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"on Suniiy, July 10th, st. John's lnglk-an ‘Phuwh, Si. Eliulnnrs, will ‘Alt! its ("entennial Celebration at

inch in} nestle, tllevfilohbllev. “Trhbislloziff. i. “luficll, no, l‘r_i_-_ Write u! Kill ('illi;|<l;_l,' uill b.- llle'

ilebrant 511m». (Shel-ail t ununuliiun

1th the jeirly- .l-In 111st: settlers, p

’ England building_ in the plnvini-

tint of age. -

V"_hl5i.O1‘_V"bllt unfortunately vc-r itle has ‘been lll‘t'5r'l‘\'l'il, but thes

_l hey wcliiltleariell partly from soln ‘ om a ditty. kept by Hubert Comp

f as the first English

, enrv Common vi Si. Eleanors.

l distinguished military strrvice ‘in - l8 Irish rebellion of 179s. He married Charlotte Newman, Aunt otfithe late Cardinal John ' ‘enry Ngwnlan, a noted church-

“ wan), in 179s. _ city. '

s‘ _‘ Landsat Richmond Bay Rus

m . "He landed in Richmond Bay in $04 and-made arruugelnents for

iiltiflOOklflfl the bay. He then re- 1 lrned to England. He came again ,‘ n the Isldnd in 1806 and took pus- gssion of his house naming it "The zvllionlhit was at this time that f: was promoted to the riulk of col- “ iel.

i His residence xvara noted lnnci-

1e lslanllgnul i> ilu: old skillful-ell

The vilhgc of St. Fleanors is rich

1w facts-"of interest at this tinle. .' the oli-ést residents and partly

t m, gFHlKiEOIl of Col. Compton, who stiller, and try kindly loaned to the Rector, en. Archdeacon White, by Mrs.

Colonelflarry Compton, \\ ho lvzt.

village in ‘ 304. He “ms atuhn-t timlYu captain

-, the Perth Highland Itogunelltof-

enclblesWInd was given a grant of iventy tlidllsaild acres of laud on "rince Edlvard Island, half in Lot ‘t and halYin Lot 19, in recognition

1o building of a dwelling house r

of having dinner‘- wltlr his father, who. a little lad, with the French ]>l'lest,_\vliose house, originally the lflhapel, had-been‘ moved near the sliure at Nortlrst». Eleonora; It W08

‘_,lilll‘l‘$ll’10\'N‘i.'l.D Miscoucltc, "where the g

e_ ll<'rt~nvll families ~ purchlwed; _- ten PM“ lkllii- m- _ thousand acre: of land andsettlad (‘llurrh is are-related f tin re. ~ '

H» Alm- Col. Colnpt

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of land in the-village of St. Elean-s

-Other families were Green, Hope, l’ j Scllurnlau, Fraser and Darby. History of‘ the Church .

e - - . , . They were _very anxious til-estab- lish o. church, but it was not until the summer of 1823 that the Parish of St. Eleanor-s was grained g rector.

§ Jrn in~}I\fal"l,\'ebone,- ltfiddicséx flEl8Ild,‘fiJ1lll(1Cd the

Will Attend

ivr. Rev, c. 1.. vvoliaeujf ‘

Archbishop ‘or Nova. Seotia‘ and Primate or all causes, who will lie“ present at lomorrowfi Cciitdlifilztl Celebration iii. st. ‘John's’ ‘angneilu Church, St. ‘Eleonora. ' ‘ ’-

oil's arriyal- other llingltsil families evidently‘ of staunch, “Church of England SlOGlCjCHIRC to ‘pd the 5§rish_ ranks next to Si. ' St. Elcunors; 111-1809 tho Oraawell 1111's _Cln;reh, Cinlrlultetown, in ; family came and bollgilggog pol-g;

. ors, In 1805 a George Tauton came.

