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The church that Knox built SECTION A THE HERALD Wednesday August I 1SI Pit By ASTRA Herald Staff Writer When it was built over 100 years ago it lay on the outer fringe of Georgetown lo the farmer a fields The con had to make a trek to the outskirts of town to worship Today Ihe Knox Presbyter Ian Church at corner of Main and Church Streets has become an Integral and leal part of the downtown core It has become one of the most familiar landmarks on Georgetown Main Street The twin towers that stand on either side of the building are its outstanding features and they complement the beautiful stained glass window that must be seen from the interior to be fully appreciated The Knox Presbyterian Church and its congregation have had a turbulent history with the church being destroy ed and rebuilt twice in over 100 years The history of the church begins well before the Main Street structure Itself was ever built In the early 1850 the combined population of both Stewart own and Georgetown numbered approximately The Presbyterians had to worship at either the Nerval or Union Presbyterian churches congregation had yet to be officially established in Georgetown As the number Presbyter Ian families In Georgetown Increased the Presbyterian church decided to designate Georgetown as a missionary station and for a few years students or teachers from Knox College in Toronto ded services for the families In their homes In a congregation of thirty was established in Georgetown They increased their numbers somewhat three years later when the congregation which had been associated with Acton decided to Join them The congregation now numbered fifty They worshipped at first wherever they could find room In the old town hall then In the Congregational Church and later In the Wesleyan Methodist Church It was soon realized that such a large number needed a church of their own and they got their wish when a Presbyterian church was constructed on the corner of Church and Main Streets in 1867 at a cost of 000 It was a first In two ways It was the first church for the Georgetown Presbyterians and It was also the first brick built church in Hal ton County new Knox congregation worshipped in their church for only twenty years before It became too small In 1685 the congregation decided that it was time to build another church spent next year soliciting funds for Its construction They took apart the brick church they had worked so hard to get brick by brick lnlW7andbult a new church on the same comer The bricks from the old church were saved and used to form the basis of the home of Doctor that still stands on corner of Charles Street and Park Avenue TIk congregation kept In mind how quickly they had grown In numbers in only twenty years and built their second church with much ger proportions at a cost of lis This church could now seat worshippers and the firs en of the tlon must have felt dwarfed sitting In a church of such a vast for so relatively few people A new feature of the church was a beautiful stained glass window In the northern wall that commemorated the late Hugh McKay Mr McKay had been a former ordained elder of the church and had always been dedicated to the welfare of the church The congregation thought they had built a church that would last It was solid more than enough to suit their needs and beautifully built Yet he unforeseen happened In 1901 when a fire started under the organ the church and gutted Its Interior comple tely leaving only the four outer walls and the memorial stained ft lass window intact The congregation rallied and determinedly repaired the of their church It was rebuilt the stonework cleaned where it had become red from smoke and the walls rcplastered The original org an had been destroyed and a new one was bought The original pews had been rescu during the tire and were sold to the Cheltenham Church for In April the final touch was added to the building with the addition of an eight bell carillon The worshippers could now be welcomed to their services every Sunday morning with the chimes of the bells They were a gilt Iron Mabel the widow of Henry and were to her husband mem cry of service to community The first type the church used was a reed organ which had to be pumped by foot When the second church was built was far larger and needed an org in that Would be able to fill it with music The ladles auxiliary got together and bought a new one manual pipe organ This organ was unfortunately destroyed during the ill fated fire and a new two- manual pipe organ was led with the new interior Alter fifty years of service this organ was considered too old and the congregation dcci to buy the one that currently serves the church They bought the organ at a fraction Its original cost from Lady Kemp of lie Prior to the church had only one small hall where meetings and public functions could bo held Yet as the Georgetown population grew so did the congregation and Sunday school class The Church desperately needed a larger area