FOCUS - DECEMBER 2017 35 idhostso@gmail.com • www.idealhomestorage.ca Port Perry 905-904-2050 Ideal Kitchens Cabinet Refacing Bathroom Vanities Unique Cabinets There’s no place like it. THANK YOU TO ALL MY CLIENTS FRIENDS AND ASSOCIATES Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from Alec Cook This postcard dated 1908 shows the English Church and rectory on North Street, Port Perry. The church was constructed in 1868 and was opened for service on Sunday, February 28, 1869. Sometime during the early 1900s it was renamed the Anglican Church of Ascension. English Church and Rectory 1908 The Port Perry Presbyterian Church was opened for service in January 1869. The congregation was praised for having erected such a handsome and com- modious house of worship in the small community. This postcard picture of the church, which still stands on Queen Street, Port Perry was taken in 1908. Presbyterian Church, 1908 The Bethel Methodist Episcople Church was constructed south of Seagrave on Simcoe Street, near the 11th Concession of Reach almost 170 years ago. The white frame building was dedicated on October 28, 1848, and named “Bethel”, which means “the house of God”. Services took place in Bethel church until 1912, when its members were transfered to Seagrave. Sunday School continued until 1928 when the church was closed and sold. This picture was taken about 1909. Bethel Methodist Episcople Church built in 1848 looking back! by J. Peter Hvidsten