Nevada County Picayune and Gurdon Times Newspaper Archive

Encampment Set At Davidson

Davidson Campground will hold its 116th annual encampment July 28 through August 6. Rev. Gill Sills

of Cabot will lead the meeting.

Services will be daily at 11:00 a.m. and 7:45 p.m. The dress is casual.

An opening prayer service will be held Thursday, July 27, at 8:30 p.m. The memorial and closing service will be August 6 at 11:00 a.m.

Sunday, July 30, several singing groups will be performing starting at 1:30 p.m.

The campground is located on Campground Road, 12 miles west of Arkadelphia off Arkansas Highway 26.

The camp meeting is an annual revival and is one of the oldest camp meetings in the nation. In addition to the nearly 100 wooden cabins that the campers sleep in during the 10-day meeting, many campers enjoy the comforts of home by bringing their RVs with air conditioners.

Average attendance at the camp meeting is close to 600 campers.

While children enjoy bicycle riding and water balloons to stay cool, adults relax on the front porch swings of their cabins. Youths can be found playing volleyball, ping-pong and basketball throughout the day. Cool drinks and hand-dipped ice cream cones are always close by at the camp's commissary.

While rest and relaxation is a major activity of the camp meeting, spiritual revival is the focus of the encampment.

Visitors are always welcomed and encouraged to bring their RVs.

For more information and for trailer space availability contact Blake Batson at 870-246-9844 or visit the Davidson Campground Web site: www.cabb.net/davidson