St. Andrew's WI Tweedsmuir Community History, Volume 3 1957-1972, p. 27

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. Viled as air-pupils and when of L F unign at .- township reevg and school trus- ' ‘ Glonworth. _ years, _‘ Grove. ex-vupll and former trus- tree. We: chairmen. ,Réunl WY. boa. 9 â€"â€";‘childhood ‘ memories Were reviewed and re- ulitey School held igrond re- w the old io‘noolhouss, Ho rey School (SE No. 10, West- minster Township) Two tanner pupils, whose stu- deng days :0 book to 1870. were present. They are John W. held- low, of. Wilton Grove, former has; and Robert. Kirk, of no 2, ‘ In e. program supplied by the dis-:eoehers said pupils of other the old schoolhouse once again become the oentrs 01 social activity that ii has been in the post- Wilson Laidlow, of Wilton The welcoming address was given by Robert Elliott, of Gian- worth, who reviewed the school's history. and the snowball tights between the North, South, Eu: and West portions of the section. Henry Anderson quoted from the reminiscences of Samuel Baku. who came irom England in use to teach st Hubrey. Mr. Bsker ‘beenmo city clerk of London in 1904. He was succeeded by Miss Flora McCall. who wss noted for the modern methods or teaching : introduoéd in; rural schools. Among the large crowd were. in addition to those mentioned. Mrs. William Beside, n pupil in 1880: and Mrs. F. W. Nichol, who stsrted school in 1361; Mrs. Harry (Bilyee) Dutiin, ex-tonoher: Mrs. Muriel (Phnir) Shepherd, ex- 'i‘.oechcr: Mrs. Vere. (Jones) Fos- ter, ear-teacher; and n number of .x-pupils whose sohooiâ€"dsys go linuk to the 1890‘s. ' otfbiilidings snd soy 'm. is pun-d trun’ lurcpefifis .ompioy's'd: 'hundleds .olv'lerrfis. ' sonny on m worked onean dorm gun. or» settlers: thin b0 homesflin the new Vet» '_o’rsns' lino Act‘ subdivisions occunled ht sinbltious young .th- ernns: Io! World Wu, If: uni dozens oi modernism new sub- . urban homes at wuithy nan- doners. , dvor l'ousIOonseslious. It. is almost ' impossible to ,point‘to my building orjroup Wilton ’Grovi" for tho ominou- nity stretches. from Leman to Belmont over- Concessions I. Lil end a of Westminster Township. But the “knowledged nucleus is the century-old rumbling brink formhouse on- Concession 8. s quarter-mile (rem tho Wilden Grove, Inndon end Peri: Shirley Boliwny station. when the past oiilce hos been locsted ever since its organisation so years ego with Peter Murray as post- mseter. , \ Moll new: Although Wilton Grove hes the only tsrmhouse-post _nfflce‘ln Middle-ox County sod is rated as I "smell run! post office" there is nothing smsll sho’uLno amount of Insil hsndied. The growth oi" Wilton Grove since the war has been e short of phenomenal. Tim. m- ber of mnil homo .servecLEi'ths post oflice is “indication. Ten 4 years ago there W0“ noon 3.3. A 1 which is now onsvol‘fli'e iur on rural routes in the vicinin of London. snow of as- lions um mo orthree (mules. end for “out 107 new houses - ' mm. subdivisions. hiya .. nun-need. ,_..

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