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year of 1979 mil tone
year for Holy Trinity Church of God In
Christ, located in egon Height .
That ye ,the p or Rev. athaniel
ells formed a corporation named
Holy Trinity C tim ciatton Inc.
Purpose of the corporation to
promote entrepreneurship from within
th church membership. The idea
the entrepreneurs ould in tum create
jobs for the member of the chu ch.
In 1981, Ramona etcalf w nt to
ichigan St te Uni r ity by the minis­
ter and the church family. She
prepared there to man ge an insurance
gency and tudied lso for the. licen
examination.
In arch of 1982 rs, Metcalf be-
came a licen d solicitor permitted to
handle Fire Ca ualty In urance. An
gency to pro ote thi insurance w
tablished in the church.
Re pon of the church membe
s 0 g od th t the agency was ex­
panded to include Life, Di bility I.R.A.,
Homeowners Health & Renters. The
gency repre ent 10 major insurance
comp nies.
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The cond project to establish
a Flora Shop. This op became the fmt
B coned florist op in the com­
munity. Again proper training w the
key one to success. Erne tine c-
unay sent to the American Floral
Art School in Chicago, Illinoi , where
after intensi e training . certified
a Florist.
The "Stines Floral Shop" s then
established at the church.
The third project was the purchase
of Pee Street Bar-B-Que, located in
kegon Height .
Ann Covington and alter Harris-
were pi eed in charge and the church
went about backing up rs, Covington
and Mr. Harri whil th y learned the
ERNESTINE COVINGTO m
ope (AI W·· photo)
ill require to operate a cce ful
re taurant.
ry Hunington wa appointed to the
po ition of Public Relations and pro­
motion.
r. Huntington became the chef.
Young women and young men are
being trained in the art of Inn Keeping,
know to rve cu tomers, develop good
ell and to manag , . record keeping,
and accurate cashier.
r. etcalf explained that each of
. the busme are 0 ned by the person
who operate them. They are not required
to pay to the. church any portion of
their profit. Of course, Mr. etcalf
stated, e do tithe and there will come a
time hopefully the bUJine will be able
to share it ccess with the church.
The busine effort at Holy Trinity
. also affordin many of their church
youth to receive busine training through
orkina for the busin from time to
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MA Y HUNT GTO (left) and
at t e P Street Bar- -Q . (AI
time.
This is an unusual program. Holy
Trinity' congregation put their financial
resource into the promotion of enter­
prises that rved the daily needs of the
church congregation.
They also invested money into eing
to it that tho who were to operate
the busine s \ were properly trained
and prepared.
The fir t busine after f:?eing estab-
Ii ed then pported the cond busi­
ne and then both supported th laun­
ching of the third busine .
Thi i one of "collective wealth",
participant note.
The members of Holy Trinity, the
Minister Rev. Wells - the individuals
oper ting the busine are tting an
example, to other - that BI c churche
can till play an important part in com­
munity de elopment.
MUSKEGO . HEIGHTS - Robert
Alexander Warren will go do n in history
as the first Black Mayor of Mus egon
Height, Michigan. But to many he is
first in alot of other ways. .
Born in the midst of the Great Depre -
ion in Evanston, Illinois, Warren' ha d
work and natural ability have brought
him from the chools of Missi ippi to
the cond job at the helm of the Heights
school system.
Gre nwood High, Green ood, . . i-
ppi; M' is ippi Vocational College, i
where he began hi academic career bu t
no way w he ready to stop. He has
asters of Art from We tern Michigan
Unive ity in Administration and Super­
vision; a Doctorate in Education from the
Uni rsity of Michigan.
The Ii of his profe tonal community
affiliations goes on for Inches: Lions
Club, Community Blac Organization,
fir . vice-pr 'dent NAACP; National
League of Cities; Secondary Principals
Association; ational Alliance of Black
chool Educators; Advisory member
County Drug Abu Program; Do d
member O.l.C ....
y ould a man so busy take on the
headache and -challenges of the political
arena?
"I plan to help u egon Heights
grow," said men. "Decision I hall
make will be aimed toward meeting the
goals which are the guidelines of my
administration."
Since election in ovember of 1983,
following four succ ful years on the
city council, arren i clear about what
tho goals are:
-Curbing crime, goal toward which
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real progre has been m de in the short
time he h held the mayor's office.
-Bring in more job .
-Develop a p rtnership between bu i.,
ne , industry, labor, educ tion and gov-
emment.
-Improve communication bet een "
citizens and el ed official .
-Build hou ing.
-Organize recreation for all g .
arren fee optimistic about hi bility
to achieve hi list. He not he w elect­
ed on a slate and ha th votes he need
, e wor team," art n ' d.
Th t and hi high vi ibility and acce '­
bility to the people are the factor he
views a crucial to succe .
It looks as though history might well
be adding some other "flr s 9' behind
the name of Robert Alexander arren.
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