and conferences for the first time. A number of BYPU members became regular attendees at Maritime Youth Conventions, and on Maritime Board executives we notice names like Margaret Ballem, Windsor Brehaut, Marguerite Brehaut and Grace Crosby, all from the Charlottetown Baptist Church. There were always excellent thought-provoking discussion groups at Youth Conventions, and the topic at one was interestingly, ”Is it Sunday, or Fun Day?"

Judson Levy returned in 1944 to find the church with a negative balance in the bank account. The good news was that for the first time in many years, it was only $17.32. This was not too bad, considering that in his absence, Deacon Percy Proud and his Property Committee had given the parsonage some long overdue upgrading, with a new roof and a new oil-burning kitchen range. The church debt had risen to $3,000, but there was little concern, considering it was wartime. Successful times at Charlottetown Baptist seemed to go hand in hand with bank debt, and the bankers were not worried as they knew that any debt would always be paid.

Evidence of wartime was everywhere. Charlottetown skies were filled with training aircraft, and marauding German U-Boats (submarines) were spotted off the north shore and in the Northumberland Strait. A number of training aircraft crashed in and around Charlottetown throughout the early 19405, and the neat row of headstones in the Sherwood Cemetery marks the graves of many young fliers who would not return home to England. It became a habit for some church families to invite young British airmen to their homes Graves of British Airmen in the Sherwood Cemetery for Sunday dinner, which was usually followed with an afternoon together and attendance at the Sunday evening service. It was an understandable gesture, considering that many of these same families had y0ung men and women away in foreign lands, and these young British fliers were training hard to help bring them home.

Weekly information bulletins began to appearfor the first time on a regular basis. They had a picture of the church on the cover, with the caption beneath, "I Was glad when they said unto me, let us go into the house of the Lord - Psalm 122:1". The organist was Mrs. G. Elliot (Roberta) Full, and regular choir rehearsals were every Friday evening. Wednesday was Junior Choir night. Listed as supply Organists throughout the early 19405 were Miss Louise Cox and Mrs. Keith Rogers, but with Mrs. Full’s dedicated service there were few times their contributions were required. It was at this time that the Rupert family started to take an active role in Church activities, and Ralph J. Rupert began a long term of service as Sunday School Superintendent. Mrs. Rupert initiated and led the Cradle Roll for many years.

A Baptist Men’s Association began in 1944, at the Charlottetown Church. The first president was J.P. Campbell, and their first guest speaker was Rev. Thomas

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