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WEDNESDAY, JULY 22nd, 1964.
THE LUCKNOW SENTINEL, LUCKNOW 'ONTARIO
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PensHistorical Review.Qf�75 Years Expecf 450. At
!n The Life Of OIive
Congregatjon: ' Area Convention
(By M'rs... Oliver ' McCharles );
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On July 5th, ,•i964, the congrega-
tion of _„Olivet United Church cele-'
brated the )75th anniversary of
their founding -
In the year 1889 the faith and
'coura'ge of our forefathers set
them_. to builda place of worship
for they and their children.,• This
Church was to be :known as Olivet
Methodist Church, situated. on the
corner of the second concession of
Huron. 'township and. the' 15th Side-
road.
Before that timea small 'Church
on the farm of Joseph Coiling,
"known .as Virden and services iat
Clover Valley School:. house serer
ed , the. needs . of. the first settlers.
Six ' young • men entered' the min-
istry in ' one age group.. Although
some were of ':other churches.
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Olivet . had an influence on their
lives a,s a community.
Duncan MacTavish, Fred• Mac-
Tavish, T. C. . Wilkinson,. A. V.
Walden and Edgar Roulston along
'with Charles • McGillivray have
served in many 'churches in var-
ious parts of the Dominion.
Olivet, at'firs0a frame building
on the land' given by Adam Wil-
son for the sum of, $100; to make
this deal legal was •bricked . over
in ' •.1905.. This brick was brought
several miles on,' wagons. It ; had
to :be loaded and uploaded by:
hand .one brick ate:a time tossed,
frons one to the. other.
Four churches made up ; the., cir
cuit,' Olivet, ' Ripley, Clarke and
Holyrood., Local preachers . were
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ANDERSON FLAX PRODUCTS
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Thirteen members of'' the Grey-
Bruce Area executive . met i n
Wiarton, •.Tuesday, July, 14th% to
make 'further plans for the. 6th
Annual 'convention of the Women's
Institute when ;it will • meet . in:.
Wiarton„. October 29th and . 30th,
1964: They met with members of
the Wiarton. •W.I. and other organ-
izations who will be billeting and .
catering 'for • this group. As the
dates' are most favourable = for
rural people and after -'the . tourist
'Season, it is • anticipated . that•..450
or more ; may attend. Convention'
theme will be "Your neighbor
needs you.:.
The banquet. on Thursday even-
ing, . October 29th is always a,•
highlight. The guest speaker will
be Kate Aitken, 'Toronto,: who: is
very well known for. many years
work in radio. •.Miss. Florence P.
Eadie, a Field .. Worker in the
Northwest Territories, where many
new Women's. Institutes have been
formed, • will -show slides. Wiarton
Public School choir will entertain.
Request for banquet tickets should
be' in ': the hands 'of . Mrs. T. J.
Cornish,' Chesley, 'September 15th.
Mrs. Sand'lie, Colpoy's Bay, a
weaver of • some distinction, :will
have a• displayand give a com-
mentary, which ' should be • most
interesting., Many .other , features
make for an interesting two days,
with registration Thursday at 9:00
a.m. In Grey -Bruce area there
are 138 branches, 9 . districts, with
a total membership of 3,341.
Mrs. Harvey Itouston,
Public Relations Officer.
handle three churches on a Sun-
day, travelling by horse and bug-
gy or . cutter.
When the church was opened.
and dedicated, three services
were conducted .to. an overflow
crowd each time. It is noted that
one service was taken by ' Rev.
Sutherland, a : Presbyterian : min-
ister-from
inister from Ripley. • This shows the
fine ' spirit 'of fellowship between
lr 'two denominations s•
A Women's Missionary Society
was formed in September, 1914. at
the home of Mrs. Wes Thompson,..
