Addor

New Zion A.M.E. Zion Church will hold a musical program on Sunday, Feb. 9, at 3 p.m.

The Berkley High School Alumni Association is looking for all persons who attended the high school at any time, whether or not you were a graduate. The reunion dates for this year are Friday-Sunday, June 27-29, and the post reunion breakfast will be on Monday, June 30. For more information, call 944-9726 or 944-7653 or 944-3694.

The first check up meeting for the Central N.C. Conference is scheduled for Saturday, Feb. 8, at 10 a.m. at Bethel A.M.E. Zion Church in Spring Lake. The Ordination will be held on Feb. 7.

The Lay Council Banquet of the Sanford district will be held on Sunday, Feb. 9 at 2 p.m.

The monthly meeting of the Addor Community Organization will be held on Tuesday, Feb. 11, at 5 p.m. at the Community Center.

Birthday wishes go out this week to Martha Harris (Feb. 6), Terrill Hart (Feb. 9), Ashley Cobbs (Feb. 10) and Pamela Cobbs (Feb. 12).

Diona Brown, Hattie Florence Smith, Ola Chavis, Martha Harris, Corenna Nealy, Gladys Bright, Stella Gillespie, Sadie Clark, Erma Seagroves Arnold, Alfonza Seagroves and Epherim Mack are all among the homebound.

Jenny L. Lee, Connie L. Covington, Nezzie Haith, Alton Smith, Eugene McRae and Allen Smith are all in nursing homes.

—Lorine McCants

East Moore

Frye’s Chapel Free Will Baptist Church held its quarterly conference on Friday, Jan. 31. Elder Kent McMillian presided. John C. McCrimmon was installed as deacon.

Johnsie William, Odessa McLeod, Geraldine McLeod and Priscilla Hart attended the Valentine’s Day Banquet on Saturday, Feb. 1, at the R.L. Douglas Headquarters in Raeford.

The ministers, deacons and mothers monthly meeting will be held on Monday night, Feb. 3, at the R. L. Douglas Headquarters.

Odessa McLeod and Willie McCrimmon visited Johnie and Annie Lou Frye last Sunday evening.

Elder Larry C. Frye and Louise Frye visited Christine and Linda McKeithen on Sunday evening.

Mack Burns is at St. Joseph’s Nursing Center. Maude McCrimmon is at Sandhills Nursing Center.

Mary V. Leach (Pally), Viola McCrimmon, and Shirley Warth of Spring Lake are homebound.

Birthday wishes go out to Annie L. Frye (Feb. 3).

—Louise Frye

Eastwood

Gloria Person cooked a birthday dinner for her husband Robbie Person last week.

Leroy Alford was treated to a dinner out with his wife and two sons in celebration of his birthday.

St. Peter will be traveling to the Church of God by Faith in Sumpter, S.C., on Saturday, Feb. 8, at 4:30 p.m. St. Peter will be having a singles and couples seminar on Feb. 15 at 1 p.m. Elder Vivian Humphries, Elder Charles and Deborah Bloom, and Bishop Ronnie Moore will be the speakers for various seminars.

Gods Love in Action will be having a pastors aide service on Friday, Feb. 7, at 7:30 p.m. Evangelist Loretta Butler will be the speaker.

St. John will be having an appreciation service for First Lady Hooker on Saturday, Feb. 8, at 7:30 p.m. Apostle Andria Weeks will be the preacher.

Apostle Andria Weeks will be preaching at Whole Word Gospel in Rockingham at 4 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 9.

St. Peters will be having Bible Study on Thursday night. The subject for bible study will be Holiness.

Birthday wishes go out to Crystal Gillespie (Feb. 3), and Elizabeth Alston and Helen Harris (Feb. 5).

The sick and shut-in are Lewis McLaughlin, Evelyn McLaughlin, Carol McLaughlin, Drissie McKinney, Mamie Williams, Allarian McRae, Shirley, Dunlap, Rob Williams, Joe Jackson, Joe McNeill, Marcella Kearns and Alma Jones.

—Wilma Monroe

Hoffman

The Crystalaires will celebrate their 19th anniversary March 8 and 9 at Fletcher’s Chapel U.M.C. There will also be a musical program at the church on the fifth Sunday at 3 p.m.

Underdenomination Union will hold its services at Fletcher Chapel on the fifth Sunday morning at 10 a.m.

The Rev. Herman Little will be the speaker at the 11 a.m. Sunday morning services at Marston First Baptist.

A Sweet Heart Ball will be held on Feb. 16 from 8 p.m. until at the Beaver Dam Center.

A.B. and Ivory Little attended the family hour for Thelma (Swinnie) Terry and James Rushar on Friday in Rockingham.

Soup Day will be held on Saturday, Feb. 8, from 11 a.m. until at the Beaver Dam Center.

Sick and shut-in are Flossie Hagins, Willie M. Hailey, Clara Wilkerson, Ammie McKoy, Ethel McKoy, Lillie Morrison, Mattie Jones, Willie M. McRae, Mary Jamison, Della Lassiter, Frank Smith, Eugene Martin, Arthur Sloan, Raymond McRae Sr., Willie McRae, Recia McRae, Ernest Gilmore and Eddie White.

Pleasant Hill C.M.E. will hold a Black History Step-Show on Saturday, Feb. 8 at 6 p.m. All step teams are welcome to take part.

The children of Etta Townsend surprised her with a birthday party on Saturday night at the home of her daughter, V. Daniel.

—Bea Little

Little River

The Vass Rescue Squad Ladies Auxiliary fundraisers “Sweet Heart Breakfast” will be Saturday, Feb. 8, from 7 to 10 a.m. at the Vass Rescue Building in Vass, serving bacon, eggs or sausage and all the other good stuff.

Mary Cohen underwent heart surgery on Wednesday at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital and is home doing fine.

Robert Page is a patient in UNC Hospitals in Chapel Hill expecting to come home soon.

Sympathy is extended to the Frye family on the death of Stephen Frye who passed away on Sunday, Jan. 26. The funeral was at the Vass United Methodist Church the following Thursday.

Sympathy is extended to the McRae family on the death of Marshall (Doc) McRae who passed away on Monday, Jan. 27. The funeral was held the following Thursday at the First Baptist Church in Southern Pines.

Sympathy is extended to the Lane family on the death of Virginia Lane who passed away on Thursday, Jan. 30. The funeral was held this past Saturday at the Piney Wood Baptist Church in Cameron.

Cypress Church will hold a Men’s Breakfast on Sunday, Feb. 9. On Sunday evening there will be a session meeting at 7 p.m.

Mildred Seagroves underwent surgery on her hand as an outpatient at the doctor’s office.

Birthday wishes are extended to Doug Roach, Linda Gillenwater, Bobby L. McCoy, Jennifer Schmittle and Ronnie Brown.

—Ina Boggs

Shawtown

John, Jonathan and Irene went to West End to a fellowship program at God’s Love in Action Deliverance Ministries on Sunday afternoon.

God’s Love in Action Ministries will host a Pastor’s Aid Program on Friday, Feb. 7, at 7:30 p.m. Apostle Andrea Weeks is the pastor. Evangelist Loretta Butler will be the speaker.

Apostle Weeks will speak on Sister Hooker at the First Lady’s Appreciation service on Saturday, Feb. 8, at 7:30 p.m. at St. John’s Holiness Church in Carthage. Elder Nathane Hooker is the pastor.

Apostle Weeks will be preaching at Whole Word Gospel Church in Rockingham on Sunday, Feb. 9 at 4 p.m.