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under the direction of superintendent Dorothy Gamble, took up the challenge. Every child from the youngest to oldest did his/her part in raising $2,000. The nursery class held a walk- a—thon on the Ferry Road and raised $250. The older classes catered a small reception, held a bottle drive, sponsored a can- teen at a community play, organized a pancake breakfast following a Sunday worship service, and hosted a concert featuring Island songwriter Alan Rankin and award-winning fiddler Roy Johnstone. The Youth Vision Fund gave the Sunday School $4,000 enabling the children to make a final contribution of $6,000 to the building fund.

The building committee, under the chairmanship of Douglas Miller, conducted a pledge campaign of church fami~ lies to raise the remainder of the monies. This campaign was so successful that the mortgage to Presbytery was repaid in the interest-free time of three years. The total cost of the church expansion was $82,449.78.

AN INTERVIEW WITH CALVIN HUTCHINSON, 2000

C ‘ arly in the 18005 the Presbyterian Church was a log

cabin in Belmont, probably on land owned by Archi- bald Campbell. The building was also used as a school. The benches were all around the outside of the building. Some people speculate that the old church/school was located near the Baptist Cemetery. Around 200 years ago, the part of the cemetery that is located on the present Yeo property was a Presbyterian Cemetery. It is said that the remains were brought from Malpeque and buried there.

In the 1820s a new church was built on the present loca- tion of the Lot 16 United Church. The building was built by Robert Milligan. This church was larger than the present church and served a larger area. This church had a high pulpit and no choir loft which was the traditional Presbyterian style.

The present church was built in 1877 by David Kirk, my grand uncle. Apparently he was very interested in mathematics, trigonometry, and geometry.

LOT 16 UNITED CHURCH AND ITS PEOPLE