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Coppsville/Clarksville aka CHALK RIVER
04 - The Schools
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serv.focus(); } //--> </script> </head> <body leftmargin="0" topmargin="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0"> <div id="stChild"> <div class="sc" id="sc1"> <h4 class="float-left">1</h4> <span class="cmStoryLineText"> Area Schools<br /> <br /> It would appear that education progressed fairly well in the Pioneer days. A one room log school house was located on what is now known as Woermke Road behind the Forestry Headquarters on the far side of Corry Lake. This was in McKay Township. This dated back from 1883 to 1905 at which time the Department of National Defence bought up this property for training purposes. Except for children from the village itself, children from a four mile radius would have attended this school.<br /> <br /> In the Clarksville section of Chalk River, south of the railway yard, at the site where the Anglican Church was later built, a one room log school house was built in 1884 for the price of $400.00. At first it housed 50 pupils and later 70 pupils attended. This building was later dismantled and a stable built from it at the Primeau farm . Near the same site a new two story school building housing two classrooms was erected in 1899 at a cost of $1,400.00. This school and its predecessor were known as School Section No. 1 Buchanan. A Miss Frier was the teacher in the old school and a Miss Tuffy and a Miss Sadler were teachers in the new S.S.#1 Buchanan.<br /> <br /> In 1923-24 a new school, SS#3 Buchanan, was built on the East side of the railway yard. It consisted of 4 rooms and later expanded to 6 rooms. In SS#3, pupils received their Junior Matriculation , (Grade 12) and had to go to Pembroke for the Senior Matriculation (Grade 13).<br /> <br /> Due to amalgamation of rural schools in 1965-66, and because extensive repairs were needed to S.S.#3, the public school children were transported by buss to Deep River. The separate school which was operation by this time remained open in a school building constructed behind the Catholic Church in 1946. </span> </div> <div class="sc" id="sc2"> <h4 class="float-right">2</h4> <span class="cmStoryLineText"> In the Clarksville section of Chalk River, south of the railway yard, at the site where the Anglican Church was later built, a one room log school house was built in 1884 for the price of $400.00. At first it housed 50 pupils and later 70 pupils attended. This building was later dismantled and a stable built from it at the Primeau farm . Near the same site a new two story school building housing two classrooms was erected in 1899 at a cost of $1,400.00. This school and its predecessor were known as School Section No. 1 Buchanan. A Miss Frier was the teacher in the old school and a Miss Tuffy and a Miss Sadler were teachers in the new S.S.#1 Buchanan.<br /> <br /> In 1923-24 a new school, SS#3 Buchanan, was built on the East side of the railway yard. It consisted of 4 rooms and later expanded to 6 rooms. In SS#3, pupils received their Junior Matriculation , (Grade 12) and had to go to Pembroke for the Senior Matriculation (Grade 13).<br /> <br /> Due to amalgamation of rural schools in 1965-66, and because extensive repairs were needed to S.S.#3, the public school children were transported by buss to Deep River. The separate school which was operation by this time remained open in a school building constructed behind the Catholic Church in 1946. </span> </div> <div class="sc" id="sc3"> <h4 class="float-left">3</h4> <span class="cmStoryLine"> Woermke Hill School<br />1885<br /> Ottawa Valley, Ontario, Canada<br /> </span> <div align="left"><A HREF="javascript:;" onClick="remWin('CM_V2_Apps/ui/remWindow.php?remID=122801&remP=%2Fsgc-cms%2Fhistoires_de_chez_nous-community_stories%2Fhdcn-cm%2FADYF%2F0002%2Ftext%2F&remEx=Coppsville%2FClarksville+aka+CHALK+RIVER&lg=English');" onMouseOut="MM_swapImgRestore()" onMouseOver="MM_swapImage('textIcon_3_1','','English/CommunityMemories2/cm_images/text_over.gif',1)"><img src="English/CommunityMemories2/cm_images/text_off.gif" alt="TEXT ATTACHMENT" name="textIcon_3_1" width="28" height="28" style="border:none;"></A></div> <span class="cmStoryLineText"> </span> <br /> <br /> <a href="#3" onClick="window.open('pm_v2.php?id=display_original&lg=English&fl=0&rd=243269','CM', 'toolbar=no,location=no,directories=no,status=no,menubar=no,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,copyhistory=no,width=800,height=589')"><span class="topNavWhite"><img