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`:WEDNESDAYi JANUARY 1S, 144
THELUCKNOW SENTINEL, • LUCKNOIK; • °ONTARIO;
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PAGE FIFTEEN
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. It was in, 1854 ,that the people
of Black-liorse now Kinloss, de-
cided to .erect the first school
(Wilding .in . the township, • The
land for the school was dorrated
▪ by •Mr, Th'omras Smith who own-
ed
rned tarnns,J .now '.be'l'angtirig to Mr.
:Walter 'Kaake.
The 1b 1dirng itself, was of
' logs; Oct stood where the Pumhp
is:now now: situated. The ,pupils :were
seated , around. .the '°reoii ,:•• acting.
the- walks. The ' seats were then-
ehes, 'mid the) desks were higher
benches with . a . sloping ' board,
on which to :write. ''A11desks
anid, benches were sof •the• same
height, and type small children
were ..able. to Ihide•` .out of sight
behind rthem,
For some time • the. . 'building
was used ,for religious services,
on. Sunday. . T,he• 'first mini;srter,
was a Mr, Final, a fdrfner cath-
. olic priest,; who had • :become a
-rnerfhodist. About 1857, a •'� tev.
'Walter, -Inglis; aformer student.
minister with David 1JLv'ings1ton
in • erica, "'succeeded: Mr. A. G.
Forbes .'and Mr. Had'wdn were
the :least.. in ,the'-sdhaol, to.''be
both .treaehe'rs .and ipreachers.
Other teachers 'who followed in.
chided Miss ' Eirnma .: 'Rowe , of.
'Greenock, Miss 'Evelyn': W rrison;
who -was later the oy..' sur,inivor
in ,a ship :Wreck 'When the !boat,.
"The, Asia" 'Crashed off Tuber-.
' . mow' in trip ,irom , Manitoulin;
Mia Anne Ferguson;: of Huron
and M'r Anderson .of Kinloss
Mrs'. . John -Hodgins, age 83, . f,eLlsi
df '
'mini/1g ;. ,from, ,her ; `home on
;the bounnddary, through a beaver
meadow ' to be , taught by . Mr `
Anderson: He used 'to .di'ry. swtit-
• elaes of ibm,cli en the rafters to
be :.use 1 ''on ,,those ,who : mnsbe-:
ba'y'ed. Mr., IHutglhh McKay ,of 'Kin
;Cardene, who folrl'owed':.usedto
make uLprits stand::.'on the 'de's'k
'sial • .for,.punishmefnt, ' He in turn Was
testa • 'fol'lowed by' Mr...William- Wilson,
The :of 'Huron, Mr.. Bob ',Hunter .- from
the South fine acid 'Mr. Jas: 'Glass
of
aseN
`A't this ttiar'e, Dar: A :J. Hun gem,
M.D., rams . practi-
tioner..• at Kinloss. He now works
Ganong. the ;1JTkrainians. to Mani-.
tuba, :Mr. ' 'Th'os.:''Power, later a.
;pia: inter; and ion of 1♦'':. C °POwer,
.headanaster.. of 1 irneard ne 'Model,
•Sh4o1;', Mr. •: Johan. Fraser,, Later
• a door :in Vanoaurv'er, : iB.rC'. 'and
Mr. Andrew Forbes • sof Culross
were ':1the ila�t ' ea,dheis in the
old • log sehool.
In . 1.: . i 'a' new ,'mime school
�budlt -and painted red, a
yestige of Which remains, lin .,the
• -*peddled `of . 'the present iday.. It
'wa's • ' -'.locate - • Where the ',;'brick
• 'school now' Stands: A drilled well
wasadded Shortly . afterwards,
Same of the teachers' ahers were Mr.
Gavin Hall. M Culross, a' brother
,Of Dr. Hall): M.P. of. Waliorton;
Mr. ' R. D.. Fair, how a laswyer�
• in Collingwood; '.Msa .John Tay`-
1• or; of Whitechurch. and Mr. Nor-
, man Robertson, errtson, wh,o 'wrote' The
History of ,the County of �B'ruce.
