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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1965-07-28, Page 8PAGE EIGHT., • THE S.1144.CKIVW SENTINEL, LUCKNOW, ONTARIO sol Is boli �sys, Teu.c'her(ByMra,W.m. Courtney) n 18$5 the' first school ction w Huforme' iron. Towns hip. first school was 'alog build-, mated atthe lakeon,•°the Sixth concession There: are no rec- of teachers' .names. atthis.heattendance was 56fn1860frameschohouse was built at Lurgan lint. nerth Of River at thelakeThe. •cstof: building the school .was $400.00. cherat.•thus time.wasJbn Wilson,, The cleaning and "liighting.of fires was let. for $800 8r.HenryGreenha• in aght for a year and was followd ny Mr. William.Wilson " who re- • iflained from, ' 1862-1864. , Mr. And•drew Fletcher. was: engaged as,ateacherfor1865-1866 at,a 'salary .: $ 240.00. Owingto ill health he esigned before the term was up andaMr St.Clair washiredto .htheyear.Mr... W. Gam- Iewas hired for $24000. Hetug t .froh►.1867-1870.in .186,9the school hoe was =Red• across the river to thesite. at the bottomof thehill 'on'. the fourth concesson at st of '$114.00. homas �i�'raser .the contrator. Mr- Hector Lan wap.hiredfor 1871but remained forsix ' months r� Sprn Henryfinished `the . term mined till teendof 1873. Mr.. Henry's resignation, John; Young :was : hired at a salary of 35.00 for' 1874 and. wasrehied for•the year .1875 withan increase of salary, $360.00. Char -les Askwith was ..hued" for 1876 at a salary ' of x$340.00• and bsides teaching; he put on the fires.. ad 1 • • ISTO' WEDNESDAY, JULY 28th,.. '1,65 ,s, B.oarth.' .a# :.. 4 attended .the, library.. t y In 1876 the section decided' to build a new school and tenders were called for Tenders • were op ened the first of March 1876 and James Bradley was given the •con- tract' at $699:00.. Miss Emily Todd. wak,engaged: ',as teacher for 1877 at a larys of $260.00 and was al- so required to light the. • fire ' and:, attend to the library. Miss Todd taught for • the first sia.'months of 1878 and Miss C., Murray was" hug- ed for $300.00, She taught till 1879. James Snowden taught in 1880 .at • a salary of $400,00: Donald Thompson was then hired for $350 .00 to. 'teach in i ,°;1. A Mr. Gra ham was engaged: for 1882 at a salary of $350.00: •Sanford E. Mar- shal was • hired .for the year 1884 1885 Mr, D. J. McBride followed in 1886. Thomas. Leith a local' man was hired as teacher for 1887 at .$339000 1% was . rehired for 18884889, Joseph Montgomery was hired as teacher for 1890 .and: was followed by -Wellington Finley who taught' from 1891-1891. Mrs. 'M." Blair taught for 1894 and was fol- lowed, by Miss Alice Hopkins . who: taught' in 1895-1896. . Miss Reid taught: 'from 1897-1990 at salaries of $250.00, $28500. and $300:00. Mr.: Percy Darling fol lowed' in 1901. He was rehiredsfor° 1902' at 8375.00 • ;but. resignedat mid summer ;and, Miss Rose Wil- °son ' finished the term at the' "same salary. Miss H... M. Culbert was engaged : for .1903 at, $37500. She. resigned at the end of • six• months and was followed by, Miss. Miln who remained ..for six months:: Miss 'Meltrtyre taught • for the first ONUMENTS For sound counsel 'and'. a fair price on a monument' correctly designed from quality : material, rely on SKELTON' MEMOR1AL Pat O'Hagan, ' Prop. Established Over Sixty Years Phone 881-0234 Walkerton Ontario ITRON HEARING A ANADAS OWN HEARING AI the Key To yonder Of Sound" Unitron Industries Ltd: manufacturers of- the UTC -21 'Battery Charger for hearing aid batteries now .Make available fore the first time, a quality hearing aid made in Canada.. 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Upition„..Industries FUlton 'Ave: Kitchener, PleasP send Me Without ,obligaiion: ) Information on the!. Onitron Hearing Aid , • six months of 1904.. Mrs. Hawldns finished the tent and resigned. Miss MeCharles was hired for 10054906, at a salary of ' $375,00 and was folloWed by• Miss Allan vho taught for a month. She was succeeded by • Miss • Whiffle Mc- Pherson who was hired at $450.00. Nisi Sadie Blair was engaged for 1908' and taught till. July 1909; For the' balance of the year the folowing teachers were Kate Mar:. tyn 23 days, Myrtle McGillvary 17'. days and Catherine IvIcKenzie taught to the end of the year and was fellowed in` 1011 by" Marian Hughes: Miss May McIvor was hired in '1914,, Wilbert W'alden "fol- lowed .in; 1915 . but. owing,s to the* war •hl enlisted and Miss' Helen 131air finished the tern. In '1916 • Miss W. McPherson taught and 'was 'followed by. Miss Anne MacPherson for 19194920. lVfiss Winnie Gamble was hired in 1921 anti Miss Ruth Nephew in 1922. Miss Anne Tully , taught in 1.923 with 19 • on the roll. Miss Pearl Watson. was hired for two or three years. Miss Lona Chad- bourne taught for 'three years and Mb§ Frances Bennet also for 3 Years when hot lunches 'were in- stituted. At. this time the attend- ance had dropped -to 5. 