Presbyterianism in Summerside 1853—2003 
     
    
   
   
    
     assist in the work of the Sabbath School. 
     
     In 1898 Rev. Dr. W. H. Smith succeeded Rev. Dr. 
     
     E. M. Dill as minister. 
     
    
   
   
    
     INTO THE 20TH CENTURY 
     
     1901-1949 
     
    
   
   
    
     uring the first half of the new century 
     
     D Summerside Presbyterian Church struggled to 
     
     maintain its congregation at a size capable of 
     
     supporting the church and its programs. By Dec. 31, 
     
     1901 there were 315 communicants “in good stand- 
     
     ing” in Summerside Presbyterian Church. By the end 
     
    
   
   
    
     of 1906 there were 295 mem- 
     
    
   
   
    
     bers in the church. The-follow- WORLD WAR ONE 
     
     ing year several families left Honour Roll 
     
     the congregation, mostly mi— 19144913 
     
     grating to Western Canada. T 
     
     Fortunately, their loss was 'I' 'I' 
     
     more than offset by the addi- . . _ 
     
    

    
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     tion of twenty-two new mem— HerbertGay 
     
     bers. There were 297 commu- Thomas c. Hierlihy 
     
     nicants in the church at the JameSHaCker 
     
    

    
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     en 0 - _ _ Claude Milligan 
     
     At the beginning of the AllenMacLeod 
     
     First World War in 1914 doz- 10h“ C-MaCLCOd 
     
     James M. MacKay 
     
    

    
     ens of members of the con— StirlingMacKay 
     
     gregation enlisted for over— E. GordonPhillips 
     
     seas service. During the GeorgeW-Sharpe 
     
    
   
   
    
     “Great War” twelve members 
     
     of the congregation sacrificed 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
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