 |  Valecrest School District # 5065 Location SW Section 6- Township 44- Range 14 West of the 2nd meridian near Golburn CP siding SE Section 6- Township 44- Range 14-West of the 2nd meridian Golburn Valley post office SW 4 44 14 W2 Valecrest schoolhouse built 1934 and closed following the school term in 1963 Province Saskatchewan Country Canada |
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Valecrest School S.E. of Tisdale in the 1930s Identified by Inez May 7, 2012 left to right. Mrs. Maijbor, Mrs. Eastland, Mrs. Ada Torrance, Mrs. Glen, Mrs. Ida Kleven, Mrs. Teale, Mrs. Graham, Mrs. Skinner, Mrs. Wembourne. Mr. Eastland, a contractor from Saskatoon, had supervised the building of the school in 1935 or 36 on a piece of his land. It was so well built, that when it closed, it was moved to Nipawin where it was used as part of a government office building near the bridge. The following is adapted from the text on the back of the photograph. The ladies were holding tins or jars covered with cord for a binder, and then lathered with Plaster of Paris. The girls then stuck fancy buttons, pieces of old jewelry, etc onto the Plaster of Paris. " Inez says she still has the jar she had made for her mother, Ida Kleven. Ida is the tall lady right in the middle in the back row." EZ Photograph copyright Eleanor Kreiser, Youngstown, Alberta Addendum: Here is what I learned from a quick on-line look at the Eldersely district history book, A salute to our pioneers : Clashmoor, Eldersley, Miner Creek and, in particular, the following schools— Miner Creek and Valecrest- 1.) The write-up of my father, Joy Kleven, where he talks about helping with the building of the first Miner Creek school. 2.) P. 65 to 73 in the same book- Miner Creek School (Great-grandfather John Ask - says Mr. Esk in book, a misspelling- was instrumental in Miner Creek area getting a school, as his grandchildren in the Lokken, Kleven, and Beck families were living up there) and Valecrest School. Also Inez Kleven Page write-up, where she tells quite a bit about the Miner Creek and Valecrest Schools. School Districts are written up in the book A salute to our pioneers : Clashmoor, Eldersley, Miner Creek. There is a picture of the Mothers’ Day tea event on p.70 of the book; same event as the picture I sent you (as shown above). Also note From forest to farmland : Allanville, Beech Grove, Golburn, Millford, Sylvania, Sylvania Rural, Valecrest, Willow Hill Golburn Valley school Inez Page’s memories of Golburn-Valcrest, where she tells a lot about the schools she went to: Eleanor Kreiser, Youngstown, Alberta |
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Webmaster notes:Nearby Placenames:Golburn 6-44-14-W2 Latitude - Longitude (DMS) 52° 46' 0" N, 104° 1' 2" W Latitude - Longitude (decimal) 52.7666734, -104.0171476 Algrove 40-14-W2 is a nearby Unincorporated area 33 kilometers away Archerwill 18-40-13-W2 is a nearby Village 38 kilometers away Armley 6-48-14-W2 is a nearby Unincorporated area 39 kilometers away Barford 25-41-14-W2 is a nearby Unincorporated area 25 kilometers away Barrier Ford 19,20-41-12-2 is a nearby Hamlet 33 kilometers away Barrier Valley No. 397 is a nearby rural municipality 27 kilometers away Bjorkdale 43-12-W2 is a nearby Village 26 kilometers away Brooksby 30-46-16-W2 is a nearby Unincorporated area 33 kilometers away Carlea 19-48-13-W2 is a nearby Unincorporated area 43 kilometers away Clashmoor 1-46-13-W2 is a nearby Unincorporated area 26 kilometers away Connaught No. 457 is a nearby rural municipality 34 kilometers away Crane Junction 18-45-12-W2 is a nearby Unincorporated area 24 kilometers away Cuvier 28-39-15-W2 is a nearby Unincorporated area 43 kilometers away Dahlton 22-40-16-W2 is a nearby Unincorporated area 36 kilometers away Ditton Park 4-48-13-W2 is a nearby Unincorporated area 39 kilometers away Irvington 17-46-17-W2 is a nearby Unincorporated area 35 kilometers away Kipabiskau 41-16-W2 is a nearby Unincorporated area 25 kilometers away Leacross 7-47-14-W2 is a nearby Unincorporated area 32 kilometers away Merle 41-12-W2 is a nearby Unincorporated area 34 kilometers away New Osgoode 22-46-13-W2 is a nearby Unincorporated area 28 kilometers away Nicklen 31-47-14-W2 is a nearby