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By NATHANIEL SCOTT
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284 years, declared enough and th
Go pel Soun were officially retired
during a program at Detroit's Chapter
20-1 of the National Quartet Conven­
tion.
The group w approximatel y 24
years old and ince the founding had
been members of the National Quartet
Convention (founded by R.H. Harri
approximately 50 years ago) and
Chapter 20-l.
The retiring m mbers of the group
were Zephi Latimore, 81, Norma
Hall, 77, Gen va Rhodes, 76 and
Janie Widman, 50�
Thr ugh the years the Go<:. el
Sounds had been a faithful group who
attended the retirement program said.
V ND JOHN JOR-
D ,the p tor of Let Them
Com Bapti t Church id his
church had begun a fund-rat Ing
drive and that he w praying 0
churc and individuals w
at 0 help.
ttl would like to have monetary
upport I will be able to feed the children and pay the
c I tea hers," Reverend Dijuste aid. "If anyone
wants to upport thi work in Haiti, God will bl them
with a double bi ing."
All correspondence hould be addrcs ed to Rever­
end Michael Dijuste, c/o Linx Air, P.O. Box 407130,
Fort Lauderdale, Florida, 33340.
HOWEV 4 R, timetakes its toll.
"Mrs. Hall had a troke 0 we de­
cided t retire," Wideman aid as he.
pointed out that l-year-old Mrs. La­
timore did n t attend the retirement
becaus he w h pitalized.
Willi Daniel th president 0
Detroit' 20-1 Chapter aid "I really
feel that they are doing the right thin
(retiring) because they have done th ir
part."
Daniel , irnilar to m t 'in th
pel inging field, holds the po ition
that go p I in in i an art form and
a "miru try" and that it carri u h
obli ations church membe hip,
livin piritu lly and trying t do
God' will.
Hi final comment w : "It i time
for them (the Go pel oun ) to it
ack. enj y and let th, y uth carry
on."
According to John King, the pr 1-
dent of Michigan' Quartet C nven­
tion, after the retirement of th G pel
Sound! th tate quartet c nv ntion
will have 11 memb r quartc nd 2 -
1 IX.
He id the G pel und were a
"dutiful" group and that they w re
"Chri nan ladi ,II.
dded, In th Ian ua of the
tru 0 pel ound, "Th y h ve come
thr u h the torrn."
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Withi" the first one hundred days
of hi pr idency of the Detroit Coun­
cil f Bapti t Pastors, which i orne
2 membe trong, Reverend Hol­
ley, who h Ids an academic doctorate,
aid th council i negotiating the pur­
ch of a piece of property at E.
McNich I (Six Mile Road) at De­
quindre Avenu which if the venture
g through, will become a super-
market. '
Ace rding to an anonymou
ur e, the council will pay 1 for the
property which, in th 19 , w a
Farmer Ja k store.
In ddition, th Reverend aid th
un II i al 0 neg tiating the pur­
ch, f another piece of property on
the n rthwest side 0 Detroit which
would become th council's head­
quarters.
WANDA F ROOU MORE/MlchiQ C
(I-r):, Brother Willie Hollins, Deacon Thurman Smith, Rev. Mack Benton, Deacon Loul
Robertson, Rev. Gus Spark and Deacon Dennis Williams.
WANDA F, ROOUEMOR Ichlaan C en
Approximately 30 member and gue ts wer'e on hand for the Corner tone laying Ceremony.
ew Chri tian
Missionary 8apti
Church lay .corn
loon hand for th ceremony
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GOSPEL SOUNDS RETIRE- (I-r), Geneva Rhod ,76,
Norma Hall, nand Janlc Widman, 50. Eighty one year old
Zephia Latimore wa hospitalized nd did not attend the
retirement celebr tion. (Photo by N. Scott). ,
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By NATHANIEL SCOTT
S c/al to the Michl an Citizen
Annu I District
meeting held.