Museum / Archive

Aylmer-Malahide Museum and Archives

Collection

Framed Art Collection

Number of Artifacts

1

Description

Plaque commissioned by the Malahide United Church to commemorate its reverends and clergymen. The wood of the plaque is shield-shaped, like a portrait-oriented rectangle (as opposed to landscape-oriented) with a convex upper edge, a lower edge that extends to a point in its center, and with a rectangular protrusion on either side of the plaque at the top edge. The wood is stained a mid-toned brown. The text and embellishments on the plaque are engraved into plastic, the text in gold on black rectangular pieces of plastic with a golden-coloured metal border beneath the plastic. At the top of the plaque is the text "MALAHIDE UNITED CHURCH (DUNBOYNE) 'CHOSEN BY GOD' 1910 - TO PRESENT." At either side of this text is a golden-coloured plastic motif of a laurel wreath, a pair of hands clasped in prayer, an open book, and a Roman cross. Below these are the names and dates of clergymen, displayed in four columns. Dates range from 1910 to 2013. The last fifteen plastic rectangles are blank. Full text: "MALAHIDE UNITED CHURCH (DUNBOYNE "CHOSEN BY GOD" 1910 - TO PRESENT. 1910-1914 Rev. A.E. DOAN, 1914-1916 Rev. C.R. DURRANT, 1916-1919 Rev. W.M. KITELEY, 1919-1920 Rev. Wm. PATTERSON, 1921-1923 Rev. E.A. SHAW, 1923-1925 Rev. FRED MANNING, 1925-1926 Rev. W.J. MOORES, 1926-1928 Rev. J.W. STEWART, 1928-1931 Rev. T.R. TURNER, 1931-1940 Rev. H.F. KENNEDY, 1941-1942 AUBREY R. JONES Student, 1942-1943 Rev. M.O. MOORE, 1943-1944 Rev. F.T. GRAFTON, 1944-1945 Rev. M.G. NEWTON, 1945-1946 O.D. CADOTTE (LAY), 1946-1949 Rev. C.C. STRACHAN, 1949-1953 ALVIN CLELAND (LAY), 1953-1955 Rev. H.D. McCORMACK, 1955-1958 DANIEL E. MANNING STUDENT, 1958-1962 MURDOCK MORRISON (LAY), 1962-1966 H.S. ROYLE (LAY), 1966-1971 Rev. C.K. FORREST, 1971-1975 ALFRED BOWDEN (LAY), 1975-1979 Rev. ROBERT SCOTT, 1979-1993 NORMAN HARE (LAY), 1993-1998 Rev. FRANCES WILLIAMS, 1998-2005 Rev. KELVIN TOFFELMIRE, 2007-2009 GEORVE WALKER, 2010-2013 MURRAY SCANLON (LLWL)." On the history of the Malahide United Church (49454 Calton Line, Aylmer) Residents of Dunboyne made plans to build a church in 1909, and construction began in 1910. After the Clutch Plague of the 1930s, financial strain on the churches of Copenhagen, Mount Salem, and Luton caused their congregations to amalgamate with the church in Dunboyne in 1957. They were joined by the congregations of Summers Corners and Richmond in 1964. During its time, it hosted Sunday morning services, a senior and junior choir, Sunday School classes, and the Young People's group. The church closed its doors in 2013, and as of entry in 2020, the building is a private residence.

Material

Wood, plastic, metal

Category

Communication Artifacts

Sub-category

Ceremonial Artifact

Subject of Image

Church

Churches Clergy

Clergy

Religion

Religion Churches

Accession Number

2013-039-0007

Length

60.7

Width

44.5

Height

2.6

Units

cm

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