Adiel Sherwood inherited Lots 1 & 2 on the death of his father in 1826, and four years later sold Lot 1 to Henry Bradfield, a stone mason. Bradfield who lived here for 50 years also donated land for a school in 1860 (S.S.#1) on the Highway. [1]
Stewart’s School, photo taken in 1955Stewart’s School photo from 1955, unfortunately the people are unknown
If anyone has any additional information or photos on this school, we would appreciate hearing from you.
School Superintendents Report (Ontario Archives)
Shows the following information, which in some cases contradicts what we have already researched, and contradicts other filed School Superintendents Reports:
1850: Stone building, 20×26 in size, constructed in 1844, condition: Good
1854: Stone building first opened in 1860
The following information was extracted from the motion papers of the Elizabethtown Council 1855-1873:
That the request of the trustees of Union School section No 1 in Elizabethtown and No 1 in the Twp of Augusta be completed and the sum of 90 pounds be levied and collected on that property 1862
that the trustees of School Section No. 1 be paid the sum of $0.67 cts as School tax on 12 acres of land on part Lots 7&8 in the 1st concession of Elizabethtown assessed to William Holms and the clerk order the same to be paid 1870
that the application of the trustees of School Section No 1 be complied with and the sum of $100 be levied and collected on the assessed taxable property of School Section No 1 of the Township of Elizabethtown for school purposes free from all expenses for the year 1870
that the application of the Trustees of School section No 1 be complied with and the sum of $150 be levied and collected on the rateable property of said section exclusive of expenses 1871
that the Trustees of School Section No 1 be paid the sum of $52.82 as balance of the amount levied and collected in said Section for school purposes and the clerk give an order for the same- 1872
that the application of trustees of school section No 1 Elizabethtown be complied with and the sum of $150 be levied and collected and the rateable property of said section for school purposes exclusive of expenses- 1872
that the Trustees of School No 1 be paid the sum of $150 dollars being the amount levied on said section for School purposes and the Clerk order the sae to be paid to Alexander Miller- 1873
that $36 dollars of Clergy money be divided amongst the School Sections of this Township in the following manner, namely Sections No 1 $10, No 12 $5, No 26 $9, No 27 $9.31 cents, No 28 $5, No 29 $2, No 30 $5, No 31 $6 bring union section all the full Sections will leave the sum of $13.11 cents each and the Clerk ? the sum to be paid to the Trustees of each School Section- 1873
that the Trustees of School Section No 1 be paid the sum of $150 dollars being payment of the amount collected on said section for school purposes and the Clerk order the same to be paid to the Trustees[2] – 1873
[1] The History of Elizabethtown by Alvyn Austin 2002
We have very little information on this school. If anyone has any information or photos we would appreciate hearing from you.
School Superintendents Report (Ontario Archives)
Shows the following information, which in some cases contradicts what we have already researched, and contradicts other filed School Superintendents Reports:
1850: Frame Building, construction date 1826, condition: Good
1854: Stone building, first opened in 1820
The following information was extracted from the motion papers of the Elizabethtown Council 1855-1873:
that the sum of three dollars and fifty cents be paid to trustees of School Section No 14 of Elizabethtown as uncollectable and the clerk order the same to be paid Benjamin Frances 1873[1]
We have very little information on this school. If anyone has any information or photos we would appreciate hearing from you.
School Superintendents Report (Ontario Archives)
Shows the following information, which in some cases contradicts what we have already researched, and contradicts other filed School Superintendents Reports:
1850: Stone Building, size 28×38, construction date 1830, condition: Good
1854: Log building, first opened in 1819
The following information was extracted from the motion papers of the Elizabethtown Council 1855-1873:
That Edward Davis be detached from school section no 18 and be attached to school section no 20-1858
That the request of the trustees of School Section No 18 be accepted and that the sum of $60. be levied and collected on the rateable property of said section for school purposes-1862
that the petition of the trustees of School Section No 18 be complied with and the sum of Thirty dollars be levied and collected on the assessed rateable property of said section free of all expenses for school purposes and paid to the trustees of said section- 1867
That the request of the trustees of School Section No 18 be complied with that the sum of sixty five dollars be levied and collected on the rateable property of said section exclusive of expenses-1869
that the application of the Trustees of School section No 18 be complied with and the sum of Eighty dollars be levied and collected on the rateable property of said section exclusive of expenses-1871
that the application of School Trustees Section No 18 be complied with and the sum of $100 dollars be levied and collected on the Taxable property of said section exclusive of expenses-1872[1]
Redan was settled in the years 1840-1860 by Irish Immigrants. The original inhabitants were the Youngs, the Marshalls, Burnetts, Pritchards, Motts, Richards and Wilsons. The old Richardson homestead here was originally part of a clergy reserve. In 1854 the government released all clergy reserve land to the public and the Richard family took a 100 acre plot in the centre of this community.
Redan School was located a short distance from the Mott homestead. The original schoolhouse was a log structure located near the junction of the Rocksprings and Redan roads. The site is now covered by a swamp.
If anyone has any additional information or photos of this school we would appreciate hearing from you
School Superintendents Report (Ontario Archives)
Shows the following information, which in some cases contradicts what we have already researched, and contradicts other filed School Superintendents Reports:
1850: no report
1854: Frame building
The following information was extracted from the motion papers of the Elizabethtown Council 1855-1873:
That the request of the trustees of school section no 26 be excepted and that the sum of $125. be levied and collected on the rateable property for the current year 1862- 1862
that the application of the Trustees of School section No 26 be complied with and the sum of $80 be levied and collected on the rateable property of said School Section exclusive of all expenses-1871
that the application of the Trustees of School Section No 26 be complied with and the sum of $80 dollars be levied and collected on the Taxable property of said section exclusive of expenses-1872
that $36 dollars of Clergy money be divided amongst the School Sections of this Township in the following manner, namely Sections No 1 $10, No 12 $5, No 26 $9, No 27 $9.31 cents, No 28 $5, No 29 $2, No 30 $5, No 31 $6 bring union section all the full Sections will leave the sum of $13.11 cents each and the Clerk ? the sum to be paid to the Trustees of each School Section-1873[1]
Bell’s School was a shared school between Elizabethtown and Wolford Township. It was located on the Rocksprings Road and to the immediate east of the schoolhouse is the Bell’s Cemetery. There used to be a stone church in one corner of the emery, but all that remains now are a few foundation stones.
“The school was built on land donated by James Bell who settled there with his family on or before the year 1831. The land for the school was purchased from S. Harper for £30 it was lot 13” (Recorder and Times article)
School Superintendents Report (Ontario Archives)
Shows the following information, which in some cases contradicts what we have already researched, and contradicts other filed School Superintendents Reports:
1850: no report
1854: Log building, first opened in 1838
The following information was extracted from the motion papers of the Elizabethtown Council 1855-1873:
To the Local Superintendent of schools for the Township of Elizabethtown. Pay to Mary B.Smith as ordered out of the school fund apportioned to School Section No. 24 in the Township of Elizabethtown the sum apportioned to said section (Signed and Sealed) Walter Bell and Richard Richards, Trustees-1871
Bell’s School in 1937 (photo I. MacMillan)Bell’s School Class of 1937 (Photo I. MacMillan)
The first children of the area of Linden Bank went to school in a crude log building, but in 1869 the farmers of the area constructed what became to be known as Marshall School.
The school was built out of stone on a low knoll on Gosford Road probably 100 yards off the North Augusta Road. After serving generations of Linden Bank children the school was phased out by the school consolidation of the 1960’s.
The school itself was built on land donated by the Marshall Family. Several families of Marshalls lived in the area, running their farms and contributing to community life. The school had rough wooden benches and desks. It had only one room, in which all the grades were taught. It was designated as Elizabethtown SS No. 17. A plague over the doorway gave the date of construction as 1869.
School Superintendents Report (Ontario Archives)
Shows the following information, which in some cases contradicts what we have already researched, and contradicts other filed School Superintendents Reports:
1850: Stone Building, size 32×26, construction date 1848, condition: Good
1854: log building, first opened in 1844
The following information was extracted from the motion papers of the Elizabethtown Council 1855-1873:
That the request of the trustees of School Section No 17 be complied with that the sum of three hundred and fifty dollars be levied and collected on the rateable property of said section exclusive of expenses-1869
that the Reeve be and is hereby authorised to notify according to law that portion of the Township formerly composed of Union School Section No 29, also School Section No 17 that the council intend to pass a Bylaw to attach the first named portion of the Township to School Section No 17 at the next sitting of the Council on the 4th of Oct next- 1871
that the Trustees of School Section No 17 be paid the sum of $200 dollars being part of the assessment on said Section for school purposes and the Clerk order the same to be paid-1873[1]
There was a school in Glossville called “Hawke’s School. The school was so named because there were two group of Hawke’s children who attended the school in its early years. One Hawke farm was located north of the school the other farm to the south of the school. The school was sandwiched between the two farm families and filled with Hawke children. It was here that Glossville children were educated. The community sent its children to the old brick school long after people stopped using the name Glossville. After Hawke’s closed the children were bussed to Frankville or to Addison. Land for the school was donated to the area school board in 1857 by John Hawke, and it is probable that the stone building was erected within the following three years. Hawke’s School closed in 1962. The school was located at the junction of Hwy 29 and the Lake Eloida Road.
School Superintendents Report (Ontario Archives)
Shows the following information, which in some cases contradicts what we have already researched, and contradicts other filed School Superintendents Reports:
1850: no report
1854: first opened in 1830
The following information was extracted from the motion papers of the Elizabethtown Council 1855-1873:
that $36 dollars of Clergy money be divided amongst the School Sections of this Township in the following manner, namely Sections No 1 $10, No 12 $5, No 26 $9, No 27 $9.31 cents, No 28 $5, No 29 $2, No 30 $5, No 31 $6 bring union section all the full Sections will leave the sum of $13.11 cents each and the Clerk ? the sum to be paid to the Trustees of each School Section- 1873[1]
We have no pictures or any other information regarding this school if anyone has any photos or information we would appreciate hearing from you.
The Athen’s Reporter from Jan 31, 1889 to Dec 31, 1889
Hawk’s School
Hawk’s School March 18th-, 1889
Last Friday evening will be long remembered by the citizens of Hawk’s and surrounding country, who were offered the pleasure of attending a Scott Act lecture in the School house. The Addison choir was in attendance and is second to none in the Province of Ontario. They sang some beautiful pieces, which were well appreciated by the hearers. The next best thing was some music furnished by William Wiltse on the violin and his brother on the organ. One favourite tune with the audience was “Climbing up the Golden Stairs” and this Willie got considerably bungled up. Practice Willie, practice. The most excellent thing was an address delivered by Rev. Mr. Haylock. The reverend gentleman talked very plain and interesting. Miss. Hawks, Mr. Fields and Miss. Lovern favored us with some recitations and readings, which were well appreciated by all resent. All went home, happy and contented, feeling much wiser than they went.
Prior to the closure of the one room school house in the mid 1960’s the rural landscape of Elizabethtown was dotted with wood, stone and brick one room school houses. They served the needs of the families who lived near these schools. Some schools were located on the border with neighbouring townships and were shared schools, where the costs were divided between each township.
Children would walk or catch a ride to their school. They would fill the wood box and carry water into the school. There was a sense of purpose and belonging that is missing from today’s consolidated schools.
In our posts we have written what we know about each school in Elizabethtown and whenever possible added photos.
If you have photos or stories about any of these schools please share them with us at lynmuseum@gmail.com
The Yonge Mills School house is located on the Yonge Mills Road, approximately 3 ½ miles west of the village of Lyn. On September 26th 1874 a ¾ acre lot was severed from the land owned by Mr. Griffin and Mr. Phillips and transferred to the Trustees of the Public School Section. The school opened in 1874 and was in use until its closure in 1968. The school was built from stone and similar to others built around the same time period.
In 1954/55 a wall was erected across the room so that the lower level students could be taught by a second teacher. In 1960 a well was dug and a furnace room added. Prior to 1960 the school was without running water and each day a student had to carry a bucket of water from Gardiner’s across the road to the school. The lavatory was divided with the teacher’s in the centre and two on either side for the boys and girls.
The first school in Yonge Mills was a wooden structure located on the corner of Devil’s Door Road and County Road 27, opposite Yonge Mills Church. The second school was a brick structure which held classes from 1859 to 1874. The third school was a stone structure built in 1874 and was open until June 1968.
In 1956 the enrollment of the school was over 50 pupils.
This was a split school between Elizabethtown and Front of Yonge, students from both townships attended and costs were shared.
The school has been turned into a home and is located at 65 Yonge Mills Rd.
