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(’9 to function as United Church pastor at Purple Valley. Lest it be overlooked, I would like to make some mention of the Baptist Church that was erected on the 12th Cencession at the 20th sideroad corner sometime in the late l690's. At that time, there were a number of adherents of the Baptist Church residing in the neighbourhood and through the efforts of their pastor, Rev. T. C. Robinson who was successfully baptising several new members, they formed a congregation and, as before stated, they built a new church where, they could worship according to their religious beliefs. nev. T. C. Robinson was a scholarly man and deeply religious. For several years he held services in his church, but the death or removal of several leading members and destruction be fire of their place of worship proved too heavy a blow for the weakened congregation and the mission at Purple Valley closed. In the early days, the Presbyterians used to send their student missionaries to what was then known as haclvor settlement, and some of them were able and earnest preachers. A few words in closing as to the old log schoolhouse. I cannot remember many of the teachers who taught there, but I recollect that William Wilfred Campbell, who later became the “Poet of the Lakes”, was one of the first teachers. Rev. and Mrs. A. E. Edington, (former pastor at United Church Purple Valley) who celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on Nov. 20, 1945. The groom outlined a bit of history of the