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`: ' •ccegation 'cif Christ
!Ciiu>, Port . beet, of the Ang-
lican
church .0#Canada,in the
Diocese of Huron, will mark the
tenary Apt the establishmentcot '
,.e parish ah Weed.
' .social: evening and PrOgram
Will be. held on Saturday evening
With Sunday services at 11, a,rp.
land.7.30 p Rev. L. J. Patter -
SW will be the morning preacher,
When memorials will be dedicat
Bev. James A. Watton will
be the evening, speaker. It is, 'am.
bion that is, anticipated by
those Who have had any associa-
:ti.enivith Christ Church over 'the..
year.
.Port'Albert is one of the four
charges of :the Parish ministered.
of
to by the Rev'. H. L. tenni
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ThE iiiCKNOW SENTINE14 LU'CKNOW, mamma
Iican
rt Albert
Lucke ow The service at- St.
Peters, X Ip olsr,. will be with-
drawn. 'on' -S'unday in .view to the
Port , 'tbert "Centenary. Christ
Church ' wardens: are Ralph Fos-
ter and Harold Adams.. '
The Histe .of 'Christ. Church
Just oft the Blue. Water High-
way, on a prominent place over-
looking Port. Albert on Lake
Huron starkds' the white brick
Church. Walled Christ Church,; a
sentinel: of the religious faith
of the pioneer families: of the dis-
trice, At the other side of to
Port .. overlooking the village is
`Christ iChurch. Cemetery in which
are laid theremains of the pio-
neers. •
Over one hundred years ago
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The . Penny Bank Olga. ,..
rived, by boat from Goderich.;
Soon he: built his log 'home, and
a Mill for the community. A man
of deep' religious convictions ;he
conducted funerals and consoled
hisneighbours in their bereave-
ment in the absence of a -clergy-
man. are - buried
man., His remains.in
the plot of ground that he will
led to the church for a cemetery.
In 1849 the Rev. E. L. Elwood
was appointed by the Right. Rev.
John Strachan of the Diocese of
Toronto td be incumbentof
Go erich Clinton, ,Seaforth Ho1-
,rnesville, Dungannon and . Port
Albert. No records are, available
•of his activities around ; Port .A1-
bert,;The first services were held.
•in ;log homes and. school houses.
The .parson arriving 'on. 'horse
back Was •a familiar and welcome
:sight . to
.the Tioneers.:.Often the,
minister was an overnight guest
in a one room pioneer. home, In
18599 the •,Rev. R. J. Roberts was
appointed i • by ' the . Right Rev.
Benjamin ,Cronyn, Bishop of Hu-'
ron to be the incumbent of the
Missionary District of Ashfield,
Colborne , and : Wawanosh • Tow t-
ships, County of Huron. Mr. Ro-
berts remained only nine months
but he did a • great work in the'
4well preserved records we learn
of 'ninety-seven baptisms, twenty
eight marriages,,; elevenfunerals,
one h'undred•, and twenty one
church services, , besides pastoral
visitation. No small. task aecom
plished under pioneer conditions..
'From.1860 to 1863 the,' Rev, R. A.
Montgomery extended the ser-
vices of the church into 'Kinloss, 1 placed by the 'Ladies Guild, and
;: i Turnbiury :and ' Goderch Town in 1954 the exterior of the church
ship's. On July 31st. the::Right was painted, 'On` Sunday, ` May
" ' 15th 1955 four memorial .'win -
Rev. Benjamin Cronyn made .his
first official '•visit to the parish dows, and a' War Memorial elec-.
Besides •. confirmation the Bishop `: tric organ were dedicated.••, •
baptised Robert Jarnes the infant .1• In 1956. a tCerinetery Board was
son of the' Rev:. Alexander and.
Hannah Montgomery.: It is .inter-.
'_esting to note !that" by, the order
of the Rural Dean the Baptismal,
Fee 'was; •50c,: and the. records in-
dicate • ' the.... payment of • same.
From• ,1863 to 1865 the `Rev.'.'Ja-'
bez Sims extended ; the parochial
,duties to the Villages of Luck -
now
. and . Kincardine +Orike 'hued-
red and thirteen, Children. were;
baptised iri two years During the
incurnbency ' . of 'the : „Rev. , • W.
Daunt, 1865 :•to. 1.869 it was not
• uncommon for five or six child-
ren of One familyto be - baptised;
at one; , service '•.
' In 1874 .during the incumbency
of the Rev. :E. M:. Bland the corn-.
munity' ;combined their ::efforts to
!build a Union Church. ''to :'be used..
