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St. james Church

Historic Sites

Demolish Georgetown Church

site. The first one was a wood- en structure which was haul- ed from Panmure Island and set up in Georgetown. That was

. Mass was said for the last time at St Jmaes Church in Georgetown last Sunday at 10 o'clock as the work of strip- ping the church gets underway prior to demolition which be- gins in about three weeks time. . Parishioners will be using the Georgetown Court House in the meantime for their ser-

vices.

Workmen were busythis week removing the pews andthe wain— cotting and other usable sect- ions of the building. The pews are being sent to Souris whe- re they will be refinished for use in the new church when it is completed.

The building being torn down is the second church in that

Source: Eastern Graphic newspaper, March 9, 1977

in 1909. The present brick structure was started in 1919 but the interior was not finish- ed until about 1930.

The pastor of St James is Rev Floyd McGaugh.