Mt. Vernon Optic-Herald (Mount Vernon, Tex.), Vol. 101, No. 16, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 1, 1976 Page: 2 of 8
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Malawi Persecutes Witnesses
Thousands of Christians are
now under brutal presecution in
Malawi,” declared Sewell
Rhea, presiding overseer of the
Winnsboro Congregation of
Jehovah’s Witnesses. "Starting
August 19, 1975, more than
34,000 Jehovah’s Witnesses
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Second Clau Poatage Paid at Mount Vernon. Texas
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All errors and misstatements appearing in the Mount Vernon Optic-Herald will be
corrected when, and if called to the attention of the editor
No charge is made (or publication of notices of church aervices or other public
gatherings where no admission is charged Where admiaakm la charged or where
goods or wares of any kind are offered for sale, the regular advertising rate will be
applied
The Mounl Vernon Oplic Herald reserve, the right to reject advertising at Its
discretion
Relax and en|oy the New
Year by having adequate
insurance to protect you
from serious financial loss.
All of us at Knox Insurance
wish you a Happy Hew
Year
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homes of Jehova’s Witnesses in
six villages, demanding they
buy party cards. When they
refused, the youths stole all
their belongings, subjected
them to terrible beatings and
urinated on the supply of flour
that these refugees had brought
with them, making it unfit for
food. In other locations the
Witnesses were stripped naked,
their hair burned off their
bodies with torches and beaten
until blood came out of their
mouths and noses. This
happened at Chimasongwe
village in Lilongwe under the
direction of the local chairman.
of the' Youth League, Mr.
Chipukupuku, while the attac-
kers were urged on by local
women members of the League
of Malawi Women. •
Because no one‘will accept
them, rhany Witnesses have
been forced to wander in the
cities by day, sleeping in
nearby forests at night.
Upward of 4,800 fled to
neighboring Zambia, but re-
ports just received say they
were repatriated to Malawi by '■
force.
Dr. H. Kamuzu Banda, Life
President of Malawi, recently
instructed the Malawi police to
rourid up adult Jehovah’s
Witnesses and put them in
detention camps. The children
are being left behind either to
stay with relatives or fend for
themselves. The government
order applies this even to
nursing infants. The police
have ruthlessly executed this
order. Whole congregations ok
Witnesses, men and women,
have been rounded up and put
in detention to further pressure
them into buying political party
membership cards and to
prevent flight from Malawi,
according to the latest reports.
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RONALD DALE LAWRENCE
BILLY REX LAWRENCE
OWNERS
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Mt. Vernon
Party.” Soon roads in the north
and central regions of Malawi possessions of the Witnesses
were filled with Jehovah’s and drove them from the
Witnesses on their way back to village,
their home villages.
In some instances the
Witnesses were allowed to
enter their villages and take up
We We/come
occupancy of houses they
abandoned in 1972. However,
in most cases Youth Leaguers
soon called to ask if they were
prepared to buy political party
cards. Referring to Jesus’
example of political neutrality,
the Witnesses refused. Imme-
accord. The Malawi Congress diately beatings, rapings and
Party is still in power in this other atrocities began again
country. Goback to your home and many were driven from
refugees to Mozambique in 1972 villages and cooperate with the their homes. In Kanchenche six
because of severe presecution party officials.” Then, refer- Witness women were all raped
were forced to return to Malawi ring to the members of the by several men. In Sosola
and now experience brutal League of Malawi Youth, he village a group of men and
ring to the members of the
League of Malawi Youth, he
presecution again. All of this is said: "My boys are here to see women, including the local
because of their refusal to join that you do cooperate with the Member of Parliament, Mr. ,
a political party.” — Party.” Soon roads in the north Elson Muluzi, seized the
Rhea said he had received a
report from N.H Knorr at the
Brooklyn Headquarters of
Jehovah’s Witnesses. Knorr
said that when a group of
Jehovah’s Witnesses arrived at
the Malawi border, the Minis-
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Mrs. Barbara Arrington and
Pam Bailey of St Louis visited
their grandmother, Mrs W.H.
Arrington, Jr., during the
holidays.
Visiting Mr. and Mrs. James
Baugh during the weekend
were Weldon Baugh, Pat Isbon
and Tommy of Dallas and Mr.
and Mrs. Leonard Brooks of
Bogata
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Tuesday— Oven fried
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Wednesday—Tamales in chili because of food shortages.
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Bass, James T. Mt. Vernon Optic-Herald (Mount Vernon, Tex.), Vol. 101, No. 16, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 1, 1976, newspaper, January 1, 1976; Mount Vernon, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1281457/m1/2/?q=%22%22~1: accessed June 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Franklin County Library.