The Brussels Post, 1972-05-31, Page 14Knox church
The congregation of Knox
Presbyterian Church, Ethel,
Celebrated its 190th anInVer...$arY
gn Sunday. Nearly 40Q former
MeMhers and, friends attended
the Service. The MiniSter, Rev.
Dennis Clarke, used as his ser-
mon subject "The Ministry Of
Surprise''.
During the service Donald
Dunbar recalled in an address
"One Hundred. Years In Rptro,
observes centennia'I centennialcelebrations.
spect"0 the history of the cong-
regation.
With Mrs. Elsie Cunningham,
organist for many years at the
organ, the choir sang "0 Bless
the Lord" and 4'Alleluia
Flowers were placed in the
church by the Rev. Williams
family in remembrance of Rev.
Williams who was minister of
the church for many years. The
United Church, Ethel, gave a
much appreciated bouquet of
red roses.
Following the service the
guests were entertained at a
luncheon itiGrey Central School.
Many former members, families
and friends also ministers joined
with members of to-day.
Lack of records of activity
during the early years of the
congregation created a problem
for church members as•. they
began the task of preparing. a
history.
The first set of minutes of
church meetings was kept in
1912 when the meeting was held
in June. That meeting was
termed the 40th annual meeting,
so the board assumed that the
church was first opened in 1872.
Other records show that
Thomas Thompson, a student
minister, held services in 1875,
and supervised the building of
the first church building at a
cost of $700. That building was
on the same lot as the present
church.
Before that, services were
held in the home now owned
by Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Ward-
law. That same building served
as a school house during the
week in. Ethel.
In 1912 the church organist
was paid $10 for her year's
work. Before the organist was
used, a man sang and led the
choir and congregation. In 1913
Cranbrook and Ethel congrega-
tions formed joint charge for
a minister.
Andrew McKee sold one-
quarter acre of land to the church
in 1914. A shed for horses was
built on that land. In 1927 the
church was remodelled at a cost
of $5,300 plus the value of all
the volunteer labor that went into
the job. The original building had
no basement, and part of the con-
struction included excavating
under the building.
Men and shovels were first
employed until there was enough
room to get scoops operated
by horses under the church
building. Finally there was
enough space to even get the
horses into the excavation and
the work was completed.
Since that time other changes
have been made to the church.
One of the most obvious was
the addition of brick to the ex-
terior.
In recent weeks more reno-
vations have been carried out
including carpeting.
BALL SEASON OPENS
WITH THREE TEAMS
Correspondent
Mrs.Chester Earl
The ball season haS begun
with three teams participating
this year. So lets all get behind
the coaches and boys and en-
courage this sport. At least
when they are playing ball they
aren't into other trouble.
ETHEL LOCALS
Mr. and Mrs. E. Downey spent
a few days in Bornholm and
also visited Mr. and 11,"rs..Gerald
Downey, Monkton.
Mrs. L. Smith and Mrs. E.
Cardiff visited Niagara Falls for
a few days.
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Sympathy is extended to Mrs.
Wm. Dobson and family on the
loss of her father in Kitchener.
Mrs. B. Godden had the
pleasure of spending the past
week end in Rochester, N.Y.
Mrs. Wm. Baker spent the
week end with Mr. and Mrs.
Geo. Rowland at Mt. Bridges.
Mr. and. Mrs. Ken Krauter
of Ottawa spent the week end with
Mrs. E. Cardiff and attended the
service at the Presbyterian
Church.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Forbes,
Elmira, visited Mr. and Mrs.
Chas. S. Cheerer.
Mr. and Mrs. Bob Kelly and
family of Goderich ) Mr. and Mrs.
Mac Abram and Mrs. Phillips
of Kitchener Visited MrS. Wm.
Campbell.
Visitors with Mr. and Mrs.
W. Krauter Were Mrs. Len Krau-
ter, Islington, Mr. and Mrs.Tom
Moore, Jennifer of. Missisauga.
Mrs. James Turner, Harris
ton visited at Mr. and Mrs. Bob
Cunninghams.
Mrs. Estelle Fritz and daugh-
ter of Waterloo spent the week
end with Mrs, E . Cunningham.
Rev, and Mrs. E. G. Nelson
of Orangeville were supper
guests on Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Doug. Evans,
31, 1972
(Left) An interested spectator at the Ethel Anniversary
was Karen Johnston, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Johnston
of Bluevale.
(Below) Welland Krauter of Ethel recalls past activities
with Rev. Ted Nelson of Lawrenceville, a former minister of
the church.
(Above) Mrs. Margaret Heath of Listowel, who is 87,
was among the oldest visitors at the Ethel Anniversary. Here
she chats with Lorne Engler of Waterloo.
(Staff Photos by Mary 13a11)