Merton School, S.S. #15, ca 1910-1912
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- The daughters of Herbert Inglehart were: centre-Jean Inglehart wearing a white shirt under the yellow spot, and, at the right end of the first row, standing, is Ruth Baldwin Inglehart in a dark dress.
Merton school S.S.#15 was first a log building. A brick one was built in 1857 that was demolished to make way for the Queen Elizabeth highway, and third school was built in 1923 that closed in 1958 when the new Palermo Public School on Old Bronte Road was opened.
The school was active in the life of the community with literary and drama clubs, and an active Home and School Association.
Sir Thomas White who was Canada's finance minister during World War I and was acting Prime Minister when Borden attended the 1919 Paris Peace Conference had been a student at S.S. #15.
Dr. A.H. Speers who became Medical Officer of Health for Burlington also attended the school at Merton. - Notes
- The Merton area (Lots 26-35 2SDS Trafalgar) was settled as early as 1810. The first settlers were David Utter, Joseph Smith, William Bates, Cornelius Tipps and Henry Cale. The community adopted the name "Merton" when the post office opened in 1852. The name was likely chosen to commemorate the battle of Trafalgar and Lord Nelson as other local villages had chosen Bronte and Palermo. The post office remained open until 1917 when it was replaced by rural mail service from Bronte.
Merton boundaries were present day Burloak Drive to 3rd Line, the railway tracks near Lake Ontario north to Upper Middle Road. The intersection of Bronte Road (originally called Station Road) and the Queen Elizabeth Way (formerly Lower Middle Road) was the centre of the Merton area. - Subject(s)
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- Trafalgar Township Historical Society
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Ontario, Canada
Latitude: 43.4263500286665 Longitude: -79.8145156933593
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- Merton School, S.S. #15, ca 1910-1912
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Trafalgar Township Historical Society Sponsor: Jeff Knoll, Local & Regional Councillor for Oakville Ward 5 – Town of Oakville/Regional Municipality of Halton
