Community 109 ■ m Photo by Rev. Clement Mitchell Courtesy Mre Oeorge A. Leard . Interior of St . Alban the Martyr Church (Nov. 21, 1916). moved off the property.51 A dwelling was later built on that location. Among the family names associated with this church, which was named, " St . Alban the Martyr" were Knight, Morrow, Pyke, Gillam, Myrer, Roach, Poole, Bushey, Chenell, Clarke and Buffett .52 The present church, erected in 1980, is situated to the south of the cemetery.53 Cemeteries Cemeteries are an important part of our storied past. St . Mary's ( Roman Catholic ) Souris ; Union (Protestant), Souris West ; St . Alban's (Anglican), Souris ; and those of neighbouring districts are the resting places of many of our churches' founding fathers and their descendents. Monuments stand to their memories with dates inscribed. Some have a line or two telling the circumstances of death. Others have an epitaph, and some lie buried with¬ out even a location marker. The names of these pioneers have long since been forgotten by many, but the part they played in the panorama of church and community life endures. Education and Newspapers There was little encouragement to become a teacher in the early years of the last century. Of the 34 schools in King's County in 1853,11 were frame and 23 were log houses. Of the log houses, half were quite suitable; the other half were described by the School Visitor as "ill-looking, ill-lit and ill-fumed, being completely destitute of attraction and comfort so essential to a school."54 The First Education Act of 1825 provided small grants for the construction of public schoolhouses and paid one sixth of a teacher's small salary. The balance had to be made up by pupil fees. The fees, of course, meant that many of the poorer families were not able to send their children to school.