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[ Silence ] [ Background Sounds ] I know all of you are very well acquainted with the saying that we make sometimes, good, better, and best.

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Well, the singing was very, very good, and I'm sure all of you enjoyed it. Speaker was very good and better. She will come under the head of being better. Now we are at the best part of it all,

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and that is responding and giving us a liberal contribution in the plates. I'm sure we have some in here who haven't been able to make a contribution

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because you haven't been approached by anyone. And surely you would like to play a big part in this occasion. So we are hoping that you will give generously.

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[ Pause ] [COUGHING] [ Pause ] [inaudible]

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I'm going to call the names of each captain and co-captain. As I call your names, will you please stand along with the other members on your team? I will also give the total amount that this particular team has turned in. I will do the first half of the teams and Sister Orens will do the second half.

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Team one, Sister Vivian Richards, captain, Bernice T. Smith, co-captain, total amount $60. There was eight on this particular team. Team number two, 10 persons participating. Stella Walker, co-captain.

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Janie Baker, captain. Total amount, $59. Team three. Oh, I'm sorry.

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This isn't working, man. Team three, eight on this team, Lucio Betts, captain, Junior Clark, co-captain, total $75.

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Team four, Marjorie Robinson, captain, Lula B. Bonner, co-captain, total number on the team, nine, nine total report $92. Team four I think I just finished that I'm sorry. Team five Johnny Y. Rice captain Dora Rambo co-captain total number ten total amount

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$95 team six Batty B. Morris captain Annie Kane co-captain nine on the team total $40 Millie McCain this is team seven Minnie McCain, captain. Benny Westbrook, co-captain.

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Six on the team, $15. Olive D. Brown, co-captain of team eight. Izella Van Dyke, co-captain. 10 members, total $52.

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Team 9, Emma Lyons, captain, Edna James, co-captain. Eight members, total $242. Mary E. Scott, Team 10, co-captain. Jo Helen Bell, co-captain, total $115.

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Team 11, LaDonia Burdett, captain. B.D. Jones, co-captain. Eight members on the team, $138. Team 12, Lula Nelson, captain.

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Lily Williams, co-captain. Eight members, total $110. Team 13, Vivian Jamieson, captain, Lily Williams, co-captain.

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Total on the team, eight, total amount of money, $90. 14, team 14, S.T. Mitchell, captain, Etta M. Franks, co-captain, 10 on the team, $115. Team 15, Lula Joe Gladys.

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Captain, Brady Williams, co-captain. Seven on the team, total $25. Laura Wilson, Team 16. Captain, Minnie E. Powell, co-captain.

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Six on the team, total $93. Team 17, Deval Wilson, captain. Lawrence Temple, co-captain. Seven on the team, $140 reported.

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18, team 18, Juanita Wilson, captain. Willie B. Manning, co-captain. Nine on the team, amount reported, $146. Team 19, Rubia Rivers, captain.

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Henry Ramos, co-captain, five members, total $3,250. Team 20, Mildred Rambo, captain, Gertrude Harris, co-captain, nine on the team, total $108. 21, Mamie Elder, captain, Alice Foster, co-captain,

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Eight on the team, $100. Bell Edmondson, team 22. Bell Edmondson, captain. Della J. Phillips, co-captain.

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Nine members, total of $47. Team 23, Elvie M. Snead, captain. Celia Pearson, co-captain. Six on the team, total $80.

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dollars. 24, Fannie Ruth Houston, captain. Dia Batts, co-captain. Seven on the team, total $100. 25, Mamie Parks, captain. Revoida Martin, co-captain. Eight on the team, total $103. dollars. Team 26 captain Nona Jones co-captain Sadie Jones number on the team seven total $12. Team 27 the know your game captain co-captain

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and Eura Overton, number on the team, $8105. Team number 28, Rose McCullough, Captain Bernice Hart, co-captain, number on the team, $8, total $72.

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Team number 29, Ray Plick, Captain Gertrude Britton, co-captain, number on the team, $8, total $160. Team 30, Marl Overton, captain. Gabbard Alexander, co-captain.

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Number on the team, 10. Total amount, $327. Team number 31, Lucille Crawford, captain. Ruth Stanley, co-captain.

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Number on the team, 7. Total amount, $7,650. Team number 32, Captain Mildred Medaris, Co-captain Frankie Locke, number on the team, nine.

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Total amount, $65. Team number 33, Austin Captain Francis Winston, co-captain, number on the team, eight. Total amount, $98.

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Team number 34, Captain Sister Ethel DePleasant, co-captain Helen Bailey, number on the team, 10. Total amount, $115. Team number 35, Valeria Warren, captain.

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Katie Hancock, co-captain. Number on team seven. Total amount, $100. Team number 36, Bernice Hammond, co-captain.

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Eunice Easley. Number on the team five. Total amount, $70. Team 37, Lillaby Jackson, captain.

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Hazel Hollins, co-captain. Number on the team, 7. Total amount, $54. Team number 38, Phil Reed, captain.

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Dorothy Malone, co-captain. Number on the team, 7. Total amount, $76. Team number 39, Gertie McGill, captain.

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Katherine Fisher, co-captain. Number on the team, 6. Total amount, $60. Team number 40, Myron Jones, captain.

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Johnny Sparks, co-captain. Number on the team, nine. Total amount, $90. Team number 41, Georgie Thomas, captain.

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Neuraly, co-captain. Number on the team, six. Total amount, $40. Team number 42, Helen Hargis, captain.

