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' 's - . - - t . T? T R, _ = ye _ so“: 'itaMimtam _- - 8Bt - NP . __ Sk ' __- ' 'm ' II Ili" ' " It - a IMI, I " .j.JltiiilP,] Iillt!E2,N,rllls, .r..is'giit1:ce'gt _ - - ’ lgtNEelrmt of " Ir@M'vw""gMlBrm "f “7’ - 'er, "ret 2L'_u'.cuu'228Et ' iK%tW5N I etch of Purple 1% ’ ' “x. l 'l kFff, a!“ Ntl-li' .g. ‘ r - _ ' '%Wfr%rt,tit , . . " - - - 'tir" _ ' N "q th' L'x'T . E , 1 :w Y, Hill School t I if. " > - k . q; , l u _ he: .; 'e. . y', a E . 1i,li'i,'si Contributed by Mrs. Job Graham - _ t f "é . f 2 » Ln, , "‘7' v, N _ g . former . che. . , _ 3 M ' we 'Lia, FU I l Ft, ' , " Cs) “a 8 R hen artwright was surveyed and _ C7 Mtg 'fi E x“ Mr,5 . r, y J _ " , M s' - - - ' -; / , j " C "s the school sections laid out, a school; f ui, , r? in. I 1'bCs'jd , ‘1’“) ", , 'Gk1j building for S.S. No. 4 was plannedi -' V EG ran 'iak F, _ Q m _ rL'r, ali, .. "i, 2 2iiiti and built on the farm of Mr. Spinks,| " " " M sa" LiiaCj . tea ' . T I (was i " Kt g l! , it?“ locally known as King Spinks. It was - = w 'ia + " i3Wt)icf “J 'éKi' g - W {K _ . " Y' Er', cf. Ft, T _ 'iiidt" [ located on the 3rd concession, on a' r kit fi 'iit"i'ii'iiti'i" filr, gi':Ct),d',l -". t (" , . 2, , WSa corner near the Quarter Line Road, 7 PJ T, ‘ (his: _ ‘ a'fgiigl " T C y‘ " . C south of a sawmill, ' - s» @3333ng I ' M " 'lt c' V . 2y't , ’ f <9) ,if It was a warm, log structure of " lEti,rt'ie was} ' a . . " . N, ample size. But the location wag low, _ = MilM8t _ t ll "HV .. . " It' V 9 MIIB, * in", - ' I”; 'Ellt making a muddy play ground quite "ITP iiEa'rEi. " . r Rt . smug“? 1lrlBll1ilEllglillltltillgiMltlgEllillttaigllr, year. It was then decided to move " ' wr A', “‘"' ' ' ' ‘ ' “MK -hip, ..-.~, - ".= mum... - , " .g....-.. - i. C" Pi; . _" .,. the site to a more central place, and Purple Hill School, June 14, 1905. Students Swain, Howard McGinnis, Weir Swaln, Edna to higher, drier ground. are, back left, Russel DeMille, Florie Gibson, Vance, Elva Darcy, Vera Hobbs, Flossm Toms, A . fi h 1 b ildi Mabel Spinks, Russel Spinks, Margaret Spinks, Pearl Graham. Front row left, May Henry, “Gate?” Ill', 'l: ll, Pgutninzt Annie Toms, Floyd Page, Ira Gibson, and Wilbur Vance, Nellie MacGregor, Helen Byers, tunatel Ogeforepqiite 'Liiiii', it was teacher Miss Gertrude Stovin. Two standing Irene Byers, Mervin Mahafty, Harold Mahaffy, Rowena} destroyed by fire Another second from back, Alfred Grace and Mamie Agnes Swain, Annie Swain. iUiiii was built-mot quite as good McGinnis. Centre from left, Meredith Henry, [Photo courtesy of Mrs. Ira Argueél as the first, which had been such ss" Mervin Hobbs, Louis Swain, Alymer Henry, Roy Wilbur Vance] loss to the community, but still a good - - _ _ - - __ 77,. _---" ___ -ee .. .7 one for the times. - if __-_ -__H -------- _ y A Mr. Keely was teacher " the J.' log school, and one morning in 1863 n: or 1864 he and his pupils marched up ,1 I and took possession of the present school house. It was furnished with , long backless benches and desks, and ' _, had an attendance of. 75 to 80 pupilsi _ i' _ Succeeding Mr. Keely as teacher _ _ a % . ', [were Messrs. Philip, Sweet, Adams, ‘ .es T, ' 5' " psy I' 'Black, Miss Marlow, Messrs, Morris, I ‘ “3'" 'caht ‘5', cs - A , Lake, Evans, and Lucas. These were " rh ti ' F' will, A, - saaiiiiiiaIB" ' q the early teachers in their order. - - I A‘ _ .’ """'"9", _ A - ' f " "’ During Mr. Block's term he con- g tagr'34 n' iiq r. cr, . . " ducted a successful Sunday School in . _ ’1 l l . ‘ , . '. l ‘ _ . 2 the school room. ' q Vt" . P. . E Ei] i . . '. FfIl il 4- . The old log school was used as al - Ft _ . , - A - Mi , n' ' I 9 . dwelling house for some time, but " . '.1. £* . r ur > If: H . ‘ ' . '2‘. h t " finally made a spectacular bonfire by ' “I I', 2, 1/3) , ll q . ,: " , a. iti Fi . his '1 , ' David Spinks. It those days fuel was fik I . if ; ' " i! . " ' l ' MCS _ v', ‘ ‘, f». plentiful, and log heaps were burned gig limit” lKi - if r " - " lp, ' " 'il g. , ' i to make a. clearing for grain and vege- I . Lm P " ". " _ ' Ta " _ - u ' lt 53.72% fa tables. _ - V - - ' . rr At present, 1938, the number on the / C. ' roll is about 22, with Miss Alma'Lea, Purple Public School (iGXe it(/sew cy) (as teacher. _ F -.--'--- ;____._- / Back row - Margaret Ho ckin (teacher), David Swain, Ralph Strong, Harvey Graham, Muriel Steele , ' Wilma Toms . Front row - Patsey Anderson, Stanley Anderson, Verna Kozub, Miriam Swain, Francis Anderson, . - 1 - : 'c-R, he TEALMN/i .7 Phyllis Strong. ;, ,, . {75115, if? rt /5vcu-cry In .l946 ILE’urple Hill School was closed and the bldg. F . m .t"I a ' " "a. _ h _ sold to L.O ' 59 lhe pupil.) were mm, by but: to the Ii area schools which were graded In 1950 and. in 1954 C . I _ I pr"; irrl J, 'l CN.sT ”1,. m. sil, l: the Cartwright Canaan 3Chool we», Oyl-EJ’llyQ to all the T school area.