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. w... r . “ g‘ihgk‘efl‘tenmal. 1: Ii _ ‘ ,made'by, membegsyof in? Prince ."Edwagrd District Womens ‘I'nstiâ€" ‘fiute will be taken next week to uAmeliasburgh Museum, where it \. l , i will be on‘ 'splay»thruughout the Summer fiter th ‘t it is expected 1 4° go 61 'el‘ngton Museum, where i ‘I Ii ,elv become ‘3 Permanent exhibit. ~ Last fall the quilt was display. 9d at the County Fair, where i} 'attracted much admiration. The beautiful quilt, a centen- 'nia| project paying tribute to the founding men and women of this County, consists of 11 blocks, one for each W.l. branch. Each block was designed and embroidered by the Members of that institute to represent a historical build- ing or scene in that 3"?”- The blocks were pUt. together by Mrs. Bernard Brooks, and the quilting was done biy the Cherry Valley Women’s institute. Mrs. Brooks, who is district curator for Twee’dsmuir Histories, Prince Edward [County Women’s Instiâ€" tute, wrote a brief history to go . With each quilt block. ,1" vanyearlier edition (Sept. 5), i The Gazette ran several of these . histories. Herewith are printed ”'8 last two' of the series, histor- ical backgrounds for the Athol Township block which was made in four sections, and for the Gil- berts Mills block,'whi_ch shows ‘Ithe old White Chapel at Congefs Mills. . _ . ‘. _'l'he gum block suggests [our .hlghlixghts of community life in ‘A‘thbl Township. The first depicts the Wicked Point Lighthouse. Sal- mon «Palm received its tormer name Wicked. Point because of the many savage storms and wrecks 011’ the point during the 1800's. A lighthouse was built sometime he- fO‘l'e 1878. The building was of white .frame. having three different land lugs besides the tower which con- tamed a whine stationary coal-oil light. The Keepers were Peter iHul’f. Lewis Hudigin. Amos Mac Donald (1897 to 1909), IAnson Shortt. JgimJKavanagh. and Alex Clarke. The light; was closed in 1917. After this successive owners were George Gummings, T. G. Bower-man, and Stanley Rankin. The second highlight ‘is the Sel- mon Point Methodist. Church which was built in 1877 on land donated by James, Spencer. The Trustee - Board oe‘ihe time included Wil- li'a’fn Rankin, Thomas Rankin, Cal. vlu Rankin. Jum‘es Burlinghiam, JUMP Spencer, Stephen Cra‘ndiall. William Entirely. (William runes, and Samuel Yer-wood. \llll NW of red brick wi Mil-$11 graceful Jiggtai in â€" ’ imam 1 . s‘ it sinusoid 1., Wt“? y panelled and renovated. The inlet: in 1967 was sold to , II who converted it into a pr'iV. We. The ‘ , hon. mod 1% e Cherry airy nicer] 11% group In the South Pas- ,, 1 horse of Prince Edward. 3 litre ohm! section of the biog . lots the Athol row-ism Isa ‘ on 'huflnonlnml " filmed M '0 as one I . ‘ ' ‘ “'wâ€"‘nâ€"w' ~~.:w,.t._ ,.._.4-. gr"--. ii ‘1‘?" - '* 'MLll lat Woodrous Corners. The Conâ€" ls'rcanie iron; Asa .Wcrclei struc’lionlof the hall‘wlth heavily reinforced stone and mortar loun- dvafion plus attached sheds cost 1,600 dollars. Innth'et'early nineteen hundreds the need of a kitchen was felt and the Women's Institute with Mrs. W. R. Browne and Mrs. S. P. DOdds as conveners proceeded 'to raise the necessary funds to bund and equip a then modern part of Lhe.Township hull. A fireproof cement block vault has recently been added as have many new improvements ,by‘ the Council and Women's Institute. Various groups of Athol' people constantly make use of this Come munity Hall. ‘ The final section of the block Shows that May 20, 1967 was the