Elon College, Dec. 29—An unusual event is to occur in the Elon College auditorium on the morning of January 1. So far as is known no preacher has ever preached a sermon on his 100th birthday before in North Carolina. On this day the venerable Rev. J.W. Wellons, D.D., who has been a Christian minister for more than 75 years, is to preach a sermon in the Whitley auditorium.
The college is looking forward with pleasure to greeting hundreds of Dr. Wellons’ friends on tis anniversary occasion. He has been a trustee of Elon College from the day the charter was granted, March 11, 1889, and has never missed a meeting of the board of trustees during all these years. His counsel has been invaluable, and through his prayers the administrators of the college have been greatly aided in their work. He is known far and wide as a man of prevailing prayer, and people from all over the unties States write him constantly to intercede on their behalf.
From the front page of The Concord Daily Tribune, Wednesday, Dec. 30, 1925
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