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Married at Nestieton Pictured as the bride signs the register following their marriage in Nestieton Presbyterian Church on Aug. , are Mr. and Mrs. William Allan Weston. The bride is the former Ruby Irene Mitts, daughter of Mr. Mailon Mitts and the late Mrs. Mitts of Tillsonburg, and the groom is the foster son of Mr. and Mrs. Howard Lee of Nestieton. -Photo by D. Enge, Port Perry Oshawa Wedding of Interest A pretty September wedding was solemnized recently at Christ Memorial Church, Oshawa, where Ellenor Patricia Barton and Glenn Morden Gilbert! exchanged nuptial vows. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Douglas D. Barton of Oshawa and the bridegroom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Gilbert of Bloomfield, Ontario. The couple will make their home in Oshawa. -Photo by Gilbert Taylor, 649 Masson St., Oshawa 1O51h Birthday Recais Unusual Church History St. Mary~s in Man vers By Mrs .Ross Carr Bethany: On Sunday after- noon zhe congregation of St. Mary's Anglican Church, Lif.- ford Line, Manvers township, cclebraied thoir 1Oth annive- sary and Harvest Home ser- vice. -15e interior of the church was oarticula!rly lovely with floral decorations, fruits, grains and veigetables, and many flor- al tributes wcre placed on the graves in the picturesque old cemetery whicli surrounds the church. The littie church xvas filled to capacity for this service and the rinany who attended frorn outside points ivere xarmly wel- comed by the Rector, Rev. G. E. Meades. The guest minister was the Venerable Arendeacon, F. G. O)ng-lfy. M.A. of Peterborougn. Speciai music was provided by the choir, xith Miss Ruth Mc- Kinley as organist and Miss Nancy Lowery singing a solo. Oldest Church *St. Mary's Churcb is the old- ilest church in Manvers town- ship. About 1837 Isaac Preston and four o! bis sons emigrated fr-om Ireland and acquired C lnd in M1anvers Town- ' o0 o!1s sons, Alexan- -el and Iac J. settled on the 01cncessin. wning al] the lane fomtfhe fot of Vance's NFil! 10 the present Lifford rchool. The Township of Man- vers was then an almost un- ibroken wilderness. Port Hope, then a hamîco. called Smitb's1 Creek, was the nearest trading1 pr&st. Alexander Preston, being a mnan cf sorne education and publie spirit, became Reeve o! the Township. was commission- ad a Lieutenant Colonel o! MII- itia and appointed Justice o! the Peace. He was knoxvn far and xide as a coun.sellor and frienri of the settlers, ably assisted by bis wife, Mary Johnston. Tbey took a keen interest in procur- ing the services of the church. For more than ten years before the churcb wa sbuilt, 'services \w.ere held in their bouse when- -ver a clergyman was avail- able. Pioneer Ministers Among the pioncer clergy wbo conducted services wpre Rev. Robert Harding o! Adtol. pbustown and Rev. Robert Ar- mour, Rector o! Cavan. Wben increasing prosperity made the erection of a place of worship possible, the building of the present churcb was underta- ken. The land for the church and cemetery xvas donated by Alexander's brother, Colonel Isaac Preston, wbo served in the Rebelli3n o! 1837-38 and organ- ized Inter the Lifford Company of the 46th East Durbam Regi- ment. The first resident incum- bent aî>pointed to the Mission Churcb was Rex'. William Lo- gan. Alexander Preston and , his wife had recently built and moved into a new and more comimodjous house. When ît was oioposed t0 use their old house as a temporarv Rectory, Mary Preston insisted that it would be unseemly for their clergyman to live in a meaner dwelliî1g than theirs, and with ber husband's approval, promp- tly offered their new home fo: bis use. moving with her fam- ily of small cbildren again into the oldi one. From this removal Fhe contracted a cold wbich de. v.eloped into a serlous illness, of Wliich iLhe died on the "~th of IJune, 1852, at the early age of F'irat irunera, The church which had Just been built was stili unfinished, but temporary flooring was laid and the first service held in it was the funeral of Mary John- ston Preston who had taken the warmest interest in its erection and in the welfare of the con- gregation. To commemorate her devotion and exemplary life. the Church was named St. Ma- ry'YS. The building of the Church waý accomplished by "Bees" arranged by the members of the community. Among the hon- ored names of familles who helped in the building, most of whom stiil have descendants living in the area, were Alex- ander and Mary