HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1979-09-06, Page 21if PATRICIA, ROMER
Can you remember how
Yon felt the day you found,
out that you passed
kindergarten and you.
wouldn't :have your
kindergarten teacher any
more? Can you remember
the day you were told that
Yon would have to got on In
highschool and say goOd-hye.
te elementary school? A, lot
of things change in the time,
that a student enrolled in
elementary school, gra-
duated from, elementary
arhoel, enrolled in high
school and ,graduated from
high school,
Miss Mabel Turnbull, of
Seaforth now living at
Kilbarchan Nursing Horne
saw many changes in her
teaching, career. Some were
as small as new mat at the
front door Of the school andt
Pants and a. T-shirt were
never thought of for a girt let
alone jeans and a T.Shirtl
The girls wore dresses and
blouses with a sweater over
top to keep them warm over
the winter months.
The boys wore good pants,
and a long sleeve shirt and a
sweater to keep them warm.
The students got much more
dressed up •for special oc-
casions such as operettas,
Christmas Carol Services,
and music festivals put on, at
the school by Miss Turnbull
and her students.
Besides the many music
programs in the school there
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were also, one other aetivnies
that the students could
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$ports Pay was a favorite
for most of she boys at the
schoOli. ITO was a day when,
all of the kids in the school'
could compete against each
other th special events such
as the 100 yard dash and long
jump. After the teachers
picked the winners et each
event they would be sent to
Clinton, to compete there,
This event was very
'to the field days We held in
Seaforth each, spring.
Miss TOrttbnit also helped
with the ,Ofeel Club at the
Ifigh school-.
SAME SWIM erS
At the old public school the
teachers tanght mainly the
same subjects -that they teach
in elementary school.. now.
The only subject that they
didn'tteach until high school
was French. The three Rs
(reading, writing and
arithmetic ) were much mire
concentrated on than they
are now, Now the teachers try
and teach us the five W's.
(what, why, when, where,
and who) The new math was
not even heard of then and
the metric system was not
used then.
The few country pupils
came into town by horse and
buggy.. They would either
leave the horse in someone
else's stable, use the stable
at the school, or get a ride
as big as a new school
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A PRIZEWINNER --Matthew Turner of R.R..1,
Varna, won the first prize in the tricycle class at
the Bayfield Fair on Saturday, in this clownish
costume. (PhotO by Chessell)
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alltogetheel
Miss 1141113011 was
teacher fpr 45 years but not
all in this area. In the,
beginning of her career she,
*tight at iientsville near the,
popular gam ping area,
Algongt404 rark, After a few
t 0'
Ii; ' t
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the 'week. They _ would!
usually try .and find a farolly
with a eatra MOM and board,
With them.
The elaSsreenla were much
Afferent then they are now.
They were large with one or
tWO- WintIOW* in light up the
,
the prinelPal• The SeliO01
*OP were from 9:0.0,- 12;Ott
ands 3,130 400, 0101
totalled sig hours of school
oswk, approximately th,
AS:; nOw. it WVirft very
often that the teachers le the
students014t 0f school earl.
years working there she
came back home to Seaforth
to teach in the old public
school.
-Tye seen alot of changes,
"Miss Turnbull said "not
only in the school but in the
students who attended. it."
Many of the students that
Miss Turnbull taught still
live in this area and have
Children of their own that
they send off to school.
MORE DISCIPLINE
The children going to
school are much the same as
they were then but they are
not quite as well disciplined
as they were, Miss Turnbull
feels, Often the strap • at the
was discouraged. The
reaSon for this was that, the
teachers thought that a good
talking to was enough. They
felt that the strap was not the.
solution to disciplining a
child.
Miss Turnbull says she,
alWaYs. had a good relation.. •
ship with her students and
they still keep in touch with
her now. She PartiCular ly
enjoyed teaching Grades
seven and five because the
class, would co-operate and
talk to her t more in these
grades.
"Each pupil. was different
s� I'd have to communicate
With tilem as 45 individuals
• as much as a class." Miss
TurnbullSaid. "The teacher -
student .relationship was one
of the things that 1 enjoyed
most athiut teaching in
Seaforth."
(Another difference in
schooling) then and now was
'what the students wore.
into. town from, .a older
brother or a neighbour. It
was not, unusual to see some
of her students bicycle into
town from the outskirts of
town or' in the country.
Some of the highschool
students who jived so far
away front the school that
' they couldn't drive horse arid
buggy,had to board diking
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:tooth. There were double.. th, 1953 the new S.13,,S, was
seats made for two people to- opened: and Miss Turnbell's
sit together. Most of the choirs sang "Bless, This
desks would open and close House",
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MISS Turnbull had 45
happy yearofteaehing. It
has brought her happy in
1POOlorieS, many friends and
many years of love and
;friendship: Over these years
she saw many changes.
Changes that you and 1 will
probably never see in the
years to come, But if we open
our eyes wide enough we
may see the changeS that Arc
around us now.
Thanks to Miss Till
for her help with today's
Oalthrth. If you have any
ideas, drawing, Stories or
suggesilons for future
-001010nSplease send them.
to, Patricia': KimMer) Kids,
Teens, In-Betweens
eio Huron Expositor
P,O, Box 69
Seaforth, Qnt.
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KINDERGARTEN OR BUST! —Cherri
Kindergarten or Bust! Cherri droppedinto
her shirt with friends Wendy Lammerant,
James, and Lou Anne Stevenson, who will
like they; do now. •
SMALLER
The school wasnaturally
smaller than the public
school' now because there
were less students then. The
students from a Walton and
Winthrop now come to the
Public School. When theold
Public School was open there
were country schools that
students attended.
The average class that
Miss Turnbull had was from
45 to 50 students. This is a lot
more students than there in
the average class now. One
year Miss Turnbtill had as
many as 63 students come to
her class.
There were a total of six t
teacher s on staff includine
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