- pressed disappointment in finding ~ qfgpm Charlottetown at _ much of thdroad deep and rough, ‘ _ though respectable, was not so large “as I had hoped to meet, and only

délght persons were confirmed." On v_his return Journey the good Bishop

i awnshend all n1 lllii 1'). Dcrzctnd-

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lurk until 1844, when it was dc- xolishetkifThc site ls still the Pomptonillonlcstezul ill North St. _'.eanors. ;?§1'l'£lllgt.‘il'll‘ill.‘i were made ‘lth Erhlfflihvl‘ tltlicer, Captain (iownshend who had tile corres- tmding ‘gutlves of Lot l7 and I.ot_ l", t0 exqagnge lands‘. Col. Conlplon inking ulljof Lot 17 and Captain

luv.‘ Thcpbllillis DesBrisay was‘ , the first Church ofiilngland-clergy- man to take up residence on the Island in 1775, and it was not until 1800 that the construction nf the first church was beguirin Chariot tetnwn. _‘ u

. ‘T116 coming of Rev. L. 1i’. Jenkins to St. Elennnrs W115 due to Jieculiur circumstances. In 1820 REV. Mr. Jenkins was sent to St. Matthew's Church, Quebec, but. owing to con- trary ivinds his vessel‘ put‘ in to Cllarlottetoivu, where he remained at least for a time and married bliss

its of Opptain ‘fownsheurl still live i- Travellers Ill-st.

-~In 1810 Colonel CUHIDILII] rl-ulov- a to Brittany, i-‘ranee; to educate s two lions. One oi lhenl, lllajor 1011135 (mmpton, returned to St. Teanors and settled there.

ltlie Church stove. It was not until

returned to England.

Al" '8’ Anglican. Ch u rch l§¢r$'ce Wi1l..B¢ Atrehded By Aifit-iclibishev We He!» Primate Canada, And F i-oeClerical-SonsOf The

.:Par<isl'i_,-; Important Link.) " Early English jSevttlement ~__Df_qys~.

now ‘the residence oi Miss Kate Darby. In the report of Rev. J. W. Fqrsythe to the D. C. S. in 1865 he speaks of improvement made to the rectory. ‘ Before the departure of Dr. Jen- kins in 1826 the ground on which the church was to be built and also the churchyard were consecrated by .-Bisllop Charles Inglis.

The site chosen was about a mile and a half from Richmond Bay ln- land, where a thriving village had by this time grown up.

Rev. A. V, G. Wiggins, rector from 1830-1851, preached his first sermon in the newly erected church on January 9th, 1831. The church building was then 48 by 30 feet with ‘- atower 60 feet high.

visit of Bishop Inglis

Evidently the church was not fin- ished _when Bishop Inglis again vis- ited the parish in‘ 183-1 as he ex-

the church not finished. In describ- ing this visit he says: “A fine morn- ing after a rainy night. We set out an early hour,- accolnpanicd’ ‘ by Rev. Dr. . enkins andMr. Townshend, a. cen- didate for Holy Orders. We found

but Rev. Abram Wiggins met me and conveyed me as rapidly as pos- sible to St. Eleanors. It was about: five o'clock when we entered the ‘Church, which I regretted to find still unfinished, the congregation

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St. Eleanors parish was honored

tin 1857 by their rector, Rev. J. H

iRead, being "~ made Ecclesiastical iComnlisury, and in 1060 he was ele-

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by members of the congregation in memory of sons and brothers who paid the Supreme Sacrifice in the Great Warp they are, platen, 1n

a member of the Legislative Coun- cil andj-Iouse of Assembly for many years. He died at “Richmond Cot- tage" overlooking Richmbnd Bay in

Emliopeopenednutonintho Hooper house and was the flnt in ply tho farmer two sanlinu Ind six-pence for a bushel oi.’ oats.

t 60 pounds sterling. The Church was

voted to the dignity of Archdeacon of Prince Edward Island; the pres- ent rector, Rev. Dr. White also holds that importantcfflcc.

