ARRANGERS - O'Neil D. Swanson (front) cl tered with t
officer of the Bapti t i ionary nd Educ tional Convention
of Michigan (BM&E) follOWing th ir nnu I luncheon at We tin
Hotel. Th confad will be held Aug. 2 throu 6 at the w
Pro peet Bapti t Church, 6330 Pernbrok . Officer are
Madd yn Lyon (left, front) Pauline Med ey, Shirley Gilmore,
ROBBIE McCOY
Even the river house built to
house entrance facilities to the
Casino Queen, and one of the
newest buildings in downtown
Eas S . LOuis since the new city
hall was built 15 years ago, is of
no use at this point.
I DO WONDER does GOO ge
angry, and with all the immoral­
ity going on in America now, the
tragedies must show that God is
displeased.
WHAT I W was muddy
waters covering the boardwalk
to the Casino Queen, and water
up to its landing porch. Then
across the river on the St. Louis
side t the Big Board, waiting
for its crowd of gamblers and en­
tertainers, but the Mighty Mis­
s' ippi was , and filled the
p age and some inside the
boat.
Regald B. Riddle, reporter for
the East St. Louis Monitor wrote
duing the opening day for the
Casino ueen, "I t's b n de­
scribed as an old time roman of
the river with red and gold car­
pets, Victorian draperi with
els, four floors of wedding
cake, white balcony, sp rkling
chandeliers and a gorgeou facil­
ity.
The Casino u n is 450 feet
long, 70 (I t wide and the larges
ri r boa gaming . casino in 11
North Ameri . I am not talking
down East St. Louis, but what I
am aying is th re should be
som other way that the great
horeline of the Missis ippi
hould be used to bring in jo
and improve economic condi­
tions
From
Lou' 0
th onomy
luck on h
We cannot find decent pic­
tures to watch on television, un- .
.less it's killing, open sex and
vulgarity.
Let' hope that the case is not
that God is angry, but to
mil and miles of water, spread
out from the Mississippi River as
we crossed the Jefferson Bar­
racks Bridge, some 2 miles south
of St. Louis, we believe that God
is not pleased about something.
Talked with my nephew y -
terday, George Smith Jr. in Fort
.
Madison, Iowa, to check on the
family. He said, "Aunt, water is
everywhere, When 1 asked if the
train station where I embarked
whim going there to attend an­
other nephew's-funeral, was un­
der water, he said, "there and
beyond".
I am praying, and also send­
ing a check to the American Red
C to help in a very small way.
I am asking you to do the sam
thing. Chri tian Women Con­
cerned is sending a check also.
By ROBBIE CRUMP-McCOY
S".c'-I to tM Mlchlg.n Citizen
EAST T. LOUI , Ilr-Fifty
three Y' rs ago I stepped off a
Gulf-Mobile-Ohio passenger
train on fourth and Broadway in
downtown East St. Louis, near
the bank of the Mighty Missis­
sippi River.
It was a beautiful day and my
second tri to that Southern Illi­
nois city, ich I grew to love,
before movmg on to Detroit 42
years ago. Since that time I've
been to East St. Louis many,
many times. My mother, the late
Rosie Lee Smith, a school
teacher for 41 years, was con­
fined to the Nursing Home there
for 18 months, and I went there
15 times to visit her.
Now I am making the trek
often to check on my sister, Ma­
bel Smith Jon , who paid my
tuition in college, and, the matri­
arch of the Smith-Thompson
families.
I returned from East St. Louis
last Thursday, and had the un­
fortunate opportunity to stand
near where I got off that train 53
years ago, with an unpleasant
experience. .
I watched that muddy water
of the Mighty Mississippi as it
twirled and roared downstream
as if it were angry at the world. I
began to wonder d God get
angry? If so, perhaps that is why
The Casino Queen, which was
the talk of the town when it
opened its doo three months
ago, is emerged.
Annual
Address held
Dr. Avery Aldridge, president of
the Wolverine State Baptist Conven­
tion delivered his annual address to
the state-wide group Thursday July
29 at 7:30 p.m. at the Baptist Head­
quarters, 615 S. Jefferson, Saginaw.
He i also vice president of the
National Baptist Congres of Coo -
tian Education, a member of the
Board of Directors of th National
Baptist Convention US� Inc. and
pastor of the Fos Avenu Baptist
Church of Flint. His wife is Dr.
Mildred Aldridge, retired school prin­
cipal and they have two children and
three grandchildren. .
DR. AVERY ALDRIGE
ACT THR
pre ent a free
SUMMER YOUT
GOSP L DRAMA CONC R
featuring the pl y
"HOLY GHOST LOV
n
JAMES HASKEl:.L MAYO
o WILL include the Rt Rev. McKinley Young of the
15th Epi copal Di trict (South Africa) and others expected from across the
United States.
There are 65 churches in the Mi higan Conference and each one will
be represented by i pastor and one lay person.
A lar number of members are expected to attend.
The Women' Mis ionary
Society Convention opens
Monday I Aug. 2 and clo es
Tuesday., beginning chdayat
9 a.m. at the church with the
Episcopal leader in charge. At
7 p.m. Monday a banquet will
be held at the Westin Hotel to be
followed on Tu day with a
8 am. prayer breakfast at the
church.
The conference business
gets underway Wednesday at
9:30 a.m. and the annual sermon
t 7 p.m. will be delivered by
Rev. Garfield Johnson,
preacher-gynecologist, and pas­
. tor of St. Andrew AME
Church.
TH REV. YOUNG of the
St. Africa district will preach at
evening service on Thursday,
and the youth pageant will be
presented on Friday entitled "The Rights of P age Pageantry".
The introductions will in lude young ladi and young men from
throughout the tate of Michigan. More than 15 persons, male and female,
will be ordained deacons and lor elders in rites on Saturday.
"The conference clos on Sunday when appointments, commi ions,
ignment will made by Bi hop Mayo. He along with Rev. Huggins
invites all religi us group and organizations, .regardles of race creed,
color to attend th public ions. In fact they aid "we will be grateful for
THEODORA HODGE MAYO
your visits".
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3 to 6 P.M.
Saturday, August 14, 1993
Belle Isle Band Shell
Cast Member : Christina Alexander, Deirdre Shelton.
Craig Seyell. Sherali Wade and
The Mighty Galatian Gospel Singers
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Writt nand Dir ct d by
God our Father' Christ our Redeemer· Man our Broth r
Rev. Richard R. Thompson, 0.0. Paster
Calluponme,andlwillanaw ,th e,and hewth atan
mighty thing which thou knoW-at "ot. Jeremiah 33'3
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