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Plundering in old photographs
Ech 5-9-18 Graham Comm in Shawnee
Old Graham Commissary in Shawnee. - photo by Submitted
Susan Exley
Updated: May 10, 2018, 12:37 PM
Published: May 10, 2018, 12:41 PM
Plundering in old photographs
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Effingham Sunday School Association Convention is Sunday
Ech 5-2-18 SS Convention Harry Hinely John Griner
Harry Hinely b. 1887 and John Griner are shown by the tabernacle at Sunday School Convention shortly after the Camp Ground was moved to the current location. Behind them you can see a Sunday School group and folks in wagons and buggies. Note the fence to keep livestock out of the tabernacle as fencing laws came about later in the early 1950s in Effingham. - photo by Submitted
Susan Exley
Updated: May 2, 2018, 2:18 PM
Published: May 2, 2018, 2:20 PM
The Rev. P.H. Crumpler, a Methodist, is more or less given credit for forming the Effingham County Sunday School Association. It is said that at the close of Methodist Camp Meeting, he expressed a desire to invite other churches and Sunday Schools to join together for a meeting. The first Convention of the Effingham County Sunday School Association was held on Wednesday, May 28, 1879, at the Methodist Campground.
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