AUGUST 15 - 21, 1984 THE CITIZEN PAGE ELEVE
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Dear Editor:
It '. nearly that time of year in the
rologica1 calendar for the great annual
Perseid eteor Sho ere It ] at that
time that the Earth p through the
region here this is constantly taking
place in space.
o of the shooting star come
from the direction of the constiHation,
Perseus.· Perseus . located in the north-
east comer of our
in the vicinity
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.. There' this litt! an ho mo d
into our bome, about 16 months go.
:And it doesn't seem . e he's gonna lea
ytime too soon.
He's .)'1 demanding my time, and if
I don't gl into him, he omps hi
feet JDd caUJeS ch I fu .
e r does hit share of ork around
ourho
He's IY into my thin . I can't tum
my b ck on hhn for a second, ClUJe
he'D destroy them.
This littl ranger gets mo of our
money, al ay needing this or that.
H came here ith nothing and expect
us to buy him e rything.
e ever goes to bed ith the rest of our
co
family, stay's up te, gets up early
banging on our bedroom door to be
fed.
If I had I tirin day, does he care? o!
he expects me to keep him company
with stories and games •.
Sometim he's I job. But mo of the
time thiJ little tranger is pest. I
think he too le ns in pestering
before he moved in.
At times this little stranger drives me
up th aIls.
Oh God! h n i this little stranger going
to lea e our home?
I bet by the time I get use to him, he'll
be all gown up and gone.
So pie Lord, let this little ranger
ho his daddy and I brought into
this world, stay just a little bit longer.
ritten by Carol. A. oods
Benton Harbor
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of the Big Dipper and Opt .
This most productive meteor shower
of all occur in the cond ee of
August, reaching its pe at midnight
on August 10th, 11 th and 12th. A fe
falling stars may be seen earlier in the #
evening, but by midnight e encounter
the meteor sho er head on. Some­
times many u veral hundred meteors
may be en currying aero the y
in the space of one hour.
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"YOU"
ith you, there' freedom,
ith you, there is pe ceo
With you, there is pion,
ith you, there is joy.
ith you, there is life,
ith you, there i me.
Peggy I..ewi Jone
egon, MI
'7HOUGHfS"
The un did not shine today,
Becau you were so far away
But, tomorrow is another day,
to brin you clo r in every way.
Peggy!.ewi Jones
uskegon, MI
nicle article, Bishop Bailey, prior
to hi death, spo e of his arrival
here in 1927 and of the "tragic
plight of egroes" at that time.
While working for Ford Motor
Co. for SIS a week, he beg n hi
rust pastoral duties in a tent.
He immediately plunged into
a heavy schedul , holding services
on opposi te end of town and
"preaching and telling egroe
what they had to do to free
them elves."
A lover of children and music,
Bishop Bailey later opened a
music hool at Bailey Temple
which ha three teacher and
50 student.
"Excellence" was Bishop
Bailey's motto throughou t hi
long pastorage. It resulted in the
purch of the 1 million Bailey
If you would like to kno more
about this cele tial e nt you may do 0
by reading about it in a chapter en­
titled "The night of the Falling Stars"
in the book "Journey through Summer '
by Edwin ay Teale".
Have you been w tching Jupiter
ummer? It riles no bout un-
down in th southe t and can be en
all night. As it P aero th outhern
y.
Venus, though not bright usual
will soon be appearing in the e Din I
Y in the e . After remaining in the
east the mornin star for many
months.
an is till in th south t e· en-
ing sky, but growing dimmer and will
soon be leaving us after putting on
such spectacular aho all winter and
spring.
Saturn is fading rap' dly , d er-
cury has disappeared altogether.
We ho haw foDo d these planets
since winter have been treated to a rare
treat, and e feel a 'ttle pang of dne
u e bid fare ell to them for a ason.
Margaret H. Zoschke
Benton Harbor
Cathedral complex and a church
home at 6420 London. He had
been orking with Bishop Pat­
terson and others on plan for
erection of Saints Center in em­
phis, -a project which will include
a university and major complexe .
Bishop B iley wa ill preach­
ing regularly every Sunday until
veral months go hen h
wa felled by a troke and con­
fmed to Henry Ford "0 pital for
veral eeks.
Bi hop Bailey' urvivors in-
cude hi wife, Iner; si er,
ettie Benjamin, of e Orlean":
two granddaughters, Sandra and
Anette Lyke Oakland, Calif.;
two step ns, Jimmy L. and
William Fred WhittIer; stepdaugh­
ter, Stella R. alloway, and
other relative .
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phis, intemational b op of of the COGlC, Bishop ClIo
COOIC, offi ted, . d Elder n. a member of the
Earl J.. right, aide to Bishop General Board, h overseer
Bailey. of much of the busine of th
The funeral preceded by four million-member church. His
joint memorial rvice by Bailey own jurisdiction here in Michigan
Temp e and Seth Temple at had grown from 34 churche
7 p.m. Thursday, t Bailey Tern- en he took it over 38 year
p , 5370 cKinley, renamed two 0 to 150 churche and 80,000
ye ago to B ey Lane in member.
honor of the many contributions In pite of his international
by Bishop Bailey to the com- responsibilitie and' even after he
by B' op Bailey to the Detroit became ill, th churchman con-
mmunity. tin d to enjoy a reputation
Friday the Southwe em Juris- humanitarian in the commun-
diction held a memorial service ity, sharing In a concerned way
t Bail y Cathedral attended by in the social and civic problems
repre ntative of the I SO church- of society.
in the jurisdiction. A native of Mobile, Ala.
Bishop Bailey wa the fir Bishop Bailey had lived in De-
bishop, and the last living, ap- troit 62 years.
pointed by the foundin father Accordin to ichigan Chro-