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Stroud Public School In Memory - A Poem
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Copy of "Stroud Public School In Memory" a poem written by James Wesley "Wes" Maneer. This is the first page of three. Further information may be acquired at Knock Heritage Site. The text is as follows:
How well I remember, and so will some of you,
Back in Eighteen Hundred and Seventy-two.
I started to school in the lean-to woodshed,
Percilla Black was teacher with George Whitehead.
Whitehead was cross and very severe,
With his own three children, an example to bear.
But in Eighteen Hundred and Sevent-four
Came Charlott Hanna, and fear was no more.
Andrew Morton then followed, a good-natured soul,
He sure had his wories in keeping control.
And in Eighteen Hundred and Seventy-eighht,
Jim Reid came to us with his teachers' estate.
With Maria Maley completing the whole teaching staff,
And her stately demeanour, and never a laugh.
The Inspector, Oh how I remember him,
He was the very opposite of being thin.
So fat he could hardly open his eyes,
Weighed Three Hundred Pounds, Oh what a size.
His voice was like thunder, how we dreaded his call,
And when he was gone 'twas a relief for all.
We played the part of the bare-footed boy,
One toe in a rag, and a sty in one eye.
And what fun we had at the recess hour,
I remember playing marbles with Lizzie Orr.
In the winter, the snowball battles we fought,
Some broken windows, and nobody's fault.
And as homework was not a laborous task
We never did one bit more than was asked.
In the mornings the school was never too warm,
We would stand 'round the stove, while the fire would burn.
And the frozen ink bottles furnished anticipation
Of a sudden explosion and a spot on the ceiling.
The picnics we had at old Sandy Cove
Late in June, and with always a crowd.
No automobile to transport us, just a farm wagon, with boards across the box.
And the driver with his happy and smiling face
Would readily engage in a spirited race.
The hotel or the tavern across from the school
Furnished further excitement when men would get full/
And the trips we had to the beaver meadow,
To snaffle the mellons that so bounteously grew.
Oh our day was complete with some salt and a knife,
And no one could tell us, that wasn't the life.
But while speaking of knives, one couldn't resist
To cut some girls initials in the school desk., IHS3839
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Stroud Telephone
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Invoices and receipts for telephone service. Wm. Cowan and Miss. Mary Cowan,from the Stroud Telephone Company 1913 to 1931., IHS3088
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Stroud Telephone Co. Dividend
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Stroud Telephone Company, dividend letter for the year 1961. In same file the Annual Statement year ending December 1961., IHS4020
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Stroud-History
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Newspaper clipping (undated) on the history of Stroud. Further information is available at the Knock Heritage Site, IHS3327
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Sunday School Convention at Stroud Presbyterian Church
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Image of a programme for the Sunday School Convention held at Stroud Presbyterian Church on 15 June 1948. On the reverse of the programme (not pictured) are two hand-written receipts for candy and washing clothes.
This document and further information is available at the Knock Heritage Site, IHS3163A and B
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Tax Assessment
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Tax Assessment Notice for Innisfil year of 1918
To Benjamin Webb and Alvin Webb. for their 75 acres, IHS1583
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Tax Bill
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TAX BILL - George Thompson - $32.44
NH Lot 21, Conc. 10
NH of SH of Lot 26, Conc. 10, IHS2654
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Tax Bill - Frank Hindle
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Tax bill from Innisfil township issued to Frank Hindle in the amount of $127.88 for 150 acres. The bill dates to 27 October 1936 and bears a stamp from the Royal Bank of Canada, Cookstown Ontario, dating to 5 December 1936., IHS898
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Tax Bill For Herbert Black
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Copy of a tax bill issued to Herbert Black in 1940 detailing the taxation rate for items such as: education and school trustees, roads and bridges, dog tax, police services, relief & hospitalization, community hall, and toilet collection., IHS835
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Tax Bill Issued By G.W. Hewson
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Copy of a tax bill issued to a Mr. Connell by G.W. Hewson, Collector in Stroud, on 29 October 1934. The total amount due was $588.00. A handwritten notation signed by G.W. Hewson indicates that payment was made on 11 December 1934., IHS1796
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Tax Bill, 1942
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Picture of the Tax Bill of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert (Grace)Black of the Township of Innisfil, IHS833
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Tax Bill-Herbert Black
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Tax Bill, Herbert Black, Stroud, On. Further information is available at the Knock Heritage Site, IHS3296
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Tax Receipt - 1875
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Tax receipt from 1874 issued to James William Duncan for the 1874 tax year in the amount of $15.96., IHS225
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Tax Receipt - 1885
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Tax receipt in Innisfil Township for Lot 671, Belle Ewart. Dated to 14 October 1885, and a total of $2.66 to be paid to Henry Sloan., IHS413
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Tax Receipt, 1959
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Township of Innisfil Tax Receipt issued to Chalmer Pratt in the amount of $106.83., IHS632
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Telephone Bill
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Telephone bill from the Stroud Telephone Company Ltd. for six months rent, billed to Mr. Herb and Mrs. Grace Black, totalling $15.50 from 1 July 1954., IHS834
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Telephone-Stroud Telephone Co.
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Auditor's report of Stroud Telephone Co. Ltd.
List of subscribers.
Further information is available at the Knock Heritage Site, IHS3133abcdefgh
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Telephone-Stroud Telephone Co.
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l. Letter of October 27, 1947 - To Mrs. Norman (Irene) Willoughby advising her of her appointment as switchboard operator for the Stroud Telephone System.
2. Norman Willoughby's bill from the Stroud telephone company-July 1, 1953 bill for the months of April and May 1953.
Further information is available at the Knock Heritage Site, IHS3974 See also 3974-1 and 2
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Temperance Movement
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LETTER addressed to: Mr. Thomas Reive to the care of
Mr. Mosely, storekeeper on
Young Street.
From: John Patterson
Further information is available at the Knock Heritage Site., IHS1828
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