Preston, Isaac and Mary Ann Preston, Henry and Mary Timms, Michael and Dorothy Sisson, George and Sarah Sisson, William and Mar- garet Ward, Edward and Anne Jane Atkinson, John and Eliza- beth Hannah, Samuel and Bel- la Flack, Vance families, Cairns familles, Joseph and Margaret Lee, William and Maria Stacey, Robert and Eleanor Lytie, John and Mary Hyndman, John and Mary Noble, Porter familles, Staples familles, Dean familles and mgny others. Large Congregation St. Mary's had quite a large congregation in its early days. In the course of its history there were four different kinds of Methodist churches and one Presby erian Church within a radius of two miles. The chur- chles o! the other denominations have been closed. Although the attendance at this little coun- try chu rch is now very small as in comparison with early years, many of the descendants of the early pioneers have maintained an unfailing inter- est in St. Mary's and have been generous in its support. A Siunday School was organ- ized years before the building of the church was completed. Henry Timms was the first Sun- day School Superintendent and held that office until his death. Miss Liza Staples (later Mrs. J. Vance) was one o! the first or- ganists of the Church. It waF during the time that Rev. Henry F. Burgess was Rector that the bell was erected in the steeple. It weighs two tons and has a beautiful full tone which is heard for some distance through the countryside. Redeeorated 1931 The Church was repaired, re- decorated and new furnishings installed in 1931 by Mrs. Lila K. Hughes, daughter of Robert Hannah and. Liza Vance in memory of lier parents and grandparents. Largely due to the efforts o! the late Josiali Jolinston Pres- ton, M.P. and o! Col. J. A. V. Preston, the cemetery was en- dowed in October 1928 and J. J. Preston was treasurer o! the Cemetery Board until the time of his death in 1937. A vault, in memory of him, was ibuilt in the cemetery two years later. The Women's Guild has al- ways taken an active part in the work o! the churcli. They raised the money for a shed that ivas buiît in 1936 on ail acre o! land opposite the cern- ct ery, purchased from Scott Br'os. The list o! Rectors serving this church include the afore- mentioned early missionaries and William Logan, John Vi- cars, Noah Disbrow, Horace Mussea. Henry S. Wright, Hen- ry F. Burgess, H. C. Aylwin, J. A. Poston, H. Caplan, A. T. Weir, George E. Fierheller, A. R. Holden, J. J. E. Mason, Thomps E. Gault and the pres- ent Rector, Rev. George E. Meade:-, Rectory At Bethany The Rectory of the parish is established at Bethany. Eighty years ago the decline in the population of the hamiet of Lif- ford began to be noticeablP. The coming of the first railway through the area, The Midland Railway (later Grand Trunk and Canadian National) wbich xvas built through Bethany in 1856 and 1857 brought indus- tries d]oser to the railway sta- tion. St. Paul's Church was built in Bethany in the yea': 1878 and it became the centre of the Manvers parish, with St. Mary"s and the Marsh chur- ches, the outer appointments. For 105 years the church bas been the centre of the activity in the Lifford Community. Not only did the early pioneers build we]l of material things as is demonstrated by the church building, itself standing the weatber perils of the years: the spiritual roots were planted deeply also; church and family ties have clung through the vears with a deeper meaning than it. is possible to define. CADMUS Cadmus W.A. and W.M.S. met Sept. 17 at the home of Mrs. Lloyd Passant with Pre- sident Mrs. Milton Gray in charge. Prayer was offered by Mrs. Marwood McKee. Devo- tional period was given by Mrs. Lorne McKee, the topic bcbng "Christian Responsibility". Roll caîl was answered by eacb member saying the first vers,ý o! their favourite hymn. Nine- teen members were present and the colîction was $3.30. Mrs. Milton Gray read from our stu- dy book "East from Burma", on the Philippine Islands. The bake sale on August 31 brought in $29.60. Tbank you cards from Mrs. Ernest Gray and Mrs. Rober. Hanna were read. Happy birtb- diay was sung to Mrs. Robert Stinson, whose birthday was that aay. The program consisted of a piano solo by Mrs. Evelyn Mr- Kay; reading by Mrs. Tenny- son Sameils; reading by Mis. Gordon Stinson; piano solo by Miss Mary Passant; contest by Mrs. George Johnston. First prize w'as won by Mrs. Norman Robrer and second prize by Miss Mary Passant. 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