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The Acton Free Press Thursday Dec 28 1978 At Crewsons Corners Centuryold Orange Lodge building was once thriving Methodist Church Local pair named to library board by Jennifer In Crewsons Corners is a small white clapboard build tag now owned and used by the Orange Lodge It i always an Orange Hall That building once housed the Crewsons Corners Methodist congregation In Its early days It was called Bcthesda Church In he second half of the 1800s many comer Methodist churches sprang up usually as a result of enthusiastic revival meetings Methodism appealed to farm folk and many were converted by the spirit of Methodism sweeping the continent Because of the nature of Methodist worship small congregations gathered with circuit preachers A minister was put on a horse and sent on his rounds a blessing Crewsons Corners Church was part of the Eden Mills Siloam circuit for mosl of its existence although it became part the Acton circuit in later years The Corners Church as it was familiarly called was built in 1860 just two years earlier than Methodist on the Town Line and Second Line north of Acton It must have been a particularly successful meeting that sparked the existence of two in two years Unfortunately there is littlc on record about the Corners Church it ceased to exist as a church in 1919 the few local residents left who were numbers were small child rcn at the time of its demist Fnnk s book Here and There in Eramosa is a CREWSONS CORNERS church founded in J for many area Methodists Since 1919 the building centre and an Orange Lodge valuable source of what in bodies Sold to an Acton formution there is fraternal society as a club So is a year old copy of rMm he building Moore column The of he Orange Old Man in the Atton Free Lodge Press courtesy of Herb Mr Day remarks in his Brown of Corner book the late Albert According to Mr Day the secretary and later church was by local of the United Methodists in 1860 and preached his first in 1919 The building sermon then was used by local residents Later preachers in Frank through the kindness of Day memory II Charles Lambert who Rev bought it Rev I Taylor It Mr Douglas Thomas Clark brother in law pur and thased the building from Mr J Lambert The building was He remembers when then used by the Salvation tht family came to church in their 1912 was the worship home has been a community motor They agreed to park it well away from the horse sheds and not to crank it until the horses wire on their way after church Horses wen still fearful of tars in those days l writers note they still are to George Day his father had good reason to be particularly fond of tht Corners Church He joined the church in 1907 hi came from England and the organist Leola in 1909 In fact it was Georges Uncle Hoy who bought church build from Charles Lambert Many preachers Mr Moore writes his reminlsecnec of the church on the occasion of its sale to Lambert He reealls the old Corners tannery owned by William employed quite a staff of workmen As Ihesc people had no church closer than Acton or it was deemed necessary to build their own Mr Moore adds the small popular addition was re quired within two or three years His rceollcctlon of early pastors included Rev Robert Phillips John Stephenson and J Colling According to Moore T A Moore preached his first sermon there in the year 1878 preachers at the included William Daniel Bar Moore himself John Coleman and J Scar row Lending members of the t were Robert Brown William Hem street and Moore lharles and Walter Lamb Perhaps men be considered among the found fathers but Editor Moore lists even more preachers and finishes his article with personal sentiments about the social and spiritual functions of the little so dear to his heart Locals r borne local people who remember attending the Corners Church as very small children are Mansell Ncllis and his cousins Cecil and Art Diamond Mansell parents belonged to Ihc church and he vaguely remembers being taken along is small boy His cousin Art would Mend the when he to visit Other members included the Lambert family Lamb family Miss Bella Hitching later mother of Ross Gordon Herb Brown and Morgan Memories of Crewsons Corners Church and other crossroads Methodist churches are always dear yet recorded information seems very hard lo come by These memories should be written down before It s too late Anyone with further in formation stories or memories of these early churches and who wishes to share them please feel free lo call the Free Press Office or Jennifer Halton Board of Education brought the manpower on the Hills Library Board up to the mark with two appointments during the board s Thursday meeting at Burlington Grant 1 Lim chouse was appointed to a full threeyear term while Carol McMurray Cr Georgetown was named to a twoyear interim seat Mrs McMurray replaces Betty Fisher who won Hon as a school board trustee last month Mrs Fisher resigned the library board seat worked wilh The Peoples Food Commis earlier this year Mrs McMurray is a member of the steering com of the Halton Hills Recreation Department Project Action The local appointments were part of a slate for the board library scats in the region The appointments are effective in January Board names trustees to its 21 committees Halton Board of Education adopted a slate of trustees for the boards committees during the board regular meeting at Burlington Thursday We tried to give everyone a fair opportunity to share responsibility board chair man Bill Herd told the trustees The north has lion on most of the major committees including salary finance and library relations Hills Ward One and Two trustee Betty Fisher Milton Ward Two member Bill and Ivan Arm strong Milton Ward One and Three are all on the salary committee Burlington s Bill chairs the salary committee which includes Elaine Auger Len Crosier and Helen Howard Lock Hills Ward Three and Four trustee Barry Shepherd heads the library relations committee Its members include Cam Jackson Milton and Hills separate school trustee John Bradley and Anne Fairfield Until negotiations are com pletcd wilt remain on the finance committee under the chairmanship of Garry Morton When the talks arc finished Bill Pnestner will replace Lawson Oilier trustees on Ihe finance committee are Shepherd Jackie Cut more Elsie Florence and Fred Armltage The French language ad committee members he A group School health committee Is made up of and Cut more was appointed to the safety council while Shepherd is on the conservation authority The Home and School IS Staff wish everyone a Happy and Prosperous New Year The next meetings of the Niagara Escarpment Com mission will be held on Thurs day Jan at a and Jan at a m in the conference room of the NEC main office arc Auger airfield Elaine Shepherd is on the trainable retarded children advisory committee with Crosier and Morton Jackson heads the isorj committee on early school It includes council appointments and of Cut more and Howard Lock Milton is also on the direc lor performance review group with board chairman Herd Morton Edna Robinson and Noel Cooper and Herd also learn up on the appointment of architects committee Joining them are Auger on Bradley St Georgetown member of the board ad hoc committee wilh Crosier members of the Fairfield Hilson and Robinson The is chaired by Cooper and are on the professional development Milton Armstrong is on the review kindergarten entrance requirements committee with Jackson and Howard Lock Trustee Auger is the sole member of the teacher evaluation task force The Human Resources group includes Bradley Howard and Meares Single member committees include the summer school group wilh Armstrong and modified school year with Cooper Fisher is also on Ihc community schools stration committee with Fairfield Bradley and Cooper was appointed to