Wilson Daily Times, 9 November 1935.
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- Saint John A.M.E. Zion
- Elfreda Sandifer — Sandifer was a Gaston County native who migrated to New York City, where she worked as a music teacher.
- Hartford Bess
concert
A beautiful and colorific musical at the Ritz Theatre.
Williams’ singers at the Globe.
Wilson Daily Times, 14 November 1921.
The NAACP’s Crisis magazine briefly mentioned the Johnson-Taylor-Johnson trio in December 1920:
Clipping courtesy of J. Robert Boykin III.
Concert at the Community Center.
Wilson Daily Times, 13 November 1946.
Acclaimed African-American tenor Emanuel Mansfield and Native American pianist Robert Evans appeared in concert at Reid Street Community Center in November 1946. Henry Ellis Post Number 17 of the American Legion sponsored the event. Tickets were available at Wade’s Shoe Shop, 533 East Nash Street, Wade M. Moore, proprietor.
Saint Mark’s organist honored at concert.
Wilson Daily Times, 27 February 1971.
“Mrs. Wilton Maxwell (Flora Clark) Bethel, church organist of St. Mark’s [Episcopal] Mission since 1930, will be honored Sunday for her faithful years of service during the 5 p.m. concert featuring the St. Augustine’s College choir.
“Mrs. Bethel served as a student organist for the Raleigh school during the worship services at the college chapel.
“From 1932 to 1964, Mrs. Bethel was employed in the Wilson city schools system where she furthered the use of her musical talents. For many years, she was the musical assistant for the Darden School Choir.
“In addition she has taught private classes in piano and organizing for a number of students in the Wilson community, while at the same time serving as organist for the St. Mark’s Mission. Mrs. Bethel’s contribution to music at St. Mark’s Mission will be recognized during the concert by the St. Augustine’s choir, which is said to be a tribute to all the makers of music to the greater glory of God.”
They possess much musical talent.
Wilson Advance, 18 June 1880.
Greensboro North State, 24 June 1880.
The “four blind colored children born in Wilson” who toured North Carolina in 1880 may be a set of the Williamson children who performed in Atlanta to great acclaim in 1885. I have been unable to identify their birth family.