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Around 1937, [[Fred Allison Thompson]] founded an open brethren assembly in Augusta, Kennebec, southwest [[Maine]] that continues thru the present day, known as "Christians at the Gospel Hall". It was founded with five others as a breaking of bread and Sunday School.
Fred was formerly a Baptist preacher in a couple churches in nearby Sidney. He was introduced to the Brethren thru his brother [[Walter Eric Thompson]] in the 1910's, the nearest assembly at that point was [[Byfield Gospel Hall, MA]], he would drive over Saturday and break bread Sunday. By 1920 he was involved at [[Bethany Gospel Hall, ME]] in Westbrook. Words in Season 1920 obit of dad's first wife. Fred initially utilized an old Baptist church in Manchester, Maine for the assembly, then paid $500 for an unused Methodist-Episcopal church on Belgrade, where the meeting continues. One of the recent correspondents, James "Jim" P. Thompson (1938-'''2024'''), is was a son of the founder. See [https://www.khrfuneralhomes.com/obituaries/james-thompson-nov-11-2024 Jim's obit].
==Letters of Interest 1938==