Women plan retreat
The women of the General
B �t Stale Convention �
hold their 6th ADJlua) Retreat
May 6-7, at Camp Baber in Cas­
sopolis, ichigan. Theme, "Put­
ting it together in a broken
orld,"
Co . $55 for Friday and
Saturday or $30 for Saturday
only,
Guest peaker will be Mr .
Loui D . of Albion. Bible
t er will be Mother H. Craw­
. ford of Detroit.
Dea . ne for reservation is
April 30, making check or
money orders payable to
General Baptist tate Conven­
li n.
For more information con­
tact Mrs. Bernice Blow, (616)
733-1 . Bring your own linen.
LJAZZTOUR
Travel with the Echo's, Kool
Jazz Festival Tour: Cleveland,
Ohio. Departure July 22 from
Rosie Burse, 2533 Leahy Street,
Muskegon Hts., �i., 5:00 a.m.
and return, July 24 around 9 p.m.
Deposit $40 per person, due
now for ticket and balance paid
in full on May 14, 1988. Room
for ingl per on S220; per on
with double occupancy, $175;
three in room, $140.; and four in
ro m 130 .. Thi includes �o
nights lod ing at the touffer
with wimming pool and two
night fetival tickets and
t ran. rtation. .
Ma your reservations
The e BE TO
HARBOR are tor
have the Ichigan
Citizen 0 S Ie:
E gl
333 Riv ry'
E gl Su
25-48 T .rritori
Betty'. CI n
140 . Fair
B '. CI n
Benton Squar
Lorno CO',
1231 Pipestone
Si . Grocery.
308 S. Crystal
Hampton Groc
1800' . ghland
Fr '. Foodto
Muskegon
today!!! For for informatio call
Jean at 722-6415 or Rosie at 733·
9951.
LAS VEGAS TRIP
Fly to Las Vegas, September
1-6, 1988, 6 days & 5 nights.
Departure Thursday, Septem­
ber from Grand Rapids Airport
at 7:21 a.nt. and return Tuesday,
cptember 6, at 9:30 p.m. Price
per person is $405. double oc­
cupancy. Deposit $100. due
now, balance due (S305.00) July
9.
Transfer from airport to
Hotel (Circus Circus) on the
Strip. Baggage handling. Make
your reservation today!! For
more information call Jean, 721:·
6415 or Rosie, 733-9951.
Civil Right
chief i lies
AA..P
speaker
The Niles Branch NAACP­
repre enting: Buchanan, Cas­
sopolis, Calvin Center and Van­
dalia - will be sponsoring its
nnual Freedom Fund Ban­
q t, Saturday, April 30. Theme
is, "Ye terday, Today and the
• uggle Goes On." t'
The' evening begins with
Ho pitality Hour, 6:30 followed "
by dinner. at 7:00 at the Niles
Holiday Inn, 930 South 11th.
treet, ile.
C t is $15, dult and $7.50,
childcn under 12.
Keynote akerwill be John
Roy a. tillo, Director Michig n .
Dep rtment 'Of Civil �ights.
John Roy Castillo 'became
Director of the Michigan.
Department of Civil Rights in
1986. '
Ca tillo, Port Huron Native .
joined the Department of Civil ,
Rights in 1978 Deputy Direc­
tor, legi lative and inter­
governmental rison. Prior to
that, he was Assistant Attorney
General Cor the Consumer
Protection/Charitable Trust
Division, wh re he w a leading
authority in the areas of law.
Cal tillo also served as Acting
Director of Michigan Spanish
peaking Affair Commission,
tafC attorney with the Wayne
County eighborbood Legal
ervice , and student attorney
with the Wayne State Univer ity
Free Legal Aid Clinic.
He i presently an djunct
profe 'Or at Cooley Law School
in Lan ing. and a member of the
Michigan, Ingham County,
Hi panic ational and the
American Bar Associations.
A Lansi resi nt, Castillo
i a gr duate of We. tern
Michigan Univer ity with a B.A.
degree in political scie ceo He
received his J uris Doctorate
from Wayoc State La School in
1973.
,
April 14 - 30, 1
loves coo j g, taking care of
children an helping people as a
bobby. She 0 has an interest­
ing collectio of dolls.
Fizer sai she was baptized in
a river in M und, La., when she
was ll-ye -old. She a Chris­
tian and a mber of Christian
Fellowship hurch in Three
I Rivers.
Fizer s y to everyone, "Put
...... --- .....
God first in . ur life, and your
life will be a ccess, and the sky
is the limit."
We salut Veni Fizer, a
beautiful lad .
Re iree has.
in e e ting
outl ok on life
I
8yV Whi
Venia Fizer, 81, has lived in .
Three Rivers for 31 years, and
was born in Mound, La. She is
the oldest of eight sisters. Four
of her sisters and four brothers
are deceased. She has been a
widow for 46 years. Fizer never
had any children of her own, but
has rai ed many children for .
others. She has been a domestic
worker all of her life and retired
in 1984. Although she retired
fro her job, she has not reitrcd
'--1 from life itself. She driv her
own automobile and is very ac-
lives. 0 one enjoys listening to
the garbage that - has been in
o on the light t idea other peoples lives.
ho frigbte ing heartbreaking Proverbs 14:34 ays,
and sad it to sit and watch Righteousness exalts a nati
American d troy her elf. but sin is a repro ch to a y
Americ .. Do you love people." America, before this
America? I ve my country and world, there w God .. God has
don't now nything a ut any Iway been and God will always
other count but America. If , wheth r w ant him in our
most of our y uth are drugged ch ols or not. That na e is
and the la ge t part four oin t � land abov all ther
b bies kill d, then America, ame; even if He h to write it
where is 0 r coming g nera- n tl. '" . kyo I am afr id our sins
tion? ave rought a terribl de true-
By now ur televi ion sta- tion f Aid n America.
tions hould know there are no America our only hop is
. perfect peo Ie on earth. So if e u Chri t! Come back to him
one christia makes a mistake . and blessed!
why should christians be dis- Venia Fi:zer
graced? We ntend to live good Three RIvers
live.
Fizer has an interesting out­
look on life, and she said, "I see
no color line in people, I only ee
people. I've' never met a
stranger, I meet friends." Fizer
or De 1-
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