Reprinted here by special permission of the author, Cindy Beckman, a retired Conway High School history teacher who writes local history.

Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it. (Proverbs 22:6). Parents of all generations have worried about what their teens might be doing when they are out with their friends. About forty years ago, two of the major activities for Conway teens were the First Baptist Church youth group and youth choir.

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