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THE LUCKNOW 'SENTINEL, LUCKNOW, ONTARIO
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Glorious Easter Story
Ono Again Unfolds
may Your Heart
Be Filled
With Every Joy
his, Wondrous Season
Holds
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LUCKNOW
Most.people reading this head-
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1i ne.L.w.ill_Ask: r h e__q uestiou_ Wheze_
is 'East Ashfield Presbyte'rian
• Chuteh? . •
, Well it, isit.t any'more but. in .,
order to.bring"back nnoriesto;
• myself and others.who might he..
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BEWtTD..
ONTARIO
PBYTERIAN:.-OURc.
BY ELME'R FARRISII
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Which would Wye large blocks of
• wood. • From the stove, 2 roWs •
of pipes branched out away
up near the ceiiiig. alid ran the
414.1-1-„It.ing.th
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lines with the 'possibility that' ' porch 2 aisles extended the
sollie one may keep them for.. full leHth of the'clitirch'r.vith
.••• future reference.... seats on.either side :and 'utile,
. The ehureirWasi•located at • • • centre., These- scats. v;r•ere •
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Lane a crossroads Community -•-' 'straight baclied'and. hat Very
eonifeirtable. In'the centleof
• the' church at the west.end, On •
a slightly elevated platform was
the piapit with the org,an.along-
side. 'On each .side of the
plztforin w•ere, 2"rows ofseats. .
Used for•Suildav School Classes.
jo the 'suninier,andbv the ••
•yrsiting choirat anniversa.ry. •
serVices 'and -other s.pecial ;
• 7•Iocated•onConcession iCin • • •
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RI. • ':-Aihfi'eId Tbwnship. W hie 11. .
C011SiSted 0 t- ''S 6eneral Store and
' ,Post Office . Blacksmith., • ' . '
. shop a ndr. home • a ,•bee f ring' add
.' the _church:: :T.he_churcli_.w.4s: :
located .beh nd the store on the
ban.i of the'CUrrie 'creek whieh
drains a stretch.of the township
•from East to WeSt.'anti empties .
ill.to Irali,eIlitroliatoca
•Kintail.
c•-•sions.• The Yi-siting•ehoir:was
OP' Just when it was•built I do,not ' , miostly from St. 11eleL}S.. our
knew,. Possibly shortly after the' sister corire,,fi.tion.. This rastt:irai,
Plo.;rles:•al::iv0,4 • It was cOnlleK't cliar—eft*inper:d ak•a tiii-ii----iilltif
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with Calyin Presbyterian . 1 NN h -C.12 the t.'nited 'Church was
; • "Chureh at St..Helens as a ' formed. cemprising NI•ethodists..
pastoral.charge; 1 Ote in the, • n 1 : A
I reso,•terians an CI; : re' 1 '
,.. ,I?. it.o ..uro,n its across .Canada .. ...‘1 that tinie:
County" by J4m el Scott . that Past 1shfiel4 congregatioti was
the Church at St. Helens was disbanded And same meMbers
built in 1. k. and that the post:: ' 3ofned:tho Ashfield Ci cut „ ••
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011ice at Lane's was oened in • Church at Hackett -town and some
16* -4 so tpresume that the &1st. .at t-hz-vsrst-trndroM-rth& A'slir:
Ash fit Id..i"..hurch :was built.some- .: tit 1( rresby,t,;:•iancirdrch at,
'• time in between these dates ii•L'Ihlock
.. .It w,as a fairlY large buildinz..
• ...„1____ Faa Ah+.14"-.'12,-.1.:1-Lr4 ecl f '
my college days. at •Guelphl .1
kisited them occasionally on
weekends.
The first minister:I remenr-'
her W:aS,a,ReV;• Whaley.. Others •
Were Rev: Moyer'; Rev.'MeIntos
• who later 'married :Lillian Clark.
--11.67-used-tb-hri-ug-he-r-o-ve•r4o-pla-y--
he chnrch brgan., 'at Which
time the :romancerrijay have •
started .. 1. believe 'the...last : • .. -
miniter. was .Rev . Chas; Cum -
filings who later preached'at • • ,
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quite high It faced east .
toward' the.sideroad, There •
were•3 \indows en the north
and south \Nails and 2.
Window 'and .1 .dOtible.,,,:krt.-N: 'on'the
• covered with tongue and' grooved
If it ever Was painted it
had all faded, out before My t‘irhe,
As l'rec'all it , the outside w
Weather t•vatent lumber. Th• e
interior had high walls: and a
• high curved ceiling which made
it hard to heat the winter :
At tilt back of the chuteh (.east
• end) was a large box stc.sre
1'V childhood and t1:.t.s placc of
:y baptism . W1 -,ere 1
becan•••.e a church. when
tnt. Re\ ;e:'. Little \'•ta thc
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Paster • lie. was a worderf•.:1
After -church udion:th.e
building wa.s purchased. by Mr.
