippard, Sidney Norton,
J. Wallace Owen, Rev. W. H. Perry, Geter R. Porch, T. C. Smith, John M.
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Sykes, Elmer Thomas, Bruce Trexler, W. G. Watts, Mrs. W. G. Watts, Lewis W. Williams, Paul Wonders, Jr.
STANLY (37) Mrs. L. R. Almond, L. R. Almond, Mr. and Mrs. Hoyle T. Allred, Thomas L. Barnes, N. R. Black, Mrs. William S. Cannon, Rev. W. S. Cannon, C. Eugene Carroll, T. L. Cashwell, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Caudle, Jr., Macon P. Greene, Robert Haeford, Rev. C. R. Hinton, Mrs. C. R. Hinton, George L. Hocutt, Marvin Honeycutt, T. H. Hopkins, S. Craig Hopkins, Mrs. S. Craig Hopkins, Rev. and Mrs. George Huggins, Rev. and Mrs. J. W. Loy, Jr., Rev. J. Lloyd Mauney, John B. Morris, Jr., David F. Morrow, Maurice J. Pickler, E. C. Roach, Truette Rogers, Mr. and Mrs. Troy M. Sherrin, Rev. George L. Hocutt, W. H. Stogner, Billy Teeter, J. E. Wilson.
STONE MOUNTAIN (9) M. L. Blevins, Mrs. Clote Brown, Rev. Dwight Gray, Dr. J. Sam Holbrook, V. Winfrey Luff man, Mrs. Winfrey Luff man, Amos Lyon, Fred S. Miller, Rev. James Revis.
STONY FORK (3) Mrs. Eula Brockett, R. Carson Eggers, Mrs. Mattie Waters.
SURRY (16) S. D. Baker, Rev. Oren Bradley, R. T. Hall, Rev. R. L. Kizer, Everett Marion, Rev.