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Early Records

 

 

Upper Canada Herald January 21 1845

A general public meeting for “School District No. 5 was held in the school house on Lot No. 10 in the 2nd Concession of the Township of Fredericksburgh, in the Midland District in Canada West, on Tuesday the 14th January, when [condensed];

Mr. William Merrill act as Chairman

Mr.  J. Ruttan serve as a Trustee of the school in School District No. 5 for 1845.

Mr. John G. Hough serve as a Trustee for 1845

Mr. John M. Rombough serve as a Trustee for 1845.

The sum of Five pounds subscribed for the purpose of repairing the said school house and of purchasing a good metal stove for the use of the same.”

Other names mentioned:

Jacob W. Wagar, Henry Sharp, John Diamond, Moses Fitchett, George E. Sills.

 

 

 

 

SS 4 Parma building 1930

Sillsville School 1930

 

 

 

 

SS 5 Sillsville Building 1938 ed

S.S. #5 Sillsville 1938

       

 

 

S.S. #5 Sillsville 1965

Duncan Hough in front of schoolhouse

    

 

 

SS 5 Sillsville pre 1900 ed

S.S. #5 Sillsville before 1900

   

 

 

SS 5 Sillsville 1912 ed

S.S. #5 Sillsville before 1912

    

 

 

S.S. #5 Sillsville 1929 Arbour Day

   

 

 

S.S. #5 Sillsville 1930-33 

From left: Agnes Moore, Genevieve Tibbutt, Albert Lloyd, Reggie Webb.

   

 

 

S.S. # 5 Sillsville 1930-33

From left: Reggie Webb, Agnes Moore, Genevieve Tibbutt, Albert Lloyd

    

 

 

S.S. # 5 Sillsville 1930-33

    

 

 

S.S. #5 Sillsville Early 1930s

    

 

 

S.S. #5 Sillsville Early 1930s

   

 

 

S.S. #5 Sillsville Early 1930s

    

 

 

S.S. #5 Sillsville Early 1930s

    

 

 

S.S. #5 Sillsville Early 1930s

 

   

 

S.S. #5 Sillsville Early 1930s

 

   

 

S.S. #5 Sillsville Early 1930s

From left: Jack Moore, Harvey Lloyd, Hilda Creighton, Patricia Sills,

Kathleen Lloyd, Phyllis Hough, Willie Tibbutt.

 

 

 

S.S. #5 Sillsville Early 1930s

   

 

 

S.S. #5 Sillsville Early 1930s

   

 

 

S.S. #5 Sillsville Early 1930s

       

 

 

SS 5 Sillsville 1943a ed

S.S. #5 Sillsville 1943

Back: Bobby Tibbutt, Charles Shewman, John Creighton (on pony).

In front of pony: Billy Young, Beverly Shewman, Clara Lloyd, Donald Shewman, Francis Sharpe.

Front: Harold Tulloch, Jimmie MacLean.

   

 

 

SS 5 Sillsville 1943b ed

S.S. #5 Sillsville 1943

Back Row:  John Creighton, Francis Sharpe, Bobbie Tibbutt, Charles Shewan,

Donald Shewman, Jimmie MacLean. 

Front Row:  Harold Tulloch, Clara Lloyd, Bev. Shewman, Billie Young.

   

 

 

1946 SS5 Sillsville

S.S. #5 Sillsville c1946

Back Row: UNK, John Creighton, Hugh Sharpe, UNK , Joan Sharpe, UNK

Front Row: Bill Elliot, Bill Young, John Elliot, Basil Young, Larry Windover,

Barbara Merritt, Barbara Lloyd, UNK

       

 

 

 

SS 5 Sillsville School  interior 1946 ed

S.S. #5 Sillsville Interior 1946

Clara Lloyd and possibly Billy Young

   

 

 

SS 5 Sillsville 1951 copy 2 ed

S.S. #5 Sillsville 1951

Back Row:  Miss Fern Allen, Jean McFadden, Lorraine Windover, Barbara Lloyd,

Barbara Merritt, Lawrence Windover, Maurice Windover, Cameron Tulloch

 Middle Row: Eleanor May Loyst, Marion Tibbutt, Stanley Loyst, George Young,

Cyril Lloyd, Glenn Merritt, Jimmie Loyst, Sheldon Young.

