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Methodist, Baptist, United Brethren, and Christians
organized the Red Hill Methodist Church. The circuit preacher only
held services one Sunday a month with other denominations holding
services on the other Sundays.
Probably all preachers received the traditional "Pounding"
with canned goods, baked goods and garden produce. Red Hill was
a very generous community. The preacher and his family always had
Sunday dinner with a member's family.
Red Hill was on the Vigo Park Circuit except for a few times on
the Tulia Circuit. The 1944 Annual Conference report showed Red
Hill with ten active members and three inactive members. The last
Conference report on record mentioning Red Hill was the Conference
held Feb. 2,1947.
In an election held March 29, 1947 it was voted to consolidate
many of the small schools and Red Hill
was one of these. Knowing that the school building, also serving
as a church, would be
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removed the Red Hill Methodist church disbanded
and most of the members moved their membership to Vigo Park.
By Mary M. McClurg
VIGO PARK BAPTIST CHURCH
On Feb. 9, 1896, the Baptist Church was organized as
the Milo Baptist Church at Milo schoolhouse in Briscoe County. Brother
and Mrs. J. B. Cope, and Mr. and Mrs. E. G. Knight, were charter
members, with Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Malone being received a month later.
Brother Cope was called as the first pastor on
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