' In .1892 the Sec':t n . Ilfuu.lit the
brick .school; and the first teagl-
c r ' was : ,Mr. Ed: Matheson, now'
-a dental Surgeon. do Chicago;af-'
ter hiatrn Vaihie -Mr.•Dan. Matrhet
son,. now .,in Zmtperiail Life ' Ing=
.surance .Co ;' Thhe present 1Canon
Leslie Armitage of Edmonton at-
tended' school at'::this •time;, Fol-
lowing ' Mr. 1VLathes'on, came, avis:
James Melvin) iM11ss Be.ssie Mc-
Kay of +I•Iuran, Mr: James . Dry-
den, . N r: Wtilliartri 1VIa'cA1pine and
Mr,
Toin ,Kaake. , J.
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'Miss .Aigri`Is rMtcPlhanl�' ;first vwo-
. maul. tOerrtheir of Fart ila,inent, carne
ire v 1911 arid stayed for' three
Years. . Miss McPha:i1'a.'successor
were"'MissiBerl1 - .D'ruminvorihd of.
Kincardine, • Mir. rnrie Reynolds;
Miss Viola Woods of Grand tend
• and Mists Belle I ,aake Of' . RiizY-
los, . - 4
r a.
Mr. J.ik Locikartw,,o'f Luekn'ow,
Carne in " 1917. tEb•11ow,dng shim.
Were lifiss Annetta Stewart, Miss
vvelryn Lockar't, asister 1af Mri..
Lrockart, ,Mary M'eDefialet
of iltiriloss;Mr, John Smith, a ,oW •
GuelOh, and in 1928 Miss
Margaret' 'Campbell, who, tau;ghi
for six, years. During the teet
ing .'period of Mr. John Iooekart:
the library was. built up, and
has .continued. to improve ever
since;' '
a In '1 2O, The Books! •o'f K'norw
1N de were padded to the .collec
tion.. • In 193.1, .,a . small ' portable
phonograph , was ,purchased,; and
in 1934 axt, .organ. •
•
'Boys wlio, Went:, lova se,aS foram;
the section were! Russel He Watt
and Wallace : I i r tt. Russel now;
farms.. near 'e'rvie, . 'while Wail-
liaced .teaches •"school.. near Ter -
"onto.
tail 0,ctoibert ,121th,..19314 the
pupils and ehaldrrren ' Under school
age, took the first of a series
of rinnoc�ulations 'for, dip'thieria
•Ir pectors..tfor, the 'section have.;
been; Ma'. ; Glendenning of ; Mad.;
ma6y:,.:.3Vl�r: Caraplbel:l; .. Mr. • Chis
olan, 'Mr. W F.: Baldy and . ,',1VIr .
G C.. aDrorl s,on ••came ra 1935..' '
May:22nd,' 11936 the::pupils'
'otf ' KinlOSS school :book first prize
88: marks,; in the • rural,: athool.
chorus at '. the. • Bruce: County
Musical FestiiVal, ::Mr: ', Cliff: Ire-.
]land, • the : rnus'ic` .teacher 'since.
January', :1938, had .helped „ , to
Coach them The '' test piece..was
"Whine Caps" '' and the school.
Selection . rwas `,All ih'rOugh
Night." the .school took the: first
prize •'‘ "for, Singing at 'the 'Soh,aol `
fair in: 19376, and Firs, at the
festival iii '.Welkert6n on. May'
lath,: 1937.
Mass Margaret •Canvpbell,, noiw,
Mfrs; •'Ben,..Raittle of K'incardi'ne,
who "taught frati 1923-34; was
succeeded.. by Miss Kathleen' M.
Farrell. Mr.. Howarr?d. Sheltonea>me - 'tdo ; teaich nn 193?, and- iii
19319 .1VJrr . John P.nlaon In:191•
Mass : Al.lette .Brown,: mow .Mrs..
.Bradley of A¢nlaerley,. cann'e . ,ibe-
•irig followed in 1942 °by Miss.
Isabelle 1VMcKay, ' now 'Mrs; :Cas-
sidy, .of Milidariay,, '
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The." itrustees had ..a • new
:.brary built during, • the winter
of ,11941-42 by Mr Lenwood Hew-:.
Mr:''. ,Kenneth McKeinziie taughit..
for the year 1943-44 ,before - join-
.'trig the navy in World, War"SII.
