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of Beers Bend.

DESABLE SCEOOL - The first attempt to give educ- ation in this pioneer district was by agreement between settlers and one of their members, a first

class teecher from Scotland.

The Vieitore, or Inspectors report of 1830 -1834 only recognized this beginning by listing -~ "Sehle School, Teacher, Roderick Campbell".

This report confirms the story told many veers ago by on old neighbour, of his mother before him, attending the first school in a vacant log cabin on hill side, near Sehle River; lend now owned by Henry

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The story told of a certain day when one of the pupileg e oix foot Highlander by name of MacQuarrie, rebelled eeeinet the strict discipline and defied his teacher. after smashing out the one window in

‘ the cabin and calling on his clanemen to follow, he

strode outs it was eeid, ‘in great fury'.

On that day ended the firet private school in DeSable,