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Growth of the Russell School Through Early Years
The article recounts the 1862 founding of Russell school under A. G. Butcher, the first trustees Edward Field John Lawther and David Kinnaird, and subsequent expansions. It notes early premises including the Hud son Bay store and a two storey community hall later replaced by new buildings, with a chronology of teachers principals and the 1914 open ing of a new school with seven teaching staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. G. Butcher
Englend
Edward Field
John Lawther
David Kinnaird
Butcher
Post Office
CPR
Henry Clee
John Simpson
Lizzie Peddie
R. J. Coulter
Pelly
Westbourne Streets
A. L. Buie
D. P. Clark
Blackwell
Clark