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From: Patricia Jungwirth <>
Subject: Re: [AVDR] Old Sassafrass Methodist Church
Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2000 18:42:22 +1100


Hi Pat,

how are you doing - good to see you're on-line

regards
Robert
from the FernyCreek-Sassafras Historical Soc. - in temporary recess.
p.s.

Pat - how about you post details of your group's meetings and the venue for
say the next 6 months? I'm sure some out there would be interested and may
even drag themselves along to Olinda?


At 01:17 PM 14/03/00 +1100, you wrote:
>The Ross family bought the Sassafras Methodist Church building after the
>formation of the Uniting Church when the Methodist congregation joined with
>the Kennon Memorial (Presbyterian) Church congregation at Ferny Creek. The
>Methodist Sunday School hall was moved further across the road to become
>the Sassafras Community Hall to replace the Mechanics Institute, burnt down
>in 1972. The people you could contact for your millenium project would be
>the Ross family. As secretary of Mt Dandenong & District Historical
>Society I would be interested in anything further you could tell us about
>the earlier days of Sassafras.
>
>Patricia Hogan 14.3.2000
>
>
>
>----------
>> From: Nandina Morris <>
>> To:
>> Subject: [AVDR] Old Sassafrass Methodist Church
>> Date: 14 March, 2000 10:42
>>
>> Hi AVDR people. There was a list published a little while ago of
>reception centres, etc in the area.
>> It included (I hope me memory serves me well) The Ross Gallery, which I
>think may be the original Methodist Church. If so, I would dearly like to
>know, if not, can anyone tell me where the old Sassafrass Methodist Church
>was/is (1936). ... cut ...
>
>

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