The Epworth League ; of • young
:people was formed in 1895.,
In 1925:. Olivet, along with' Many
other .churches, became a United
Church of .Canada
The community around this
church is a closly knit .one and
many are the gatherings and - stor-
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told.: The. first organ • was
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'bought' in 1908: Price of coal:oil
was18cents g
a silomat-
ches
and . '
were ,.5 cents a box, taxes.
were $10.00,' insurance $1.45; min-
ister's salaries ` were .'about ' $550.-
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Weddings have been few in this
church. The: first one was in Sep-
tember 29,, •1896 when Kate. Jeater
and Sandy MacMurchy were un
ited . in marriage. The ' next was
in September, 1934'; when Marion
E. McGillivray was united in.
marriage, to Oliver. A. McCharles.'.
Only eleven weddings have taken
place since that time in this small
church. which now serves about
twenty .families=
One local preacher was known
far and. ' wide, as;the. man who;
pulled the fringe on . the pulpit
cloth • during the sermon. Another
story told is one on a girl who
tried to • explain the' meaning, of
the different flags ' . calling • the
Irish flag, Pat's flag which made
the Irish settlers a bit hostile. I
At •one service, long since for;
gotten, two girls with flowers on
their hats„xwere , asked ..by_the'
presiding layman • to kneel. Of
course everyone knew. who the
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chie. The program was" then tura
ed 'over to Mrs. Lloyd Hunter and
{ the 'following numbers, were heard.
Zion tl.c` W.. m . Duet, Charlene and Joanie An-:
The July meeting ox Zion U.C.W. derson; 'reading, Wanda Hunter;
was;' held it Lucknow Park .in the solo,'Bryce Ritchie; recitation,
form •. of a 'picnic , • as : this was -the Donald Ritchie; duet, Donna anci
children's meeting: After'. opening Elva Ritchie;reading,• Marybelle
exercises.: the, roll'call was :ens ' Hunter;solos by :Brenda. 'Ritchie, .
weied .• by 17 members` with the 1 Janet Ritchie, Catherine,' Duns -
naming of a children's hymn. The muir. • After the' closing ' hymn, ' • -
Scripture Was ' read by . Marilyn: Mrs. Kaiser closed the meeting
Brooks.' During the business per- with • prayer,-?& lunch•was served -
iod orders were. taken for the by .the hostesses for . July, Mrs...
new Book • "God and His Pur- Kirkland, Mrs., L. Co*, Mrs: H.
pose." The first.chapter of, this .Ritchie, Mrs., Wes Ritchie with the
book ..is to be prepared by Mrs. ice cream cones for. the.. children
.Chas. Wilkins for the :September much enjoyed. Thee' August meet
meeting,' • with`; the chapter , from ing' will be 'held at 'the home of
The , Word • and •.The . Way for the Mrs, Allan Ritchie.
August meeting to' be taken by ' ,
Mrs. Jim Hunter,. It was'decided,
. _Duncan McCallum, -Hanover town
if agreeable with the . •. Sunday ;.clerk ' is • a graduat+e: this year of •
School; the ladies would ,loin with t h e municipal clerks training.
them . for the • "Church Service"course. This is a correspondence
August 9th.flans were made for course conducted by. Queen's. Un -
the
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wedding dinner' the ladies are iversity. Mrs..McCallum y is ,.the
catering to this month; . The vis- former Lillian Osborne . of Hutton ,.
iters for , the coming month are Township. .w. .
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girls were and by this time they
had red 'faces to go with' the
flowered .bonnets
A. cortinunity ball park "across
from the church provided many
happy times for ` the people of
the area. Picnics at Point Clarke
were an 'annual outing, when ev-
eryone who could pile in the old'
democrat spent the day at, the.
lake To -day this picnic is • as
eagerly looked to'as in the days
gone by
t livet, as in many
Change at •� 0
other rural omiaunities, has made
the congregation small but eager
to carry the torch set by -the build-
ers of this place of worship in
1889 .
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RIPLEY MEAT MARKET
Custom ;Butchering
Mondays Hogs, $2.00 in by 4:00 pain.'
Cutting and Wrappink, . 2c pound
CATTLE, 'CALVES -and LAMBS EVERY DAY,
EXCEPT SATURDAY
We Do Curing and Smoking -.. . Beef, Pork and Lamb.
Sold Whole, 1-iaif or Quarter, .. . ;For Better Service,
And Lower Prices -- Call Ripley 100.
Chas. Hooisma --' Prop.
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