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diation Services
C. L.. Nelligan is
t Speaker. At Spe-
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drh$ng the golden, jubilee of
tbQ Il iessing of St. Peters Church,
t .JQ>teuh, apeeial rededication
services, were. held Sunday with
dost Ttev. C. L, Nelligan, as guest
upeaker.' ,Bishop NelligaxL was
,principal chaplain of the Catholic
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xuembers of the Canadian armed
forces during World Wer 11. Tyree
Masses were;, celebl,Ad in the
morning anti]° . cher J J. Ducharm@
a native of re pariah;- sang the -
High Masts.
The chureh.anti•^ the rectory have
been redecorated by Father W.
Bourdeau, the pastor, and the re-
dedication services were held Just
50 years after the church was,
blessed by His Lordship Bishop
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McVay, Pou'rtb bishop of 'Ma dip..
cese, and 100 years after the first
Mass, which wee celebrated u'
1849 by rather Snei(ler, 'pastor of
Goderich, in the little log house
belonging to Jean Baptiste Duch-
arme, not far from the lake and
ne ar the site of the present churoll.
St. Peter's Church, with a Pre-
-sent membership of 426, has a long
colorful history whichs o; s
G k to 1615 when Samuelde,
el i$-mplain had the honor of be-
ing the first white man to visit
the shores of $t- Peter's ,parish.
In the summer of 1615, over 800
years ago, Samuel de Ohamplain
left Montreal on a trading expedi-
tion to Georgian Bay. A few days
after his arrival he proceeded via
the Severn River, Lake Simkoe,
etc. to Lake Ontario which be
crossed to the present site of
Oswego in New York where he
fought with the Southern Iroquois
Indians. Beaten by the Indians and
escaping with only a remnant of
his followers, he proceeded south,
following the shores of Lake Hur-
on to the present site of Detroit,
where he spent the winter of 1615-
16 in holding council with the In -
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dians, 4; ,
Itt ,. was daring his progress on
thisn
minio t at he; visited French
SettleTaont„ paddling his canoe,
hoth in going and returning along
the shores of St. #'titer's. pas islx,
After the annihilation of, the
1Iurone and the Martyrdom of the
Jesuits in 1649, no further evidence
of the white man's trail upon, the
sande of Duron shores is foul di till
the year 1826. At thle nixie, over
200 years after the arrival of
Champlain, and 177 years after the
death of the Jesuit martyr:i'; the
next white Wren whom we ;know,
who came to Huron shores, are
W. V. (leading, and a $h:enGhanan
named P'rank Deschaxnl)s, T,h,eY
landed 22 miles north of •St..Pete`r's
Parish, at the mouth of the Mene-
stung.
Closer to St. Peter's pariah; and
in fact forming the northern part
of it, is Bayfield. The name was
given it by a oeleprated English
engineer named Bayfield, w.ho had
been employed by, the Canada Com-
pany to select site far a 'town.
Having explored the large tract of
land in, 1828, he selected this' site
as the most beautiful location. On
each side of the beautiful stream
1,500 acres of land were purchas-
ed.
About the year 1846, under the
reign of Queen Victoria, a few
French-Canadian families left the
Province of Quebec, to settle on
the Huron shores.
These French-Canadian families
left their native province in search
of better fortune. Hard times at
home, owing to successive failures
of the crops, the falling of the
markets and the lack of labor, had
placed them in bitter straits. They
longed for some opportunity that
might better their conditions.
They were attracted to this por-
tion of the country; first by the
glowing accounts of the richness
of the land as narrated. by the
Cow eurs-de-boic, that is, by those
young men who in the early days,
would take to the woods to live
and trade with the Indians, and:
secondly, 'by the promising advant-
ages as offered by the Canada Com-
pany.
The Coureurs-de-bois were Claude
Gelinas, Abraham Bedard and Bap-
tiste Durand, all pioneers of the
parish, and they told their town
folk, that in all their travels, they
knew of no other place more prom-
ising than the Huron tract.
Among the first settlers w,ho ar-
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Mr. and Mrs. Bob Green, of Lon-
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Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Green.
Mr. John C. Doig, of Grand Rap-
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of his mother and sister, Miss
Janet.
