Picture of 1955 Assembly in old tabernacle....

[Mister Ed]

From the front page of a 1955 White Wing Messenger:




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[Poimen]

Kewl! That's neat to see.

Look how large that flag is! And look at the modifications that have been made to it over the years since just 55.

Very nostalgic. Thanks for sharing.

[Mister Ed]

Seeing as how the Assembly is nearing I thought it might bring back a memory or two.

[DaJudge]

Look how large that flag is! And look at the modifications that have been made to it over the years since just 55.

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What is different about it?

[soulsearcher]

Compare to this:

http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/rel-cgop.html

[DaJudge]

Compare to this:

http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/rel-cgop.html

Looks the same to me.

[Ilovebigcats]

The scepter and crown are different and the blue lines at the bottom were further apart back then... of course you know that just means God is closing the door to the kingdom and when we get to heaven the flag will have completely closed blue lines.

[Billy n NC]

I remember the old tabernacle.

That picture was taken the year I was born LOL

But the first time I went to the OT, I was about 10 or 11 years old. My mom took me and we stayed in an old ladies home about 3 blocks away. Share a room upstairs with a preacher and his wife . Had quilts for a seperation wall. Place smelled old.

I remember all the vendors etc outside. My pastor at the time saw me with my mom and asked me to come sit with him. He took me to that balcony over the stage during one of the morning sessions. I thought I was hot stuff to be that close to the stage at 11 years old.

My son who had never seen the old tabernacle just walked in . I showed him that picture and he said it looked like an old KKK meeting. LOL Oh Well.

[Poimen]

The scepter and crown are different and the blue lines at the bottom were further apart back then

Right. Also the crown was more feminine in appearance, and small. The star was huge compared to the scepter and crown. The sceptre was really long with a balled top. The blue lines were 45 degree angles, not diamond shaped.

Same basic concept, but quite a few modifications were made over the years.

That's one of the reasons I chuckle when I read TCOG-NC's statement that they fly only the original 1933 design, while purchasing and flying the modern artistically enhanced version that came to be over a series of modifications over the years.

[cndlou]

Love the photo!!! I wasn't around at this time... But I just have to wonder if as much time and effort was put into this event in time as we do now... They have just about worked me to death and I am not even employed...just a volunteer....

[paul]

I remember the old tabernacle.

That picture was taken the year I was born LOL

But the first time I went to the OT, I was about 10 or 11 years old. My mom took me and we stayed in an old ladies home about 3 blocks away. Share a room upstairs with a preacher and his wife . Had quilts for a seperation wall. Place smelled old.

I remember all the vendors etc outside. My pastor at the time saw me with my mom and asked me to come sit with him. He took me to that balcony over the stage during one of the morning sessions. I thought I was hot stuff to be that close to the stage at 11 years old.

My son who had never seen the old tabernacle just walked in . I showed him that picture and he said it looked like an old KKK meeting. LOL Oh Well.

my first time at the GA I was about 15 and I slept on a cot in the basement of the Wilwood Ave. Church...If I remember it was either $1 or $2 a nite and I ate at the makeshift stands across the street. I remember the pickup trucks behind the OST and families sleeping under them or a tent ..that was the early days of the RV parks

Awsome memories...Sitting between the old General Offices and Publishing house lineing up for the State marches. And of course every one was given that little flas to wave as we marched in.

I attended 1 and 2 nd term BTI in that building. Then we went to the Keith St. Tabernacle for our third term....OH so long agooooooooooooooooo

[PastorP]

I attended my first assembly in 1957. I have missed only 2 assemblies since then. One year I got sick after eating a 12 cent hamburger at a stand beside the Capital Office Building. Going home, dad had to stop and let me change my clothes. LOL!

I met my wife of 43 years in front of the old Publishing House in 1964. I loved her at first site! She didn't give me the time of day! I saw her the next day sitting with her friend and as I looked across the balcony, I thought, 'that is who I am going to marry." That's the truth.

G. A. Wilson was moved from NC to SC and he asked me to come to SC and evangelize. I went and Carolyn visited the revival on the second night. We had lunch on the following Saturday. About 15 months later we were married. That was 40+ years of pastoring, 2 daughters and six grandchildren ago! Wouldn't change it for anything!

[Mat]

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[soulsearcher]

I was almost born during the Assembly (two weeks after) and went to the Assembly every year from 1956 on. Assemblies in the Tabernacle on Central Avenue were AWESOME!

Yes, there was definitely a "carnival atmosphere" outside; open-air diners, snow cones, Dooley's Ice Cream!, photo booths with cheesy backdrops, shoe shine stands and musicians playing in the streets - my favorite was the steel drum band from Virgin Islands.

But the services inside were definitely the main attraction - a continuous parade of musical talent and preaching that would set the delegates on fire. Dorlan Queener and L. S. Rhodes could keep a crowd for 2 hours. The altar services were tremendous, with some of the best music of the Assemblies, inspiring me to think outside the box as an up-coming musician. I remember many nights exiting the building at 1:00 a.m.

The first thing we did when we got into town was go to the "Housing and Accomodations" booth and look through stacks of cards for rooms in private homes - or to rent an entire home for the week. I have memories of staying in old two-story houses just blocks from the Tabernacle. My grandfather would wake us up at 6:00 a.m. to get ready (6-8 people sharing one bathroom) and go to the Sunrise Service. We would then walk over a couple of blocks to the "Snack House" for breakfast.

These memories are so vivid and precious to me - I could go on and on, as many of you can. I'm thankful to have experienced that era, and for my heritage in the COGOP.

[Brenda]

Precious Memories, how they linger.

I remember staying in the tent with my Mother during the Assembly as a child..her leaving me in the care of a black sister while she went to Sunrise Service.
The snack stands etc...
Don't you think it was out siders setting those food stands up, trying to make a dollar off the delegates? (it worked)
They were close by and we all could stand to eat and have a soda. That bacon sure smelt good out there in the open!
That was before the McDonalds and all the other restaurants that are on ever corner, that we have now.