Notes from the Diary of James E. Palmer, Sr. and Selected by Mrs. James (Ruby Thomson) Palmer

August 28, 1912 Wedding of Ella Maude Palmer and Cleveland Chester Costain. First wedding in the Miminegash Methodist Church.

September 22, 1912 Rev. Henry S.B. Strothard from Summerside preached and had the Sacrament. March 22, 1915

Can’: use school for social, but have permission to use the lower church (the original Bible Christian Church in Miminegash).

March 26, 1915 All “em with our pies. The concert was a grand success, and we made $39.00. The same people came from Alberton.

June4, 1915

Cecil Palmer went to Bloomfield, Prince Edward Island, for the church organ on June 4, 1915. He and Mr. James Palmer installed it in the Miminegash Methodist Church that same day.

June 27, 1915 Rev. Henry S.B. Strothard preached his farewell sermon.

July 11, 1915 The new minister, Rev. George F. Dawson arrived.

Thomson Coll.

Picnic at [rig/1am ’5 Shore, Miminegash, about 1915

Bad. row: Ethel Mclnnis, Esther Maclnnis, Mildred Mclnnis, Jennie Mclnnis, Mrs. Alexander Mclrmis, Margaret Maclnnis.

Frort row: Ruth Maclnnis, Kenneth Maclnnis, Lillian Maclnnis, Robert Maclnnis.

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