HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1983-06-29, Page 60Lucknow Sentinel, Wednesday, June 29, 1983—Page 8b
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ZION SCHOOL 1907
Front, from the left, Jack Swan, Edgar Ritchie, John
Gardner, Harry Hackett and Fred Ritchie; second row,
Earl Swan, Alvin Beaton, Myrtle Ritchie, Robert Helm,
Ada Helm, Alfred Andrew, Lizzie Helm, William Helm.
Verna Stroud, Carmen Beaton, Hazel Gardner; third row,
Mary Helm, Maggie Hunter, Ida Hackett, Ruby Ritchie,
Willie Andrew, Mary Nixon, Elmer Webster, Harry
Beaton, Isabel Nixon, Janet Hackett, William Andrew and
Wesley Ritchie; back row, Lizzie Hunter, Mary Hackett,
Jack McKay, teacher, Annie Clarkson, Margaret Ritchie,
George Hunter, Ada Gardner, and in the window, Flora
and Bob Andrew, twins. !Contributed by Tom Helm]
CONGRATULATIONS
TO THE PEOPLE OF
LUCKNOW
ON THE OCCASION OF YOUR
125TH ANNIVEIRSARY
Kinloss Township
Reeve - Barry Johnston
Council - llavid Eadie
\\7illiani ial(li11I)y
George M(Bri(1e
David Gibb
Clerk - W. F. Hawthorne
Road Superintendent - Henry L. (;lark
Build new school...
*from page 5b
hours for the rural pupils and
in 1958 increased enrolment
necessitated the opening of
another room for the fall
term.
When the citizens of Luck -
now decided to raise by
public subscription $10,000
to aid in the erection of a
Public School in 1878, they
established in it, for the
purpose of furthering the
education of the graduates of
the entrance class, a Fifth
Class. This marked the be-
ginning of Secondary School
education.
The High School courses
were extended in 1902 and
Mr. J. Stalker taught only
high school subjects, but his
assistant Miss E. Barbour
taught Latin to the Continua-
tion classes and some public
school classes. By 1906 all
the subjects required for
Junior Matriculation stand-
ing were taught.
The school building was
modernized in 1925 by the
addition of a well equipped
science laboratory, a library,
a play room, washrooms,
cloak rooms, slate black-
boards and electric lighting
was installed.
In 1935 G. S. McIntyre
accepted a position on the
staff with the task of organiz-
ing the school into depart-
ments.
A school band was organ-
ized in 1944 and is still
carrying on today, in the
form of the Lucknow Public
School Concert Band.
The approximate attend-
ance in 1908 when it became
a two -teacher High School
was 50. The average yearly
attendance from 1925 to 1950
was 112 and a peak of 146
was reached in 1933. In these
years when the attendance
taxed the accommodation,
parents notified the School
Board early in the summer of
the number of students and
the grades they were in, to
be sure of gaining admit-
tance.
Both students and the
public remember the pres-
entation of many plays that
were presented by the Dra-
ma Clubs of the school it the
Commencements. The Glee
Club with its vocal numbers
was always a highlight at
school functions.
In order to give every
child, living accessible dist-
ances from the school cent-
res, and to improve teaching
conditions and facilities in
the schools, the Department
of Education proposed that
High School Districts be set
up about 1949. The districts
were comprised of the Town-
ships adjacent to an estab-
lished school with assess-
ment large enough on which
taxes could be levied to
provide for a broad education
program, including academic
and practical subjects. A bus
system to carry to school
every graduate from the
rural public schools was also
established.
For economic reasons it
was necessary to have parts
of the Townships of West
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LUCKNOW
ON
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