Schools

The Central School

The Central School

above, a postcard depicting the Central School

The Central School once stood on the site of Victory Memorial School.  The Central school is a spacious two storey white brick structure comprising twelve rooms besides the basement.  It is conveniently located on Thames Street, and has a large well kept play ground surrounding it. On the lawn in front two large grim-looking cannon, relics of the Russian War, occupy a conspicuous position, and in the foreground is erected a lofty flag pole.The Centralschool is a spacious two storeywhite brick structure comprising twelve rooms besides the basement.It is conveniently located on Thames Street, and has a large well kept playground surrounding it. On the lawn in front two large grim-looking cannon,relics of the Russian War, occupy a conspicuous position, and inthe foreground is erected a lofty flagpole.

a historical postcard depicting the Central School

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The Ward School / Princess Elizabeth School

The Ward School, situated on George Street, opened officially on November 26, 1909. In 1938, Royal consent was obtained, and in a ceremony, the Ward School was officially named Princess Elizabeth Public School.

above, Ward School, Kindergarten class, 1923

Back Row: D. LeFaive, V. Daniels, M. Cotton, B. MacKay, H. Neill, D. Houghton, H. Daniels, B. Fordham, K. McKelvey, A. Coxon, D. Fordham, J. McKee, L. Bitchener, V. Moore

Second Row: H. LeFaive, J. Hutchinson, K. Messenger, D. Dodd, I. Wurker, B. Murray, D. Rine, H. Wallace, E. Watson, M. Hutson, A. Kittley, M. Cotton, J. Clayton, P. Latford, V. Messenger, M. Clayton

Front Row: R. Green, J. Cornfoot, T. Turton, L. Cussons, L. Moon, R. Cussons, R. Ellis, J. Smith, J. Craig, J. Edwards, T. Shelton, P. Pearson, T. Dodd, C. Court

above, Ward School, Primer Year – 1924

Back Row: B. Fordham, T. Turton, H. Daniel, V. Daniel, D. Fordham, M. Clayton, H. Neill, B. MacKay, Miss Buttery [teacher]

Third Row: J. McKee, M. Cotton, M. Hutson, D. Dodd, E. Watson, A. Kitley, H. Wallace, H. LeFaive, A. Coxon, J. Hutchinson

Second Row: V. Moore, D. Rine, L. Bitchener, I. Wurker, B. Murray, O. Smith, J. Clayton, P. Latford, V. Messenger, D. Houghton

First Row: R. Green, A. Pearson, R. Ellis, L. Moon, R. Cussons, T. Dodd, J. Smith, J. Craig, J. Cornfoot, T. Shelton

photo, courtesy of Mr. Lorne Moon

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Victory Memorial School

Victory Memorial School was officially opened in September 1921.  It was built as memorial to those who fought in World War I and replaced the former Central School which stood on the same grounds.

above — The students of Victory Memorial School circa 1930

above, the staff and students of Victory Memorial School, 1933.  This image was made available by Ruth [Spaven] Belisle.  Mary Spaven is noted in the photograph.

 above,  Victory Memorial School, 1928, Miss Gertrude Walker’s Room 5a.

Mary Frances Counter [1917-2012] is 3rd from the right in the back row. She was the eldest of 4 daughters of Dr. ‘Jeff’ Charles Jethro Worden Counter and Katherine Blanche Richardson and resided at 60 King Street West at the west corner of Duke St. in Ingersoll.

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Ingersoll Collegiate Institute

Erected in 1874, on January 1, 1886, the high school reached the status of a Collegiate Institute by meeting the requirements of the Department of Education.  These were, to employ four teachers who were specialists, the erection of a gymnasium and provision for laboratory equipment for the teaching of science.  The first school principal was William Briden, B.A.  In 1895, a large addition was added to the front of the building.  This addition contained a large science room on the ground floor, above which was an assembly room.

excerpt above written by Mr. John K. Finlay [former IDCI principal]

above, the Ingersoll Collegiate Institute Literary Society, 1949

left to right:

Front Row: Dick Flenniken, Dorene Simpson, Jim Waring, Tom Douglas, Margery Clark, Tom Staples, Don Carrothers, Lorna Young, Joe Kurtzman

Second Row: Miss Baker, Sheila Morrison, Frances Horley, Olwen Allanson, Pat Tapsell, Margaret Quinn, Lilian Brewer, Jeraldeen Borthwick, Miss Carney, Mr. Herbert

Back Row: Mr. Clement, Murray Goldstein, Harold Crellin, Don Beno, Jim Miller, Jim Muterer, Mac Hyde, Edward Butt, John Petrie, Mr. Brogden

above, the Ingersoll Collegiate 1931 Hockey team.

