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Article: Good old days in Mount Joy
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- Sunday News Lancaster, PA
- Article date:
- March 10, 2002
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Some pleasant experiences of my childhood that come to mind around
this season are the Easter egg hunts we participated in each year.
Decidedly pagan in origin, egg hunts probably don't fit well with
my current interpretation of Baptist doctrine. However, I must admit
that the excitement of finding those brightly colored relatives of
Humpty Dumpty; the competition to win the prize for the most eggs
found; and the prospect of gulping down these hardboiled delights
with crackers were all very thrilling for a bunch of little kids with
not much else to do.
Numerous area churches sponsored egg hunts, but the one at the AME
church in Mount Joy was always the best. Although we lived in
Lancaster, ...