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children have suffered abuse and discrimination from other children
or from teachers because they do not observe Christmas, New Years,
Easter, or take part in Valentine or Halloween exercises, and
because they are kept out of school during GOD'S festivals.
I think more than a dozen families have expressed the
intention of moving to this locality to put their children in this
new school of our own, just as a result of that one letter I wrote
out Co-Workers. This assures enough to organize a local church---
God's own church---at this place. Also we are now graduating
enough qualified, competent, God-called students at the college to
be able to supply a permanent pastor for a church at this place,
beginning by the Fall of next year. I feel sure now that there
will be a minimum of twenty or thirty families---perhaps many more
---who will move there.
This makes the project of far greater importance than
when we looked upon it, at first, as merely a place for an annual
conclave every Spring at the Passover time and Festival of
Unleavened Bread. On my second trip to Gladewater about a month
ago I did not close the deal for the two strips of property
adjoining the property which Buck Hammer offers to donate. First
one owner raised the price $2,000.00 over his original agreement,
and then the second owner even after accepting a check, demanded
$2,100.00 more. Meanwhile I learned there are several places in
this part of the State which are ideally suited to our purpose, and
decided to wait until we could thoroughly investigate other
possible sites. I do not feel we should let people literally hold
us up, because we are God's people---and I did not feel like
throwing away an additional $4,000.00 of God's money, after both
owners had made an agreement at a fair price. We are now on our
way again, with our own car, to look at all possible other sites.
We will remain in or near Gladewater long enough to complete the
transaction. And I am informed by the Hammers that these people
are rather sick of the deal they tried to get away with, and now
wish they had closed the deal as they originally agreed---so, it
is possible we may yet purchase these properties---but only at the
originally agreed-price.
I feel that the response on SPECIAL contributions for the
purchase of these properties was very fine, considering I had only
sent out the one letter about it. That is, it started off
splendidly, the first three weeks. But since it has dropped to a
tiny trickle, and we have a third or fourth of what we shall need.
I was especially pleased that our Co-workers from all over the
United States, even up and down the Pacific Coast who will
probably never go to Gladewater or benefit personally from it, put
in special contributions for this purpose. Most of this came in
small amounts, which showed how much it counts up when a large
number of people get back of a thing, even with small offerings.
Of course several sent in $100.00 or more but I believe only one
as much as $200.00---.
To date, about $4,000.00 has come in for this project.
WE MUST RAISE THE REST OF IT WITHIN 60 DAYS. Surely there are at
least two or three among all our Co-workers who can put
contributions of $1,000.00 or more into this great project. Right