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JuncllMt Page GEORGETOWNS PAST II 1 1MEIIOLSF SCHOOL Education has made progress In I91C Lillian Eaton of earned a J ear as school teacher and thought it wis hood motley As far as education system is wt ve cornea long way in 1B4B when the first classes were held in mo rcnled rooms of a frame house in the support education Therewirc no taxes Townsfolk just in enough money to hire in ir rent building Only after when gem of legislation wis passed insuring that schools would be government subsidised did institutions of learning change fr pm to public room schools were literally that No home rooms or gyms or science labs or No PA systems or swimming pools or lid equipment No plumbing wcrcntoen any textbooks at first formal school in Georgetown in tile of the old Town Hall below the lunullor me ling place The Old Maids School of the 1650s on from the Congregational consisted of long desks and lunches llui not enough of them SoniL students had stand four or five shared a si chalk A fir try from double and well sineked libraries win the rules Children used to do what they were told question remembered Mrs Eaton No wonder Contemporary dare Pioneer children dare a for tear of being hit Miss of Old schools a whiz wdh the hickory slick During her time a on at the northeast end of town In 1911 it was demolished but he bricks were saved to use In the construction of the Martin and Wilson homes Nothing was wasted back then even lime There were no extra auricular Walking miles to school in the morning was a field trip in itself There was no time for clubs a tier classes children had to hurry home to help with thechores recreational pari of the basic 3 curriculum was singing w a music buff- Jamen -AaokcBHidbe- to Hall School kids in the Another notable cither was Yarmouth England he as rector of St Anglican Church and opened a private school near Ihi North iotf and Club To prepare for University he held from J to weekdays ind from im lollim Saturdays Though fiw timed past ide school elementary I isstsiontinuid their Dunne the HMOs Miss Wright led junior lasses in he conned chambers of the Town Hall while instructed the seniors downstairs shelves of dog cored vet precious library books wis necessary in 18B9 when four room building on Slrect became Public School Alex Campbell of the original teachers pupils bring firewood from home heat school todays kids that class rooms on not When Campbell was joined by teachers Tom George in the laic there were That close to loda liaeher In Chapel Public School saw j Mr as its first principal of in thi Anolher m Georgetown was establishment of first District School As first hired in Mir M Clark t Longman notorious Two ears est iblishmcn of il high school it was replaced by a new two on where CDUS exists now It modern A lab and indoor washrooms were added by 1914 Two new wings wen built before lM when the entire building was demolished to make way for he oldest of GDlib kids attend today Since then parking new wings hive been necessary to accommodate George town growing population only have facilities been improved but philosophies of education have continually needed revision to update system In step with changing limes Yes with coed baseball PIONEER DAY SAVINGS Old Fashioned Price But The Latest In Hairstyling Fashion At SHAMPOO CUT BLOW DRY SUPER SIDEWALK SALE baby Camerons jPashions 61 and 65 Main St S Downtown Georgetown 8772981