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This is the 'season of :the year when confirmed diarists
• start thinking about summing up the 'old year and Atarting .
view book detailing their achievements and disappoint,
dents• in the coming year.
: One man, who was, a confirmed diarist 125 years ago,
and'whPse writings ,shed some light :On the 1837 rebellion
and' the -growth of the Presbyterian ChurCh in
southwestern Ontario, is Reverend William Proudfoot.
William Proudfoot, born in 1788, graduated from the
University of Edinburgh as a staunch upholder of the
,Presbyterian faith.
In 1813, when men took their religion and politics very •
• seriopsly,pioudfoot Was ordained a minister of the United
Church of seotland in Pitrodie, SePtlard. But in this era,
the Prebyterian &larch was splintering into factions, not
unlike many of today's evangelical churches; so,' Rey.
Prondfoettinally decided his rnis$ionary zeal might be put
to better Use in the wilds of Canada.,
• In 1832, he emigrated' to the ,London area as the
Presbyterian Minister for the small Bethel and :West-
minster congregationS 'on the sOutik- of the :village. , •
During his. lifetime, ProUdfoOt,saw the building of the
• first Presbyt4ian Church in London, was involved in the '
1837 Rebellion as a passionate Reformer and ended his
career writing strongly worded political editorials. for a
number of newspapers, including George Brown's
Glebe and Mail. Also, throughout -his life, he recorded the
weathe r his personal adventures and the changing
" Climate of the times in a series pf diaries which were
.- eventually :publiShed by the London and • MiddleSex
• Historical Society. •
• •• The 10 ,volumes of his original diaries,• written in
microscopic handwriting, were transcribed and finally
published, many years after his death.
• The miister also left behind 'more than 1500 letters,
copies 'of his sermons and volumes of Latin poetry he'
painstakingly translated from the original.
• Rev. Proudfoot's diary starts in11832 when he and his
• • family 'began carving.a home from the wilderness of
southwestern Ontario.
Every few days the minister hdted the weather (certainly
a contrast to the Scottish weather he'd left behind)', a
personal note about b.c.A.V work was progressing on , his
houseer bar ; and lengthier deieriptions 1#' his problems/
is spread e •word of a Presbyterian God, •
LOGGING BEE
In September, '1 ,, Rev. Proudfoot and his sons• were
preparing. 'for a 'logg bee, after an early' frost had
already, destroyed their op of corn and' potatoes.
, • When thebee was over, ev. Proudfoot journeyed south
to St. • Thomas to see abo t establishing a Presbyterian
Church there. ., •
' fie met with a Mr. Cameron in the town and wrote, "As
' he is a' Highlander and speaks the Gaelic, I .asked his
' opinion about.getting a Gaelic minister, -He said he did not
wish a Gaelic' inister and thinks it would `be h urtful to
Presbyterianism in 'this plaCe....because the English,
Americans and native born would feel 'no interest in one .
'they could not underStand."
me. Cameron.. with no little foresight, h ad decided the
secret in' adjusting to the new land, was to learn the
language of the natives.•
• Rev. Proudfoot left St. Thomas, disap nted with 'his
initial-efforts at spreading the 'Presbyterian religion, but a
further diSappointment waited him back home. When the
•Scotsman returned to London, he fOund. the Anglican
• minister, Mr. Cronyn (Who now has a large,London church._: •
named in his. honor) in "The pulpit and the hduse (church)
, , crowded •v;-sith 'my congregation." .. • • • • : • •'
SEPARATE CHURCH
Rev. • PrOudfeot quickly resolved,to build ,a separate
church for the Presbyterians as.soon as humanly possible,
rather than continue the practice of Sharing a building with
other denominations and possibly losing some potential
'Presbyterians-In the process. •
In October, the minister planted his fall wheat, "Since it
has been fine weather for the season; dry and rather mild"
With 'Nery high winds which h ave'prostrated many noble .
trees in the foreSt."
But the climate of the people was of more concern to the
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Mr. and Mr's: Thomas D. Sills of Abbotsfprd„ B.C. are
visiting Mr. and\rs.,-D'Orlean Sills over the holidays.