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Robbie Jones, co-captain. Number on the team, six. Total amount, $50. Team number 43, Inez Gregg, captain, co-captain,

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Ethel Mays, number on the team, 10, total amount, $45. Team number 44, Vonna Coleman, captain, Alice Warren, co-captain, number on the team, 8, total amount, $45. Team number 45, Cesaria Dunlap, captain, Gloria Washington,

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co-captain, number on the team, 5, total amount, $25. 46, Geneva Connolly, captain. Artia Owens, co-captain. Number on the team, 10.

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Total amount, $50. Team number 47, Lenora Connolly, captain. Novella Williams, co-captain. Total amount, $22.

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Team number 48, Lydia Scales, captain. Maggie Chapman, co-captain. Number on the team, nine. Total amount, $60.

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Team number 49, Mary Lou Street. Captain, Ruby Simpkin, co-captain. Number on the team, five. Total amount, $40.

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Team number 50, Lenora Waters. Captain, Barbara Wilson, co-captain. Number on the team, eight. And total amount, $90.

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I will now give you the total report. This is the financial committee's total. may vary somewhat when the big money wheel get through counting it back there in the office. We have a total of

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$4,360.96 $4,360 and 96 cents. Now the team raising the highest amount of money was number 30,

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Mart Overton, Captain, Garber Alexander, Co-Captain. Will you two stand up please and let's give them a hearty handshake.

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(audience applauding) The next heist was number nine, $242. Emma Lyons, captain, Edna James, co-captain. (audience applauding)

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The third heist, team number 29, Ray Plick, captain, Gertrude Britton, co-captain, $160. (audience applauding) We thank all of you very much.

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[SIDE CONVERSATION] Will all visitors stand, please? [Pause] The pastor and members of the Ebenezer Baptist Church are just delighted that you are here with us today.

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It is an act of love that you have shown by your generosity and giving of your time and your talents. You have certainly made our day. Because of you, we have witnessed a very beautiful occasion, spiritually,

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physically, and financially. We thank you for coming. Won't you come again? Thank you.

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(audience member speaking) (speaking off mic) [INAUDIBLE] I am anticipating things about me.

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I am the old school. I am anticipating things and things. I am having a visitor in Colorado. I am anxious for the post-partum.

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I am in Texas all day. I am one of your children. My baby brother was born when I was in college. I have missed every day that God has made me,

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that beautiful day, every day that God has made me. I commend Him for the program, and He's had me there to give me this beautiful gift. I need not thank Him for the side I'm on.

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I praise God not only as an open man, and I have shame to all my God. I thank you for giving me the opportunity. I could not stand up and tell you that I had a lot of business.

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I am a doctor. I'm a teacher. Thank you. [applause]

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We would like to thank each of you again. And to this wonderful choir, we certainly do appreciate your program, your coming to us. And we do want you to know that we have thoroughly been blessed by your music.

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Now, as the pastor comes, we, with his remarks, we will soon go to, we want all of you to remain and go to the reception in Fellowship Hall following the pastor's remarks. Sister Jones and to the women of Ebenezer, to our special guests, and to Sister Waters for this wonderful address to which we have listened this evening.

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I want to express my deep gratitude and appreciation to you, especially to the choir of Simpson Methodist Church, and for Reverend Gratton, the pastor of that church, not only consenting for the choir to come, but to take time out of his busy schedule to be here to share with us. We are grateful to all of you for your presence and for making this a great day in our church life.

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I would like for us later, Sister Jones, if you would, to tell us the team that was responsible, in addition to those we've had in the financial report, which certainly our committee fought, for those also with the attendance. You have the largest attendance present for that team before we go, and we'd like to get that information. But women of Ebenezer, you are beautiful.

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You carry on in such a noble way the great heritage of our faith, the faithfulness of Sarah, the loyalty that was manifested by Ruth, as well as the high standard of decency by Vashdive, and the kind of courageous faith that was exemplified by Esther, and the kind of spirit that you have exemplified here today, I think is certainly indicative of your carrying on in a

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wonderful way you've made this a great day thank you we love you all in answer to the pastor's request as to in answer to the pastor's request we would like to know the team that has is there a team with more members present than ten is there a team with more

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members present counting your guests and your members is there a team with more members present than nine are that many eight team 27 has eight is there a team with more than eight will team 27 stand Thank you this is the honor team but team number 11 well that's a tie.

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Oh with my guests with where those people stand in team number 11 wherever you are everybody in team 11 will you stand all of you right here. Now this is team 11 and of course you see that's more than eight that's my team but we want to congratulate you and thank each of you for coming to Sister Waters when

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Sister Waters name came up at least twice two years consecutive years and she says oh I'm not a I'm not a public speaker I said but you have something to offer in that you are still coming to us and being recommended as a speaker so I think we can all say that we have been truthfully fed on our title today

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proclaiming liberty throughout the land and we want to say to you again thank you and to Mr. brother Leon we are most grateful I don't know where he is we are most grateful to you for accepting the responsibility of presenting your wife to us today and we have deep appreciation for you sister waters may

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we now stand for the benediction oh don't forget 7 a 7 p.m. this evening we will have a panel entitled five points for the growing Christian and I'm sure each of you will get a blessing if you will be if you will be present at 7 o'clock thank you for coming brother

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pastor will you dismiss us I did hear some corrections but those of you those teens of you who will be corrected you know we are not beyond errors so don't don't be concerned about the difference in your in your total amount that will be corrected thank you. I think you had a total attendance of 220 this afternoon.

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