86 A Bridge To The Past 
     
    
   
   
    
     The earlier schoc building is remembered as having the old-time 
     
     seating arrangement rith benches around the walls. The lack of 
     
     blackboards and map: and the scratching of the pencils on the old- 
     
     l‘ashioned slates mUSt hue all been determents to the cause of learning. 
     
    
   
   
    
     The first school motioned in the School Visitor’s Reports that could 
     
     have been the one in thi area, uses Bedeque as the address but Lot 19 as the 
     
     location. The Report sttes: “The school has been established for three or 
     
     four years. The teacheiis Thomas Collins.” In 1849 Mr. J.B. Sehurman 
     
     was “Master at Grove, Nilmot Creek”, with 30 pupils and the note “The 
     
     teacher of the Grove Shool is remarkably industrious.” In 1851 Grove 
     
     School was vacant. For he next decade the teachers included: TH. Schur— 
     
     man, Roderick Munrc Rhoda Jane Burns, J. VanBuskirk. Mr. Van— 
     
     Buskirk continued as tocher until 1865 and the number of pupils ranged 
     
     from 35 to 53. Durin these years the condition of the building was 
     
     deteriorating and the roort states: “The Grove, new house proposed" It 
     
     was several years bel‘or the new school was built. In 1868 it was reported 
     
     that the new school was‘eady to be occupied, but it was the following year 
     
     before the deed for the and was executed. The lot of land passed through 
     
     the ownership of J. Lz‘urgey, Artemas Morrow and George Doull and 
     
     became the property of ne trustees of Wilmot Valley School. 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     VILMO T VA LLEY SCHOOL I915 
     
    
   
   
    
     Huck row 1.. It) R, Pea While, Jennie Hogg, Vera Simmons, Myrrh PIC/(ENS, Mabel 
     
     HUXL’. [Ml/u ”ill/t”. Elal Agnew, Gladys Campbell, (teacher); LOIIit’ Dtl)‘, Muriel 
     
     Simmons, H'nl PIC/(€115, .(Iu Hueslis, Eliza Waite, Gladys Picker/5. Grace Sober. 
     
    
   
   
    
     From Hm‘ l.. I!) R. Hts/in Jun/me, Orin Jan/hie, Darius Hogg. George 501W): 
     
     Hum/(l [)uy, ll'uller Hug, Durre/l Pic/(ens, Horace Huestls, Irving Hogfl. ”ll/M”! 
     
     'lx‘m’u'. flmm Xmmmmf'runk [arr/int). Roy Simmons, Hit-man (lurk,