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Moire than SO wester, tintleaf vie* 01 the- Oakwood Inn In
Grand Bend to form the Huron Country Playhouse Guild, a
group devoted to giving assistance and support to the Grand
Bend summer .theatre,. ExecutiVe members are; left to right,
Mrs. Robert E. Wilkins of London, Mrs. William R. Roberts of
. Kitchener, Mrs. Donald a. Srown of Oreesi Pointe Mictilgin,
James Murphy, General Manager, of the Playhouse, Mrs. W.
Griffin Thomas of Oakwood, Mrs. William H. Harwood of
Stratford and Mrs. Philip Walker of Oakwood.
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Deconsecration. •service held
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in St. Paul's Anglican .Church
name -sake in the Emerald Isle.
Deconsecration Service was school houses. Old and young, the parish in building the parish
heldon September 17, 12972 at Bishop Strachan of -Toronto not'necessrily all Anglicans, hall in 1922 and also inspired
St. Paul's Dungannon, withthe heard of the petition of the dressed in their homespun, often the remodelling of the interior of
,Right Rev., H.F. Appleyard in church people of Dungannon, so bare-footed, .but all rejoicing the church. In 1932 St. Paul's
c h a rg,t_ of the se ty jsgd_ he licenL.LRy. E thev-were a ble-te—was---combined-with--,St-Pete
'prayer, and
minister On horseback
familiar and welcomed
sight to the pioneers of the
Huron Tract. The Rev. R.J.
Roberts remained only none
months but during this short
ministry he conducted ninety-
seven baptisms, twenty-eight
marriages, eleven funerals, and.'
"one hundred , and twenty-one
church services, besides visiting
all members and strangers in
his district. Noismall task under
pioneer conditions. •
,The Rey.. J.W. Sims (1863-
1865). inspired Andrew Dreaney
and Anthony Ivers to lead a
movement to erect a House of
Worship, On June 5, 1864, they
rejoiced to see their plans
realized. The church was opened
and dedicated on that date. On
July 30, 1869, during the incum-
bency of the Rev, G.W. Wye, the
church wass.consecrated by the
Right Rev. B. Cronyn, Bishop of
Huron.
For many years the
congregation maintained a
steadyr growth in membership,
having in the year 1876, an
average attendance of. 112 at
each s6rvice.- The parish con-
tinued to prosper until 1906
when a rectory was purchased,
and in 1910 the parish waNlf-
supporting during ,the ministry
of Rev. Thomas Hicks.
The Rev. D.D. Douglas led
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assisted by Rev. W.I1 Towsen,
Rural Dean of the Deaner jt Of.
South Saugeen: :and Rev. H.L.
Jennings a former rector of St.,
,Paul's.
The closing service in the
church had previously been held
on July 9, with Rev, R. Oden-
datil the present rector .in
charge.
A sng the early settlers were
many who had been
b'ought up in the Established
Church in England and Ireland,
and an -appeal was made to the
mother church for a minister.
Dungannon was so called for its
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Sigma
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Elwood to be the incumbent of join in common
Goderich, Clinton, Seaforth, 'praise.
Holrnesville, Dungannon arid, , - The
Port Albert. There are no was a
records of his activities around
Dungannon.
Bishop Benjamin Cronyn
heard of the petition of the loyal
church people of Dungannon
and appointed Rev. R.J. Roberts'
to be the incumbent of the
missionary district of. Ashfield,
Colborne and West -Wawanosh
Township. The pioneers did not
,wait for a church to be -built but
commenced at once to- hold ser-
vices in •the homes, and log
Pioleitchir the year
discussed at meeting
• .The third meeting of Beta
Sigma Phi sorority was held on
September 26 at Victoria and
Grey with thirteen members
present.
The opening' ritual was
repeated followed by the
reading of the minutes by the
secretary Lorraine Baechler.
The treasurer's report was given
by Barb Moss. -
The members agreed to assist
the Clinton sorority in their sale
of tickets for their Fashion Show
on October 12th sponsored by
the Old Mill at Clinton' High
School.
Projects for the new year were
discussed and it was decided to
undertake the sale of a Fondue
and Buffet Cookbook and to
hold another Hard Times Dancd
which proved to be a big success
last year.
