Sylvania Rural #1873

Sylvania Rural School District #1873

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Sylvania Rural became a school district in 1907 under the name of Whitecote S D. and was located on SW 16-43-14 W2. Mr. Brook donated the one acre of land on the southeast corner of his quarter of section 16. School construction was financed by a $800.00 debenture issued December 4th 1907. Trustees the district were J.W. Bayliff as chairman, W. Ratcliffe Sr. as secretary-treasurer, and trustees W. Ratcliffe Sr., P. Jackson and R. Clay.
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School opened on March II, 1908, with the first students: George Bayliff, Harry Playford, Alex Ratcliffe, David, Norman, Hazel and Myrna Jackson.

It might be of interest to note that the teacher's desk cost $12.65, a hand bell cost $1.00, twelve school desks cost $62.25, a thirty-six inch box stove was $16, a thermometer 50¢, one Webster Dictionary $6.50 and a strap was 25¢. Care-taking was done by the students with the teacher’s supervision for 5¢ per day.

In August 1908, the trustees petitioned the Department of Education to change the name of the school district to Sylvania.

Students in the Sylvania Rural School District attended Golburn School in 1916, 1917 and part of 1918, as there weren't enough pupils to keep the school open.

Colleen Ratcliffe was the last pupil to enrol at Sylvania Rural # 1873. The school closed on June 30, 1964 and the students were bussed in to Sylvania Hamlet School.

The Teachers:
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Archie Laird	1908	Miss M. R. Gamble	1909
John McDairmid	1910	Guy L. Turrill	1911
J. Gordon Wells	1912	Mr. G. B. Doyle	1912
Mr. D. R. Young	1913	George Miagley	1913
Laurence Adamson	1914	Steinn Thompson	1914
Myrtle Clark	1915	Muriel Gould	1915
Miss M. D. Draper	1918	Mr. T. Johnson	1919
Eva McDonald	1919	James A. Whitson	1920
Miss M. H. Hill	1921	Clara G. Delong	1921
Mr. J. A. Bearden	1922	Miss C. Brierley	1922
Gladys M. Blackmore	1923	Blanche Clearwater	1923
Mrs. B. Lyons	1923	Mr. A. F. Coley	1924
Mr. W. M. Stewart	1924	Mr .K .W. Campbell	1925
Mr. A. J. Miller	1926	Ida McKechnie	1928
Miss P. Argall	1929	Mrs. U. Hardy	1929
Miss E. E. McLeod	1932	Clem O. Tuck	1932
Annie L. Hopkins	1934	Laura M. Reynolds	1935
Frances Abbott	1936	Irene M. Orchard	1939
Mr. L. P. Miller	1940	Phyllis I. Morrison	1942
Mrs. F. Adcock	1943	Marjorie Nygaard	1943
Louise Parker	1944	Grace Erben
Kathleen Kinne		Mrs. Becket
Dave Allan		Jean Lee
Ann Sine		June Beeching
Theresa Pannentier	1955	Netha Parmentier	1957
Olive Dohms	1963

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Taken from - From Forest to Farmland

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The School Districts Tisdale School Division a compiled history