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District No. 73, Hopkins

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Hopkins School, 2001

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District No. 73, Hopkins
District formed 1892
Years schools built N/A
General location N/A
Modern address Located at Hwy. 61 and Co. Rd. 4 in Oneka.
District boundaries N/A
Disposition Now a recycling center.
Notes *The school was used as a youth center for awhile after the school closed.
*The district was formed from districts 44 and 51.
*The school was 30 ft. long by 20 ft. wide and 10 ft. high.
*Enrollment in 1898: 28 students.
*Is in the process of being renovated.
*A new building was built in the 1920s and called Hopkins school.
*Possibly two different schools at one time in the 1930s.
*The school closed in the 1950s.
Memories: "When the school was first opened it was supplied with the ordinary double desks used in country school, two good sized wooden black boards, a neat desk for the teacher and a reading chart for the new beginners. The building, as before mentioned is not a large one, but is a good type of a country schoolhouse.

Known Teachers:

1892-3: Ethel French
1893-4: Grace Carter
1894-8: Andrew Jardine and Marion E. Brandon
1898-9: Ruby McAndrew
1938-9: Lucille Carroll
1939-40: Lucille Carroll

 

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