Mr. Norman Long, of Kippen,
visited with some Owen ' Sound
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Mrs. Norman Long is attending
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Toronto (C.N.E.), Aug. 26- Sept. 10
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rived and whose descendants are
now living in the parish, are Nor-
bert Denome, Basil Jeoffroy, Basile
Durand, Elie and Christoph Duch-
arme, Pierre Corriveau, Henri Mail-
loun, Joseph Champagne, Francis
Papillion, Joseph Laport, Pierre
Masse, David and Martin Duch-
arme, Pascal Charette, Claude Gel-
inas, Thomas and Francois Geot-
roy, David Mireau, Aimable Deros-
lers and Pierre Piette. Oliver
Mousseau had accompanied the
first settlers as far as Bayfield,
but going to Go'derich, he return-
ed somd years later.
In close succession the follow-
ing years witnessed the arrival of
Jcseph Wild, John Rau, Bernard
Sreenan, Regis Ayotte, Oliver
Etue, Arthur Keegan, Ulric Bris-
son, Simon Bedard, Stephen Yield -
Inger, Pierre Cantin, as well as,
Louis, Aleandre and Urgele Den-
ome, who joined their brother,
Norbert.
ground the year 1849 the Key.
Father Sneider, pastor of (lode -
rich, undertook to visit the settle-
ment when services were held in
a little log house not far from the
lake.
On October 8, 1860, the parish
witnessed for the first time, the
visit of Rt. Rev. P. A. Penson-
neault, first Bishop of Sandwich,
who confirmed 88 children in a
log building which served as a
s,cbool and a church.
Around this time a small church
4.0x50 was started,. but was de -1
stroyed by fire just as it was near-
ing completion.
Anutner church was built in
3873. The c':urch is still the front
n,,rt of the present church up to
the transepts. It was built of yel-
low brick on a stone foundation,
and surmounted with a steeple.
The first parish house was built
in 1875 but this too was destroyed
by fire on March 18, 1894. Father
Courtois, the pastor, escaped with
nothing else than the garments on
hi:: back, However, a new house
was finished and blessed by (he
pastor within four months of the
conflagration.
A reserve fund was then stab-
lished for the purpose of enlarg-
ing the Church. After three years
economy, a capital of $1,000 was
collected. During the winter of
1898-99 all again without excep-
tion responded to the call of the
pastor and material was made
ready !Or the new addition, The
work began May 1, 1899, and spe-
cial mention should be made of
the trustees, J. B. Laporte and
Joseph Bedard', who were of the
greatest help to the pastor during
all the time the work proceeded,
• The church thus enlarged and
renewed measured, 95x53. The total
cost was $5,000, including the sac-
red vestments, Three beautiful al-
tars, oak pews, hot air furnace,
stained glass windows, metallic
vaulting, oil painted walls and: ev,
erything most tastefully finished:.
Finallyy, the solemn blessing took
place on October 22. 1899, by his
Lordship Bishop McEvay.
Rev. Father Murphy of Irishtown
who had ,built the front part of
the church, sang the High Mass,
assisted by Father Meunier of Belle
River, as deacon, and Father Val-
entine, of ZUrick, as sub -deacon.
In 1929 Father Marchand, who
was responsible for opening a mis-
sion, at Bayfield, held an Old Boys'
Reunion to celebrate the 30th an
niversary of the dedication of the
church.
The next pastor, Father Martin,
brought in hydro, put in a water
system, bought new vestments, and,
an electric organ, opened a con-
vent with two Ursuline Sisters
teaching, and also built a new par
lsli hall.
7`he present encumbent,, Father
Boureattr• heldr an Old Bioyil':eun-
ion: in 194$ to cornbnefhorate' the.,
't5t11 arih1vorsery 'Of the laying of
the corner tone` of the present
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No Time To Relax
Just because the summer holi-
days are finished doesn't mean
that the danger of fly -borne disease
has also passed for another year.
Flies, are just as dangerous in the
early fall as they are in the sum-
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still in place and your, food and
eating utensils are well protected.
Flies breed in filth and live in
filth. Afid given a chance, they'll
carry that filth to your dinner
table, Kill them' on sight.
First -Aid \ Preparations
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shotguns from the closet. They
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their gear in preparation for the
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also see to it that their first-aid
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