Gander United Church members 1952-1958

contributed by R. Pelley

I was doing some research about Gander and was looking at the annexes in a short book about the Fraser Road United Church (Commemorative book by  George Legrow and JS Strong, 1983)

On page 81 I came across a list entitled “Church members 1952-1958” which was the first official Church membership list. I was expecting a list of Moms and Dads, all adults in good standing.  What I found was quite different ... and quite surprising !  In fact I would make a rough guess that 40-50% of the people listed were students, teenagers in fact, from Gander Academy / Amalgamated School. I thought you might like to have a look at the list.

I guess this must say something about our upbringing, another piece of evidence  that Gander was a great place to grow up in.

R G Pelley