Sunday Schools Called Off Because of Scarlet Fever and Infantile Paralysis Epidemic

From the October 3, 2018, MidWeek  "Looking Back."

1918, 100 Years Ago.

"The epidemic of scarlet fever and infantile paralysis and the order that children under 16 be kept from coming into contact with one another or meeting on gathering places, is responsible for the calling off of Sunday schools of the Methodist Congregational and Baptist churches."

--Cooter