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Description
The 1949 meeting of the Kings Mountain Baptist Association took place at Beaver Dam Baptist Church, Calvary Baptist Church, and Dover Baptist Church in Shelby, NC. The introductory sermon was delivered by Jesse Blalock.The General Board of the Association recommended that a committee be formed to investigate the purchase or building of a home to function as primary location for the Association. The Temperance and Public Morals report stated that the Dry Forces of North Carolina were successful in their efforts to impede liquour sales in North Carolina, despite the ABC's efforts to increase the number of wet counties in the state. The report on World Relief continued to address recovery from WWII.
Circa Date
1949, October 20
Location
Shelby Calvary Baptist Church
Keywords
NC Baptists, Baptist History, wet counties, dry counties, World Relief, World War II, WWII, Second World War, World War Two
Disciplines
Arts and Humanities | Christian Denominations and Sects | Christianity | History | Religion
Recommended Citation
Kings Mountain Baptist Association Collection, Minutes of the Kings Mountain Baptist Association, 1949. Series 1, Box 5, University Archives, Gardner-Webb University, Boiling Springs, NC.