The service report was given
by Margaret Craig who received
several volunteers to assist at
the School for the Retarded in
connection with skating and
routine work at the school each
week. The service committee
also outlined their plans for an
upcoming canvass . for the Ar-
thritic society and for a
proposed Christmas dinner and
gifts to help a needy family.
A presentation of a silver
spoon wasmadeto Barb Moss
On the occasion of the arrival of
her son.
,...The culture program was
presented by Shirley Baechler
on the topic of Self- Aharysis.
Members took part in the
program'by rating themselves as
to their present degree of hap-
piness., A recording narrated by
Earl Nightingale stressed that
the key to happiness can only be
found in one magic word: at-
titude which determines the
degree of happiness and success
which one' can attain.
The Closing ritual was
repeated followed by lunch,
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Lucknow; Christ Church, Port
Albert; and St. Paul's Ripley,
with Rev. J.H. Geoghegan as
rector.
In 1968, St. Paul's was cOm-
bitied with Auburn, Blyth and
'Belgrave' from Jan. 1968 to May
1969. Then St. Paul's was
relined with the parishes .of
Lucknow: Ripley, Kinlough,
Port Albert to form a five point
charge. Dungannon and, Port
Albert alternated services.eVery
other Sunday until the closing
of St. Paul's.
The first babies baptized in
St. 'Paul's Dungannon in the
year 1865. were Letitia Dreaney...
and Witham. Ivers.
The last baptism service was
Septemberl2, 1971, when An-
drew Phillips, son of Mr.' and
Mrs. Jack Phillips (nee Nano;
Mole)- was baptized by Rev. R.
Odendahl.
Ministers for the last thirty
years have been as follows: Rev.
W. Donaldson,- 1942-1945; Mr,
H.L. Parker, 1945-1945; Rev.
R.A. Jpselyn, 1945-1948; Mr.
G.M. Wyatt, 1946-1946; Mr. G.
Russell, 1948-1949; Rev: A..E.
Tavener, 1949-1950; Re. A.S.
Mitchell, 1951-1952; Rev. H.
Jennings; 1952-1960; Rev. W.
Wright, 1960-1962; Rev. J. King,
1962-1965; 1ev. Jay, 1965-
1967; Rev. G.E. Pakenham, Mr,
W.R. Craven (assisted 1968-
1969; .Rev. R. Odendahl, 1969-
1972.
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ERICH SIONAteSTAR. 1Ra1MY, oe.reaast+.
GuiIcI formed tc. assist
and support theatre
Oakwood Inn Played host 'to
... more than fifty women on
Saturday, ,September 23;''' who
met to form the official. Burr
Country Playhouse Guild, . a
group devoted to giving
assistance stind support to the
Grand Bend Summer theatre.
Elected officers are: president,
Mrs. _Donald E. Brown of'
Grosse Pointe, Michigan (and
Southcott Pines); • first* vice
presifilont, Mrs; Phillip Walker,
Oakwood; second vice president,
IVIrs_Rlibert E. 'Wilkins, Lon-
don; third vice. president, Mr,
William R. Roberts of Kit-
chener; Treasurer, Mrs...W.,Grift
fin Thomas, Oakwood;
Secretary, Mrs. William H. Har-
wood of Stratford.
A season of exciting events
is planned by the Guild, the
highlights of which include a
,fashion show and luncheon at -
the Green Forest Lodge in
Grand Bend on Saturday,
NoveMber 11.
Mrs. Lott, e Roff of London is
Presenting the style show of win
ter faihions from the Merry
Rags in Grand Bend. For.
December a "Christmas walk"
is planned for the 16-17 at
-whiCh time some of the
fashionable new , horees in
_Grand Bend, Oakwood, Beach
0' Pines, and Southcott Pines
will be open to the public.
During May a formal dinner
dance will be girergi the Liirn-
don Hunt Club.
A garden party will be held in
Grand Bend just prior the
'Playhouse opening On July 11.
At , present four ladies train
Goderich are members of the
new Playhouse Guild: Mary
Lapaine, Betty Etue, Mary
Russell and Muriel , Reinliart.
The Guild is however
undertaking a membership drive
in an, effort to gaittinorelu*****t,
Goderieh.
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Goderich and sister,
Kathleen Pflance of Stratford,
have returned from a trip out
west, visiting relatives in Van-
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