Show circuit rider travels miles weekly to reach parish KANSAS CITY MO traveling nearly a thousand miles every weekend to preach to his bis congregation the rev E V johnson 33 year old ormer former army chaplain ranks as the modern modem version of the old time circuit rider A train however supplants the horse as his mode ot of transportation por tation every week from tuesday through friday mr johnson attends classes at central baptist theological sem inary here on friday he hops a train for or his pastorate at locust grove tex leaving kansas city at 9 p in friday he has a 12 hour train trip before reaching canadian tex where his wile wife and two children sharon 8 and mary vesta 4 are waiting to take him the 16 miles to locust grove by car on the return trip mr johnson leaves locust grove gioie ari iii monday to catch a train back in time for opening of classes tuesday mom ing the round trip is miles A railroad pass is a big lift for mr johnsons weekly trip locust grove is a small community where church services are held in a schoolhouse but the young minister is spearheading spear heading a movement to build a church i bafo before re entering the army a as 9 a chaplain mr johnson was pastor of the boswell okla baptist church |