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AIIIIIIMEPIIIITS

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ighsriottetown and Sungnaralde the Masons of Montague for part in carrying out the pm- ror our crippled children.

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'75,, gospltal committee, under pl; chairmanship of Miss Dorothea Bgqyflrt, made 3.051 visits to veter- m, h, the 'two Charlottetown Boa]; l; 1 and the Banatorlum, as we ‘Lani, veteran: sick at home, re-

nd Mrs, H, L, Palmer, chair- min of the Corps Committee.

“To, these visits," reported Mrs. Palmer, "the Red Cross supplies ‘jgnrflttfio, magazines, playing cards md other games while the Char- mnemtvn Branch of the Canadian Legion provides fruit." I u

Trellis from both organ z: ons m. also went wee ily to Ive eras; ohoore patients n Fa conwo i-[pspltiil and Illilrmaw- '

Children patients in the Senator- lum are also remembered with a irrnt of candy each week-

Mlss iris MacLellatt and Miss Joan MacLean are taklnB 0V0!‘ We 30ml. chairmanship of the com- mittee for 1948. d l

Miss Ethel Sutherland. ur ng w “y, succeeded Mia: Grace

y h i n f the Qqmpbfll ns c arms o ]_1l\llll')' Curmittce.

ltcicrcnce was milder by It'll"!- Prlmct", oi the fine work carried on ‘iii tho Art: and Craft Room of the p, p, Island Hospital, Joint Chair- man of the Handicraft Cclrrlmlitee are llllss Alice Fraser and Miss Olga Toombs.

During the year MN. A- 3- C091 assumed chairmanship of the Clerical Committee from Miss i-Ileanor Bourke who was trans- fcrred to Halifax. . _

.\irs_ Palmer, who ia retiring as (jgrpg committee Chalntnan, will be succeeded by Miss Dorothea Stcuvirt. tllsfillflll.“ m’

‘instructors’ Sljhool: conducted during the first year of the Red Cross First Aid programing have trained 36 people u qualified tes- rliers in this branch of Red Cross Work." Mrs. M. Bagnali, chairman of the committee, stated in her re- port. 1n addition 1'14 people received iiiavltlard First Aid Certificates tom courses that were carried out.

other activities were the holding oi Refresher Courses in October and December, instruction in (Jumping First Aid, establishment oi tvu-nty Highway First Aid past: In different part: of the Province. lusts {or Swimming and Water Baleiy instructions in which twenty people were successful and the l-orldllrling of swimming classes held at various point: in which a total oi’ 76'? enrolled and 35'! re- rt-ivcd awards.

In the matter of equipment ten anizlll boats were obtained in con- nection with the swimming and water safety classes. One of ihesc liUilis was instrumental in saving the live oi a young boy at Brighton Share, Tllc hoy was apparently orator-d '2\'ll(’ll brought in but was resuscltntcd by Miss Margaret Wood. a former member of the Red Cross Corps,

li-x (Znriey i"loats were donated by the Provincial Government and "iv large “H" floats were made available for use at Brighton and Kensington Benches.

7" "Wink. Mrs. Bognall expres~ led her sincere appreciation for the cooperation given by the other member: of the committee and on will! of the committee assured lila- i-I. Cudmore ‘that her work 1r truly appreciated and that the expansion of the programme is "FRY lzratifylng and to g large éx. it-‘Ilt the result_of untiring effort. NUTRITION SERVTCES REE-oin-

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"The possibilities of Nutrition dervices contributing to the human- "flflflh work of the Canadian Red Cross in Prince Edward Island are more than ever apparent at the I-‘Onclusion of its second year" . . elated Mrs. J. Walter Jones in hei- 1911011 as chairman of the Nutrition Cllli-uittco,

1hr". Joltcs reported that "inter- xidill rural school lunches, camp

e ing, cooking classes and dem- l';'r‘_5£'"1°11$- for teen-age girls.

lIes, and experienced home- “mlei-i 15 growths. These activities i" addition to the i-iomcmaiter ser-

a ..r.l.l.".rrz.alrssislz 8Y1 acceptable level. Our gonl must fice;°l°“1‘l'y gpjod nutritional prac- . o, gr) _5_.l c

lmiilililiiongallti 800:2 haylnuohahlld iniu ovary homml. ‘ ’ g s “nthlvas pointell out that much Esilllle? the Dlrector‘ Ml!‘ ‘he proniotl-oxil.owasclponlcerned with ilrnms i,‘ rural 5310;); unpih pro. _-vr_.mnn projent lv-IA cmon. "lmlti! was r-itlpiotlejdo ‘Anfitt “b” “Hammers at“, . n1 er.

attended n Rod rocfifiwgllrlillfli‘ School where they promrlquill-acllcal experience in lumles. bClast-lgsuitkiullgirltsllion living:

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the Qummer School sponsored by the Department of Education. work o! this kind wa: demonstrated to the Women's Institute at their annual meeting and at district con- ventions. Oyer so school: were visited during the early tall months. A course in nutrition and Bchool Lunch was again given to members of til; Teacher Training Classes at Prince of Wale: college.