Back Row: T. Wilson, T. Harris, M. Clark, W. Cook, C. L. Boles

Front Row: J. Payne, C. Craig, A. Thornton, K. Henderson, B. Cole

above, the Ingersoll Collegiate 1939 Football team.

Back Row: M. Walker, J. Smith, W. Anglin, J. Eidt, M. Mackay

Third Row: C. Eidt, R. Hall, B. Borland, H. Furlong, N. Kurtzman

Second Row: L. Staples, W. Stone, H. Adair, D. Bower

First Row: C. Wilson [coach], L. Cade, C. Fuller, D. Stone, J. C. [principal]

Seated: D. Shelton, J. Grieve

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above, Students and faculty of IDCI, 1949-1950

1. Harold Waterhouse
2. Stuart Pole
3. Earl Baskette
4. Jack Gibson
5. Alan Chamberlain
6. Bill McKay
7. Bob Yates
8. Bill Jarret
9. Jim Williams
10. Tom Staples
11. Terry Heeney
12. Mac Hyde
13. John McDermott
14. Jim Waring
15. John Walsh
16. Marge Clark
17. Lorna Baigent
18. Frances Horley
19. Phyliss Harvey
20. Doris Longfield
21. Irene Ruddick
22. Joan Loosemore
23. Joyce Muterer
24. Arlene Harvey
25. Dorene Simpson
26. Joy Burnett
27. Shirley Telfer
28. Evelyn Parsons
29. Joyce Turner
30. Barbara Elliot
31. Jean Hammond
32. Sheila Morrison
33. Theresa Kerwin
34. Marg Hanley
35. Joan McKay
36. Dorothy Alderson
37. Ruth Clark
38. Jean Gibson
39. Diana Sinclair
40. Shirley Pittock
41. Marion Hutchison
42. Doris Woods
43. Jean Munroe
44. Jean Hollingshead
45. Marjorie Martin
46. Tom Douglas
47. John Hooper
48. Greg Harris
49. Bill Montgomery
50. Bruce Fraser
51. Jim Chisholm
52. Jim Grimes
53. Babe Morello
54. ?
55. Harold Crellin
56. Jim Shearon
57. Fred Galpin
58. Joe Kurtzman
59. Leonard Fiddy
60. Ronald Hoare
61. John Sandick
62. Carl Langford
63. Earl Clark
64. Bill Zurbrigg
65. ?
66. Bill Phillips
67. Bob Rawlinson
68. Jim Pittock
69. John Johnston
70. Dorothy Callender
71. Dawn Martin
72. Pearl Wilson
73. Gloria Bigham
74. Lillian Brewer
75. Margaret Blair
76. Doreen Embury
77. Mildred Mansfield
78. Christine McKay
79. Sally Fleet
80. Agnes Smith
81. Hazel Wilson
82. Barbara Patience
83. Peggy Quinn
84. Martha Wright
85. Maxine Picard
86. Isabel Hutson
87. Mary McMillan
88. Irene Houghton
89. Barbara Baskette
90. Patsy Larder
91. Shirley Brown
92. Margaret Chapman
93. Doris Freeborn
94. Pauline ?
95. Grace Groom
96. Betty Rawlinson
97. Norah Clark
98. Shirley Munroe
99. Madeleine Currie
100. Marjorie Baigent
101. Alice Upfold
102. Yvonne Holmes
103. Jean Gr?
104. Madeleine Stathem
105. Marie McDermott
106. Donna Simpson
107. Geraldine Borthwick
108. Margaret Zurbrigg
109. Jacqueline Sinclair
110. Jimmy Millar
111. Maury McKay
112. Harold Catling
113. Lorne Groves
114. Fred Waring
115. Bill Newell
116. Don McNiven
117. Dale Wurker
118. Roy Sharpe
119. Donald Sherman
120. ?
121. Tom Moore
122. Bob Hutt
123. Sonny Williamson
124. Don Beno
125. Norm Mitchell
126. Orley Hamilton
127. Bud Garten
128. Bob Larper
129. Jim Longfield
130. Betty Ronson
