Learning 9 to 4
Early Rural Schools in Temiskaming
The Little Claybelt Homesteaders Museum continues its work in capturing the early history of the area by compiling the information and pictures for the early rural schools in Temiskaming.
These one-room schools were a source of pride for the people of the community who built them. They were the center of community activities, as well as often serving as a church until one was built. They were generally built of wood, with a few exceptions of brick. They were poorly heated and ventilated. Occupants froze on early winter mornings and sweltered on hot spring and fall days. Lighting was also a problem. Some schools had very little in the way of equipment, such as blackboards, maps, globes and textbooks. Yet they imparted the necessary knowledge to improve and upgrade our communities generation after generation. We owe them a debt of gratitude, and honour them with this remembrance.
Covered are schools in the following townships: Armstrong, Barber, Beauchamp, Brethour, Bryce, Bucke, Cane, Casey, Coleman, Dymond, Firstbrook, Harley, Harris, Henwood, Hilliard, Hudson, Kerns, Lorrain, Pense, Tudhope and smaller assorted schools where information could be found.
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ISBN: 978-0-9921605-9-3 | 8½" x 11" | 198 pages, 16 double-column pages of index, 344 graphic files including 18 township maps; trade paperback | $30.00
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Table of Contents
3 Foreword
6 Area Map of Townships
7 Opening Exercises
7 Definitions
7 School Levels
7 Early Schools
7 Teachers' Certificates
8 Students
8 School Inspectors
10 Books
12 Work Sheets
12 Hektograph Pad
12 Hektograph Ink
13 Attendance
13 Activities
14 High School Entrance Examinations
18 School Boards
19 Higher Education
19 Marjorie Herridge Boarding House
20 Little Old Red School House
21 Armstrong Township Schools
22 Armstrong Township S.S.#1
25 S.S.#2 Armstrong, Tinney School
26 U.S.S.#2 Armstrong and Beauchamp
27 Barber-Cane-Bryce-Tudhope Township Schools
28 Barber and Bryce Townships
28 S.S.#1 Barber,
28 Mountain Chutes School
29 Tudhope Township
29 Bryce Township
29 S.S.#1 Bryce or U.S.S.#1 Bryce and Beauchamp
30 Beauchamp Township
31 S.S.#1 Beauchamp
31 S.S.#2 Beauchamp
35 Brethour Township
36 S.S.#1 Brethour
36 S.S.#2 Brethour-Pense
Table of Contents
3 Foreword
6 Area Map of Townships
7 Opening Exercises
7 Definitions
7 School Levels
7 Early Schools
7 Teachers' Certificates
8 Students
8 School Inspectors
10 Books
12 Work Sheets
12 Hektograph Pad
12 Hektograph Ink
13 Attendance
13 Activities
14 High School Entrance Examinations
18 School Boards
19 Higher Education
19 Marjorie Herridge Boarding House
20 Little Old Red School House
21 Armstrong Township Schools
22 Armstrong Township S.S.#1
25 S.S.#2 Armstrong, Tinney School
26 U.S.S.#2 Armstrong and Beauchamp
27 Barber-Cane-Bryce-Tudhope Township Schools
28 Barber and Bryce Townships
28 S.S.#1 Barber,
28 Mountain Chutes School
29 Tudhope Township
29 Bryce Township
29 S.S.#1 Bryce or U.S.S.#1 Bryce and Beauchamp
30 Beauchamp Township
31 S.S.#1 Beauchamp
31 S.S.#2 Beauchamp
35 Brethour Township
36 S.S.#1 Brethour
36 S.S.#2 Brethour-Pense
37 S.S.#3 Brethour and Hilliard
40 Bucke Township
41 S.S.#1
41 S.S.#2 Clover Valley School
49 S.S.#5 Moore's Cove School
54 Cane Township
55 Cane Township Schools
56 S.S.#1 Cane School Teachers
57 Casey Township
58 First School
58 S.S.#1 Casey - Bolger's School
59 S.S.#2 Casey - Harris Public School
63 S.S.#5 Casey
64 Coleman Township
65 S.S.#2 Coleman - Gillies Depot School
66 S.S.#3 Coleman
66 Giroux Lake / Kerr Lake Public School
68 West Cobalt School - also known as Coleman
69 Mileage 104 School- also known as O'Brien
69 Temiskaming Mine School
70 Dymond Township
71 New Liskeard Public School 1895 - 1903
73 U.S.S.#2 Dymond and Harley Uno Park School
76 S.S.#3 Dymond , Chester's Corners School
80 S.S.#4 Dymond, Calamity Gulch School
83 S.S.#5 Dymond, Rockley School
85 Dymond Central Public School
88 Firstbrook Township
89 First School
89 S.S.#2 Firstbrook
90 Harley Township
91 S.S.#1 Harley
91 Hanbury School
95 S.S.#4 Harley
97 S.S.#5 Harley
101 Harris Township
102 The First School in Harris
102 S.S.#1 Harris, Ball's School
105 S.S.#2 Harris, Dale's School
109 U.S.S.#3 - Harris - Dymond
110 Henwood Township
111 S.S.#1 Henwood
111 Kenabeek School
114 Hilliard Township
115 S.S.#1A Hilliard - Whitewood Grove
119 Hilliard and Armstrong U.S.S.#1A - Whitewood Grove
121 Hilliard S.S.#1B S.S.#1A
122 S.S.#2 Hilliard
125 Hilliard and Harley U.S.S.#3, Couttsville School
129 Hilliardton Public School
131 Hudson Township
132 S.S.#1 Hudson
133 Hudson Consolidated School
140 Kerns Township
141 S.S.#1A Kerns, Milberta School
149 S.S.#1B Kerns, Highland School
152 S.S.#3 Kerns, McCool School
156 U.S.S.#2 Kerns-Armstrong, Red School
164 Kerns Central Public School
167 Lorrain Township
168 S.S.#1 Lorrain
170 South Lorrain Township
170 S.S.#1 Maiden's Bay School
170 S.S.#2 Lorrain
171 Silver Centre School
173 Montreal River - Matabitchuan School
175 Pense Township
176 S.S.#3 Pense and Hilliard
177 Other Townships
178 Other Schools
178 Castle-Trethewey, O'Brien, Gowganda, Haultain-Nicol, And Nicol
180 In Closing
181 Index