
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
- Harold Waterhouse
- Stuart Pole
- Earl Baskette
- Jack Gibson
- Alan Chamberlain
- Bill McKay
- Bob Yates
- Bill Jarret
- Jim Williams
- Tom Staples
- Terry Heeney
- Mac Hyde
- John McDermott
- Jim Waring
- John Walsh
- Marge Clark
- Lorna Baigent
- Frances Horley
- Phyliss Harvey
- Doris Longfield
- Irene Ruddick
- Joan Loosemore
- Joyce Muterer
- Arlene Harvey
- Dorene Simpson
- Joy Burnett
- Shirley Telfer
- Evelyn Parsons
- Joyce Turner
- Barbara Elliot
- Jean Hammond
- Sheila Morrison
- Theresa Kerwin
- Marg Hanley
- Joan McKay
- Dorothy Alderson
- Ruth Clark
- Jean Gibson
- Diana Sinclair
- Shirley Pittock
- Marion Hutchison
- Doris Woods
- Jean Munroe
- Jean Hollingshead
- Marjorie Martin
- Tom Douglas
- John Hooper
- Greg Harris
- Bill Montgomery
- Bruce Fraser
- Jim Chisholm
- Jim Grimes
- Babe Morello
- ?
- Harold Crellin
- Jim Shearon
- Fred Galpin
- Joe Kurtzman
- Leonard Fiddy
- Ronald Hoare
- John Sandick
- Carl Langford
- Earl Clark
- Bill Zurbrigg
- ?
- Bill Phillips
- Bob Rawlinson
- Jim Pittock
- John Johnston
- Dorothy Callender
- Dawn Martin
- Pearl Wilson
- Gloria Bigham
- Lillian Brewer
- Margaret Blair
- Doreen Embury
- Mildred Mansfield
- Christine McKay
- Sally Fleet
- Agnes Smith
- Hazel Wilson
- Barbara Patience
- Peggy Quinn
- Martha Wright
- Maxine Picard
- Isabel Hutson
- Mary McMillan
- Irene Houghton
- Barbara Baskette
- Patsy Larder
- Shirley Brown
- Margaret Chapman
- Doris Freeborn
- Pauline ?
- Grace Groom
- Betty Rawlinson
- Norah Clark
- Shirley Munroe
- Madeleine Currie
- Marjorie Baigent
- Alice Upfold
- Yvonne Holmes
- Jean Gr?
- Madeleine Stathem
- Marie McDermott
- Donna Simpson
- Geraldine Borthwick
- Margaret Zurbrigg
- Jacqueline Sinclair
- Jimmy Millar
- Maury McKay
- Harold Catling
- Lorne Groves
- Fred Waring
- Bill Newell
- Don McNiven
- Dale Wurker
- Roy Sharpe
- Donald Sherman
- ?
- Tom Moore
- Bob Hutt
- Sonny Williamson
- Don Beno
- Norm Mitchell
- Orley Hamilton
- Bud Garten
- Bob Larper
- Jim Longfield
- Betty Ronson
- Marjory Dougall
- Edith Daniel
- Charlotte Carr
- Marna Ofield
- Evelyn Hill
- Edith Ruckle
- Betty Jones
- Jean Johnston
- Grace Turnbull
- Helen Heeney
- Doreen Nievies?
- Jean Somers
- Janet Moon
- Dorothy Knott
- Shirley Mitchell
- Marilyn Moffat
- Mildred Fleming
- Dorothy Cussons
- Noreen Matheson
- Helen Bisbee
- Mary Stevenson
- Marjorie Muterer
- Edith Long
- Dorothy Dykeman
- Joyce Johnston
- Mary Hill
- Jean Millson
- Bernice Nunn
- Lorraine Bowman
- Margaret Baigent
- Yvonne Shannon
- Donna-Jean Spencer
- Mary Ruddick
- Margaret Butterworth
- Margaret Collins
- Mary Nadalin
- Ann Marie McLellan
- Shirley Connor
- Mike Kirwin
- Wray Robinson
- Jim Somers
- Roger Smith
- Bill Kerr
- Tom Freure
- Ken Moore
- Jim Harris
- Bill Turner
- Ken Beno
- Scott Martin
- Jim Kirwin
- Doug Flenniken
- Ronald Shier
- Beverly Stuart
- Jack Harris
- Jack McNiven
- Keith McPherson
- John Herbert
- Barry Walker
- Mr. Cooper
- Murray Goldstein
- Barbara Hollingshead
- Grace Larder
- Marilyn Mitchell
- Margaret Shelton
- Joyce Tunney
- Edith Pole
- Evelyn McDonald
- ?
