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Woolea Store Hours: 9:30 a. a.m. mct9) 6:00 p.
hursday and rages 9:30 to.9:

day got so hot that those sitting close toit had'no need for .

the .minister’s ; jgeseription of, the fatprnal: ‘regions,

‘extensive work'was done by volunteer labor.

«By late 1946 the work was complete and a memorial
bervice lucted by.

memorial plaque to scumer who had served and those who

“died:in the two: Great Wars.,,The: little church. |

‘ scholarly and courtly gentleman that‘he always was, he
d beside his

s wife tha litte eek yard behind
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A

three-quarte’
community.

‘ROBSON CHURCH 190
Paks She Vole-Colubia

paid: the supreme sacrifice, but’ woth those who gave, and
still give, to this very special place. : ; i
Mr. Ballard closes his report with the perceptive’ '-’ England

suggestion that if one listens to the church bell ringing
and‘ down the valley. one will hear it say:. "I speak in

memory: of those who served — and for those who gave

their “eday’, that you might have a ‘tomorrow.’

My et eat é is’ Robson Community ff
Memorial Chureh Board of Trustees‘and the people of).

Robson on the 75th anniversary of their, church.’ My,
thanks forthe honor of. being. asked 'to write (a little

ahead of planned schedule), this brief monograph on the -:

history of the Robson Community Memorial Church — it
has; been a labor of love. My even greater gratitude to

. Mrs. 'Lo Zurek, Mra,’ R.’ Waldie, Mra. J. Raine, Mrs.

Marjorie Galbraith, and Mr: Ballard, for their help and
biographical material; to Mrs. Martin, my typing teacher,
without whose instruction I would never have typed this
on.time, and particularly to Mrs. Eleanor Carter who in
spite of the recent death of her husband, Duncan Carter,
Pioneer ‘resident in Robson, has continued with her
‘valued ‘assistance in this work.

the same quiet warmth and. serenity With its many ..
Tocalls strony the little chareh fs

democracy. It represents the

faa inate pgo i he history ef comm

community.
Ks Ta casing, lt us say agnin what wo sald in the
ginning.

century point in its history, is unique.. It reflects the ,
efforts of a small rural

“and cultural ties; ‘it’ tribute to ‘an altogether rare: ’”

communal. spirit which has established an ecumenical
style of worship for 62 years — or’as Mrs. Carter. says:
“We all went to each other's services and have done for.
years what churches elsewhere are still talking about.” ..

Finally, it is a living communal memorial, not only to
those who served in the Great Wars and :to those who