Archive Record
Metadata
Accession # |
A2006.102 |
Title |
Rockwood Public School / Rockwood Centennial Public School, 1962-1992. -- 12 cm. |
Date |
1880-1992 |
Description |
Rockwood Public School / Rockwood Centennial Public School, correspondence, reports, certificates, planning files for the anniversary celebrations of 1977, 1992, records, 1962-1992: - file 1: Handwritten and typed lists of names; may be for an 1897 school photo [not yet found]. - file 2: Handwritten notes, "Achievements of [Home and School] Rockwood, 1962"; 3 pages. - file 3: Eramosa Township School Board, Twenty-second Annual Report, 1967; includes financial statements, enrolment, list of teaching and support staff (Rockwood Centennial; Eramosa Public School; Four Corners Public School; Eden Mills Public School), Board of Trustees 1968-1969. - file 4: Newspaper clippings, 1967; includes images of students, Grant McRae, Principal and Dale Hamilton in costume, with students in costume; Centennial essay contest winners. - file 5: Program, Official Opening of Rockwood Centennial School, Friday 20 October 1967; includes poem by Mrs. Rita McPhedran and her grade VIII class. - file 6: Eramosa Township School Board, Final Report, Twenty-third Annual Report 1968; includes financial statements, enrolment, list of teaching and support staff (Rockwood Centennial; Eramosa Public School; Four Corners Public School; Eden Mills Public School), Board of Trustees. - file 7: Kiwanis Music Festival, four awards 1969-1973. - file 8: Newspaper clippings: "Parents, teachers see film of Family Life education"; "Student Council members going over plans for the Hawaiian party ...[photo]". Acton Free Press, 4 March 1970. - file 9: "Don't Smoke In Barns", student poster by Lyndsay Jones, awarded First Prize, Farm Safety, Erin Fall Fair, 1970. - file 10: Newspaper clippings: "City Pupils, Country Cousins Get Together In Rockwood", Guelph Mercury May 1974; "Centennials hosts Toronto children", Acton Free Press, 29 May 1974./ - file 11: Rockwood Centennial's Tenth Anniversary. Includes list of members, Wellington County Board of Education; handwritten list of invitees; letter to parents; welcome and introduction to the evening 27 Oct. 1977; blank form: "Rockwood Centennial School / In appreciation / Date"; newspaper clipping "School Observes 10th Year" from Acton Free Press, 2 Nov. 1977. - file 12: Band Trip, 18 April 1979; includes details of a visit to Knob Hill Public School, and to Highbroook Senior Public School, Scarborough; municipal pin. - file 13: Expressive Language and Auditory Memory Disorder / Presented as course work for ED/EX 360.6F / by Grant E. McCrae, April 1980. - file 14: The Rockwood Record, Vol.3, Issue No.1, Tuesday 23 June 1981. 4-page newspaper, produced for Awards Ceremony. Includes photos of Student Council; Rockwood Athletic Council; Rockwood Gymnastic Club; Grade 8 Rockwood Centennaires; Rockwood Girls Basketball; Boys Basketball; Rockwood Girls Volleyball; Boys Volleyball; 1981 Graduates. - file 15: Envelope [empty] with handwritten "Official closing of Rockwood school annex June 30 /82. Presented to [school] Archives Apr. 30 /86 [signed] G.F. Day". - file 16: The Rockwood Record, Vol.5, Issue No.1, Tuesday 21 June 1983. 4-page newspaper, produced for Awards Ceremony. Includes photos of Student Council; Athletic Council 1983; rade 7 Rockwood Centennaires - 1983; Grade 8 Centennaires - 1983; Graduates 83; Trustee Betty Jones. Includes 4-page program, 21 June 1983. - file 17: Newspaper clipping: "Kristina's battlefield poster advances in Legion contest" [Kristina Ingleson], Acton Free Press, January 1986. - file 18: Rockwood Centennial School, Graduating Class, 8-page program; includes photo of Graduating class, with names; Staff, with names [2 copies]; June 1986. - file 19: Rockwood Centennial School, Graduating Class, 8-page program; includes list of Graduating class, staff; June 1987; includes receipt for donation to Rick Hansen, Man in Motion World Tour; 10-page Student Handbook, 1987-88. - file 20: "Well Done" Your 'Good Press' is a credit to you as well as the Wellington County Board of Education [re photo of three junior winners, Rockwood Science Fair]; a piece of the ribbon cut by local dignitaries on the official opening of Rockwood Community Oriented Policing Office, 17 March 1989. - file 21: Wellington County Board of Education Visual/Audio Release Forms, "in connection with the videos made of the interviews for the newspaper celebrating our 25th Anniversary"; most signed 21 Feb. 1992. - file 22: Remember When? 1992. Includes invitation to write memories, and the results, 5 pages. - file 23: Twenty-fifth Anniversary of the Official Opening of Rockwood Centennial School, Saturday, 29 May 1992. Includes planning documents; program; biographies of teachers: Grant McCrae; Mrs. Ramona Storey; Mrs. Marie Watson; Mrs. Joyce Rennie; Mrs. Betty Post; Mrs. Barb Leslie; Mr. Robert Love. - file 24: Draft text, some not used, with corrections, for