Throwback Thursday

Throwback Thursday

What does a parish do when it’s got the flock, but not enough church? Back in 1960, a Burlington parish went mobile. When this April 13, 1960 photo was taken, Rev. Clifford Chadwick was watching workmen setting up the first unit of a new portable Episcopal church in time for first services Easter Sunday in Burlington. The mobile church built in Acton was designed to aid communities that had overrun their regular church facilities. When a permane…

Throwback Thursday: April 6

News from around Johnson County as reported on April 6 in the pages of the Daily Journal and the Franklin Evening Star from the last 111 years. On this day in 1994, the main story in the Daily Journal was about the city of Franklin’s tree program, and its upcoming 1,000th planting. The city’s Tree Board, a body that guides the planting and maintenance of trees along city streets, was preparing to plant its 1,000th tree on West King Street near P…