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Then came World War Il : How many readers know that Fairmiles like this, as well as minesweepers were built at Midland Shipyards? As Ed Walker -- he did the electrical work. Walker's Electric still does service work on steamboats and private cruisers, but that is another story. Today they would rather stay with the Marinas and Docks the boats tie up to. Now a New Truck : The newest addition to the fleet radio controlled, sporting the new logo, stocked with material and staffed by qualified electricians. A lot has happened in 41 years -- and it is all for the best. Today Ed Walker's Electric Ltd. is a complete electrical service. They do. electrical modernization and new construction for homes, farms, marinas, commercial and industrial. They are always available for service and the design and installation of electric heat is a very important part of the business. Page 6 Gio. thn henge ote or Early Midlanders worshipped in their homes Religion - an integral part of the community life In Midland's early days, people worshipped in each others' homes. The Presbyterians met in the home of Mr. Jabez Dobson - a fine frame dwelling at the corner of Dominion and Third Streets, Reverend Alex Gilray was sent out from Toronto as a student missionary to the Penetanguishene area and Midland was one of his five preaching stations. In 1887. the to electricity. trucks! Today, This is how it started : Ed Walker had this 1929 truck. Working from the truck he started, in the year 1935, to convert the Midland area farm homes from kerosene lamps Walker's Electric Modernization but kerosene lamps are rather scarce today -- for that matter, so are 1929 the father and all electrically heated homes and they would not have it any other way. Presbyterians moved into a brick building which was later pulled down and replaced with the present Knox Presbyterian church in 1902. A new Sunday School was opened in 1926. The Anglicans held their first service in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Sam Fraser and later in Henry Hark's home. A frame church, Trinity Anglican, was built in 1884 at the corner of Elizabeth and Queen is still A first for Electric Heat : In 1959 this was the first home North of Toronto to have a complete electrical heating system. Yes, you guessed it -- it was built by, and for, Ed Walker. At that time he had four sons to help him, so the work went quickly. WALKERS doing Electrical four sons have Streets. St. Mark's was built in 1884 and the first regular incumbent was Reverend J.A. Hanna, (1885 - 1917). With a new facade, that building still serves Midland's Anglican congregation. Early Roman Catholics met at the home of Midland's' second merchant, Mr. Cour- temanche. In 1879, Father Laboureau gained the use of the local Orange Hall for worship. In 1881, a frame church was built on MIDLAND 889 KING ST. MIDLAND WALKER'S ELECTRIC Hugel Avenue. Historical sources differ'on whether the land for the present magnificent church was donated by Adolphe Hugel, or by his wife Margaret, but in any case, the new church was dedicated to St. Margaret of Scotland. Built during the incumbency of Reverend L.A. Barcello, the church still serves. Extensive alterations and renovations have been undertaken in the church sanctuary inthe past few years. Midland's first Baptist Church was built next to Manly Street School - now Fabulous Formals. That original building was sold Midland's Catholic for a school house, and the Baptists met on the second floor of the Ingram Block until they acquired a new building in 1899 on Dominion Avenue West. That building was sold to the Salvation Army in 1909. At that time, Midland's Baptists moved to Midland Avenue where they worshipped until Christmas 1975, when they moved into anew Calvary Captist Church on King Street. The Alliance Church was formed from a group fo disaffiliated Baptists who gathered in 1922 and New Baptist formed the Testament Church. They held ser- vices in the Free Methodist Church, and then in the Orange Hall, and finally in 1925 they moved to the present building at the corner of First and Elizabeth Streets. In 1875, Midland's Methodists worshipped in the upper room of the old jail on Dominon Avenue. In 1901, a new church was built on the West side of King Street Church Union in 1925 brought together some Presbyterians, Metho- dists and Congregational Churches, and the King Street building became St. Paul's United Church. Church The Presbyterian Church then eee eee The Salvation Army came to Midland in 1887, and for a time they met on the top floor of the Grise Block on the main street. In 1909 they bought their present Citadel from the local Baptists. There have _ been Jehovah's Witnesses for fifty years in Midlang: Until the recently, iy met in private homes o} in rented halls. During World War II, when the Watch Tower Society was banned in Canada, the Witnesses met in con- stantly changing locations to avoid in- terference. Today they meet in their. recently built Kingdom Hall. ... and now ta em 0 6 ee Historical Past oa