Senior Room Class at County Line School with teacher Mr. Mountain, 1930-31.

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Object ID

4628

Title

Senior Room Class at County Line School with teacher Mr. Mountain, 1930-31.

Date

[1930 or 1931].

Description

Senior Room Class at County Line School with teacher Mr. Mountain, 1930-31. Front row (l-r): Ralph Maciejko, Harry Borys, Ralph Parish, Claud Parish, Kazeo Kinoshita, Gordon Flowerdew, Arthur Henry, Ian Greig, Alex McRae, Charlie Kier. Second row (seated, l-r): Edna Weismiller, Margaret McLeod, Dagmar Bynum, Rose Carlson, Nancy Price, Hilda Standon, Ruth Larson, Agnes Kier, Hazel Perry and Ray Bynum (kneeling). Third row (l-r): Frank Weismiller, Adele Greig, Kathleen White, Hilda Orman (Boreman?), Pauline MacPherson, Helen Davidson, Mary Koverchuk, Iny Energrin, Ella Hacker, Gertie Radford, Ernestine Eyles, James McLeod. Back row (l-r): Fred Underhill, Carl Edwards, Erik Larsen, Jack French, Leonard White, Minnie Clemas, Marcia Collins (or Greta Larsen?), Lawrence Smith, Walter Weismiller, and Bill Harris.

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Bynum Family

Ray, Dagmar, and Bernice Bynum were siblings that attended County Line School in the early 1930s.

County Line School

In 1892, County Line Elementary started out as Beaver Elementary, a one-room school located at the corner of Coghlan (256th St) and Roberts (56th Ave) Roads. In 1918 a new school was built further east on Roberts Road, and the name was changed to County Line. This new school was two storeys and had kerosene lamps and a wood furnace in the basement. In 1931 the school burned down. After the fire a new County Line School was built on the same property. The new school was also two storeys high, and was painted pink and had no windows in the front. It had a wide stairway leading to the front door, which was on the second floor where the three classrooms and cloakroom were. In 1947 the school buildings were transported to Otter Road (248th St.) and became North Otter Elementary. The present (2006) County Line Elementary opened on the corner of County Line and Kendall Roads in 1948. The school was continually added to over the coming decades. In 2004 the school sat on 4.5 acres and had 134 students.
Term Source: History of Langley Schools" by McTaggart, Pepin & Sherritt p. 28.

Flowerdew, Gordon

Student at County Line School in the 1930s.

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.

Parish, Ralph

Student at County Line School in at least 1930-31.

Perry, Hazel

Student at County Line School, 1930s.

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