Vacation Bible School Faculty, 1936

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1 STANDING ON THE PROMISES: A HISTORY OF HOMINY By: Wayne T. Caldwell ( /Cl2s) ~ Rev. Nane Starnes Pastor Rev. G. Leland Royster Pastor j Vacation Bible School Faculty, 1936 L-R: Mrs. Hugh Crawford, Victoria Jarvis, Carolina Dillard, Mrs. John Bennett, Mrs. F. C. Miller, Miss Lilly Bennett, Dr. L. H. Gardner, pastor, Laurin Gardner, Mrs. Guy Merrill, 1 M r s. R o b e rt B a r n e s M.. r.s. J o h n Vl.. o m a c k, M.. r s L. H. G a r d n er.

2 STATE BAPTIST BIOGRAPHY DATA FORM Please read carefully the Instruction Sheet and then list the appropriate information :~~::~ts. ~ ~'"'" ~ ~ Give full names. For a married woman please put maiden name in parentheses. 2. BIRTH ~&!EXAMPLE~ ~ (County) (State) (Date)? DEATH --~------~~- ll e, :f d //, It/ / PARENTS_LJK.&~~~~~~~I)i.~~;::&;,~~~~'UA~~~~~'-2f-~~~ 4. BROTHERS (I ) List full names and year of birth _ (Living or deceased) Number 5. SISTERS <I) List full names and year of birth (Living or deceased) Number CHILDHOOD RESIDENCE: (Please list each residence of 3 years duration or more, up to the time of the 18th birthday) Type of Community Post Office County State Dates Rural (R); town under 2500 pop. (T); city 2500 ~r ~- ~ Ch~ck De_. ~dfe_,..,...,,,_..'!l~' R D TD c 0----~ R D TD c O Ro To co 7. EDUCATION: Grammar school: Graduate? Yes (v{" No ( High school: Graduate? Yes v(' No ( School attended: ~~~~~~~~~~L...Q~~~~!fo!:.~~~-..1;.~~-- _

3 8. SPECIAL AW ARDS OR RECOGNITION RECEIVED: (Honorary degrees, such as: D.D., Howard College, 1948; citations, such as: Who's Who in American Colleges and Universities, 1939; honorary positions, such as: "Man of the Year"-Pryor, Okla., 1943; etc.) ~ 9. MARITAL INFORMATION: Spouse Birthdate of Spouse Place of Marriage (Town and State) Date of Marriage Number of children ( J ). List their full names and birthdates: (an example of a married daughter w uld be: Mrs. John Ian (Mary Lou) Ross, ).:;_ I I 10. VOCATIONAL HISTORY (List all vocations, occupations, trades, or professions engaged in for two or more years) ~ ----<---"----''---=--==' Gen. Supt., Dept. Supt., Teacher, List below other Other Offices Director, Director, Counselor, offices or service, President Circle Chm. Sponsor, such as: Sec., (give number of years service) Leader Assoc. Supt., etc. Deacon Ch. Treas. 1==~~~~~=t=~~~~=.=F=~~~~==11==~~~~~==11 Trustee Ch. Library _ Usher Ch. Recreation S.S "'71'C...::...L-...: fl Ch. Clerk Choir Mem. Other Choir Direc. T. U. Ch. Committee Chm._ W.M.U._ t j List completed Study Course diplomas (Indicate related organizations, such ij2ijl azajl 13. DENOMINATIONAL SERVICE, UNSALARIED. (Please list positions held in Baptist associations, conventions (state or Southern), national and world-wide organizations, such as; moderator, president, clerk, trustee, board, commission or committee members; etc.) Example: S.S. Superintendent Kentucky (Positi~ (State) (Date) I -yu. f)~~,u;n~~~~~~~"--" =-.e_._ /ft/ 1-4-:J- C/!uJe <JJ.e, ;q3q_ 1 a ltz~». e.!1y-6-ti ~1Mi~ m~ ~ff==-"'~~~~- _11_,_~_. _ 12~.2- :s-t; C:)