Front Row: Harry Mattiueu, Donald Mellow, Nava Tulloch, Leona Mellow,

Lucille Mellow, Linda Young, Sharon Young

   

 

 

Promotions & Honour Rolls

South Fredericksburgh S.S. #5  - Sillsville

Publication Date

Teacher

Student Names

Feb 8 1895

F.E. Mellow

 

V Class – Earl R. Hough

IV Class – Mort Lasher, Stewart Clute, Ethel Hough, Garfield Wagar

III Class – Monica McCarten, Eva Clute, Cora Charters, Harvey Benn, Robert Galt, Everton Wagar, Ira Benn

II Class – Blake Sills, John Charters, Escot Benn, Perry Benn, Mark Shewman

P. II – Mamie McCarten, Bertie Charters, Bertram Benn

Pt. I – Nellie Rennie

      

May 10 1895

F.E. Mellow

 

Class V – Earl R. Hough

Class IV – Mortimer Lasher, Ethel M. Hough, Stewart Clute

Class III – Eva Clute, Cora Charters, Monica McCarten, Elmore Wagar, Everton Wagar

Class II – John Charters, Blake Sills, Mark Shewman, Perry Benn

Part 2d – Mamie McCarten, Bertie Charters, Jennie Allison, Bertram Benn

Part 1st – Arthur Galt, Dalton Charters, Nellie Rennie, Roy Robertson

     

Oct 11 1895

F.E. Mellow

 

Class IV – Ethel Hough, Mortimer Lasher, Eva Clute, Monica McCarten

Class III – Cora Charters, John Charters, Mark Shewman, Blake Sills

Class II – Mamie McCarten, Bertie Charters

Part I, Sr. – Nellie Rennie, Dalton Charters, Alma Hough

Part I, Jr. – Roy Robertson, Harold Hough

    

Dec 6 1895

F.E. Mellow

 

Fourth Class – Mortimer Lasher, Ethel Hough, Monica McCarten, Eva Clute

Third Class – Cora Charters, John Charters, Blake Sills, Mark Shewman 

Second Class – Mamie McCarten, Bert Charters

Part Third – Pearl Mellow

Part First Senior – Dalton Charters, Nellie Rennie, Alma Hough

Part First Junior – Harold Hough, Roy Robertson

     

Aug 21 1908

G. Brooks

 

IV Class – Rod Sharpe, Joe Carroll

III Class – Bert Lloyd

II  to III – Henry Amos

Jr. II to Sr. II – Gracie Lasher, Annie Matthews

Pt II to II – Philip Jones, Percy Thompson, Hazel Lloyd

Jr. Pt. II to Sr. – Henry Hoare

Sr. I – Winnie Matthews, Ross Lasher

Jr. I – Allie Lloyd

    

July 9 1920

Jessie Magee

 

Sr. IV – Nellie Thurston, Louis Lloyd

Sr. III – Ralph Lasher, Ivy Lloyd

Jr. III – Leslie Merritt, Mary Mellow, Walter Gilbert, Marion Young,

Charles Gilbert, Helen Lasher, Bert Lloyd, R.J. Lloyd

Sr. II – Marjorie Lloyd

Jr. II – Harold Young

Sr. I – Clifford Lloyd

Jr. I – Florence Gilbert

Sr. Primer – Borden Young, Edna Cranston

Jr. Primer – Fannie Mellow, Flossie Tibbutt

   

Jan 2 1929

I.M. French

 

Fifth Class – Roy Asselstine

Entrance class – Edna Cranston, Florence Gilbert

Jr. IV Class – Donald Hough, Leslie Mellow, Dorothy Sills

Sr. III Class – Genevieve Tibbutt, Reggie Webb, Gladys Lloyd, Albert Lloyd

Sr. II Class – Kathleen Lloyd, William Charters, Willie Tibbutt

Jr. II Class – Patricia Sills, Lulu Roberts

I Class – Hilda Creighton, Harvey Lloyd, Emily Roberts

Sr. Primer Class – Almeda Charters, Delbert Coe

Jr. Primer Class – Ernest Cole, Phyllis Hough, Helen Pollard, Christine Roberts, Arnold Young

     

July 17 1929

Irene M. French

 

Jr. IV to Sr. IV – Donald Hough, Leslie Mellow, Dorothy Sills

Sr. III to Jr. IV – Genevieve Tibbutt, Agnes Moore, Gladys Lloyd,

Reggie Webb, Albert Lloyd

II to Jr. III – Kathleen Lloyd, Patricia Sills, Willie Tibbutt

I to II – Harvey Lloyd, Jack Moore

Pr. To I – Delbert Cole, Phyllis Hough, Arnold Young

Jr. Pr. To Sr. Pr. – Ernest Cole, Christina Moore

    

 

 

