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left Dean Bryant. right Jim Slough
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left Brian Flavel centre Russel Flavel right Keith Flavel
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left Bill Ponsford right Lorne White
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Left to right Elaine (Thompson) Samuelson Elmer Hastie Henry Yung Jon Harvey Einar Thompson
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Marieton School
A meeting place for community events. They were a place for country dances and budding romances. They have almost all disappeared, but they should not be forgotten.
Over the summer, a few residents of the Silton and Bulyea area have worked together to preserve history by erecting markers that commemorate these schools.
Thanks to Rolling Plains Metalworks for the design and fabrication of the signs. Thanks to the Bulyea Lions Club and private donations for financial sponsorship. Thanks to the installation crew: Doug Dale, Drew Thompson, Darrel Thompson and Bob Wilson. Pictures, which include former students, were taken with appropriate social distancing, and digitally reconstructed by Don Fairbairn.
-Submitted by Bob Wilson