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Category: The Story Goes On
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February 15th, the Sunday School met in the new Sunday school room in the basement of the Church, which has been completed mainly through the generosity of a member of the Parish and the efforts of the Ladies’ Aid Society. (Source: The Rev. S. P. Watters, Parochial Report, Grace Church, Morganton, 1885 Journal of Convention,…
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It is hoped that the churches of the Convocation will not forget our school at Roanoke Rapids. Mr. Joyner, the Rector, of the congregation there, reports a fine school of over forty pupils under the efficient supervision of a teacher from old Virginia, a Mrs. Pace, a thorough churchwoman of good experience, and one who…
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A visitor might have the impression that she had come into the midst of a family instead of into a school; it is both a family and a school. To be sure we rise in the morning by a bell for an early breakfast, for the dishes have to be washed and the house cleaned…
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MRS. LAURA FOARD GALLOWAY – The good lady was called to her rest on the 31st day of January, 1929. She was born October 25th, 1846, the daughter of Major R. W. Foard and Mrs. Maria P. Foard, his wife; and was married to the late Alexander Broadnax Galloway December 4, 1866. For many years…
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On January 1, 1914, was placed in Good Shepherd Church, Cooleemee, a set of brass vases, a set of brass candelabra, and a brass cross bearing this inscription: “to the glory of god, and in memory of Rev. Francis Johnston Murdoch, D. D. Born 1846; Died 1909. Given by the Junior Guild.” These little girls…
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The Rev. Lex S. Mathews died Dec. 21 [1985] at Morehead City. He had been director of Christian Social Ministries for the diocese for the last 11 years. Mathews died on his sailboat, the Credence, which was moored at the time. Death was by accidental asphyxiation of fumes from a heater on the boat. He…
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The work of “St. James’ Home” Mission has gone on as usual, but we think with increased success, three members of the Sisterhood of the Good Shepherd having charge of it. Since their coming we have had perpetual reason to be thankful that in God’s good Providence this arrangement was made possible. More than eighty…
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Harriet Clark, an aged colored woman of the old school, and who used to belong to Mr. Isaac Smith’s family, a member of the Episcopal Church for many years, baptized by Rev. Joseph Blount Cheshire and confirmed by Rt. Rev. Thomas Atkinson, Bishop of North Carolina, passed away to the unseen land Monday morning, December…
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In addition to the foregoing, a nice organ has been placed in the Sunday-school room by the congregation. A nice large Bible has been presented to the Chapel, and also a handsome little font in memory of the late Mariah Ann Harris. On November 30, Harvest Home festival was held in the Chapel; goods and…
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The Lex Mathews Scholarship Committee met in July to select the recipients of scholarships for the 1998-99 academic year. A total of $5,000 was awarded to five women… . The Committee decided to change some of the guidelines to better fit the needs of women at this point in time. The age is lowered to…