Emery School

In September 1910, the teacher was Miss Mollie Garvin. Miss Neilson taught from January 1911 until June of that year. Miss Jennie Hazelton was here for the year 1911-12. Miss H. Drumm taught the fall term in 1912 to be succeeded by Miss Gertrude Aiken, who is now Mrs. Firman Carpenter.

Teachers following were Miss Rae Gallagher, Miss Clancy, Miss Hutcheson, and Mr. Terry Scanlon. Some of the pupils were Marie Boyle, Donald Shaw and Leonard Perry. Miss Ethel Armstrong, of Brockville was engaged as teacher in 1914. She is now Mrs. Clark and is teaching on the staff of the Linklater Public School in Gananoque. Miss Mason followed the next year, but became ill and at Easter, Miss Mamie Melville came and stayed until 1917, when Miss Hazel Haig, a former pupil of this school became teacher. Miss Haig became Mrs. Homer Shaw and resides in Perth. When Miss Haig attended Normal in 1918, Miss Sue Thompson taught here. She became the very well-known Dr. Sue Thompson and moved to United States. In October of the next year, when Miss Haig returned, there was a severe Influenza epidemic which necessitated closing the school for one month.

Mr. J. F.McGuire was Inspector of Public Schools at this time. Dental inspection was carried out at the school by Dr. Mabee and Dr. Stedman.

The year 1920, the teacher was Miss Myrtle Weir of Omemee. She boarded at Mr. Carmen Day’s. Miss Agnes Davidson, Miss Edith Swerdsfigger of Mallorytown, and Miss Anna Munroe, who is presently teaching in Willowbank School, were the next teachers. From 1929-32, Ella Nuttall, now Mrs. Hilliard Jackson, taught, and she was followed by Miss Aleta Barrett, now Mrs. Reg Hill, from Christmas 1932-33. Miss Sadie Allen, now teaching on the staff of Prescott Public School was here from 1933 until 1937. Some of her pupils were Blanche Shaw, Nobel Andress, Blain Reed, Mabel Andress, Arnold Carpenter, Eric Clendenning, Ralph Heasler, Keith Compeau, Irene Carpenter and George Andress.

In 1937, Miss Helen Wright, now Mrs. Gordon Atkinson of Joyceville, came, staying until 1939. Some of her pupils were John Nuttall, Mary Carpenter, Hubert Perry, Alice Andress, Margel Reed, Thelma Nuttall and Baden Haird.

Miss Doreen McNeely, now the present teacher Mrs. Wm DeWolfe began her teaching career here in September 1939. She stayed until 1941, when she went to Brockville to teach Grade 1 in Douglas Haig School. She was followed by Mrs. Effie Kenedy, who stayed until June 1943. Miss Alice Lynch from Mallorytown came in the fall and left in June 1945 to be succeeded by Mrs. Grace King. Mrs. Edwin Nuttall taught from September 1946 until Christmas when Mrs. Bernice Greer came, finishing the year. In September, Mrs. Margaret Landon of Lansdowne came staying until 1948, when Miss Betty Fodey, now Mrs. Peter McKinnon, of Ottawa, became teacher until her marriage in 1951. Next came Miss Blythe Abrams from Maple Grove. She spent four years here, from 1951-55 when she married Mr. Ronald Jones.

The present teacher Mrs. Doreen Dewolfe returned as teacher in September 1955. During her sojourn, students from Ottawa Teacher’s College did their practice teaching there. There were inter-school sports activities with Wilstead and Legge’s schools as well as field trips also with these two schools.
(Information compiled by Mrs. D. DeWolfe 1957-58)