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Boyle school 1956
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BOYLE
[Welland Tribune 1940]
Boyle, Jan 4—Mrs Sidney Heaslip accompanied Mr and Mrs Wm Schwoob and Gordon of Fenwick to Toronto to visit the homes of Mr and Mrs Clarence Burmaster and Rev and Mrs Carmen Dyer a few days last week.
Mr and Mrs Wm Anderson, John Hill and daughter Mabel Hill and Leonard Cocks were Sunday guests at the home of Mr and Mrs Kenneth Overholt and Mrs Alberta Overholt of Forks Road East.
Mr and Mrs Wm Schwoob and Gordon of Fenwick visited at the home of Mr and Mrs Joseph Schwoob on Monday.
Mr and Mrs Alonzo Comfort of Hamilton spent the weekend at the home of Mr and Mrs Paul Comfort
Mr and Mrs Frank Anderson of Grimsby called on Mr and Mrs Wm Anderson recently.
Mr and Mrs Paul Comfort spent New Years day at the home of Mr and Mrs Earl Bossert of Buffalo.
Mr and Mrs John Gracey and family of Middleport were recent visitors at the home of Mr Gracey’s parents, Mr and Mrs John Gracey..
GAINSBORO – Boyle Briefs
[Welland Tribune 1898]
Snow very deep; good sleighing.
Mrs L. Horton has been seriously ill the past week.
Mr Coleman and family have gone to West Va. For the winter.
A number of trees hereabout were broken down with the heavy snow storm.
The Saints’ meetings are still in progress, Rev Mr Hanes conducting the same.
Mr C. Robins, our new postmaster, is all right. He intends adding a little grocery store in connection with the P.O.
Mrs C. Horton of Welland paid Boyle friends a visit last week. Mrs H. Has many warm friends in this place who are always glad to see her,
Miss Jennie Rogers and sister, Mrs Bea, of this place were thrown out if their buggy by their horse being frightened at the T.H. & B train near Fenwick. They got quite a shaking up. No serious harm was done them, but the buggy was wrecked.
BOYLE
[Welland Telegraph January 3, 1907]
Cyrus Misener and his sister Lucretia, spent Sunday in Welland.
J. Smith is moving this week to the farm lately occupied by N.Moot.
Mrs D. Farr is recovering nicely and will soon be able to return home.
Miss I Jones of Attercliffe was the guest of Miss Laura Misener last week.
Miss Alice Robbins spent a few days last week with Leslie at Hewitt.
Mrs Efferson Lambert spent a few days at Bismarck, the guests of Mr and Mrs R. Heaslip.
Mr and Mrs Samuel Robbins and family of Merritton spent Christmas at the old homestead, Robbins bridge.
Mr and Mrs R. Jamieson and Mr and Mrs Wainwright were the guests of Mr and Mrs William Moore last Sunday.
The Lambert brothers of Thorold, with their families, spent Christmas with their father and mother, Mr and Mrs Curlis Lambert.
Mr and Mrs Wainwright have returned to the latter’s home. Mr Jamieson’s, after their honeymoon spent at Churchill and other points west.
The most of the Boyle young people took in the ball at Wellandport on Friday evening. All report having a good time. There was a large attendance and the evening and roads perfect.
While Allanburg is so in need of a dressmaker, Boyle has plenty and some to spare, should this reach one in need of a good dressmaker, it would be worth their while to write Miss Hainer Boyle, Ont., who has plenty of experience. Her terms are very reasonable to sew at home or otherwise. She might set up a shop after she had tried the place if she could find a suitable situation.
BOYLE
[Welland Tribune January 22, 1909]
Mr Frank Blanchard is having his house repaired.
The school children had a holiday this week. Owing to the illness of their teacher, Mr. McCann.
Quite an interest has been taken throughout this vicinity in the Tribune’s Popular Girl Contest, the favored one being Miss Townsend.
Jas. Hill Jr., gave a social evening to a number of his friends on Friday evening, the evening being spent in music, games and dancing.
