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In 1954, a single-level building was erected for assembly meetings on property purchased from the company Alcan, construction being supervised by [[Roy Buttery]]. The building permit having been been issued, the municipal fathers reneged on their promise. Thanks to the intervention of Alcan, the construction of a simple basement meeting place went forward. With Roy’s subsequent move to the area in 1959, eventually there were three full-time workers labouring here. Nevertheless, opposition continued as Forbes was arrested for distributing literature, Bouliane was beaten while witnessing and the police chief at nearby Desbiens Mills threatened to organize citizens against the evangelicals.
Joseph Trudeau had passed away by 1958 and the Russells returned to Montreal a few years later. In 1963, Charles-Eugène was commended to the work. Two years later the assembly was about to complete add a first floor on their basement construction when they learned that the construction Anglican church in nearby Kénogami was for sale and proceeded to purchase. The municipalities of Arvida and Kénogami later amalgamated with Jonquière and the assembly took the name of this latter locality.
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