Carleton Place High School Principal J. R. Mc Neill breathed a sigh of relief when his staff of 17 teachers and 357 students moved into the new High School two storey addition on Lake Ave West which cost $615,00.00 in the 50s.
The original 14-room school was built in 1924 to accommodate 250 students. With over 357 students cramming the halls of the High School- it forced Mr. McNeill to stagger lunch hours, convert the auditorium into two classrooms and abolishing the library to make another full time classroom.
The new addition was to contain a double gym, science labs, a new shop, four classrooms, cafeteria room, music room, new change rooms and a future metal shop. It would boost capacity to 520 students.
Photos from the Carleton Place and Beckwith Heritage Museum
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Linda: I have a photo of Bud Foxton’s grave marker in the Cholloy cemetery (near Nancy, France). I don’t know if it would be pertinent to the above photo of the class in which he is depicted. I can send you the photo if you are interested; although you would have to instruct me on how to accomplish that.
Bud joined the RCAF after he graduated from CPHS. He trained as a Sabre (F-86) pilot and was stationed in Europe. I don’t presently have the whole story but I believe he was a member of an aerobatic team which were lead into the ground in a training flight. The name on the grave marker is G.D. Foxton and you would need confirmation that it is, indeed, Bud.
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Larry I would love that… please send to: sav_77@yahoo.com…. please note the .com not.ca 🙂
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