(A brief history of Yonge Mills School by Joe Moore 1997)
School Superintendents Report (Ontario Archives)
Shows the following information, which in some cases contradicts what we have already researched, and contradicts other filed School Superintendents Reports:
1850: No Report
1854: No Report
The following information was extracted from the motion papers of the Elizabethtown Council 1855-1873:
that $36 dollars of Clergy money be divided amongst the School Sections of this Township in the following manner, namely Sections No 1 $10, No 12 $5, No 26 $9, No 27 $9.31 cents, No 28 $5, No 29 $2, No 30 $5, No 31 $6 bring union section all the full Sections will leave the sum of $13.11 cents each and the Clerk ? the sum to be paid to the Trustees of each School Section (Lyn Museum Archives)
1894-1896 Front Row: Roy Gibson, Myrtle Gibson, Unknown, Lizzie Ferguson, Ollie Burnham, Unknown, Mabel Robinson, Arletta Dickey, Katherene McNish, Unknown, Harris McNish, Unknown, Elmer Gardiner, Unknown, Tom McNish, Charlie Scott, Douglas McNish Middle Row: Roy Dickey, Jack Steacy, Fred Robinson, Gorge Robinson, Victor Purvis, Willie McNish, Unk Pennock, Billie Ferguson, Mabel McNish, Irma Culbert, Unknown, Unknown, Lois Lathem, Ursula McNish, Unknown, Carrie McNish Back Row: Carman Culbert, Unknown, Peter Purvis, Regenald Robinsson, Ferman Ayres, Edson Burnham, Lou Ayers, Unknown Ayres, Emma McNish, Clara Gardiner, Bessie McNish, Maude Turkington, Alice Tennant (Teacher) (photo #1)
1917 Class- (photo #2)
1923 Class – (photo #3)
1928 Class -Partial list number from the left of the photo Front Row: 2-Benie Neddo, 3-Marjorie Cochrane, 5- Barnie McNish 3rd Row: 1-Adile Cochraane, 2- Lena McNish, 3- Jennie Bryan, 5- Carl Flood, 6- Unk Neddo Back Row: 2- Harriet Purvis, 3-Alice McNish, 4- Philip McNish, 6-Don Gardiner (photo #4)
1940c – (photo #5)
1953 – Front row: Unknown, George Steacy, Robert Haffie, Jimmy Forrest, Ronnie Longstaffe, Edward McNish, Kenny Forrest, Keith Hawes, Ron Bryan Second row: Doris Cook, Phyllis Godridge, unknown, Wayne Longstaffe, Bennie TeKamp, unknown, Joke (pron. Yoka) Vandermade, Nancy McNish, Twyla Smith Third row: Linda Smith, unknown, Rhoda Cook, Dinie TeKamp, Gary Luker, Patsy Cook, Willie TeKamp, Leisha Munster, Martha Purvis, teacher Helen (Mrs. Boyd) Steacy (Teacher) (photo #6)
1950c Class (photo #7)
1955c students- (photo #8)
1955c Willie and Dinie Tekamp (photo #9)
1955c – Dinie, Willie and Benny Tekamp (photo #10)
1960 Class – Front Row: Werner Latocha, john McNish, John Kelly, Paul Purvis, Gregory (Smokey) Harper 2nd Row: Janet Howe, Doris Godridge, Unk McNish, Heidi Latocha, John Hazelegger, Pam Harper, Pam Kelly, Shirley Bryan 3rd Row: Gordon Cook, Bonnie Howe, Jim Kelly, Roger Cook, Unknown, Andrew McNish, Willie TeKamp, Cheryl Wright, Leslie Bryan, Art Kelly, Joan Chisamore, Chris Watson, Peggy Kelly Back Row: Miss King, Heather Bennett, Willie Vandermade, Faye Bennett, Emerson Harper, Peter Sabourin, Robert Haffie, Ron Bryan, Jack Hazeelegger, George Steacy, Cheryl Barnhardt, Mrs. Steacy (Teacher) (photo #11)
1882 Teachers Contract part 1 (photo #12)1882 Teacher’s Contract Part 2 (photo #13)
1922 Teacher’s Contract for $1000. a year (photo #14)
List of Teachers at Yonge Mills School
1894-96 Alice Tennant
1897-04 J.Page
1904 W.Knox
1905-06 U.McNish
1908 L.Robertson
1909 J.Hamilton
1910 M.Carpenter
1911 D.Jones
11911-12 H.H.Sheldon
1912-15 G.Kelly
1914 Mary Bissell (Jan to June)
1914 Helen Sigsworth (Sep to Oct)
1914 Rosa Breese (Oct to Dec)
1915-16 Edythe A. Glazier
1917 M.Evelyn Purvis
1918 Mary Hutchinson (Jan to June)
1918-20 E.L.Sturgeon
1920-21 Vear B.Armstrong
1921-22 Edna I.Pettem
1922 Kathleen I. Bushfield
1923-25 Mary E.Gardiner
1926-28 Taylor K.Franklin
1928 M.E.Gardiner
1928-32 M.M.Marshall
1932 L.E.Booth
1935-39 M.R.Purvis
1940-41 M.R. Brown
1942 M.Avery
1942-43 F.Chapman
1943-44 Rita Howe
1944 Helen Steacy
1945-46 M.Stanier
1946-49 J.Ferguson
1956-58 Marion Tedford
1958-60 D.McGill
1960-61 S.King
1961-63 Kay Dickey
1963-68 H.Steacy
1964-66 C.Running
1967-68 Marjory Warren
The following information was taken from attendance records for the period 1914 to 1928. From 1915 onwards only new students were noted.
1914
Wilma Shipman
Jim McNish
Jenny Ferguson
Ethal Weston
Norton Eyre
Ronald Herring
Hubert Scott
Ernest Kilmurray
Euart Clow
Frank Ferguson
Eva Shipman
George Hollingsworth
Katie Bolin
Lottie Mallory
Leland Bolin
Ann Munro
George McNish
Jennie Ferguson
Marguerite Tennant
Nora Dickey
Willie Avery
Cecile Tennant
Lizzie McCoy
Lucy McAvoy
Anna Bell Bolin
Cecil Dickey
Helen Kilmurray
Fred Vickerey
Fern Munro
Violet Hollingsworth
Leita McAvoy
Arthur Weston
Fred Hollingsworth
Willie Clow
1915 Teacher Edythe A. Glazier. New Students:
Ethel Jarvis
Annia Andress
Hilliard Andress
Cassie Andress
Lila McAvoy
Mary Andress
Belina Queen
1916 Teacher Edythe A. Glazier, New Students:
Blanch Eyre
Lulu Pavey
Louise Kilmurray
Howard Latham
1917 Teacher M. Evelyn Purvis, New Students
Harry Cook
William Cook
Maizie Latham
1918 Teacher Mary Hutchinson, E.L. Sturgeon, New Students:
Thomas Mills
Lillie Mills
Oran Marshall
Beulah Kilmurray
1919 Teacher E.L. Sturgeon, New Students
Constance McEwen
1920 Teachers E.L.Sturgeon and Vera B. Armstrong, New Students
Ford Bryan
Ethel Bryan
Stewart Flood
Omar Bramley
Beatrice Flood
Irene Boulton
Mable Edgely
1921 Teachers Vera B. Armstrong and Edna I. Pettem, New Students
Albert Boulton
Francis Neddow
Ethel Neddow
Christina Craig
George Harris
David Craig
Albert Boulton
Boyd teacy
Idelle Cochrane
Hugh Eaton
Alice Neddow
Mary Craig
1922 Teachers Edna Pettem and Kathleen I. Bushfield, New Students
Albert Woodward
Gordon Haws
Ethel Haws
Francis Neddo
Ethel Neddow
Alice Cain
Mary Cain
Leslie Eaton
Alice McNish
Lora McNish
Jennie Bryan
Willie Cain
1923 Teacher Mary E. Gardiner, New Students:
William Miller
Omar Clow
Alzina Cain
Nelson Cain
Lawrence Nixon
Donald Gardiner
Doris McNish
Thelma Eaton
Hubert Leeder
Cora Neddow
1925 Teacher Mary E. Gardiner, New Students
Arthur Purvis
Leslie Neddo
Phillip McNish
Earl Flood
Elanor Shipman
Lawrence Neddo
Isabel Watson
Janet Watson
1926 Teacher Mary E. Gardiner and Taylor K. Franklin New Students
Bobby Nixon
Marjorie Cochrane
Bobby Heaslip
Margaret McNish
Donald Heaslip
Stanley Bryan
Arthur McDonald
1927 Teacher Taylor K. Franklin, New Students
Harriet Purvis
Gertrude Dolan
Billie Andress
Barnett McNish
Katherine Purvis
Gladys McKay
Sarah Dolan
1928 Teachers Taylor K. Franklin, M.E. Gardiner, M.M. Marshall New Students
Emily Poole
Miller Poole
Irene Poole
Alfred Poole
Kenneth Heaslip
James Purvis
The school was closed on a number of occasions and a brief note of explanation was made in the attendance records. Some of those notes are succinct comments on the way of life in the early years.
From time to time the teacher was sick and so the school was closed until she/he recovered. On one occasion it was for two weeks. Once a year the teacher attended a one day teacher’s conference, usually held in Brockville.
Other closures over the early years:
1918 Nov 11th – Peace Declared
1920 Feb 18th – School closed due to a storm
1920 Jun 8th – School closed due to sickness
1921 Feb 10th – Closed for Mr. Robert Eyre’s funeral
1921 Mar 1st – School closed for measles
1921 Jun 16th -School closed to pick strawberries
1922 Feb 10th – Closed, Mr. Noris Gardiner died
1922 Sep 8th – School Fair
1925 Jan 14th to 23rd – School closed because of measles
1925 Oct 15th – International Plowing Match
1927 Mar 1st – Closed to fumigate school for Scarlet Fever
1928 Mar 12th & 13th – Death and Funeral of Mrs. N.I.Gardiner
1936 Jan 28th – Kings Funeral
1937 May 12th – Coronation Day
(Thanks to Joe Moore of Brockville for the majority of this information, written in 1997
Yonge Mills School as a home in 1990 (photo #15)
Yonge Mills School for sale (photo #16)
Yonge Mills School (photo #17)
If anyone has any additional photos or information on this school wwe would appreciate hearing from you.
A Brief History of the old Tincap school its’ teachers and students.
When the first frame school was erected around 1802 a shinny cap of tin was set on the cupola. It could be seen for miles, particularly on sunny days.
The school stood near the intersection of Hwy no. 29 and Kilkenny Road on the south sidde of Kilkenny Road. Col. David Breakinridge, later known as the “Duke of Leeds” or “Squire Breakinridge” was given a crown grant at Tincap in 1802 and the school was later built on a lot partitioned from this grant.
The first stone school was built near the Perth Road because of its accessibility to the road. In 1855 the first structure was demolished and replaced by a second school . The old tin cap was retrieved from the first school and placed atop the cupola of the second structure.
In 1894 this second school burned and was replaced with a new frame building and the tin cap was placed atop of this new school.
Early teachers at the original school were Jonathon Lyman and Miss Sarah Booth.
One of the first teachers at the second school was Mr. Bell, then Miss Jennie Smith, of Fairfield, who taught for several years. Later Mr. Morrison, who was described as having one arm, yet quite capable of wielding an oak rod with which he dealt out school justice to the unruly.
Other teachers were Mrs. Shepherd, Mrs. Fred Fulford and Miss Fannie Connor. Then Rev. W.A. McKenzie who was pastor of the First Presbyterian Church in Brockville for many years, taught at Tincap. He lived in Morristown, N.Y. and commuted daily by boat and foot to reach the school. After rowing across the St. Lawrence he would walk through Brockville and up the Perth Road five miles to reach the school. History doesn’t record what time he had to get up in order to maake the journey on time to open the school. In winter he is reported to walk across the ice to make this trip.
Then Miss Anna Hutcheson of Brockville, Mr. James D. Truesdell and then Miss Martha Maley, who later married Mr. Truesdell. Miss Eliza Fair, Miss Chipman Miss Moore. Later Mrs.J.D.Truesdell again taught at the school and was the teacher when the school burned around 1894.
During this time classes were held in the stone house owned by Mr. M. O’Donnell until the new frame building was ready for classes.
The new frame school was equipped with a Tin Cap and a bell to keep the community linked to the original name. The first teacher in the new school was Miss Susie Hanna of Lyn and some of the pupils then attending were: Newton, Vida and Laura Young; Edward, William and John O’Donnell; Kitty, Edward and Elva Charlton; Minnie Warren, Katie Rogers, Gertrude and Gordon Thompson, Mary Bolger, Edwin Parker; Frank, Eva and Fannie Darling, and Flora Johnston. School records state that when this new frame school was being built, a carpender named Downey was killed in a fall from the roof.
Afterwards Mr. Albert Baker taught for one term. Then Miss Mabel Grant taught for five years. Among others who taught later were: Lena Beale, Rose Bresie, Stella Beale, Margaret Carr, Anna Anglin, Winnie Wilson, Anna Elliott, Violet Elliott, Vera Armstrong, Lela Wilson, Katherine Heffernan, Margaret Clow, Laura Dudley, Hazel Plunkett and Florence Ware.
School Superintendents Report (Ontario Archives)
Shows the following information, which in some cases contradicts what we have already researched, and contradicts other filed School Superintendents Reports:
1850: Stone building, constructed in 1844, condition: Good
1854: Frame building first opened in 1800
1905- earliest photo of the old frame school (photo #1)
Front Row: Wilbert Lang, Mary Davidson, Elva Charlton, Emma Clow; Clemma Clow
Back Row: James Thompson, Allen Davidson, Eva Jenton, (in door) Lottie Young and Margaret Carr (Teacher)
Side of Bldg: Jessie Davidson and Eva Davidson (twins)
1920 Tincap School Fall Fair (photo #2)
1925c Winter at the school (photo #3)
1936/37- Front Row: Russel brown, Harold Husdon, Gladys Simpson, Betty Simpson, Marion Hudson, Sheila Simpson, Charles Brown, Jackie Hudson, Ethel Hudson Middle Row: Shirley Simpson, Waldo Gilroy, Okel Bowen, Wilma Simpson, Kathleen Tutak, Marie Rowsome, Jack Locke, Philip Simpson, Geraald Briggs. Back Row: Alfred Clements, Douglas Simpson, Florence Ware (Teacher), Pearl Church. (photo #4)
1930c (photo #5)
1934 – Front Row: Ethel Hudson, Marie Rowsome, Edna Findon, Welma Simpson, Shirley Simpson, Marion Hudson Middle Row: Albert Clements, Gerald Briggs, Pearl Church, John Findon, Hazel Hudson, Archie Worden, Alfred Clements Back Row: Elsie Simpson, Fern Quinn, Greta Locke, Beatrice Church (photo #6)
1940c (photo #7)
1945 (photo #8)
1948, June- Lions Club Music Festival (photo #9)
1950 – Front Row: Gary MacDonald, Billy Hudson, unk, John Tristram, Barry Moffat, Alva Sheffield, Unk, Wilhemina TeKemp, Lynn MacDonald Middle Row: Dinie TeKamp, Aleatha Burns, Beverly Tristram, Joan Loche, Lillan Kalenck, Unk Shipman, Marilyn Halfpenny, Rhena Sheffield Back Row: Langford Mattice, Billy Halfpenny, Doug Johnson, Dennis Cooke, Ronnie White, Marilyn Brown, Grace Christie, Dorothy Wykes (Teacher), Barbara Spicer, Dorothy Kelly, Beatrice DeBruge, Verna DeBruge, Grace Christie, Shirley Conthe (photo #10)
1953 -(photo #11)
1955 – School Choir –Front Row: Angelina Stevens, Linda Simpson, Shirley Serson, Linda Ladd, Betty/Bobby Marginson; Ron Valcour, Bruce Gaskell Middle Row: Evertt Adamson, Billy Davison, Betty Simpson, David Serson, Geraldine Shearer, Jo Ann Chrechton, Carol Ann Jones, Linda Massey Back Row: Malcom Cambell, Marilyn York, Jim Carr, Georgina Edgeley, Doris Giffin, Ellery Edgeley (photo #12)
1956 – (photo #13)
1956 teacher Mary Munro (photo #14)
Certificate of Honor to Haveleigh MacNaamara (photo #15)
Spring Valley School was first located at the corner of W.E. Stewart’s field to the left of Ruben Davis’ driveway. The original school was an unpainted frame building that got so old, it could no longer be kept warm in winter. In 1878 the present school was completed further down the road and opened in September of that year. The foundation for this school was laid in 1877. The land was donated by Frank McCrae on condition that the building be used for both school and church purposes. The first contract to build the new school was not completed and later Harvey Hayes took the contract and hired James Davidson to do the work. The school opened in September 1878 with Miss Jennie Grant the first teacher. The first gathering in the school was a church service on Sunday conducted by Rev. Mr. Blair who was the Pastor of the Lyn Circuit, prior to classes starting. The enrollment of the school in 1902 was 27 pupils and in 1950 was 18 pupils. (The original name of Spring Valley was Niblock’s Corners)
The school had its last class on June 29, 1965, after which students were bused to the new school at New Dublin.
