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ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS IN HUNGERFORD â€" 5 known whether or not this was the same John Johnston who had previously been Local Superintendent in Hungerford. It seems a very long time for one man to have held this office. H.J. Clarke was appointed in 1908; William w. McIntosh in 1912; J.E. Minus in 1915; Adam w. McGuire (a native of Hungerford and a graduate of 8.8.5 Farnsworth and a former teacher in that school) was appointed in 1924; Gordon Nelson in 1952; George H. Waldrum in 1961; L.E. MacCrimmon in 1965; and Frank Tate in 1967. (This list of Superintendents and Inspectors may not be complete, and is open to correction.) Hungerford Council minutes for July 28, 1864, state that the total value of valuable property in the Township at that time was $55,055. The cost of common schools for that year was estimated as $501.00 and of the Separate School as $21.00. This Separate School, called Hawkins' Separate #14, had been set up in <:ommon school section 14 in 1859 or 1860. The first Separate School in the Village of Tweed was not built until 1890. (See separate histories). The early schoolhouses were also used for public elections. There was no secret ballot until 1878, and elections were apt to be rowdy affairs with much drinking and fighting, so that damage was likely to be done to the schoolhouses. The minutes of Hungerford Council for January 18, 1851, say that the Trustees of S.S.l applied "for indemnification for damage done to the schoolhouse during elections". The minutes for December 4, 1865, order that "the election in the first ward shall be held in Lansing's Schoolhouse (8.8.9), and that John Harrison be returning officer.” Council minutes for February 22, 1875, state that each school section was to send to the Township Clerk a correct statement of all lots in their respective school sections, with the numbers and names of those living on the lots, including the non-resident lands, so that he could prepare a map of the school sections. Copies were to be given to the Trustees of the school sections to place in the schoolhouses. One map was to be given to Thomas Wills, County Clerk at Belleville, and one to John Johnston, Superintendent. How many of these maps were actually made is uncertain, for the minutes of February 17, 1877, say that the maps were to be printed on cloth and that 12 were to be ordered, "the Reeve to procure 24 if they can be got for a small sum over the $50.00." If only 12 maps were finally bought there would not be a sufficient number to serve Council's purpose. At any rate, none of these maps seems to have survived. At the time the maps were ordered a list of schools, along with the name of