South Fredericksburgh S.S. 2 Sandhurst School

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Some Early Records

January 1847

Upper Canada Land Petitions

Trustees and Inhabitants of School Section No. 2 Fredericksburgh

No. 21, 22, 23 & 24, South of George Street, Fredericksburgh

To His Excellency Lieutenant General The Right Honourable Charles Murray - Earl Cathcart of Cathcart, Governor

General of the province of Canada &c &c &c

The Memorial of the Trustees, and inhabitants of school section No. two in the Township of Fredericksburgh in the Midland District of said province most respectfully representeth That your Memorialists have at a considerable expense, erected a school house on lands known as the village of Fredericksburgh, in which they have kept a School constantly open under the superintendence of a qualified Teacher for several years, which lands being now open for sale, induces your Memorialists to pray that a grant of Lots Number twenty one, twenty two, twenty three and twenty four, South of George Street may be made to the Municipal Council of this District for the use of the school as above stated, being the lands whereon the school is erected and which have been occupied solely for school purposes for upwards of thirty years

and as in duty bound will ever pray

Fredericksburgh Jany 27^th 1847

[Signed]

Alexdr. Hoskins } Trustees of School section No. two

Thos.^. Downey } "

Robert Rennie } "

Elijah R Parks

Moses Foster

Thos. Neilson

Samuel Wiseman

James Silliman

Joseph Wiseman

Joseph Gunsolus

Lots 21 and 22 (each ¾ of an acre) were approved in Council March 5^th, 1847.

1847 Signatures

1852 Dec 16 KDN Teacher Wanted SS2 SF

Dec 11 1852, Kingston Daily News

Sandhurst School Building

1989

S.S.# 2 Sandhurst 1900

Top: Nell Downey, Mabel Hurlburt, Margaret Wright, Roy Fleming (T)

Middle: Maude Galloway, Kate Ruttan, Pearl Mellow, Anne Galloway,

Blanche Peters, Molly Carroll, Mabel Peters, Mary Ann Francis,

Agnes Carroll, Bert Morrow, Archie Wright, Dick Ruttan, Ralph Sills.

Front: - Maude Carroll, Jessie Wright, Edna Beaubien, Vera Wakeford,

Della Ruttan, Edna Morrow, Neilson Ruttan, Harold Sills, Harold Wright,

Arthur Francis, Arthur Carroll, Earl Galloway.

S.S. # 2 Sandhurst 1908

Top Row: Egerton Boyce, Tommy Ruttan, Clarence Young, Fred Wright,

Gerald Wright, Miss Josephine Dennee (T), Cora Morrow, Ida Hill, Ione Young,

Queenie Reid, Kathleen Wright, Grace Danford,

Bottom Row: Sam Arness, Kenneth Morrow, Kenneth Hill, Percy Hatchett, John Morrow.

S.S.# 2 Sandhurst 1912

Back: Jim Carroll, Ida Hill (Miss I.W. Huffman?), Ione Young, Kathleen Wright, Clarence Young

Middle: Harry Tompkins, Kenneth Hill, Mabel Tompkins, Sam Amos,

Percy Tompkins, Kenneth Morrow, Lena Tompkins, Edith Morrow, Tom Ruttan.

Front: Leonard Mellow, Ben Ruttan, Ernest Young, Harry Burns, Percy Merritt,

Ruth Wright, Anne Burns, Dorothy Merritt

Note on reverse side of photo: "Maurice Young, Archie Tompkins, Edna Ruttan had gone home."

S.S.# 2 Sandhurst 1915

Students not identified, but Maurice Young is among them.

S.S.# 2 Sandhurst 1918

Students not identified, but Maurice Young is among them.

S.S. # 2 Sandhurst 1931-32

Back: Helen Wright, Evelyn Ackerman, Elizabeth Wright,

Marion Whitfield, Marion Wright, Jessie Punchard

Middle: Alice Saunders, Ruth Saunders, Ila Carroll.

Front: Helen George, Joan Punchard

S.S. #2 Sandhurst 1931-32 Girls

From Left: Marion Whitfield, Marion Wright, Elizabeth Wright, Helen Wright,

Jessie Punchard, Ila Carroll, Ruth Saunders, Alice Saunders, Joan Punchard, Mary George.

S.S. # 2 Sandhurst 1931-32

Back Row: Jessie Punchard, Evelyn Ackerman, Helen Wright, Elizabeth Wright,

Fred Punchard, Marion Wright, Marion Whitfield, Lorne Brown.

Middle Row: Johnnie Punchard, Ila Carroll, Ruth Saunders,

Alice Saunders, John Pyke, Hugh Pyke.

Front Row: Jack Shelley, Joan Punchard, Helen George,

Charlie Shelley, -- George, Perry Pyke

S.S. # 2 Sandhurst Girls 1933

Back Row: Ila Carroll, Marion Whitfield, Elizabeth Wright, Lucetta Brooks,

Alice Saunders, Helen Wright, Evelyn Ackerman, Ruth Saunders, Marion Wright.

Front Row: Mary George, Helen George, Phyllis Pyke.

