Park Road School District No. 3229
The Park Road School was situated on the SW ¼ 17-43-6 W4, one mile
east and nine miles south of Wainwright on Highway 41, across the road
from Dorothy and Wayne Tattersall’s home.
From information in the publication “Buffalo Trails and Tales” the Department of Education approved the above site for Park Road School in 1915. The name chosen is obvious since the Wainwright Buffalo Park begins just south of the school. A.H. Humphries, address Greenshields, was the first senior trustee.
Ratepayers were:
| Ed Foster | H. Humphries | Dave Hutchinson |
| Bud Simmerman | Larry Hird | Lou Biodetti |
| Fred Skinner | C. Shere | Harley Renville |
| Hans Pfluger | W. Dreger | A. Scofield |
| Henry Lewis | Adolph Dreger | T. McLeod |
| Deemer | Harry French | George Isted |
| Bruce Nichols | Jeff Case | Arthur Sharp |
| George Ward | Harry Avery | S. Sorenson |
| Bernard Bullos |
While approval was granted in 1915 for the formation of the Park Road School District, the school building was not erected until 1917. The cost was $1025. The first teacher in 1918 was Miss Faith Douglas. Her father was the farm foreman at the Park Farm. Faith taught on a “Permit.” To fill the need for teachers in those early days, Grade 10 and 11 students were issued a permit to teach.
Other teachers were:
- Miss Caims – August 1919 – Salary $900
- Miss Davidson – 1922 – Salary $1000
- Jimmie Halkirk – 1926
- Ida D. Scott
- Miss Pauline Canning
- Elsie Simmerman
- Mrs. Pauline (Canning) Treffry
- Velma Matheson
- Vera Stuart (Ott) 1931
- Herba Salstad – wages went down to $700 with the janitor work thrown in.
- *Marie Perkins (Valleau) no janitor work. Ascot School entered the Wainwright School Division and wages were set and paid by that office.
- Madeline Kueffler
- Ruth Rusty
- Miss June White
- Mrs. Sirois
- *Mrs. Ethel Luciow
- Meyers Oracheski (supervisor)
By 1948, a bus, merely a pick-up truck with a box built on the back and benches for seats, owned and operated by Orin Davis, transported the children to Wainwright. The school was sold and remodelled into an attractive home on 13th Street in Wainwright.
Some of the first pupils to attend in 1918 were Mabel, Edith and Dorothy Rodgers; Art (who married Irene Jerram) and Roy Teeter. In 1931, when Vera Stuart taught, there were Helen and Albert Rodgers; Bert Walker; Reta Jerram and Bessie Teeter. Others were Jenny and *Harry Hissett; David Siddons; and Andy Ordway.
In 1939 – 40, when Marie Valleau taught, the following students attended: Rita, *Irene, *Art and Walter Jerram (of the Red Barn); Dora, Rena and Joyce Hissett; Chrissy Hutchinson; Francis, Sibyl, Leah and Eileen Novak.
*Still in the area.
Park Road School District No. 3229
Submitted by Marie Valleau and Doreen Treffry
74-75-76