Reid's Corners WI Memorial Tablet

Description
Media Type
Image
Object
Place
Item Types
Buildings
Scrapbooks
Photographs
Description
Pine River Church Presbyterian/United

Memorial Tablet
In 1919 the Reid’s Corners Women’s Institute gave $125 toward the installation of a Memorial Tablet in Pine River Presbyterian Church. Unfortunately the tablet itself has been lost to history, perhaps not relocated after a new church was built.
The date suggests that this was a list of young men who served during World War I. If so it would have included John Watson and Murray Welsh who gave their lives.
Inscriptions
Between the photographs of the churches reads the following hand-written description:

"Pine River Presbyterian Church was erected in 1869 after (the) first church, built in 1864, was destroyed by a bush fire. It was veneered with brick in 1901, was redecorated in 1948, new maple floor, new seats, a furnace installed, etc. total cost $6170.00. In 1925 it had become the United Church of Canada (and) Hydro was installed in 1938. It was demolished to make way for a highway widening project. The Department of Highways gave a (grant?) of $17,500 for the relocation of the buildings. Construction of the 38'x60' church began May 9, 1958."
Date of Publication
1958
Subject(s)
Churches
Construction
Fund raising
Monuments & memorials
War
Women's Institutes
Language of Item
English
Geographic Coverage
  • Huron-Kinloss
    Ontario, Canada
    Latitude: 44.03339 Longitude: -81.51646
  • Reid's Corners
    Ontario, Canada
    Latitude: 44.06679 Longitude: -81.69978
  • Ripley
    Ontario, Canada
    Latitude: 44.06679 Longitude: -81.58307
Donor
Ruth Anne Robinson
Creative Commons licence
Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike [more details]
Copyright Statement
Copyright status unknown. Responsibility for determining the copyright status and any use rests exclusively with the user.
Contact
Federated Women's Institutes of Ontario
Email:fwio@fwio.on.ca
Website:
https://www.fwio.on.ca

Agency street/mail address:
552 Ridge Road
Stoney Creek, ON L8J 2Y6
905-662-2691
Full Text

Memorial Tablet

In 1919 the Reid’s Corners Women’s Institute gave $125 toward the installation of a Memorial Tablet in Pine River Presbyterian Church. Unfortunately the tablet itself has been lost to history, perhaps not relocated after a new church was built.

The date suggests that this was a list of young men who served during World War I. If so it would have included John Watson and Murray Welsh who gave their lives.

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