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By 19541946, there was an open brethren assembly meeting in homes near Coldwater, Branch Co., [[Michigan]]. That yearIn 1954, it was meeting in the home of Edward "Ed" G. Dillon, southwest of Coldwater, with Sunday School meetings at the Lockwood Community Building. The assembly also hosted a radio broadcast every Sunday morning at 8:45 on WTVB Coldwater.
In 1959, a decision was made to merge the assembly with [[Lakeland Bible Chapel, MI|Lakeland Bible Chapel]] which met in nearby Quincy. The new location at that point was 124 S. Jefferson St. In the 1960's, Ed Dillon was serving as a commended worker, as per 1963-4 [[Letters of Interest]].
=Correspondents=
* E.G. Dillon, Jr. +19541946-1955+1958* Elmer Anderson +1959+
=Location History=
* home of E.G. Dillon, Jr. +19541946-1959
* 124 S. Jefferson St. 1959+
* 616 N. Main St., Tekonsha +2025
This was the childhood assembly for Evelyn Anderson, a graduate of [[Emmaus Bible College|Emmaus Bible School]], who was martyred, along with Beatrice Kosin, by Vietnamese communists in Laos in the early 1970's while on a short-term missions trip with Sam Mattix & Lloyd Oppel. See [https://www.thedailyreporter.com/story/news/2016/05/28/honoring-all-who-died-in/28415544007/ The Daily Reporter] for a 2016 retelling of the story.
Lloyd Oppel, one of Evelyn's teammates, wrote [https://www.amazon.com/Eye-Tempest-Lloyd-Oppel-ebook/dp/B078ZZ47WC Eye of the Tempest] in 2018 detailing it from his perspective. Also see the 1974 [https://www.biblio.com/9780802411709?srsltid=AfmBOoqhWHm6E3nQ0abu39mc9T_amNca9HtMtRJsugJnIfPhFdHcI7ft Captive on the Ho Chi Minh Trail] by Marjorie A. Clark. [[Letters of Interest]] did a story in Oct. 1973 on the situation that can additionally be found [https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/otabjn1p2tufwkktz61wh/October-1973.pdf?rlkey=racwuy2gb0qcnt9jrch7rssb6&dl=0 here].
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