Looking Back at Elwood Central School Days

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Minor Truamas and Sliced Bread

Posted by Sys Admin on Friday, March 25, 2016, In : 1960s 

I stumbled across your website having seen a TV show about straps used as punishment in schools. I attended ECS in 1960/1 or 1961/2. Remembering (in my view) Mr. Hunter's brutality with his strap (he lovingly called it Dr. Black). I Goggled ECS/Hunter/strap and found your website. I remembered all the teachers mentioned by John Watson in his post of July 4 2015. I have many memories of people, incidents, events of my years there.
 
I cringe with remorseful embarrassment when I think of the ...


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The Big School at Elwood - Early 1940s

Posted by Ädmin: This is part 2 of 3 by NRW on Saturday, October 31, 2015, In : 1940s 
The Big School – 1940 to 1943

1940 saw me in the "big school" where Grade 3s were taught by

Miss Quirk and Mr Winkle. Grade 4s had Miss Opie and Miss Tynan. 

Mr Mc Donald and Miss Oulton taught Grade 5s. In Grade 6, 

Mr Lester taught the boys and Miss Wall taught the girls. 

Whilst at the Big School, my teachers were Miss Quirk, Miss Tynan, 
Mr McDonald and Mr Lester. 

 
The 3rd grade was the beginning of a good grounding in the three 
"R's".  Miss Quirk seemed to be obsessed with multiplication...

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