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, October .. 1964, Lillie Red School House More Than iOO Years Old Ry MARION FHILLII’S The liule rod school house at liialhors Corners. near lineup. In tho only school in limp-pure 'i'imuslup that no. “'ullmuud llio rigors nl pionecr (lays and is sl.ll ill use today. ii was built oi logs on Mt- iarialles ialnl more than iOD years ago. the curllesi da.e recorded is 11543 but it is he lluved that 1'. dates back earlier than this. diathers school. as it is known. had an enrolment in iron or as sludeflls and by lo‘fii lhel’e were 70. There are 30 pupils amending the school now, with Mrs. .iean Stewart as teacher. There have been ma ny changes at the school. seals of wide-plank. which held two or three students. have been replaced by desks. An oil furnace replaced the old iron hox stove, which re- posed in the centre iii the room and had a wooden rail- 'l‘iie ‘ earliest settlers who was chair- man of the first school board. I: was the board's duly, in those days. nut only W h m- the teachers but to “CCl‘tlli‘ rate" them as well. The board met the new lL‘ZlL'lIEI' at the tavern and "Uncle Archie" produced an old speller. the only min to he found in the section. Holding the book upslrie down lhe could read equally well iiiLh the hook either way, not being able in read at all). he asked the prospectus teacher to Spell ‘symmoli’ical" and "Mediterranean". The candidate multl‘rcd some letters. but as none of the gentlemen present could sncll very well no one knows whether the teacher could. Apparently he satisiied tho. board because “UnCle Archie” said, “The gentleman seems i) have sufficient education. so ii he will treat the members l’IC could [ind m the area “‘0'? two English grammars. an occasional geography. no hlsimy. except lnr a {W read ing books and no other book in general use except the Bible. It was noted that many oi the hooks \vt‘l'e chained to the teacher's desk to keep them from dissappearing. The stlllon of superintend- ent was arduous since it re- qu"ed travelling 600 to 800 miles, on horseback. each year to \isll. the schools. The Keene area appears in he the education centre of the liiflflF. III [EN there were 13 school sections and four union Sclmui sections in the country with the largest being in Keene. The log hilt we 5 gradually being replaced by "handsome brick buildings”. The first school opened in Keene in 1832 and Thomas J. Denehy taught 20 children. He was a deputy-surveyor and a ing around n, ideal in drying film“'ih:°;ggu;;€,_ 11333;: mulling”?téhihemig}; 1:2 MATHERS SCHOOL IN THE 1880's wet mittens price of three drinks of mkinglhe mslmliablc‘mapi Among those sitting on the fence is Sam Comrie, a nonagenarian still living 1 Old teaching methods have been replaced by modern de- i vices and, electricrty has re- placed oil lamps. A list of early day teachers Is a roster of well known area names, Burroughs, WoodI Campbell. Easoii, Padgett. Cowan, Kerr. Bell, Nicholls, Carnersnn. Gillespie, Erealy, Whitfield, Hall and Stewart. Fortylwo teachers sin c i: 188!) reveals an average slay of two years, not a poor aver- age when you consider that all but 11 at these iEBChers were “maiden ladies". i "This is not the first school that was built in the area". recalled Mrs. Alice Davidson. ’ of Keene. “This was the l seventh. The first school was built on our place in 1829 and later called Villiers school. whiskey. which sold for 75 cents a gallon, and an at.