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A. E. Chapman (1901—1904)

Eugene Chapman was ordained in the Methodist Church in 1893 after spending four years under supervision awaiting his full rights within the church. He served several charges within the New Brunswick/ Prince Edward Island Conference,

Bideford being one of them.

H. F. Ball (1904-1905) No information available.

George Nelson Somers (1905-1906)

C. N. Somers was born in Little Shemogue, New Bruns- wick in 1882. He graduated from Provincial Normal School in Fredericton and taught school for a number of years. In 1905- 1906, when he served the congregations of the Bideford Circuit, he was a probationary minister with the New Bruns- wick/Prince Edward Island Conference. He graduated from Mount Allison University in 1913 and was ordained. In 1945, he retired to Summerside, Prince Edward Island and remained there until his death in 1959.

Ernest Styles (1906—1907)

Ernest Styles was born in Hertford, England in 1870. He taught school before becoming a candidate for the Wesleyan ministry. He was sent to the Montsenat in the West Indies; he was ordained in 1898. Rev. Styles was known for his energy as a pastor and for his musical genius. He died at his home in Hantsport in 1941.

Ernest Stephen Weeks (1907-1910)

Ernest Weeks was born in Fredericton, Prince Edward Island in 1875. He was educated at Prince of Wales College and Mount Allison University receiving a B.Ed. and M.A. Before his ordination to the Methodist Church in 1907, he taught school for a number of years.

In 1940, he retired to Sackville, New Brunswick and five years later, moved to Bedeque, Prince Edward Island. In 1968, he became a resident of Summerset Manor in Summerside.

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