ville, and Hebron, N.B. In 1946, he become minister of Aspen-Glenelg Charge in Guysborough County, and supplied, after his retirement in 1949, at Wellington, P.E.I. In 1951, he and Mrs. Howe retired in Carleton, RBI. and, in 1961, they moved to Tantramar Haven, N.B. They were transferred to nursing homes near Montreal, where his death occured, and where Mrs. Howe still resides. Both their children are living — Margaret (Mrs. George Hall) in Montreal, and Ralph in Sackville, N.B. We give thanks to the Father for one who has served for so many years, so very ably and in such varied ministries.”37 REV. ERNEST A. WESTMORELAND 1909 . 1911 “The Presbytery of P.E.I. sustained a great loss in the passing of the Rev. Ernest A. Westmoreland on July let, 1926. Brother Westmoreland was born at Rothwell, Yorkshire, England, in 1869, and was educated in the primary and boarding schools of Rothwell. He entered the ministry of the Methodist Church in the Conference of Newfoundland, and after graduating in Theology at Mount Allison, was ordained in 1907. In 1909, the Miminegash Methodist Church returned to the Alberton Circuit, P.E.I., where it had been from 1870 to 1901. The Miminegash Church was destined to remain in the Alberton Circuit from 1909 to 1926. It was during the years 1909 to 1911, that Rev. Westmoreland was the pastor in the Alberton Circuit. Thereafter he was transferred to the NB. and P.E.l. Conference and served the Church in the following fields: Alberton, P.E.I., Little York, P.E.I., Saint John (Carleton), N.B., Nashwaak, N.B., and Vernon River, P.E.I. He was pre-eminently a preacher. Naturally a deep thinker, original and arresting in this presentation of the truth, he never failed to impress deeply those whose privilege it was to hear him. He had a sympathetic nature and his pastoral visits were a source of consolation to all his people. Those who knew him best discerned three things in his ministry — his love of the Word, his wholehearted devotion to Jesus Christ and his spirit of praise. His special talent as a musician was used to the glory of God and the praise of the Redeemer’s Name. When he became conscious that the end was near he faced the outcome with sublime Christian fortitude, and “greeted the unseen with a cheer.” As a Church we record our sense of loss and express our sincere sympathy with the widow and son in their sore bereavement.”” REV. HENRY SEYMOUR BEEK STROTHARD 1911 - 1915 “In the death of the Rev. H.S.B. Strothard in Windsor, Nova Scotia on October 2, 1974, the Maritime Conference mourns the loss of a prominent Church- man, a leader in the field of Christian Education and a minister greatly beloved. 37 Minutes of The United Church Conference, 1965. 38 Minutes of the United Church Conference, 1926. 97