Unincorporated area 37 kilometers away Nora 20-39-13-W2 is a nearby Unincorporated area 44 kilometers away Peesane 12-45-12-W2 is a nearby Unincorporated area 30 kilometers away Pleasantdale No. 398 is a nearby rural municipality 33 kilometers away Pré-Ste-Marie 42-12-W2 is a nearby Unincorporated area 29 kilometers away Ridgedale 17-47-15-W2 is a nearby Village 34 kilometers away Runciman 24-46-15-W2 is a nearby Unincorporated area 24 kilometers away Star City No. 428 is a nearby rural municipality 27 kilometers away Wallwort 23-41-15-W2 is a nearby Unincorporated area 24 kilometers away Zenon Park 19-47-12-W2 is a nearby Village 37 kilometers away Source 84 Tisdale is located at SW 1 45 15 W2 Sylvania Twp.43, R.14, W2 For more information: VALECREST SD 5065 was built on the SW corner of Section 6 township 44 range 13 in 1934, opening for classes at the beginning of January 1935. Clases were held at VALECREST until 1963 when students were conveyed into Tisdale for schooling. “From Forest to Farmland”. Allanville, Beech Grove, Golburn, Millford, Sylvania, Sylvania Rural, Valecrest, Willow Hill Sylvania Historical Society, 1984 Page 61 This book provides the following information along with some additional locations from the web page "The School Districts Tisdale School Division a compiled history" by Bob Donnan as provided by the links provided. Note nearby schools are: ALLANVILLE school district 4078 residents met in the summer of 1918 and built a school on the southwest quarter of section 17 township 43 range 13 west of the second meridian. The school closed in 1964 and pupils were conveyed to either Sylvania or Tisdale schools. BEECH GROVE School District 4702 held their meeting in the summer of 1927 to form a school district. The school house went up on the SW corner of the SW quarter of section 29 township 42 range 14 west of the second meridian. near Saskatchewan Highway 35. The school closed in 1954 GOLBURN VALLEY School District # 1225 community came together to incorporate the school district ion 1904, and the school house was built in 1905, near the southwest quarter of section 4 township 44 range 14 west of the second meridian closing in the summer of 1965. (GOLBURN VALLEY School District # 1225 also listed in some documents as Golbourne Valley, and Golburne Valley) GOLBURN VALLEY School District # 1225 was located near Sylvania P.O. Twp.43, R.14, W2 and Golburn SE 6 Twp 44 R.14 W2. LUCILE School District # 916 / TISDALE School District 916. LUCILE School District # 916 formed in 1903 Sec Tsp 44 Rge 14 W of the 2 Meridian near the town of Tisdale and Star City 44-15-W2 1907 later named TISDALE School District # 916 when the village of Tisdale incorporated in 1905. Sec Tsp 44 Rge 14 W of the 2 Meridian. A larger school was needed in 1913, and a new location was selected. SALOPIAN School District # 1216 1912-1957 NW Sec 22 Tsp 44 Rge 14 W of the 2 Meridian located near Tisdale Before 1912, this school district number was alloted to the following school district in Alberta. COLEMAN School District # 1216 Sec Tsp 8 Rge 5 W of the 5 Meridian Note In the North West Territories the 1884 Territorial Ordinance #5 allowed for the formation of school districts. School Districts were given numbers in the order by which the areas applied for. This sorting by School District Number then gives an idea of the NWT early settlement patterns, and school house formation by year. When Saskatchewan and Alberta became provinces in 1905, numbers previously in use in Alberta were canceled and re-applied to School Districts of Saskatchewan. More information. MILLFORD School District 4410 1921-1924 on the north east quarter of NE quarter of 33 42 15 W2 and remained until 1924 when the schoolhouse burned down. This school remained operated between 1927-1959 SYLVANIA HAMLET School District 4933 1925-1926 operational in Sylvania Hotel In 1931 the school in town was built SYLVANIA School District 1873 (also called SYLVANIA RURAL SCHOOL or EAST SYLVANIA SCHOOL)/ WHITECOTE School District 1873. WHITECOTE School District 1873 held their first meeting in the spring of 1907 and the school house was erected on the southeast corner of the southwest quarter of section 16 township 43 range 14 west of the second