Centrelea School Yearbook 1942-43 Vol III

Centrelea School Yearbook 1942-43 Vol II

Centrelea School Yearbook 1942-43 Vol I

The next posts will be taken from two wonderful yearbooks put together by Mrs. Bessie Dalrymple and her pupils. These yearbooks are in the possession of Mrs. Louise Bruce (nee Lantz) who was one of the pupils during these two years. The Centrelea Community Hall is most grateful for the permission to use these great glimpses into our community's past. As the handwriting is very clear, I won't do any transcriptions and just put a number of pages in sequence over the next few pages. We'll start with the first yearbook here.

History of the Hall - II

The following information is contained on the Inventory Site Form from the Nova Scotia Department of Municipal Affairs.

“Historical Comment: In 1867, Charles Piggott took the contract to construct the Centreville School. It was located west of Bradford Hutchinson’s farm. When United Elastic Corp. purchased the land on which the school sat, it was moved to its present location. It is now used as a community hall.”

“Architectural Comment: Greek Revival style one storey wood frame construction. Steeply pitched roof with front facing gable. Two bay façade with offset entry. 9/6 windows on sides and 6/6 windows in front. Side windows have flat hoods. Modern additions in front and rear. Front facing addition is one storey front facing porch.”

“History of Building:
Centreville School 1867 to 1959
Centreville Community Club 1959 to 1960
Moved to Present Location 1960
Centrelea Community Club 1960 to 1993
Centrelea Community Club 1993 to 2011”

“Comments on Historical Associations:
School house has been thoroughly painted. New Blinds, new maps, now globe and a Grade B teacher in the person of Mr. Ingram Oaks of Albany.” [Bridgetown Monitor January 28, 1891.]

[Other Sources: Jean Hutchinson Sheridan’s Notes; Ref. 223/622 Registry of Deeds.]

History of the Hall

Our building started out as a school building for the children in Centreville. Yes, Centreville was the original name of this community between Carleton Corner and Tupperville (used to be Bentville) on Highway 201 in the Annapolis Valley of Nova Scotia. In the 1960s, many of the rural one-room schools were closed and pupils were then bussed to bigger schools in the area.

We hope you will find the various artifacts and memories of this building as interesting as we do. Today's wonderful drawing comes from the 1942-43 Centrelea School Year Book. We are most grateful to Mrs. Louise Bruce (nee Lantz) for the loan of two of these yearbooks and some photos which we will be posting here over the next while.

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