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Annual Meeting 2025
143rd Annual Meeting Episcopal Church Women,Diocese of North Carolina Saturday, November 15, 2025, 9 AM – 3:30 PM The Station at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church875 W. 5th St. Winston-Salem NC 27101 Special Guest: Lisa Bortner President, National Episcopal Church Women Sharing her vision for… ECW Reimagined! National ECW is a churchwide organization dedicated to empowering Episcopal…
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St. Agnes’ Hospital received a gift of $500 from her estate
By the terms of the will of the late Miss Eliza A. Pool, St. Agnes’ Hospital received a gift of $500 from her estate. Miss Pool, who was active in the educational and civic life of Raleigh for 45 years, was a great friend of St. Agnes’ Hospital, and of Mrs. A. B. Hunter, one…
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All of the members are good North Carolinians by adoption, but to call the parish roll sounds like a parade of states
Thirty-eight states and four foreign countries are represented in the present membership of St. Mary’s Church, High Point, where the Rev. Howard S. Hartsell is rector. All of the members are good North Carolinians by adoption, but to call the parish roll sounds like a parade of states. The President of the Auxiliary is from…
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Appointment of Miss Roxana Riddle as Parish visitor under the United Offering
The following facts in regard to the present work may be worthy of mention: (1) A visit in one month by Miss Kate Cheshire in December. (2) Mission by Rev. A. R. Berkeley, of Mayodan, in March. (3) Appointment of Miss Roxana Riddle as Parish visitor under the United Offering. (4) Securing of a rented…
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The young ladies carry their Red Cross knitting and also work on surgical dressings and other hospital supplies
At the last regular meeting of St. Katharine’s branch of the Auxiliary, in Tarborough, it was suggested that some special patriotic work should be undertaken, and so every Monday evening is devoted to that purpose. The young ladies carry their Red Cross knitting and also work on surgical dressings and other hospital supplies. And because…
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An Easter gift
The Guild has been very active and zealous. In addition to the regular offering for Thompson Orphanage, it donated a box of clothing and other useful articles, valued at $25, re-shingled the church at the cost of $74.85, insured it, and presented the Rector with an Easter gift. (Source: The Rev. Louis Hector Schubert, Parochial…
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There is now on hand enough gold for a chalice
Mrs. George Alston, chairman of the Treasure and Trinket Fund, reports that there is now on hand enough gold for a chalice and asks that gold be sent to her for a paten. This Communion Service is to be given to the new Church for the Deaf to be erected in Durham, the “Advance Work”…
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The scholarship would now be named for Lex Mathews
[NOTE: In his November 26, 1985 memo to Diocesan Council Lex Mathews attached background information for the “Women’s Issues Task Force’s Diocesan Scholarship for Women 35 and Older.”] At the January 3, 1986 meeting the Task Force had a sad event to discuss. The Rev. Lex Mathews had died in December, victim of a faulty…
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The Lex Mathews Scholarship Committee demonstrated its faith in my potential with an offer of financial help
I recently wrote to previous recipients for their comments about how the scholarship has affected their lives. Here is an excerpt from one woman’s letter: When one has been out of school for several years and has been working in a dead-end, low-paying job, depression and self-depreciation find a secure home. The Lex Mathews Scholarship…
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FRANCES BARR CARGIILL
b. October 9, 1920 by Laurel Cargill Radley, Cathedral of St. Peter and St. Paul (Washington National Cathedral), 2013 Frances Barr Cargill celebrated her ninetieth birthday at the Macon County Historical Society Museum. Outside, the front window displayed artifacts and photographs related to Frances’ life, many objects older than she. But inside, the celebration focused…
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He had the gift of not taking himself or others too seriously, while he took God’s commands and promises very seriously
A memory of the early years of board meetings of the Chapel Hill Drug Action Committee: I remember feeling frustrated and discouraged at the monumental task of providing services for homeless runaways or kids on drugs, and having Lex [Mathews] answer me with booming laughter. He had the gift of not taking himself or others…
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