At that time the S. P. G. attach- ed a stipend of 200 pounds sterling to this otlice to enable that digni- tary to fulfill his duties to the State in a fitting manner.‘

Rev. J. W. Forsythe was tho next rector of St. Eleanors and his work as recorded In some of the D. C. S. reports was very beneficial and many improvements went on during. preservation. his term q! oflice, from 1865-1873. The beautiful stained glass east A bell for the Church was brought window is in memory 0t’ the Cras- from England in 1865 and cost about well family. The names inscribed 011 the window are, James Craswell, died Feb. 21, 1865; Harriet Withers Craswoll, Feb. ‘J1, 1882; Fred EdWB-rd Craswell, Aug. 13, 1861 Louis Wil-

eldest son of Veu. Archdeacon and Mrs. White who was killed in action Sept. 2, 1918; chalice, in memory of Roy s. Ireland, killed m action, February 5, 1918; flagon, in mem- ory of Reginald C. Jeffery, killed in action November 18, 1916.

Fair Linen Cloth to cover the alta at the celebration of Holy Commun ion. with sacred symbols woven into its fabric. This is in a good state of

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repaired at this time and many im- prdvcments made to it.

memory of John Deane Whitworth,

Lady Fane Fanning also gave e tablet, written in English and Latin,

1864 at 86 years of age. Many of Prince Edward Island's noted sons have their lut resting place 1n the Churchyard at St. Eleonora. There, a monument is erected to ,Hon. William Henry Pope, one of ithe Fathers of Confederation. A

George Linklottar, an Empire bey- allot, who settled in Lot 16 in 1188, and great grant grandfather o1 m. Herbert ‘ of ‘Sunlmmide was one of thdnrst to trfldo with the

to open -up between the States and Canada when the Inter- colonial nullwiy w... built, aw lhip- ping was all on the North aide of the Island and Richmond Bay WIS the port for Prince County.

A place called the 01d Store, nou- Oliver neoplasm-s flu-m m ‘North St. mention-was what one might

call ‘the trading post."

Many schooner: were built on the

farms in StQEIeauors and ‘

with this inscription, by the‘ people of Prince County, is therezfwililam Henry Pope, Judge of County Court. Born in Bedeque 29th May 1825. He lived much in his native country. Appointed Judge 1873. He upheld the integrity and dignity of’ the Bench, while he delighted to ad- minister evenhanded Justice. "Died

trench settlers. Until out. basil-n’.

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well beloved 7th ‘October, 1873." A small tablet was affixed by the Abegwelt Chapter '01 the I. O. D. E.

"by oxen to tbewater’: edge. Among, the early ahipbuilders

in Prince County at St. Eleanor: p:

sythe and in his report of 1869 there were 10 marriages, 35 baptlsms, and 23 confirmed. ‘Three persons were admitted to the Church by adult baptism. " ’ -’- ‘

the seventh rector, in 1881, the minister says, “There were 35 cele- brations of Holy Communion, 26 baptlsms, no marriages and 13 bur- ials. Ollr Sunday evening congrega-

Adflitlonal Land Obtained

A piece of land adjoining the rec- tory and fronting the road was ae- cured at this time. Inlprovements were made to the rectory and owing to the energetic work of the ladies no debt was incurred. »

Rev. Mr. Forsythe had ullder his] charge at this time the Church at l Summerslde, Kensington and Wil- moi: Valley. He also conducted four Sunday Schools. His salary was 85 pounds sterling. He asked for a curate but was not granted one at the time. ‘In his report of that year i to the n. c. s. he said that the at- l tendance pt the Sunday School was ' good notwithstanding the difficult- ‘ ies of the country. He also referred to the loss of a. library m: the Suin- merside Sunday School, which oc- curred when the Steamer “Grey- ‘ hound“ went down. 2 The, Church ‘continued ' to grow under ‘the guidance of Rev. Mr. For-

In a. report of Rev. T. S. Ritchey, I

said, "Rev. Mr. Wiggins was over- turned and Mr. Townshend was

‘thrown from his gig in consequence

of running against trees."

are Island has miade in the last’ fiiuldred years is‘ shown in the con- trsst‘ '01’ the Journey of Bishop Inglis tiftfitit of Blshoplworrell, who will béfible to make the distance from Charlottetown to St. Eleanors next Sunday very comfortably in less than~two hours. i,

‘On November 22, 1835 st. John's Church was destroyed by fire owing to the carelessness of a servant in carrying live coals to light a fire in

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1838 that ‘the ‘Church was rebuilt, affzfas the building is much larger" some of tile earlier graves are with- in its walls.

