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In 1976 school fundraising meant a child being handed inventory and sent out to sell it. A carton of candy bars, an order form, a price list and…
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In 1972 a church social meant forty families each arriving with one covered dish, set down on a trestle table among all the others, with no list of…
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In 1973 Vacation Bible School took a full week of the summer - five weekday mornings, three or four hours at a time, free.
The hall was built…
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You Went Whether Anybody Else Did or Not
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The detail that surprises people now is how many children attended without their families.
A great many parents…
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The Name Meant Something Literal
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Homecoming was not originally about the students. It was about the people who had left.
The point was to bring alumni…
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The parlour, the ribbon on the door, and the one thing no business ever took over. Here are ten.
1. Before the Funeral Home Existed, All of This…