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ii aaotaer la tht series of prlat wlaaing asays by htdtats of tua rockwood public aclraol is reproduc ed since tht roots of set tlement in ontario revolve around the church brand smith chow the historic stem church as her sub ject stone unitedchurch by brenda smith this is the history of the church i attand and hope to join within tfaa nuct yaar it is locat ed on tht foarth uat about one- quarter of a mile south of high way j4 for being such asmall church it has a long and inter- eshag history which i am going to tall yon about it all began back in 1809 when the late john loree and his wife and family of ten children moved from new york state to come to canada they settled in halton county which lies along the bor der of wellington county in sou thern ontario during the following years mr loree and his three sons john heteklah and timothy served in the war of 1812 for the british this was a war between united states and britain for this service the british govern ment gave the lorees a grant of land which amounted to 1400 acres this may seem a large area but in those days it was natural to have a large farm however they only cleared a small area and after some time the rest of ie govern- stone church fruit of uel labor it was given back to the gove meat highway 24 was then called the stagecoachune froroguelphto erin the crown otland cleared extended from the second line to the fourth line down about as tar as hopuns place below the a to the second line above the stagecoachline as far as the third line and back down to the highway today some land still belongs to the lorees on the third line they cleared most of the land that was flat john loree lived where hopkins live there were other united em pire loyalists in the area these people built a log church on the northwest corner of the church grounds john loree donated this land a cemetery was start ed also ji stone united church is situated just off no 24 highway on the fourth line of eramosa township like other country churches of pion eers it has a cemetery alongside making its site doubly sacred tp the congregation staff photo strange to say one of the first to be burled was john lorees brother heaekian who lived on the third line farm now owned by mr harry loree as most of the settlers were united em pire loyalists it was only natur al to call the church the meth odist episcopal church it was a humble structure but it meant a lot to the faithful habitants in 1862 a new stone church as we know it today was built the reverend john smith had the honourot being their minis ter even though his stable and horse had been burned by some unknown person the rest of the congregation went and bought him a horse and other equipment to show their admiration after many years of successfulpreach- ing he was succeeded by rever end cook a painter by trade there was no basement in the new church as the heating sys tem consisted of two cast iron stoves called old bellies it took a whole block of wood which would burn all afternoon about thirtyfive years later a small hole was dug in the wall near the foundation after much digging a door was put in en ough earth was shovelled out for lheiasttfflatlon of a small turn- ace and a few hot air pipes in 1871 the eramosa circuit was formed it consisted of three country charges which we re bethel mimosa and stone church the parsonage was at the lastnamed appointment the communion service was at that time called sacrament sun day or as the quarterly meeting this was held at one church with the other two churches joining them on the following page you will and a summary of the ministers that served that charge reverend flndlay m smith was the first minister to serve in the new church he served three years he was succeeded by re- christians should make ethnic groups feel more welcome in chosen country bfrmmt taylor rockwood at the november meeting of the rockwood pres byterian wms and wa the president miss elva pearen led the group in an interesting dis cussion the topic was the ethnic groups and the department of immigration forme presbyterian church miss pearen who spoke for the ukranlan people was assisted by mrs j freeman for the hungar ians mrs cordon swanston the italians mrs sinclair for the french and mrs d gray the chinese they came to the conr elnsl6nruat as christian offffgwanston were named on the anitation we should do more to make them feel welcome in their chosen country misses minnie and colena nlcketl were hostesses for the meeting with 14 members and three visitors present miss pearen opened with a verse what i can do followed by a hymn after the approval of the minutes andthe treasurers report the roll call was answer ed by presenting the sunshine bags the offering received by mrs g swanston was dedicated by miss pearen mrs l johnston and mrs g nominating committee to prepare next years slate of officers mrs sinclair reported on the rally in preston where miss elsie taylor a missionary on furlough from nigeria was guest station closing agent with no duties left in rockwood protest from residents of rock- service on the railroad employ- wood its unlikely the subject win meat is a precarious state to a pobtlc hearing before the rockwood station with the bookkeeping and records gone only a potbellied oil burner giv ing heat is all ready for closing theres a three or four month trial period before the cnr comes in and locks the door but unless theres some concerted board of transport com missioners although