for their various Church activities dec to add an extension to the existing structure In 1955 sod was turned marking the beginning of cons tructlon for new extension The extension open ed barely a year later In February 1950 and featured a new larger hall minister study remodelled kitchen choir room and changes in the healing system The Church has undergone ma changes In Its century of existence It has had fourteen ministers preaching to a congregation that has grown from In IBM to today Today congregation Is served by Its fifteenth mill 1st Reverend Peter Barrow a nat vc of Scotland Reverend Barrow was in Stirlingshire in central Scotland when he decided to move to Canada in 1972 He came directly to Georgetown and has been serving the Knox Presbyterian Church its hall is used by a torse sector of Georgetown popula t on who aren t all necessarily Presbyterian Various groups a d clubs use the church foe lit Including the local horticultural society the Children Aid Society the YMCA the historical and even by McDonald s Rest a unit who has used it to hold training ons far their cm ploy In addition to the various groups that use the church facilities the various church groups such as the Scouts guides and women group also gather there throughout the week Reverend Barrow said he likes the church used nee that what It tl cro for to serve the Knox a Church ha been standing on the corner years later Main and Church Streets Tor the past 80 yean The original In 1WI building was built on the same comer In 1807 was torn down build a larger church which then destroyed by Partnership tour brings members from Peru to Hills In Georgetown lait week lo promote the partnership between their and our Y representatives from Lima Peru another agreement for continued support of self kelp projects in that city stum The Georgetown Y along with affiliates In Hamilton Cambridge and Owen Sound as well as the Canadian International Development Agency has been helping to pay the of sociologists and other social worker to Improve their lifestyle Prom led to right are Irene Wood wife of the local executive director Jill Blair chairwoman of the Georgetown s International development committee Manuel Sayan executive officer of the Lima Lima volunteer Silvan Baclgalupo Gulitlnl vicepresident of the Lima board or director and local executive director John Wood Four Peruvian officials from the Lima were in Georgetown last week on second teg of a visit to strengthen the partnership between in southwestern Ontario and their Peruvian affiliate Manuel Sayan chief executive officer of the Lima ItomoGustlni viceprcsldcntofLlmaAssociationsboardof directors and a Lima Y volunteer who acted as Interpreter on visit Ontario arrived at the Georgetown Y Mountainview Road of ices Monday afternoon after spending a of days In Their visit officially endorsed another agreement with Lima Y and five southern Ontario affiliates aimed at improving life for the South American city shantytown residents Joining the Canadian International Development Agency YM in Cambridge Hamilton Owen Sound and Georgetown have been raising money help pay the salaries of social workers and other professionals working In the slums where almost half of the Lima population lives In turn the professionals encourage residents to self help projects Ruth Law a Georgetown volunteer who visited ago said that both CIDA and representatives of the Ontario participating in the program were very Impressed with Ihe results During their slay the Peruvian guests visited Toronto a model complex in North York Falls and Cambridge as well as Guelph and Georgetown Mrs Law was the host of a pot luck supper last Monday held In their honor HAIR STYLES i4 STREET GEORGETOWN Near I G A 8776822 OPEN MONDAY TO SATURDAY SPECIAL SENIOR PRICES MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY EXPERIENCED IN ALL STYLES ROLLER SETS TO THE LATEST CUTS BLOW DRIES Issues in farming reveal need for agricultural planner Biggar Continued from page A2 not to mention a number of regional and nearby gun clubs and hunters groups impress ed Mr and he admitted he was surprised at how well organized that lobby was when it finally convinced regional councillors that the deer 1st ion In region has grown considerably over the last ten years gradually causing considerable crop damage If there was one thing that particularly irked him about the pro and antideer hunt debate in May and June waa the demand from he antihunt lobby to produce dollar figures on the amount of crop damage farmers attributed to deer rousing Like other farmers Mr Biggar said Its almost Impos sible for him to accurately assess the crop losses caused by animals Whos to say which is doing the most damage when be s chased both deer and racoons from his i fields These Issues in farming the rural stability versus urban development deer hunts the need for an agricultural planner within the regional administration and problems associated with Canada economic slumpare not 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