src="CommunityMemories2/ADYF/0002/image/storycard/ADYF00020011.jpg" ></span></a> </div> <div class="sc" id="sc4"> <h4 class="float-right">4</h4> <span class="cmStoryLineText"> The Woermke Hill School in what is now the Forestry preserve. The road on which it stood is still called Schoolhouse Road. Mrs Malcolm McDonald was one of the last teachers. The school was not used after 1910. </span> </div> <div class="sc" id="sc5"> <h4 class="float-left">5</h4> <span class="cmStoryLine"> Chalk River's first school<br />1896<br /> Chalk River, Ontario, Canada<br /> </span> <div align="left"><A HREF="javascript:;" onClick="remWin('CM_V2_Apps/ui/remWindow.php?remID=122802&remP=%2Fsgc-cms%2Fhistoires_de_chez_nous-community_stories%2Fhdcn-cm%2FADYF%2F0002%2Ftext%2F&remEx=Coppsville%2FClarksville+aka+CHALK+RIVER&lg=English');" onMouseOut="MM_swapImgRestore()" onMouseOver="MM_swapImage('textIcon_5_1','','English/CommunityMemories2/cm_images/text_over.gif',1)"><img src="English/CommunityMemories2/cm_images/text_off.gif" alt="TEXT ATTACHMENT" name="textIcon_5_1" width="28" height="28" style="border:none;"></A></div> <span class="cmStoryLineText"> </span> <br /> <br /> <a href="#5" onClick="window.open('pm_v2.php?id=display_original&lg=English&fl=0&rd=243270','CM', 'toolbar=no,location=no,directories=no,status=no,menubar=no,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,copyhistory=no,width=800,height=600')"><span class="topNavWhite"><img src="CommunityMemories2/ADYF/0002/image/storycard/ADYF00020012.jpg" ></span></a> </div> <div class="sc" id="sc6"> <h4 class="float-right">6</h4> <span class="cmStoryLineText"> In the Clarksville section of Chalk River, south of the railway yard, at the site where the Anglican Church was later built, a one room log school house was built in 1884 for the price of $400.00. At first it housed 50 pupils and later 70 pupils attended. This building was later dismantled and a stable built from it at the Primeau farm </span> </div> <div class="sc" id="sc7"> <h4 class="float-left">7</h4> <span class="cmStoryLine"> Second Public School building<br />1920<br /> Chalk River, Ontario, Canada<br /> </span> <div align="left"><A HREF="javascript:;" onClick="remWin('CM_V2_Apps/ui/remWindow.php?remID=122817&remP=%2Fsgc-cms%2Fhistoires_de_chez_nous-community_stories%2Fhdcn-cm%2FADYF%2F0002%2Ftext%2F&remEx=Coppsville%2FClarksville+aka+CHALK+RIVER&lg=English');" onMouseOut="MM_swapImgRestore()" onMouseOver="MM_swapImage('textIcon_7_1','','English/CommunityMemories2/cm_images/text_over.gif',1)"><img src="English/CommunityMemories2/cm_images/text_off.gif" alt="TEXT ATTACHMENT" name="textIcon_7_1" width="28" height="28" style="border:none;"></A></div> <span class="cmStoryLineText"> </span> <br /> <br /> <a href="#7" onClick="window.open('pm_v2.php?id=display_original&lg=English&fl=0&rd=243292','CM', 'toolbar=no,location=no,directories=no,status=no,menubar=no,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,copyhistory=no,width=800,height=600')"><span class="topNavWhite"><img src="CommunityMemories2/ADYF/0002/image/storycard/ADYF0002002c.jpg" ></span></a> </div> <div class="sc" id="sc8"> <h4 class="float-right">8</h4> <span class="cmStoryLineText"> Near the same site a new two story school building housing two classrooms was erected in 1899 at a cost of $1,400.00. This school and its predecessor were known as School Section No. 1 Buchanan. A Miss Frier was the teacher in the old school and a Miss Tuffy and a Miss Sadler were teachers in the new S.S.#1 Buchanan. </span> </div> <div class="sc" id="sc9"> <h4 class="float-left">9</h4> <span class="cmStoryLine"> Interior if Chalk River's 2nd Public School Building<br />1920<br /> Chalk River, Ontario, Canada<br /> </span> <div align="left"><A HREF="javascript:;" onClick="remWin('CM_V2_Apps/ui/remWindow.php?remID=122818&remP=%2Fmedia%2Fhdcn-cm%2FADYF%2F0002%2Faudio%2FADYF0002002e.asf&remEx=Coppsville%2FClarksville+aka+CHALK+RIVER&lg=English');" onMouseOut="MM_swapImgRestore()" onMouseOver="MM_swapImage('audioIcon_9_1','','English/CommunityMemories2/cm_images/audio_over.gif',1)"><img src="English/CommunityMemories2/cm_images/audio_off.gif" alt="AUDIO ATTACHMENT" name="audioIcon_9_1" width="28" height="28" style="border:none;"></A></div> <span class="cmStoryLineText"> </span> <br /> <br /> <a href="#9" onClick="window.open('pm_v2.php?id=display_original&lg=English&fl=0&rd=243293','CM', 'toolbar=no,location=no,directories=no,status=no,menubar=no,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,copyhistory=no,width=630,height=600')"><span class="topNavWhite"><img