The building is now the New Dublin Library and Town hall located at 4103 County Road 29
School Superintendents Report (Ontario Archives)
Shows the following information, which in some cases contradicts what we have already researched, and contradicts other filed School Superintendents Reports:
1850: Stone building, 22×28 in size, constructed in 1843, condition: Not Good
1854: Frame building first opened in 1816
The following information was extracted from the motion papers of the Elizabethtown Council 1855-1873: (Lyn Museum Archives)
That the sum of 20 pounds clear of all expenses be levied and collected on the rateable property of school section No 11.- 1862
Tax levies for School section No 11- 1862
Spring Valley School Expense Ledgers
Accounts Ledger for 1888 (photo #1)
Receipts for 1888
Feb 18th
Received Gov. Grant
$20.64
Aug 2nd
Received Municipal Grant
$20.78
Dec 20th
Received from John Holliday by direct tax
$200.18
Balance on Hand since ‘87
$29.32
$270.92
Expenses for 1888
Paid Teacher
$225.00
Paid for wood
$22.00
Paid for making fires and burying stove ashes
$5.00
Paid to Amos Disdmer [sic] for cleaning school
$3.00
Jan 2nd
to one broom
$0.25
2nd
to Postage
$0.02
2nd
To Repairs on Door
$1.00
7th
Part of a box of crayons
$0.25
Mar 9th
Two lights of glass
$1.00
Apr 9th
To one light of glass
$0.50
May 2nd
To repairs on fence
$0.25
Nov 24th
Two lights of glass
$1.00
Dec 24th
To one gate and trimmings
$11.00
$270.27
On the bottom of the 1888 Ledger:
Dec 21, 1888
Received in payment the sum of One Hundred and Eight Three Dollars and 33/100
signed: Laura Clow
1893 Account Ledger (Photo #2)
1893 School Expenses
Date
Item
Amount
Jan 6th
One Casting for seat
$0.50
7th
One Zinc
$0.85
12th
Got from Samuel Nash 10 cords @ $1.60 a cord
$16.00
23rd
Paid Harvey Hayes for work
$1.80
30th
Paid Morton Kendrick for wood
$2.50
Mar 4th
One box chalk
$0.25
4th
One Broom
$0.26
10th
Paid Truman Hayes for teaching
$41.72
10th
Paid for lumber
$1.98
13th
Paid Samual Aldrich for 10 cords of wood @ 1.45 a cord
$14.50
Apr 6th
Advertising for teacher
$0.50
6th
For black board paint
$2.50
May 5th
Paid William Stafford for the renewal of the Insurance Company
$4.25
Jun 9th
One paine of glass
$0.25
30th
Paid Emery Smith for teaching
$95.83
Aug 12th
Two paines of glass
$0.50
17th
Paid Terrence Glasier for work
$9.50
17th
Paid for work and scanthing [sic]
$1.00
23rd
One box of chalk
$0.25
Sep 12th
Paid MrBall for pointing up
$1.00
14th
Paid Smarts for paints, oils
$6.25
Oct 12th
Paid Miss Patent for teaching
$100.00
Nov 24th
One Broom
$0.25
24th
One box of chalk
$0.25
Dec 18th
One pain of glass
$0.25
20th
Paid Freddie Hayes
$6.75
20th
For interest on money
$7.00
$316.69
Dec 20th
Paid Miss Beturl [sic]
$70.00
1919 June – Class (Photo #3)
1919 Class- Front Row: Jimmy Deir, Geraldine Dier, Florence Green, Marion Murray, Vera Murray Back Row: Mamie Deir, Newton Pettem, Bernard Stewart, Percy Tackaberry, Miss Leacock (Teacher), Arthur Tackaberry, Jerome Deir, Artinsa Pettem, Ian Stewart (photo #4)
1920c Class –Front Row: Joe Deir, Walter Darling, Florence Anderson, James Deir, Marion Murray, Tom Gilroy, Fred Darling Back Row: Vera Murray, Adella Anderson, Agnes McCrae (Teacher), Arthur Tackaberry, Mamie Deir, Geraldine Deir (photo #5)
1925c Class at Spring Valley (photo #6)
1935 November, Class (Photo #7)
1937 Class – Front Row: Donald I. Stewart, Ruth Bowen, Rhoda Haley, Gerald Darling, Roy Bradley Back Row: Miss Beryl Snider (Teacher), Harold Murray, Clarence Darling, Alan Darling (photo #8)
1950c Spring Valley Class (photo #9)
1954 School Choir at the Lions Music – Festival Front Row: James Taggart, Rosemary Beach, Maria Bax, Dorothy Ellis, Leota Perkins, Jeanette Bax, Gail Quinn, Geraldine Mulder Back Row: Sydney Bolton, William Taggart, Albert Mulder, Donna Tristram, Shirley Cooke, Richard Goodfellow, Robert Ellis, William Gilroy (photo #10)
1954 Class: Front: William Taggart, Ronald Perkins, Jimmy Taggart, Glen Perkins, ? Ellis, ? Ellis, ??, Bonnie McDougall, Anne Mearma,Tommy Gilroy, Joan Mulder, Geraldine Mulder Middle: Dickie Dier, John Benton, Martha Bolton, Stanley Perkins, Leota Perkins, ??, Robert Ellis, ??, Sidney Bolton, Rosemary Beach, Maria Bax, Bee Gilroy Back: Mrs. Barrington, Albert Mulder, ??, Jeanette Bax, Shirley Cook, ??, Donna Tristam and ? Murray. (Photo #11)
1955c – Children who helped make a Quilt – Front Row: Billy Gilroy, Stanley Perkins, Ann Merema, Joan Mulder, Bonnie MacDougal, Diane Davis Middle Row: Albert Mulder, Bill Taggart, Dick Deir, Gail Quinn, Robert Ellis, Rosemary Beach, Geraldine Mulder Back Row: Maria Bax, Donna Tristram, Shirley Cooke, Jeannette Bax, Leota Perkins (photo #12)
1955c Spring Cleaning (Photo #13)
1965- Last Class at the school (photo#14)
June 1965- Invitation to the school closing (Photo #15)
Teachers at Spring Valley
1884-1885 Miss Ida Conners
1903 Miss Miriam McConkey (24 pupils in her class)
1904-1907 Miss Lena Davis
1907-1908 Miss Elizabeth Sheldon (pupils averaged 14 to 20)
1878 Miss Jennie Grant
1879 Miss Jennie Barrington
1900 Miss M. Grant
1900 Miss Kendall
1901-1902 Miss Kennedy (27 pupils in her class)
1910 Miss Ethel Brown
1910-1911 Miss Grace Stewart
1911-1912 Miss Grace Bolin
1911-1913 Miss Anna Elliott
1911-1913 Miss Carrie Covey
1911-1913 Miss Alma Stevens
1916-1917 Miss Eleda Beach
1919 Miss Leah Hough
1920 Miss Marion Davidson
1921 Miss Mildred Leacock
1921-1922 Miss Marjorie Godkin
1923-1925 Miss Agnes McCrea
1925-1934 Miss Irene Moore
1934 Miss Melba Dilworth
1935-1937 Miss Elma Weatherhead
1937 Miss Edne Snider
1949-1953 Mrs. Helen Male
1953-1954 Mrs. Elma Barrington
1954-1956 Mrs. Ruth Foster
1956 Mrs. Helen Kilborn (Sep-Nov)
1956-Mrs. Margaret Miller
Other Teachers for who the dates they taught are unknown are:
Miss Ethel Olds
Miss E. Tennant
Mr. A. Davidson
Miss Anderson
Mr. Truman Hayes
Miss Maria McDonald
Miss Eliza Galbraith
Miss Grace McConkey (lived at New Dublin and rode her bicycle to school every day morning and night a distance of 4 miles)
Miss Laura Clow
Miss Hough
Miss M. Godkin
Mrs. Grace Bolin and Son Stewart in 1922 (photo #16)Mrs. Grace Bolin who taught in 1911-1912 (photo #17)
Former Teachers gather at school closing in 1965 (photo #18)
Class of 1957 (photo #19)
1938 – Spring Valley School (photo #20)
1965 – Spring Valley School Closes (photo #21)
Spring Valley at the annual school fair for the area schools. Notice the small model of the school and the hats that the children are wearing are of he school. No date on the photo but from the clothing styles late 1920’s (photo #22)
1978 the school becomes a community hall (photo #23)
1862 School Tax Roll
Name
Conn
Lot
Amount £
Ianus Cameron
4
RS 26
£75.00
John & Richard Taylor
4
Pt 26
£100.00
John & Richard Taylor
4
Pt 22
£25.00
Russell Darling
4
FPT 29
£125.00
Russell Darling
4
Pt 25
£100.00
Joseph Fletcher
4
RP 24,25
£175.00
Avery Wright
4
Pt 21,22
£200.00
Abraham Nibblets & Lang
4
Pt of 21,22
£100.00
Patrick Kugan
5
Pt 20
£50.00
John Rigby
5
Pt 20
£50.00
William Lamb
5
Pt 22,23
£350.00
William Rogers
5
PT 22,23,21
£425.00
Gabriel Worden
4&5
21,22,25
£1,500.00
John Boyd
5
Pt 22,23
£350.00
James Bryan & Son
5
Pt 24
£125.00
Eli Cole
5
F 24
£300.00
Joseph & ?? Bath
5
F 1/2 25
£200.00
James Anderson
5
Pt 24
£100.00
Thomas Achison
5
Lot 26
£350.00
Frederick Moore
4
REP 25
£250.00
Samuel Flint
5
Pt 24
£300.00
?? Moore
4
Pt 21, 22
£250.00
James Campbell
4
R 27
£100.00
If anyone has any information or photographs of the Spring Valley School and would like to add to our history, please contact us.
The first school building was made of logs and located on the west side of Sherwood Springs Road, near the site of Jim Eligh’s brick house. It was started in 1851, but not opened until January 3, 1854. The second school structure was a framed building built on the north side of Hwy 2 across from where Sherwood Springs Rd. now meets Hwy #2. This building was purchased by Fred Latham and moved down to the opposite side of the road and a second story was added.[2]
The third school was located on Hwy #2, where Woodland Park Zoo was built after the school closed. The school, built in 1907, was closed in 1956 with an enrolment of 20 students.
As a shared school between Elizabethtown and Front of Yonge Townships, students from both townships used the school and costs were shared between the townships.
The building still exists and is located at 1764 Highway #2 west.
School Superintendents Report (Ontario Archives)
Shows the following information, which in some cases contradicts what we have already researched, and contradicts other filed School Superintendents Reports:
1850: Stone building, 30×36 in size, constructed in 1844, condition: Good
1854: report combined with SS#5
The following information was extracted from the motion papers of the Elizabethtown Council 1855-1873:
That the union of School sections no 3 & 5 be dissolved and that all resolutions uniting the same be rendered the same as if said divisions ere never united at the request of a public meeting held for that purpose signed by Henry Clow, Chairman- 1858
Annual school meeting of School Section No 3 of the freeholders and householders of said section, acceptance of financial report; that we have a free school this year; that Wm Clow & Mr.S.Fulford be auditors for the ensuing year; that one chord of wood be delivered at the school house and cut by each scholar that the teacher measure the wood and if it falls short that the person who brought it shall bring another chord; that the persons who send children to school shall board the teacher- 1862
That the petition of the trustees of School Section No 3 be complied with and that the sum of $140. clear of expenses be levied and collected on the rateable property of said school section for school purposes for the currant year 1865
that the Clerk be instructed to prepare a Bylaw to unite School Sections No.3 and No.5 into one section agreeable to the request of the rate payers of said sections- 1869
that the application of the Trustees of School section No.3 be complied with and the sum of $18 be levied and collected on the rateable property of said section exclusive of expenses – 1869
that the Trustees of School Section No 3 be paid the sum of $240 the amount levied on said section for School purposes and the Clerk order the said amount to be paid to William Wilson-1873[1]
[2] Education in Front of Yonge 1784-2000 by Sandra Wells 2008
1921 – Grace Cole (Teacher) with Harold Eligh (photo #1)
1935c Class (photo #2)
1942 Class – Front Row: Yvonne Shipman, Beverly Birtch, Charlie Foley Middle Row: Bryce Birtch, Everett Birtch, Oscar Shipman Jr., Borden Shipman Back Row: Jean Latham (Teacher) Helen Shipman, Shirley Shipman, Annabelle Friday (photo #3)
1950-51 Class- Front Row: Reginald Shipman, Sandy Simpson, Arthur Somerville, Gary Latham, Allan Cooney, Butch Ranger, Beverly Somerville, Beverly Cooney Middle Row: Murray Belbeck, Colin Cooney, Earl hipman, Dorrene Somerville, Jane Belbeck, Barbara Simpson Back Row: Albert Shipman, Charlie Foley, Mrs. Hanna (Teacher), Borden Shipman, Fred Harper (photo #4)
1953 Class – Front Row: Wayne Birtch, Steve Smith, Bobby Marjinson, Terry Dunn, David Hodge, Dwayne Latham, Murray Latham, Linda Latham, Judy Simpson, Unknown Dawson Second Row: Unknown Dwson, Unknown, Marjorie Harper, David Jones, Sharon Cardinal, Larry Cardinal, Marlene Eyre, Delrena Shipman Third Row: Terry Latham, Unk Dawson, Reginald Shipman, Vincent Ranger Back Row: Roger Birtch, Earl Shipman, Gary Latham- Tracher Mrs. Roseberry (photo #5)
1956 Class –Front Row: John Simpson, Donnie Birtch, Nicolas Bakker, Gary Newton, Lee Herbison, Susan Smith, Barbara Birtch, Helen Dunn Middle Row: Ronnie Dunn, Raymond Hodge, Wayne Birtch, Robert Eyre, William Latham, Clinton Marginson, Larry Dunn, Penny Whitcroft, Diane Latham Back Row: Donald Francs, Murray Latham, Jimmy Hodge Teacher was Grace Eligh (photo #6)
1957 – Last Class to attend the school at recess (photo #7)
Grace Eligh the last teacher at Sherwood Springs School (photo #8)
Sherwood Springs School c1920 (photo #9)Sherwood Springs School (photo #10)
The original school building made of stone, was built in 1849. The second building, built of brick in 1889, burned one cold winter’s day on January 26, 1957.
