Mr. Hynes was also well remembered in connection with his horse, a chest- nut mare that carried him on his travels to the various schools. The sight of the mare announced his visit and at least one teacher mentioned the special affinity between horse and man. Mr. Hynes had tied his horse directly outside the windows of Cumberland Hill School and every time the horse heard his voice,

she whinnied. The teacher laughingly recalled that the horse had to be moved before the conversation could continue.

The children were also tested in the twice yearly School Examinations to which the public and parents were invited. Here the students displayed their best work. The public were also invited to quiz the students on their knowledge. This harrowing experience was no doubt lessened by the knowledge that a special treat awaited them. These treats were often provided by the Womens institutes of the area.

The Junior Red Cross was another organization that was common in the

area schools. The meetings were generally held on Friday afternoons and were anticipated by the students.

Since these small schools were definitely of a rural character the school often revolved around life on the farm. The vacations were arranged so that the children were home for potato planting in the spring and digging in the fall. it is only since the decline of the small family farm that this practice was discontinued,

giving the children vacations over the summer months, a break in December and again in March.

in our individual sketches of the various one room schools, we will be men- tioning several notables who received their early education at those schools. in singling out those professional people it is not our intention to overlook or under- estimate other successfui people such as teachers, nurses, farmers, fishermen, housewives and other business people also educated in those same schools.

AN NAN DALE SCHOOL

in the early years, the children from Annandaie went to the ”Big Run” school. This was a long walk for some of the children, especially in the winter, so in 1893 the residents of Annandaie decided to build their own school. On March 9, 1893, a meeting was held at the home of Edwin McFarlane and it was agreed to build the new school on the other side of Taylor’s Forge on McFarlane’s swamp. in those days there was no help from the government to build schools. The local people had to build it themselves.

The new school house was also to serve as a community hall and was to have a stage built at one end. There were 21 families in the district and each family was responsible for providing one load of timber for the school. When the timber was all piled and ready, the men had a sawing bee or frolic one afternoon. Then it seemed when everyone had spare time, it was put to working on the new school. The men also hauled rock and clay to build the swampland up for a play- ground around the school.

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