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1. Old Dashwood area School

an old school [no S.S.#] that holds a lot of memories that I have yet to get. A few inside shots[ with delay and tripod through a broken window] that i didn't rotate for loss of picture. The front and only door[the other is to a shed attached] opens an inch [just a tease] but is locked.

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The following info was provided by "dashwoodhistoryproject" & I posted it for him

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S.S. # 8 Hay Township School / "The Tin School"

Constructed in 1872, the building is still standing as of July 2013.

"During 1859, S.S. No. 8 was formed and a half acre of land was bought from Jacob Schluchter off Lot 6, Concession 12, one and a quarter miles north of Dashwood, then known as Friedsburg, for $10, for the purpose of building a log school house.

David Bean was appointed first secretary-treasurer, and at the end of the first year there was a balance of 28 cents in the books. Five teachers taught in the log school house, 1859, Samuel Bean; 1866, Dan Bean; 1868, T. Rollins; Miss Janet McArthur; and in 1870, Richard Whiting.

The log school did duty for 13 years, when in 1872 on account of about 150 pupils, it was found necessary to build a new larger one. Another half acre of land was purchased from Jacob Weber and Sam Rannie took the contract to build a one room school and furnish it with hand made wooden benches for the sum of $600.

Pupils from Dashwood in both Hay and Stephen [Townships] attended No.8 school and all non-resident pupils were charged 25 cents a month unless Stephen council would allow them to pay their taxes to this section. In 1868 the amount collected from these non-resident pupils was $110.70. In 1888 the fee was raised to 50 cents. Nine years later a school was built in Dashwood and the section lines changed. All non-resident pupils were then excluded from the school. This section contained 3400 acres and had an assessment of $145,200.

The first secretary-treasurer of the new school was Philip Schweitzer. From 1873 to 1894 Joseph Snell was the Principal and assistant teachers were hired when needed. Often an older pupil was put in charge of the smaller classes to teach the "three R's". There were 21 assistants under Joseph Snell. After the Dashwood school was built, the attendance dropped to 30 at No. 8 Hay, so that only one teacher was necessary.

In 1923 the interior was remodelled and redecorated. In 1932, more improvements were made in the school; a school garden started and trees were plated around the grounds. The salary paid the teacher in 1900 was $225 per annum and gradually increased until 1920 when Addison Tieman received $1175 per annum. [Editors note: In 1920, $1,175 is roughly equivalent to $50,000 in today's funds. Coincidently, $225 in 1900 dollars approximates the value of about $40,000 today.] The salary gradually decreased and in 1935 the teachers received $625. The salary increased and in 1958 the teacher[s] received $3200. [Ed. note: A wage of $625.00 per annum in 1935, equals slightly more than $30,000 today; $3200 in 1958 dollars is roughly equivalent to $35,000 - $40,000 today.]

Market conditions have changed decidedly since 1865 when thirteen and three quarters of wood were bought from David Bean at 50 cents per cord and in 1935 hard maple was bought for $12 per double cord. The janitor in the early days was paid $11.50 [per year] for cleaning the school and $4 for lighting the fires. In 1935 the janitor received $65 for the care of the building and grounds. By 1958 the janitor received $200.

The instruction of music was introduced in 1936 with Lawrence Wein instructor. Other instructors were R.H. Goulding, Mrs. A.E. Oestreicher and Douglas Gill. In 1938 the school was wired for hydro and a short time later [indoor] toilets were installed. To secure wood for heat proved to be a problem with the wood lots diminishing, so oil heating was installed in 1952 at a cost of $425.

On January 1, 1947, all the school sections in the Township of Hay formed a school area, with five trustees to govern the whole township, with Whitney Brokenshire as secretary-treasurer. A separate Roman Catholic school was built in Zurich in 1959, so all the pupils of Catholic faith were transferred to that school. At the end of June 1962 the school closed its doors and the pupils were transported to Smoky Hollow School (S.S. 15 Hay). Today all the pupils are taken by bus to central schools.

The following served as secretary-treasurer of this section: David Bean, Isaac Bean, Noah Fried, Philip Schweitzer, Joseph Snell, Jacob Rader, Fred Schroeder, John Voelker, Henry Truemner, Otto Miller, Edmund Walper, Arthur Weber, Arnold Kuntz and John Rader.