4 14. TO BE FILLED OUT ONLY BY THOSE WHO ARE, OR HAVE BEEN, IN SAL ARIED CHURCH-RELATED VOCATIONS. (Including pastors, denominational workers, missionaries, ministers of education and music, church secretaries, faculty members or employees of Baptist institutions, agencies, etc.) TYPE AND LENGTH OF SERVICE: List all positions of such service with one or more years of duration; check F (full-time) or P (part-time). Examples: (Position) (Church, agency, area, institution, place of service) (Date of service) 16. AUTHORSHIP (Include books, booklets, lesson courses or curriculum material, and tracts) (Book, item, etc.) (Publisher) (Date published) ~ The information for items #1-19 has been filled in by~..4: -t;~~a~~:::::_1l,~~~~~ Mailing address -1..~L!_J-~]4'.L_~..;Lll~..._~~(4c.f:lJ:.~rzk &&: +--'~~~_c'l.(.sj_~o...i.<2 Sources used in compiling the information are: ( ample: personal knowledge; minutes, Calvary Baptist Church, Wisn~ou~ Records, Copiah County, Miss.; etc.) a~a- ~ /

5 20. DESCRIPTIVE CHARACTERIZATION (Please read special instruction sheet carefully and sample biographies before proceeding.) Name of person writing the above characterization P. 0. Address Return to: Name _ P. 0. Address _

6 -wood Baptist Association 1984 Annual Annual Dedicated To elwood A G. Leland Royster was born in Cleveland County, February 11, 1912 to Henry Cleveland Royster and Cleo Spangler Royster. He was married to Bernice Greene, Spartenburg, SC in 1932 who died in He later married Margaret Brineger of Cooleemee, NC. Bernice and Leland had one daughter, Rebecca Ann and two grandsons. He served in the following churches in North Carolina: Pastor, Hominy Baptist Church, Candler, Assistant Pastor, First Baptist Church Forest City, Pastor, First Baptist Church, Cooleemee, Pastor, Beulah Baptist Church, Statesville, Minister of Music and Education, Highlands Baptist Church, Hickory, Minister of Education, First Baptist Church, Burlington, Associational Missionary, Mount Zion Baptist Association, Superintendent of Missions of Haywood Baptist Association when he retired. He was a graduate of Gardner Webb College, Furman University, and S0uthern Baptist Seminary. He served on various boards of tl.e Baptist State Convention, workej with many civic groups, and after retirement served as interim and supply pastor for a number of the churches in Buncombe ciation. Baptist Asso He was called home to be with the Lord on November 22, C.H. Greene C.H. Greene was born in Jackson County, January 27, 1912 to Claude and Lena Greene. He married Mabel Sutton and they had one son Charles H. and one daughter, Claudia, and three grandchildren. He was converted at age 16 in Locust Field Baptist Church in Dillsboro, N.C. C.H. was a graduate of Sylva High School, Western North Carolina College, Fruitland Baptist Bible Institute and Mars Hill College. He did graduate work at New Orleans Baptist Seminary. He was ordained by Calvary Baptist Church, Canton, NC -in the early 1940's. He was a Baptist minister for 44 years before retiring in 1979 from Scotts Creek Baptist Church in Sylva. Rev. Greene pastored several churches in Haywood, Buncombe, Madison, Lincoln, and Henderson Counties. Greene served on the Southern Baptist Convention Home Mission Board in Washington nine years during which time he organized seventeen new churches. He was active in the Southern Baptist Convention and had served on various boards of the North Carolina, Washington and Oregon.Baptist State Conventions. The Lord called him home on A pril 17,