The growth of the settlement at Seeley’s necessitated the building of a school. In 1849 one was built on the corner of Sawmill Road and that leading to Leetuck, or Lee Road on the farm of Thomas Booth. This location was on the 6 acres purchased by Alexander Stewart. In 1889 the school became crowded and John W. Stewart, rather than have the new one so near his own dwellings, gave another lot and drew the bricks from one lot to the other. The first teacher of the new school was Homer Moore. On Sunday January 26, 1957 the building was destroyed by fire. Only the bell in the belfry and one baseball bat in the basement were saved. Seeley’s School was built across from North Star Farms at Seeley’s Corners.
The last teacher was Mrs. Allan Stewart and she and her twenty pupils were transported to the Old Lyn Public School. Starting the following September, 1957, the pupils went to the new Lyn School, then to the New Dublin School. (Mrs. Allan Stewart 1967) (The Recorder and Times January 1957)
A teacher’s yearly salary in 1862 was sixty dollars.
The original building was probably a one room log building.
“Old School Victim of Sunday Fire. A venerable brick building built in 1889 was complete. It was destroyed by fire of unknown origins. The school had a capacity for 33 pupils; however at the end it had 20 students. Mrs. Alvin Gardiner, residing nearby spotted the fire about 1:10 pm. Brockville Fire Department was called, but before the men could receive permission to make the trip, a second call was received stating that nothing could be done to save the building. There was no water supply and the nearby creek was frozen solid. The school was a sturdy building that served the community well during the past 68 years. The building was about 40 feet long and 30 feet wide. It had been the means of education for generations of district youngsters. The current students would be bused by Stewart’s bus lines to the Lyn School.” (Women’s Institute History Book 3, Page 174)
The building no longer exists.
School Superintendents Report (Ontario Archives)
Shows the following information, which in some cases contradicts what we have already researched, and contradicts other filed School Superintendents Reports:
1850: Frame building, constructed in 1810, condition: Not Good
1854: Stone building first opened in 1809
The following information was extracted from the motion papers of the Elizabethtown Council 1855-1873:
that the application of the Trustees of School Section No 10 be complied with and the sum of Two Hundred Dollars be levied and collected on the assessed Taxable Property of said section exclusive of expenses for School Purposes (Lyn Museum Archives)
School Ledger book 1920
Expense Ledger for Seeley’s School, SS#10
1920
Receipts
Expenditures
Item
Amount
Item
Amount
Balance carried forward
$507.15
Teacher’s Salary
$710.00
General Grant
$500.00
Fuel
$75.00
Trustees Levy
$302.72
Caretaker
$20.00
1st Legislative Grant
$121.37
School Fair
$5.00
Superannuation
$16.25
Cleaning School
$7.00
2nd Legistrative Grant
$25.48
Library
$1.75
Total
$1,472.97
Insurance Premium
$16.50
J.Square’s Account
$9.20
F.G. Mullins Account
$1.25
M.Billing’s Account
$2.00
Clock
$4.50
Brooms, Chalk etc
$6.40
Total:
$858.60
Balance on Hand:
$614.37
$1,472.97
Seeley’s School and Class Photos
No pictures exist of the original school, only of the new brick school house built in 1898
1898 – Seeley’s School Opening: Back Row extreme left no hat and no mustache is Sanford Darling Sr. Front Row on left with white collar is Sanford Darling Jr. 4 years old; Also Mina Darling, 14 years old; Rosaltha Darling, 12 years old; Lewis Darling, 8 years old; Anna Darling, 6 years old. (photo #1)
Seeley’s School (photo #2)
Seeley’s School date unknown (Photo #3)
Seeley’s School no date (photo #4)
1920’s Seeley’s School Class (photo #5)
1922-24 Elsie Craig Pettem back row 6th from left (photo #6)
1924 – Seeley’s School, Arbour Day (photo #7)1925 – Front Row: Alvin Gardiner; Frank Willows; ? Burnham; Ward Pettem; Elmer Hanna; Cecil Chant; George Beach. Middle Row: Gladys Pettem, Doris Chant, Cecil Pettem Back Row: Elmer Anderson; Mildred Gardiner, Louise Booth (teacher); Dorothy Chant. (photo #8)
1927 – Front Row: Frank Willows; George Beach; Elmer Hanna; Ward Petter, Gladys Latimer (teacher); Alma Willows; Jean Pettem. Back Row: Nora Freeman; Bessie Hanna; Grace Pettem; unk Usher. (photo #9)
1927 – Doing the garden, Front row: Jean Pettem; Muriel Hanna; Alma Willows; Ken Mott; Elmer Hanna Back Row centre: Nora Freeman and Ward Pettem (Photo #10)
1927 -names in random order: Bessie Hanna; Ward Pettem; George Beach; Elmer Hanna; Jean Pettem; Muriel Hanna (photo #11)
1929 –Front Row: unk; Eileen Green; Jean Green; Eva Jowett; Rosie Shire, Unk; Eileen Norris; Iva King; Alvan Pettem; Jean Stewart. Middle Row: Mrs. Pettem; Donnie Green; Mrs. Stewart; Mrs. Jowett; Margaret Norris; Eleanor King; Maion Pettem; Dorothy Cornell holding Shirley; Lillian Shire; Raymond Hanna; Vera Roddick; Marguerite Mott; Dawn Green; Buelah Mott. Back Row: Pearl Hanna holding Leona; Miss Hollingsworth; Muriel Hanna; Mrs. Jackson; Minnie Gardiner; Miss Davis, Unk; Mrs. King; Vivian Mott; Audrey Hanna; Gladys King; Muriel Norris; Jean Pettem; Mr. Lucas; Alma Willows (photo #12)
1930- Front Row: Mary Jowett; Unk; Margeurite Mott; Marian Pettem; Eleanor King; Gladys King; Audry Hanna; Mae Jowett; Ray Murphy. Middle Row: Vivian Mott; Jean Simpson; Muriel Hanna; Jean Pettem; Alma Willows; Harold Jowett; Keith Mott; Art Jowett. Back Row: Glenn Darling; Ken Mott; Lewis Darling; George Beach; Elmer Mott. (photo #13)
1935- Halloween Party (photo #14)
1941 – Front Row: Marian Pettem; Eleanor King; Marguerite Mott; Eva Jowett; Vera Roddick; Eileen Green; Rosie Shire; Jean Green Middle Row: Eileen Norris; Lillian Shire; Dawn Green; Iva King; Beulah Mott; Raymond Hanna; Harry Halladay Back Row: Margaret Norris; Alma Willows; Miss Hollingsworth; Herb Simpson; Harold Howett; Keith Mott; Don Green; Art Jowett; Don Jowett.(photo #15)
1943 – Front Row: Marjorie Mustard; Gwen Green; Isabel Church; Gwendolyn Church; Shirley Cornell Middle Row: Harry Anderson; George Cornell; Leona Hanna; Connie Mustard; Joan Stewart; Wesley Pettem; Floyd green; Alvin Pettem Back Row: Raymond Hanna; Eileen Green; Barbara Stewart; Jean Green; Margaret Weir (photo #16)
1943 – no names (photo #17)
1950 –Front Row: Carol Green; Emma Jane Green; Doris Cole; Faye Forrest Middle Row: Jimmie Mustard; George Pettem; Edward Green; Leroy Hutt Woods. Back Row: Mary Anne Forrest; Gwen Green; Alla Jackson; Colin Forrest. (photo #18)
1950 – Front Row: Norma Howe; Georgina Forrest; Norman Forrest; Henry Barker; Mary Cornell; Kenny Gilbert Middle Row: Irene Forrest; Bonnie Hanna; Dorothy Mustard; Ronnie Pettem; Charlie Forrest; John Barker; Larry Mustard; Wayne Howe Back Row: Arnold Jackson; Robert Weir; Betty Jackson (photo #19)
1950’s – Front Row: Edward Green; Robert Weir; Arnold Jackson; Charlie Forrest; David Walker; Larry Mustard; Ron Pettem 2nd Row: Irene Forrest; Dorothy Mustard; Shirley Howe; Bonnie Hanna; Judy Howe 3rd Row: Jim Mustard; Leroy wood; George Pettem; Doris Cole; Fay Forest; Emma Jane Green; Betty Jackson; Doreen Leeder (teacher) Back Row: Orlie Cole; Colin Forrest; Alvin Pettem; Allan Jackson; Gwen Green; Mary Ann Forrest; Carol Green (photo #20)
1953 –Front Row: Larry Mustard; David Thompson; Wayne Jackson; David Walker; Perry Crowder; Doug Mustard; Donnie Howie Middle Row: unk Walker; Linda Cornell; Susanne Hutt; Joanne Walker; Sylvia Gardiner; Judy Howe; Norma Howe; Bonnie Hanna; Shirley Howe; Mary Cornell Back Row: Leonard Walker; Ronnie Pettem; Arnold Jackson; Bobbie Weir; Georgina Johnson; Betty Jackson; Dorothy Mustard; Pam Perkins (Teacher) (photo #21)
1957 – Last class before the school burned down (photo #22)
News clipping (photo #23)
School Fire (photo #24)
Teacher’s who taught at the school
The Old Stone School from 1849 to 1898
Miss Annie Neil; Miss Coon; Miss Jennie Barrington; Miss Sara Halliday; Miss Maggie Rowsom; Miss Susie Moore.
The New Brick School from 1898 to 1957
1897: Odella (Anna) Scott, Homer Mine, Isadore Clow, Francis Hayes
The new Rock School was built in 1937. The school was built of native granite, quarried a few yards from the school. This new school is located on Hwy #2 west of Brockville, and west of Oakland Cemetery. It was regarded as a model rural public school with accommodations for over 30 pupils, indoor toilets, two cloak rooms, a teacher’s room, store room and a basement playroom.
The original Rock School was built in 1844, and stood to the west of the present site. Prior to this stone school an earlier log school stood on the bank of Grant’s Creek further east of the present location.
This school has been turned into a home and is located at 1405 McDonald Rd.
1891- Class at the Rock School (photo #1)
1901 abt – Class Back Row: Lena Lynn with white hat, Mabel Aredell Yates (married Wallace Grant b 10/1888) with black hat (photo #2)
1912-13 Class – Grace Wells Davidson Teacher – (photo #3)
1917 Class –Back Row 3rd from left: Irene Johnston (photo #4)
1920 abt. Class –Front Row: Clifton Somerville, Ronald Somerville, Fred Grant, Bryce Giffin Middle Row: Jack Moore, Frank Grant, Edward Giffin, Lenna Somerville, Mary Popjoy Back Row: Alice Davidson, Clara Popjoy, Orma Billings, Irene Johnston, Arnold Paul, Earla Montgomery, Ola Somerville (Teacher), Flossie Miller, Lena Lynn (photo #5)
1926 Class –Front Row: Doald Paul, Zigman Bak, Dick Kerton, Walter Bak Middle Row: Eugne Bak, Jack Simpson, Ethel Kerton, Doris Hilton, Margaret Kerton, Mabel Hilton, Jin Williams, David Davidson Back Row: Lois Marshall (Teacher), Jean Hollington, Dora Sommerville, Grace Hilton, Jeff Blair (photo #6)
1929-30 Class –Front Row: Wells Davidson, Keith Graham, Ernie Simpson, David Davidson, Geeorge Weir, Stan Moorhouse, Jack Simpson, Grace Hilton, Unk Second Row: Harold Eyre, Inez Armstrong, Unk, Anna Latimer, Unk Graham, Jeitha Graham In Doorway: Unk, Arnold Paul (photo #7)
1930 Class (photo #8)
In 1935 the new school was built and completed in 1937.
