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Burn Mortgage Of Alton Charch | rey 2 Alton Baptists Celebrate 10th Birthday Special services yesterday marked the tenth anniversary of the found: DONALD ola pren be ing of Alton Baptist Church. - The sturdy church building, erected of \ recent sana. ce paso ‘ stone quarried in the county, is shown above. Wut 19 40 1936 | ‘The mortgage of Alton Baptist Church was burned last night betore | egation, who thronged the church, The cere pice bap ody peer teed John Hunter (left), pastor of the church, p ‘who: wasthe first minister to serve the: ‘192,600 Collected | | By United Chureh ‘HBpeut $950 on Von Rice ' of Edifice | | ‘| Alton, dan. gt (Si presented at th he, ante meaty of Alton United Church’ showed. that uring 1959 over 82600 was contri- a r EDICATE PULPIT AND TABLE New Pastor buted, Nin and EA Gt ths aren soant aa ee the church.” There was a decided} inerease in S 01 0, Stewart, “Corbett oes Me feConn board of elders, .. Cameron, George Prisely, Russell. Jenkins, J: 8. Dods, | George “McClellan; organist, Mrs Gordon Litite; Careta ker, a Bie: Matthus; auditors, O. Wy Cave: I ‘ameron, Pak yeni B.A. B. inducted as pastor. oer | and North Erin. United |) ‘Churches. ; johnei yal © waved Regt a aa st et. ug. 1940, He trained in St. John, Que. heat / 43 He ten tgeet fe’ ears Iu Gacland le then spent ‘Oo years in, taking fanatendl do “training and a | Der 1943, the war cent ta Blelly art communion table and pulpit were dedicated at the re-opening | of Healy now, but where he is in I of Alton United Church, following the complete redecoration of the build~ Taig fig, he ‘pulpit was the gift of the John U, McLellan family, and the table eating’ Gold weathers ‘was the gift of a member who remained Londra enon ae a ang no oud id tea ‘Tpr. er wishes a thank the Alton women's Be oats or the box they sent him f ‘Ghristroas, which, he says, he ee Wes very “gant |