Church celebrates 180 years of history

White Cloud Presbyterian Church and Cemetery will celebrate its 180th anniversary on Sunday. The church also recently made it on the National Register of Historic Places.
White Cloud Presbyterian Church and Cemetery will celebrate its 180th anniversary on Sunday. The church also recently made it on the National Register of Historic Places.

Mabel Fischer, 92, has many memories of time spent at White Cloud Presbyterian Church.

She remembers going to Sunday School there, being baptized at the church, her mother playing the piano for service, and playing between the pews with the other children (one who later became her husband). Fischer and her husband, Marvin, were caretakers of White Cloud for many years. Both originally from the area, they moved around some but always came back to Callaway.

"We always held our church in our hearts," Fischer said.

This marks the 180th year of the church's establishment.

To help the tornado-stricken people of Dumas and surroundings, donations can be made to the Delta Area Disaster Relief Fund, care of the Delta Area Community Foundation, P.O. Box 894, Dumas, AR, 71639, or through the Arkansas Community Foundation, 700 S. Rock St., Little Rock, AR, 72202.