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Teacher - Kay McKinnon (Alexander) 1953-54
Back Row: L. to R. Doreen Buchanan,'Robert Jewell, Phyllis Hoy, Dennis Co imelly, Fran-
cis
cis Jewell, Olive Shields; Rosemary Wilcox. Second Row: ?atricia Buchanan, Lynnur-
phy, Donald Robinson, Patsy Jewell, Melvin Jewell, Colleen Connelly, Emmy Wilcox. Third
Row: Ronald Buchanan, Audrey Hoy, Stan Connelly. Linda Crawford. Diane Chisholm.
Front Row:. Barry Buchanan, 'Barbara Buchanan, Judith Murphy, Dolores Taman,.. Shirley
Jewell, David Murphy.
Colborne Central School
�► serves the entire township
At the beginning it was called Zion
School, not because the name was unique,
ut because it was built on the site of Zion
church, which had been torn down and
hauled away. The two rooms built in 1957
grew to four rooms m 1959, and finally in
1967, the year of Canada's one hundredth
birthday, it was enlarged to eight rooms
and a gymnasium, with an enrolment of
233 pupils.
The name Colborne Central School ap-
peared on the planter at the base of the
flagpole, signifying that one, school now
served all the children in the township. The
school flag was unfurled for the first time
on the birthday of Sir John A. Macdonald.
Benmiller school with its abundance of
shady maples at the familiar fork in the
road that winds down through the quaint
scenic village of the same name, went into
the hands of the Benmiller lodge, who com-
mitted themselves to maintain the grounds
as a ball park and recreation area; the
two -room Saltford School on the banks of
the Maitland River three-quarters of a
mile from its mouth and overlooking the
new highway bridge was purchased by the
Machinists' union as a clubroom to serve
its members and the community; and Nile
school, famous for the excellent quality of
its water was purchased privately. The
township's last three schools were schools
no longer.
It would be reasonable to assume that
with such a history of additions, the finish-
ed product would be rather hodge-podge
but, contrary to this reasoning, it is a well -
arranged building. The junior school is
separated from the senior school by the up-
to-date gymnasium, picturesque cour-
tyard and columned service platform.
Pupil and parent alike can be justly proud
of Colborne Central.
The lovely row of maples along the west
side has been supplemented by new plan-
tings. In the courtyard the flowering crabs
and the golden foliage of forsythia will be a
genuine delight in the springtimes of the
years ahead.
There no longer is the sound of sleigh
bells as the father on his way home from
the sugar bush stops his old four -runner
sleigh to pick up the children walking
home. Now sixty -five -passenger buses are
daily on the job. The old box stove has been
replaced by the central heating plant, and
the hand pump has become a pressure
drinking fountain. Wiring for television
has been installed for future
Welcome Home
to Tiger Country
Welcome, to former residen-
ts and current residents of
Colborne Township. Best
Wishes and we hope you
have a great time during
your sesquicentennial.
W.J. HUGHES Realty
Kingston St., Goderich
Congratulations
on your
150th
BIRTHDAY
Alexander & Chapman Realty
Bayfield Road
Pape 49
Congratulations Colborne Twp.
Mary Filsinger
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