During the slimmer the Director was in charge qfthe food service at joint Leadership Camp epon- sored by the Red Cmsa, Y. M. C. A. and other organizations. reported Mrs. Jones. "

Girl Guides and Adult Holzncmek- ers wero also included in the édu- cational program of Nutrition Ser- vices carried on throughout _the year. -

Early in the summer the estab- lishment of a Homemaker Service was authorized, reported Mrs. Jones, The homemaker is an ex- perienced woman who can take the mother’: place in the home, pre- paring meals for the family and caring ‘for the children, in case o! illness of the mother. The service is available to all, its cost being borne in port by the fttnily and ill part by the Red Cross. In Char- lottetovm five hcmemakers have been employed on a part time basl: giving a total of elxt) tour day: service to seven families. At present only one of these is avail- able for employment. A similar service has been established in Summersid, under the direction o,t Miss Millie Strong and Mrr. Colin Stewart. Three homemaker: have been employed and have given ser- vice to twelve families.

Tribute was paid Miss Haines for the outstanding manner in which she organized and conducted pro- jects outlined by the Nutrition Ccrnmittee.

COMMISSIONER’! REPORT

Early this Spring the new Red Cross Blood Translation Service will be inaugurated in the Mari- times, with the main depot in Saint John. N. B. it was made known by ltfisa Iphlgenie Arsen-

ault, provincial commissioner of the Red Cross. "A mobile unit will visit this

Province at stalled intervals," said the Commissioner, “and it la ex- pected to have sufficient donors lined-up to meet our provincial needs.”

Miss Arserlault announced that the Kiwanis Club have accepted the remnsibllity of sponsorius the transfusion service and that thc Provincial Chairmanship o! the Red Cross Blood Transfusion Service has been accepted by U.- Col. Leo 1". MacDonald.

The Commissioner gave a gen- eral revlew of the work accomp- lished by various committees of the Red Cross.

During the year, it was pointctl out, a. further service, which ii: financed by the National Red Cross, was the showing of movies in the different hospitals each week. The films were being shown regularly by Mr. Ira Brown through arrangement with the De- partmcnt of Veterans Affairs.

A Nursing Committee under the Chairmanship of Miss Katherine McLennan was organized during the past year.

The Commissioner's report also referred to the Disaster Relic! Committee under Mr. R. H. R03- ers which reviewed and renewed the former committees. and active chairmen are now in charge of ench of the followin! divisions. Nursing, Housing, Clothing. Equip- ment, Food and Cooks and Cleri col. Miss Arsenault, in concluding‘ her report. congratulated the Pre- sident. Hon. Dr. MacMillan, on the recent honour conferr on him and expressed her tha to al- who have played 8- P8“ 1" u" Red Cross program. The Commissioner also commended the loylli-y 5nd unselfishness of every member of the staff.

TRYON W. l’.

The February meetifl! d the Tryon won-rein Institute was held On the evening of Feb. 12th at the home of Mrs. Claude Vessey. The", “we eighteen members present and one new member Joined The president, Mrs. Clyde Hicks presided. The meetlnii opened with thQ singing pl thfl mstltute ode and reciting of the Creed. Roll call was answeredfbll naming an article in an infan1‘s layelte. The minutes o! llfevlilll! meeting were read and aPPWVBd- Reports of committees followed: School Committee reported that books subscribed for last year ex- pire in March. It was voted that $5.00 be given ench teacher to purchase books that will be of the inost use in their studies. ilfl Cross reported twelve dresses sent to Charlottetown, Red Cross Rooms and that there are three quilts ready to quill. It was decided lo meet at Mrl- SPVFZPO" Clark's Monday evening to quilt one. Sick Committee reported six calls mode, letter oi thanks from Miss Barbara Nicholson for box sent at Christmas and for a call made’ by the visiting committee was read. Also thanks from Mr. and Mrs. J. Lynn including a donation to Institute. Words of appreciation were extended from Miss Helen Lord for Sunshine box received at Christmas. Treasurer reported that proceeds of two Crokonlle parties amounted to 018.50. Bill of 75 cents was votcd ‘to be paid. Moved by Mrs. Austin Smith. second“! by Mrs. Walton Toombe that. the Inatltute will hold a bean supper in March, the date to be decided at the next meeting. .

