90 A Bridge To The Past

school was hauled across the road. The lot of land bought from James Quigley provided a roomy play area and the community turned out to help move the school. The man in charge was Mr. Palmer who specialized in moving buildings and his contract called for the payment of $16.00 when the job was completed. A well was bored by Mr. Reeves who was paid $19.10 and the new flue was built by Mr. John Cann for $4.00. The painting was done by Mr. Tucker for $21.00.

The former school site was acquired by Edgar Sobey in exchange for erecting and painting a wooden fence around the new school yard. Painting the fence was just another contribution to the activities of school life made by the Sobeys. They lived nearby and operated the Post Office. The children were often dropping in, sometimes on an errand for the teacher, to mail letters or to pick up the mail on their way home. When the telephone came into use it was an exciting event to have an excuse to go to Sobeys and to phone a message home.

In 1926, with the school in its new location in Lot 25 the first teacher was Dorothy Cox, followed by Keith Jamieson in 1927. 1928 found Angus Bernard of nearby Freetown behind the teacher’s desk where he remained

WILMOT VALLEYSCHOOL 1952

Back row: L to R. Dorothy Linkletter, Teacher; Edwin Burrows, Stavert Huestis, Gerlad Caseley, Wayne Marchbank, Lyman Huestis, Layton Huestis, Denzil Hogg, Arnold Waugh, Richard Crozier, Rendal Caseley.

Centre Row: Marion Huestis, Valerie Waugh, Miriam Caseley.

Front Row, Dale Marchbank, Willard Burrows, Adele Slavin, Donna Marchbank, Pauline Large, Sandra Huestis, Lillian Ann Hogg, Donald Waugh, Elmer Slavin.