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The pretty, prim New
England meeting house located
south of Hemingway, and west
of Highway 41-51, just below the
Black Mingo river bridge, was
built in 1842 by a prosperous
merchant
and
planter,
Cleveland Belin.
Especially interesting and
unique in the building,
commonly known as 'Old Belin
Church,' is a rul'.lning series of

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scripture text along the.
cornices, indide and out, and
with lovely inevitibility of
'Come Unto Me Ye That Labor'
over the front
door. ~---.....

minister.
,___ prop~~ty of the Willi
The church yard, with its Baptist Association.
grave stones
of both are conducted there
landowners and slaves, takes Sunday, with the ne1
one back in history and really scheduled for
helps one relate to the past. September 29. Vario\
Another interesting aspect of Written in detail, some of the of the Association
the building ~ is the very tall
grave stones almost give the conducting the se
pulpit ropped by a tall reading deceased' s biography.
which the public is
invited.
The church is - now
the
desk, so built, so that the black
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Woodberry Completes Exerci
IJlight be better able to see the
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Pvt.
Helbert
Pvt. Woodberry
Tl1e ()Id chu1·ch, 1·icl1 i11 l1isto1·ical sig11ificance, stands
Woodberry, son of Mr. and Mrs. classroom instructi
Lawrence Woodberry of · part in training
vigil ove1· the deceased la11dow11e1·s a11d slaves who are
Hemingway has completed a designed to provide
bu1·ied i11 the ce1nete1·y. It was 11ecessa1·y to erect a fence
field skills training course at working knowledJ
a1·ou11d the p1·ope1;ty whe11 va11dalis1n became such a
the
Marine
Corps
Base,
Camp
military
job
special
-p1·oble111 a few yea1·s a
.. Le.Jeune, N.C.
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