walk on and would go to the end of September. There would

be the three of us from here, Gordon,]ohn, and myself. Our

feet would get so sore because it would be the only time we

wore shoes and as soon as we’d get back home we’d take off

our good clothes and save them for the next Sunday.

J * As we walked to the church we would pick up Edith The Methodist and Elaine Monkley and then meet up with the bunch

Church was called from the Ferry Road, the MacLarens, and the Pyes. SLJames Church. This was during the thirties. Gertie Large was my In 1922, the St. Sunday school teacher.”

James property had During the 19305, there was talk of moving the St. a financial value of James Church down to the United Church to provide $1000. much-needed Sunday School facilities; following a

heated debate, the idea was voted down. The Methodist church was used for services for the United congre— gation in the late 19405 when work was being completed on the United Church. St.]ames gradually fell into disrepair, and at a meeting in the church June 24, 1954, the decision was made to give the church to Roland Best of Central to tear

REFLECTION: June MacLean

The children of the Central School were concerned about St. james falling into disrepair “At lunch hour we would cross the road to the Church and discuss our worry. We liked that church for it was a landmar .”

down for the lumber, in retum for cleaning up the site. The demolition of the church was the last item on the agenda of the meeting chaired by Birchfield Yeo. Some of the windows of the church were installed in a new barn being built by Leo Farrell at the time. The church site is incor- porated into the cemetery.

Following union of the Methodists and the Presbyterians, the cemeteries were operated as separate graveyards. Former Methodist families took care of the Methodist graveyard. Earle Yeo and Ralph Monkley were the caretakers; then it was passed down to Jack Yeo and Earle’s son, Wendell Yeo. Many of the old Methodist families continue to purchase plots in the Methodist Cemetery. It is believed the late Harold Yeo was

the first Yeo to buy a plot in the former Presbyterian, currently United Church Cemetery. It was not until 2000 that the two

cemeteries were brought under one directive. The Cenotaph was erected in the Lot 16 Methodist

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