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Object Description

Object Name

Scroll

Object ID

1975.013.001

Title

Farewell scroll given to Clarence and Dottie Cornock.

Date

1895.

Description

1 Framed Scroll : colour copy on paper, wood, glass ; 37.2 x 28.4 cm. This farewell scroll was given to Dorothy and Clarence Cornock by their school friends in Glen Valley in 1895, upon their moving from Glen Valley to Manitoba. The scroll is signed by fifteen people. This version of the scroll is a copy of the original, which was accidentally burned. The scroll is in a dark brown wooden frame. The back of the frame reads "THE YEAR/ 1895/ GLEN VALLEY/ B.C.," "Total No. 4679," and "Keith Cornock Smith," along with Keith's phone number. There is a piece of paper attached to the front glass of the frame which reads "TESTIMONY, To Clarence & Dottie CORNOCK/ from their schoolmates on their departure/ from GLEN VALLEY in the year 1895."

People/Subject

Glen Valley School

The first Glen Valley School was built in 1885 on the Gilbert McKay Farm on Jackman Road (272) and around 88 Avenue. The school was a typical one room building with no central heating, running water, indoor plumbing, or electricity. The school served the community until a new school was built in 1924 on land donated by John Cornock, an early settler to Glen Valley, on 272 Street.

At that time the students could start school in February or September. The first teacher was Elizabeth Anne McKay, niece of Donald McKay, who lived in Glen Valley. Emily MacMillan (nee Parkinson) and her daughters Kate and Pat also taught at the school. Ethel Probert attended the school and remembered there being around 25 students in grades 1-8. The Glen Valley school ran like any other school with books, games, sports teams, Christmas concerts and dances, until it was closed in 1935, and the students were bused to Fort Langley Elementary and Langley High.

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