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    The Northgate Park/Park View Church Partnership
    The Northgate Park/Park View Church Partnership
    The Northgate Park/Park View Church Partnership
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    The Northgate Park/Park View Church Partnership

    By Mike Little

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    : We all have determining factors in our lives. Factors that we never associated with our growth or final career always dictate where we go and what we do. My life was fully developed at Northgate Park and Park View Baptist Church. We often think that Sunday school and elementary school do not begin to educate us, but I have learned very little that I can not associate there. Think now about how your entire life is based on where you came from! Maturity simply brings worries, problems, and concerns, but the lessons we learn as "innocent" children carries us forward forever. See now how my life has been made complete in my home church and neighborhood.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMike Little
    Release dateJul 8, 2012
    ISBN9781476137957
    The Northgate Park/Park View Church Partnership
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    Mike Little

    30 years as buyer with IBM.15 years as patient specialist with Duke.Been writing since third grade in school, but I have published my first e-book on Smashwords and I have one documentary available at Amazon(Northgate Park/Park View Church Partnership). I have published 12 additional books on Smashwords and am working on a 14th one now.

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      The tone of antidotal record was warm and friendly. It was a wonderful account of Mike Little's faith Journey. The depth of the details presenting the history of Northgate Park was impressive.

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    The Northgate Park/Park View Church Partnership - Mike Little

    The Northgate Park

    Park View Church

    Partnership

    By MICHAEL C. LITTLE

    Smashwords edition

    Copyright © 2012 Smashwords, Inc. All rights reserved

    Smashwords License Statement

    This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each reader. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return to Smashwords.com and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

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    Table of Contents

    Part One

    Chapter 1 Where do I start?

    Chapter 2 Bird Park Memories

    Chapter 3 Sledding in the Bird Sanctuary

    Chapter 4 Perry Roberts

    Chapter 5 Picnicking at the Bird Park

    Chapter 6 Barfield Youth Center

    Chapter 7 Snowman

    Chapter 8 Tent Revival

    Chapter 9 Easter Egg Hunt

    Chapter 10 Reunion

    Chapter 11 Family

    Chapter 12 Dance Queen

    Chapter 13 BTU (Baptist Training Union)

    Chapter 14 Friendship

    Chapter 15 Bird Sanctuary Notoriety

    Chapter 16 Fifth Grade Dilemma

    Chapter 17 The Bride’s Program

    Part Two

    Chapter 18 Where do I go from here?

    Chapter 19 Lois White- Northgate Street

    Chapter 20 Acteens

    Chapter 21 Dart Ball Deacon

    Chapter 22 Park View Choir Ministry

    Chapter 23 Card Ministry

    Chapter 24 Benevolence

    Chapter 25 Wildflowers on Ellerbe Creek

    Chapter 26 Trunk or Treat

    Chapter 27 Cook out by Bottle Deposit

    Chapter 28 Park View Social Ministry

    Chapter 29 Sound System

    Chapter 30 Still Waters

    Chapter 31 What does the future hold for Park View?

    Chapter 32 What does the future hold for NPNA?

    PART ONE

    Where do I start?

    I never knew Frank Barfield; he died @ 1952, I think, but I owe Mr. Barfield more than I can ever repay. Mr. Barfield was a real estate auctioneer, but he loved Durham and Ellerbe Creek. In 1938 C.B.Wagoner donated the Northgate Park land to the city and in 1940, Mr. Barfield donated the land to the County of Durham where the old Jaycee little league baseball field, the tennis courts and the current Dog Walk are located.

    A group of concerned citizens began a search for a site for a Children’s Museum which was originally located at 400 W. Lavender Street. This museum moved to Georgia Avenue in 1947 and finally moved to Murray Avenue in 1958 as the state renowned Museum of Life and Science.

    As a little point of interest, do you know what the biggest complaint concerning the Museum of Life and Science is? Some people complain that evolution is not presented in the scientific light of truth by the programs and many exhibits. Personally, it conveys to me the strength of conviction of this original philanthroper and the dedicated volunteers had to their Christian heritage and principles.

    After the Children’s Museum moved to Georgia Avenue, the Lavender Street building was used as a youth center, but the constant flooding of Ellerbe Creek called this to a halt. Barfield Youth Center was then erected across the end of the Bird Sanctuary (as Northgate Park was originally known).From its erection until fire destroyed it in 1969, the families from all over Durham, but primarily the Northgate area used the facility for reunions, dinners, crafts, Youth Center activities, a summer day camp, and other family meetings, etc. Club Boulevard Elementary School was opened in 1950 and the entire post war Bird Park area blossomed.

    I grew up on Acadia Street and lived across the street from the Bird Park from 1949-1966 and I experienced every pleasure the park area could offer. The most significant thing about this time in my life was when Park View Baptist Church was formed in Barfield Youth Center in 1952. I was baptized in St. Paul’s Methodist Church in 1953 where we performed our baptisms. After that I participated in all the activities I could that were offered by the church for my age group.

    I swam in the flooded water of Ellerbe Creek in the early 50’s while my father moved his car up to Shenandoah Avenue to keep it dry. I watched the U.S. Corp of Engineers come in back in the early 60’s and correct the flooding problem. I have played in the brush and tree outcroppings planted to house birds, but this ground was so moist all the time that you could retrieve fishing worms off the top of the ground. I have invited myself to many picnics, played softball with so many friendly strangers, played football all afternoon, watched while the Jaycee field was put up, and played day camp softball on the field.

    I have seined the creek for hours on

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