New Rock School under construction (photo #9)New Rock School under construction (photo #10)
New Rock School under construction (photo #11)
The new Rock School (photo #12)
1939 Class- Front Row: Marina Morrow, Elma Slack, Catherine Slack, Betty Widdis Second Row: Dianne Hogaboam, Unk, Patsy Jones, Douglas Easter, Marvin Latimer, Glenn Hogaboam, Harold Hogaboam, Third Row: Dianne Poole, Jean Patterson, Muriel Jones, Sharon Poole, Jack Paul, Irvin Krugel Back Row: Fredie Easter, Margaret Easter (photo #13)
1940 – Grade 8 Class- Melvin Morin, Tom Simons, Reid Latimer, Bill Morin, Jack Paul, Margaret Easter, Ann Davidson (photo #15)
1940 abt. Class (photo #16)
1941 Class – Teacher Miss Anna Hudson Front Row: Harold Hogaboam, Betty Widdis, Francis Slack, Catherine Slack, Elma Slack (the Slack Triplets), Glen Hogaboam Second Row: Irwin Krugel, Sharon Poole, Diann Hogaboam, Bob Hogaboam, Marvin Latimer, Doug Easter Third Row: Anne Davidson, Margaret Easter, Muriel Jones, Jean Patterson, Diane Poole, Patsy Jones, Jack Paul Back Row: Donald Paul, Fred Easter, Reid Latimer (photo #17)
1942 abt. Class –Front Row: Glenn Hogaboam, Betty Widdis, Arline Morin, Catherine Slack, Audrey Easter, Shirley Commerford, Elma Slack Second Row: Harold Hogaboam, Marvin Latimer, Francis Slack, Irvin Krugel, Dorothy Commerford, Billy Commerford, Douglas Easter Third Row: Bob Hogaboam, Sharon Poole, Edna Morin, Jack Paul, Patsy Jones Jean Patterson, Diann Hogaboam, Muriel Jones, Melvin Morin Back Row: Tom Simons, Reid Latimer, Fred Easter, Bill Morin (photo #18)
1945 abt. Class –Front Row: Elma Slack, Catherine Slack, Patsy Jones, Betty Widdis, Diann Hogaboam, Sharon Poole Back Row: Diane Poole, Muriel Jones, Joan Patterson, Margaret Easter, Anne Davidson (photo #19)
1945 abt. Class- Front Row: Francis Slack, Harold Hogaboam, Glenn Hogaboam, Irwin Krugel, Reid Latimer, Douglas Easter, Fred Easter, Bob Hogaboam Back Row: Jack Paul, Donald Paul (photo #20)
1945 abt. Class – Front Row: Glenn Hogaboam, Betty Widdis, Harold Hogaboam, Catherine Slack, Francis Slack, Elma Slack, Irwin Krugel, Douglaas Easter Second Row: Marvin Latimer, Patsy Jones, Sharon poole, Diann Hogaboam, Bob Hogaboam Back Row: Jack Paul, Reid Latimer, Diane Poole, Donald Paul, Jean Patterson, Fred Easter, Margaret Easter, Muriel Jones, Anne Davidson (photo #21)
1946, March Class – Front Row: Richard Udd, Stewart Paul, Wayne Hogaboam Second Row: Nancy Latimer, Ruth McInnes, Marilyn Pyke, Lorraine Pyke, Marina Morrow, Pauline Widdis Third Row: Francis Slack, Harold Hogaboam, Glenn Hogaboam,John Widdis, Lloyd Pyke, Catherine Slack, Elma Slack, Gordon Paul Back Row: John Udd, Arline Morin, Shirley Commerford, Bob Hogaboam, Billy Commerford, Diann Hogaboam, Betty Widdis, Marvin Latimer (photo #22)
1946 – John Udd age 8 and Richard Udd age 5 (photo #23)
1946 – Slack Triplets, Catherine, Francis and Elma (photo #24)
1950 Class – Front Row: Howard Baker, Bob Elliott, Ronald Purser, Harold Hogaboam, Robert Thornhill, John Widdis, Gordon Paul, Wayne Hogaboam, Stewart Paul Back Row: Helen Thornhill, Nancy Steacy, Shirley Steacy, Pauline Widdis, Shirley Renwick, Anna Hudson (Teacher), Marina Morrow, Shirley Commerford, Marlyn Renwick, Peggy Paice (photo #26)
1950 School Choir (photo #27)
1953 Class – First Row- 1st Boy Douglas Streacy, 8th Boy Allan Steacy, 10th boy Arthur Baker; Back Row: 4th girl Nancy Steacy (photo #28)
1953- Class lower grades (photo #29)
1954 School Choir – Front Row: Susan Grant, Betty Ann Dunleavy, Walter Fox, Eleanor Grant, Alan Steacy Middle Row: Bob, Chick, Martin Smallgange, Marie Dunleavy, Douglas Steacy, Trynko Smallgange, Ronnie Ralph Back Row: Howard Baker, Marion Sargent, Nancy Steacy, Theo Smallgange, Stewart Paul, Charles Sargent, Unk Lemieux (photo #30)
1956 School Choir – (photo #31)
1958 abt – Georgina Slack, Teacher on the left, Nancy Steacy on the right (photo #32)
1958, May – Rock School (photo #33)
1958 School Choir –Front Row seated: Roger Golledge, Brian Ralph Second Row: Sandra unk, Elaine Eldridge, Jane Ferguson, Steve Hudson, Unk Hoare, Dennis Leeder Back Row: Gary Box, June Sargent, Sharon Billings, Rickie Carter, Donna Billings, Barbara Widdis, Shirley St.John (photo #34)
1960 – Rock School (photo #35)
1968-69 Grades 1 &2 – Front Row: Ralph Barker, Robert Clow, John Davidson, Robin Harper, Harvey Goosens, Ralph Neil, John Henderson Middle Row: Angie McGhie Cindy Foley, Carol Harper, Brent Dye, Marnie Wilson, Joanne Vanvelze, Mark Lalonde, Judy Marshall, Margaret Vanvelze, Larry Hodge Back Row: Miss knack (Teacher), Martin Venema, Kathy Schmuck, Douglas Miller, Sue Venema, Steve Pankhurst, Danny Willy, Tracy Cornforth, Al Heyman (photo #36)
Date unknown – Ladies at Rock School Picnic at Glenora Park Front Row: Mrs. Purser, Mrs. A. Paul, Unk, Mrs. John Paul, Unk, Mrs Harold Paul Back Row: Mrs DeCarle, All rest unknown Mrs. Somerville (in the wheelchair) (photo #37)
Rock School built in 1844 (photo #38)
1912, September – Original Rock School (photo #39)
Location of school on a map from 1861-62 (Photo #1)
The first school was built near Lamb’s Pond, almost across the road from the Ernest Kendrick farm, later owned by Donald Stewart. Later a school was built on the Horton Farm near the present school. No dates are know for the erection of either of these buildings. The second school was torn down and while the third school was being built pupils attended classes in the first Orange Hall, a frame building between the present school and the Methodist Church. The third New Dublin School was built in 1880.
Annie Scott, who taught in 1894, received $310. per year. [1]
The school has been turned into a home and is located at 7406 Seventh Concession Rd.
School Superintendents Report (Ontario Archives)
Shows the following information, which in some cases contradicts what we have already researched, and contradicts other filed School Superintendents Reports:
1850: Log building, 20×24 in size, constructed in 1837, condition: Good
1854: Stone building first opened in 1813
The following information was extracted from the motion papers of the Elizabethtown Council 1855-1872
That the sum of 21.50 pounds clear of all expenses be levied and collected on the rateable property of school section No 15.- 1862
that the application of the Trustees of School Section No 15 be complied with and the sum of $30 be levied and collected on the assessed taxable property of said School Section for School Purposes exclusive of expenses for the year 1869
that the application of the Trustees of School section No 15 be complied with and the sum of $115 be levied and collected on the assessed taxable property of said section exclusive of expenses for school purposes- 1871
that the application of the Trustees of School Section No 15 be complied with and the sum of $155 be levied and collected on the assessed taxable property of said Section exclusive of all expenses for the year 1872
[1] Recorder & Times May 1965
New Dublin School (photo #2)
Class of 1937-38 (L-R) Back Row: Alan Wilkins, Ray Bennett, Doreen Cole, ? Goodfellow, Doria Cole, Mr. Davidson (Teacher), ?,?. Middle Row: Lois Walker, Helen Barrigar, Dorothy Pritt, Lois King, Jean King, Shirley Hawkins, Mona Imerson, Donald Walker Front Row: Arthur Goodfellow, Bob Stewart, Bobby Imerson, Carl King, Vernon Bennett (photo #3)
New Dublin School Class no date (photo #4)
1896 Class (photo #5)
New Dublin School Class (photo #6)
New Dublin School- photo by Hans-Ulrich Raffelt taken April 2017 (photo #7)
The first school house was located in the centre of the village by the creek. It was abandoned for a newer one room brick school at the west end of the Village, across from the present building. It was in use until 1867 when it burned down. The growth of the village led to a new two story, four room stone school house being built across from the one room brick structure.
The stone schoolhouse in Lyn was built in 1867 and served the children of the district until 1959/1960. “The classrooms were on the ground floor and the second floor boasted a small stage so that concerts and plays could take place. Parties and dances were held there too” (Lyn 1784-1984 by Mary G.Robb)
The Public School in Lyn was built in the year 1867. Although the first annual meeting of the school, on record, took place in 1876 there were undoubtedly meetings before that, as an entry in the old minute and account book shows that John Halliday was the Sect-Treasurer in 1871. The first annual meeting of School Section No 7 was held in the school hall Wed, Jan 12, 1876 at 10 o’clock. Mr. Norman Coleman was appointed chairman and R.S.Hudson Sect. The school has to date had 60 teachers. The first school fair was held about 1914 on the old “Tan Bark Flats” with entries of cooking, vegetables, fancy work and collections of butterflies and insects. (Suzanne Coke, 1944) Women’s Institute History Book 3 page 159
The “New” Lyn School opened its doors to 185 pupils on September 4, 1956. It was planned by architect Mr.Prus and built by contractor Mr.J.Saunders of Prescott for the cost of $92,000. Miss. Anna Hudson was the principal of this new school. As the enrollment of the school increased with the closing of the Howard and Halleck’s Schools, it was found necessary to add four more rooms to the original six room building. The addition was completed and ready for use in September 1963. The enrollment then was 263 pupils. Still the number increased and by 1965 all those pupils residing on the Howard Road were transferred to the Tincap School. In June 1965 the enrollment was 295. On June 29th, 1967 Miss Anna Hudson retired as Principal , Mr.J.Tallmire of Brockville became the new principal. (Anna Hudson, 1967)(Women’s Institute History Book 3 Pg 167)
School Superintendents Report (Ontario Archives)
Shows the following information, which in some cases contradicts what we have already researched, and contradicts other filed School Superintendents Reports:
1850: no report only: condition: Good; 1854: Brick building, first opened in 1850
The following information was extracted from the motion papers of the Elizabethtown Council 1855-1872
that the trustees of Lyn School Section No 7 be paid the amount due said section on account of debentures and the clerk order the same to be paid- 1871(Lyn Museum Archives)
The Athens Reporter and County of Leeds Advertiser
LynSchool (S.S.#7) Elizabethtown
Tuesday Aug 13, 1895 issue
Lyn, Monday Aug. 12 –
Our school board are over-hauling the school house and putting things in good shape – new seats, draining the basement, and putting in furnace for heating etc. The two school rooms are to be on the upper flat, leaving the lower room to be used as a town hall for the present.
The union S.S. excursion takes place next week to Gananoque.
Tuesday Aug 27, 1895 issue
Lyn– Monday Aug 28 –
The union S.S. excursion came off on Friday, 23rd, and was a very pleasant affair
School has opened and both scholars and teachers are much pleased with their new quarters
The follow photographs represent our entire collection. We have estimated the dates as best we can. The names that accompany some of the photos have been copied from the photos or attached papers. We know that the names are not 100% correct, in some cases the same names have been repeated on the photos, and the name spelling could be incorrect. Since we are not certain who the individuals are we have left the names exactly as they have been presented to us. If you know of any corrections that should be made regarding dates and names, please let us know. If you have any additional photographs we would appreciate you sending them to us so we can include them.
