. 7 4, found in the yard equipped with a steel pump. A flagpole stands in the yard when on Empire holidays the Union Jack is flown. In 1930 twenty three of the new type chair desks took the place of the old fashioned double desks. Since 1934 a school garden has been planted each year. In 1935 a hardwood floor was laid and the following year a piano was purchased. A special training in music is provided, when each week a special hour of music is taught by a qualified teacher. In 1940 the building was given a coat of white paint and trimmed with green. A cement stoop was built along the front of the building. A new wire fence was placed along the front of the yard also. Some of the early teachers of this school were Mr. Stewart Nelson, Misses Clara Phillips, Bessie Pettibone, who went west and died shortly afterwards, Mabel Philips from Cobourg, Gertrude Milne, from Campbellford, now Mrs. Milligan living at Shannonville. Misses Nellie Richards, Butler,Gladys Walker, Maude Arkils also served as teachers. Miss M.V. Lapp from Brighton now living in the West also taught here for several years. Miss Emma McGee from Sterling taught here a number of years and then went in training for a nurse at Belleville. This was just at the close of the Great War when the "flu" was raging and unfortunately, Miss McGee took it and died the following year. Mr. Earl Davidson, formerly of Morganston, now teaching in a collegiate in Windsor also taught in this school. More recent teachers are Misses Mildred Massey, Frances Clark, Jean Walker, Mr. Lloyd Johnston, Misses Maude Hamden, Olive Blue, Florence McKague and Mr. W. J. Quinn. Mr. Robert Pomeroy, a young man from this section went overseas during the Great War and never returned. Prepared by - J .E. McCullough, 1940.