b2 tribune october 17 1981 xyi fc6 i hfefslss once i si5essk5 fi r r jri ii and j its association with museum five of the students are shown here left to ial twenty pupus from ballantrae i rightktrevormcquaker 9 brent bunnell 8 brent public school returned to the little red brick school- vakeleyv8aprilidegeer 9 and tracev leonard 8 house on the grounds of the whitchurchstoufrvihe v v three staff teachers from ballantrae were in charge of ii school setting they are left to rightjlols quarrier nl crichton they seemed to enjoy the change as much as the aeoneroomsi acnonj atty and margaret 1 jhi wik i t- i i wm ts called concentration e slgnment unmindful of whats goingwn reall6wed to write with a quill iri ightyearold michael gilroy completes his classroor iround him pupils doin best work isbksissb celebrate heritage week by jim thomasivi ballantrae time flies time also seems last week for twenty students of bal- lantrae public school jfiliiecwa- r 100 years the scene was the chwkp house on the grounds of the whitchurch stouffville museum the girls wore long dresses bonnets and shawls the hoys wore pants with wide- braces peaked caps and straw hats- a ion jack stood one coitkt of hc ioojn a large globe in the othetthe -children- worked ouslates and ibyjspecial permissioaf bn m0k i ris3t v x- mi if st ireatrgr entyakeley sporting a i eatgrandinother once use leins brent thought the slates neat t an ageold i sonic prob- keeping with the occa sion i tie was strict but patient symbols of the past were everywhere school pictures and dent photos taken at bogarttowri vandorf pine orchard hart wood ocation here -a- rural school once served a com munity there were promotion certificates containing the names of elmer starr and john brillingera photo of the fourth class at bogarttown dated 1893and more despite the reversal of time part of herit- age month at ballan- trae sctipql- thechil- dren responded rweljij even enjoyed iti like- the way they did tilings intheoldendays said qnejeigttyefiriildi it was more fun inveirwahtto cfiangeacklaid another this has beeitf the bestweek of my whole life- v reader m one hand and gesticulating with the other tweveyearo lornebrand held the attention of bis student audience most children expressed- regret when the week was over illlll yr- xi jm mm xc h 1 abtx jm 4mm tenyearold nicole mccann attempts to find vandorf on a classroom globe with out success in fact she couldnt located ballantrae either globeswere cdmmdri platwfneroom school mm vil is 5 jls 7nssjtsa ss 1 jrf v if classroom photo is not unlike plcrareg- progrcssthe extension of hwy 4w the boys and girls manyatmtphwgra were allows wethelrliatsahd caw to class just years igo the building is thefornjer bogarttown to make the event seem moreatrthentfcv scseoikmqveaito the museum site totirialwayfori -v- jim thomas bell and cairn unveiled by mayor i ballantrae the centuryoid ballantrae school heir that sum raoned students to clas ses through several geri- erations has been pre served for posterity rtow n 3h ay q r o m wood along with princlp- al joan martins and viceprlnctfjgfibtrtigj coekburo participated in an unveiling cere- mony jw6ndaynjght tbe bell was refur bished by head caretak er mdrley davis and the cairn was constructed by andy ttitehtbe bal- 1 an trae a n d d 1 s t r i c t lions club covered much of the cost 3 fhesida miiyemdus job mr cockburn told the tribune with refer ence to the building of vffie calm by mr leitch itwasmorleydatls who rescued the bell from the inferno that destroyed ballantrae school in 1973 later he 1 i 1 if polished it up in prepara- tlon for its present place of prominence k staf ftteacheir f nel i beatty outlined these iand other jnterestingv facts prior to mondays nnveifing- heceretoony lely inthatballantra teachers and stude are celebrating h age week in assoclatlo withontmojsbicen blaii vjiv i i ii mm