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They were to be married after his ordinatiOn and the
wedding took place while Mr. Gracey was still at Rapid
City. Mrs. Gracey had been Eirene McLeod before her
marriage and she liked to say that her parents rwlere
Scottish, she was born in India, lived in England, came
to Canada and married an Irishman. In 1946 Rev. and
Mrs. Gracey went to a church in Lincoln, Nebraska.

Two= daughters of Mr. and Mns. Andrew Cameron Sr.
served the church. Margaret went to an Indian School at
Gleichen, Alberta. Martha married an Anglican clergy-
man and Rev. and Mrs. Singleton went to serve the
church at Hay River in the North West Territories.

In 1938 George Harland was presented with a Lay Rea-
der's license from the Bishop of Brandon.

St. Paul's, Moore Park, was not the first Anglican
church built in Odanah. AbOut the year 1890a group of
English settlers had located in the s0uth-west corner of
ward ,2. This group was over-shadowed by one particular
family-~Mr. Ward Meadows Sr, , his wife and their ten
children, six sons and four daughters. Later, when three
of the daughters were married to young men who had
settled in the same district the names of Russel Mans-
field, Harold Fulton and Walter Bray were added to the
growing list of in—laws. A daughter, Maude was unmar-
ried.

Sons of Mr. and Mrs. Ward Meadows Sr. were: Charles
J. , Ward Jr. , Harry F. , Reginald, Cecil and Walter.

Charles J. Meadows told me that the lack of a church
was of great concern to these pe0ple. However, at this
time the Anglican Church in England was always ready
to assist its members who had gone to far away lands
where church facilities were not easy to obtain, and the
newcomers to Odanah sought this aid. Assistance came
quickly and a little church was built on south—west' 15-
13—18. It was called St. Saviour's and was consecrated
on May‘ 6, 1894, by Archibish0p Machray, Primate of
Rupert's Land.

The first vestry members were: Ward Meadows Sr.,
R.M. Beacall, W.J. Heard, E.H. Pares, J.A. Heard and
J. Cox. Charles J. Meadows became secretary, a posi-
tion he was to hold for more than fifty years.

Mr. and Mrs. Henslowe Sherris and their familyzwere
other members of the church.