2018-013 Willowbank School Fonds
Fonds consists of:
Oversized items: 2 copies Blueprint of plans and elevations for Willowbank School by Colin Drever, Architect, 1923. – white print of drawings for Hiscock School by Selwyn Cooke, Architect, 1959. – Gananoque Reporter newspaper of 17 June, 1964. – quantity of newspaper clippings file in General Research Schools series, Willowbank and William Hiscocks. --
Artifacts: rubber stamp for Leeds & Lansdowne Front Public School No. 1.
2018-013-01 Photos
Recent photo enlargement of the Willowbank School class of 1928-29 with names of students: Ruby Clark, Fred Lindsay, Reggie Wheeler, Ernie Leakey, Jack Tennant, Stan Baldock, Roy Galway, Louise Roberts, Edwin Clark, Howard Wheeler, Paul Tennant, Robert McNinch, Tom Leakey, Gerald Eastwood, Eva Little, Mary McNinch, Patricia Marshal, Mary Ferguson, Edith Leakey, Martha Ellis, Wilford Leakey, Bobby Little, Alex Lindsay, Pearl Eastwood, Albert Cowan, Irma Eastwood, Joe Galway, George Baldock, Jean Cowan, Doug Sliter, Alan Cowan, May Little, Doris Sliter, Edna Cowan, teacher Chas. Kenney. – clipping from Gananoque Reporter showing Willowbank class of 1931, including: Russell Leakey, Harold Ferguson, Bruce Woods, Harry Sliter, Robert McNinch, Douglas Garrah, Bill Grice, Tom Leakey, Tom Beattie, Ed Beattie, Ralph Leakey, Mabel Little, Lillian Baldock, Helen Cowan, Mary Little, Fanny Galway, Mabel Woods, Patricia Marshall, Lillian Babcock, Douglas Sliter, Robert Little, Roy Galway, Alan Cowan, Reg Wheeler, Stan Baldock, Fred Lindsay, Ernie Leakey, Hazel Steacy, Edith Leakey, Eva Little, Ruby Clarke, Mary McNinch, teacher Norman MacLeod. – recent reprint of Willowbank class of 1937? Including Mary Little, Mabel Woods, Mabel Little, Lillian Baldock, Helen Cowan, teacher Marion Cowan, Harold Ferguson, Bill Grice, Alan Cowan, Harold Clark, Ralph Leakey, Allen Wood, Russell Leakey, Bruce Wood, George Little, June Galway, Irene Leakey, Stuart Leakey, Hilda Cowan, Betty Jackson, Mabel Little, Harold Wood. – clipping from Gananoque Reporter of Atkinson School class of 1936, including Bill Roshford, Rhea Shipman, Olive Spence, Mary Doyle, Betty O’Neil, Shirleay Johnston, Doreen Anglin, Richard Mangan, teacher Kate McVoy, Ross Mangan, Tom Spence, Bernard Roshford, William Conner, Arnold Mangan, Maurice Clark, Betty Cotton, Ruth Hunter, Rita Mangan, Doris Roshford, Morris McCalpin, Bernard Shortall. -- Snapshot 2 young women in bathing suits, inscribed “Marion and Edna Cowan 1927”. – snapshot inscribed “Aileen Suggitt 1927”. – snapshot family in old touring car inscribed “Ferguson Family/ Gananoque/ Fraser, Harold, Hubert, Mary and Maria, 1927” – Recent reprint of Willowbank class of 1926-27, no names. – Recent reprint photo of Willowbank School by Aileen Suggit (Suggett?) teacher in 1926-27. – snapshot reprint of Willowbank School from the road, by Aileen Suggit 1926-27. – reprint photo of Willowbank class of 1963, no names. – photo from Gananoque Reporter, 2004, showing the Willowbank School female students from 1931 or ’32, including Hazel Steacy, Fannie Galway, Patricia Marshall, Mabel Woods, Mary Little, Lillian Baldock, Lois Garrah
2018-013-02 Historical Research Notes on Willowbank School by Edwin Clark
Large file of notes and photocopies of historical sources of information on Willowbank School and education in general, including a 3 page history of SS#1 by Edwin Clark, notes from the registry office of relevant land transactions. – notes from Allan Lindsay, 1998, on family history of William Sherriff, Carey (French innkeeper on the river), Joel Stone and David Jamison. – Notes from Eileen Clarke Truesdell to Irv Little, re families Thomas Little, Hugh McCrone, Robert Wilson, and collaterals. – typescript list of families that attended Willowbank School. --

2018-013-03 Documents of Leeds & Lansdowne Front Township School Area beginning 1944
List of assets of each school section in Front of Leeds & Lansdowne, by W F Hiscocks, Nov 1944. – list of steps for transferring the assets of the individual school sections to the Leeds and Lansdowne Front Township School Area, by W F Hiscocks Dec. 1944. – procedural directions for the annual meetings of Boards of Trustees, Dec. 1944. -- Notice to parents about student conduct on school busses and consequences. – Cost analysis per student, varying by school size and level of education. – 4 copies of invitation to the opening of William Hiscocks School, 1960. -- 2 copies of program for the opening of William Hiscocks School,. – Telegram from John Robarts, Min. of Ed. Congratulating the trustees on opening the new school (presumed Hiscocks School). – letter of congratulations from James Auld re Hiscocks School opening. – 2 copies each, Financial Statement for F.o.L.L. Township School Board. 1952, ’53, ‘55, ‘56, ’57, ‘58 – pamphlet “Do’s and Don’ts for School Trustees” by Public School Trustees Association of Ont, 1954. -- typescript sheet comparing salaries of teachers in Leeds County, 1959. – manuscript list of pre-school children and those starting school in 1958 and agenda of a meeting regarding overcrowding, etc. – manuscript letter of resignation from Blythe Abrams. – 2 copies typescript minutes of meeting of taxpayers at Willowbank School, 1951 – Statements of Receipts and Expenditures for Township F.o.L.L. 1954, ’56, ’58. – 1944 Voters List for F.o.L.L. – newsprint photo of staff at Lansdowne Public School 1963 including Newton green, Helen McKay, Shirley Moffat, Wayne Anderson, Winina Kyes, Marian Smith, Agnes Fodey, Margetha deZeeuw, on the back of a flyer from Lansdowne Hardware.