S.S. # 2 Sandhurst 1933

Back Row: Harold Brooks, Helen Wright, Elizabeth Wright, Lucetta Brooks,

Evelyn Ackerman, Marion Whitfield, UNK

Third Row: Harold Ackerman, Ruth Saunders, Alice Saunders.

Second Row: Charlie Shelley, UNK , UNK, John Pyke.

Front Row: Mary George, Phyllis Pyke, Herbert Saunders, Lois Wright,

Helen George, Jimmie Shelley

S.S. #2 Sandhurst 1934

Top Row: Mildred Roblin (T), Ila Carroll, Marion Whitfield.

Middle Row: Charlie Shelley, Wanda Hawley, Gwendolyn Hill, Betty Gurren, Lois Wright, Jim Shelley.

Front Row: Harold Ackerman, Ellis George, Alan Wright, Charlie Moore,

Sam Shelley, Jack Shelley, Robert Moore.

Promotions & Honour Rolls

South Fredericksburgh S.S. #2 - Sandhurst

Publication Date

Teacher

Student Names

Feb 6 1914

Edna L. Morrow

IV Class – Kenneth Morrow, Mabel Tompkins, James Carroll

III Class – Harry Tompkins, Edith Morrow, Percy Tompkins, Percy Merritt, Kenneth Hill, Lena Tompkins

II Class Sr. – Ernest Young, Dorothy Merritt, Margaret Oliver, Ruth Wright

II Class Jr. – Leonard Mellow, Anna Burns, Harry Burns, Beatrice Burden

Primary – Archie Tompkins, Maurice Young

Apr 28 1916

Mary McMullen

IV Class – Edith Morrow, Lena Tompkins, Harry Tompkins

III Class – Leonard Mellow, Anna Burns, Harry Burns

II Class – Maurice Young, Edwin Galloway, Archie Tompkins

I Class – Norman Bartlett

Primary to First – Edwin Burns, Mary Whitfield, Ruth Miller, Oswald Burns, Mary Phippen, Wilmot Ruttan

Primary Class – Donald Wright, Wilfred Tompkins

Dec 17 1920

[teacher not given]

Sr. IV Class – Mary Whitfield, Donald Wright

Jr. IV Class – Lorne Reid, Wilmot Ruttan, Mary Phippen, Mary Hill

Jr. III Class – Helen Sills, Nellie Graham

Primary, Sr. – Florence Stirling, Elizabeth Sills, Reta Brown, Frances Wright

Primary Jr. – Arthur Whitfield

Apr 6 1923

Josephine M. Dennee

Sr. IV – Mary Phippen, Wilmot Ruttan, Nellie Graham, Helen Sills

Sr. III – Francis Wright, Elizabeth Sills

Jr. II – Arthur Whitfield

Sr. Primary – Margaret Wright, Lawrence Henderson

Apr 10 1928

Elsie E. Magee

Jr. IV – Margaret Wright, Arthur Whitfield

Sr. III – Ada Tuckett, Clara Brown, Willie Graham

Jr. III – Arthur Hill, Josephine Quaiff

Sr. II – Thora Tuckett, Laura Punchard

Jr. II – Fred Punchard, Lillian Graham

First – Evelyn Ackerman, Jessie Punchard, Vera Plant

July 4 1928

Elsie E. Magee

Jr. IV to Sr. IV – Margaret Wright, Arthur Whitfield

Sr. III to Jr. IV – Ada Tucker, Clara Brown, Willie Graham

Jr. III to Sr. III – Arthur Hill, Josephine Quaiff

Sr. II to Jr. III – Thora Tuckett, Laura Punchard

Jr. II to Sr. II – Fred Punchard, Lillian Graham

Sr. I to Jr. II – Evelyn Ackerman, Jessie Punchard

Sr. I – Vera Plant

Primer – Lorne Brown, Ruby Tuckett, Elizabeth Wright, Helen Wright,

Marion Wright

Dec 20 1928

Elsie E. Magee

Sr. IV – Margaret Wright

Jr. IV – Clara Brown, Ada Tuckett, Arthur Whitfield

Sr. III – Arthur Hill, Josephine Quaiff

Jr. III – Laura Punchard, Thora Tuckett

Sr. II – Fred Punchard, Lillian Graham

Jr. II – Evelyn Ackerman, Jessie Punchard

I – Vera Plant

Sr. Primer – Lorne Brown, Marion Wright, Ruby Tuckett, Helen Wright, Elizabeth Wright

Jr. Primer – Marion Whitfield

July 3 1929

Elsie E. Magee

Jr. IV to Sr. IV – Ada Tuckett, Clara Brown

Sr. III to Jr. IV – Arthur Hill, Josephine Quaiff

Jr. III to Sr. III – Thora Tuckett

II to Jr. III – Fred Punchard

II – Evelyn Ackerman, Jessie Punchard, Vera Plant

I to II – Marion Wright, Ruby Tuckett, Elizabeth Wright, Lorne Brown,

Helen Wright

Pr. To I – Marion Whitfield

Jr. Pr. – John Punchard

Apr 23 1930

Elsie Magee

Senior IV – Clara Brown

Junior IV – Josephine Quaiff

Junior III – Evelyn Ackerman, Fred Punchard

Senior II – Helen Wright, Elizabeth Wright, Marion Wright, Lorne Brown, Jessie Punchard