src="CommunityMemories2/ADYF/0002/image/storycard/ADYF0002002d.jpg" ></span></a> </div> <div class="sc" id="sc10"> <h4 class="float-right">10</h4> <span class="cmStoryLineText"> These pictures show the interior of the two story frame schoolhouse<br /> <br /> Audio Text: That's a picture of a school teacher Mr Lukas, who was the teacher in the old school about 1920. It was located at Jack Kellow's property on Main Street in chalk River. </span> </div> <div class="sc" id="sc11"> <h4 class="float-left">11</h4> <span class="cmStoryLine"> S.S. 3 Buchanan<br />1999<br /> Chalk River, Ontario, Canada<br /> </span> <div align="left"><A HREF="javascript:;" onClick="remWin('CM_V2_Apps/ui/remWindow.php?remID=122913&remP=%2Fsgc-cms%2Fhistoires_de_chez_nous-community_stories%2Fhdcn-cm%2FADYF%2F0002%2Ftext%2F&remEx=Coppsville%2FClarksville+aka+CHALK+RIVER&lg=English');" onMouseOut="MM_swapImgRestore()" onMouseOver="MM_swapImage('textIcon_11_1','','English/CommunityMemories2/cm_images/text_over.gif',1)"><img src="English/CommunityMemories2/cm_images/text_off.gif" alt="TEXT ATTACHMENT" name="textIcon_11_1" width="28" height="28" style="border:none;"></A></div> <span class="cmStoryLineText"> </span> <br /> <br /> <a href="#11" onClick="window.open('pm_v2.php?id=display_original&lg=English&fl=0&rd=243403','CM', 'toolbar=no,location=no,directories=no,status=no,menubar=no,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,copyhistory=no,width=666,height=600')"><span class="topNavWhite"><img src="CommunityMemories2/ADYF/0002/image/storycard/ADYF000200b8.jpg" ></span></a> </div> <div class="sc" id="sc12"> <h4 class="float-right">12</h4> <span class="cmStoryLineText"> In 1923-24 a new school, SS#3 Buchanan, was built on the East side of the railway yard. It consisted of 4 rooms and later expanded to 6 rooms. In SS#3, pupils received their Junior Matriculation , (Grade 12) and had to go to Pembroke for the Senior Matriculation (Grade 13).<br /> <br /> Due to amalgamation of rural schools in 1965-66, and because extensive repairs were needed to S.S.#3, the public school children were transported by bus to Deep River.<br /> <br /> The lower picture shows former students gathered to say goodby to their school as it was being demolished. </span> </div> <div class="sc" id="sc13"> <h4 class="float-left">13</h4> <span class="cmStoryLine"> Chalk River boys and Girls<br />1911<br /> Chalk River, Ontario, Canada<br /> </span> <span class="cmStoryLineText"> </span> <br /> <br /> <a href="#13" onClick="window.open('pm_v2.php?id=display_original&lg=English&fl=0&rd=243274','CM', 'toolbar=no,location=no,directories=no,status=no,menubar=no,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,copyhistory=no,width=800,height=600')"><span class="topNavWhite"><img src="CommunityMemories2/ADYF/0002/image/storycard/ADYF00020016.jpg" ></span></a> </div> <div class="sc" id="sc14"> <h4 class="float-right">14</h4> <span class="cmStoryLineText"> Chalk River Boys and Girls of 1911 </span> </div> <table id="scNav"><tr> <td width="172" style="text-align:left;"><a href="pm_v2.php?id=story_line_child&fl=&lg=English&ex=00000311&sl=9146&pos=1&scpos=1" id="scJumpFirst" class="scLink"><img src="English/CommunityMemories2/cm_images/sc_start.gif" width="10" height="9" /></a></td> <td width="170" style="text-align:right;"><a href="javascript:;" onClick="flip(this.id, 0, 1, 27);" id="scPrev" class="scLink"><img src="English/CommunityMemories2/cm_images/sc_prev.gif" width="9" height="9"></a><a href="pm_v2.php?id=story_line_child&fl=&lg=English&ex=00000311&sl=9146&pos=1&scpos=0" id="scJumpPrev" class="scLink"><img src="English/CommunityMemories2/cm_images/sc_prev.gif" width="9" height="9" /></a></td> <td width="174" style="text-align:left;"><a href="javascript:;" onClick="flip(this.id, 0, 1, 27);" id="scNext" class="scLink"><img src="English/CommunityMemories2/cm_images/sc_next.gif" width="9" height="9"></a><a href="pm_v2.php?id=story_line_child&fl=&lg=English&ex=00000311&sl=9146&pos=14&scpos=1" id="scJumpNext" class="scLink"><img src="English/CommunityMemories2/cm_images/sc_next.gif" width="9" height="9" /></a></td> <td width="172" style="text-align:right;"><a href="pm_v2.php?id=story_line_child&fl=&lg=English&ex=00000311&sl=9146&pos=26&scpos=1" id="scJumpLast" class="scLink"><img src="English/CommunityMemories2/cm_images/sc_last.gif" width="10" height="9" /></a></td> </tr> </table> </div> <div class="scSplit" id="scSplit" /> </body> <script type="text/javascript" language="javascript"> var scCount = 14; var scShowing = []; flip("scPos", 1, 1, 27); </script>
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