Empty chairs waiting, remain empty.
Sunday School.
The congregation at Bethel Church was slowly shrinking. These chairs set up on a stage behind the lectern were for the children's Sunday school instruction. A curtain was drawn to separate them from the congregation. When this photograph was done there were no more children coming to this church except for the annual Christmas party for the community. In fact there were only a few children left in the community. The chairs remained empty and eventually the Sunday service was ended. A few years later the church celebrated its 100th anniversary and a few years after that, with the closure of the one room school house nearby, the community stopped coming, even for Christmas.