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Presbyterian Church Choir 19305: Back left: Major Waddell, Lewellyn Camble,]ames Chisholm, Joseph Thomson. Center left: Mae Duncan Dawson, Elizabeth Chisholm Lang, Ruby Carter Chisholm, Marie Cameron MacDonald. Front left: Jessie Chisholm

Thomas, Jean Delaney Bowness,Jennie Waddell Rogerson, Helen Chisholm Asprey. Shirley Thomson collection. ‘

Thomson MacFadyen, Nancy Thomson MacFadyen, Cordon Waddell, and David Waddell.6‘

Repairs and remodeling to the building were done in 1907, 1965, and again in the 1980s and 1990s. The choir loft, which was added to the original church in 1907, was donated by the Albro Howatt family. The pulpit, of bird’s eye maple, was built by Wm. Chisholm and Son. A foundation was placed under the church in 1952, and the interior was renovated. The interior walls of the church were covered with paneling, a floor covering was laid, and an oil furnace was installed in 1965. An extension was built onto the main church between 1981 and 1986 which included washrooms, a kitchen, a large hall, and Sunday School rooms. The choir loft was also enlarged and a minister’s study added. Double

doors open from the church into the extension. Further renovations in 1990 included a complete refurbishing of the

sanctuary: the walls and ceiling were insulated and gyproced, the floor was carpeted, the windows were repaired, new lighting was installed, the pews were remodelled, and a stained glass pastoral scene was placed at the front of the sanctuary in memory of Marie Cameron MacDonald and Donald MacDonald. A hall sound system was dedicated in memory of Charles Thomson and a library was established in honour of Marjorie Cameron Delaney’s service in the field of Christian education.7

The North Tryon church remained Presbyterian at the time of

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