| Leap Over Time |
| History and recollections of one-room schools in the Belfast area, 1803-1968 |
| Eliza Gillis Viola Gillis Linda Jean Nicholson |
Leap Over Time contains the history of twenty
individual school districts in the Belfast area of Prince
Edward Island beginning with the arrival of the Selkirk
Settlers in 1803 up to consolidation in 1968.
Included are the district schools of: Belle River,
Culloden, Eldon, Flat River, Iona East, Iona West,
Lower Newtown, Melville, Mount Buchanan, Mount
Vernon, Newtown Cross, North Pinette, Ocean View,
Orwell Cove, Point Prim, South Pinette, Upper Belle
Creek, Valley, Wood Islands East, and Wood Islands
West.
A descriptive account is given for each school that
includes the history of the school, recollections of
students and teachers, and photographs of
schoolhouses and schoolteachers. Also presented are
a variety of newspaper articles, maps, school registers,
school inspector reports, and other memorabilia.
In the days before consolidation, the district school was
the heart of the local community. It is the hope of the
authors that this collection of materials has embraced
the spirit of these schools and helped preserve it for
future generations.
individual school districts in the Belfast area of Prince
Edward Island beginning with the arrival of the Selkirk
Settlers in 1803 up to consolidation in 1968.
Included are the district schools of: Belle River,
Culloden, Eldon, Flat River, Iona East, Iona West,
Lower Newtown, Melville, Mount Buchanan, Mount
Vernon, Newtown Cross, North Pinette, Ocean View,
Orwell Cove, Point Prim, South Pinette, Upper Belle
Creek, Valley, Wood Islands East, and Wood Islands
West.
A descriptive account is given for each school that
includes the history of the school, recollections of
students and teachers, and photographs of
schoolhouses and schoolteachers. Also presented are
a variety of newspaper articles, maps, school registers,
school inspector reports, and other memorabilia.
In the days before consolidation, the district school was
the heart of the local community. It is the hope of the
authors that this collection of materials has embraced
the spirit of these schools and helped preserve it for
future generations.
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| Profits benefit the Belfast Historical Society. |
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ TABLE OF CONTENTS |
| Belfast District Schools Schoolmaster Donald Nicholson by Linda Jean Nicholson Early Belfast Schools by Linda Jean Nicholson The Pinette School, 1834-1864 by Linda Jean Nicholson Belfast Teacher’s Association by Linda Jean Nicholson The Belfast Grammar School, 1864-1878 by Linda Jean Nicholson Women’s Institutes by Eliza Gillis Teaching in the 1950’s by Thelma MacTavish Belle River/Belle Creek School A Brief History of Belle River (Belle Creek) School by Linda Jean Nicholson Mrs. Elizabeth Brown Interview by Eliza Gillis Russell Compton Interview by Eliza Gillis Belle River School Photographs Culloden School A Brief History of Culloden School by Linda Jean Nicholson Eveline Gillis Interview by Viola Gillis Roy MacLean Interview by Eliza Gillis Culloden School Photographs Eldon School A Brief History of Eldon School by Linda Jean Nicholson Eddy Martin Interview by Eliza Gillis Victor Howard Frizzell Interview by Viola Gillis Eldon School Photographs Flat River School A Brief History of Flat River School by Linda Jean Nicholson Donald MacKenzie Interview by Eliza Gillis Hilda Christine (Beaton) Hilchey Interview by Viola Gillis Flat River School Photographs Iona East/Montague East School A Brief History of Iona East (Montague East) School by Linda Jean Nicholson Leo Michael Mooney Interview by Viola Gillis Kenny McCabe Interview by Eliza Gillis Iona East School Photographs Iona West/Montague West School A Brief History of Iona West (Montague West) School by Linda Jean Nicholson Cecilia Elizabeth Morrissey Interview by Viola Gillis Margaret Helen (O’Brien) Edmonds Interview by Viola Gillis Iona West School Photographs Lower Newtown School A Brief History of Lower Newtown School by Linda Jean Nicholson Sadie “Jean” (Nicholson) Jenkins Interview by Eliza Gillis Finlay “Lee” A. Smith Interview by Viola Gillis Lower Newtown School Photographs Melville/Raasa School A Brief History of Melville School by Linda Jean Nicholson John Gilmore Interview by Eliza Gillis Blanche Catherine MacKay Interview by Viola Gillis Melville School Photographs Mount Buchanan School A Brief History of Mount Buchanan School by Linda Jean Nicholson Florence (MacKinnon) Kelby Interview by Eliza Gillis Mary (Nicholson) MacGowan Interview by Eliza Gillis Mount Buchanan School Photographs Mount Vernon/Rona School A Brief History of Mount Vernon (Rona) School by Linda Jean Nicholson David Sanders Interview by Eliza Gillis Lauretta May Acorn Interview by Viola Gillis Mount Vernon School Photographs Mount Vernon/Rona School A Brief History of Mount Vernon (Rona) School by Linda Jean Nicholson David Sanders Interview by Eliza Gillis Lauretta May Acorn Interview by Viola Gillis Mount Vernon School Photographs |
Newtown Cross/Upper Newtown School A Brief History of Newtown Cross (Upper Newtown) School by Linda Jean Nicholson Cecil Michael Morrissey Interview by Viola Gillis Newtown Cross School Photograph North Pinette/Roseberry School A Brief History of North Pinette (Roseberry) School by Linda Jean Nicholson Alan Buchanan Interview by Eliza Gillis Howard Ross Interview by Eliza Gillis North Pinette School Photographs Ocean View/Surrey School A Brief History of Ocean View (Surrey) School by Linda Jean Nicholson Alexander Donald MacKenzie Interview by Viola Gillis Thomas MacKenzie Interview by Eliza Gillis Ocean View School Photographs Orwell Cove School A Brief History of Orwell Cove School by Linda Jean Nicholson Reginald MacLean Interview by Eliza Gillis Mary Martina (McKenna) Doyle Interview by Viola Gillis Orwell Cove School Photographs Point Prim School A Brief History of Point Prim School by Linda Jean Nicholson Janet (MacRae) Smith Interview by Eliza Gillis Lauchlin MacLeod Gillis Interview by Viola Gillis Point Prim School Photographs South Pinette School A Brief History of South Pinette School by Linda Jean Nicholson Elizabeth Morrison Interview by Eliza Gillis Annie Morrison Ross Interview by Viola Gillis South Pinette School Photographs Upper Belle Creek School A Brief History of Upper Belle Creek School by Linda Jean Nicholson Kay (Young) Mitchell Interview by Viola Gillis Howard Hancock Interview by Viola Gillis Upper Belle Creek School Photographs Valley School A Brief History of Valley School by Linda Jean Nicholson Minnie (Phelan) Kelly Interview by Viola Gillis Velma (Gillis) Murphy Interview by Viola Gillis Valley School Photographs Wood Islands East School A Brief History of Wood Islands East School by Linda Jean Nicholson Lillian Doris (White) MacLeod Interview by Viola Gillis Laura (Acorn) Compton Interview by Viola Gillis Wood Islands East School Photographs Wood Islands West School A Brief History of Wood Islands West School by Linda Jean Nicholson Peggy Panting Interview by Viola Gillis Kenny Emery Interview by Eliza Gillis Wood Islands West Photographs Belfast Consolidated Elementary School School Consolidation by Isabel Morrison MacDonald Period of Transition: Dale Murchison and Beth Fortune by Eliza Gillis Index Authors |
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ABOUT THE AUTHORS Eliza Gillis Viola Gillis Linda Jean Nicholson |
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