meridian. The school yard straddled the SE corner of SW 16 43 14 W2 and the SW corner of SE 16 43 14 W2. The school changed name from WHITECOTE to SYLVANIA in the summer of 1908.Between 1916-1918 pupils attended GOLURN school as the population of school children had decreased, and there were not enough students to operate SYLVANIA. In school cloed in 1964, and all pupils thenceforward attended school at SYLVANIA HAMLET SCHOOL. WILLOW HILL School District 1763 came together in 1908 and the school house was built in the hamlet on the S.E. quarter of Section 27 township 43 range 15 west of the second meridian. The school closed in 1959. VALECREST School District # 5065 location notice: The school district boundary location for VALECREST School District # 5065, SW 6-44-14 W2, 1934 - 1963 presents a mystery, as the dated map shown above depicts GOLBURN VALLEY School District # 1225 1905-1965 and SALOPIAN School District # 1216 1912-1957 NW Sec 22 Tsp 44 Rge 14 W of the 2 Meridian were located in the same area that Valecrest is recorded at in the local history book, “From Forest to Farmland”. Allanville, Beech Grove, Golburn, Millford, Sylvania, Sylvania Rural, Valecrest, Willow Hill . GOLBURN VALLEY School District # 1225 and SALOPIAN School District # 1216 must have re-arranged their boundaries after the date of the above maps (1911) to accommodate the new Valecrest school as they all seem to be in operation at later dates. Also shown above is the map depicting the school district for LUCILE/ TISDALE 916 and township 44 range 15 W2. Township 44 range 15 W2 which indeed may also have sections included within the boundaries of VALECREST School District # 5065, as the schoolhouse was on section 6 township 44 range 14 W2. The location of Section 6 located in tsp 44 range 14 would be alongside tsp 44 range 15 and the school house buildings were centrally located to the children within the school district boundaries. In 1911 the above map shows no school district south of LUCILE/ TISDALE 916. From the book: A salute to our pioneers : Clashmoor, Eldersley, Miner Creek CLASHMOOR SCHOOL DISTRICT 4231 came together in the spring of 1919 and the school went up on the north east quarter of section 33 township 45 range 13. School began in 1920 and the school was sold in 1963 when it was no longer needed as classes ended in 1961. ELDERSLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT 1784 residents met in the summer of 1906 to apply for a school district, and a voluntary school was provided in Crooked River. In 1907, another application went in, and ROUSSEAU SCHOOL DISTRICT 1784 commenced in 1908. Records indicate that the location was between sections 9 and 10 township 45, range 13. The school changed names to OSGOOD SCHOOL DISTRICT 1784 of the Northwest Territories. (Editor note, this is a peculiar name, as Saskatchewan became a province in 1905) iN 1909, a school was erected on the southwest corner of southwest quarter of section 10 township 45 range 13, this schoolhouse was taken by fire in January of 1917, to be replaced by a log house that same winter. That fall a new schoolhouse was built, and the log school building became an ice house. In 1921 the village name changed from Osgood to Eldersley, and so therefore the residents applied to change the school name to match. That summer of 1921, the OSGOOD school 1784 became ELDERSLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT 1784. EVINGTON SCHOOL DISTRICT 4687 opened the spring of 1927, and a new school was built in 1935. The last recorded teacher was for the 1957 school term. MINER CREEK SCHOOL DISTRICT 5046 began schooling their children with correspondence lessons. In the winter of 1934, the community held a meeting regarding the formation of a school district and the school district incorporated that year under the name of MINER CREEK SCHOOL DISTRICT 5046 and the schoolhouse opened in the spring of 1935. MINER CREEK closed in 1961, and the students went to ELDERSLEY school. VALECREST SCHOOL DISTRICT 5065 was built on the southwest corner of section 6 township 44 range 13 in 1934 and classes commenced in the winter of 1935. The school closed following the school year in 1963. |
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