Reflection : Calvin Hutchinson (Calvin is a long-time resident of Lot 16 , who celebrated his 95th birthday in 2002. When I was a young boy the Presbyterian Church in Lot 16 didn't hold Sunday School. However at some point my grandmother, Elizabeth Kirk Hutchinson, did teach therefor she told me that she couldn't be late on Sunday or else someone would be teaching for her when she arrived. I went to Sunday School at the Method¬ ist Church. I was a big junk of a kid when the Presbyterian Sunday School started. A minister named Malcolm MacPherson 's wife was visiting and encouraged the church to start one. Mrs. MacPherson was my aunt, Ella Stavert . Sunday Schools Methodist Sunday School From the Bideford Circuit Sunday School records 1898-1910, it appears that the Sunday Schools had annual meetings. At these meetings the minutes were reviewed, financial and other reports given, and the offices of superintendent, assis¬ tant, secretary, treasurer, and librarian were filled. The librarian for Bideford in 1901, reported sixty-eight books in the bookcase and twenty-five in circulation for a total of ninety-three. Quite an impressive number for a small congregation supporting the Method¬ ist belief of educating people in the Gospel. Sunday School was grouped as follows: male infant, female infant, female juvenile, male juvenile, and Bible classes. Attendance at Sunday School varied. Attendance records for the Bideford Methodist Sunday School for the period of December 1901 to March 1902, showed eleven scholars enrolled in a boys class with attendance ranging from a low of two to a high of six, while several who were enrolled never attended. The Sunday School appeared to stress the learning of Biblical texts as the annual reports indicate the number of Bible verses recited on each Sunday. Presbyterian Sunday School There are no records to indicate the consis¬ tent running of a Sunday School at the Lot 16 Presbyterian Church. It seemed to be spo¬ radic, depending on the minister of the day. Many families simply sent their children to the Methodist Sunday School. 175 The Working of The Church