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Valley Centre School District #1974
Sec Township 25 Range 23 W of the 2 Meridian
Duval




Three Schools
These are photographs of the three one room schools at which our mother Hertha McRae (Schwandt) taught between 1932 and 1941.

Valley Centre - Duval circa 1932
Mount Hill - Strasbourg - circa 1937
Talmage - Talmage circa 1940

I have a very tattered scrap book titled "Teaching Days".Below are several class photos from the 3 one room schools in which she taught. Many of the students are identified on the back.

By the way she was not only my mother she also taught me in grades 4 and 5 in the larger new '4' room school in Talmage. Interestingly the centralized school which took in 7 one room schools only lasted 10 years (1954 to 1966). Much less than the one room schools it replaced. Those were by the way, Rainton, Verschoyle, Wheaton, Auburndale, Killean, Schneider, and Ideal.

Regards Stuart McRae

There is also a poem called "Another IF for Teachers" by James F. Eubanks, Jr.
which begins
If you can keep a smooth and even temper,
While twenty children call at once for you;...

If permission can be found to place this poem ohnline, by the author or family, the webmaster here will re-publish the poem here, or if the date of original publication can be found to help establish if the poem is in the public domain or not.




Three School Districts

Valley Centre #1974 Small
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Valley Centre #1974 Small
Large Reverse

Mount Hill #4439 Small
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Mount Hill 4439 Maps

Valley Centre #1974 Small
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Valley Centre #1974 Small
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Valley Centre #1974 Teacherage Small
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Valley Centre #1974 Maps

Talmage #2123 Small
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Talmage #2123 Small
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Talmage #2123 Small
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Talmage #2123 Maps

Talmage #2123 Small
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Talmage #2123 Small
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Hertha McRae (Schwandt) Small
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Mount Hill School #4439




VALLEY CENTRE School District # 1974
Local history / family biography book:
Title Between Long Lake and Last Mountain : Bulyea, Duval, Strasbourg Published Strasbourg, Sask. : Strasbourg, Bulyea, Duval History Book Committee, 1982
ISBN 0889252327

Title So much to remember and to look forward to : Strasbourg, Saskatchewan, 1905-1955
Author Currie, M. Olive
Published Strasbourg : Strasbourg and Community Booster Club, [1955]

Mountain Side post office was established 1906-03-01 at Sec.27, Twp.25, R.22, W2
In 1908-05-01 this post office changed names to Duval From the National archives archivia net Post office and post master site


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1. Photos of 3 schools April 19, 2009 From: Stuart McRae To: saskgenweb@yahoo.com
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