There were actually two schools in Pontrilas when I attended school there, from 1966 to 1968. The small one room school held grades 1 and 2. The larger school held grades 3-6 and 7-12. Starting in 1969, we all ended up being bussed to Codette and Nipawin and the schools were closed.
This is a picture of the two room school in Pontrilas with the merry-go-round outside from about 1968. Standing around the merry-go-round is my grandmother, Verna Sanders, and some cousins and friends.
The same merry-go-round circa 1944 can be found in a virtual museum photo at Pontrilas merry-go-round.
Regards Gaelynn Wall
History in Pictures
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PONTRILAS School District #3280
Tsp 49 Rge 14 W of the 2 Meridian
near Nipawin, Codette
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Local history / family biography books:
Title Under northern lights : Brentwood, Codette, Inkster, Nipawin rural, North Armley, Pontrilas, Redwood, Sandwell, Sunnybrook
Published Codette, Sask., c1987
Author Codette & District Historical Society
ISBN 0919781292
Title Bridging the years : Nipawin, Saskatchewan
Published Nipawin, Sask. : Nipawin Historical Society, 1988
ISBN 0889258007
Title The golden jubilee of the Nipawin Rural Municipality [no.] 487, 1913-1963
Author Allan, Gladys Lillian Lamb, Billie Lamb Allan
Published Codette, Sask.
Title Nipawin
Author Cook, John Thomas
Published Moose Jaw : Printed by the Quality Press, 1946
Nearby placenames:
Pontrilas is a part of Rural Municipality No. 487 of NIPAWIN
Aylsham post office established at Sec.3, Twp.49, R.13, W2 in 1921-08-01
Elk Hill post office was established initially at 1929-08-01 before changing names to Codette post office in 1929-08-01 remaining with this name firstly at Sec.28, Twp.49, R.15, W2, and then at Sec.4, Twp.50, R.15, W2. The location was dependant upon the postmaster.
Codette Station post office was established at SE 1/4 Sec.6, Twp.50, R.14, W2 between 1925-03-16 and 1936-09-01 before changing names to Codette post office.
Nipawin post office was first established at Sec.4, Twp.50, R.15, W2 in 1910-02-01.
Teddington post office was first established at NW 1/4 Sec.10, Twp.49, R.17, W2 in 1913-06-01 and finally went out of operation in 1963-11-25.
From the National archives archivia net Post office and post master site
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Subject: One Room Schoolhouse project - Pontrilas School (Nipawin district)
Date July 28, 2009
From: Gaelynn Wall
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