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The
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| Miss Archibald | The
Bismark School District #971 was organized in 1903-1904 but progressed
slowly. At that time all correspondence had to come from Regina because
the province of Alberta had not been formed. Building contracts were let to J. Gehrke and Wm. Jacobus, local settlers. The first trustees were Chas. Hemeyer, C.R. Kirk and Jim McFetridge. There were members of three generations of the Hemeyer family that attended school at Bismark. No roads were open at that time, just trails from settler to settler, so people in the south of the district did their trading in Lacombe and those in the north went to Ponoka. Much hard felling was caused but he refusal of t eachers to accept grade standing. Pupils from the U.S.A. were put back in grade 1 no matter what age they were. Teachers were paid from $400 to $600 per year, but the school board often found it impossible to collect enough taxes to keep schools open, so sometimes the school was closed most of the year. |
Miss Liversiege
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| Miss Ash |
Miss Maitland
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| Eileen Baker |
Miss Mann
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| Miss Burns |
Miss B. McLennan
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| Rita Fink |
Abbie Olmstead
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| Virginia Forsyth (Mrs. Ray Kirk) |
Elizabeth Reid
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| Beatrice Hedrich |
Mrs. Schickerowsk
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| Ruth Krefting |
Mrs. Edna Stretch
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| Mrs. Landry |
Dolly Taylor
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| Mr. Langston |
Miss Wieberg
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| Phyllis Lien |
Mrs. F. Wills
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The
Students (1st yr)
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| Anna Archibald |
The
Students (1st yr) (con't)
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Arch McFetridge
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| Cecil Archibald |
Henry Hagemann
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Annie Kerber
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Frank McFetridge
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| Judson Archibald |
Julius Hagemann
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Hugo Kerber
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Lily McFetridge
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| Lillian Archibald |
Louise Hagemann
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Maggie Kerber
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Jim Reynolds
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| Frank Davis |
Clara Hemeyer
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Amber Kirk
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Dean Reynolds
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| Lena Gehrke |
Emma Hemeyer
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Guy Kirk
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| Walter Gehrke | Ern Hemeyer |
Myrtle Kirk
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| Otto Gunther |
Ethel Jacobus
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Ray Kirk
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District/School
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971
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First school
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Original name:
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Bismark
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First teacher(s):
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Miss B. McLennan
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Date established:
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1903
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Salary:
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$400-600/annum
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Location:
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Last school
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Last teacher:
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Land/Building:
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Later Bldg
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Architect/Builder:
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J. Gehrke &
Wm. Jacobus
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