2018-013-04 Teacher contracts, inspector’s reports, etc.
Memoranda of Agreements between SS #1 Willowbank School trustees and teachers F F Turner (1880), Maggie Oliver (1881), Jennie Johnston (1882), Marion MacColl Jackson (1891), Maggie Little (1899), Margaret Georgina Little (1900), – 2 blank teacher contract forms printed 1943. – inspector’s reports for SS#1 by J McGuire 1939-1940-1941. – inspector’s reports by W F Hiscocks 1941-1943-1944. --
2018-013-05 Contract & Specs for SS#1 stone school, 1868, + insurance policies
Manuscript purchase agreement for school lot between SS#1 trustees and William Lloyd, 1867. – duplicate manuscript copies of bond between SS#1 trustees and Alexander Cowan for financing for a stone school. – manuscript specification for carpentry and joinery for school 34’ x 24’, with price of $346 signed by Alexander Ramsay and John Lawson. – manuscript specification for stone work for new school. -- Receipt for fire insurance 1877 – Insurance policy for SS#1 1871-74. – Fire Insurance Policy 1887-1890.
2018-013-06 SS#1 Trustees Minutes book 1910 to 1944
2018-013-07 SS#1 Trustees expense ledger 1915 to 1944

2018-013-08 SS#1 Personal mementos of Edwin Clark
Certificate for winning most points at the Gananoque School Fair 1931. -- Souvenir card from teacher J. McLaughlin to Edwin Clark, Willowbank, 1925. – program for the official opening of William Hiscock’s School, 1960, containing manuscript notes for speech by Edwin Clark. -- manuscript letter J R Cunningham to Ed Clark on his appointment to the Board of Trustees, 1952.
2018-013-09 Bulletins Dept. of Education, Dept. of Agriculture, etc
“An Act Respecting Public, Separate, and High Schools” 1879. – “An Act to amend The Public Schools Act” 1906. With notes by Wm Johnston, Inspector of Public Schools – Requirements for equipment in rural schools, 1906. – “Special Departmental Grants Agriculture” 1936 – “General Circular” re amendments to the School Law, 1879. – The School Law Amendment Act 1943. – The School Law Amendment Act 1944. -- Instructions to School Inspectors re General Legislative Grants 1940. – Regulations Respecting General Legislative Grants 1944. – Model By-Law to provide for the Licensing of Public Halls 1944. – Act to Provide for the Establishment of the Ontario teachers’ Federation 1944. -- “The Public Schools Act, RSO 1937” 1941 edition with revisions. – “General Regulations Public and Separate Schools, 1940” by Min. of Education. – “Moyer School Supplies Ltd” catalogue 1942-43, 264 pages. – Moyer catalogue supplement of books and plays, with coloured cover 1942-43. – small format Moyer catalogue supplement 1942-43. – catalogue from Tweed Steel Works including sanitation tanks and closets.
2018-013-10 Tenders and contracts for building brick school 1923. 2018-013-10 Tenders & contracts for Building New School 1923
Contract between Mitchell & Wilson and trustees for SS#1 for carpentry, masonry and painting new school 1923. – Contract between Jas. Harris and Trustees for SS#1 for electrical work in new school. -- Bundle of price submissions by subcontractors. –
File 2018-013-11 Files of Sec./Treas. for 1941
Secretary was W H Clark. These files contain receipts for items and services purchased, correspondence, and paperwork involved in Income Tax, War Tax, cheque books, etc.
File 2018-013-12 Files of Sec./Treas. For 1942
Secretary W H Clark
File 2018-013-13 Files of Sec./Treas. For 1943
Secretary Edwin Clark,
File 2018-013-14 Files of Sec./Treas. For 1944
Secretary Ed Clark, includes letter of resignation from teacher Ann Halladay