St. Stephen's Church, Stanley
Introduction | Origins | Rebuilding | Milestones | Gifts | Historical Links | Clergy
Organists and Caretakers | Cemetery | Anecdotes | Conclusions
Anecdotes
Several interesting anecdotes relating to early church life emerged as this history was being compiled. The February 3, 1937 edition of The Hants Journal which tells of the church fire [cites] St. Stephen's as the recipient of [a] notable visit in the early part of the 1930s. The article says that "when Ramsey MacDonald and daughter were passing through on their tour a year or so ago, they noticed the little white church by the way and had Mr. Graham stop the train until it was visited". Local anecdotes mention a visit by one of the early Governor Generals but this visit by the British Prime Minister may have been the visit mentioned in local oral history.
There is also an interesting anecdote with regard to a funeral held in the original church in March 1930. John Clark relates that a special funeral train ran from Halifax to Stanley via Windsor following the death of the infant son of Arthur T. Smith, General Freight and Passenger Agent for the Dominion Atlantic Railway. While the service was being held, the train went on to Clarksville and obtained telegraphed train orders for its return to Halifax.
Yet another interesting record occurs in M.E.C.'s Clarksville notes in The Hants Journal of Januray 26, 1937. She tells of "one time" carrying a great number of pitcher plants out of the north Barrens "to help decorate St. Stephen's at Stanley on Thanksgiving Day".
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