- Ann Henderson
- Dorothy Deluth
- Mary Hunt
- Betty Whitwell
- Kay Winterhalt
- Shirley Sherman
- Velma Birtch
- Shirley Mott
- Shirley Benjamin
- Jeanne Dodd
- Norma Barnes
- Frances Hart
- Vera Johnson
- Patsy Mahoney
- Joyce Meckback
- Joyce Foster
- Pat Johnson
- Mr. J. R. Cryderman
- Mr. J. G. Clement
- Miss Ethel Barber
- Miss Jean Sutherland
- Miss Lillian Baker
- Miss Jean Shantz
- Miss Estelle Carney
- Mr. J. C. Herbert
- Mr. Whiteman
- Mrs. Fulford
- Mrs. Jean Simpson
- Miss Janetta MacDonald
- Mr. D. B. Holmes
- Mr. W. Currie Wilson
- Beth McKay
- Agnes LaFlamme
- Dorene Lemp
- Sally McKinley
- Penny McCurdy
- ?
- Patsy Napthane
- Barbara Brewer
- Alice Crokin
- Barbara Bradfield
- Shirley Catling
- Mary Collins
- Doris Clendenning
- Pam Catling
- Jean Hanley
- Joan Dodd?
- Sandra Adams
- Grace Ellis
- Leota Brady
- Betty Barker
- Helen Allison
- Grace Henderson
- Harold Longfield
- Ken Whatley
- Irwin Haycock
- Max Beemer
- Ted Pittock
- Ken Piper
- John Thompson
- Lloyd Ball
- Keith Archer
- Bill Pittock
- Bill Stirling
- Dave Stewart
- Archie Steele
- Sammy Somers
- Rae Waring
- Moran Fraser
- Bob Simpson
- Ted Ackert
- Bob Smith
- Lynn Johnson
- Bud Warden
- ?
- Bob Wisson
- Lonny Elliott
- ?
- Bill Smith
- Ralph Welt
- Glenn Baxter
- ?
- Ted Spratt
- Keith Roberts
- Don Martin
- Ray Martinell
- Lloyd Pellow
- Norm Mott
- Ken McCorquodale
- ?
- Ron Harrison
- Gerald Heeney
- Roy Johnston
- Ralph Beemer
- Watson Ball
- ?
- Doug Hutchinson
- Ralph Sharpe
- Peter Gazzolla
- Ed Finucan
- John Zurbrigg
- Kenny ?
- Lloyd Adair
- John Keenan
- Ed Baigent
- ?
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above, Students and faculty of IDCI, 1950-1951
- Bill Smith
- Doug Hutchinson
- Ron Harrison
- Kenny Johnson
- Sammy Somers
- ?
- Harold ?
- Leigh Nadolin
- Bud Bowman
- ?
- Sid Anthony
- Jerry Clark
- ?
- ?
- Dave Stewart
- ?
- Dave Dunn
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- Tom McKee
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- Norm Young
- Jacob Faber
- ?
- Bill Wark
- ?
- Don Baxter
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- George Clark
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- Alan Pittock
- Bill Johnston?
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- Ron Billings
- ?
- Bob Pittock
- Tom Telfer
- Homer Hammond
- Doug McKenzie
- John Zurbrigg
- Gord Todd
- Keith Roberts
- Gerald Heeney
- Bill Zurbrigg
- Ray Martinell
- Moran Fraser
- ?
- Bill Pittock
- Lynn Johnston
- ?
- ?
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- ?
- Patsy Mahoney
- ?
- ?
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- J. R. Cryderman
- Dave Holmes [Phys Ed]
- Jean Shantz [French]
- ?
- Jean Sutherland
- Currie Wilson
- Jeanetta MacDonald
- J. C. Herbert
- Estelle Carnie
- Jean Simpson
- ?
- Pete Clement
- Gus Brogdon
- Miss Vanest ? [English]
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- ?
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- Pat Hanley
- ?
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- Doreen Uren
- Margaret Start
- Barb Thornton
- J. VanNess
- Joan Markham
- Jean Watmough
- Jean Statham?