131. Marjory Dougall
132. Edith Daniel
133. Charlotte Carr
134. Marna Ofield
135. Evelyn Hill
136. Edith Ruckle
137. Betty Jones
138. Jean Johnston
139. Grace Turnbull
140. Helen Heeney
141. Doreen Nievies?
142. Jean Somers
143. Janet Moon
144. Dorothy Knott
145. Shirley Mitchell
146. Marilyn Moffat
147. Mildred Fleming
148. Dorothy Cussons
149. Noreen Matheson
150. Helen Bisbee
151. Mary Stevenson
152. Marjorie Muterer
153. Edith Long
154. Dorothy Dykeman
155. Joyce Johnston
156. Mary Hill
157. Jean Millson
158. Bernice Nunn
159. Lorraine Bowman
160. Margaret Baigent
161. Yvonne Shannon
162. Donna-Jean Spencer
163. Mary Ruddick
164. Margaret Butterworth
165. Margaret Collins
166. Mary Nadalin
167. Ann Marie McLellan
168. Shirley Connor
169. Mike Kirwin
170. Wray Robinson
171. Jim Somers
172. Roger Smith
173. Bill Kerr
174. Tom Freure
175. Ken Moore
176. Jim Harris
177. Bill Turner
178. Ken Beno
179. Scott Martin
180. Jim Kirwin
181. Doug Flenniken
182. Ronald Shier
183. Beverly Stuart
184. Jack Harris
185. Jack McNiven
186. Keith McPherson
187. John Herbert
188. Barry Walker
189. Mr. Cooper
190. Murray Goldstein
191. Barbara Hollingshead
192. Grace Larder
193. Marilyn Mitchell
194. Margaret Shelton
195. Joyce Tunney
196. Edith Pole
197. Evelyn McDonald
198. ?
199. Ann Henderson
200. Dorothy Deluth
201. Mary Hunt
202. Betty Whitwell
203. Kay Winterhalt
204. Shirley Sherman
205. Velma Birtch
206. Shirley Mott
207. Shirley Benjamin
208. Jeanne Dodd
209. Norma Barnes
210. Frances Hart
211. Vera Johnson
212. Patsy Mahoney
213. Joyce Meckback
214. Joyce Foster
215. Pat Johnson
216. Mr. J. R. Cryderman
217. Mr. J. G. Clement
218. Miss Ethel Barber
219. Miss Jean Sutherland
220. Miss Lillian Baker
221. Miss Jean Shantz
222. Miss Estelle Carney
223. Mr. J. C. Herbert
224. Mr. Whiteman
225. Mrs. Fulford
226. Mrs. Jean Simpson
227. Miss Janetta MacDonald
228. Mr. D. B. Holmes
229. Mr. W. Currie Wilson
230. Beth McKay
231. Agnes LaFlamme
232. Dorene Lemp
233. Sally McKinley
234. Penny McCurdy
235. ?
236. Patsy Napthane
237. Barbara Brewer
238. Alice Crokin
239. Barbara Bradfield
240. Shirley Catling
241. Mary Collins
242. Doris Clendenning
243. Pam Catling
244. Jean Hanley
245. Joan Dodd?
246. Sandra Adams
247. Grace Ellis
248. Leota Brady
249. Betty Barker
250. Helen Allison
251. Grace Henderson
252. Harold Longfield
253. Ken Whatley
254. Irwin Haycock
255. Max Beemer
256. Ted Pittock
257. Ken Piper
258. John Thompson
259. Lloyd Ball
260. Keith Archer
261. Bill Pittock
262. Bill Stirling
263. Dave Stewart
264. Archie Steele
265. Sammy Somers
266. Rae Waring
267. Moran Fraser
268. Bob Simpson
269. Ted Ackert
270. Bob Smith
271. Lynn Johnson
272. Bud Warden
273. ?
274. Bob Wisson
275. Lonny Elliott
276. ?
277. Bill Smith
278. Ralph Welt
279. Glenn Baxter
280. ?
281. Ted Spratt
282. Keith Roberts
283. Don Martin
284. Ray Martinell
     