Official opening of the thol Cen- tennial School which saw the clos- ing of seven smaller schools Lil the township. It is located adjacent to the old No. 3 Athol School in Cher. ry Valley. The Board consisted of M. F. Dulmage (chairman). W. S. Rankin, J. White-ford Jr.. H. 05‘ trander. G. Young and Mrs. H, McConnell. The teaching staff «for 1967 included Mrs. D. Eveleigh (Principal). Mrs. K. Trumble, ‘Mrs. N. Welsh, Mrs. F. Bell, Mrs. G, Hargrove, .Mrs. ‘S. Newcombe, Mrs. B. Bongard. and Mr. R. Bloch. TH E CONGER CHAPEL "Sunday, the 16th. In the old church at Conger's Mills. This was the principal church on the circuit before the one in the Village was erected. five years ago: but: a more awkwardly house for worship I do not wish to, see. It has three 931. levies but the floors in them are level and‘ only seated wwh- rough plank or loose hoards. They are too high. and being level. the W1. pit has to be stuck up towards the moon in order to see the people in them." (1) , So wrote a Methodist circuit rid. er in 1825 about the Old Cm , the first Methodist Church locat two miles from Picton on the High Shore Road in 1809. In fact it re“ presents one of the oldest styles in ah'chitecture in Upper Can do; . White Chapel was Sturdily cofiu‘c‘tefl of wood by William Moore about 1809 on land donated previous to 1784 by Stephen Conga. er. a Loyalist trom New Jersey who had settled with his family in Hallow-ell Township about 1735, His father. David Conger set up a saw- mill near this spot t‘fld 'l‘aler 31 grist mill for title looal fWI‘s. ’ 91’ 41 enlist! Dire . end. {the sififieya'pchiteMurefii-flmed the ".'0‘l!fl‘1"51‘. <1 of “lag -- anvic§$ .~ r we. 0ft not nnclddé on '09 egâ€" Hilton of We estabh Chum of Ehgtund. 'Bhe first Slindiay of .3va June witnessed a remvfi (of wot-- 5111513 at. the cherish These servioes gm cdiiduotbd hy ‘ the United chm Wed Memo " . l9 -, equently much ‘ imwm§mMmm or ' mu £3" aflfifih‘fia‘éfi 1 . . ., 15’ r'relig pin j‘ been significant on the so’cialf'l‘ih‘ 373i and customs of our County. \This; congregation around Mountain View known as the Wesleyan Me thodists decided afiter some years: of meeting in the Union School at Mountain View that they WOUld build a red brick Church on part of Lot 68 in 1he 4th Concession ol' Ameliasbui‘g on/land donated by Huldah and Cornelius Hobbs and David Sprung. The contract tor the building was let to William James Davis of Belleville on Dec em‘hel‘ 13. 1877,‘ for the sum of $3,000. Supplying all the meter [als, he was Lo finish the building in six months, provided the local farmers laid the stone for the foundation. Davis offered to build the church without a. gallery for $300 less. But the congregation felt that a gallery was well worth the extra expense, A dedication was held in June, 1878. In 1882 shods were built and the basement. was nmsneu 8. year “1" er. largely by volunteer help. This basement housed many a Sunday School meeting. Temperance Soc~ iety gathering. and other activn- res. First known as the Wesleyan Church and later as the Union it became part of the United Church in 1925. It was then named the Mountain View United Church. Ih' 1967. the congregations of ”Amelâ€" iasburg and Massassaga Churchâ€" es amalgamated with the Mountain View congregation ‘and it is now known as. Wesley United Church athountlam View.’ With the Friend- ship United Church at Domoresmâ€" ville it forms th P-ince Edward North Pastoral Ce 1 es Cullen. wh pastorate in Ju1y, 1969. \ 1 l harge under Jam-I 0 was inducted to this 2’!