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File: '004641'

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Object Name

Print, Photographic

Object ID

4641

Title

School class portrait at Milner School with teacher Mr. Mountain, 1941.

Date

1941.

Description

School class portrait at Milner School with teacher Mr. Mountain, 1941. Back row (L-R): Wilfred Straw, Don Smith, Ron McKee, Harvey Hunniford, Red Brown, Delbert Worrell and unidentified. Second row (L-R): Alice Mufford, Barbara Cripps, Jean Davis, Cathleen Murphy, Mary JEan Towers, Margaret Cockrane, Bernice Towle, and Don Smith. Third row (L-R): Mary Cross, Hazel Freeman, Gloria Fox, Georgina Worrell, Marj Robinson, Louise Hall, Norma Mufford, unidentified, Naomi Rhodes, and Jean Rhodes. Fron row (L-R): Dick Gray, Fred Doupe, David Lattimer, ? McCormick, Merv Mufford, Milton Shepherd, Henry Fast and Alvin Brown.

Photo Inscription/Caption

Mr. Mountain
1941

People/Subject

Brown, Alvin

Milner student, 1940s.

Davis, Jean

Milner School student in the 1930s.

Hunniford, Harvey

Milenr student, 1940's.

Lattimer, Dave

Son of David and Elizabeth Lattimer (nee Smith). Milner School student in the 1930s. Married Leona Shaw.

McKee, Ron

Milner and Langley High School student, 1940s.

Milner Elementary School

The original Milner School was built in the early 1900's as a one room structure located on Johnston Townline Road (216th Street) just south of Medd Road (64th Avenue). The Milner Elementary School as it stands in 2003 at 6656 Glover Road was constructed in 1914 by Mr. Owen Hughes. Changes through the years have included the addition of a principal's office, a gymnasium, a medical room, and a portable classroom.
The school closed in the 1980s due to declining pupils and was later turned into the Milner Education Centre.

Mountain, Roy Edward

Roy Edward Mountain was born March 21, 1907 in Halifax, Nova Scotia to parents James Edward and Minnie Hilda Mountain. His family moved to Vancouver briefly before moving to Milner, where Roy attended Milner School and Langley High School, followed by Vancouver Normal School. Roy and his four brothers (Thomas, James, Edwin and Ernest) had their own family basketball team at one point. He then attended UBC, where he gained a B.A. and a Bachelor of Education degree with honours. He married Winifred Mary Rea on November 29, 1930. His first teaching job was in Princeton(1926-27), but he was soon back in Langley, teaching at Sperling School (1927-30). He was next appointed principal at County Line School(1930-35), and then Milner (1935-41), before joining the staff of Langley High School in 1941. He was later made vice-principal, and then principal when the new school was constructed in 1950. During WWII he was an educational officer with the RCAF. He was president twice and a secretary of the Langley Teachers' Association, and for a time was an executive of the B.C. Teachers' Federation. He was given the Queen's Coronation Medal by the Secretary of State at Ottawa with accompanying citation from Buckingham Palace in recognition of his work for teachers in the Fraser Valley. Roy and wife Winifred had four children: Robert, Barry, David Dean (1937-1982), and Muriel. Roy and Winnifred were members of the United Church at Milner, where Roy was treasurer for a time. Roy died on September 9, 1975 at the age of 68.

Reynolds, Georgina (nee Worrell)

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