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- Jackie Carr
- Mary Jane Churchouse
- Pat Osbourne
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- Virginia Spencer
- ?
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- Ed Mott
- ?
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- Bob Wissan
- ?
- Ted Spratt
- Bob Simpson
- Rae Waring
- Peter Gazzola
- Archie Steele
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- Alan Hall
- Harold Catling?
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- Nora Clarke?
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- Harold Waterhouse
- ?
- ?
- ?
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- Leota Brady?
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- Norma Barnes
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- Edith Pole
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- Mary Collins
- Vera Johnston
- Fran Hart
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- Joyce Meckbach
- Betty Whitwell
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- Pat ?
- Joyce Tunney
- Doreen Lemp
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- Pamela Catling
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- Barbara Bradfield
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- Doris Clendinning
- June Shapley
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- Kathleen Rodwell?
- Shirley Mott
- ?
- Marg [Peg] Caffyn
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- Florabelle Bartram
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- Ed Baigent
- [Custodian]
- Bud Warden
- Bob Smith
- Graham Hall
- Bill Kerr
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- Tom Miller
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- Shirley Munroe
- Madeline Currie
- Marjorie Baigent
- Alice Upfold
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- Barbara Baskette
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- Dorothy Knott
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- Yvonne Shannon
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- Mary Ruddick
- Marjorie Muterer
- Donna Jean Spencer
- Joyce Johnson
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- Sheila Morrison
- Arlene Harvey
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- Joyce Turner
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- Donna Simpson
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- Tom Wurker
- Ray Sharpe
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- Tom Moore
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- Helen Heeney
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- Ron Shier
- ?
- John Herbert
- Pat Waring
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- Don Sherman
- Bev Stewart
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- Glenn Baxter
- ?
- Eldon Alderson
- Jim Longfield
- Jim Harris
- ?
- Scott Martin
- ?
- ?
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- Tom Douglas
- Greg Harris
- Joe Kurtzman
- John Thompson
- ?
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- Shirley Telfer
- Jim Chisholm
- Keith Wilson
- Bill Phillips
- Bruce Fraser
- Harold Crellin
- ?
- Jim Grimes
- ?
- Jim Pittock
- Jean Hollingshead
- ?
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- Tom Freure
- Jim Somers
- Jim Harris?
- Don Martin
- Ralph Beemer
Dear folks I can identify some of the people in the photo of IDCI students of 1949-50 that are missing unsure or incorrect.
#52 Jim Grimes -correct;#53 Babe Morello correct;#129 is Jimmy Longfield;# 182 is spelled Shier;## 208 is Jeanne Dodd older sister of Joan;#176 Jim Harris is correct;# 239 Barbara Bradfield(married Bob Simpson # 268);#261 Bill Pittock;#262 Bill Stirling#263 Dave Stewart;#264 Archie Steele;#2 65 Sammy Somers,#266 Rae Waring;#276 Moran Fraser;#278 Ralph Welt;#279 Glenn Baxter;#281 Ted Spratt;#282 Keith Rberts ;# 283 Don Martin ;#284 Ray Martinell;#285 lloyd pellow;#286 Norm Mott;#287 Ken Mccorquodale;#289 Ron Harrison# 296 Ralph Sharpe;#297 Peter Gazzola;#298 Ed Finucan;299 John Zurbrigg;#301 kenny ?;#301 Lloyd Adair; #302 John Keenan;#303 Ed Baigent Regards Rae Waring
Rae – any chance you’re part of the same Waring family that came over from Co. Down, and married with the Dynes family?
– Al Henderson (a Dynes descendant and researcher)
Hi Al,
Your post is two years old so I hope you are able to see this. Yes Rae is my father, his great-grandfather James married Mary Dynes. I have seen your Dynes family site on Rootsweb, it was incredibly useful to me. Please drop me a line:
jwaring613@gmail.com
All the best,
James Waring
Ottawa
IDCI 1950-51 photo #306 is my cousin Tom Freure.
Regards,
Margaret Switzer
In the 1949-1950 Joyce Toomy is Joyce Tunney #195 also, in the 1950-51 #155 is Joyce Tunney, my sister.
Regards
Colleen True (Tunney)
I apoligize, Joyce Tunney in the 1950-51 is #151 not 155. Sorry
Colleen True
Hi. Just a spelling change. #181 is Florabelle Bartram.