Willow Hill School District # 1763

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The Willow Hill School was located SE 27-43-15 W2. It was built by Ike Stacey and Jim Pierce. An addition was built on in the 1930’s. The school opened in 1908 and closed in 1959 . The school was named after the community.

Members of the first school board were Tom King, Ed Mason, and Frank Busby. Other early board members were Chas. Howsan, Robert Johnstone, Frank Davidson, R.N. Hughes, Raymond Allemeersch.

The Teachers:
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L.M. Coote
James Lame
Alice Simpson
V.D Davidson
E.C. Midgley
I. McDonald
Beatrice Readman
Ivy Johnson

M.B. Finn
K.M. Hamilton
Lucy Reid
A.B. Harvey
G.P. Clearwater
K.I. Rumble
A.E. Lawson Mable Gilland
J.E. Slater
Ethel Gitterman
Ida Boyd

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Ivan McKechnie
Dorothy Shurg
Ruth Beaumont
George Major
Mary Stewart
Walter Addison
Walter Barker

Phyllis Morrison
Greg Dickson
M.M. Burroughs
H.A. Alexander
Marriette Cassavant
Edith Will

Hazel Bakke
Mary Boyd
Dorothy Lee
Florence Dertell
Hazel Bakke

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From “From Forest to Farmland”. Sylvania Historical Society, 1984
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