lowed this action, as each applicant refused to accept a teaching position with the School Board. They did manage to hire a teacher, however, for the following year with the sum of $25.00 voted as supplement for each teacher. The records do not indicate whether the school house was closed for the full year in 1904. Another order was received by the teachers after a meeting held on October 18, 1892, when the Secretary was - "instructed to notify Teachers to provide Time Tables for each Department and provide the Board of Trustees with copies from time to time as changes may be required" The reasoning behind this request could not be surmised. However, with three teachers in the school, some people may have thought there would be slack moments with nothing for the teachers to do. Whether or not the Trustees would understand what was meant by a Timetable, would not be the issue in the matter. In addition to fulltime teaching, the teachers were expected to participate in all community activities including Annual plays and Women 's Institute work. One of the teachers, Mr. Kielly , was also Secretary of the Stanley Bridge Dairying Company. In 1903 he was paid $65.00; in 1904, $74.00; and in 1905, $75.00 for his secretarial work with the dairy. The Annual Christmas Concert was looked forward to by all residents of the area when students showed their talents for singing, reading, giving monologues and acting in plays. Mrs. Lome MacEwen and Mrs. Ernest MacEwen were the capable organists for many years. They were followed by Music Teachers, Mrs. Louis MacLeod , Graham's Road, Mrs. Norman Hall , Hunter River , and Mrs. Ralph Burdett , of Cavendish. The receipts from these concerts were used to obtain supplementary materials such as, decora¬ tions, pictures, books, and clocks for the classrooms. The proceeds from one concert were used to put a new floor in the upper room of the school. In later years part of the receipts were given to the Women 's Institute to help defray the cost of hot chocolate and soups which were provided for the students during the winter months. The teacher was expected to be knowledgeable in practically everything, because no one would know when an emergency would occur. All teachers were expected to know how to kindle a fire and were responsible for seeing that it was kept burning. The likelihood of dusting and sometimes lighting the morning fire were added responsibilities. Students attended to carrying in the water to put in the water fountain. However, the teacher was expected to see that all hands were washed before lunch was eaten. In sports the teacher was expected to participate or 'referee', if necessary. Children of all age groups were expected to play together and many times the teacher became the peacemaker. If a child became sick during the day, the teacher had to decide whether to take the child home, dispatch a student to a telephone, or find someone to take the child from the school. Many a floor had to be scrubbed by the teacher because of an unexpected sickness. Epidemics were expected to be diagnosed by the teacher, who in turn notified the Department of Health or the Public Health Nurse in the area. Instructions were given to students in school regarding the proper health care during these times. An infestation of lice was most dreaded by teachers. He or she was in charge and had the full responsibility for sending a student home for two weeks. This quite often subjected a teacher to the wrath of the parents. Anyone knows that the 'other person' was always the one responsible for spreading 'those creatures'. One teacher recalled a measles epidemic outbreak in Stanley Bridge School when one of the six year old students had refused to stay home. When he arrived in the morning, the sick student tried to convince the teacher and himself that he wasn't sick. During the day he gave in and spent the remainder of the day by the floor furnace wrapped in a blanket. It was January, and the teacher could not send him home from school. He had to wait most of the day before the 134