Sunday school classes are resuming, with one exception. The Live Free or Die Sunday school class, founded by Robert Miles, Sr., in 1960 to guard against Communist infiltration in the meeting, has closed its doors. Dale Hinshaw had taught the class the past four years after Robert Miles, Sr., left in a huff to join the Baptist church. It’s taken four years for people to realize that an hour with Dale Hinshaw is a bad way to start their week. The class has been losing membership for several years, it being difficult to get folks worked up against the Soviet Union after it no longer existed. Dale had made a valiant effort to draw the class’s attention to other threats, such as Democrats and Unitarians, but without much luck. He grew bitter about the congregation’s lack of hostility. “For crying out loud, why even go to church, if you’re not gonna fight the Lord’s enemies?” It saddens Dale that people have lost their passion for true godliness. With the official closing of the class, the four remaining members invaded Judy Iverson’s young-adult class.