Mr. and Mrs. 6ri McDowell, Craig and Jill, 'Mr. and
Mrs. Bryan Stewart, Karen and Jeff, of Kitchener Were •
Christmas visitors with Mr. and Mrs. David S. Stewart,'
West• Stret. ,
Visiting with Mr., and Mrs. Wm. Hodgert over the
holidays were• Brian and Linda Hodgert and their son of
Waterloo; Brenda and Gordon MacLean and Trevor of
London' and Mrs. Hodgert's mother, Mrs. Harrison,
Seaforth. .•
Guests with Mr. and Mrs. Harold Nicholson during'
Christmas were Mr. and Mrs. Hugh 'Bennett and son Jim
of Port Albert; Gary and Pauline Nicholson and their two
daughters, Connie and Lori 'of Port Albert; Mr. and Mrs.
John Bennett and Christa of Egmondville; Mr. and Mrs.,
Jim Charlton of Toronto; Mrs. Eleanor. Bradnock from
Auburn; Mr. and Mrs. John Stadelman and daughters
Christine, Rhonda and Jennifer; Mr. and .Mrs. John
Men'heere and sons Steven, David and Paul of Dublin.
Mr. and Mrs. C. Keith visited 13613 •and Judy Iteith and
two-children Heather Ann and John, of Kitchener-during
the Christmas holidays. '.
Christmas guests at the home of, Mr. and Mrs. F.C.J.
• Sills were Mr, and Mrs. Jirri Sills, Tracey, Ted and Donny, „
, Seaforth ; Mr. and Mrs. john Mason from Bowling Green,
Ohio; Mr: and Mrs.; Gerald Townsend and Raymond of
Arthur; Jane, Sills, Elmville; Mr. Len Muegge, Louden
Miss Mabel E. Turnbull spent Christmas ifi Ingersol Margaret Sills, London; and Joan Sills; and Miss Daphne
Wood, York England. with her nephew Donald Hillis and Mrs, Hillis. • Mr. add Mrs. Kenneth Willis and family of London were Mrs. Effie. Stephenson spent *Christmas •with her son . guests of Mr. and Mrs. Robert, Clark, Market :Street. William Stephenson in Toronto and the fallowing day left
for Tobaga, West Indies where she will spend two weeks , Miss Gladys Thompson sPent" Christmas in Ingersoll and
with Dr, John A. Gorwill and Mrs. Gorwill. Toronto. • . Mr. Elmer. Lamle who recently underwent surgery in Mr, and Mrs. Bruce Walter and Mr. and Mrs. Ronald
Seaforth Community Hospital was able to return to his Bennett of Walton were guests of Mrs. W.C. Bennett'
home on Sunday. , recently.
Charles D. White of Birmingham Mich. spent Christmas The family of Mr. and Mrs;James McQuaid;, Victoria
with Mr. and Mrs. Andy White and Gaby of McKillop. Street, Seaforth, spent Christmas with them. They
included Mr. 'and Mrs. Patrick Murray and family df
Londpn, Mr.. and. Mrs. Matthew Denoinme and family of
Zurich, Mr. and Mrs. • Francis Denomme, Mr. and Mrs.
Roy,McQuaid and John of Oshawa, • ,
Mary Spurr and Frank Halupa of Toronto were
ChristmaS weekend guests with Mr.. and Mrs, A.Y.
McLean and family.
Missess Eleanor, Joan and Mary Devereaux are
holiclaYing in Phoenix, Arizona. -
- Allan J. Haugh of Haugh Equipment, breeefield has
returned recently from. Indianapolis indiana where he
attended a product conference.
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Two „later, be noted indifference to the gospel
wasn't the, only problem In the village. "I had some -little
business to do in London but conld net get it done as some
of the storekeepers with whoM I usually deal were away to
the races. What' an •absurdityl,...that 'men who are in •
bUsiness should leave their shops to,attend the races..." ;
tint the races weren't the only evils, Rev. Proudfoot had
. ' to contend within his battle to save pett's souls. ,
• • SCOTS
On the day he married two H ighland Scots e:wrote;
tried to persuade the company to mo eratio in the use of
ardent spirits for I am sorry t9' say' that: they (the
flighlanders) bring no credit to their native' country by
their love of spiritous liquors and I may here add the
• Highland Scotch are not very well liked in this country.