Mrs. Clyde Ric's: kindly invited the members to her home‘ for the March meeting. Mrs. Maurice I-Iowatt to have tbs program. Roll. call to be answered with an "Irish Joke." Collection amounted to 01.35. Min Millie Gamble reed the program on child‘: care also the story o: cotton. Oonteet baby's name. Meeting closed with the National Anthem. Lunch waa eerved by the noeteae lunch committee, liars. Alben Geudet and Mrs. Ilorenee seam.

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lBedeque United Church'

Tile lllstory of a Methodist lilrcllit In Prince Edward island

Tracing its Roots in the Cultural, Educational and

Commercial Fields of the Community.

B! l. S. D.

\ CHAPIER NINE (Continued) _ Prince Edward Island, which had been one district in Methodist Church government up till 1893, was at that time divided into Charlotte- town and Summerside districts, with the Summerside District compris- ing all of the Prince County circuits, in addition to Granville and

REV. W. J. KIRlBY Superintendent of the Bedeque Circuit

1892 - 1895 I ll/‘liargate of Weider" Queen's. All of these had at one time been part aaltéigcnoigffiédeque clrcult._.itlst as the Methodist churches in the re- oharlottebownuvcgs anrd Kings had centred in the mother circuit of v . iic o the first actions of the new District was the YP-‘Wnlllflll of circuit boundaries. Bccleque, under the pastoral care gllngfiiéa KIT?’ 511108 1393. lost Freetown and Wilmot which were arga. e and received Cape ‘lb-averse, whose representative Cam- Lcw-ls Muml" “'85 Ell/Gil a hearty welcome at the same boarli mflllllg Which cxprcssed official regrets at the loss of Froetow d Wiimot. Thain-ting brother David Rogers for ills past servicxegaxils; 1 l .. . < ‘ lgfiffilrlgffiafélriéch, (‘to board requested hirn to continue to preach for them

The inst mention of classes in the 91111-1 1 t _ pointmwt v11 J1me 8. 1893. of the following cledadtlzrtslllies w“ u“ up S. H. Trucinan, D. S. Wright, Honr 1,9 m}, s‘ R’ Black. Mrs: w. J‘ Kirby. Diwld Arygmlu er. George Clarke.

The Board‘: approval at the same meet aubwk- appointment as president of the Epworth Lehalgugtoygleigelzug may b: taken as indicative of the changing times which demanded new methods and new organizations within the frame~work of the church" The Epworth League. soon organized over the whole circuit with presidents in 1804: Marshall Wright at Scarlet-own. Nathaniel Pearson atSouth Shore. Ephraim Bell at Cape Traverse. and The-mas Moyse at Bedeque, éirligrcfgr many years a really vital influence on the spiritual life of the_

A total membership in 1894 of two hundred and fifty-two com. municants with ten on trial. included one hundred at Bedeque. seventy- slx at Scorletown, twenty-four at South Shore, six at Middleton and YOFi-Y-BIX B5 Cope ‘Traverse. South Shore and Searletown member-

rtav. cmo. c. r. PALMER. ’ llmerlntendent. of the Bedeque oireate 1N6 - 10!

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DAVID RDGERS, Esq“ 1831 - 1908 - Methodist Local Preacher on the Bed-eque Circuit for many yeara.

ship had been greatly augmented in IBM with a large number of young people, including Horace Wright, Nathaniel Pearson, Major Lowthcr, Grace I..owther, Emma. wright. Hermes Myers, Fred Whight. Debbie IDWthGI‘, Leigh Lowther, James Arnet and many others who gave their lives to the Master at'this time in special services held by Rev. Wm. Harrison and, whose contributions since then in personal dedication to the work of Bedeque and other churches have been truly magnificent. New members meant replacements as the old ones drop- ed out. Quarterly Board in 1895 was composed of seven stewards (fin- ancial managers), five society representatives (representing the church membership) and delegates from the trustee boards. Three Wrights (Major, Dougald and A. T.), three Muttarts (Capt. Lewis, Herbert and William), two Lcardis, (Artie and Lewis), and David T. lnwther. Robert Price, John Craig and Christopher Smith made up the Board.