One of the earliest photos we have of a school class at the Lyn School, the date is unknown but it would have been taken prior to 1900 (photo #1)
This is another early photo of a school class, the date is unknown, but it would have been prior to 1900 (photo #2)
1900c – A play put on by the students called “The Milk Maids” . The play would have taken place on the bottom floor of the building as it was open for such uses. The top floor is where the classrooms were. The top floor was divided into two rooms: The Junior Form, and The Senior Form. (photo #3)
1915c Lyn School Class names not available (photo #4)
1915, September 21st, First School Fair held on the Tan Bark Flats, located behind and below the school (photo #5)
1916-Front Row- Stewart Bolin, Dan Hunter, Russel Edgeley, Fred Jarvis, next 3 unknown, Cauley Leeder, Unknown 2nd Row- Hilda Herbison, Unk, Doreen Leeder, next 3 unknown, Doris Mott, Dorothy Mott, rest unknown 3rd Row– Unk, Murray Billings, Bill, Donovan, Phonce Donovan, Dave McCrady, Lorne Leeder, Mac McCrady, Agnus Beach, Unk, Harold Leaves, Howard Cain, Unk. 4th Row– all unknown except 4th in Gladys Leaves, last girl Dorothy Jarvis Back Row- Miss Purvis, Olga Leeder, next 2 unknown, Velma Mott, next 4 unknown, Vera Armstrong Cumming (photo #6)
1918 Lyn School Fair Parade Front Row: Nora McNamara, Flora McNamara (Quinn), Gladys Latimer, others unknown Back Row: Elton Tennant (holding Banner), Howard Worden, Vada Clow (Tennant), Jack Clow, Ora Warren, next two unknown, Haverleigh McNamara, rest unknown (photo #7)
1918-1919 Front row: Margery Billings, Amber Leeder, Flora McNamara, Ora Warren, Jack Cow, Helen Pergau Back Row: George Jones, Vada Clow, Nora McNamara, Howard Worden, Miss MacNeil (Teacher), Elton Tennant, Bob McCrady, Sarah Dickey, Gladys Latimer, Irving McLeod (photo #8)
1918-1920 L-R: Reg Dunster, Ethel McLean, Cauley Leeder, Dorothy Dunster, Olga Leeder, Helen Turhll, Murray Billings, Isabel Watson (photo #9)
1919 names not in order but correct by row- Miss McNeil Teacher- (only a partial list of names) Front Row: Fodey, Leeder, 2nd Row: Lorne Leeder, Haverleich McNamara 3rd Row: Nora McNamara, Vada Clow, Flora McNamara Back Row: Jack Clow (photo #10)
1919 Oct 31st, Halloween Play put on by the students in the ground floor hall L-R: Flora McNamara, Vada Clow, Nora McNamara, Gladys Latimer, Ora Warren (photo #11)
1920 Front Row: Dora Fodey, Olga Leeder, Mabel Edgeley, Minnie Cain, Vera Mullins, Isabel Lyons, Nora Fodey, Marion Lyons, Hettie Bolin, Gertrude Dolan, Margaret Fodey Middle Row: Angus Beach, Fred Jarvis, Howard Cain, Bob McCrady, Dave Dolan, Mac McCrady, Dave McCrady, Bill Donovan, Victor Quinn, Phonse Donovan, Haverleigh McNamara, Loren Leeder Back Row: Omer Edgeley, Elton Tennant, Amber Leeder, Clara Charleton, Miss oore and Miss Robeson (Teachers), Marjorie Billings, Flora McNamara, Howard Worden, Jack Clow, George Jones (photo #12)
1920c- names not available (photo #13)
1920- junior Room, Miss Relyea Teacher (photo #14)
1923c School Fair held on the Tan Bark Flats-Facing forward- Laurence Snell and Vada Clow (photo #15)
1926 – Front Row: Stawart Bolin, Danny Hunter, Russell Edgeley, Fred Jarvis, George Jarvis, Beulah Jones, Robert McCrady, Cauley Leeder, Patricia Leeder 2nd Row: Helen Thull, Hilda Herbison, Helen Hudson, Olga Leeder, Madeline Fodey, Phyllis Jones, Doris Mott, Dorothy Mott, Ethel McLean, Elsie Brnt, Phyllis Leaves 3rd Row: Stanley Cromwell, Murray Billings, Hurbert Leeder, Alphonsus Donovan, David McCrady, Lorne Leeder, Mac McCrady, Angus Beach, Bill Donovan, Harold Leaves, Howard Cain, Joe Brant 4th Row: Gertrude Dolan, Hetty Bolin, Doraa Fodey, Gladys Leaves, Frances Cromwell, Helen Mott, Mabel Edgeley, Unk Brant, Victoriaa Dumont, Annie Lawson, Nora Fodey, Eula Worden Back Row: Miss Helen Purvis (Teacher Junior room), Doreen Leeder, Pearl Lawson, Minnie Cain, Velma Mott, Particia Dowdell, Edith Lawson, Louise Kilmury, Beulah Kilmurry, Miss Vera Armstrong (Teacher, Senior Room) (photo #16)
“The Ontario Department of Agriculture and Home Economics sponsored a four week course in 1926 teaching young men the fine points of farming and the young girls the arts of home making and millinery. E.F. Neff the ag-rep for Leeds was in charge of this course.
1926 Lyn Short Course Classes in Agriculture and Home Economics
1926 Front Row: Mary Craig, Edna Jones, Erma Brown, Nora and Dora Fodey (twins) Beryl Myers, Instructors E.Summers, Miss McDermaid and E.F.Neff, Margaret Booth Doris Tennant, Vada Clow, Helen Pergau, Leura Rodick, Ketha Burnham, Vera Cornell 2nd Row: Florence Roberts, Arletta Dickey, Mrs. Stanley Gardiner, Mrs. Burnham, Mrs. N. Moore, Muriel Myers, Ethel Bryan, Maurice Edgley, William Howard, George McNish, Arthur Bryan, David Craig, William Westlake, George Bushfield, Gordon Haws, William Graham Back row: Arletta Kelly, Howard Willows, Byron Judson, Haveleigh McNamara, Howard Worden, Milton Myers, Tommy Anderson, Jack Clow, Ford Bryan, Cecil Dickey, Floyd Nunn, Hugh Davidson, Frank Cornell, Harmon Lawson, Mark Slack (photo #17)
A Banquet was held after the course was finished at Stacks Hotel, Located on Main Street in Lyn
(Photo #18)(photo #19)
1929 Parade with Pennant- Teachers on Left Mary Brown and Helen Purvis Names in undetermined order, but included in the photo are: Olga Leeder, Velma Mott, Russel Edgeley, Hilda Herbison, Doris Mott, Dorothy Mott, Cauley Leeder (photo #20)
1930 – Front Row: Gerry Churchill, Iva King, Eva Edgeley, Bobby Brown Middle Row: Mildred Ladd, Elsie Haggart, Beatrice Dunster, Monica Pilot Back Row: Doug Kilmury, Gerald Lockett, Alan Hanna, Ron Churchill, Bob Leeder (photo #21)
1930c – names not available (photo #22)
1931- Front Row: Marguarite Tobin, Geraldine Cain, Irene Cain, Monica Leeder, Jimalda Lee, Alex Smith, Harry Ladd, Bill Edgley, James Tobin, John Tesky Middle Row: Mary Leeder, Effie Young, Dorothy Cain, Betty Young, Beulea Andress, Lloyd Edgeley, Francis Leeder, Jack Lee, Charlie Cain Back Row: Pearl Young, Evelyn Dunster, Dorothy Jarvis, Anna McLean, Betty Lee, Phyllis Leaves, Unknown, Fred Jarvis, Jack Timleck, Victor Quinn, Arnold Ladd Teachers in back on left is Helen Robinson on right Irene Chant (photo #23)
1931 – Junior Smith at the back of the school (photo #24)
1939 – Front row-Unk, Jim McCrady, Elizabeth Gray, rest are unknown Back Row- Jacqueline McNamara, next 4 unknown, Carol McCrady, Pat Clow, Gail Tennant Unk, Florence McCrady, Keith McCrady (photo #26)
1940c- names not available (photo #27)
1940 – First day of School Sept 3rd, 1940 L-R: Florence McCrady, Carol McCrady, Jimmy McCrady, Elizabeth Gray (photo #28)
1940c- Front Row: Marian Dunster, Barbara Quinn, Elizabeth Gray, Jim McCrady, Eldon Coon, Doug Young 2nd Row: Carol McCrady, Beverley Quinn, Shirley Dunbar, Cliff Churchill, Louis Kane, Glenna Hanna Back Row: Pat Clow, Bessie Massey, Jacqueline McNamara, Jean Haggart, Florence McCrady (photo #29)
1940c – Front Row: Marjorie Whalen, Elizabeth Gray, Betty Stevenson, Jacqueline McNamara, Pat Clow, Glenna Hanna, Florence McCrady, Shirley Dunbar, Jean Stevenson 2nd Row: Louis Kane, Clifford Churchill, Marcus Leeder, Melville Coon, Jack Ferguson, Don Dunster, Jean Dunster, Alice Leeder, Loretta Dier, Mary Kilmury, Rita Jackson Back Row: Eldon Coon, Miss Withers (Teacher), Orval Ladd, next two unknown (photo #30)
1940c – names not available (photo #31)
1941 – Senior Room Front Row: Jean Dunster, Orval Ladd, Jack Kilmury, Gerald Robinson, Donald Coon, Audrey Massey 2nd Row: Gerald Churchill. Iva King, Eva Jowett, Mildred Ladd, Elsie Haggart, Beatrice, Robert Brown Back Row: Ronald Churchill, Robert Leeder, Gerald Lockett, Allan Hanna, Douglas Kilmury (photo #32)
1941, October -Front Row: Donnie Anderson, Unknown, Eddie Coon, Jimmy McCrady, Unk, Roberta McCrady, Doug Young, Phoebe Shannon, Elizabeth Gray, Barbara Quinn, Marion Dunster 2nd Row: Don Dunster, Clifford Churchill, Louis Kane, Mel Coon, Marcus Leeder, next 2 unknown, Glenna Hanna, Pat Clow, Marjorie Whalen, unk, Carol McCrady, Jacqueline McNamara, Florence McCrady, Shirley Dunbar, Beveryl Quinn, Betty Stevenson, Lawrence Davidson (Teacher) Back Row: Miss Helen Purvis (Teacher), Bobby Brown, Geraald Robinson, Gerry Churchill, Mary Kilmury, Rachel Brown, Phylliss Veley, Loretta Dier, Eva Jowett, Iva King, Geraald Lockett, Doug Kilmury, Jack Kilmury, Beatrice Dunster, Audrey Massey, Alice Leeder, Jean Dunster, Orval Ladd (photo #33)
1942-46 Front Row: Keith McCrady, Peter Flood, Harry McCrady, Frank Chant, Russell Massey, next 3 Unknown, Leo Flood, Barbara Chant, Miss Phyllis Stinson (Teacher), Pat Clow 2nd Row: Melville Massey, Helen Kilmury, Elizabeth Gray, Irene Serson, Audrey Easter, Bonnie Lewis, Doris Chant, Barbara Quinn, Joan Quinn, Merle Stanier, Barbara Quinn (?), Patsy Smith 3rd Row: Roberta McCray, Gwen Dunbaar, Grace Charleton 4th Row: Louis Kane, Don Anderson, Eldon Coon, Jerry Ferguson, Unk, Jack Ferguson, Betty Stevenson, Jean Stevens, Shirley Dunbar, Glenna Hanna, Florence McCrady, Rita Jackson Back Row: first 6 unknown, Jack Kilmury, Don Coon, Orval Ladd, Miss Withers (Teacher), Mary Kilmury, Marjorie Whalen (photo #34)
1942-46- same as above photo, just that people have moved in their positions (photo #35)
1942 – Miss Stinson teacher Front Row: Russell Massey, Harry McCrady, Unk, Joan Quinn, Phyllis Bycroft, Barbara Bycroft, Bonnie Lewis, Unk, Grant Bolton Middle Row: Leo Flood, Irene Serson, Grace Halliday, Patsy Smith, Mabel Chant, Roberta McCrady, Grace Charleton, Barbara Chant, Allan Jackson Back Row: Gerald Ferguson, Donald Anderson, Gwendolyn Dunbar, Merle Stainer, Barbara Quinn, Bessie Massey, Donald Jackson, Unk (photo #36)
1942 – Front Row: Doris Mott, Dorothy Mott, Olga Leeder Back Row: Cauley Leeder, Stewart Bolin, Phyllis Jones, Russel Edgeley, Dorothy Dunster (photo #37)
1943 – Only two identified in the front row: Roberta McCrady and Marion Dunster Teachers in back: Miss Stinson and Mrs. Morrison (photo #38)
1943 – Front Row: Melville Coon, Mark Leeder, Don Dunster Back Row: Rachel Brown, Mary Kilmury, Loretta Dier, Marg Haggart, Unknown (photo #39)
1943, March 15th- names not available (photo #40)
1943-44 Left Side: Elizabeth Gray, Jean Stevens, Unk, Shirley Dunbar, Glenna Hanna, Florence McCrady, Beverley Quinn, Jacqueline McNamara, rest unknown Right Side: Bonnie Lewis, Ethel Dunster, rest unknown- Lined up in front of the school facing Main Street (photo #41)
1944 – Front Row: Don Coon, Orval Ladd, Gerald Robinson Back Row: Jean Shane, Jack Kilmury, Audrey Massey (photo #42)
1944 abt- Miss Stinson Teacher (photo #43)
1945 – names not available (photo #44)
1945 – L-R: Melville Coon, Ron Francis, Don Dunster, Marcus Leeder, Jack Kilmury, Don Coon, Orval Ladd, Bob Foreman, Doug Kilmury (photo #45)
1945 – L-R: Rita Jackson, Jean Dunster, Loretta Dier; Rachel Brown, Alice Leeder, Marjorie Whalen, Mary Kilmury, Betty Stevenson (photo #46)