Junior II – Marion Whitfield

Class I – Ida Carroll, John Punchard

July 9 1930

Elsie E. Magee

Junior IV to Senior IV – Josephine Quaiff

Junior III to Senior III – Evelyn Ackerman, Fred Punchard

Senior II to Junior II – Elizabeth Wright, Helen Wright, Lorne Brown, Marian Wright, Jessie Punchard

Junior II to Senior II – Marian Whitfield, Perry Pyke, John Pyke, Hugh Pyke

Junior I to Senior I – Ila Carroll, John Punchard

July 12 1932

[teacher not given]

Jr. IV to Sr. IV – Evelyn Ackerman, Fred Punchard

Sr. III to Jr. IV – Lorne Brown, Jessie Punchard, Elizabeth Wright, Helen Wright, Marion Wright

Jr. III to Sr. III – Harold Brooks, John Pyke, Perry Pyke, Marion Whitfield

Sr. II to Jr. III – Ila Carroll, John Punchard, Alice Sanders, Ruth Sanders

I to II – William George

Pr. To I – Helen George, Joan Punchard, Charlie Shelley, Jimmie Shelley

Beginners – Muriel George, Phyllis Pyke

Jan 17 1934

S.M. Keys

Form V – Evelyn Ackerman

Form IV Sr. – Elizabeth Wright, Helen Wright, Marion Wright, Lucetta Brooks, Lorne Brown

Form IV Jr. – Perry Pyke, Marion Whitfield, Harold Brooks, John Pyke

Form III Sr. – Ila Carroll, Hugh Pyke

Form III Jr. – Alice Saunders, Ruth Saunders

Form II – William George, Helen George, Ellis Wilson, Charles Shelley,

James Shelley

Form I – Harold Ackerman, Herbert Sanders, Phyllis Pyke, Muriel George.

SS2 Inspectors Report sm

Inspector’s Report for 1939

S.S. #2 Sandhurst – Teacher Mrs. Gertrude Clancy

Teachers at S.S. 2 South Fredericksburgh
Year	Board Secretary	Teacher	Building	Average Attendance	Salary
June 1911	F.H. Young	Florence M. Patterson	Frame	15	400
June 1912	F.G. Young	Irene Huffman	“	18	575
Nov 1913	F.G. Young	Irene W. Huffman	“	18	600
June 1914	F.G. Young	Edna Morrow	“	17	500
Nov 1915	A.F. Miller	Mary L. McMullen	“	18	500
Nov 1916	A.F. Miller	Vera Ball	“	7	575
Nov 1917	Alfred Miller	Josephine Dennee	“	15	600
Nov 1918	Alfred Miller	Josephine Dennee	“	12	650
Nov 1919	Robert Wright	Josephine Dennee	“	8	700
Nov 1920	Robert Wright	Josephine Dennee	“	8	1000
Nov 1922	Robert Wright	Josephine Dennee	“	13	1000
Nov 1923	Robert Wright	Viola Craven	“	10	1000
Nov 1924	Robert Wright	Alma V. Curtis	“	10	1000
Nov 1925	R.O. Cadman	Kathleen Perry	“	13	1000
Nov 1926	R.O. Cadman	Kathleen Perry	“	13	1000
Nov 1927	R.O. Cadman	Elsie Magee	“	11	1000
Nov 1928	R.O. Cadman	Elsie Magee	“	11	1000
Nov 1929	R.O. Cadman	Elsie Magee	“	14	1000
Nov 1930	R.O. Cadman	Elsie Magee	“	14	1000
Nov 1931	R.O. Cadman	Marjorie Keys	“	13	900
Nov 1932	Wm. J. Ham	Marjorie Keys	“	16	750
Nov 1934	Wm. J. Ham	Mildred E.J. Rikley	“	22	575
Nov 1935	Wm. J. Ham	Mildred J. Rikley	‘	23	575
Nov 1936	Wm. J. Ham	Mildred J. Rikley	“	16	600
Nov 1937	Wm. J. Ham	Mildred J. Rikley	“	15	600
Nov 1938	Wm. J. Ham	Gertrude Henderson	“	23	600
Nov 1939	Wm. J. Ham	Gertrude Clancy (nee Henderson)	‘	18	650
Nov 1940	W.G. Gilbert	Fannie Mellow	“	14	650
Nov 1941	W.G. Gilbert	Fannie E. Mellow	“	--	750
Nov 1942	W.G. Gilbert	Fannie E. Mellow	“	--	900
Nov 1943	W.G. Gilbert	Mrs. Fannie Morrow	“	11	1000
Nov 1944	W.G. Gilbert	Gertrude E. Gray	“	10	1200
Nov 1945	W.G. Gilbert	Gertrude Gray	“	10	1200
Nov 1946	W.G. Gilbert	Mrs. Mary Claringbold	“	9	1300
Nov 1947	W.G. Gilbert	CLOSED – Pupils to #1 (South Fred; Conway)