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Orono Weekly Times, Wednesday, December 12, 1990-11 Highs 0f History - Il This high point exists just west cf the farm cf Alfred Harness. It is directly across fromt the old Pioncer Cemnetery known as the Lawrence Church, on the fifth concession cf Clarke Township. One cf the early pioneers describes the location as he stepped eut cf the old church door. "The paraphrase is sung and the benediction pronounced and we file eut for homne. As we move away te the west we have time te realize the splendid view te the south-and west. Lake Ontario is in sight and aIl that fine bit cf country towards and beyond l3owmanville. What a grand place for a church! What a pity it had te be shifted into the village. How uplifting it would have been fifty times in the year te let the eye sweep round through that score cf miles cf magniificenit landscape. There are nonie finer cf' its kind." Let. us go back in timne te the earliest days cf this church. This church was first known as "The United Secfsion Church " (Note the use cf the -f-' for "s" in thocs carlier days.). The first recorded meeting cf this congregation was in 1837. The first building was c cted on lot number 8 adjoining the village cf Newton (later Netwon- ville). This was a sma-Ill frame building set on posts. Subseriptions raised by the Congregation werc te be received in good "Merchantable Wheat" at cash price at the store et' Messro Beavis and Company and in Shingles, Boards or Lumber on the ground at "Market Price".. It is in- teresting te know that this list cf subseribers totalled about one hun- dred and fifty sevenfamilies in 1837 remembering that it was sill refer- red te as the Back Country. The settlers in this area had only started clearing their land thrcc years before., Obviously the church meant a great deal te these hardy pioneers. Travelling te 5501ship every sabbath, aIl the ssay from the back concessions te Newton, mcant early rising and tortueus roads and paths. It was decided early that a "Back Church" was needed. 13x 1839, Thomas Waddell, one ot the parishones had persuaded themn that the "Baek Church" should be located on his property on the fifth concession. His three farms, from east to west were callcd "May Fields; Barblues; and Orchardale." It was on Barblues that he decidcd the land for the cemetery and the church. The church was aIse a. frame church and sai near the roau'. It was filled te capacity almost at its oYpening. Rev. George Lawrence was the preacher f romt its inceptien. The stene house just west cf the churchyard is cccupied by Mrs. Margaret l-ancock today, who in- terestingly enough was Margaret Waddell. There are a few interesting sidelights te this congregation. Il is true that many had enigrated frrn Scotland.* In Scotland this seceeding church was known as the '-Wee Fres." They had found the established Church of Scotland not strict enough for their liking. Anv musical instrument was considercd the work of the dcvii. There werc few hymns bur many paraphrases. A precentor led the singing withhîs tuning-fork. The sabbath was cer- tainly a day of rest. The farmi chores wcrc donc late Saturdas night with cnough tfood provided for the livestock vntil Mondavimer- ning. Whistltng, swinging and other evidence ot frivolitus wcre strictly forbiddert,. 1 hâve heard that when my great grandimothcr arrived one sabbath te lind the precenter and his tuning-tork sup- planeud hby an G.-gan. She promptly marched our et the building and stomped home thrcc miles on foot, neyer to return. The Wee Frees were the torerunners of' thc Presbytcrian church. When the congregation found the building completely inadequate the- pressced Rev. Lawrence for either a much larger brick church or a stone church on the same site. The argu- ment conîiued for seme s'ears but neither was te happen. In the end a new brick church was located in Orone. Today it is the location ef the Masonic Hall. Rev. Lawrence secmis te hase supported the move te Orono. The centre and cast cairn.s on the Wad- dcli propcrty remain te com- memorate the lises ef' many pioneers. The location is well main- tained today and its northcrn and eastern boundaries are a profusion cf lilacs cvcry spring. Many good things came front ail of this. The Wee Frees and thic Church et Scotland joined together. Vet 1 am sure you cati still hecai the tuing ýlot (k 'lnMtng, adt1 then the cengregatien breaks into 44Amazing grace, hov; swect the sound." It would be with thtis fer- sour and determinatien that thewould file eut t he doors te mnake theiî vwavs homte over the pleasant counitrv side. 1 stilI liked the idca et a lit tic stonc church on the brous et thc bill. Pnlacn lfor Fore st Centre Dînner lans iare noss undervay lor ithe annual (ianaraska I ci est ('entre dinner heing hcld on Api il 101th, 1991.1 Meney raiscd throughi the dinner and various auctions sunports tP'ý Forest Centre and the Ontario Federatten cf' Anglers and Hunters Fish and wildlife Fund. Last year seme $40,000 was raised through the dinner event. Gord's View flfistory I.. by Go rd Mills What todo about smoking In recent years we have ail been bombarded with the ilîs of smoking. Despite everything we hear, bad that is, lots of folks continue to smoke. A lot of people may think the battle against smoking is just something that has come about since the famous statement of a few years back by the U.S. Surgeon General. That just isn't so. The first European to smoke may have been Roderigo de Jerez, who sailed to the New World with Columbus in 1492. The war between smokers and non-smokers has been going on ever since. Almost as soon as Sir Walter Raleigh brought the stuff home from Virginia, his servant was extinguishing him with buckets of water and bis Sovereign, James 1, was fulminating against the barbarous smoking habit. It makes a kitchen often times in the inward parts of men, soiling and infecting themn with an unctuous and oily soot wrote the King un bis counterblast to tobacco. The more- than- a-li ttle insane Sultan Murad IV in Turkey, James' contemporary, blamed pipe- smokers for a fire that dcstroyed 20,000 houses in Constantinople. He introduced the death penalty for smokers. Calvinists in Geneva introduoed a % obacco chamber" with sentences of whipping, branding, or exile. One l7th Century doctor, Johannes Vittich, claimed that tobacco would cure, scabs and scratches, erisipelas, and in particular the bubonic plague. For the saine reason pupils at Eton in the I 8th Century were flojzged if they did not smoke a pipec every morning to keep them healhfy. Sean Gabb, in a publication just released by Forest, the cigarette makers pressure group dlaims that ASH, the anti-smokers pressure group, are the direct intellectual descendants of the Nazi Party. He bases bis dlaim on the fact that both were against smoking. Smoking could be wiped out, and very quickly, however, perhaps, the -surest protection of tobacco is the insatiable need of money, which allows ail levels of government to carry eut their various programs, as dictated to them by all levels of people. Bowînanville Business and Professional Women' s Club by Irene Konzelmann Members of the Bowmanville Business and Professional SA-TA'S L CLEARIANCE A SALE 71 /Grand Marquis F250 F350 Diesels Topaz - Escorts F150 - 4x2 Plus - 4x4's Sables - T aurus Aerostar- Conversion Vans *Ail Vehicles Priced to Seil - Immediate Dlvr * 35 Minutes North On 115/35 BULLING LINCOLN MERGURY. -LIN DSAY Cati Collect (705) 324-5291 YOUR LOCAL AGENT Ron James, 987-3492, Resnick St., Newcastle Womnen's Club have reason te be pleased about their 4Oth Anniversary celebrations last montb. The evening was a huge success. Abou( 155 women (and one courageous man) camne to enjoy an excellent dinner and outstanding speaker. Talking about women's role in the past and present and sharing ber thougbts about their place in .socicty in the future, Maude Barlow received a standing ovation at the end of ber presentation. Our thanks go to Judy Hagerman and her anniversary commi ttee f'or a job welI done. 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