1946 – Grades 5-8 Senior Room Front Row: Mary (Bonnie) Lewis, Harry McCrady, Audrey Easter, Helen Kilmury, Grace Charlton, Donnie Anderson, Leo Flood 2nd Row: Eldon Coon, Elizabeth Gray, Phoebe Shannon, Merle Stanier, Gail Tennant, Roberta McCrady, Gwen Dunbar, Keith McCrady Back Row: Shirley Dunbar, Florence McCrady, Bessie Massey, Jackie McNamara, Mark Leeder, Glenna Hanna, Jean Stevens, Doug Easter, George Kerton, Don Jackson (photo #47)
1947 abt Front Row: Melville Coon, Jack Ferguson, Shirley Dunbar, Jean Stevens, Elizabeth Gray, Betty Stevenson, Louise Kane, Eldon Coon Middle Row: Florence McCrady, Beverly Quinn, Jacqueline McNamara, Rita Jackson Back Row: Orval Ladd, Glenna Hanna, Clifford Churchill, Mary Kilmury, Miss Withers (Teacher), Pat Clow, Marjorie Whalen, Don Coon (photo #48)
1947 – Front Row: Bonnie Lewis, Audrey Easter, Grace Charlton, Gerald Ferguson, Keith Acherman, Harry McCrady, Leo Flood 2nd Row: Donnie Anderson, Gail Tennant, Eldon Coon, Meryl Stanier, Roberta McCrady, Gwen Dunbar, Keith McCrady, Elizabeth Gray Back Row: Helen Kilmury, Jacquline McNamara, Martin Leeder, Shirley Dunbar, Miss G. Withers (Teacher), Jean Stevens, George Keston, Florence McCrady, Glenna Hanna (photo #49)
1948 – Front Row: Massey, Chant, Unknown, Barbara Bycroft, Unk, Mary (Bonnie) Lewis, Massey, next unknown Back Row: L-R but not in order as some names are missing: Ethel Dunster, Marion Dunster, Gwen Dunbar, Merle Stainer, Gail Tennant, Mr. Alex Gordon (Teacher) (photo #50)
1948 – First 2 unknown, Gerald Ferguson, Don Anderson, Alex Gordon (Teacher), Keith McCrady, Leo Flood, Unknown, Harry McCrady (photo #51)
1949- Lyn School Choir at the House of Commons Front Row: Ethel Dunster, Mary Lewis, Joan Cass, Clifford Horton, Phyllis Bycroft, Joan Davidson, Ruth Bushfield, Jean Gray, Jean Charlton, David Snelson 2nd Row: Audrey Easter, Herbert Mills, Donald Mills, Phyllis Horton, Leo Flood, Joan Holben, Barbara Bycroft, Roger Fergusn, Keith Ackerman 3rd Row: Phoebe Shannon, Marian Dunster, Helen Kilmury, Mabel Chant, Grace Charlton, Gerald Ferguson, Donald Anderson, Colleen McPherson 4th Row: Merle Stainer, Gail Tennant, Margaret Lafaver, Barbara Quinn, Ronald Horton, Joan Quinn Back Row: P.Jeanvenne, chief of protective services, H.R. Jackman, M.P., Gladys Withers, Principal, Mrs. C.H. Sager, Mrs. D.R.McCeady, Betty Horton, L. Menary M.P., G.R.Webb M.P for County of Leeds (photo #52)
1950c – Elizabeth Gray, Jacqueline McNamara, Florence McCrady, Gladys Withers (Teacher) Glenna Hanna, Jean Stevens (photo #53)
1950 Girls Cadets Connie Mustard, Dorothy Vickery, Joan Stewart, Pat Clow, Eileen Green (photo #54)
1950-51 Front Row: Charlie Slack, Frank Chant, Ian Davidson, Hubert Brennan, James McPhail, Billy McPhail Middle Row: Peter Flood, David Sneilson, Doug Jowett, Ola Shannon, Beverly Brennan, Ruth Bushfield, Alice Chant, Jean Gray, Bobby Slack, Clifford Horton, Kenneth Shannon Back Row: Irene Serson, Carol Davidson, Jean Charleton, Marion York, Joan Cass, Phyllis Horton, Beverly Tristram, Phyllis Bycroft, Dorothy Williams, Beatrice Massey, Mrs. Sager (teacher), Doris Chant (photo #55)
1950c Donnie Anderson, Unknown, Keith McCready (photo #56)
1950 – Front Row: Doug Valcour, Leslie Bushfield, John Tristram, Tom Shearer, Unknown, Doug Hunter, Garnet Serson, Bud Bycroft, Earl Campbell, Doug Serson, John Bushfield, Mark Chant 2nd Row: Leslie Jewel, Morris Ferguson, Glen Flood, Michael Snelson, Sandra McNish, Sharon Cardinal, Jean Goodfellow, Audrey Valcour, Carol Massey, Rick Bycroft, Art Serson, Bill McPhail, Larry Cardinal Back Row: Gary McNamara, Joe Brennan, Unknown, Alice Chant, Jean Massey, Marjorie Slack, louise Kilmury, Darlene Brennan, Margaret Campbell, Joyce Massey, Georgina Edgeley, Bob McPhail Teacher in back Mrs. Ina Blanchard (photo #57)
1950 – Front Row: Richard Bycroft, Art Serson, Byng Ferguson, Earl Campbell, Larry Cardinal, Mark Chant 2nd Row: Gary McNamara, John Tristram, Doug Serson, Joe Brennan, Tom Shearer, Morris Ferguson, Bud Bycroft, Doug Hunter, Garnet Serson, Michael Snelson, Gary Saborin, John Bushfield, Leslie Jewel, Leslie Bushfield 3rd Row: Frank Chant, Ian Davidson, Hubert Brennan, Jim McPhail, Charlie Slack, Bob Slack, David Snelson, Doug Jowett, Peter Flood, Cliff Horton, Doug Valcour, Bill McPhail, Glen Flood 4th Row: Mrs. Sager (Teacher), Phyllis Bycroft, Dorothy Williams, Beatrice Massey, Doris Chant, Darlene Brennan, Marjorie Slack, Joyce Massey, Louise Kilmury, Margaret Campbell, Vera Massey, Jean Massey, Rose Chant, Unknown, Sharon Cardinal, Georgina Edgeley, Ken Shannon 4th Short Row on the right: Audrey Valcour, Carol Massey, Unk Goodfellow, Sandra McNish, Bob McPhail, Mrs. Blanchard (Teacher) Back Row: Beverly Tristram, Irene Serson, Carol Davidson, Jean Charlton, Marion York, Joan Class, Phyllis Horton, Alice Chant, Jean Gray, Ola Shannon, Ruth Bushfield, Beverly Brennan (photo #58)
1950c -one girl is Dorothy Williams (photo #59)
1951-52 Mrs. Sagar Teacher (photo #60)
1953 – Front Row: Michael Snelson, Bruce Gaskell, Kenneth Shannon, Margaret Campbell, Joyce Massey, Marjorie Slack, Rosie Chant, Alice Chant, Darlene Brennan 2nd Row: Vera Massey, Glen Flood, Ola Shannon, Ruth Bushfield, Louise Kilmury, Beverly Brennan, Dorothy Williams, Douglas Jowett, Keith Flood, David Snelson, Rick Bycroft, Jean Gray 3rd Row: Larry Edgeley. Gary McNamara, Frank Chant, Henry McCrady, Bill McPhail, Charlie Slack, Beatrice Massey, Carol Davidson, Irene Serson, Doris Chant, Robert Slack 4th Row: Doug Serson, Keith Flood, Clifford Horton, Marion York, Leo Flood, Herbert Brennan, Ron Horton, Phyllis Horton, Audrey Easter, Barbara Chant, Joe Brennan. Joan Cass, Jean Charleton, Garnet Serson, Douglas Hunter Back Row: Barbara Bycroft, Bonnie Lewis, Phyllis Bycroft, Keith Ackerman, Donald Anderson, Keith McCrady, Joan Davidson, Joan Quinn, Margaret Lafavre, Grace Charleton, Colleen McPherson, Helen Kilmury, Gwendolyn Dunbar, Ethel Dunster, Mabel Chant (photo #61)
1953, May – Front Row: Betty Jean Simpson, Linda Ladd, Edward Serson, Mark Chant, Unknown, James Chant, Keith Brown, Ronnie Valcour, Unknown, David Pelon, Gordon Valcour 2nd Row: Malcolm Brown, Unknown, Malcolm Campbell, Barbara Massey, Audrey Valcour, Carol Ann Jones, Doris Giffin, Jon Snelson, Ellery Edgeley, Arthur Serson, David Serson Back Row: James Cass, Unknown, Unknown, Georgina Edgeley, unknown, Pat Christie, Don Worden, Unknown, Thelma Chamberlin (Teacher) (photo #62)
1953 – Presentation of Provincial Prize to Lyn Public School for scrapbook of Artists and their paintings. Kathleen Sager (teacher) and Gordon Young (School Inspector) (photo #63)
1953 – June 16 Students who worked on the Prize winning Scrapbook Jean Charlton, Joan Cass, Douglas Jowett, Dorothy Williams, Peter Flood, Ella Massey. (photo #64)
1954 – Front Row: Nancy Edgeley, Joyce Massey, Margaret Campbell, Michael Snelson, Ken Shannon, Beverly Brennan, Darlene Brennan, Betty Simpson, Ella Massey, Doug Hunter, Tom Shearer 2nd Row: Garnet Serson, Louise Kilmury, Helen Serson, Larry O’Toole, Ken Serson, Gary Olson, Bill McPhail, Bobby Slack (one name short, not certain of the order) 3rd Row: Bob McPhail, Carman Massey, Jim Serson, John McCurran, Morris Ferguson, Ola Shannon, Keith Flood, Gary McNamara, George Chamberlain, Peter Flood Back Row: Anna Hudson (Teacher), Bud Bycroft, Jean Gray, Ruth Bushfield, Marion York, Lyle Olson, Dorothy Williams, Wilma Feenstra, Doug Jowett, Joe Brennan (photo #65)
The Lions Club Music Festival-
Each year schools in the area would have their choirs participate in this festival, here are some of the choirs from the Lyn School
1948- June 1st (photo #66)
1950c – Front Row: Michael Snelson, Doug Serson, Maurice Ferguson, Doug Hunter 2nd Row: Ola Shanon, Ruth Bushfield, George Chamberlain, Bud Bycroft, Helen Serson, Beverly Brennan, Darlene Brennan, Gary McNamara Back Row: Marilyn York, Jean Gray, Wilma Feenstra, Dorothy Williams, Clifford Horton, Bob Slack, Alice Chant (photo #67)
1950c – Front Row: Pat Christie, George Jones, Audrey Valcour, Barbara Massey, Jon Snelson 2nd Row: Richard Bycroft, John McGuirren, Junior O’Tool, Geneveve O’Tool, Carol Massey Back Row: Leslie Bushfield, Valarie Payne, Wayne Jarvis, John Bushfield, Wayne Fletcher (photo #68)
1950c Front Row: Unknown, Wilma Massey 2nd Row: Doris Hall, Sheila McLellan, Florence Simpson, Marion Matrdous, Cathy Johnson, Margaret Davidson Back Row: Unknown, Linda Nixon, Mark Bonokoski, Unknown, David Slack, rest unknown (photo #69)
1955- Front Row: Angeline Stevens, Linda Simpson, Shirley Serson, Linda Ladd, Ron Valcour, Bruce Gaskell, Wayne Nolan 2nd Row: Everett Adamson, Billy Davidson, Betty Jean Simpson, David Serson, Geraldine Shearer, Chris Creighton, Carol Ann Jones, Linda Massey Back Row: Malcolm Campbell, Marilyn York, Jim Cass, Georgina Edgeley, Doris Giffin, Ellery Edgeley (photo #70)
Photos of the School Building
(photo #71)
Note the turnstile gate to keep wandering cattle out (photo #72)
(photo #73)
The school with the students lined up in front (photo #74)
(photo #75)
(photo #76)
(photo #77)
Looking west with the Methodist Church in the background along a dirt Main Street (photo #78)
(photo #79)
(photo #80)
The teachers who taught at the school. Over the years there were many teachers who tried to educate and mold the minds of the children who passed through the doors, here are but a few. The complete list of teachers is at the end of this post.
1918-19 Miss McNeil (photo #81)1929- Miss Mary Brown (photo #83)
1926 Miss Vera Armstrong (photo #82)
1929- Miss Mary Brown and Miss Helen Purvis (photo #84)
1929- Miss Helen Purvis and Miss Mary Brown (photo #85)
1930-31 – Miss Irene Chant (photo #86)
1933- Miss Helen Purvis and Mr. Leland Earle (photo #87)
1935- Miss Helen Purvis and Mr. Herb Hollingsworth (photo #88)
1936 – Mr. Herb Hollingsworth (photo#89)
1942-43- Miss Mary Lou Morison and Miss Phyllis Stinson (photo #90)
1944-46- Miss Phyllis Stinson and Miss Gladys Withers (photo #91)
1945 – Miss Phyllis Stinston and Gladys Withers, girl on the left is Valerie Fo
reman (photo #92)
1948 – Alex Gordon (photo #93)
1951-52 Miss Ina Blanchard (photo #94)
1952 Miss Kathleen Sagar (photo #95)1952-58 Miss Anna Hudson (photo #96)
(S.S. No. 12 Elizabethtown S.S.No. 9 Front of Yonge)
Location of school on a map from 1861-62
Lillie’s School was located at Lillie’s about five miles from Lyn on the Graham Lake Road. The original school was built of wood and located on the west corner of Hendry Road a quarter of a mile west of the new school. The wooden structure blew down in a wind storm. It was replaced by one made of brick in 1880. This school was 40 feet long by 30 feet wide and could accommodate 35 students. The new brick school was used up until school consolidation in the 1960’s. The school was closed in June 1963, and was demolished in 1988.(R&T Focus on the District Feb. 1980)
The school also served as a church and services were held there every two weeks on a Monday evening by Methodists Ministers from Lyn. One the first graduates of Lillie’s School was John Booth who became a provincial land surveyor and helped to survey the counties of Leeds and Grenville.
Lillie’s was a shared school between Elizabethtown and Front of Yonge Townships. This means that students from both areas used the school and costs were split between the two townships.
