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Smithville 1947

Ohio Rt. 5, one mile east of Smith

ville, Ohio.

3. Gerald C. Studer 4. David Eshleman 5. 167

6. For early history see Oak Grove

Pleasant Hill District, Oak Grove, and

Pleasant Hill.

Snow Hill 1953

Md. Rt. 113. Two and one-half miles north of Snow Hill, Md.

3. Omar Stoltzfus

4. Omar Stoltzfus

5. 43

6. In 1950 two Mennonite families moved into the community and began attending Holly Grove Church, Westover, Md., twenty miles away. Seeing a spiritual need in the local community, they were instrumental in creating interest which resulted in the work at Snow Hill. Congregation at Snow Hill became officially organized in 1953. The Conestoga Church, Morgantown, Pa., assisted in the work here.

Sonnenberg 1819

Township Rd. 188 east of Kidron Rd., south of U.S. Rt. 30. Apple Creek, Ohio.

3. John Lehman

4. Louis Amstutz, Ray Himes

5. 196

6. This Swiss congregation had no conference affiliation before joining the Virginia Conference in 1952. In 1936, three hundred thirty members withdrew and formed the present Kidron Church. In 1955 a group of members with Minister Lester D. Amstutz withdrew and formed the Bethel Church, Kidron, Ohio, an unaffiliated congregation.

Southmost 1965

536 N. W. Second St., Florida City, Fla.

3. J. LeRoy Sheats

4. J. LeRoy Sheats

5. 12

6. Began as a self-supporting work in October 1964; moved into an old Free Methodist meetinghouse in Febuary 1965. Guidance from T. H. Brenneman of Bay Shore Church at Sarasota, Fla.

Smithville. Smithville. Ohio

Southmost. Florida Cites. Fla. Sonnenberg. Apple Creek. Ohio