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Church, one of the few log churches left in Ontario marks | } s . e h anniversary Sunday. _ It is situated on the bank of the Saugeen River near i 1 c lutas e ~( 3 ~._ % Port Flgin.. (Photo by Cantelon, Wingham.) 4 _ < % ircsupat oc i» _ @hs ts k F3 . Bruce Church Early history -- records . how| > Te x E _ -- 9@ es o e m . 4 @\ h C un | s some members came down the *; e : %'? y :. a . . *A ,:,. stt m . e t { Bu"t Of Logs river in rafts to church while! . , ¢ ! ue omm § ;&« 'ae + 4 | f others walked from Lake Huron * d m 64 mm t . * | Ithrough the virgin forest. f s j s P j _ 97 Years Old EVes c : Pioneers who shared in \the ) s I a C a mwas 2 \ Mrs. Priscilla A. Elsie turned 104 yesterday and began celebrating by inviting the BY MERRILL CANTELON building _ included . the Gowan-- press to morning tea. in the lounge she proudly displayed an African violet, pre-- PORT ELCGIN, August 5 --| [locks, Scotts, . Wallaces, Row» sented when she was made an honorary member_of the Mary Hastings' Housewife _ | Historic Dumblane Presbyterian| /lands, Bells, Christies, Bryces,|) | Club last year. (Photo by Free Press Staff Photographer Jeanne Graham.) | Church near Port Elgin will cele--| |Armstrongs, McKnechnies and|, f 1 4 3 t brate its 97th anniversary Sunday ;Du:lEl'S' £ 4 London's Oldest Housewife T urns 104, _ us nes mmamesane Wls is de reries, onne ' i m Ken since in the now--sided . church I Wiarton, as anniversary speaker, o ithithe exception omithe Winggt 1 o e 11 o Nestled on the bank of the!|months, Eat Poiatoes 'n Sk'ns Sa S Mrs Els'e Saugeen: River, it is one of the||-- In the early days the congrega-- I * few log churches remaining in fivon was affiliated with Port El-- Mrs. "Bristllia. A. Elsie, 708 ; Jeanne Graham said, "hello," j After 'a tentative . sip, -- Mrs.-- Ontario, It was constructed in J;'fl;',ep 'fs"y'c'i""" _ Chureh, . but), Wing street, turned 104 yester-- [ Mrs, Elsie grinned. Elsie frowned. 3 1869 from cut cedar, taken from 1 Presbytei?;z? é'h w:h Burgoyne|s day. To get in trim. for nthe | "Aren'b you the girl who took #Top hot" she said. "Some the banks of the Saugeen River|| iyle > & . event she. has been strolling | my picture a couple of years | more milk, please." -- i in in[k-- is c & along. the sidewalk recently -- | ago?" she asked. Last year she became an s 'i?"i :fit::,s and * St:" s8l." 7 § ++ meroide < alone. "That's right," said Jeanne. | honorary member of the Mary | excellent condifi0n, 'This morning, surrounded by "You remember me, eh?" Hastings Housewife Club, She ] The -- interior. woodwork . and 3 Psa 3 ." the fragrance of bouguets of "Of course T do," Mrs. Elsie | is believed to be the oldest liv-- pulpit were fashioned by Peter flowers agid amalrtlildelc'kefd mlx't ;8:5." "Say, are you matried ing "Housiwife: in 'the world. Scott, -- who . had served _ his 2 * in a feshionable ac rock, C s 4 4 P 4 l R b she welcomed the press and in-- "No, Still trotting around," «Td like to get to one of the apprenticeship . with a joiner fn t -- vited them to tea and cookies, | Jeanne laughed. picnics this summer if T can," > Scotland, The boards were split, + A y e & s M"Oh, you're just a girl yet," | she said to her daughter, then smoothed with a draw. knife. & , Elsie said. Born in Lambeth, Mrs. Elsi i * Mrs, Elsie just doesn't look zs E 1 e Mr. Scott then studied for the y ; i When _ CFPI~TV _ newsreel | has lived in the London dis-- ind ; -- her age. Her hearing i8 almost C R e s h ; gone -- shoickis an effective, cameraman Frank Guile snap-- | trict all her life,. When she mxmstz:y, £ o.ugh middle _aged 7 Eid--fashioned | ear--trumpet -- ped on his lights, Mrs, Elsie | turned 100 in 1951 she received Following his graduation . he and her sightis failing. But her | asked what she was supposed | letters and telegrams from all | served the church for some years. Inind is as agileas it was 70 or to do. * over the country -- and & very | Came On Raits 80 years ago. "Whatever you normally do | special one from Buckingham A s ¢ 3 every day," Frank replied, Palace. ighpe:eawfe'lrleznu\;: otl:: :';23;:; At this point Mrs, Ada Doyle, Until 1950 she traveled as far > girl 2 the' daughter with whom Mrs. | AS Michigan to visit members % \Elsie lives, stepped in. of her family. She has eight' a ; A "She eats, sleeps, sits down children and around 23 grand> -- and goes for walks;" she said. children, 22 great--grandchildren ( "You'd never think she WaS and more than a dozen great« P t 'f 104" great--grandchildren. , Mrs, Doyle sighed. | Her secret of longevity? "She felt better (all winte" "Eat lots. of «potatoes with than I did -- and I'm only 74." their skins on," she. gtinned. ; j *% ; After answering a few qUCS: "'I'hfl,t, way you get all the good-- & [ tions and chuckling over the | nes® . d l + R 2s past, Mts, Elsie suggested some And she hasn't added an f f } o h ___|| tep. Mrs. Doyle prepared it ounte in years. # \ | n nrmateuimee _ ' :'&' . "