I remember when Rev. Herbert
Morgan, pastor at the East Thomaston
Baptist Church, set up a P.A. system in his
car. He placed large speakers on top of the
car and rode around the streets of
Thomaston playing music and inviting
people to church for revival. He was sure
to be at one of the mill gates at shift-
changing time. The church would be filled
with people on Sunday morning.

I remember when Rev. Morgan
suggested to Mr. Doug Reeves, Chief of
Police, that the policemen who directed
traffic during funeral processions remove
their hats and place them over their hearts.
This practice is still followed, and many
continue to commend it.

I remember when Rev. Morgan would
have tent revivals. They always drew a
large crowd. He located his tent at various
places: Five Points, Avenue L., McEachem
Subdivision on Bamesville Highway,
Lincoln Park and Highway 19 South near
Butler. Mr. Walter Baker, who was a taxi
driver, stopped at the Five Points meeting
and was saved.   He was later called to
preach, and went back to his home in
Arkansas to pastor a church there.

Back in those years there was a vacant
lot near where Marvin Adams Appliance
Store is now located.   A flamboyant
Pentecostal preach "r by the name of Rev.
Eskau came in and put up a revival tent. He
always wore a long white robe when he
preached. He was such a success that some
of the people erected a large wooden
tabernacle on the hill behind the store.
People of all denominations went to hear
him. Many Pentecostal women of that era
did not cut their hair or wear short-sleeved
dresses. One night I was there during a
testimony service. Several women testified
about their long hair. Mrs. Bertha Creamer,
a Baptist, stood and said, "I am glad that the
glory of the Lord is in my heart and not in
my hair."