HILLSIDE SCHOOL -1912
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HILLSIDE SCHOOL -1912
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1912 - 1964 721 HENRY STREET ESTEVAN SASKATCHEWAN BUILT BY MR. JOHN PHILLIPS GRADES 1- 8 1-6 pre new school being built 4-8 after new school was built |
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FROM GRADE 4 TO 6 (1958-1961) THEN GRADE 8, (1963) I had the best Principal that a person could wish for. Mr. Douglas (Doug) J. Third I don't think I have ever heard one bad word, from anyone, parents or students, of Mr. Third. Those that never had him as their Principal I feel sorry for. He still lives in Estevan. During Grade 6 if I remember right, Mrs. Crawshaw, my English teacher at the time, was a little upset that I kept getting F's in her class, and I was sent to the Principal's office for a little straightening out. I had come from Bienfait in grade 4, and was not adjusting to Hillside, the strange town, or the school very well. Mr. Third told me that he was going to give me the strap, (the old Razor strap) on each hand. He told me it was going to hurt him more than me! It must have hurt him a heck of a lot!!!! But after that wake up call, I got A's and B's in most of my classes for the rest of my school years. I did not want that to happen to me again, and it never did. I thank him for it now.
Miss Staples, THE FIRST HILLSIDE PRINCIPAL,
Memories of my friend- Ron Hitchcock Grade 1 Mrs Murphy - she hit me over the head a few times with a spelling book, just because I beat up Ellis Robertson. Grade 2 - I don't remember, I must have been good that year Grade 3 - Miss Severson Grade 4 - Mrs. Lotten - we got fountain pens Grade 5 - Mr. Third, best damn teacher I ever had. Grade 6 - Mr. Thrift - Grade 7 - Mr. Don Kindopp Grade 8 - Mr Third - I was in the first graduating class of the newschool (1965)
Listed below are others that taught there
School Caretaker while I went to school at Hillside was Ron Hitchcock's Dad- Cecil Hitchcock Cecil kept us all in line! A great guy! He also drove the ECI bus. In the early years, Mr. Robert (Bob) Phillips was janitor at Hillside school. While I went to school here I delivered the "Star Weekly" to most of the parents homes. One of the finest and kindest parents I remember was Colleen Slaters Mother. I lived on Isabelle St, they lived on King St. When it was 35 below, by the time I got to her place I must have looked frozen, she always asked me in and let me warm up before carrying on. She saved me from many a frozen nose and toe! I thank her! I had many friends at Hillside, some of these friendships have carried on till this day. Bud Haygarth is still a very close friend. Also correspond with his brother Jim, Ron Hitchcock, and Colleen Slater now. Other family names I remember: (in no particular order) Hagels, Wagners (Wayne was a very good friend for the years at Hillside and a few at ECI, when his family moved to Bienfait we lost touch, and haven't seen each other in 30 years+), McMasters, Thompsons, Matthies, Mehler, Duce, Byers, McNichol, Hinzman (Mr Bill Hinzman was our Scout leader and a real Gentleman!), (Hinzmans was just about out of town in those days) Chipleys, the Grays, Callfas, Samson, Walkers (our neighbours behind), Sam Wilsons, Effords, Lottens, Cooleys, Johnsons, Cundalls, Oszust, Highfield, Stubel, Rosets and more when the memory bank kicks in> We all had fun on the north side of the tracks! I remember hours on the skating rink in the Park, We would play outdoor hockey until we were frozen stiff, then go home and watch Ed Sullivan and the Beatles. During recess it was Soccer or softball in the summer. I remember picking the honey-suckle blossoms off the hedge on the north side of the school and sucking the sweet nectar. I remember singing O Canada every morning, the old REAL version! I remember the Queen's picture above the desk. I remember playing marbles up against the side of the basement. I remember the old wooden staircase with Mr. Thirds office at the top, in the "Tower" facing Henry St. Colleen Slater-Smith reminded me of Mr. Third ringing the bell out the front window of his office, to signal recess and lunch periods were over.
I remember the foot long erasers,
For a time the building was used as School Board Offices It is now the office of the RM of the area. Went in there last year to find the lot number of our old farm on the old highway on the corner where you turned left for Bienfait or right to go to Portal. What a change to Hillside School, totally renovated inside, but the outside is still the same. New windows, not the old sliders we had years ago. The old shoe drop area is all carpeted, and I do believe the old staircase was visible but all redone of course. I hope you remember these and more memories of this great old school. I only went for 4 years but enjoyed those, until today, and beyond! By Doug Gent |
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