Eunice Cronkhite in Grade 9 with her Classmates from Langley High School.

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Object Description

Object ID

2011.024.019

Title

Eunice Cronkhite in Grade 9 with her Classmates from Langley High School.

Date

[between 1941-1942].

Description

1 black and white photograph of Eunice Cronkhite in Grade 9 with her classmates from Langley High School, between 1941and 1942. The image shows Eunice seated in the third row from the bottom, second from the left; an arrow in black ink is pointing at her. The picture has an "18" written in white on the right side.

People/Subject

Cronkhite, Flora Eunice

Flora Eunice Cronkhite was born in Aldergrove and was the daughter of Abram Marshall Cronkhite and Agnes Cronkhite (née Macdonald). She attended Langley High School. Flora Eunice seems to have gone by her middle name, Eunice, and her married name was Ellis. She was the sister of John Morrison and Marshall Abram Cronkhite. She became a school teacher, and taught at Aldergrove Elementary School in the 1950s.

Langley High School

In 1909 the first high school class was organized and held in rented quarters in Murrayville. From 1911-18, classes were held in Belmont Superior School (later Murrayville Elementary), but the school became overcrowded with elementary and high school students. The school board approached the Municipal Council, but their request for a new schol was turned down twice. The board resigned, but the next board was more successful and local contractor Owen Hughes was hired on a low bid of $11,900. The School Board temporarily found room for the overflow pupils from Murrayville in the downstairs portion of Milner Hall and by renting the Sharon Presbyterian Church Hall. In 1922, Langley High School moved from Murrayville to Milner School, where it remained until Langley High School was built on Yale Road in 1924. Langley High School opened in 1924 with two classrooms and one science room. It taught grades 9 to 12. Additional rooms were built in 1934. In roughly 1947 the new school on the current property (2005) was built, and it included Grades 11 and 12. In 1948, the old building on Fraser Highway became Langley Central Elementary, and the high school students moved to the current location (2006) at Langley SECONDARY School. In 1985 the school went from Grades 8-12.
See Also: Langley Secondary School
Term Source: History of Langley Schools" by Harry McTaggart, Maureen Pepin, and Norman Sherrit.

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