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50th Anniversary

On Sunday, April 16, the 50th anniversary of the Church of the Resurrection was celebrated.

Special services commemorating the event took place and a celebration afternoon tea was held.

The church was consecrated on Monday, April 16, 1917, and the bell of the church, from the wreck of the Star of Canada, was presented in 1920.

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The church in Cook Street.

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Speakers at the function are the Rev N. S. Clarke...

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...Mr R. A. Short...

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... and Mr G. P. Crone

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Mrs Jenkinson cutting the first cake

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Mesdames Lillian Gomm, Judy Short, Stella Ford and Edith Hamilton prepare to slice the cakes

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Mrs E. L. Sherwood made the cakes

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Mrs W. Sutherland cuts the second cake