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XIX.	KILN HAD ONE OF THE MODEL SCHOOL SYSTEMS IN MISSISSIPPI - MID TEENS TO LATTER 20'S
1.	Progressive School Board
2.	Professional Administration
3.	Outstanding Faculty
4.	Motivated Students
5.	Model Extra-curricular
6.	Various Cultural Activities
7.	Accreditation (First School on the Coast)
XX.	INFLUENCE OF THE CHURCH
A.	Predominantly Catholic
B.	Early 18th Century
C.	Annunciation School - 1880
1. Headmaster - Father Smith
D.	Three Rivers Mission - Bay St. Louis
1.	Wolf River
2.	Pearl River
3.	Jourdan River
E.	Present day Church - 1869
F.	Annunciation School - Early 1960's
XXI.	BAPTISTS CONTRIBUTE TO THE SPIRITUAL GROWTH OF KILN
A.	First Baptist Church established in the area at Lion Branch - Texas Flat Road
B.	Services were later conducted in the old Knights of Labor Hall in Kiln
C.	Services were conducted at Big Branch
D.	Senator Bilbo conducted services
CONCLUSION:
A.	A proud people with a rich heritage
B.	Kiln has survived and will return again to its days of prosperity and leadership