Protracted, Brush Arbor and Camp Meeting  In the rural areas of
Crittenden County, Kentucky in the 1920s the Church was the hub
of social life.   Protracted meetings or revivals were held
every summer.   Almost every church in the area held one.  
There was Bible school for children in the morning, singing for
adults in the afternoon and every night the visiting minister
preached to a packed house.   He spent the week with one of the
families of the Church, but was invited to different homes for
noon and night meals.   Almost everyone in the community
attended these services no matter what their denomination.  
Mama, a Baptist, invited visiting ministers from all
denominations to eat at our house during their meetings.  As she
was an excellent cook, everyone enjoyed eating at her table.
Mama told us the story about a visiting minister and my brother,
John, when he was about eight years old.   Back then, when we
had company, guests and adults got to eat at the first table.  
Children had to wait to eat at the