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THE CITIZEN, YESTERDAY and TODAY, WEDNESDAY, JULY 31, 2002. PAGE 19.
First Anglican services held in Shane's log hotel
The first Anglican Church
(Church of England) services were
held in Mr. W. Shane's log hotel
near the Grand Truck railroad in
1860, when the Irish missionary Mr.
Carmichael would walk the 10
miles from Clinton for the
occasional meeting.
Mr. Carmichael was later
consecrated Bishop of Montreal
then Primate for all of Canada.
Rev. J. Wm. Murphy of Wingham
was the first appointed minister for
the congregation and services were
held in Nethery's Orange Hall north
of Blyth.
After Blyth separated from the
Belgrave and Wingham parishes in
1875, Rev. Gallagher took over.
Rev. Davis visited occasionally
until Rev. William Henderson was
appointed in 1878 and Blyth
became the permanent residence for
the minister of Auburn, Blyth and
Belgrave.
Rev. Henderson's annual stipend
was $200.
During his tenure, services were
held at an old schoolhouse north of
the village and then at the
Temperance Hall on Dinsley Street,
until the completion of Trinity
Anglican. Just 11 months after the
decision was made to build the
church, it opened on Dec. 29. 1878
and cost $3,200.
The lot at the corner of Dinsley
and Gypsy Lane had been
purchased from the Blyth estate for
$50.
Construction of the church
suffered a setback when a severe
storm blew off the roof and
knocking down an end wall.
James Potter donated a portion of
his land, in 1881, for a cemetery. It
is located west on North Street. The
final burial was in 1940. A cairn was
built for some of the stones and
others still remain in their original
location.
Early in the 20th century, the
spires were believed to be unsafe
and were removed.
The congregation acquired an
organ in 1903, the interiors were
painted and frescoes and electroliers
were installed when Blyth acquired
its'own electric plant.
After the removal of the original
rectory on the northeast corner of
Dinsley and Gypsy Lane, a new
home was built in 1911, at a cost of
$2,500.
Rev. Hawkins. 1916-1928, was a
much-loved rector, who gave of
himself to the entire community,
visiting families during the deadly
flu of 1918 and helping out on local
farms when the young men left to
serve in the army.
The church was wired by hydro
in 1924.
At Trinity's 50th anniversary, the
large cross was placed on the altar
in remembrance of all those who
had worshipped with the
congregation in the past.
During Rev. Pakenham's tenure
in the late 1960s, he constructed
two Sunday school rooms in the
basement.
Until the 1960s, Blyth, Belgrave
and Auburn made up the parish,
Dungannon was added for a short
time, but in 1970, the parish was
changed to Auburn, Belgrave, Blyth
and Brussels.
A propane furnace was installed
in 1964, replacing the wood furnace
which had earlier replaced the
woodburning stove at the rear of the
church
In 1979, Trinity Anglican in
Belgrave joined the Wingham
congregation and in 1980, the
rectory was switched to Brussels.
When St. Mark's, Auburn, closed
in the late 1980s a stained glass
window from the church was
installed at Trinity. During the same
period, the church was made
handicap accessible. •
An addition housing a meeting
hall, kitchen and handicap-
accessible washrooms was begun in
1994.
The congregation will marks its
I 25th anniversary in 2003.
Past ministers were: Rev. Win
Henderson, 1878; Rev. G. F. Parke,
1883; Rev. H. A. Thomas; Rev.
G.W. Racey, 1889: Rev. I. I..
Higley, 1892; Rev. C. L. Mills.
1898; Rev. G. McGuillen, 1900:
Rev. G. Edmonds, 1902; Rev. W.
Hartley, 1905; Rev. J. Farr, 1910;
Rev. W. B. Hawkins, 1916; Rev.
Share, 1928; Rev. L. V. Pocock,
1930; Rev. A. H. Mahoney, 1936;
Rev. R. M. Weckes, 1937; Rev. P. H.
Streeter, 1942; Rev. J. L.
Henderson, 1945; Rev. G. M.
Wyatt, 1949; Rev. J. A. Roberts,
1950; Rev. W. E. Bramwell, 1952:
•Rev. B. de Vries, 1955; Rev. R. F.
Manly, 1958; Rev. P. P6kenham,
1965; Rev. K. Stokes, 1970; Rev. F.
Carson, 1973; Rev. D. Sargent,
1977; Rev. Robin Lyons, 1981; Rev.
Pat Nunn, 1986; Rev. David Fuller,
1989; Rev. Paul Acton, 1991; Rev.
Nancy Beale, 1995 and Rev. Tom
Wilson, 2001
Reaching to the sky
Trinity Anglican Church's majestic spire, once reaching so
proudly to the heavens has been gone for some time. on
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