RELIGION IN CLINTON The early settlers of Clinton were of the Roman Catholic ani Protestant faiths. Protestants included Methodists who worshipped in Margate church; Presbyterians at Clifton church; Church of England fo - lowers at St . Thomas Church, Springbrook ; and some Baptists who occasionally worshipped in Summerside but, due to the distance in travelling, went more often to the Margate Methodist Church. A Sunday School was held in the Community Hall in Clinton during the summer months on Sunday afternoons, and was we J attended by all Protestant denominations. The lessons instilled in the minds of the young in those early days, by those who so faitt - fully ministered to the spiritual needs of its people, no doubt boie fruit in the years that followed and are worthy of commendation. About 1928, when travelling was made much easier by the auto¬ mobile, Clinton Sunday School was disbanded, and the children were taken to Margate or Clifton Sunday Schools. Soon after the hall was built in 1893, prayer meetings weie held in the hall weekly, and the minister of the Margate circuit, as it was known at that time, was in charge of the services. Re r. R. Opie was the first minister to serve the community in 189 5, followed by Rev. F. A. Wightman in 1896; Rev. W. A. Thompson in 1899; Rev. R. Dystant in 1902; Rev. H. S. Young in 1903; Re i . J. B. Gough in 1906; Rev. W. E. Johnson in 1910; Rev. George Morris in 1912; Rev. G. A. Sellar in 1916; Rev. J. A. Ives in 191!; and Rev. George Ayers in 1922. Mr. Ayers continued to ha\e prayer services till 1930 and, about this time, a Young People 's Union ( Y.P.U .) was organized in the Margate Church under the supervision of Rev. G. N. Somers , and many of the young people in the community attended these weekly services. During the years of the prayer services in Clinton, they were attended by adherents of the Prsbyterian Church of Clifton, the Anglican Church of Springbrook and the Baptist Church of Sum¬ merside, as well as the Methodist Church of Margate. United Workers Mission Band of the Women 's Missionary Society was organized in Clinton by Mrs. (Rev.) George Ayers in 1926 with 27 members. This functioned for some years, till it was replaced by the C.G.I.T. In 1925 the Methodist Church joined with the Congregational Church and a portion of the Presbyterian Church to be known as the United Church of Canada. Before this time and till 1927 women from Clinton attended the Margate Auxiliary of the Wom¬ en's Missionary Society. In 1927 Clinton women organized a sep¬ arate auxiliary which functioned till 1947, when they again joined -26-