Bruce Padgham says this is a shot of the CGIT group from Chalmers United. I’d say it’s from the 1970s sometime. Bruce has provided quite a few names. Can anyone fill in the gaps?
Ken Jordan , Susan Jordan (nee Turner) Janice Souva (nee Luther) Kate Stuart , Bruce Padgham and Harriette Davies (Barnewall) who we lost 3 weeks ago
UPDATE: Carole Mackenzie, in consultation with Ken Jordan, her brother-in-law, identifies the people in the picture as : Front Row: Harriett Barnewall Davies, Kathryn (Kathy/Kate) Stuart, Janice Luther Souva, Susan Turner Jordan, Diane Elphic (spelling?)
Back Row: Ken Jordan, Rev. A.B. Moore - Moderator- United Church of Canada who joined the group for a weekend retreat, Bob Montieth, Bruce Padgham, Dave (not sure of last name).
Also, they believe this is a Kairos group rather than CGIT.
Sadly, as Bruce mentions, Harriette Davies (nee Barnewall) passed away February 19 in Chalk River, Ontario. Our condolences to her family and friends. Read the obituary here.
After sharing the photos of the closing of Chalmers in another blog post, I heard from Sherilyn Bell who is the granddaughter of Ernie May, who was in one of them. She didn’t think her grandmother, Maisie May, was in any of the pictures, but the name jogged my memory: We have this lectern at SouthWest that we still use that came to us from Chalmers. It was originally dedicated to Mrs. May Rand, Maisie’s mother (and Sherilyn’s great-grandmother), then it was re-dedicated in memory of Maisie as well. Sherilyn kindly shared a photo of “my precious grandmother, a true lady,” which I have added below.
As always, if anyone has pictures or stories to share from any of the United/Presbyterian/Methodist churches in Verdun, I would be delighted to share them here and in our newsletter.
Amy