business in the rock wood station does not approach la volume mat done in acton it always kept one man busy ss have never been ast ronomic but one person in rock wood told the free press re porter he figured they more than supported one person on duty acton statfaai which is on the same wnedo ax rockwood has all the current records for busi ness in the last six months re moved agent charlie perry the last survivor says he thinks the railroad win let the station set vntu they see whats going to happen in acton several protests have been re ceived about closing the cnjl station in acton trains started running through this area first in 1ssc 1 think 111 be here an spring rockwood station agent wayne casemore told the free press bat the only thing pre got to do is report the trains as they go tur casemore had a pile of which contained all the books and records of the cmr station in rockwood piled up ready for delivery to goegah where the master agency is lo cated hes only been la rock wood since october zol replacing barry shea who qjdt the railway because of job insecurity mr casemore realised the job is paly a temporary vacancy but vtwn with nearly eight years of award prizes top anglers by mrs f taylor the eramosa rod and gun club held their dance recently and during the evening several prises were distributed to winners of the largest 1967 fish catch in the rainbow trout class the top honors went to thomas mc- cuuough for a beauty tipping the scales at 5 lbs 8 ox one at s lb 6 or brought second prize to alfred aug while third went to nigel anderson for his 4 lb 3 ox rainbow for speckled trout james stewart had first at 3 lbs 9 oz don mathies came second with his 2 lbs 14 ox speckled with one for ossie downes at 1 lb 7 ox in third place in the ladies special speckled class marg lilue had a catch of 1 lb 2 oz for top award and janet peart had a 712 or speaker miss taylor showed many slides of her work in the hospital and told many interest ing facts and experiences an invitation was read to attend the meeting of the twi light group when miss sinclair of guelph will be guest speaker final plans were made for the annual bazaar in the church school room miss pearen askedit members would like to resume the giving of life memberships this year but no decision was reached the scripture lesson was given by mrs l johnston a hymn and prayer closed the meeting during the social half hour a lovely lunch was served by the three nlckell sisters assisted by mrs aitken and mrs dgray verend lynch and reverend coo per in 1880 reverend thurston preached for a time before rev erend durkee tdok over following hlmreverend watts preached he had a family of twelve then in 1886 reverend walk er preached for three years he was wellremembered as a good speaker in 1890 reverend fair began fa preach which he did for one year meanwhile a mr hodgkinson was kept busy as a supply minister i reverend harris became the next minister his daughter started the missionary society reverend noble disbanded the missionary project but he took down the doors of the pews and the door to the pulpit from 1893 1901 reverends grandy sanderson and sharp served there in 1901 reverend brand served followed by reverend george smith and re verend san derson reverend woltz and his wife opened their home for the congregation following reverend woltz was reverend craig who was then followed by reverend evens in 1914 his wife started the lad ies aid in 1916 the reverend wa cook became the minister with reverend eddy following him at this time evert on was taken out of the charge and rockwood was put in a new parsonage was built in rockwood when reverend r geiger served in 1924 rev erend ja diltz came to preach to the people reverend donaldson was there when bethel was moved to an other circuit leaving rockwood and the stone church as it is to day from 19291937 reverend viu1 taylor served reverend harold lawson served from 1937 to 1942 during this period he- suffered from a motor accident but recovered reverend ward next endeared himself to the congregation many years later reverend oliver came to the charge with the reverend diltz following him then came reverend moore reverend connor and finally our presentday minister reverend gardner in 194s a community effort was pet forth to remodel the church otice again they needed space for sunday school rooms mrs al stevens mary loree made these dreams come true in 1943 the church received 3500 to be divided between the church and the cemetery the people voted that seven hundred dollars be used for the cemetery and the remainder for the church in december 1945 a building committee was selected consist ing of two stewards two elders and two members of the young peoples in 1946 the building was emp tied to put in the basement a large hole was dug and the floor was raised six feet changing the appearance completely helpyou build complete roof if planned protection safkoaufecqeqcnbial insurance be safer with safccosbriambk mmamiannua youll save money too homeowners check the kg extras m safeco one policy covers everythingm dan gerous gaps or overlaps you save money too for the finest most complete roof of planned protection call us today true chequing personalized cheques go here dennys 17 mill st w milt 8532243 insurance residences bill 8532645 agency 534150 harold 8532565 true savings passbook goes here the new true way to bank here it is evcr thine ou need for your com bination of true chequing and true 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