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from 1903—1925 and, due to nmrger, bec

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United Church of Canada. It became a part of the Vernon pastoral charge from 1925—1962 and then the Vernon—Pownal pastoral charge from 1962—69.

This beautiful little church, the maroon reflecting the island soil and the gold reflecting the fields of ripening grain which surrounded it, was a center for w.M,S., Sunday School, C.G.I.T., Young People's Union, besides the worship services every Sabbath.

Many ministers served through the years. The longest serving minister that I remember was Rev. Dr. A.S. Weir~—a kindly genial man who first lived in the manse at Vernon Bridge and later he came back to serve again, but this time he resided at the manse in Pownal.

The only adherent of the Cherry Valle} charge to enter the

ministry of the United Church of Canada was Sutherland MacLeod. He

became an ordained minister and served in charges throughout the

Maritimes. He, his wife and family would worship in his home church as they vacationed on the homestead in Earnscliffe. A nephew, Vernon, lives on the property and is actively involved in

the work of the church here at St. Andrew's.

To span seventy years of any church's history in a short time is impossible, so for local interest, as well as personal interest, I would like to relate two first events. It is personal because I married into the Mutch family fifty years ago. The first wedding solemnized in the new church at Cherry Valley was that of Jennie H.

Jenkins and William J. MacEachern on July 6, 1898, and the