European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 20, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 20 the stars and stripes june 1977 Church that t a town Church Leader Alvin Stevens Hopes for a fear free by Ledbetter new York times Tiik tiny town of Southeast of Eureka in Northern California in observe no difference Between Church and the Church has bought the the Alvin Stevens and seven Mem Bers of the pentecostal Faith challengers of have arrived there to begin changing what had been a Loose and dying nestled in Hilly Green country dotted with into their own escape from Urban we Haven signed the final Deal but that All that Stevens said As he finished cleaning out a fou room House across the Street from a building that once housed the Post Saloon and dance the Church is a Small fundamentalist group whose Many of them Over so Yean decided they wanted to move out of the urbanized san Francisco Bay area and Start a new life in a Rural the Church does not allow drinking or smoking although it will not ban non Church members from the it will require everyone to follow the Church there not so Christian As they evicting us three weeks before my baby is said abbe who lived there when Bridgeville was known As a cheap Haven for drifters and those who lived on government ranging from welfare Aid to veterans disability with Church women scheduled to arrive and Beer banned in the bearded men and ragtag families who want to go As soon As we can find another place to live this for the attraction of Bridgeville has but including the owners who got for this Zigzag turn on route 36 be tween Eureka and Are delighted to have found Church members who care about their besides the Post office and general there is no Means of support in the the 200 or so people who lived Here in recent years had drifted in from san Al and other scenes and found the town a cheap Haven where the landlord did not care about the rent being new York evicted from Randall Hess and family now live in a paid on and not having a steady Job was socially in the Bridgeville was was an overnight Stagecoach Stop on the route Between Humboldt Bay and the Interior of Northern my father bought the hotel that was Here and the land around 1 used to carry the said Laura the towns 62yearold whose family paid for this town in the last Pawless father bought the Stagecoach Stop and had built and owned All the 28 houses in the her family had sold All the literally the in about five years ago to a family who had hoped to make rental income from but that plan Bridgeville has been sold again general 28 and six other the nearby sheep ranchers and have a new town to go to get their mail and most of them seem overjoyed to encounter people who dress and act even More  than they ill be honest and say i think this change is for the said Jean a postal there was nothing wrong with the kids they treated you with re but i Wasyl now thai the town has been told and they Nave been Randall and abbe Hess Are living in a Hess worries about her due in a few they need a new but it has to be As cheap As the 100amonth Bouse they had in this Little there really doing a lot of us in theres no place la go in this said the Church does not Dis Pute the problems of relocation for the former but he Points out that the Church members have sold their Homes in the san Francisco Bay area and have to relocate in Well have 20 to 22 children and Many senior citizens from churches of All faiths who want a fear free neighbor said the Church will be in the place where there was an old our main reason is for senior citizens and youths with a different attitude about there doing it at our said Randall Yelling at Church workers from his a Coors Beer in his hand a Man from Bill smiled As he looked at the remain ing residents of the old knowing they would soon have to this is what the been looking said the former who is working Here to clean up the town so that his daughter and grandchildren can move Ive wanted a Chance for a few years to work full time for the and now Ive got that said a Tennis court in dont you understand either you Are closing your eyes to a situation you do not wish to acknowledge or you Are not aware of the Caliper of disaster indicated by the presence of a Tennis court in your a got double my friends trouble with a capital t that rhymes with d that stands for Deuce youre probably think ing in overreacting to the Tennis court built in list month to accommodate its first big world Tennis Tournai but that what they said when someone broke out a deck of cards in Las vegas and its something to do until the symphony Hall is i used to live in a sleepy Little hollow that had never Beard of for we used to go into town every tuesday and watch them change trusses in the drugstore then one a City Slicker came out and eyed a Patch of ground behind the hardware he mothers of Centerville do your children come in whining every after theres nothing to do Are you so out shape you need a seat Belt for each knee is your husband dying of terminal paleness do you want to believe that the family that plays together gets their own to series Centerville needs a Tennis court and youre Gonna get it the rest is Centerville got its Tennis court and was never the same brother turned against creep if it was on the line dont you think id have said Mother turned against Are you considering dating a boy who int even seeded what is everyone going to neighbor turned against you and Velma Are our very Best but you loot fault one More time and were going to Call husband turned against am not coming to bed until you say my second serve in the first game of the third set was families turned against dont care if she is my i cant invite a b player to an a dinner the town was literally upped grass didst get the livestock didst get the Library was As quiet As a and the clerics sat around and prayed for in Between the Tranqu Ity of the peaceful Little Community was shattered by shouts of a Little help i re turned All of your wild now the least you can do is and you know what we have Here we have a Sleazy Tennis player who signs up for the court using three different names so he can hog it a saturday theres ways of Deal i Hope the Good people of heed the telltale signs of corruption before it is too Are tourists passing by the Carter Homestead and did Bud Collins really broadcast from Billy Carter wearing a sweat band if the first time someone cracks a Peanut in their Teeth at set the whole town could blow ice