They took the girls out in deep water and left them to flounder to shore. By the time Mary went to school her two brothers, Frank and Dan formed a large part of the school population. Three of the family went on to teach school in turn. Mary’s first teacher was Madeline MacPherson, a sister to George and Frank MacPherson who had adjoining farms in Launching, not too far from her brother John’s farm. She later went to school in Launching. The St. Georges High School was in operation and this introduced her to young people from more distant places. After that came Prince of Wales College in Charlottetown and then back home to Boughton Island as the teacher. Among her pupils were Dan King’s children, Frances, Lloyd, Jack, Donald and Martha.

One of the trials faced by the teacher is the visit by the Inspector of Schools. He was Harold Hynes and he made the trip to the island by boat to inspect the teacher and children in their log school. It all turned out well and Mary got a good report.

Her father told her that his grandfather, Hugh MacCormack was the first settler on Boughton Island. Records indicate now that Hugh was his greatgrandfather. Prior to that it had been visited by transient Indians.

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