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Some Stuff I Wrote and Some Stuff I Didn't (2011) H. Morris Williams

Column March 18, 2007

PRESBYTERIAN’S BAPTIST SPR1NKI iN fi

Last week CHS grad Robert Weaver told me the story of the day a local
Presbyterian minister got “sprinkled” at the First Baptist Church. The
minister was the late Rev. Dr. E. F. Montgomery Sr., a giant in local
Presbyterian history, and a man who enjoyed a good laugh.

It seems that “ Dr. Mont” once attended a dedication ceremony at First
Baptist Church and sat in the choir loft with other guest ministers.

The Baptistry, located just above the choir loft, sprang a small leak and
during the service droplets of water began to fall on Dr. Mont’s head.

Always quick with a quip, Dr. Mont whispered to the preacher sitting
next to him, “This is probably the first tim e a Presbyterian minister has
ever been sprinkled in a Baptist Church.”

TRIP TO CUBA

In 1941, CHS students Marilyn Bevan Hicks and Dot Mikell Sistrunk, both
outstanding track and field performers, were invited to travel to Havana,
Cuba, to participate in the Pan American games.

Marilyn kept a Havana newspaper clipping telling of the arrival of the
Florida track team. Translated literally from the Spanish, the item read,
“Yesterday morning in the vapor, the female track team of Florida came
to Habana. They will attend the inauguration of the III Meet International
of Athletics and will celebrate next Saturday in the La Tropical stadium.
They will confront the selection of Cuba.”

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