Rev. W. W. Walker was sent to St. Eieanors 1n 1828 to replace Rev. Dr. Jenkins, who was appointed rec- tor of St. Paul's taking Rev. Mr. Adin's place, who had resignarl and

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tlon at Summerside always is larger ‘ ‘ during the autumn and winter months than during the summer.”

y Gay~long known as "Phe rapid advance in travel that Gay"—and says "we havclosta ven- ‘

She died at the aldvanced 87."

sington had a. rector of their own and St. Eleanors and Summerslde remained under one rector. In 1911 the rectory bought as it was found more con- venient for the rector to live there.

the Church. Mr. G. Stavert Tanton.

the parish.

0nd were built by George Tenton,

He alsorepcrts thedenthcf ‘lvfrs. ’ "Old Mrs! reble parishioncfand communi-l ant. She came to this country a reat many years- ago,‘ with herl usband, whorri she ‘long survived.

11am Craswell, Julie 3, 1872; Zilla. Emily Craswell, July 13. 1913; A1- bcrL John Craiuvell, June 1917, and Ada Sophia Craswcll, May 1, 191B. The beautiful Bible on the Lec- tern was presented by the Society for the Promotion of Christian Knowledge and was printed in 1841.

in 1927 to commemorate his conned- tion with the Confederation of CB1‘!- adtl. ‘

Hon. Joseph Pope, who died in Charlottetown in 1895 and who re- presented Prince County for twenty-three consecutive years in the Legislative Assembly, has B.

were Hon. ‘Sllliuel’ Omeh, John Ramsey, Robert Mfllfgm and James Sharp . '

_Orle of these vessels built by Robert Milligan in 1844 made the passage to England in fourteen days. f _ ,

The first ship to be hunched in Summersido Harbour was built by,

Scene of Celebration

a p ' \ i 8'1‘. JOHN'S CHURCH, ST ELEANOBB

age of t

Growth of Parish

As the perish grew larger. Ken-

at Summerside was l1

St. Eleanors has given six sons to

lay reader, when he takes Holy rder will make the seventh from

The first church and also the sec-

November, m4, m w: having he ' passed in 1883 that 511mm Courtshould hold issuable terms at Georgetown in Merchant! July and at St. Eleonora in June and Novem- ber, of each "your. ‘Hon. E. JBVI was the nrst Judas w preside at at. Eleonora. ' The early settlers were my do- stroua that their children flroul receive an education and mm‘: were eawlv went. no mu school iasltmeaum was opuud 11mm by wand Mm. camel Pope, flurry C. Green, who nth: wards became the postulate! It Summeijaido was one o! their pupib A Mr. Sherlock was the next master and, kept school in I lo] cabin on Montgomery's Corner. mltlzi.awnnumcomumaait_ from Suflolk, England, ind will’ to his uncommon stature undre- nnembnt he ‘noon foundlnplh- merit, having. aspppllsflm tnmtllip ‘ of the Greens“ Darbya, Craawolll, Schurmarfaand I-Iowattu.

' In

Jiraoperlng strain‘

‘tented with well kept- 1am. Tug

by William Andrew in memory oi’ his youngest daughter, Sarah Comp- ton Andrew in 1906. The old church

reading desk.

ected in 1923 in memory of William and Isabella‘ Hunt families.

er Book for the Reading Desk are in memory o! faithful members of the congregation.

