The History of Ottawa East

FUNERALS
Looking over my Ottawa funeral records I am reminded that the first funeral I conducted in Ottawa was that of Walter Hill, In that one I was assisted by Rev. Andrew Telford, of the Metropolitan Bible Church (at that time called "Tabernacle". Long time members and friends of Calvary will recognize some others that I laid to rest, such as - George Scott, Jane Smith, James Pollock, Dennis Hayes (who professed to receive Christ before he died), Margaret Ann Pearson, Flora Harris (of West Templeton, Quebec) , Alexander Rotar, Annie Arthurs, Sarah Jane Wadsworth, Elizabeth Milne.

WEDDINGS
Amongst the many weddings I performed there are six that some will readily recall - Jane Lester, the daughter of our organist, Durward Lester, who became Mrs. Lee Faris; our choir leader and deacon, Harold, Jackson, to Miss Florence Mulligan; Alma Morrison who became Mrs. Perley Keyes; and Jessie Morrison who became Mrs. Gladwyn Schryer; the two Clark sisters ,Vivian, who became Mrs. Leonard Patterson ,and Grace who became Mrs. William Patterson.

RADIO PROGRAM
Some letters of warm appreciation are reminding me of the quarter hour weekly radio series we had the privilege of inaugurating and conducting for some time in the name of Calvary Baptist Church. This apparently aroused widespread interest. Many claimed it a source of blessing.

SUNDAY SCHOOL
In those years, under the Superintendency of F.C. Blair, with Miss Mary McCracken as Primary Superintendent, and Mr. Carmel James as Treasurer (some of the most faithful people in the world), Calvary Baptist Church had the largest Sunday School in Ottawa with regular attendance ranging between two and three hundred.

The Gospel story has different effects on different people. Two of the Styran girls were in Mrs. Wellington's class. One eventually became a self-sacrificing missionary (Patricia) spreading the name of Christ amongst the heathen, - the other became Betty Kennedy of radio and television fame. I shall never forget the prayers of their grandmother, Mrs.
McPhee, for those girls.