The juniors of this place played hockey with the junior team of Pelham Centre on Saturday last at Fenwick on Garner;s pond. The score being 1 to 1.
BOYLE
[Welland Tribune January 15, 1909]
Mr Mathias Robbins, who was so unfortunate as to have his hip broken, is steadily improving.
There has been some talk of prohibiting our school elections, but I think that idea has passed away.
Mr Efferson Lambert has moved his sawmill from here to Marshville, where he intends to go shortly.
The friends of Mrs Elizabeth Beamer are glad to see her home again, after having spent a fortnight at the Falls.
The report that Warren Clark was very seriously ill again was false; he had a slight illness, but not as bad as reported, and he is now around again.
Mr Clark of Niagara Falls, manager, and Mr Ross of Wellandport, Inspector for the Excelsior Life Insurance Co., were in the vicinity a few days last week.
The Junior Hockey team went to Fenwick last Saturday, where they crossed sticks with the boys of that village. The game was a tie, neither team scoring a goal.
BOYLE
[Welland Telegraph May 22, 1903]
Rain is needed in this section at present.
Boyle school has purchased a new flag and pole.
Mrs Z. Horton is visiting relatives at Marshville.
A young daughter arrived at the home of Mr Cyrus Robbins a few days ago.
Mr Emery Misener and family, of this place have moved to Browns’Nursery.
Quite a number of people from around here went over to Perry to view the wreck on the M.C.R.
Mr Dilly Coleman, Jr. Is home from Ohio, for a few weeks and is building some Frost Wire Fence on the farm.
BOYLE
[Welland Telegraph July 30, 1903]
Miss Jennie Beamer spent Sunday at home.
Mr Samuel Robins is slowly on the men.
Threshing has began in this neighborhood.
Camp meeting will begin in Swayze woods about the 1st., of August.
Mr Curlus Lambert’s horses ran away with a mowing machine breaking it so bad that it could not be repaired.
HISTORY OF THE BOYLE SCHOOL SS#8 GAINSBOROUGH
[Compiled by “S”]
In 1888 the red brick school was built. The contractor was William Vandeburg. The brick was taken from the brickyard at Candasville.
In 1904 a library was established with a cupboard filled with books.. Cement sidewalks replaced the wooden ones, a flag pole and new seats.
In 1951 a new fence was built around the school. In 1956 the Lincoln county centennial, the pupils took part in Empire day program at Wellandport with a field day and had a Christmas concert that year.
MEMORIES OF THE ONE ROOM SCHOOL
At the front of the school were two doors, one for the girls, one for the boys. Each had a cloak room and a toilet.
A wood stove was located in the middle of the room. Rows of desks, on the left were ones for the grade one students and the larger ones to the right were for grade six students.
Two little libraries, one near the grade one desks for younger children and a larger cupboard at the back of the room with glass doors.
Here is where I found all of the Nancy Drew books, my favorite. There were also Hardy Boys books.
The floor was wooden, at the front of the room was the teacher’s desk which contained a strap and a bell. At the front of the room there was a world globe, an abacus, also a chalk board. A piano stood at the side and a radio as well.
There was a large school yard where we played baseball, skip rope or tag games.. A wooden shed and pump for water was at the back.
My grandmother, Irene Leidens was the caretaker of the school for over thirty years.She arrived early in the morning to get the old wood stove burning so it was warm when everyone arrived, She looked after the children until the teacher arrived.
A typical day at school would begin when the teacher rang the bell at 9 a.m. The school day ended at 4 p.m. We sang ‘God save the Queen” and said the Lord’s Prayer. We had recess at 10.30 and ate lunch at our desks then played outside. After lunch the teacher would read a story to the classes. We had subjects such as spelling, reading, printing, arithmetic, history, art and geography.
At Christmas there was a concert. I recall playing “Silent Night” on the piano. There was singing and plays and lots of homemade goodies. Most of the community attended. School was fun. The older children looked after the younger ones.
The school was sold in 1965 when the new school was built in Bismarck, Ontario. It became a private residence.