Teachers at S.S. 5 South Fredericksburgh

Year

Board Secretary

Teacher

Building

Average

Attendance

Salary

1868

Wesley Hough

1869

Wesley Hough

1870

Wesley Hough

Dec 1888

Maggie Loyst

Dec 1902

--

Miss Ida Johnston

--

--

--

June 1911

Jas. F. Fitchett

Iva Barker

Frame

10

325

June 1912

A.W. Mellow

Edna L. Morrow

Frame

9

325

Nov 1913

Laura M. Mellow [sic]

Laura M. Robertson

Frame

7

360

June 1914

Arthur W. Mellow

Wm. I. Denison

Frame

5

400

Nov 1915

A.W. Mellow

Ada H. Anderson

Frame

8

475

Nov 1916

A.W. Mellow

Wm. B. Hough

Frame

9

500

Nov 1917

A. Mellow

Jessie Magee

Frame

10

600

Nov 1918

Arthur Mellow

Jessie Magee

Frame

12

700

Nov 1919

W.B. Hough

Jessie Magee

Frame

13

700

Nov 1920

W.B. Hough

Maggie Luther

Frame

14

600

Nov 1922

Mrs. Marion Hough

Josie O’Connor

Frame

19

900

Nov 1923

Mrs. Marion Hough

Mary E. Stinson

Frame

19

1000

Nov 1924

D.W. Young

Elsie H. Sayers

Frame

17

900

Nov 1925

D.W. Young

Sarah M. Deys

Frame

17

900

Nov 1926

D.W. Young

Sarah M. Keys

Frame

19

900

Nov 1927

D.W. Young

Irene French

Frame

20

900

Nov 1928

D.W. Young

Irene French

Frame

21

900

Nov 1929

Arthur Mellow

Irene French

Frame

20

900

Nov 1930

Arthur Mellow

Martha Penny

Frame

17

950

Nov 1931

Lachlan MacLean

Martha Penney

Frame

16

900

Nov 1932

Lachlan MacLean

Martha Penney

Frame

16

800

Nov 1934

Lachlan MacLean

Hilda Mae Burley

Frame

19

600

Nov 1935

Lachlan MacLean

Hilda M. Burley

Frame

21

600

Nov 1936

Lachlan MacLean

Fannie E. Mellow

Frame

19

550

Nov 1937

Lachlan MacLean

Fannie R. Mellow

Frame

18

600

Nov 1938

Lachlan MacLean

Fannie Mellow

Frame

18

650

Nov 1939

Lachlan MacLean

Fannie Mellow

Frame

19

650

Nov 1940

W.G. Gilbert

Jean Trumpour

Frame

19

650

Nov 1941

W.G. Gilbert

Jean Y. Trumpour

Frame

--

750

Nov 1942

W.G. Gilbert

Jean Y. Trumpour

Frame

--

900

Nov 1943

W.G. Gilbert

Fraser H. Hogle

Frame

15

1000

Nov 1944

W.G. Gilbert

Mrs. Jessie Wannamaker

Frame

10

1200

Nov 1945

W.G. Gilbert

Mrs. Velma Walmsley

Frame

14

1200

Nov 1946

W.G. Gilbert

Mrs. Velma Walmsley

Stucco

13

1300

Nov 1947

W.G. Gilbert

Mrs. Mary Goodspeed

Stucco

15

1500

Nov 1948

W.G. Gilbert

Wilda Berndt

Stucco

13

1500

Nov 1949

W.G. Gilbert

Wilda P. Berndt

Stucco

--

1700

Nov 1950

W.G. Gilbert

Wilda Berndt

Stucco

19

1800

Nov 1951

W.G. Gilbert

Fern L. Allen

Stucco

22

2000

Nov 1952

W.G. Gilbert

Grace Milligan

Stucco

--

2000

Nov 1953

W.G. Gilbert

Mrs. Clara Macklin

Stucco

--

2200

Nov 1954

W.G. Gilbert

Mrs. Vera B. Trousdale

Stucco

--

2300

Nov 1955

W.G. Gilbert

Mrs. Erma Craven

Stucco

--

2400

Nov 1956

W.G. Gilbert

Eleanor Baker

Stucco

--

2500

Nov 1957

W.G. Gilbert

Shirley I. Purcell

Stucco

27

2400

Nov 1958

W.G. Gilbert

Anne F. Stewart

Stucco

23

2900

Nov 1962

W.G. Gilbert

Vincent A. Lazure

Stucco

26

3500

Nov 1963

W.G. Gilbert

Mrs. Betty M. Miller

Stucco

33

3800

1964

CLOSED – Students transferred to Sandhurst Public School

 

 

 

1942 Dec 22 Whig Sillsville Xmas program

Dec 22 1942

 

 

 

 

 

 

                                                                                                                                                                                          

 

 

 

 

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