the issue of Eramosa Community News, 4 May 1992. - file 25: Eramosa Community News, Volume 76, Issue 18, Monday, 4 May 1992; contains celebration of 25th Anniversary - "Rockwood Centennial - Today and Tomorrow" [20 pages, 2 copies]. ================================= The following files are related less to Rockwood Centennial Public School, and more to the community of Rockwood: - file 26: The Caves and Potholes at Rockwood, Ont." by Prof. J. Hoyes Panton ... read before the Guelph Scientific Society; 8 pages, ca.1880. - file 27: Rockwood's First Settler - John Harris, by George Day; 5 pages; includes 2 additional pages, handwritten; latest date 1958. - file 28: "Rockwood Street Recalls GTR Builder / Polish Count's Son Exiled to America Became Top Engineeer" by Hazel Mack; 1-page biography of Casimir Gzowski, The London Free Press, 4 April ca.1960. - file 29: S.S. No.1, Eramosa Township: One Hundred and Twenty Years of School History, by Hazel Mack; includes photos, lists of pupils, teachers; 24 pages, 1962 - file 30: The Beardmore Relics: Hoax or History? by A.D. Tushingham (Toronto: University of Toronto / Royal Ontario Museum, 1966); 16 pages. - file 31: In Flanders Fields, 8-page booklet to commemorate the centennial year of the birth of John McCrae, 1972; includes newspaper clippings from the same period. - file 32: Rockwood and District Lions Club; includes Charter roster of members (in letter of 27 July 1972), 3 March 1972; certificates issued to Charter Members, May 1972; lease, Rockwood Lions Club, to rent property for the purpose of operating a beer garden, 17 July 1972; Newsletter, addressed to Grant McCrae, Secretary; list of Members and Committees 1972-1973; program, regular meeting 20 Sept. 1972; 2-page note from Yosef G. Drenters explaining the symbolism of the pins of the Lion's Club of Rockwood, 16 Sept. 1974; program, Rockwood and District Lions and Lioness Club's 15th Anniversary Dinner & Dance, 30 May 1987. - file 33: Local History Bibliography / Rockwood Centennial School and Eramosa Community Library; 1-page, latest date 1974. - file 34: Centennial Collegiate Vocational Institute 1967-1977: Tenth Annual Commencement, Friday 21 October 1977; programme lists members of Board of Education, teaching staff, students and award winners. - file 35: Minnesota History, 46/8 Winter 1979; includes 8-page article on J.J. Hill; file includes "The Making of a Pioneer", pages 7-24, sfrom "James J. Hill and the Opening of the Northwest"; "Jas. J. Hill / The Man / The House". - file 36: St. John the Evangelist Anglican Church, Rockwood, Ontario: A Brief History and Description, by Barbara Smiley; published for the Centennial, 7 June 1985; 31 pages; includes library card in pocket, with date-stamps to 1996. - file 37: Cosmopolitan Countryside - newspaper flyer containing "Your Guide to Guelph and Wellington County" - map and 19 points of interest, 1984; Ontario Heritage News, October 1985. Includes article "Minister of Citizenship accepts Rockwood Academy on behalf of the Ontario Heritage Foundation"; includes leaflet "Welcome to Scenic Eramosa" a walking tour, with map and thumbnail descriptions of 16 properties, 1984-1985. - file 38: "Fire chief Carl Meadows calls it a day"; newspaper clipping regarding his retirement, January 1986. - file 39: "Rockwood's Chief Constable [William "Harry" George Edwards, 1898-1970] (as I remember); 3-page biography by H. Lloyd Dyer, 1987. |
Creator \ Maker |
Rockwood Centennial Public School [MAKER] |
Creator \ Maker |
Panton, J. Hoyes (Prof.) [Author] Dyer, Herbert Lloyd [Author] Smiley, Barbara [Author] Mack, Hazel L. [Author] Day, George [Author] Tushingham, A. D. [Author] |
Item Name |
File Correspondence Letter Certificate Report Poster Essay Program |
Person \ Organization |
Rockwood Public School Rockwood Centennial Public School Eramosa Township School Board Eramosa Public School Four Corners Public School Eden Mills Public School Kiwanis Music Festival Acton Free Press, The Erin Fall Fair Guelph Mercury Wellington County Board of Education Rockwood Band Knob Hill Public School Highbrook Senior Public School Rockwood Record Rockwood Science Fair Eramosa Community News S. S. #1 Eramosa Twp. Royal Ontario Museum Eramosa Community Library Rockwood and District Lions Club Guelph Collegiate Vocational Institute (G. C. V. I.) St. John the Evangelist Anglican Church Rockwood Academy McCrae, Grant Hamilton, Dale McPhedran, Reta (Miss) McPhedran, Reta (Mrs.) Jones, Lyndsay Ingleson, Kristina Hansen, Rick Storey, Ramona (Mrs.) Watson, Marie (Mrs.) Rennie, Joyce (Mrs.) Post, Betty (Mrs.) Leslie, Barb (Mrs.) Love, Robert Panton, J. Hoyes (Prof.) Harris, John Gzowski, Casimir Mack, Hazel L. McCrae, John Drenters, Yosef Gertrudis Hill, James J. Meadows, Carl Edwards, William (Harry) George Dyer, Herbert Lloyd |
Place |
Rockwood Eramosa Twp. |
Subject |
Education Sports Arts Smoking |
Year Range from |
1880 |
Year Range to |
1992 |
Accession # |
A2006.102 |
Containers |
MU 627 |