https://johnsonvilleschistory.org/files/original/c1635103df7bc459cd4408418218ecbc.pdf c921c02755a369292832836db86a8916 PDF Text Text • - • • • • • - • • • . The new pastor of St. Paul's Presbyterian Church in Hemingway. The Rev. James T. Stephen, Sr., and his family have moved into the church manse and are already .hard at work and about to be settled, in that order, according to the minister. Rev. Stephenson is a native of Monticello, Arkansas where he attended public schools, graduating from Arkansas A. & M College, now the University of Arkansas. He came to Erskine Theological Seminary in Due West, S. C. to study the ministry. He has served pastorates in Wrens, Ga.; Winston Salem, N. C.; Rock Hill, S. C.; Little Rock, Ark.; Cape Canaveral, Fla.; Charlotte, N. C. ; and • Burlington, N. C. For ten . years he served on the Board of Foreign Missions of the Associate Reform .Presbyterian Church, serving as chair1nan and secretary, . during which time he traveled to P~instan twice and to Mexico in matters related to that work. He has been mPderator for three different Presybteries during his years of ministerial work and has served on the Board of Trustees of the Children's Home and also Bon Clarken Assembly Grounds, also working on the committee to establish a home for the aged a and the Board of Christian EHbcatioli. Rev. Stephenson is married to tHe former Opal Leigh Baston, a graduate of S. C. Ba"1st HospJtalJn .Colufubia and a registered nurse. Trhey liave ·three children, James T. (~001) Stephenson, 'J~.• 21, presentlI employed at . Mar.kell Pr.inting Company in Burlington, N. C.; daughter Rachel Leigh, 19, and a rising sophomore at Montreat Anderson College, Black Mountain, N. C.; and daughter Ruth, 12, a 6th grade student at Hemingway Middle School. Rev. Stephenson sees a challenge in bis new pastorate, and says he ~lieves with the dedication of many of the people and the guitiing hand of the Lord, he and the congregation will move forward. He said.he already .likes the area and finds the people t~ be most friendly. . . . . ' I • # ~~-- · ---- • • • � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Weekly Observer Description An account of the resource The Weekly Observer was published out of Hemingway, SC from 1973 until printing ceased in 2012. The paper continues as an e newpaper on scnow.com Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1973-2012 Subject The topic of the resource Local Newspaper covering the Johnsonville and Hemingway communities. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available The Weekly Observer Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource New Manse Family WO 5-11-78 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available The Weekly Observer News Newspaper Weekly Observer