The Lucknow Sentinel, 1969-07-23, Page 21WEDNESDAY, JULY 23rd, 1%!
'THE. 'LUCKNOW SENTiNEC; LUCKNOW, ONTARIO
'With.'the amalgamation of the , 'after and many others, Altons.,
three point charge of Hacl<etts, ;Stothers, Gibson; Ivlclvlillan,'Srnej
Blakes and Zion, into the Ashfie;ld "; tier, Irwins, .i\1u11ns., Barkley,. ,
United. Church, the following • ; McDonagh Sherwood, Andrew,
article will be of particular interest Webster, etc. , to build their` cab-.
at this time . •• • ins and :clear a few acres for susten-
It; was: believed to have 'been ance., One of the earliest projects'
written about',1940 and: possibly: aFP." was to build..a. school house where
eared in. the I{ondon• Free Press. •'.f.
Hacitett's Church now sta.nd's ;4 1'4
;,lvl.rs. Archie (Verna Stroud) Poll- Iir. ackson as teacher . Wer a
o .on, on ana a native n s -
notkwho
field recentl °foud the artic.1ena Were but in 485.8 •
and 11r5e5
s
4r preac
Rev
urse• of.her' mo`ther's while
p • ;Thoinas Ad kin, a;New •I,\iethot1;t
housecleanm
g.'•,She sent•it to;Mrs, 'Minister from Goderich t.•came to'•
Robert Helm of.Ashfield• who•.gawe• the settlernent and- organized a.
into The Sentinel with -tire. thou ht-
class with a 1\.1r Hackett as class -
that it was timely with the changes. leader. From that time to theP.re
that: had been .made in the three• • • sent, services, have been held in'• •
Ashfield con ons. re ati
g $• - this place . .:
The article, •which was written by Named 1lackett`s A . Af?.oint ient;.it •
.
a W:TI,'Johnston, , :read as: follows: formed. the nucleus. of religious
a load of hay and from the time
•he bean this, good work he never- '
had a 'shortage of hay for the needs
of his stock..
• Conspicuous. among the ministers
�.of the early 7Q's• were Revs. Jaynes.
Walker:,, John Dochstander•and :. •
• Thomas Jackson, men who
..prayer ineeti gs 'to- the' south
on the eighth concession and thus .
hers ' la;id the foul dation for- the open -77.
ing .bf-:an a•ppoin•trn.ent at Blake's.
In 1t 7S, the Ashfield' Circuit
consisted of font appointments.,, .
:Blake's on theeighth concession,
Hackett'son; the -10th, Zron i the
12th, and Hope on the 13th, about
two miles apart in each case and. '
• yet these.•ch.ur.ches were well-fill-
ed and their,aminister well -.proud-
ed for: It was an absolutely rural
circuit with the Parsonage inthe
village of Lucknow.
•With two preaching services at'
Blake's and one at each of the
other three ,,every•Sabbath five •
services had to be: provided for and:
thus a number, of "local preachers"'
were• pressed .into the word<.. Some ,
of these later became full- fledged
ministers as: Rev'. N. Miller, of
thel3ritith_Colum.bia Conference,
and Revs.. D'r. R. �Barnbya;nd J,;A
Agnew.; of London;, besides John
Elliott, Goderich a leading lay'
man of the•United Cluirch, and
Rev. I W.. Kilpatrick., of Strath- "
ro•y. A niong the other local prea -
chersth;e following„may`be'ntent-
Toned: Day.id� A new' ohn• Ta for •
g. , J y
R.E. Brown'• R: Murddoc'k William.
Gardnert Jarnes.iunter Wil
, . 1
iam Johnston°•;. James •Hunter,: Sam:
uel'Sherwood, Allan Bowles,' Ernest
Sherwood, John. F ..,Andrew Jr., , and
D. A=_Andrew
How, frequently:we hear the wish
expressed that the fathers and'tnnoth
ers of 80. to •90: years* ago could see
thetransforrhation that has taken
place in this new land of Canada:
We think •of them in their struggles,
•to:clear the land, grow enough to' .•
feed their •,families and their
animals,'. build homes and barhs
and pay the awful mortgage that
encumbered almost every farm.,„
In no, way has. their work been
.'more fruitful than. n their. efforts to
provide schools and',chiurches for..
