Heath School District No. 2464
The first school board of Heath School District was elected June 20, 1911
with R. Haynes as chairman, George Hunt as Sec-Treas. And trustee J.A.
Messier. Several sites for the school were discussed, finally the SW ¼
23-44-5 W4 on Sid Bouck’s homestead was agreed upon since it was in the
centre of the district.
Tenders for the building were received from Otterholm & Withnell for $1790, P.M. Christensen for $1127, and F. Bailey for $1075. Christensen received the contract.
Miss Perrin was engaged to teach at a salary of $65 per month.
School opened March 15, 1912. Some of the first pupils were Georgeanna, May, Alda and Avila Messier; Joe Touchette; Edmond Grenier; Arthur, Alex and Juliette Sabourin; Sybil and Phyllis McLeod; Roch Cartier; Esther and Rita Cummings.
Many of the teachers were: Miss Perrin, Miss C. Cummings, Mr. Lorne Goode (later Superintendent of Schools), Morley Young (who became a doctor), Mr. L. Boucher, Bessie Borden, Edna Wallace, Mr. Frank Beattie, Miss Caldwell, Cecil Ward (later a dentist), Mr. Runciman, Mr. Oliver McIntyre, Nina Young, Luke Killoran, Velma Brunner.
Heath School Pupils in 1913 included: Frank Svetnicka, Antoine (Tony Chartier), Alex Sabourin, Jeanette Sabourin, Margaret LaRocque, Agnes Duroche, Delphine LaRocque, Arthur Sabourin, Vernon Cummings, Ernest LaRocque, Juliette Sabourin, Dominique Chartier, Sybil McLeod, Lucy LaRocque, Phyllis McLeod and Gerard Chartier. The teacher that year was Miss Caldwell.
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