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16â€" THE COLBORNE CHRONICLE â€" Thursday, September 30, 1999 ( Lee SAid. "There lA A i ¢ * Gan im «" . viy d conea d MWME to â€" gation, In a time of uncertain be abandoned when t are dead . tite to the Jand. sever the Pb * coat 2 cept a demands, however, councilisalso and gone or torn down, [ s â€" .Unless Haldimand Township up." of paint and to keep the yard loath to take on new expenses, â€" erend Lee speculated. meeting hall and use t}?osfiapl;e? takes over Wicklow Baptist _ Rry, Reeve Bill Finley said. Councillor Gord Harnden had â€" ceeds for the upkeep of the c 'phi Church property as an historic Onero?,r; tfhesi Costs are becoming _‘ "I guess, if we can‘t find a way an idea that would allow the _ He thought the building mig s:_te,dltAmay !f lost fg-r go08, Revy. or the dw1dlmgongre- of saving the chapel, it will either township to take it over: obtain doII\‘/?r %§Saߤ%s;g§élec;. ___erend Agnes Lee predicts. E r. Finley â€" Reverend Leg appeared at a . hb 4 : "The house never was well conâ€" council meeting earlier this 6. . ht â€" ‘ !â€" â€"| _ structed," he said. "It‘s not a very be c P 4 PE # + j {,flo_ngh ht_O ;nake hfer plea, giving a C ce * :,3:‘1:'-"’@:.;;_,,._. substantial house. gt s nko,t’ insuâ€" Spurch s Blon Sn lendmark |oee i e M" f o ooo ies amnime chapel ea down i puwal e at old e omm everen lsziz.t n en ta CE l h Sm a ‘ _ still has meaning for a lot of pelo- at time, she said, it t Sese ... en $lavin... ple. The congregation recently became clear that the building || M E7 mragl *?*fffi received a $500 gift from the itself was not as important as the 4 P tA z% Qf mmjr; fifi United States â€" an in memoriam history it represented. | U it ;4-- ind n e ;_‘._;53;«;»;;?"?‘»‘: â€"<oy ie s donation in honour of the o eetenes Crontnis commitence MAE o t oi it > ing i ‘ wl _ Tas) s To ooo nreo k.) m the first minister. oldest one in Northumbgrlatr?g fmaud * â€" _ C n‘,lh‘l!“’;‘::;fii"..‘}'f-'}@: d %‘*"% s m (And people are always stopâ€" CenHiy. f 22 ‘ f ‘\,2‘2’."‘3;": ids "iggm J‘*‘s% l 313 ping to examine the chapel and Port Hope came second 25 $ fP4 f£. “:;s:’ omm atigey uk o read up on its background from years later with the Anglican | [ > B »%1“""“"5{* C e rese~L1 l ~â€" o3 f<ly | â€" the historic plaque. _ _ church," she noted. it ue wale s m’, mans‘e aitca oi $ o L‘fi%‘“«e;_ 5 "To me, it‘s an important spot, She recalled the days after the [ / _ _ | T ‘Tzi: gomrre se .\-,“ e vay 72 l ';r'l wal é\ 4 _ and I think it it was done away fire, when there was a 6Oâ€"footâ€"long | «_ 7 t . mt @\ Casts l P 7 #o T y § (1}â€" with, down the years they would hole where the church had been, s j ;'*5”5 x Es KT caliy "“';jyfl.fi{'_ > be sorry," the reverend said. "And not one of our Baptist eR i rtoma @ \H3 uy l4 - BE OJ EC gat Before council moves on taking people even came to clean up that wiaand â€"â€"] Cb n Whaet t > e ioh io *{,”‘ m â€"|â€"[§f | _ over the church, Mr. Finley told mess, and I‘ll tell you it was someâ€" i â€"| : < \ wl a dn ”fm 2 E ~â€"@i | _ her, they will have to see the deed thing," she related. "But we got it | ' | § A d es ; K: AA ONZâ€"TCI |â€"ZRBWA â€"and get specific maintenance figâ€" done." 4 fomed [E ....... Lo. ‘ > ND 2e 3x | EL JS O0 _ ures for the last fiscal year. A chapel memorializing the old | ismm (et s e [Â¥ 7 3 n re â€"â€"â€"â€"â€" s Meanwhile, the reeve shared church was built in 1991, but the ( (râ€"â€" § es Surreis. 12â€" Pioa N# ~â€"â€"â€"â€"WAR his own Wicklow Baptist Cgurfih : Baptist Convention is loath to f ypoweâ€" hmuafit +o l ix) 2 o tart aame z_ story with the reverend: he keep paying the expenses of this s rr==â€"~â€"=nccfe â€" e o o NP s e mt y helped in the attempt to fight the chztflel and the httrlte meeting hall 1e : C W d | \_ .0 Aoeh T rapl i fi@%?’ 19861f1re.S inestest ons yne at & on the same property. uts 11. ‘:"ga-‘t;igf‘f;:ifi;-fi:j_f;f : } % seip T id J 4 y PE ldb y "I wa | "It‘s no expense," Reverend o 17. : ,zfi"%a% Bit 1 'j‘s ; d j & f phH ;hurch before she went," he told & mman non [ || | iA & s reti®) , er, ‘ e . 00 * rmai .:o %r Oe : s 3 His fire extinguisher ran out | RAMA $ s t 1..,_& 4 U ty f and, by the time the fire departâ€" | § c f ment arrived, it was too late. . LANDMARK: : + f ] Proto ay TeD Amsogn "If I had had one or two more CASIN io ofi ce NOC Fhcklow Baptist Church was established by Rueben Crancall in 1824, making it me wiueet firs extinguishers, I could have . * had her," he said. NRA NeA i: .__..._Lâ€" _ 11.3 L SAE un leannm ie 1 L. _ _ .