- lempl tn spcll two words the applicant wa s Ccrliilcd a teacher and hired. When Sir Peregrine Mait- land, LieuirGflvel‘nut of Upper Canada visited Keene and the new settlement in Douro in the Winter of 1836 he was petitioned by the settlers to “send us clergyman to ad- minister to us the comforts of our Holy Religion and compe- tant schonlniasters to instruct our children". At the same meeting W. Connel was appointed [0 clean the slave pipes and repair the wood shed, JilS. Shearer was appointed auditor and Mr. Wigmoro was hired as school master. The history of tch Gill line of the Hastings district. Some of these maps are still in use. in the area and the late Stuart McIntyre whose, sons and grandsons still live in l Otonahee Township " Oi Interest , J The Women's institute 1504 Fair exhibit has the theme “The Quilting Bee" and I col- lection oi six hand-sewn quilt, blocks is entered by each (or It was a log building and had school dates from um Wllcu competition- ' v ' - ~ - However they have been in- glass wuuiaus, quite an aichl 21 pupils attended. The at- Wed m ’mspluy Interest!“ ' i techtural achievmcnt". She added that the school had been obtained through the eilorts oi Cohourg people l and it was from Cohourg that the first teacher came. The story that goes with the hiring oi David Houston, the first teacher in Otnnahee Township involves "Uncle" Archie Nelson, one at the tendance at this frame school climbed to 93 in 1355 James Andersun taught in 1555 and Juli" Middleton in 1857. ll was noted that 3 Salem] of sign. was paid in 1859. There were only nine schools in Pctcrburuugh County in 1846 and the newly appointed superintendent. Elias Burnhani reported the only school banks Mo lieâ€"Kc tivity Urged Of NH V l. u THE SCHOOL AS IT LOOKS TODAY Fifty<FiVe Students In 1350 quilts belonging to institute menihers, though not necessar- ‘ ily made by them. One iii these was made H years ago by Mrs. Thom-I Davidson or Birdsall. and Ill' other was made by Miss sax-ii shearer oi Keene shout 1m Many visitors to the “1'de are pressing torward to raid names on an autograph quilt, made by Mrs. Wm. Dlvll 0‘ Warsaw prior to her marrliige in 1894. The Provincial flower em- i bicms of Canada's ten DID- } vinces decorateI t‘he bilifcikguggl; is in uilt l a wou d p y q an attractive hei- Wl Women i served as GUELPll 1C?) ~ Canadian‘ "{F“ k u n. m nil- \\'omcn. among m if A" 7*” W W V r alchwor pa er a u, lured in ihr \siorlg.“5lsli;illli Faderated marinas “fidufiwflfigflfflp broaden their interests. in dele- k my” em" .1 nkard's pith": l. l... est-woo q es rown Of Canada 23mm" gins". “wasim n! the ig‘lrratcd Women's In- siiiute o ntnrio were told Wed» ' I l In Final OASA a o Pres-dent Mrs. L. R. Trivers ‘ >9" v 1&â€" / l i ut Thess'ldl‘uii chair Sad tbhemic l \VESTWOOD (ENS) 7 West walked twp EIJl erlnrn was mpnn cir aci ies y la e . . r .r A . . the loser. He [sinned in, walked :ngv exlensiun 'courses and an going no" “18.?an m- M-MIEUDI three and allowed 11 hits. v in Interest in the nation’s air ° ‘ a ASSWBM“ “"“m Bob Middlebrook oi Wesl~l lai . V I chaniniomhip Saturday when wand. slammed the only homerl ‘Onlailfl Agriculture Minister. they deleaied Clavering 5-1 in in the game. slewari. who_atlended the npenr Brmuplun. Weslwnnd scared once in the mg ceremonies. congratulated Murray Payne “as the Winn third. lrllh and seventh innings “he ledcrauon on in: achiever rung hurler as it? pitched a tilor and twice in the fourth. Clar " tar am", "hands y 5 “glaiiing Peter to pay Paul â€" that to tell the story at pioneer life in Canada. And the technique oi quiltv‘ irig is being demonstrach tor the younger generation during ‘~ the fair. . A quilt lop just completed by i ' ' C “P an institute member is re ' pii a home in the nemesis > building and members from a tracks". all round" Elects President WOLFVILLE. NS. ICP) l)lrs. Philip l‘iialhesun oi Oyster used Bridge. PEI. was elected national president of the Fed» nrated Women's Institute pr ("walla Thursday at the conven- nun. Mrs. Mailieson. wile oi the Prince Edward Island minister ‘mcnts. i « .. . v at highways and puhlic works, mums 2mm] in compe- Amnng mesa were work “Mr hitter. He slruLLout sight and vering not one in the sixth. succeeds M“ James Haggmy will take mm: at handicapped children. a mini of Napanee- Ont Jam: [fly hpndggwing, arship program and a salinnn‘ Priwwmnm in the quilt . pr act to train home empp. . mark campclilian are: 1- Tr , mists to assist underdeveloped mm; 2. Havelock; 3,199“ “mm”- 4. Burkhorn: 5. South 5mm