School Superintendents Report (Ontario Archives)
Shows the following information, which in some cases contradicts what we have already researched, and contradicts other filed School Superintendents Reports:
1850: Stone Building, size 26×36, construction date 1845, condition: Poor
1854: Stone building, first opened in 1842
The following information was extracted from the motion papers of the Elizabethtown Council 1855-1872
That $36 dollars of Clergy money be divided amongst the School Sections of this Township in the following manner, namely Sections No 1 $10, No 12 $5, No 26 $9, No 27 $9.31 cents, No 28 $5, No 29 $2, No 30 $5, No 31 $6 bring union section all the full Sections will leave the sum of $13.11 cents each and the Clerk ? the sum to be paid to the Trustees of each School Section – 1873 (Lyn Museum Archives)
1902 Class – Front Row: Lorne Bolton, Hazel Marshall, Casper Booth, Gladys Booth, Unk 2nd Row: Clifford Bradley, Maydalene Vickery, Loretta Flood, Unk Bolton, Lena Flood, Ernie Bolton, Myrtle Marshall, Harry Marshall, Irene Imerson Back Row: Stanley Bolton, Anna Marshall, Mabel Marshall, Harold Marshall, Iva Marshall (Photo #1)
1911 Class at Lillies (Photo #2)
1914 Class at Lillies (photo #3)
1917 Class – Front Row: Unk, Unk, Maurice Edgley, Vada Edgley, Lorne Bolton 2nd Row: Florence Booth, Birle Chant, Irene Chant Back row: Vada Marshall, Harvey Vickery, Madeline Vickery, Mandy Tait (Teacher), Unk Marshall (photo #4)
1921 Class (photo #5)
1923 Class (photo #6)
1928 Class (photo #7)
1929 Class (photo #8)
1929 Class (photo #9)
1929-31c Class- Only a few identified Front Row: Lyle Cobey 2nd Row: Patricia, Edgely, Jowett Twins Back Row: Edgley, Lawrene Nixon, Marjorie Darling (photo #10)
1939c Lillies Class (photo #11)
1940 Class at Lillies (photo #12)
1941 Lillies Class (photo #13)
1942 – Front Row: Shirley Hendry, Freda Vickery, Verla Booth Back Row: Dorothy Vickery, Margaret Weir; Myrtle Hendry (photo #14)
1942 Lillies Class (photo #15)
1943 Class Front Row: Carl Jowett, Freda Vickery, Eddie Booth, Stuart Salter 2nd Row: Shirley Hendry, Verla Booth; Bernie Herbison; Harold Salter, Jack Darling Back row: George Hendry, Garnet Darling; JohnHendry; Phyllis Vickery; Myrtle Hendry; Margaret Weir – The teacher was Helen Mallory (photo #16)
1944 Lillies (photo #17)
1945 Lillies Class (photo #18)
1946 Lillies Class in the winter (photo #19)
1947 Class at Lillies: Front Row: Rita Sauve, Rene Sauve, Rheal Sauve, Ernest Maisonneuve, Eleanor Hendry, Betty Hendry Back Row: Freda Vickery, Verla Booth, Shirley Hendry, Eddie Booth, Jack Darling, Carl Jowett (photo #20)
1947- Lillies Class (photo #21)
1951 Class (photo #22)
1952 – School Choir for the Lions Club Music Festival (photo #23)
1953 -Front row: Ron Cross, Hugh Edgley, Bob Edgley, Fred Vickery, Terry Darling, Jerry Edbley, Marvin Darling 2nd Row: Nancy Darling, Karen Darling, Myrna Darling, Diane Edgley, Renske Grendel, Anita Merier, Carol Jowett, Frances Vickery, Mary Cross Back Row: Jim Edgley, Dwight Darling, Feike Grendel, Lorraine Mott, Alvin Darling, Mrs. Myrtlee Stainer (teacher) (photo #24)
1954 – School Choir- Lions Club Music Festival (photo #25)
1956 – School Choir Lions Club Music Festival (photo #26)
1957 – School Choir Lions Club Music Festival (photo #27)
1959 – Front Row: Steve Darling, Eddie Zufelt, Violet Pankhurst, Kathy Edgley, Linda Darling, Janice Edgley, Roger Darling, Heather Charles; Raymond Darling, Dave Darling, Sam Dunster 2nd Row: Brenda Edgley, Mary Cross, Charline Darling, Sharon Darling, Nancy Darling, Gloria Charles, Larry Darling, Marvin Darling, Michael Wright Back row: Myrna Darling, Anneta Marier, Diane Edgley, Mrs. Stewart (teacher) Jerry Edgley (photo #28)
1959 – Inside Lillies School (photo #29)
1959 Inside Lillies School (photo #30)
undated photo of the early interior of Lillies School (photo #31)
Lillies School- no date (photo #32)
1988 A closed Lillies School with Garnet Darling sitting on the front step (photo #33)
James (Jim) Cobey, taught at Lillies for 9 years in the 1920’s (father of Rosolin, Fred, Kathleen, Lenora, Genevieve and Lyle (photo #34)
Cobey Family all attended Lillie’s School Front Row: Genevieve, Lenora, Lyle, Kathleen Back Row: Rosalina, Fred (photo #35)
The James Cobey Family (photo #36)
can anyone identify or date this photo (photo #37)
On the 12th Day of October 1861, a parcel of land was purchased on which to build the Howard School. The indenture was between Andrew Donaldson and his wife Eliza and the School Section number 6 in the township of Elizabethtown, for a sum of sixty dollars. The parcel of land was described on the indenture as a part of the rear of the east half of Lot number twenty three in the Second Concession in the Township of Elizabethtown. In 1946 a well and pump were installed. ( Board of Trustees Annual report for 1946)
School Superintendents Report (Ontario Archives)
Shows the following information, which in some cases contradicts what we have already researched, and contradicts other filed School Superintendents Reports:
1850: no information except: condition: Not Good
1854: Frame building, first opened in 1850
This school has been turned into a home and is located at 3439 Centennial Rd. (County Rd 27
1928 (abt) includes Jean and Helen Hudson (photo #1)
1928, May 4th – Grace Howard and Dora Braun (Photo #2)
1928 – Front Row: Inez Dixie, Eugene Bak, Margaret Foster, Ruth Crandall, Zigman Bak 2nd Row; Helen Parslow, Marjorie Parslow, Boddy Dixie, Unk, Arthur Howard, Frances Hudson 3rd Row: Walter Bak, Mabel Wright, Velma Edgeley, Margaret Latham, Rennie Howard 4th Row: Teddy Crandall Back Row: Jean Hudson (photo #3)
1928 Front Row: Grant Hudson, Dorothy Howard, Dorothy Parslow, Renie Howard, Helen Parslow, Harold Dunster, Arthur Howard, Mabel Wright Back Row: Gladys Howard, Helen Hudson, Grace Howard, Dora Braun, Jean Hudson, Ruth Crandall (photo #4)
1928-, May – Ruth Braun and Ruth Crandall (photo #5)
1928 – Ted Crandall and Rennie Howard (photo #6)
1929 June 1- Ruth Braun, Ruth Crandall. Gladys Howard (photo #7)
1929, June – Grant Hudson, Rennie Howard, Harold Dunster (photo #8)
1932 abt – Howard School Boys (photo #9)
1933 – Claude Parslow and Ronnie Horton (photo #10)
1933 – Marion Mills, Hazel Reynolds, Josephine Mills, Claude Parslow, Joe Hudson, Betty Horton, Ronnie Horton (photo #11)
1933 – Howard School (Photo #12)
1933 – Betty Horton, Marion Mills, Hazel Reynolds, Josephine Mills, Claude Parslow, Ron Horton (photo #13)
1933 – Ronnie Horton, Claude Parslow, Joe Hudson (photo #14)
1935 abt. – Front Row: Marjorie Parslow, Lois Brown, Mildred Parslow Middle Row: Velma Edgeley, Mable Wright, Helen Parslow, Patricia Edgeley Back Row: Dorothy Howard, Dorothy Parslow, Lilian McClelland, Jean McCelland (photo #15)
1935- Jean McClelland and Ruth Crandall (photo #16)
1935 (photo #17)
1935- Front Row: Velma Edgeley, Helen Parslow, Mildred Parslow, Edna Wright or Lois Braun Back Row: Dorothy Howard, Dorothy Howard, Mabel Wright. Lillian McClelland, Jean McClelland, Margaret Purvis (Teacher) (photo #18)
1935 –Front Row: Velma Edgeley, Marjorie Parslow; Dorothy Howard, Helen Parslow, Edna Wright or Louis Braun Back Row: Dorothy Parslow, Mabel Wright, Lillian McClelland, Jean McClelland, Marjorie Purvis (Teacher), Patricia Edgeley (photo #19)
1945c- Howard School Children (photo #20)
1947 abt.-Kneeling: Mary Jobson, Frank Worden First Row: Deltra Jobson, Fay Burns, Clifford Horton, Ruth McInnes, Wilma Chapman Second Row: Robert Hudson, George Worden, Bill Murray, Ronald Coville, Donald Murray, James Jobson Third Row: Unk Mills, John Horton, Eleanor Baker, Phyllis Horton, William McInnes Back Row: Margaret Lafaver, Betty Horton (photo #21)
1950 abt. – Front Row: Gary Murray, Alan Burns, Boyd Halladay, Wayne Baker, Bob Baker, Donaald Murray, Jack VanDusen, Bill Russel, Bill Murray, Keith Serson, Jr. O’Tolle Middle Row: Viola McInnes, Donna Murray, Margaret McInnes, Lois Serson, Donna Coville, Faye Burns, Helen serson, Mary Jobson, Unk, Genevieve O’Toole Back Row: Ruth McInnes, Raymond Coville, Don VanDusen, Bill McInnes, John Horton, Jim Jobson, Ronald Coville, Adeleigh VaanDusen, Deltra Jobson Teacher: Agnes Mulrooney (photo #22)
1952 – School Choir- Lions Club Festival Front Row: Don Murray, Faye Burns, Mary Jobson, Alan Burns, Dona Murray, Viola McInnes, Margaret McInnes, Gary Murray Back Row: Jack VanDusen, Deltra Jobson, Raymond Coville, Bill Russel, Sherry Lockwood, Myrna Nunn, Wayne Baker, Donna Coville (photo #23)
1953 – Front Row: Charlie Jobson, Jery Jbson, Barbara Easter, Marilyn Nunn, Doug Nunn, Pery Coville, Doug Murray, Marie McInnes, Wayne Easter, Sharon Easter, Jean McInnes, Howard Reid, Gary Murray, Ann Burns Middle Row: Jack VanDusen, Don VanDusen, Dennis Coville, Raymond Coville, Peter Knapp, Unk, Viola McInnes, Donna Murray, Myrna Nunn, Sherry Lockheed, Margaret McInnes, Wayne Baker Back Row: Donald Murray, Bill Russell, Donna Coville, Mary Jobson, Deltra Jobson, Faye Burns Teacher: Johnny Yates (photo #24)
School Picnic – September 1961
(Photo #25)
(Photo #26)
Presentation of gift to Amanda Willey who taught at the school from 1957 to 1960 (Photo #27)
(photo #28)
(photo #29)
Howard School, year unknown (photo #30)
1910 Attendance Record (photo #31)
1921, January Attendance Record (photo #32)
1931 Honour Roll from the Recorder and Times (photo #33)
1945-46 Attendance Summary (photo #34)
1951 Attendance Report (photo #35)
1963 Daily Attendance Record (photo #36)
1932 – Anna Hudson’s Teaching Contract (photo #37)
Partial Listing of Teachers at The Howard School:
1910 J.L.Bolton
1910 Lillie B. Brown
1911 Hattie Davidson
1912 Violet M. Spenee [sic]
1914 Janet Purvis
1914 A. Graham
1915 Jean Coss [sic]
1916 F.B. Boyd
1921 Beatrice Avery
1921 Edna Waghorn
1922 Ruby Morris
1923 Norma Bishop
1924 A.M. Pettem
1925 A.M. Pettem
1926 Mary M. Brown
1927 A.M. Hudson
1928 A.M. Hudson
1929 A.M. Hudson
1930 Louise Booth
1932 Anna Hudson (yearly salary $800.)
1933 Margaret Raphael Purvis (yearly salary $500.)
1935 Louise Elizabeth Booth
1938 Florence Mary Ware
1941 Florence Kathleen Sager
1943 Clara Annie Lawson
1945 Edna Irene Blake
1948 Agnes Mulrooney
1951 Jack Tennant
1954 W.P. Edgie [sic]
1955 Mrs. Raymond Howe
1956 Sylvia Sayers
1957 Amanda Willey
1958 Amanda Willey
1959 Amanda Willey
1960 Amanda Willey
1961 Judy Ballisle
1962 Judy Ballisle
1963 Norma M. Wiltse
If anyone has any additional photos or information on this school we would appreciate hearing from you.
On June 28, 1963 the school rang its’ bell for the last time. The teacher at the time was Mrs. Marion Ross, and she was the last person to teach at the little brick school house located on the Halleck’s Road. The 27 remaining pupils from this school were transferred to the Lyn Public School. About 10 years prior there were 34 pupils in the school
The original school was a log school house located in the north corner of the Hallecks Road and No. 2 Highway. Rev. William Hallock built a school before 1810 which had a ready made class: with 16 Coles, 13 Clows, 10 or 12 Fulfords and his own six children. The brick school house was built further north on the Halleck’s Road around 1839. The land on which the present school was built was donated by Mr. Caleb Halloch (Squire Halloch) on May 12, 1838 and was built by Archibald Davidson, a stone mason.
The school was replaced by the present building in 1935, a trim neo-classical brick Edifice.[2] A well was drilled for the new school in the 1930’s and toilets were installed around 1939. In the early 1940’s electricity was installed. Between 1886 and 1900 teachers salaries’ were from $220. to $300 per year. (Elizabethtown: The Last of the Royal Townships by Alvyn Austin pub. 2009)
Heritage Elizabethtown erected a plaque near the original school recalling an incident that took place during the War of 1812. The plaque reads as follows:
Hallock’s School and the ‘Underhill Incident’
“A one room school near here was the site of an international incident before the war of 1812. William Hallock (1770-1836), a Methodist preacher, established the school in a log cabin on his property. In 1809 the teacher was Isaac Underhill, an alleged American army deserter. On May 1, three American soldiers disembarked from a schooner on the St. Lawrence, seized Underhill at the school and dragged him, bound and gagged towards the river. When Underhill broke free and ran, his captors shot him from behind. They then fled to their boat with armed settlers in pursuit. Underhill died the next day. His murder was a flagrant violation of British sovereignty which outraged Canadians and lingered long on local memory” (Issac Underhill is said to be buried in an unmarked grave in the Fulford Cemetery)
The old school was converted into a home and is located at 2301 Hallecks Rd.N.
School Superintendents Report (Ontario Archives)
Shows the following information, which in some cases contradicts what we have already researched, and contradicts other filed School Superintendents Reports:
1850: Frame Building, size 24×34, construction date 1811, condition: Not Good
1854: Frame building, first opened in 1817 (this report combines SS #3 and 5)
The following information was extracted from the motion papers of the Elizabethtown Council 1855-1872
That the union of School sections no 3 & 5 be dissolved and that all resolutions uniting the same be rendered the same as if said divisions ere never united at the request of a public meeting held for that purpose signed by Henry Clow, Chairman- 1858
that the Clerk be instructed to prepare a Bylaw to unite School Sections No.3 and No.5 into one section agreeable to the request of the rate payers of said sections- 1869
that the application of the Trustees of School Section No 5 be complied with and the sum of $200 be levied and collected on the Taxable property of said section exclusive of expenses -1872 (Lyn Museum Archives)
Note: some of the dates may not be accurate, if you know the correct date for these photos please let us know.
Class of 1896-Partial list of pupils from the class in no particular order: Ambrose Clow, Alex Davisdon, George Davidson, Gertrude Davidson, Jessie Davidson, Mack Davidson, Leonard Elliott, Arlis Hoag, Cecil Hoag, Ernest Hoag, Russell Hoag, Lettitia Kennedy, Frank Latham, Maggie Latham, Roy Locke, Edgar Robinson, May Robinson, William (Billie) Robinson, William J. Robinson, George Snow, Frank Stafford, May Stafford, Julia Stafford, Inez Stafford, Edith Vanattan, George Vanattaan and the teacher was Miss Nellie Aird. (photo #1)
Class of 1920c (photo #2)
Class of 1922 (photo #3)
1926, Oct 1st – Gladys Clow, Walter Charles, Willie Unk. (photo #4)
