Clinton News-Record, 1985-6-26, Page 46•
School days...
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kick;
Emma t atherland and Maggie, Kate
Edgar and Vic.
To part without friends may sometimes
seem hard
But Ed has just gone to claim his reward.
John Sholdice and Jane, also Susan and
W ill„
With the exemption of one, they are all in
Tuckersmith still.
But one of that family has bid us adieu
And is dwelling today with the, good and
the true.
As we think oft of Susan, may she watch for
our part
With as kindly a life and such a good honest
heart.
Four of the Torrys one time travelled our
Way.
Took part with us all in our frolic and play,
But Harry Horton needed Jim to keep
ball goal,
ith his arms stretched in action he could
ach either pole.
So on each winter's morning, no matter
how cold,
To the red school ball grounds the Torrys
all strolled.
There were five of the Reinkes who are all
with us still,
Bellan, Burgess and Jack, and the twins
Sanday and Will.
The Robinson girls I cannot name them all,
But Lucinda and Ester I distinctly recall.
There were four Keating boys, in the
winter would go,
They were Mike, Dan and Martin and our
Seaforth friend Joe.
Of some of the Quinlans I have almost lost
track,
There were six of one family, Cal's only boy
Jack.
Then big Jim McConnell, and right by his
side,
Their names were Charles and Michael
McBride.
Tom Cook, Willie Charters, Peter Cowan,
Jack Hay,
And five of the Archibalds went in my day,
But Hannah was years ago called from
life's care
To dwell in the homeland the city so fair.
There were nine of the Hudsons, five boys
and four girls,
To feed and clothe such a family cost
pearls.
Maggie Hudson, who always was pleasant
d mild,
as taken away when little more than a
d.
The first face of the dead that I e'er looked
upon,
The body was there but poor Maggie had
gone.
On a cold winter's morn she was borne
away. •
To „where she lies near the line between
Stanley and Hay.
When the trumpet shall sound her body
shall rise
To join the spirit and soar to the skies.
Then many years later George also took
leave
And left his young family to mourn and
grieve.
Jack Keating and Mary came from the
town line;
Pat Williams their neighbor was a
classmate of mine;
The Clards and the Wrights lived on the
same line,
Including both families at school there
were nine.
Martha W right was always just full of good
cheer,
But she has been taken while we are left
here,
For they like their mother, are full of good
cheer.
Jack Cumming and Minnie, in their very
young day,
Were with us at school and with us at play,
But when the family were young they
moved just two miles
And then attended the red schoolhouse
over by Kile's.
Charlie Armstrong and Kate we see them
no more,
Their nine sisters and brothers are
scattered all o'er.
Yes, Charlie and Kate were both layed to
rest,
W hen we would have said they were just at
their best.
Many of the old peoples' burdens they
cheerfully bore
But for reasons not known they passed on
before.
You may search the world over, search
early and late,
You will never find one but like Charlie and
Kate.
The Nicholsons girls all four yet remain,
They were Jessie and Agnes, also Mary
and Jane.
The Laidlaws were nine, four girls and five
boys
When they all got together there sure was
some noise.
The Reaper called Belle just at harvest
time,
And took her away to a much better clime,
To give her a place with the ripe golden
grain,
Where there is no more sorrow, neither
worry nor pain.
Anne Murray and Agnes, also Samuel and
Phil,
John, Jane and Robert, Charles, Thomas,
and Bill,
Three of this family when just at their best,
Anne, Philip and Charles were laid to their
rest.
Annie was the youngest, the baby of all,
She never went to that school if I rightly
recall.
Charlie was known for many miles around;
A finer fellow than Charlie could nowhere
be found.
Philip, as an archer, could beat William
Tell,
When he shot at a squirrel it most always
fell.
We had Bill Riley one winter or perhaps it
was two,
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SS No 1
By the middle of the Nineteenth Century the schooldbuilt by Robert Bell closed Its doors
and No. 1, a mile and a quarter east of Hensall took Its place. This was a frame building,
painted white, from which it got Its name, "The White School". On the same site a white
brick was built In 1897. It closed in 1965. The,tornado which swept through the area on
April 17, 1967, left only parts of the walls standing. The property was sold at auction, and
a new house was erected which was sold to Hugh Parsons.
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