side officiating. A tea raised a sum of $250 for the renovation of the church. The church interior was painted, carpet sup- plied, as well as a sofa for the minister, chandeliers, table, Bible and new hymn books. A fence, in front of the church, served

for the tying up of the horses. 23 The build- ing committee consisted of John Yeo, Laurence Yeo andJohn Best. The Method- ist policy was that the church building was to be debt free at the time of its opening. It is not known if this was the case with St. James but it could explain why it took such a long period of time to rebuild and reopen the church after it blew down. It is unknown where services were held during

the rebuilding of the church, but minutes of the Circuit indicate the Lot 16 Methodists

were as active as CVCI‘.

St-Jamfs The trustee list of 1877 consisted of John Yeo, John Best,

Thomas Hodgson, Laurence Yeo, Alexander Crossman and, trustee of Parsoner, John Yeo. (Trustee of Parsoner is believed

to be the trustee to represent Lot 16 at Circuit meetings.) Members of the Society were listed as Mrs. Samuel Yeo, Mrs. John Yeo, Mrs.John Best and Mrs Richard Yeo.

In the early days, services were held every second Sunday

George Yeo lived Just to the left of St. James Methodist church. The minister, when he arrived for service,

would house his horse in Mr. Yeo’s barn and

often share a meal with .

the Yeo family.

to give the minister the opportunity to cover the circuit. Services were well attended by such fami- ly names as Best, Yeo, Clarke, Large, Monkley, Inman, Campbell, and Gamble. The 1904, mem- bership list read the following way: Membership, Jabez Yeo and Mrs.,—— Alexander Crossman,—John Yeo and Mrs.,—John Best and Mrs.,— Adherents, William Higgins, William Thompson, Laurence Yeo, Lewis Yeo, Mrs. Chas Monkley, Mrs. Henry Thompson, Richard Gardiner, Oliver Best, Howard Fraser, James Bagole (Baglole), Dugald Campbell, Andrew Bagole, MurdOch MacPhee, James MacPhee and Mrs. Ab (Abel) Clark. 2“

Sunday school was one area in which the Methodists put great value. In fact, many non-Methodists preferred to have

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