The Journal-Record - Bicentennial Edition Thursday, July 1, 1976 Section C, Page 4 BOSTON DATES BACK Mr. and Mrs. Lee BEAUCHAMP were among the members of the earliest Primitive Baptist Church at Popular Springs. Singing Schools were also important events of the summer seasons in these earlier years. the LAMBERTS, Mr. Felix HOLT, and others were among the Singing School Teachers, and Mrs. Jim GIBBS remembers going to Professor SHOWWALTER, Author of the Rudiment still used by Singing Schools in this section, when he taught a singing school in the Bethel Community when she was a young girl. Farming constituted the occupation and means of finances for most of the pioneer citizens, and Mrs. John MOORE remembers that her family grew all their meat and other foods except flour, sugar, and coffee, when she was a child. They bought these items from the store of Bill and Johnnie BACCUS at Rock City.