193.1 Miss Victoria Upshell wai hired with only three on the roll. In that year the Junior Red Cross Was organized and. school gardens were started and the SCI100i was equipped with hot lunches. For taking part- in school fairs so creditablY, the school. won the shield, for the Township in 33- 34 and again in 35 t� fetal"' it per- manently. In 1934 a :246 ft. well was chilled and 1935 .saw the school redecorated. ' ' Records shOw that Mr. Clenden. ing of Mildmay was the first ,in- spector. He was followed' by Mr. Campbell and then Mr. thishohn, both of whom" came from Khicar- dine..In 1910 Mr.' Batt of Port El- gin continued in. Office for 26 'years. Mr. Dobson assumed the duties of inspector till 1944 when Mr. Game came into power. 1938 saw Finlay MacDonald of Lochalsh as teacher and Miss Hil- da Reid began her teaching car- eer at Mi. 1 in. 1937. In 1936 thus; k was introduced into the"schoof with Miss Blanche McDougald as teacher.•Also 'that year the new program of studies was introduc- ed. The school took advantage of the excursion, to Stratford to see their majesties King George • and 'Queen 'Elizabeth. In 1939 the at; tendance again reached. 21. 'In 1940 Tena Bell was the new school teacher and ,Miss Borthwick the new music teacher. .1942 saw the purchase of a new. piano and in- door plumbing. installed bringing the school up to date. IVIr,s., Camobell resigned., in 1944 _and „Mrs. ----Howard- Holland was teacher for three months ta be succeeded' by Mrs. 'William Craw- ford who, taught until June 1946. Miss Tna Huston taught the follow- ing two years.' In .1947 Hydro .was deeded Marian MacDonald as •music teacher, Miss, Janet Hutton 'of Tiverton . taught. the. next two Years. John A. CamPbell sticeeed- ed Ethel Rae as earetaker: In 1949' the- -school was ..redeCorated In 1950 Miss Joyce . Camnbell was •engaged • as teacher. Easter In 1953 'Verner° Btown Went to Niagara. Falls to a Trustees •Con - _In 1954 1Vlis§ Betty Black waS, hired • and taught for the next 5, years, *Mrs. Irwin Carruthers taught' muSic in the sehool for a few months . and Mrs. • Thincan, Mullen became care taker and secretary. In 1955 Wiliner McKay, lowered the ceiling' in the school and a new. Chimney was' built. 'In 1956 Roy • McKenzie painted the outside of,••the school. Gor- don Emmerton went to Sault Ste. Marie to attend the Trustees Con- vention. In DeceMber 1956 a new Mason and 'Risch piano wag pur- chased. In .1957 a hews addition was 'built te the schOl. The offic- ial opening took place:November 8.. Mr, Haughairt acted as chair- man and William Brown, the old- est living pupil at the time cut the ribbons. , In 1958' MiSs Black began 'hay- ing euchre parties in the' SchoOl which proved very poputar., In, Amonommeraminum 1959 Chester Cainpbell went to • CAMPBELL SOUP COMPAN LISTOWEL, Have Openings Male Help in bot.h" Plant and Farm OPerations .GOOD.; WAGES, PERMANENT .WORK,. AND: -A COM' PREHENSIVE RANGE OF EMPLOYEE: INSURANCE EENE Applicanti should visit the Plant Personnel Office as 'soon as possible. RIPLEY IIIIEAT IVIARKET Custoni utchering Mondays Hogs, in by 4:00 p.m. CATTLE CALVES and LAMBS EVERY DAY, EXCEPT SATURDAY We do Curing and Stitesking . . Beef, Pork' and 'Lamb. ' And 'Lower 'Prices Call Ripley 100. Port Arthur to attend the trustees ucation supplies. Preseht inspec- Convention. Miss Islay Wright.son tor at the school is T. K. Waldie Mrs. Elmer Smeltzer taught in 1964-4965 and Mrs. Jean Camp- bell was the music teacher, MrS. Smeltzer held euchre parties which were w,ell attended and en- joyed by the section and•commun- ity. On July 3, No. 1 school was sold to Mr.• Ralph Johnston . of Point Clark resort who intends making the school into a home. taught' in .1959' 'and in 1961 Mrs. Shirley Harris was engaged • is teacher. During this year the school was reshhiglecl. In Sept- ember 1962, Miss' Elaine Shaw was the teacher. The Music teach- er .for these three years was' Mit: Duncan Simpson. New Cupboards. were built in the 'entrance of the sdiool te house the caretaking equipirient and new physical ed- FEEMNG PR GRA a NEW concept in og feeding ... cuts feed costs ... improves grades ... creases profits! 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