Their sins, • Rev. Proudfoot was quick to add, included
selfishness, greed and ignorance, the latter of greatest
concern. •
• But, in case you boast some Highland blood • in yotir
ancestry, Rev: •Proudfoot soon-discovered the Same sin in
alrmembers of the London kirk, whether Highland Scoter
not, and declared them all "a seta ignorant bigotS whose,
ignorance -is • in many instances beyond the • reach of
teaching.;:" •
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lint the Lord moves in mysterious waYs, and by the next '
month, Rev. Proudfoot'srfaith had beenrevived when "an
uncommonly -large; congregation and exceedingly atterdive
one"rurned out to, hear hiS Sunday sermon in the London•
church.
The minister's war to save souls and his battle against
the Family Compact had hardly begun, and next week I'll •
tell about his visit to Colonel Anthony Van Egmond and
his rivalry with two other groups in his own community -
the Methodists and the Baptists, both intent' on stealing
away Presbyterians from Rev, Proudfoot's ,fOld. '
Win attendance
awards at
F irst Church
People •
Ivlr. and Mrs, Vern Reynolds and Kimber ey spent •
Christmas with Mr. and Mrs. Frank Smale on Wilson St.
Miss Sharon Williams of Vancouver is visiting the Medd
and the Bettie families for the Christmas Season. •
Mr. and Mrs. Doug Keys and family of Dundas spent
Christmas with Mr. and Mrs. James Keys in -MeKillop.
Mr. and Mrs. Wm, Shearing of Morrisburg and Mr. and.
Mrs. James Wild of Mississauga .were Christmas guests',
with Mr. and Mrs. Joseph T. Hugill. •
Xmas Visitors-at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Tony Phillips
Torn were, To and Twyla Phillips, Egmondville, Kathy and
Adrian De Coo, Waterloo] .Rody and Hattie MacLean,
,Kitchener and: Mrs. DeCoo of town. '
Xmas visitors at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Angus
MacLean were Jane, Murdo, Robert and Judd MacLean of
Woodstock; Melissa and Douglas Tesehke, Khehener,
Mrs. Von Powell,..InglewoodCalifornia, and Mr.• and Mrs.
Jack Hamilton and Wayne .RR#1' Varna. ' •
Mr. and Mrs. Gordon McKenzie spent Christmas' in
Mr: and Mrs. James A. Stewart have returned' from
Regina where they spent Christmas with, their son Dr.
Douglas Stewart, Mrs. Stewart and their family.
Mr. Allan, Patterson of Vancouver B.C. visited his
parents Mr. and Mts. J. E. Patterson recently.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Young of Goderich were Christmas
guests •with Mr. 'and' Mrs. Douglas Rowcfiffe.
Mr. Joseph White spent Christmas in Detroit.
Miss Jeati Scoft, Htironview spent Christmas Day with
Mr. ancl,Mis.'Keith Sharpe and family, Harpurhey.
Mr. and Mrs. Donald McKereher visited Mr. and Mrs."
Harold Davis of Belmont oil Christmas.
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Peter Ustinov will ,play the
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The play, a; .1.110 minute'
. . . . . entry, In . the Festival's •
minister and he worried about "the cold indifference of •
. the village of London" to his -Mission, of spreading 'the
schedule, will be directed by
artistic,:,, director Robin
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sabhatical from the' company
next year.
The only other play Mr.
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Mr. Ustinov is the firit
"name" performer who the•
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director, anther and designer
of Russian, French and •
Ethipian Origins'. He was
born in London,,England and
Sniffled for the stage under
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In , 1941, the actor ex-
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stage to playwriting and he is .
the, author of a number of
successfulplays including
Romanoff and Juliet, Photo
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and His Wife, as well as
sereenpks written for the .
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,His autobiographi,-----Dear
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For =7 years, Mr.
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,HoWever, the,roles which
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movie roles, in Ben Hur, 'The
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