{"id":15273,"date":"2024-02-18T10:35:26","date_gmt":"2024-02-18T15:35:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dunany.ca\/?p=15273"},"modified":"2024-02-19T08:43:42","modified_gmt":"2024-02-19T13:43:42","slug":"a-short-story-about-the-dunany-school-where-was-it-located-when-did-it-close","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dunany.ca\/en\/a-short-story-about-the-dunany-school-where-was-it-located-when-did-it-close\/15273","title":{"rendered":"A Short Story about the Dunany School. Where was it located? When did it Close?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I am writing this article comfortably seated in my home which was built in 1940 by Leonard Gain, the then local contractor. He inhabited it till his death with his wife wife Minnie – n\u00e9e Clifford – who he married in 1936 in Shrewsbury. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

And Minnie was the last of the 27 teachers of the Dunany School which closed in 1948. She had been teaching there from 1943. We also inherited her teacher pointer stick which we have preserved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How about that!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The school which sat on what is now the Dunany Country Club parking lot across the road from the starter shack closed when transportation to Lachute became available for the pupils.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Interestingly, on the left side of the entrance to the parking lot, are the remains of a tree which was planted for the coronation of King George 6th<\/sup> (May 12 1937) by Tolbert Gauley, a student of the school at that time.,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The story of Dunany School District No 1, as it was officially called, is really well narrated in Eleanor Hammond book : A History of Dunany. You can download the chapter about the school here<\/a> if you wish to read more about it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The following picture, extracted from Mrs Hammond’s book, is that of the 14 students who attended the school in 1923.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Students in 1923<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Back Row<\/strong>: Clarence Matthews and Albert Gain
Third Row<\/strong>: Janet Morrison, Marion MacVicar, Bessie Morrison
Second Row<\/strong>: Ethel Morrison Hilda Woods, Violet Woods, Evelyn Gain,
Violet Gain. Alice Gain is in front of Violet.
Front Row<\/strong>: Angus MacDougall, Chester Gain, Dorothy Woods.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the thirties, part of the funding for the school was through a head tax : 40 cents for district 1 residents, 75 cents for outsiders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I learned that going through the records of the school which were duly copied by Dorothy Gauley before they were transferred to Lachute. I had the pleasure to meet her and she kindly loaned them to me Thank you Dorothy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I have extracted this interesting page which she duly copied for posterity. Enjoy reading the short assessments of the school of inspector J.W. McOuat.<\/p>\n\n\n

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You may have noticed that the Register’s heading puts the Dunany School District One in the Municipality of Dunany. A municipality it was not to be.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As I understand it, the Dunany area did not meet the basic criteria to become a municipality such as area of territory, taxable real estate and population as defined in a letter of 1964 from the then minister of Municipal Affairs, Pierre Laporte.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I hope you enjoy reading bout the piece of the history of Dunany. If you have been here for decades, you may recognize some names. If you are a recent immigrants like us – we have only been here for 27 years – you will hopefully feel more rooted to our wonderful community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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