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SERVING THE LIBERTY, STALEY, JULIAN, CLIMAX AND SNOW CAMP AREA
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Royal Harmonizers
Story Continues ...50thAnniversary
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The Liberty Leader
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Randy Hand
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1955 Class Reunion
55 years later... theywalk the same halls..
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On August 28, 2010, I was blessed to be able met theRoyal Harmonizers on their 50 Anniversary. The day before I was across the street at Hurricane Jane’ssinging karaoke. My friend , Nat and I went for awalk not knowing that the LORD had a plan for us.Nat turns as we are about to pass the Grand Garden( formally known as Fiddler’s Cove) and withsuspicion was looking through the window and said,“What’s going on in there”. Not knowing what hewas talking about , I moved closer. As I lookedthrough the window at the children of GOD movingto the joyful sound arising out of the speakers, theHoly Spirit within urged me to get closer. Natthought I was crazy as I pulled on the doors hopingto break free the sound. “ Thank you Jesus”, I said asthe door flew open with only one good pull. As Iwalked in , my soul began to rejoice as the songswere being sung. Standing by the stage the enemyspoke saying, “ You don’t need to be in here, theirgoing to think your crazy.” Then I replied, “I amcrazy and crazy enough not to care what peoplethink”. Just then a sweet lady, Clara Shoffner, cameover and greeted my brother and I with open arms.Talking with her, we soon found out that the
Royal Harmonizer
, the gospel group, have been togetherfor 50 long years. Seeing the family on stage had methinking back on the times when my brothers and I ,had our gospel group called the Hopson Brothers. Ithought back on what I was taught, to do unto othersas you would want them to do unto you. I could notallow twenty five dollars stand in the way of mereceiving a blessing. We left with what I would callthe GOLDEN TICKET.
Royal Harmonizers
,
I
pray
that
GOD
will
keep
using
you
all
to
spread
the
gospel
of
Jesus
Christ
.
Now
I
leave
the
night
of
the
event
to
Kevin
Bowman
.
For
you
see
,
we
both
received
such
a
blessing
that
night
we
both
wanted
to
share
our
thoughts
.
You
can
read
more
about
the
Royal
Harmonizers
and
their
Pre
- 50
th
Anniversary
Celebration
on
page
. 2
Story
By
Miles
Lee
Hopson
The Royal Harmonizers 50th Anniversary
David Garvin
New writer...meet himand read his first story
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IN S IDE
T H E N E W L I B E R T Y L EA D E R
Congratulations
Royal HarmonizersOn Your 50th Anniversary
Keep On Signing God’s Praises!!From The Liberty Leader Newspaper
Miles Hopson
New face helping withthe Liberty Leader ... get to know him
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Liberty Showcase
See the pictures of theRe-opening of thetheater
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M u c h M o r e I n s i d e
THE LIBERTY LEADER
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The RoyalHarmonizers
As Miles mentioned, we both eagerlywanted to put our thoughts intowords. There is so many, I do noteven know where to begin. The night began with family and friendspassing through the doors of buildingthat Saturday night to here laughterand smiles at every turn. The groupwas overwhelmed at the people thatshowed up at the door withouttickets in had to be part of thememorial night. Randy Shoffnercould not turn one away, so the nextthing you know the buffet was takendown so the tables could be used fordining tables. People slide closertogether as to make room for one andall. The thing that jumped out to methrough out the entire night was anaspect I know our Great Lord loved.You see the greatest of allcommandments is to Love. That iswhat the Royal Harmonizers andtheir family did. They loved oneveryone in the room, but it did notstop there. You see this was theirnight to shine, since it was their 50thanniversary, but what did they do?They put on the servant role. Theywere more worried about everyonegetting a place to eat, making surethey had refills, making sure theirtables were cleared and the list goeson. A servants heart... that is whatGod wants from his children andthey set a great example to live by. The night continued with atrue man of God lifting HIM onhigh. That would be master of ceremony, Rev. Michael K Storm.He helped create an environmentfor the Holy Spirit to move thatnight. The Price Family of Asheboro opened up the singingwith great singing. Followed TheSons Of Soul from Burlington.The night also was highlighted by recognizing several specialguest. A tribute to A J Shoffner,the father that started the wholeRoyal Harmonizers. The mosttouching night for me was when thechildren called their mom, ClaraShoffner on stage to present her withflowers and a thank you for always being at all their events, always beingtruthful with them and mostly being a woman of God. TheLiberty Mayor, Jim Parker,presented the group with a letterfrom NC Governor Perduethanking them for all the years of service. The Liberty TownManager, Roger Davis, presentedthe group a proclamation fromthe Town, stating that October10th would be the official RoyalHarmonizers Day in Libertyfrom this year on. Randy askeddid that get him out of speedingtickets with a chuckle. Thisgroup did deserve this greathonor. I am so thankful that Godhas allowed me to get to knowthe family for they are a true blessing to me and several othersin our great community. So whatis the history behind this group?The quartet was organized in1960 under the leadership andvision of late A J Shoffner. Thequartet was originally named theSpiritual Jubilees and later changedtheir names to the RoyalHarmonizers on their firstanniversary. Their ministry is stillvery much alive, honoring thewishes of their father, brother,husband and friend, Brother A J tokeep the quartet together. They singin and around the state of NCsharing the good news of Jesusthrough song. Today they give Godall the honor and glory for allowingthem the opportunity to be used byHim. It is their prayer that Godwould glorify and that through theirministry, men and women wouldaccept God as their Lord and Savior.
Story By Kevin Bowman
Story Courtesy Of Liberty Chamber
THE LIBERTY LEADER3
A New Change
HURRICANE JANES
is located in DowntownLiberty at 161 S Greensboro St. On FridayNights starting at 8:00 p.m. there is live musicand karaoke. Get away from the stress of theweek by coming out to have fun, and fun youshall receive. I love the beach and at Hurricane Jane’s you would think you stepped out the backdoor and there you were. On the outside there isa replica of a board walk with running water, ahuge painting of a beach from the waves to theshore line. Talking about the beach have youever had a shrimp burger? You probably arewondering what’s a shrimp burger? A shrimpburger is acalabash stylepopcorn shrimp,comfortablenestled betweentwo soft buns,and our choiceof cold coleslawor crisplettuce....Ummmmm ( Thats slap your momma good ?;-)
On a Hot day stop by and enjoy a ice cold beverage... See you there soon I hope.
Story
By
Miles
Lee
Hopson
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