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Prior to 1943Around 1938, [[Fred Allison Thompson]] founded an open brethren assembly in Augusta, Kennebec, southwest [[Maine]] that continues thru the present day. He 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 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 present correspondents, James P. Thompson, is a son of the founder.
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=History=
=AKA=
=Correspondents=
* [[Fred Allison Thompson]] +19431938-1979 (b. 1891 Revere, Suffolk, MA - d. 1982 Sidney, Kennebec, ME), employed as a mail carrier in 1940.
* James P. Thompson 1980-2020+
* Jeff Mills +2013-2020+
* Waltericks/ECS AAB's 1943-2020
* James P. Thompson 1-1-2021
* Letters of Interest 1938-3