the people..' As an' illustration Aof'. •
• , what' we''mean allow me to call
attention to the Ashfield Circuit of
, 'tite,form.er Methodist Church, now,
the United'Church ”
It was not 'until :about
1848 that .a large influx of settlers
carne -pouring into the northeaster.
ly portion of Ashfield Township;_
C-ottnty of i Itivnrctti�d-Be1€a,
and Lucknow. •One of the first'sett-.
lers.was a Joseph *Hackett;;' Other
Members, of his family came soon.'
services for an .extended.area,
After 'him carne Rev:, (Hill am
Birks, filled with zeal for•:the
spread`. of the Gospel,' It was during
his pastorate,in January, .1857, •that
a cause:'' was begun at Zion on
'the 12th concession, nearlytwo
miles; farther north:, Hackett's ,
being situated on the 10th concess, •
ion • ••. •
•
• In 1867 ,the -Ashfield Circuit was:
established, consisting of the two
appointments,' .Hackett's and, Zion.
Though the,rnembershiP was •
fairly large yet the people had .litt-
le cash but they kept, a minister
and paid him 'or .rather tried to •
payhim a salar in the 'e hbor
Y r} .g.
hood of $350, a year; though there
were .deficits. in many of tbe:'lean•:
years.However, We should •
mention that these pastors' of the
early days were often presented ' •
with a: bag of oats for their horse•by
some of heir+.,supporters;:'One of
these. good' men, Robert•Cranston .
by name, told mei``that• for several
yearshe always tookthe minister,
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PAGE; TWENTY-ONE:'
What a' school for the training: of
preachers, was: this' Ashfield, Circuit.
Not ohly for; preaching bdt for gen
..c 1OOI upening
13Y RICHMOND AT. KEY
• Preliminary arrangement's for the
formal opening of Robertson Mem-
orial'Public School, Goderich,,
were made by Huron:County Board ,
of,Education at its meeting in
'entral Huron Secondary School
Board om_, C 1tnto;n
Members of the special commi-
ttee were named as follows: chair
-
'man and vice-chairman of the
board; a'dministrative•
officers -of -the -Board yin i ah of
. �,P P
the school; and Mrs, J. W:,/ Wallace
Goderich, a Board member. No
date has yet been set'.' .
Mrs. Wallace broughtup the.
matter of erecting fences, to sep-
arate the school's playgrounds from
a row of residencies, D.J. Cochrane
director of edaication, was•instruct-
e d to look into the matter and
bring in a recommendation`.: •
'The Board. received a 'letter from
eral .public service. • Almost• a•11 of
'these youngmen could do creditab-
le• work in •public speaking
anywhere :but , best of all their: •
work resulted in fine spiritual
.rowth• for themselves and the
congre Tg.ations'of the circuit,
'Another.distinctive feature,of the
Ashfield. Circuit's work was the
holding of an annual. Sunday School'
convention for the whole :circuit'but.
but changed,yearly,until the four
appointments" were gone over.
Today, after almost 90:'years ;of
continuous. reli ious services this
•rur-al, circuit ,` whose..membershi�
P
with .one or two exceptions , *is
of.farsners and their 'fam-
ihes, is a..much alive org anizat
ion and appears to begood for poss
ibly another,.century. R
ESTABLISHED -•.1909,
HOWA1 Q-L1iGREW ---.-
MARG AGNEW
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INYESTIVIENTS
GUARANTEED TRUST
CERTIFICATES
COURT CLERK -
ELEVENTH DIVISION' COURT
,COUNTY OF BRUCE::
Lucknow, Ontario
r.' HAVELOCK STREET
OFFICE .L.'PHONE 528.2942
Donald -Edward•; secreta-ry, Goder
ich Raceway, requesting the free
evening use ;of the playground at
Victor Lauriston Public School,
Goderich, as an overflow parking •
lot °for•harness•racing patrons at the
Fair Grounds:
Permission was' granted on motion
_ef D J. Murphy,: Goderich, and
James' Taylor, Hensall, on condit
Ian' thatany damage, owever caus,'
ed, would..be:'the :responsibility of
the Raceway.
.Mr . Edward conrnented in :his
'letter. -We. will return it to.you in •
Ieveti better condition than at pre- •
sent...:: Further enlightenment was
g ven.
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