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1947 12 20 Galloway News Girthon Church windows
Memorial Windows - Gatehouse Dedication
On Sunday morning, in Girthon Parish Church, three beautiful stained-glass windows were unveiled and dedicated in completion of the Church's War Memorial. The ser¬vice was conducted by the Rev. Andrew Easton, of Girthon, and the windows were unveiled and dedicated by the Rev. Alek W. Sawyer, M.C., of Dunbar 'Old' Parish Church.
Before the service Mr Easton said the windows were originally installed in Cally Chapel, part of six depicting scenes in the life and death of Christ. When Mr Robert Wright, late pro¬prietor of Cally Palace Hotel, offered the windows to the Kirk Session, the Session set about having them removed, but the firm which they consulted did not think it practic¬able. The Session was then desirous that windows should be installed, and this firm said the cost of new windows would be between £900 and £1000. When Mr Wright sold the hotel he put a reservation on the windows, to which Mr Stenhouse, the new proprietor, acquiesced. Through the good offices of Mr Hay, joiner, the Session made contact with Messrs Millican, Baguley & Atkinson. Ltd., Artistic Glass Workers, of Newcastle, and this firm had taken the windows from Cally to their workshops and had made the neces¬sary repairs and alterations to make the windows fit their new position.
Guild help
There was a balance in the Church Memorial Fund, but not sufficient to cover the work, and the Woman's Guild, on being informed of this, had generously made up the necessary amount. Continuing, Mr Easton said they had with them that day the Rev. Alek W. Sawyer, of Dunbar Old Parish Church, who had been a colleague of his in the 15th Division, and he thought there was no more fitting person to unveil the Memorial. Mr Sawyer, who had risen to be Senior Chaplain of the Division, and retired with distinction, was person¬ally acquainted with almost all the men whose names were on the tablet.
After the singing of Psalm 100 Mr Sawyer unveiled the windows, and after handing them over to Mr Easton, in name of the Church, dedicated them to the memory of those who had fallen in the wars.
The windows, which are in most beautiful colours, represent the Incarnation, Crucifixion, and Ascen-sion. In the service which followed Mr Sawyer preached a very appro¬priate and inspiring sermon. |
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