also built the parish house which had been destroyed by fire during his pastorate. Both these events and the many sacrifices of missionary life sapped his strength and Father Reid took ill, resigned the parish, and went to the southern states to regain his health, but he died shortly after, and was buried in Hope River.

Father Theodore Gallant was appointed Pastor in 1898, and carried on the work in the parish until he was succeeded by Rev. Terrence Camp—

bell in June 1904. After six years, he was transferred to Alberton in June, 1910.

It was in the fall of 1910 that Rev. Thomas Curran was appointed Parish Priest. On Christmas Eve, 1914, disaster struck when the Church built in 1898 was totally destroyed by fire. Everything was lost, and so the people had to start all over again to build a new one. Meetings were held, and although not all were of the same opinion, a brick church was constructed and opened in 1915. Father Curran remained as Pastor until 1925 when he joined the teaching staff at St. Dunstan’s University until his death in 1940.

Father Pope McMahon, a native of Indian River, was appointed Pastor in 1925. He died suddenly in the summer of 1929.

For the remainder of that year, and until the fall of 1930, Rev. M. J. Smith, Kinkora, was acting pastor. Rev. Clarence Pitre, a native of Rustico, was appointed Parish Priest. He remained until the summer of 1937 when he was transferred as Pastor to Rustico parish. ' Father Pitre did some repair work on the church, and for a time it appeared that the church could be repaired, but then on his transfer, this type of repair work was stopped.

Rev. William McCabe was appointed Pastor of Kelly’s Cross, and he remained in that position until the summer of 1940.

When the changes among the clergy were announced at the Priest’s retreat, Father Wilfred Keefe, a native of Kinkora, was appointed Pastor. When the war broke out, Father Keefe offered his services as Chaplain, and in 1943, he left the parish for Chaplaincy work with the army. It should also be painted out that at the resignation of Father Leo Herrell, as Pastor of St. Ann’s Parish, Lot 65, Father Keefe was appointed Ad— ministrator of St. Ann’s until a new appointment was made.

When Father Keefe left the parish in the fall of 1943, to go to the army as chaplain, Father Leonard Ayres was appointed Administrator of Kelly’s Cross and Lot 65 parishes. Upon the return of Father Keefe in 1945, he again took up his duties as Parish Priest of Kelly’s Cross.

For many years the Pastor of Kelly’s Cross had been making weekly visits to the Green Road on Sundays to offer Mass for the people. These Masses were offered in different houses, called “station”. There had been some talk of building a small church in the area as the number of families was increasing, and the “station” was too small. Permission

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