tober 15, 1944, and undertook his task with great enthusiasm. Like Mr. Fream he was a bachelor during his incumbency. Successive D.C.S. reports indicate the ongoing work of the parish at this period. Mr. J. A. Thompson gave lighting fixtures to St. Mark’s. The gal- lery of St. Stephen’s was transformed into a room for meetings. Other repairs were made as need arose. The old horse sheds were demolished at Kensington. A bathroom was installed in the rectory. A.Y.P.A.’s were active under Athol Cotton, President of the St. Mark’s branch, and Lloyd Profitt, President of St. Stephen’s. A Young People’s group was also organized at St. Thomas’s. Women’s work consisted of two W.A.’s,—-—under presidents Mrs. J. G. Town- send and Mrs. W. Harrington,——two G.A.’s, and one J .A. Boy’s Brigades were organized, and a branch of the Anglican Laymen’s Association was set up at St. Mark’s under the presidency of Gor- don Cook. In 1946 the choir of St. Paul’s, Charlottetown, assisted at Harvest Thanksgiving, and the Rector, the Reverend J. T. Ibbott, preached the sermon. Mr. Noel’s pastoral ministry was par— ticularly successful and he presented large confirmation classes to the Bishop in his incumbency of only three and one half years.

In 1948 the Reverend Sidney J. Davies was appointed rector. Much labour was put on church property in his time. In 1948 a new foundation was put under St. Stephen’s, and a furnace was instal- led. In 1949 the interior was completely renovated. In the same year the 120th anniversary of the St. Thomas congregation was observed and the church building was improved in several ways. A large new furnace was placed under St. Mark’s Church. All par- ish organizations were active, and missionary apportionments were fully paid.

Mr. Davies resigned in October, 1950. After a seven month period, when the Reverend W. J. Phillips conducted services, the Reverend R. W. B. Coupland took charge in May, 1951. The parish was now self-supporting and gaining in self-respect by paying all diocesan obligations in full. A number of gifts were made to the various churches in Mr. Coupland’s time.

In July 1953, the Reverend W. E. Ingraham was made a priest in St. Peter’s, Charlottetown, and was inducted as Rector of New London by Archdeacon G. R. Harrison in November. Major works have been undertaken in his tenure of office. St. Stephen’s Church and grounds earned first prize in a Rural Beautification contest in 1953. A community hall was erected nearby. The centenary of the congregation was fully observed in 1954. Electric lights were in- stalled in the church in 1956. At St. Thomas’s the spire had to be removed after standing for seventy years. A new foundation has been placed under the church, the grounds and cemetery have been levelled and the hall has been painted. At St. Mark’s a new vestry has been built and a new kitchen, fully equipped, has been added to the parish hall. The rectory has been raised and placed on a new foundation. Young people’s work is particularly active and the Rector takes much responsibility for the Church Camp at Crapaud. In 1956 an 8.30 am. celebration of Holy Communion was begun on Sundays at St. Mark’s. Finances in the parish are in good shape and organizations function successfully.

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