The Llflklettlu‘ Road part of the amptolWfitlllt. “Q18 sold by Col. amptlnll-s second wife, a French- omlul, 937a Wnelliiutliill Carr, a » vsceuclztflizbi ll Rana _v irlultlj: who nle ill i770 nlul sell/hurl in it'll l7. I lls llllllf§iilfl doubt-canoe out with 3e llllilfllxii illlii ti"

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, “Jrutluud. ll ivm l‘ "ll\'l_\' ho built. ilie ilrii inf.‘ i‘) ll 1n lull

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LJl/nlwunlrl‘ thirty 110.‘-

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. __ nav. trails n. rust-rat. n. a, " A ,Who wilt preach at ll o'clock so!‘ vice.

philus DesBriSfll’. He afterwards went- on to Quebec. '

March 14, 1828, Jenkins wasljet. llecl to (tharlottetown, but travelling

found Rev. ‘Fllnlulls Allin, lnstallr-rl

new parish boarded at. George 'I‘al_ltou'.'s House. Ifntll the church was built services 19th, 1831 Rev, Abram V, G, Wiggins, n The Pavilion, i5, 13., arrived and took charge of St.

1t stoiéiljtt little DCIOW the and: were held h. a ;i Ntn'ill”$>’1. ‘ ' (7l'-'lS‘.\'('ll'S house and the 'l"auton ‘a’ B0111’? liousl". h

been sent tn illeiu, built. _\vl,lich u-lll; iiuishljd inrlili-i. This.

DcsBrislly, daughter of Rev. Theo- On the death of Dosh. imf

~lntg puui‘, when .he arrived he

if‘l'l‘I he van-s then appointed to the of St. illeauzirll. Ho

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grandfather of Dr. E. T. Tanton and

It is in a. wonderful state or preser- vution.

The brass Lectern was donated

ad two pulpits; one was used as a; A beautiful Rood Screen was er- by the Hunt

The Altar Service Book and I-‘h-ay-

The Altar Cross was donated by

sented Prince County on several occasions in the Legislature and did much for the Island. and died in 1885, lies near his father. r

aid Jarvis, who for many years min-

tlee Jarvis, eighth Chief Justice for

y'_1'n 1930 there were only two

Transportation, Difficulties

Jenkins to ride on‘ m

ands were sent to the Society for

tlle,'Propagation of the Gospel for

’l'll_e energetic parishioners‘.ivho 11c tre- so grateful that u IIIl-IIlSlQI‘ had

further assistance and on Jailuary

w church. Rev. Mr. Wiggins also

were small I nf

REV. CECIL F. WIGGINS, D. D.

Jarttis Tanton of Summerside. He was a son of the original George Church of England clcrgymen on Tanton whose tombstone is at St. the Island, Rey. Dr. Jenkins and Eleanors, dated 1848. He was shot Rev, Mr. Walker, As it took three when. about 60 years of age by a days for Dr. horseback to Port Ilill urgent dc-

ccted with this old church. Among its treasured possessions is tho sil- Eleanors parish. Rev. Mr. Wiggins, verComrnunlon Service over 100 .. preached, the first sermon 1111.110‘ years old, which was given to the l Church when it was first. consecrat- oonductcd services pt Port Hill and J cd by Lady Georgina. Fano, daughter Jl rectory Bedeque where there

is,_set._tlemenis. . The service now in use was given

Miss Kate Darby in memory oflvlrs. Eliza DarbyTanton. Memorial Thblcie

an on e On the Church ‘walls tablets have been erected in’ eommelnoratlon of some of the first members. Two on the west walls are to Susannah Betts 1801-1856, and to the child- ren of David and Susannah Betta, Artcmas 1820-1848, Joseph T. 1842- 1864, and Thomas P. 1844-1876.

On the north wall is a scroll in memory of Elizabeth, wife of Sam- uel Green aged '16, 1854, and on the south side a similar scroll to Sam- uel Green, Esquire, J. P, who was

vessel. Treasured Relies

Many illustrious nauics are coll-

tho Countess 0f Westmoreland.

