Dec 11, 2012 | Archives Committee
All of our archival records have a new, modern, spacious home at the Fundy St. Lawrence Dawning Waters Regional Council and Regional Council 15 Archives (21 Wright Street, Sackville, N.B. E4P 4L8). Check out the photos below for a virtual tour of our facilities....
Dec 4, 2012 | Archives Committee, Featured Congregations
Robert Galbraith Vans was born in Wightonshire, Scotland, in 1844. At one time he considered doing mission service in Spain but began work in Scotland instead after studying under the Rev. Dr. Somerville of Glasgow. Rev. Vans moved to Canada in 1884 and ministered...
Nov 20, 2012 | Archives Committee, Featured Congregations
The Bethany Players, a drama group at Bethany United in Halifax, posing for a photograph, c. 1939. Front row (left to right); Lillian Farwell, Jack Mont, Nan Geizer, and Nita Geizer. Back row (left to right): Olin Gardner, Fred Feeney, Lillian MacKinnon,...
Nov 13, 2012 | Archives Committee, Featured Congregations
William John McKenzie was born on July 15, 1861 at South Side West Bay, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. He was the third child of Robert McKenzie and Flora MacRae. According to an anonymous biographer, William “grew to be of great stature, a man of 6’3’’ tall and of unusual...
Oct 30, 2012 | Archives Committee, Featured Congregations
Polly Ervin was born in Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia. She married Rod Ervin in Halifax and they eventually moved to Moncton in 1956. Polly was active in the UCW, serving as UCW president for her local church from 1964-1965 and 1982-1983. She was president of...
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