near the old church as posaible. To be a wooden church and not to exceed two thousand, five hundred dollars. Contract of building the church to be let ‘ by tender. Work to commence on or about the first of May 1898, and to be finished in October of the same year.

John R. Hooper, Mover.

At another special meeting of the congregation on November A, 1897, a special Committee of 5 persons was appointed..."to receive tenders ... let the contract and get

some suitable person to draw the plans not later than January 15, 1898"... This Committee

consisted-of John R. Hooper, Charles Coles, A.W. Holroyd, Henry Horne and David C. Hooperé A Committee consisting of Ambrose Coles, W.H. Horne, James Hooper, Charles Curtis and Louis Jenkins was appointed to collect subscriptions.

At a meeting on December 2, 1897, a motion was passed ..."to accept Mr. Harris' plan with a hand on the spire instead of a cross"...

A motion passed at another meeting on February 3, 1898 stated ..."that the congre- gation build the foundation and the Committee make the best deal they can with the plans on hand." At the annual meeting on April 11, 1898 the congregation was asked to come on April 13 ..."to put the old church down".

In the words of Rev. Reagh in his yearly report for 1898~1899,

"The past year was marked by an event of special importance in the history of the parish, namely the building of a fine new church which was opened for Divine Service on the 30th of October. The new church is a beautiful, substantial, and conven— ient structure and has a seating capacity of about two hundred and sixty. The cost of the building greatly exceeded t, h e expectations of the parish and few, if any, regret the self denial since "the