Campbellton Mill River and Fyfe's Ferry, with two schools, one in Green Hollow and the second in the present location of the Stanley Bridge Hall, now the property of Sterling Women‘s Institute. This information is dated 1851 . . . Could the present hall have been a school before the additions were made to it?. . .

In the government records of 1845, the area is referred to as District # 6. Township 21 had 52 students, with Archibald MacKinnon as teacher. This could be the Campbellton School in Green Hollow.

The second school, Township 22, had an enrollment of 41, with the teacher being Edward Hill. It is described as having "attendance most irregular, but the school steadily improving." This could be the school which was located on the hall property, the first Stanley Bridge school.

Further reports were incomplete until 1850, when the following evi— dently established that the first school had various names. In 1850, St. Anne's or Fyffe's (sic) Ferry Road is listed, with Edmund Roache as teacher. Forty—two students were on the roll. Again, in 1856, St. Anne's (Fyffe's (sic) Ferry Road) is listed, with William Sullivan as teacher.

According to the map of 1863, the location of the school had been moved from the intersection of the present highway to the bottom of the hill, on the land purchased from James Anderson, now the property of

George MacEwen. The next report of 1869 records the name as being Stanley School

#152, with 40 students, all juniors in attendance and Annie McLean as teacher. The district number was later changed, first in 1873 to #80 and then in 1874 to #91.

The school located at the bottom of the hill was later enlarged. Records indicate that the school added a second room in 1878. From 1892 to 1901, three teachers were on staff at the Stanley School.

The third room, which was added in 1892, made it possible for the school to accommodate students of the upper levels, Grades IX and X, from the neighbouring schools of Hope River, Bay View and Cavendish. Tuition fees in 1892 for each of the five students in attendance from those districts was $10.00. Charles Kielly was the principal.

In April, 1911, Stanley School was destroyed by fire. In the mom- ing, Henry Atkinson had lit the stoves at the school and then went across the road to his home. Later, he returned to check the stoves and when he entered the building, he discovered the fire, which had started in the attic.

James McGuigan, (later Cardinal McGuigan), Ellie Martin and their students were then relocated to the hall, a short distance up the hill.

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