A History of Elmsdale , West, and Brockton , Eleanor Yeo Coll. Rev. and Mrs. J.Warner Turpel The ministers of this newly formed church were: 1919-1923 Rev. J.W. T \irpel 1923-1924 Rev. Joseph Richardson was born in Minnesota in 1870. He moved early in life to Uxbridge, Mass. , and started preaching at age 19 in Methodist churches. He then trans¬ ferred to the Church of the Nazarene and served churches in New York , New Jersey , Maine, Ontario , Nova Scotia and Elmsdale , PEL Pastor Richardson died June 14,1953. 1924-1926 Rev. Lawrence Feree was nicknamed the "Sweet Singer of Israel." When he left Elmsdale he went to Africa where he was a missionary from 1926 until 1941. He then left the missionary work but continued to live in Africa. 1926-1927 Rev. George Henderson 1927-1929 Rev. Stanley Dixon had two sons, George and Stanley Jr. George and his wife Charlotte came several times to Elmsdale as evangelists. 1929-1932 Rev. Archibald "Archie" Stanford was born in , Nfld., the son of Mr. and Mrs. William Stanford . Before he became a minister he was a fisherman in summer and a lumberman in winter. He married Gertrude Myers of Cole Harbour , NS. They had nine children: Rev. Roland , Beulah, Kay, Irving, Frederick, Trudy, Irva, Warner, and Vera. Trudy and Irva were born in Elmsdale , PEL Beulah, Kay and Trudy passed away prior to 2006. In 1967 Beulah was a medi¬ cal research librarian in New York City , Kay was married to Rev. Thomas Harman , 201