The following [were] the teachers; 1859, Samuel Bean; 1866, Dan Bean; 1868, T. Rollins and Miss Janet McArthur; 1870, Richard Whiting; 1873-1894, Joseph Snell, Principal; 1877, Miss Walker; Miss Meldrum, Wm. Hendersen; 1978, Thos. Hendersen, Miss Agnes Hendersen; 1879, Miss Doby, Miss Maggie Taylor, Miss Laura Fried; 1880, Miss McMahon; 1881, Miss M. Hamilton, Miss Grace Bastard, Ben Bean; 1887, Miss Brown; 1888, Miss Jean Lovell, James Erwin, Hugh Ross; 1889, Sam Haugh, Miss McCarty, Miss Nettie Fulton, Mr. Scott; 1891, Miss Ella Halls; 1894, Thos. Snell; 1895, Miss Mary Morrison, Miss Jessie Robertson; 1900, Daniel Weber; 1903, Miss A.B. Murray; 1905, Miss Laura Jeckell, Miss Addie Jeckel (sic), Miss E.A. Seldon; 1907, Miss Theo Harleib, Miss Capling; 1908, Miss A.C. Milligen; 1910, R. Rutherford, Miss Violet Graybeil; 1912, Miss Robina Duffin; 1914, Milton D. Oestreicher; 1915, Miss Flora J. Lane; 1918, Miss Euloeen Guenther; 1920, Addison Tieman; 1923, Viola Bell; 1924, Miss Dorothy Balkwill; 1925, Whitney Brokenshire; 1931, Miss Emma Brown; 1932, Miss Agnes Robertson; 1935, Miss Mary I. Patterson; 1938, Miss Isobel Waldie; 1939, Miss Jean Cole; 1942, Miss Catherine Fraser; 1944, Miss Dorothy O'Brien; 1945, Mrs. Herbert Neeb; 1948, Mrs. Garnet Wildfong; 1952, Mrs. Katherine Becker; 1956, Chas. W. McQuillin; 1958, Mrs. Herbert Neeb."

extracted from "Friedsburg-Dashwood 1860-1985" by Mary (Patterson) Rader, 1985; pgs. 24-25, ISBN 0-9692115-0-3"

2. The Hindman scuttling

This is the resting place of the Linda Hindman. It is not a wreck per se, but rather was scuttled here in the 1970(a)s by a prominent local resident who wanted to create a breakwater in the hopes of preventing further erosion of the beach below Pioneer Park. The water levels of Lake Huron were very high in the 1970(a)s. Erosion below the Pioneer Park bluffs was a concern, especially for property owner Brigadier Dr. Morgan Smith who owned the Metcalfe property just south of the park. Apparently this gent was quite the multi-faceted achiever.

The Linda Hindman was built in Dunkirk, New York (no date found), and was initially a fire tug and served many years on the Great Lakes. It found it(a)s way into the Hindman family out of Owen Sound and was used for their lumbering business and worked out of Sault Ste. Marie and Whitefish Bay. When deemed obsolete, it was relocated to Goderich Harbour with several other outdated craft. Salvaging was begun, but then Ed Siddall bought it for his fishing business and salvaging stopped. On St. Patrick(a)s day and while moored in the harbour, nasty waves caused several ships to break loose and being small, this craft was squeezed in the mess. Without a deck or wheelhouse, this essentially meant the end of the boat as a viable active vessel.

Back to the brigadier: He purchased the ship in 1973 and had it towed from Goderich to just off Bayfield beach. It was then to have been dragged to shore via a bulldozer to be used as a breakwall, perpendicular to the beach and joining the other breakwater structures one can see below the bluffs. The stern was resting in 11 feet of water (lake levels at the time) but before it could be dragged to shore instead the brigadier had it scuttled and it remains where it was left. I(a)ve read that the whole boat is there, but due to extreme weather it is broken up and the stern now sits poking out of the water due to current low water levels. You can apparently see it quite easily below the surface thanks to zebra mussels and their proliferation in the lake (and accompanying filtering capabilities). There is a facebook page for Great Lakes shipwrecks which has some great waterline and below water shots of the remnants.

This history and then some can be found in the links provided. Note, there are some alternate spellings for the name of the vessel in some of the links.

3. Lucknow Church

Old Church on the main road, all boarded up, and the door is locked..But the bricks have started falling off in the back so you can look in.