in the homes of his congregations were outstanding. To go into his home was a 
     
     privilege and the visitor went away feeling that real strength had come from Mr. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Chapman’s advice and comfort. ”32 
     
    
   
   
    
     REV. JAMES FREDERICK ROWLEY 
     
     1903 - 1904 
     
    
   
   
    
     “The Rev. James F. Rowley was born in Birmingham, England, on August 24, 
     
     1880, the son of Frederick and Caroline (Watkins) Rowley. He received his early 
     
     education there, and came to Canada in 1903 and entered Mount Allison Univerity. 
     
    
   
   
    
     As a young man and still a student in Mount Allison University, he was a supply 
     
     minister in the O’Leary Circuit, P.E.I., including Miminegash, from 1903 to 1904. 
     
    
   
   
    
     He was ordained at Derby, New Brunswick in 1907, to the Methodist ministry, 
     
    
   
   
    
     and served it and the United Church in Gaspe, Quebec; in Derby, Millstream, 
     
     Hampton, Campbellton, Pointe de Bute, Stanley, Boistown, Minto, Oromocto, ‘ 
     
     Gagetown, New Brunswick; in Ireland Island, Bermuda; in Barrington, North East 
     
     Harbour and Aspen-East River — St. Mary’s, Nova Scotia. Following his retire- 
     
     ment he made his home at Long Reach, New Brunswick, and served that charge for 
     
     seven years, and was in charge of the new congregation at Glen Falls for five years 
     
     during which time the work was consolidated and the new Glen View Church built. 
     
     He died in Lancaster after failing health on February 15, 1962. Interment was made 
     
     in family lot at Pointe du Bute. He is survived by two sons and a daughter. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Rev. Mr. Rowley was a much-beloved minister whose judgment, humour and 
     
     kindness endeared him to his people, and he lives in the lives of those whom he knew 
     
    
   
   
    
     and influenced.”33 
     
    
   
   
    
     REV. LEON HAROLD JEWETT 
     
     1905 
     
    
   
   
    
     “The Rev. L. H. Jewett was born in Waterville, New Brunswick, on August 
     
     2nd, 1879, and received his early education there. He then entered the Provincial 
     
     Normal College at Fredericton, from which he graduated in 1898. After teaching for 
     
     a number of years in the public schools of New Brunswick, he entered Mount 
     
     Allison University for Arts and Theology and graduated with the degree of Bachelor 
     
    
   
   
    
     of Arts. 
     
    
   
   
    
     In 1905, Rev. Jewett was the supply minister in the O’Leary Circuit P.E.I., in- 
     
     cluding Miminegash. 
     
    
   
   
    
     He was ordained on June 20th, 1909, in the Methodist Church at Woodstock, 
     
     N.B., by the New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island Conference of the 
     
     Methodist Church. As an ordained minister he served the pastorates of Upper Mills, 
     
     Apohaqui, Gagetown, Oak Hill, Stanley, Buctouche, Jacksonville, and Upper 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     32 Minutes of the United Church ofConference, 1944. 
     
     33 Minutes ofthe United Church Conference, 1962 
     
    
   
   
    
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