Hara School District #5142

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First teacher Margaret Elliot and students - 1940

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Hara District No. 5142 was formed in 1939 with Bob Wallace as the secretary. Harry Dixon, John H. Brocklebank, and Mike Meszaros, were the trustees. The school was built from logs with volunteer labour on SW31-42-12-W2

Hara School opened September 11, 1939 with an initial enrolment of nine students. Margaret Elliot was the first teacher. Her salary that year was $500.00.
Louise (Caron) Mahussier taught at Hara from 1952 to 1954. She wrote the following memory, of spring travel to work, in the rural history book A Season or So....
While teaching at Hara there were many mornings that Louis would drive me up to the road at Mesaros’ and from there I’d walk barefooted to school, through the mud, because it was too muddy to keep rubber boots on. Once at school I’d wash my feet and put on shoes and stockings. My feet would be very cold some mornings!
Louise (Caron) Mahussier
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The school closed in 1959 when students were bussed to Bjorkdale Hamlet. The school building was sold and moved to Carl Schneider's yard. It has been damaged by fire twice since being moved.

After the move to Schneider’s Yard

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The Teachers:
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Margaret Elliot
Benjamin Kendrick
Margaret Joan Hayes
Clara Beeching

LMuriel Jensen
Anita Berteig
Annette Mahussier

Stella Mae Russel
Therese Hayes
Louise (Caron) Mahussier
Elizabeth (Jebson) Mahussier

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Abstracted from: A Season or So ..., A History of the people of Bjorkdale and surrounding districts., 1983. Published by Bjorkdale Historical Committee.
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