Since the war he . has ' - graduated
as an optonie'trist and us , .now -
practicing in Listowel and
ley. Following him in 1944 was
l.efvoya7r ir; xiaw� zMrs: -i szrge
Cuyler, 'resid'inrg on a farm near
Kincardine. -kiss' Donna Colwell
,'t augrh't iia - 19464? • .and was .sue-
eeeded by 11,rs: Ari:nrette Stroud;
of 'Underwood.. In 1948 Mr. Chas.
M. M,athesan came, remaining:,
till 'June, ,196L In 1049 1C2r. ,B.
E Herons succeeded • Mr .a°' Ire
land as-' music supervisor, who
had ,h614 .the position for ,,the
Prevrious 13 years. ..' '
rotllowing aVLr. G. C. Dobeon
as' ridspector,, was Mr: 'J. M. Game
in, 1944 and ' Mr. A. A • ' :Gilroy
as assistant inspector the sante
year: Mr.' .• Genie's inspectorate'
was . enlarged, at that timne.. ,.
Boys: Who went overseas . in:
Worrld' ,War +II from the . section
were :Albert er+t ;'Colwell,'.. Donald
McEwan, Jack Herd and •'RRonald
Thacker,
�;
'In the slimmer� of ,1949. the
board of trues.`—Messrs `Mel-
vin iltusk, an I evyirt-t nand, ,E1=.
rnokr ,Bushell ' undertook .` to re-
pllalce the badly wanped walls.
tic) the east and north o+f the
pressent school tbuvl.dri;rtlg.'`Tbe cion-
tract : ' WAS >let to .*;11 'Lahr of
Hanover '.for,the sum of $3,000:"
At this •timethe new and . lar-
ger windows' were; built • in the
eha-st •01d
In, the tag of ,1949, With. an
in,ereas:i,ng • enrolment, : a larger.
,play. ground • was : proposed, The.
half acre west of the 'school was
then ;bought from , Mr. Walter'
Kaake for the ' sum a •$50.00.
At the time the remnant of an
orchard:" 'v s. .there, This ,-Was
cleared With a ;bulldozer. for
.$90•200 owned rby Joe &ott, cony
tadtor: f Rieley. • 1n' November,
1950 -the eh talent aan-ou.rnted 'to
:41, ' Tih'is necessitated the rez
•
.,
mov,al of a partition from the.
class: •rooan.. The ..partition. 'was
erected 14 years befere, . when
the •enredrnenit .Was. 12 ..to: solve
the heating ,probi em;' With . its
rsornoval, a nem septan • tank 'Iwas
installed also Rbalphh 4I.3 Son was
the art tan.
In • 1950 •a ' small .portable ra-
dio Was purchased. : frzorn funds
collected. 'at a . Concert,.
•
• In 1146 the. Bruce , Co. 'Health'
Unit 'was begtM. ' Wiith it cane
the ' Public: Health Nurse ' and.
peauodic' checkups .as well as an
:imanuivizzation . programme.
On June 15th, 1951 senienteen.
of the' senior pupils went in a
charbered;''buis_ for a toner of • Tor=
onto.? On this jO rney inspec-
tion, . was made , of .-the ' •Dale
Grerenhouses,.. Birattniptan;; • the irniu=
seu'm;, the. Or tari4 Parliarnent:
buildings,, 'Maple' Leaf Gardens,
the Toronto Telegram : I'!r ing
Co., the Zoo 'and Sunny' Side. A
buS stripy alas. been. `takenevery:
year „su,nce' except 196+2. The pm-
ells taken are. 4* Grrade 4-8
a cornpanied' , .:by xnothera 'and
teacher.
In
'
the sehtool' was. ` llawered three -
feet arid 'a new ceiling Oft
In '1963 nth. furnace was not op-. ..J .
eratintg satisfactorily, . so the
new system raved the, he alt
Teachers frown. September; 1951
were :Mrs. "Doreen Young; Sep
ben ber, 1952; Mr. George Amery;
September, '10534969, Mrs D4r', _
eesi • • Young;. September; 1959
106.1,M.u.s. S ' .. Erlma Jean. Percy;;
Septeanber, .1961, • 1124: Mervyn • '•
Campbell.. .
1960 -an fill fu ee ' was in-
stalled,
stalled, replacing the'c box stove
burning, wood, also a new -desk Time is that expanse • of
for the .teacher. The ceiling of between pay days. •
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