With the chairman of the meeting, Rev. Russell, allowing ample time for a 
     
     thorough discussion, it was proposed to build a hall attached to the back of the 
     
     church twenty-five feet wide (same as the church) and thirty-two feet long. Jock Rix 
     
     donated ten cords of wood for lumber. Other donations of wood came from Fenton 
     
     Shaw and Robert E. Maclnnis. 
     
    
   
   
    
     The twenty-two people present included: The Rev. Stewart B. Russell, Eleanor 
     
     Murray, Alfred Smith, Ada Shaw, Robert Shaw, Donald Waite, Ronald Costain, 
     
     Lorna Costain, Emily Ellsworth, Jock Rix, Lila Rix, Harry MacKay, Georgie 
     
     McInnis, Fenton Shaw, Ruth Goss, Robert E. Maclnnis, Lois Maclnnis, Hilda 
     
     Ellsworth, Stanford Green, Vance MacKay and Warren Goss. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Upon a successful application for building funds from The Canada Community 
     
     Development and Immigration Commission, Miminegash United Church was 
     
     granted the sum of $35,000. 
     
    
   
   
    
     The building project started on December 1, 1981 and without frost, the foun- 
     
     dation was soon completed. The crew in the woods consisted of John McInnis as 
     
     foreman, Wade Mannis, Harry Murray, and Francis Murphy. Eleanor Murray 
     
     started her work as secretary. The work was supposed to be finished by July, 1982 
     
     and that deadline was reached by special efforts on the part of the workers. 
     
    
   
   
    
     On August 10, 1982 a meeting of the Building Committee and the Community 
     
     was called to inspect the new hall and the arrangement of the hall itself, the kitchen, 
     
    
   
   
    
     and the toilet. Those present were: Robert E. Maclnnis, Chairman of the meeting, 
     
     Lois Maclnnis, Russell McInnis, Georgie McInnis, John McInnis, Hilda Ellsworth, 
     
     Eleanor Murray, Alfred Smith, Vera Smith, Jock Rix, Allen Shaw, Ross MacKay, 
     
    
   
   
    
     Donald Waite, Ruth G055, and Warren Goss. It was decided to obtain prices for 
     
     sinks, materials for cupboards, and the use of a well-digging machine. Two days 
     
    
   
   
    
     later, the digging of the well started on August 12, 1982. 
     
    
   
   
    
     The first time that the new church hall was used for a community purpose was 
     
     on Monday, September 27, 1982 when the hall became the Polling Station for the 
     
     Provincial Election. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Another church meeting was called on October 13, 1982 to make further 
     
     decisions regarding the furnishings of the new hall. Attending this meeting were 
     
     Robert E. Maclnnis, Lois Maclnnis, Alfred Smith, Russell McInnis, Barbara Rix, 
     
     Jock Rix, Ruth G055, and Warren Goss. It was voted to purchase enough legs to 
     
     make four tables and to get prices of the cost of labor to have the cupboards built. 
     
    
   
   
    
     The first social meeting in the new church hall was held on Thursday, June 2, 
     
     1983 with the following people present: Lois Maclnnis, Robert E. Maclnnis, Goldie 
     
     York, Vance MacKay, Rev. Stewart B. Russell, Rita MacKay, Robert Shaw, Ross 
     
     MacKay, Ada Shaw, Sheila MacKay, Harry MacKay, Hilda Ellsworth, Ida 
     
     MacKay, Margaret MacKendrick, Stanford Green, Ruth 0035, Vera Smith, Leith 
     
     Thomson, Warren Goss, Esther Thomson, Georgie McInnis, Barbara Rix, Muriel 
     
     Smith, and Mary Cousins. 
     
    
   
   
    
     The program for the evening consisted of a travelogue of Egypt and Israel, il- 
     
    
   
   
    
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