285. Lloyd Pellow
     
286. Norm Mott
287. Ken McCorquodale
288. ?
289. Ron Harrison
290. Gerald Heeney
291. Roy Johnston
292. Ralph Beemer
293. Watson Ball
294. ?
295. Doug Hutchinson
296. Ralph Sharpe
     
297. Peter Gazzolla
298. Ed Finucan
299. John Zurbrigg
300. Kenny ?
301. Lloyd Adair
302. John Keenan
     
303. Ed Baigent
     
304. ?

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above, Students and faculty of IDCI, 1950-1951

1. Bill Smith
2. Doug Hutchinson
3. Ron Harrison
4. Kenny Johnson
5. Sammy Somers
6. ?
7. Harold ?
8. Leigh Nadolin
9. Bud Bowman
10. ?
11. Sid Anthony
12. Jerry Clark
13. ?
14. ?
15. Dave Stewart
16. ?
17. Dave Dunn
18. ?
19. ?
20. ?
21. ?
22. Tom McKee
23. ?
24. ?
25. ?
26. Norm Young
27. Jacob Faber
28. ?
29. Bill Wark
30. ?
31. Don Baxter
32. ?
33. ?
34. ?
35. ?
36. ?
37. George Clark
38. ?
39. ?
40. ?
41. Alan Pittock
42. Bill Johnston?
43. ?
44. ?
45. ?
46. ?
47. ?
48. Ron Billings
49. ?
50. Bob Pittock
51. Tom Telfer
52. Homer Hammond
53. Doug McKenzie
54. John Zurbrigg
55. Gord Todd
56. Keith Roberts
57. Gerald Heeney
58. Bill Zurbrigg
59. Ray Martinell
60. Moran Fraser
61. ?
62. Bill Pittock
63. Lynn Johnston
64. ?
65. ?
66. ?
67. ?
68. Patsy Mahoney
69. ?
70. ?
71. ?
72. J. R. Cryderman
73. Dave Holmes [Phys Ed]
74. Jean Shantz [French]
75. ?
76. Jean Sutherland
77. Currie Wilson
78. Jeanetta MacDonald
79. J. C. Herbert
80. Estelle Carnie
81. Jean Simpson
82. ?
83. Pete Clement
84. Gus Brogdon
85. Miss Vanest ? [English]
86. ?
87. ?
88. ?
89. Pat Hanley
90. ?
91. ?
92. Doreen Uren
93. Margaret Start
94. Barb Thornton
95. J. VanNess
96. Joan Markham
97. Jean Watmough
98. Jean Statham?
99. ?
100. ?
101. ?
102. ?
103. ?
104. Jackie Carr
105. Mary Jane Churchouse
106. Pat Osbourne
107. ?
108. Virginia Spencer
109. ?
110. ?
111. ?
112. ?
113. Ed Mott
114. ?
115. ?
116. Bob Wissan
117. ?
118. Ted Spratt
119. Bob Simpson
120. Rae Waring
121. Peter Gazzola
122. Archie Steele
123. ?
124. Alan Hall
125. Harold Catling?
126. ?
127. Nora Clarke?
128. ?
129. Harold Waterhouse
130. ?
131. ?
132. ?
133. ?
134. Leota Brady?
135. ?
136. Norma Barnes
137. ?
138. ?
139. Edith Pole
140. ?
141. ?
142. Mary Collins
143. Vera Johnston
144. Fran Hart
145. ?
146. ?
147. Joyce Meckbach
148. Betty Whitwell
149. ?
150. Pat ?
151. Joyce Tunney
152. Doreen Lemp
153. ?
154. ?
155. ?
156. ?
157. ?
158. Pamela Catling
159. ?
160. ?
161. ?
162. ?
163. ?
164. ?
165. ?
166. Barbara Bradfield
167. ?
168. ?
169. ?
170. ?
171. Doris  Clendinning
172. June  Shapley
173. ?
174. ?
175. ?
176. Kathleen Rodwell?
177. Shirley Mott
178. ?
179. Marg [Peg] Caffyn
180. ?
181. Florabelle Bartram
182. ?
183. ?
184. Ed Baigent
185. [Custodian]
186. Bud Warden
187. Bob Smith
188. Graham Hall
189. Bill Kerr
190. ?
191. Tom Miller
192. ?
193. ?
194. ?
195. ?
196. ?
197. ?
198. Shirley Munroe
199. Madeline Currie
200. Marjorie Baigent
201. Alice Upfold
202. ?
203. ?
204. ?
205. ?
206. ?
207. ?
208. ?
209. ?
210. Barbara Baskette
211. ?
212. ?
213. ?
214. ?
215. ?
216. ?
217. ?
218. ?
219. Dorothy Knott
220. ?
221. ?
222. ?
223. Yvonne Shannon
224. ?
225. Mary Ruddick
226. Marjorie Muterer
227. Donna Jean Spencer
228. Joyce Johnson
229. ?
230. Sheila Morrison
231. Arlene Harvey
232. ?
233. Joyce Turner
234. ?
235. ?
236. ?
237. ?
238. ?
239. ?
240. Donna Simpson
241. ?
242. ?
243. ?
244. ?
245. ?
246. ?
247. ?
248. Tom Wurker
249. Ray Sharpe
250. ?
251. ?
252. Tom Moore
253. ?
254. ?
255. ?
256. ?
257. Helen Heeney
258. ?
259. ?
260. ?
261. ?
262. ?
263. ?
264. ?
265. ?
266. ?
267. ?
268. ?
269. Ron Shier
270. ?
271. John Herbert
272. Pat Waring
273. ?
274. Don Sherman
275. Bev Stewart
276. ?
277. Glenn Baxter
278. ?
279. Eldon Alderson
280. Jim Longfield
281. Jim Harris
282. ?
283. Scott Martin
284. ?
285. ?
286. ?
287. Tom Douglas
288. Greg Harris
289. Joe Kurtzman
290. John Thompson
291. ?
292. ?
293. Shirley Telfer
294. Jim Chisholm
295. Keith Wilson
296. Bill Phillips
297. Bruce Fraser
298. Harold Crellin
299. ?
300. Jim Grimes
301. ?
302. Jim Pittock
303. Jean Hollingshead
304. ?
305. ?
306. Tom Freure
307. Jim Somers
308. Jim Harris?
309. Don Martin
310. Ralph Beemer

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