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..The first scb sl on the sixth
concession was en the . farm . of
Archie Cameron onthe corner of
the- 30thsideroad and the sixth
COn4eSSt011:
Mr, Cameron bought
the • log School and made a home
of it,
A new School was built: on the
Blue Water Highway on the. old -
Patterson farm.
Those, Who were opposedto the
.; long' sections, -operated a .private
school on the farm . of John Bell,
about one mile north on the high-
way. for some time -
LI 1
ime,In,1 ' .+: the school on the Patter -
M.._ $of farm was torn down and a
new -one, _built: on the the present
site, ' about two..,,,miles east of the'
highway on Concession 6. 4,.
In ,1906an epidemic: of diphth-
eria broke :out and the school: was
closed until 1909. . All books and
records were burned. Two deaths
occurred, Miss . Maggie McDonald,
:daughter' of Mr. and Mrs. James
McDonald, and Annie McTavish,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dougal
McTavish.
first schools were -` Sam Taylor,
Arthur . Bolton, Jack Fletcher,
Harry ; Denning, _ Bob Graham, -
Miss Robertson and Mildred: Good.
Teachers in the;' •last school
built were Aggie McDonald, Miss
Morrison, Kate McDonald, ,' Miss
Rose, William McEllhanney, Winn-
ie .. McPherson, Margret Mont-
gomery, Rory • McDonald, Hazel
Colwell, Mary . B. Douglas,' "Ada
Carter, Miss Simpson, . Annie
Curran, Tom Foster, Myrtle Mc.
Gdlivary. H. Holmes; Nellie Scott,
Margret Cameron, Cliff Huston;
Lloyd McGuire, . Jean Campbell,
Effie:..Reoch, . Catherine . Murray,
John , Bell, Tena:. Bell, . Ann Camp-
bell, rs. Delbert . Wilson : and Mrs.
James McTavish ' •
From ' '1940; to 1949 ' this school
was closed . as' there were only five.
pupils on the register: It was. ;open
L
er 5,
uron:TOWflshIp.
ed again in 1959• when Huron. West
School was opened and the pupils
attended " there.
On October. 1st, .1959, all books,'
desks, • and ' supplies were moved
to, the new school by members
ofthe school board.. .
An, account *of -:e closing of the
sixth 'concession school was writ-
ten by John McMurcheY'as follows,
A most interesting, and unforget-
able °eveningwas spent 'at S.S. No;;
5 Huron Townshiptlas former pupils
and teachers gathered for .final
"classes" before the ' old 'school:
and school . grounds; were closed.:
The classes were chaired joint-
ly by Ralph Hunter and John Mc
Murchey. Emma Farrell ,,(Mrs.
James Farrell) kept . the roll and
greeted students at the. door. The.
willing response of old school
Mateswho answered. their name
with an incident of school days,
brought back many happy mem-
ories. •Six. " former teachers . also
responded to the " roll call during
their . teaching ; days. . The' first
teacher was Miss Agnes McDonald.
Teachers present were — Mrs. Lunch , was' served. and 'a happy
George Sutherland, Mrs.. Chester :
o At close_
Campbell-, Mrs: -Harr-Schilroth,.�.. ter an mi notes s Haawas bronght t for those
Mrs. Delbert Wilson, . John Bell .
students and staff who had pass -
acid the last teacher Mrs. James .ed away.
McTavish., The pupil coming the ... a
-greatest distance• -was–Dan 'Goes -
sell who . flew from California. He C'
is one of ' three living members of
a . family. of, twelve all of whom,
'with . ` exception of one attended
S S No 5 Huron '
WEDNESDAY,
FEB. 3rd,. ltU
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GODERICH ONTARIO,
China, glassware,' ewellery, 'pictures, lamps,. antiques; appli- •
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clothing, adilt's. clothing, • :hats, overshoes, skates, _hockey
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stern discipline and also the fights
between the, "up theroads" and
"down the roads" gangs, also bet
ween the ` English, Irish,', Scotch.
and Germans who at . that time
pretty much forgot that Canada.
was their adopted land;
Illness to 'rank .and : John
McCreight kept another . family
of twelve from being.. •represented
at the event,
Many other family names ,were
recalled during:the - im rothptu•
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gathering,. the McDonalds, Wilsons,
Bells, Moores, Camerons, Cornish
es Beattys,' Elliotts, Irwins, •Fin-
laysHendersons, Dahmers, Wylds,
Ferriers, fifty-five or more in
number who • attended when ' . the
writer of this .article went to this
• school.. ,
::. So much :could ' be told of .:the
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in the area.: Back in . the bush a-
bout one .and :a half miles from' the
cloestroad the Officer entered :a
small clearing and noticed a six
foot mound resembling an .. 'old
grave;; on the mound were grow-
ing watermelons, several types of
squash, 'cucumbers, pumpkins; and
one: beautiful red gladiola. At one
end of the mound wah a .weather=
beaten rough °: crosS •.with fresh
writing, "In Memory, of W. " E.
Gourd".
Since this occtul•pnce, all kinds
of thoughts have been considered
on the story. behind ;this weird ,and
wonderful:: finding. No •doubt there
is'. an answer; but until the truth
is found; they are,' keeping the
exact location a deep dark secret.
*BROW:N.IE.NE
(By Nancy Walden)
The. lst Lucknow •Brownie 'Pack
opened their meeting with a
game;.by Packie, balled "Sisters."
Fairy 'Ring was held - with Nancy
Walden ;' as Toadstool 4 Fairy. In .
spection was for having your ber:
et. on ,properly. We :popped; our
nnies into the chest. Sixes ,went,
to `r corner& and 'marked their,
books. In ' , work period Packie,
taught Semaphore Ito Golden Hand
Brownie& Nancy Walden taught
S
Golden Bar -Brownies therm: knots:
In Pow 'Wow, we played .a Brow-
nie singing game, then : we pass-
ed .around- an invisible. basket. and •1
we each picked out a good •turn
which will: be kept 'secret till the
:next meeting.. Brownies ended by
making ; and passing through . a-
tunnel.
...HACKETT'S U.C.W.
The ,January meeting of Hac
kett's U.C.W. was held - at . the
home' of Mrs. Andrew :Ritchie -with
Mrs. Cliff Menary presiding. The,
-meeting was opened with a hymn:
followed by repeating "The. ; Lord's.
Prayer." '' Mrs. Cliff Menary gave
a reading. „Mrs:Alex Hackett took
the devotional • part:' •of the meet-
ing with Mrs. Blake Alton read-
ing the scripture and the com-
mentary by Mrs. Kaiser. Mrs, ..
• Ralph Cameron gave a reading &
Mrs. Bert Alton led in the gtudy
of . God and His Purpose. The roll
call was answered by 10 mem=
bers with the ;paying • of fees. •Mrs:
Ralph Cameron read the thank-..
you notes received.. Mrs:`. Bert Al-
ton gave a ..reading on Trinidad.
Mr. Kaiser closed with prayer:
The . hostess and Mrs. Marvin
Scott , served lunch,: .
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