The school was also noted for its unique blackboard. It seems that when the school was plastered, the plasterer had quite a bit left over and he made a wall right across one end. This served as a giant blackboard. In 1903, at the annual school meeting, they voted in $42.00 for school expenses for the year. $15.00 went for coal, $5.00 for the fireman, $10.00 for the teacher's supplement, and $6.00 each for fixing the porch and the fence. The school children and their teacher, Miss Trainor , had a picnic on the beach on October 3, 1916. As added entertainment, James LaPierre took them for a sail up the and down the little. On another occasion the school children, their mothers and the teacher sailed up the Boughton River to Poplar Point to have a picnic, this time on Fletcher's boat. Governor Heartz and Premier and Mrs. Stewart attended the annual school fair at Annandale on September 29, 1925. This was quite an honour to have the Governor present. Tommy Banks recalled going on a school trip to the Cape. Elsie Brown was the teacher and she'd have a treat and a prize for everyone. Another time he recalled the teacher fainting and falling right across the door. They were all scared to death, they didn't know if she was alive or dead. Tommy and another pal opened a window, jumped out, and ran down to Annandale where some men were building boats. When told what happened George Saville , Caleb Robertson , and another fellow ran up to the school. Upon arriving they discovered one of the girls with a little more spunk had splashed water on her and revived her. In the spring of the year, all around the school would be flooded and the pupils had to cross over to McFarlane's field to play. The boys generally had rubber boots on and the girls didn't, so the boys would have to carry the girls across to the field. Emily Norton recalled that before the school was moved up to the hill, her younger son Jack would have to carry his sister Eleanor across the water if she wanted to go to the "Parliament Building." Of course this would only be in the spring when there would be a combination of exceptionally high tides and melting snow or rain. Some of the notables educated in Annandale School were four Baptist ministers: Rev. CO . Howlett who later taught in the school. Rev. Hinson V. Howlett who served fifty years in seven pastorates, and two brothers, Rev. Byron F. Howlett and Rev. David Lewallace Howlett, who are both still actively engaged. These men were all descendants of the same family. There was also one priest, Rev. Father George MacDonald . In later years the school was moved from McFarlane's swamp to the top of the hill in a field owned by John Howlett . After consolidation in 1966, Annan¬ dale School was sold to people from out of province and is used as a summer home. It still stands on the same hill at John Howlett 's. 45