Ridgecrest Baptist Assembly, Ridgecrest, North Carolina

Please note: in the first card (1950) they own 1,100 acres, in the second (1953) they own 960 acres.

Pritchell Hall, Ridgecrest Baptist Assembly, Ridgecrest, North Carolina

Pritchell Hall, the main hotel, around which center all social and recreational activities of the Ridgecrest Assembly is located atop the Great Divide and overlooking Royal Gorge in the hear of the Blue ridge Mountains, Ridgecrest is the Summer Capital of Southern Baptists.  The grounds cover 1100 acres on which grow more than 600 species of flora.  Handsome buildings and numerous attractive cottages add charm to the particularly inviting location.

postmarked in 1950 with a 1 cent stamp   

 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Greetings from 

Ridgecrest Baptist Assembly
Ridgecrest, North Carolina
Pritchell Hall, Rhododendron Hall, Auditorium

Ridgecrest atop the Great Divide and overlooking Royal Gorge, in the heart of the Blue Ridge Mountains, is the Summer Capital of Southern Baptists.  The grounds cover 960 acres on which grow more than 600 species of flora.  Handsome buildings and numerous attractive cottages add charm to the particularly inviting location.

postmarked in 1953 with a 2 cent John Adams stamp

the sender writes:
We're here for "music week" and really it's the Sweetest Music this side of Heaven.  How I wish for you to share these spiritual blessings with me.  I am still loving you as I did "in the long ago" and will ever be grateful for you.

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

I need to stop typing now and tell my hubby the last line of this letter  :-)