Apsley WI Tweedsmuir Community History - Volume 2, page 2

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ifiwilfiye homo. _t settler on the farm 5, 5: 5Cotland and settled on < ;. Herman Harris now lives. on lot 19, concession 12, on whose lot'thh‘ ‘ was built. Mr. McIlmoyl donated one-haLf‘j gé and a log school with dimensions of about 16 ft;:"j was bfiilt in about 1866. The school was equipped ‘hfimeamade desks and benches paralleling the sidelwallse The school was heated by an iron stove. â€" Miss Margafiet messes was one of the first teachers who taught in the log sohoolIL She later married Mr. Thomas McIlmoyle and resided in the section. The school term at this time consisted of only six months â€" June, July, Sept., Dot., and NOV: In 1685 Miss Dean taoght in the school and was succeeded in 1886 by Miss Sutton. In 1890 the log_building was replaced by a frame building on thé SamE-site; ‘The old log building was removed tolths sass of Mr. William Hales where it was used as a Stafifg iofi‘agmumber of years. The new school was 2h V H'wsnd was eduipped‘with home-made desks made by S; Thsss dasks were arranged in two rows ' ‘ * adsfieardss

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