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This School Trustees Seal is from the Petersville Consolidated School District. Trustees were responsible for contracting teachers and supervising their instruction. They were also charged with raising funds for books and making repairs to the structures.

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Petersville School, 1952
1952
Petersville

Credits:
Base Gagetown Community History Association

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The Petersville School was built to hold 50 children and serve the entire community. As it happened, there were five families with ten children each!

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North Clones School, 1952
1952
North Clones

Credits:
Base Gagetown Community History Association

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The school at North Clones is similar in design to the Summer Hill school and was probably built about the same time. The large and airy windows must have provided waves of natural light and some heat during the cool days of fall. The winter supply of fire wood appears in this photo.

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Enniskillen School, 1952
1952
Enniskillen

Credits:
Base Gagetown Community History Association

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The Enniskillen School was the usual one room school house serving grades one to eight. Students walked a good distance to attend, and in the winter were warmed by the wood stove.

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Class Photograph, about 1952 Enniskillen School
1952
Enniskillen

Credits:
Queens County Museum Collection

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Enniskillen School class of 1952-53
Back Row: Doreen McCann, Judy Hasson, Nancy Mallette
3rd Row: George Shannon, Theresa Simpson, Irene Keegan, Evelyn McCarthy
2nd Row: Bobby Butler, Morris Murray, Joey Simpson, Ralph Murray, Francis Simpson
1st Row: Rose Mary Mallette, Cedric McCann, Shirley Shannon, Maureen Keegan

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Tweedsmuir School, 1952
1952
Tweedsmuir

Credits:
Base Gagetown Community History Association

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Tweedsmuir was located in Sunbury County, two miles south of the present community of Geary, and was home to approximately 53 families.

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Lauvina School, 1952
1952
Lauvina

Credits:
Base Gagetown Community History Association

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Lauvina was a community near Geary, Sunbury County, and the location for this large school building.

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Many gifted and capable individuals got their start in these small one room country schools and went on to do important work in education, medicine, the military, industry and commerce.