i Jesse Wright at the mill. the last of the Nathaniel Wright family, died in 1894, leaving to those who took up his work in church and corn- I

REV. F‘. A. WiGd-YFMAN Superintendent of the Bedeque Circuit 1W9 - 1003

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munlty notable examples of achievement. His home, Castall: Grove, bore one of the fanclcst names of all Bedeque estates, with a classical allusion that only a few .ever recognized. Cpstalia Street for Centre- vllle folk who wish to be precise, may still be used-as it was in 1863 and earlier for the road which runs from the parsonage corner to the mill. All Bedeque farms had groves on them which for some owners in the middle of the lam. century seemed to suggest the name of their pro- parties.

Besides Jesse Wright's Caetaih Grove, there was at lower Bedeque; Hon. J. R. Gardineris Gordon Grovwnow the Barrett farm. Holland Grove. Bedeque, was named by its owner, A. E. C. l-liolland, Esq. for the famous estate of the same name in Charlottetown, where his uncle, Colonel John Frederick Holland, had lived. Squire John Wright at Sesrietown called his home Birch Grove, while his cousin. John Wright of South West. Bedequc, lived on Mill Grove Farm. The naming of Bedequc residences apart. from inns probably did not start till the eighteen hundred and thirties. The earliest record c-f such appears in a newspaper marriage-announcement in 1839 when Stephen _Wrlght was listed as of Elm Vale. This house, probably built in the some decade

still stands near the nulls and is presently occupied by Wilfred Con

nolly.

Other farm-home names included. ltieplathorpe. the residence of Major Wright, afterwards owned by Louis Holland and now by Albert Weeks; Ayondale Cottage where Joseph Sehurrnan resided: Willow Ilouso at Searletown where Joseph Black lived; Falrvlew. 11cm: of Jabev Wright, and Riverside Fer-m. North Bedeque, where Jesse A. Wrigh‘. farmed the ancestral holdings of his great grandfather. William Wright. the Loyalist.

Famou: Names .

lfientrevllle House and Badeque House were famous names in "their day. Centreviile Ilouee, one o! the oldest residences in the village, is now occupied by Vernon Ora‘; It was built, possibly as s farm home, by Thomas Hooper (son of Major Hooper) who later mlide it into an Inn‘. which. by virtue cf the table spread by Mrs. Hooper. hid qu'l.e a reputation among travellers towards the middle of the last century. A map o! 1003 shows A. A. MeoKenaie, the school master, as proprietor of Centrevllle Home, with the 1000 art's: having A. iii. C. Holland as

owner. ‘its hiatoryslnca then has been a motley of neglect and can woven en e warp of changing ownership. To moat Bedequer: it wiI

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8v ‘Islander Abroad

WINNTPEG, Men. —In conversa- tion, : few days ago. with a for- mer Islander, about Islanders liv- in; in Wlnnipee’. I was given the names o! Miss Ruby Curtis and Mrs. Kay Hawker.

This morning, I oalled at 701 Broadway, and met. Min Curtis who was formerly of Victoria and Charlottetown. P. E, 1., the daugh- ter of the late Paul and Emily (Show) Curtis. In 1020, after the death of Mr. Curtis, Mrs. Curtis came west to live with her daugh- ters. Miss Curtis. Mrs. Farrow and Mrs. Villet. She passed away lo 1938.

Mtec I was admitted to the suite by Mlse Curtis, I said, "And yoi are from Prince Edward Island? From what part?” “Vlcwrin." came thc reply. “Oh, I know Victoria and many of her people," I answ- ered. “Whom do you know in Vic-

toria?" came the question. This began e lively chit-chat about the Village-by-the-sea, and the folk

fotmd theruebout.

Miss Curtis before coming West in 1909, was employed at S. A. MacDonald's, and was a member o! the choir o! whet is now the Trinity United Church, then re- ferred to as the Big Brick Church

Van Came?

Jaw Englanbsvyle Beans .

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Who. at one time, operated : gro- cery store on Grafton St,, ch“. iottetown. O C O

In the afternoon, I called at $911100 8t. where I met Mrs. Kay Hawker, daughter of the late An- gu: and Lolia (Hamilton) Mac- Leod

The latc Angus MecLeod was b0rn_ in Valleyfield. P. E. 1'., the son o! the late Norman and Mary (MecPher-son) MacLeod, emigrants from the Isle of Skye. Scotland.

