Ravenhurst School District No. 5136

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An organizational meeting was held on September 1, 1937 with eight ratepayers signing for the school. The name, “Ravenhurst,” referring to thicket (hursts) inhabited by the ever- present ravens, was put forth by G. Lomer.

On November 1, 1938, the school , situated on SE 31-46-11-W2, was opened in a temporary building owned by J. Warhurst. The Department of Education gave a grant to install three large windows. On September 1, 1940, the school year began in a new building. The former school was used as a teacherage with the owner receiving $2 per month for rent. Enrolment was always low, and in 1947, the school was closed for three years due to insufficient numbers of school-aged children. Improvements including brick roll siding and a block foundation were added during this closure.

From 1952-59 the school was unable to attract qualified teachers, so study supervisors were hired. Ravenhurst was closed permanently in 1959 and the children were bussed to Arborfield.

The teachers and study supervisors who taught at Ravenhurst School and the year they started are as follows: *

Minnie Switzer

1938

Marjorie Martman

1940

Agatha Friesen

1942

Jeannette Lemire

1944

Iva W. Barber

1945

Allan Picton

1946

Frances Niles

1950

Jean Kowbel

1951

Milda Hunter

1952

Katherine Lindsay

1955

Mary Billingsley

1956

Mabel Miller

1957

Lois Cragg

1958



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*School closed 1947-50

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Condensed from Echoes from the Past. A History Arborfield and District, 1981
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