TITLE	Summer School at Dr Martin Luther Slovak Evangelical Lutheran Church
DATE OF ORIGINAL	1933
DATE OF DIGITAL	2006-2
DESCRIPTION	ILASCO, MO - Summer School at the Slovak Lutheran Church started just a few days after the public school was dismissed for the summer and lasted for six weeks.  Originally this was to teach not only the Bible but also to keep the Slovak culture and language in the children's lives.  Finally in 1932, one year before this picture was taken, two landmarks occurred for the school  :  a young student pastor named Stephen M. Tuhy started an English Sunday School and electric lights were installed. With declining enrollment, this school was disbanded during World War II and made a brief reappearance after the war only to be closed finally in 1948.  None of the participants in this picture are identified.
CREATOR	Unknown
CONTRIBUTOR	Polc, David
PUBLISHER	Hannibal Free Public Library (Hannibal, Mo.)
SUBJECT	Dr. Martin Luther Slovak Evangelical Lutheran Church. Summer School.
SUBJECT	Immigrant children, Slovak -- Religious life.
SUBJECT	Immigrant children, Slovak -- Social life and customs.
SUBJECT	Education, religious -- Missouri -- Ilasco.
ORIGINAL FORMAT	Black and white photograph, 4 1/2" by 3 1/2"
DIGITAL FORMAT	jpg
IDENTIFIER	C10344