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Wreath sales begin as Kimball prepares for another holiday season

Following a one-year hiatus, the St. Hilda’s Episcopal Church parish will once again sell holiday wreaths, according to longtime coordinator, Wilma Gilliland. St. Hilda’s Episcopal Church has raised funds for decades through these annual wreath sales.

Though the small congregation now sells solely to repeat, and very satisfied customers, they once made enough money to furnish the parish hall at the church and complete one very large project – Kimball’s first tennis court.

But, as Wilma said, first things first.

In the beginning, the idea was that of Paul and Louella Mockett. They ha...