Providing Relief After the Tornado of 1953

ID: 1305 ~ Source: Chance, Evelyn, interviewed by Jaclyn Lee Jeffrey, November 11, 1980, in Waco, Texas. Baylor University Institute for Oral History, Waco, TX. View the full interview
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Evelyn Chance explains how the First Presbyterian Church helped feed the community hot food after the tornado of 1953.

This file appears in: First Presbyterian Church

By Amanda Sawyer
First Presbyterian Church of Waco is one of McLennan County’s oldest Protestant congregations, formed several years before Waco’s incorporation as a city. On April 20, 1855, a group of Presbyterians in Waco Village petitioned the Central Texas…