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Church activities in Pilot Point (1920)

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Title
Church activities in Pilot Point (1920)
Description
Professor Love, also a preachers is campaigning to build a brick school house for the African American children in Pilot Point. Rev. W.H. Varner preaches in Lewisville, who normally preaches at County Line Baptist. Rev. Varner attends a meeting at the Denton masonic lodge. This demonstrates that African American preachers in Pilot Point performed several duties besides preaching and were engaged in activities outside their immediate community.
Date
1920-01-17
Source
The Dallas Express (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 27, No. 15, Ed. 1 Saturday, January 17, 1920, newspaper, January 17, 1920; Dallas, Texas. (texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth278295/m1/4/?q=%22W.P.%20Huntley%22: accessed April 25, 2018), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, texashistory.unt.edu; .
Subject
church
school
masonic lodge
traveling
W.P. Huntley