Mr. and Mrs. Norman MaoLeod had five soils and one daughter. The sons were-John. one time Deputy Attorney General in B. C. -deceaaed; William oi Vallcyfield. PEI. - deceased; Peter o! Mt. Stewart. P. E. L-deoeaeed: Nor-

man, living in Amherst, N. 3.;

and Angus. the father of Mrs. Hawker-deceased. The daughter W" Katie. Mrs. Samuel Nichol- son of Valleyfield — deceased.

known in her day. because of the

-when Prof. Watts was the or- ganist and choir leader and Dr. Dobson was the minister.

Miss Curtis was for thirty-four years an accountant with the Northern Assurance 00.. Winni- peg, and during those years, work- ed with the same manager. Miss Curtis is now on retirement and owns a beautiful summer cottage at Beachside. Lake Winnipeg, where she spends moat of the summer months. During the win-

number of Katie Maclbeodb, a.s Katie Norman. Tilers la a son Nor- masl Nicholson, living on the Nicholson farm in Valleyfield, P. E. I;

Anglia Msclcod married e Mrs. Hamilton, a. widow with one child. and they lived for e time in Nova. Scotia. To them were born three sons, Norman of Vancouver, B. _C., who was in World War I, Doug-- las in Victoria, B. C., Clarence in Mass, U. s.; and four daughters,

ter, Miss Curtis lives at her suit: Mary in Mass, U. s.; Effie, Mrs. on Broadway. Roop of Halifax. N. 5., Lillian for- Miss Curtis has four sisters. merly of Edmonton, Alberta, now

Pearl. Mrs. W. 1-1. Villet and Mae, Mrs. Harold Farrow, both of Win- nlPBBI Aldabert, Mrs. Jelly of Summerslde, P. E. I.: Laura, Mrs. Stone of Mass, UB4 and three brothers, Arthur. Herbert and Har- old, ail oi Mass, U. S. O O O

living in Mass, U. 5., and Catli- erine (Kay) Mrs. Hawker of W-lnnipfi. who camp west in 1910

Mr. Hawker. formerly of Ima- land, is s watch maker, and is employed at the Hudson's Bay Store in Winnipeg.

Norman MacLeodh son, Robert Angus, ot Vancouver, B. 0., i: at present at the University o! Wis- consin, U. 3., taking hi: Ph. D. do- gree.

WOBURlN SANfi. Buckinghl- shire. England —— (OP) — 5M0. l cat aged 2i. gave birth to l/wo kit- tens.

Several othelr Islanders eslae West, the same time as Miss Cur- tis. Onc was Henry Jenkins son of the latc Robert Jenkins of the Mt. Albion district, P. E. I. Mr. Jenkins passed away several years ago and at the time of his death, he owned and operated eleven groceterias in Alberta. Mr. Jenkins was a brother of Harold Jenkins.

‘be remembered best as the doctor‘: place, the residence and ofifioe of Dr. Sharp and his immediate auccesor, Dr. Moyse.

Bedouin House, older and more famous than Centrevtlle Bouae was built at Wllmot in. the early yeere of the nineteenth century, when the name, Bedeque, was an address for all the residents of Townships, 1'1, 19, 25, 20, and 2'1. Built for Alexander Campbell. 15341., merchant, ship- bullder and. Provincial Treasurer, it was for many years the largest and most imposing residence west of Charlottetown. Its second owner. Evan ‘Thomas, Esq., converted it into an Inn with spacious accom- modation for the travelling public. Hon. Alexander Laird, brother of Hon. David Laird of newspaper and political fame, was the third occupant of this fine property and doubtless feeling that a Bedeque House at Wllmot was geographically astray, he changed the name to Laird House. Its destruction by fire many years later removed an historic landmark from the property presently Owflbd.‘ by Alban Ilecky.

Rcv. u. C. P. Palmer, who succeeded Mtr- Kirby in 1805. was the flrlt pastor to stay four years. His pastoral term was one of steedry pro- gress. The circuit financial statement, which first blossomed into print in 1898, has been a. hardy perennial ever since. Earner prinlad forms for Bedeque Methodists must surely have included the ever popular preacher plans. However, little of this type of material can be founL

Iouvenir Booklet

Rev. I. A. ‘Wighirnan. who came to the circuit in 1099. started the twentieth century right by printing, "A Souvenir of Bedeque Method- iam” which contained, besides the plan of services for the eight months of 1001 and the names of all ofilcialdom on the circuit, a. short synop- sie o! Bedeque Methodist history. The history assured the preserve- tion of the preacher plan, and lees happily introduced several ermle in Bedeque history which have been widely copied.