7 Mission Work Means Movies ONE PHASE OF THE WORK of an- associational missionary is to promote denominational projects. One me-. dium of promotion is the movie. The Rev. Leland Royster examines one of his many films stored in his office Waynesville Mountaineer Weldon: Roanoke News Wendell: Gold Leaf Farmer West Jefferson: Skyland Post Whiteville: News-Reporter Wilmington: Journal Williamston: Enterprise Windsor: Leciger-Advance Yadkinville: Yadkin Ripple Yanceyville: Caswell Messenger Zebulon Record By JACK HORAN If asked what a missionary does, most persons will describe a devoted man or woman who wages a war on poverty and heathenism from a small thatched church deep in the jungle of some remote, savage country. And if they were told that Haywood County has a missionary working here, most persons would probably wonder what his function is, Haywood does have a missionary, but he's here primarily to s e r v e the county's Baptist churches and their members. However, his role is not the same as a Dr. Albert Schweitzer in Africa. The missionary is the Rev. G. Leland Royster, who lives in Waynesville and is employed by the Haywood Baptist Association, He has a job that is quite different from most pastors or ministers. Royster has no church, no congregation, nor any authority over any Haywood Baptist Churches or other Baptis i"'c'!'lm'the s. Royster mainly is concerned with assisting, counseling, and teaching the churches' pastors and members who are affiliated with the association. Actually, he's sort of a Baptist ''County agent" whose job it is to help pastors with church organization, conduct study groups, or promote denominational activities. Baptist churches stress autonomy at the local level, and this practice is carried through to the state convention level. This.means that Baptists have little control over one another, and as a result, there's not a constant flow of information or ideas from one level to another. Just the suaalus uonoo pal SlUJ.Ia UOllOQ passo To get a better idea of Royster' s work, let's look at a typical week's schedule. On Sunday, he filled in for a pastor who was absent from his church. Wednesday night he visited at a local church. Two other nights he attended evening meetings and showed a movie at one meeting. He also handled the program at a pastor's conference, All week long the missionary gave morning devotionals on radio. However, most of his work is done at his office in the basement of his home at 213 Leatherwood Street. While his wife, Bernice, may be tidying up the house, Royster may be conferring with a pastor or running off a newsletter on his mimeograph machine. "I figure I spend about half my time in the office," he says. There he is surrounded by church literature, spools of movie film, books, and a busy telephone, A native of the Shelby area, Royster came to Haywood County December 1 of 1963 from the Mount Zion Association near Burlington. He was the associational missionary there, too. Royster has no direct "superior" and acts as sort of an executive secretary to the Haywood Association, His position is partially supported by the State Baptist Convention. His closest related worker on the state level is Dr, E, L. Spivey of Raleigh. Dr, Spivey is the Director of Missions, Several times a year Royster will attend a state conventio meeting, Although he doesn't act ually represent the Haywood Baptists at the meetings, he can reflect their thinking and advise the convention on local needs problems, A graduate of Furman University and the Southern Baptist Seminary, Royster is a member of the Lion's Club, the Exchange Club, and the National Grange among others, He's also a member of the General Board of the Baptist State Convention, Much of the missionary's work ISee Mlsionuy P ge 3B) (Continued From Page ii ls accomplished in his office at home. But he also finds time to utiltze the office to further his hobby, photography. About 15 feet beyond the door is a tree stump. Royster spreads bird seed on the stump and then retreats behind the office door where he has his camera set up. When the birds come to feed, the amateur photographer zooms in on them with his telephoto them on mm.

8 The Rev. Leland Royster, superintendent of missions in the Haywood Association is in charge of the music and worship at each session of the Summer Conference of the N. C. Baptist Superintendents of Missions meeting at Fruitland Baptist Conference Center in Hendersonville. The conference, led by E. J. Hines of Jacksonville, opened Monday night and will continue through this evening. Dr. Byrnes Coleman, professor of Bible at Wingate College, leads a period of Bible study each evening, giving a preview of the Book of Acts, which is the book that will be studied in Baptist churches in their 1975 January Bible study. His studies are planned to help the Superintendents of Missions prepare to teach the Book of Acts next January. Dr. Howard Ford, director of the Division of Missions of the Baptist State Convention, gave an address on the subject "The Relationship of the Church and the Association". He challenged all church leaders at all levels Iocal church, association, and convention, to lead the church as the body of Christ, into doing effectively the work that He has given us to do. During the business period Tony Brewington, Pembroke, and superintendent of missions in the Burnt Swamp Association, gave a report on the changes that are being proposed in the Constitution of the conference. Fred Lunsford, Truett Baptist Association, reported the excellent response of churches in. helping to relieve the results of the disastrous tornado that struck that area in April. Russell Bennett of the Southern Baptist Home Mission Board in Atlanta, Ga., had the principal message and training period on Tuesday morning, a workshop in associational strategy planning. The confererees were divided into small groups to work out a strategy of associational missions in a typical town and country association with a particular set of problems described in the strategy planning materials.... Warsaw-Faison News ~~untaineer Weldon: Roan~ Wendel/: Gold Leaf Farmer W. Jefferson: Sky/and Post Whiteville: News-Reporter Williamston: Enterprise Wilmington: Journal Windsor: Bertie Ledger-Advance Yadkinville: Yadkin Ripple Yanceyville: Caswell Messenger Zebu/on Record