'by both Anglicans and Pre sby
lerians.' Morning prayer was first'
held on Sunday, November 21st,
1675, In 1889 the Anglicans, led
::by their Rector, Rev. James Car-
rie built their own church. .Christ
Church was dedicoated on March
20th, 1890.; The. Rev. J. Carrie'
as a carpenter showed fine crafts-
• manship : „in making...: the .:chancel
furniture. Evidence of the guest
'' furniture:.: Evidence of the great
work of Mr: Carrie is . shown in
the erection of two new . churches
in: his parish, St. Marks,Auburn,'
1876 and St. Peters, • Lucknow in
December of the 'same year:.
On Dedember 15th, 1897, dur,.
ing the incumbency. of the Rev.
T. L. 'Armstrong, Christ Church.
'was consecrated by the , Right
Reverend M S. Baldwin, Bishop
of. Huron The bell in ,the tower
Vas donated by Mr. J. Patterson,
M.P. In' 1904 the Ladies Guild
was organized and has been a
faithful, group of workers :ever
' •since. The Bei?...Thomas. Hicks
was Rector from 1905=191+1 in.
which time the parish was self-
supporting with the :Rectory at
Dungannon. In 1917, Mrs. W. C.
Allison wife of the Rentor. ' was
in charge of the parish while her
husband was overseas in ; the
armed forces. Succeeding clergy
were Rev. D. D. Douglas, 1919' to
1922, Rev.. E. Hayes, 1923 to 1927,,
:r Rev. W. Perry, 1927 to 1929, Mr.
G. ,P. Parson, Rev.: F. H. Gibbs,
1930 to 1931, Rev. W. ,Hall, 1931
to :1932. ,
Another Chapter in the history.
of . the parish ° was begun with the
:appointment of . the Rev; J. H.
Geoghegan as ' incumbent of the
parish ,of St. Peters, Lucknow,
St. • Pauls, Dungannon,Christ
Church, Port Albert and St
Pauls; Ripley. Because of the
large area of work the Rev. J' C,
,Galey,; and Rev,.J. D. Gilmore
and . Captain A, A. Ayland, C.A.
were appointed as ' •assistants.
The parish prospered ,under YVIr.
Geoghegan and noteworthy was
the . celebration of the 75th An-
niversary on July 8th, 1934.
The Rev, A. Al Maloney, 1937-
1941 was assisteby Rev.
Rickard, Rev. J. A. Watton, Rev..
L. Patterson, Rev.' F., A, Hanna-
gan, Rev, H, K;' Nobes', Mr. C. W.
Mixer and Mr. •G. S. Honour, The
Rev: W...Donaldson ,was appoint-
ed incuymj ent, 1942 to 1945, and
Mr H, L. :Parker was :appointed
stn. e „ locum . tenens in' • 1945;
•R:A Jose
1yn�.� .ablyly
served
e
rved
the parish from 1945
to , ,1948,
While'the'Rector was temporarily
absent; Mr: „ G ' • Murray.; Wyatt
was in:charge of; the 'parish. Mr..
Garwood Russell acted' as stu
;dent .•locum tenens 1948-1949.
In: 1949 , the Rev. A.. E. '-Tav_ ever
was appointed, and shortly after
Christ Church was attached to
St. George's, Goderich. The Rev.
B. H. ,Farr was now 'Rector of
the ,congregation, Under the lea
dership of Mr. Farr, further re-
novatior;s, :were made. ` A. new
heating system was installed,
and changes made in the front
arid basement `entrances." With
the ,appointment. of ;: the :;Rev..
H. ' L. Jennings in September,.
1952, Christ Church . became part
of parish of Dungannon, Ripley
and Lucknow: In 1953 the inter-
ior of the ' church decorated„ a
centre aisle made, new carpeting'
WEDNESDAY, MAX 13th, 1959,
Fund was 'established, .The ,men
of the , congregation •beautified
the • cemetery making it very
presentable for the first Meror
al Service on July. In 1958 the.
Ladies Guild made and installed
new' hangings in the . four liter-
gical colours. • In July and. Au-
gust, 1958 another milestone, was
the summer services at 11 a.m.
in charge of resident clergy. This
was made possible through, the
generosity of Mrs. Agnes Fos-
ter .giving . her home :as a .,sum-
mer residence for the clergy ancl.
their families. In 1959 the men
of • the 'congregation .remodelled, .
the stage and kitchen in the
basement. Finally plans were
laid,: and conunit+tees formed to.,.
celebrate the 100th Anniversary,.
May 16th and 17th.
Thus ends one hundred Years
of energetic ,and faithful', service
of congregation and ministers. '
Much has not, been written and
many names couldbe mentioned
but the faithful spirit of 'their
forefathers : is ,still in evidence:
May the next 100 years be a
time of blessing and -spiritual ad-
vance for the twenty . two. farm-
lies of Christ Church, Port' Al-
bert,. arid . their ; beautiful .church
on the shores .'of Lake Huron.
formed and a` Perpetual Upkeep
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