Robertson.wito tried to ••
J,evive the :Presbyterian. : •
.eongregation but after a few,
-Servic.es, found ;it was of no .'
ay -ail, The:building Was finally
sold and demolished. AII
:that remains' is a few foundation
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stones and .pieces. -01 broken ••
cethent that made 'up .the plat-. •
*.fotrifin front of the church;
The congregation :•,;,-
•consisted of a, group `of faithful
crevotdrjand co-operative peopie.
It was: nOt:a very compact ''eaRreg-
atior!.. 0"ti;the west•si,de;the' •
fatrns`WAre divided • .•
among.Catholic and f.)res:byteriall,
families and east of the 01.1urch
the farms .were divided among:
Methodists and. Presbyterians...
This meant that neighbours would
oft'enrmeet each other on 'their
diUre-h but the re
good neighbonrs.and during,
holiday time and on special
occasions, attended each others
church.:
• These: special .oecasions .were
'the anniversary.service and the
annual garden party. :This Was
•held at the side Or back'of.the
church., ouside .(there was: no
basement), if'the weather•was
bad it was'most unfOrtunate for
the ladies who had _prepared. a
wonderful meal for the: occasion.
After thechtirch shed was built
if 'the .weather was bad it was held
inside the shed.. After the supper.
was • served , an Outdoor concert
.was'given by'local talent from •
this -and n. e-ighhourine.hurches.
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 25th, 1970
One -of the co-operative. efforts
as the •builditig ofthe church .
shed to housewhe horses and •
buggies and Cutters during the •
church service. The first sheds
for-i•B•of
a conrtvard, •There.was a
continuous roof around the yard'.
that 'covered the horse and,
vehicle,•posts, between each.
vehicles. The centre Of the.
yard lad no roof. It needed
•shingling so it.was decided •to
bu4-id a' new shedAr Frinier was
hired .and.' with the help. Ofsthe
• ,r •
men in the congregation' the new
-she-d-was-built 1 remembe-r-as.-a
young lad helping to do the: ' •
Shingling;. . •
Many of the families:, who
Made -up thecongregation are
no longer .in Ashfield.
-4.. &TO-. ft -wife -71! er--e,
and 2 Georges; LittleS Jas. and
.David; • Robert Nelson; Johnlohri-:
stone family and Jas 'Johnstone • •
sons Adam : Ed and John;
'Wilfred; Frank Scott Sr and Jr;
Johnston , Frank ..Ned and A rchie;
Chas. "M:cLean; John Baldwin and
son William; at, Lanes the store . .•
keepers, Richard Lane who Went
to Warman Sask; Chas, l\leDoh-
agli and'later Percy Sanderson; '
Joe Snieltzer ,r•who weiwto
Estevan , Sask.' , was the blacl-
mith , --ra-terfhlaek'smiths were
James : Rose 'and IlarVey Miller.
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INVITATIONS
• ANNOUNCEMENTS
• ACCESSORIES -
:Say, neighbour; •you ought to
pull your shades down when you .
.kiss your Wife. 1 5aw'yop. last •
night" . ,
Nei Ilibonr• llo' The" •
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ou;you. 1wasrit horne
last night" . . •
.s;
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td the east Andy Stein', Wm. •
and Robert Ritchie , •
Thos. Ferguson. T. A. Cameron,
Gilbert Vint. John anti Henry '
•Mullinand on the 9th•Coneession,
Lthe„..Kizle_y Eaniily 1 liojie1.
• have not missed anyone but
after 45 years this might be
• possible.. .
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At that djie elders were
:elected for a life term and the
• Thos. Fe‘ r_g_usan4Rday fntlie I' •
John Farrish. They aRo took -
'turns teaching,•the Sunday schobl
during the summer Months. I do
tio6renlernber who taught the
else•Can supply that information.
East Ashfield today only
a memory. .,-Large Minibers of
youngpeople from Ashfield •
pligrated-to the .cities'. 'the
and Western Canada and no one
can ever :rneasure.the•good that
has been done for, humanity by
the teaching."and:training that:
waS done. in-this,old church. ••
East Ashfield: ,
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devoted person. 'Se.• -ore
studying for the rhinistr her had
been a 1,1ac:r.it- .erc‘.
conditions perfectly lie
was a great love: of zood
a:d always drove a '.."e zcso.,.2
Years later ';•,e reache,i at
Ns ood where he .eventnally retired
He had son there who •
operated a al Sten: •,"
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