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REV. o. mw, wl||m,,|t|._a.,_ n,p_.. f Archdeacon of l’. E. l. Ill Rector ‘ o! St- John's church, It. Eleonora.

years the County Seat of Prince County. Here o. thriving village had developed under the direction of Col. Compton and other noted fam- ilies such-as the Sharps, Howatts, Erasers and others.

the chief means of making a living. The shlpbuilders buying potatoes, and fish and other farm produce from the settlers, and loading their vessels, shipped the produce to Eng- lend, either selling the schooner: there or sending them back with manufactured goods.

rtzirlfrliomas n. uuivr, n. o. ' Interns. new. wmrl,‘ I. A.

monument in his memory erected James Sharp and heuiedby several there. teams of oxen in the winter time

James College Pope, ecbnd son down tn the ice to await. the spring of Hon. Joseph Pope, who repre- opening. ‘rho fully rigged ship complete in every detail caused a good ‘am of excitement m the vu- lage, espec 11y among- the school children. The sinewy oxen straining at their task and the graceful ship, seemed" like n. poetic conception of a cartoonist portraying a kindred connection of the land and sea.

The country around St. Eleanor: was thickly wooded with good trout and salmon fishing, and a great deal of game. '

Tlie grave of Dr. Henry Fitzger-

istered to the sick in St. Eleanors and Sumnlcrside is there. He was the son of the late Hon. Chief Jus-

the Island, who discharged his duties faithfully for 25 years. ST. ELEANORS VILLAGE Elrly Court Home

‘There were two hotels in the vil- laxe. ‘one. “The New which was burnt down on Sunday, April 8, 1932, and was the property of Col- lins Craswoll. ‘The other waatho "Old American" now occupied by Mr. Emery Lyle and his family. When the Supreme Court was held there were many visitors came and enioyed the comforts of the hostels and the beautiful scenery. The Court House, which stood where the High School now in, was built in 1838, but 111-1871 the County Stat was unloved to Summonlde.

The Court met for the first time

St. Eleonora was for over forty

Shipbuilding and trading were c

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A- church school wu ‘erected on a corner of the church lot but 1th: the Public School Act cams bk force it was put up for auction and hauled down to North St. llama-l The Court House wu- used ll l, School House after the Coull flu moved to Summersiliu, until II present school was built.

Most of the "buainsll men fi had stands met. Eleanor! ma‘ long sgogone but are still runni- baled by the older lnhbsitlutls

There are many den ' ‘ the ortsinal families still vingll

rounding districts; happy and cin-

still remain loyal. and Ina t0 II Chin-ch 0! their 1851101‘! NM H11 i! lebration o! ‘the one blmdredflz; up: nivernlry o! est. John‘; cause rib" Ibo an upoohm their Mllol wilrlong be remembered. May lg: other hundred yea-rs name find‘ ElcS-IIOPS stronger than rd: Church and all it stand-i ‘for.

Sons of St. John's

Given. below are the all sou’

St. John's Parish who have

Holy Orders. They have all bed notable careers and have ti!!! high honours in their about: pa: fusion. Ntith the exception 6t HQ Chas. White, they will all be ping: eat at. tomorrow's confirm-y onion hijation.

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White. MA» DD» INN-OHM

Prince ‘mm-a mend. and ltd pl-espnttrector of St. John‘! 01111185 st. Eleonora, which office he Ill heidj for twenty-one ym-a. Do. White was born 3151181518110, N34

July 1a, 1m. as attended oni-

legiate School, wiumr, no, mi- 1886, matriculated into King‘: Q?!- lege, 1886, graduated with B. A. ill mo. B.‘ A. ad eundems 11MB!

ollege, Toronto, 1891. Mldo Doi-

can m» clulst Church. enslaumq n. 5:. June 12th. 1m. a _ priest in St. Paul's Church, Halifax, May 20th, 1894. Cur-ate at rm:- bom, N. S., 1892-1894. Christ Church. New Ross, 1884-1900-

Ordlind

Rector It

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