Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1923-03-24
BUILD TABERNACLE FOR
COMMUNITY SERVICES
Small Maryland Towns Unite In
Christian Enterprise. -Worcester
Man Tells Of Good Work.

W NAs OAAOChtCyS VI ouOWcll, CIllS
county, president of the Sunday
School Association of Worcester
County, sends US a communication
Which we cheerfully publish in part,
along with the following letter:
Shovel, Md, March 10, 1928.
Worcester Democrat, Pocomoke.
Gentlemen:
It is believed by our leaders
that the circulation of propogan-
da such as is enclosed will stimu-
late activity and interest in
things religious.
Do you consider it of sufficient
news interest to justify it's publ
cation? If so it will be greatly
appreciated I will assure you.
Very respectfully yours,
o. M. SHOCKLEY.
Union Mt. Tabor Park. The Re-
formed Church of Thurmont and Luz
theran Church Of Union Bridge, Nd,
have certainly performed an unique
piece of work. They have purchased
five acres near Rocky Ridge, built a
tabernacle thereon seating 300, a re-
freshment booth and dug an aftesian
we'll, besides improving the woods and
driveways. Sunday evenings in sum-
mer, Community services are held in
the tabernacle with a visiting preach
er with a community choir of fifty
voices, accompanied by instruments.
Great audiences attend these services,
as many as 100 automobiles some
times being parked. In the afternoon
of the second Sunday Of August, each
years, there is great community
Sunday School mass meeting, while
the second Saturday in August is de-
voted to a mammoth community pic
mic, with bands, speakers and games.
Also, swings, see-saws, sand boxes,
slides and whirly-gigs have been in
troduced for the children. The park
has been electrified and is used for
agricultural meetings etc. Congratu-
lations to Rev. P. E. Heiner, pastor of
the Reformed Church and Rev. w. o.
Ibach of the Lutheran and other lead
ers in this enterprise are Charles
Prise, president of the Park board;
William Renner, secretary; Denton
Wachter, treasurer. John S. Long is
the superintendent of the Reformed
Sunday School and Harry stull Of the
Lutheran.
Cecilton. The little village of c.
clifton, which is located in the south
ern part of Cecil county, is the bust
ness and educational center of about
80 square miles of beautiful agricul-
tural country. Here the farmers come
with their milk to the creamery and
milk stations daily, attend church and
Sunday School but had no common
community center, until a community
building was erected. Under the mas
terly direction of DR.. Thomas r. Van
Dyke, pastor of lions and st. Pauls
M. E. Churches, building, 36 rs
feet, with STAGE, dressing rooms, au-
dience room large enough for basket
and volley ball, was erected at cost
of $4,000. On Sunday, sthe building
is used for Sunday School work and
on other days, basket ball, Boy
Scouts; Camp Fire Girls, Community
picnics, lectures, musicals, demonstra-
tons in fruit canning, monthly farm
ers' meeting, are among the usages to
which this building is put.
The moving picture equipment gives
r:oral pictures, as we'll as agricultural
and other instructive films. A play
81 ound for summer activities is soon
TO be added.