A continuation of Michael Beach's remembrances of our family and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at the request of my sister Crystal.
Earlier I wrote about attending the branch in Sunbury, then the early formation of the Berwick Branch. We rented building space each Sunday in a local court building. Beyond what I wrote earlier, I really don’t remember more about the courthouse.
Eventually the church purchased a property to the south of Berwick. It was an old schoolhouse in the countryside. It sat on several acres. There was a small stream that ran down one side, and the property was surrounded by hay fields. Behind the building was a small parking lot. Most of the property was an open grass field with a ball diamond on it. We made good use of that for sure. Along the one side I noted there was a stream. It had trees up and down both sides and we often played in it. There was a road immediately in front of the building, and at the far back side of the property was a small strip of woods that separated it from the next farm behind us. A separate creek ran through these woods and joined up with the one to the side of the property.
The young men organization regularly camped in the woods at the back of the field. One of the camps I remember everyone forgot salt, so our food was not the best. We joked how we were in agony. That was enough for all of us to suddenly dub the woods Camp Agony. The name stuck for the whole time we were there. I don’t know if it persists.
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