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      “I was 13 years old when WWI started, and I still recall the newspaper headlines, ‘Kaiser calls the agreement a scrap of paper,’ and I also recall Major General Sir Sam Hughes, Minister of Militia and a member for this riding, calling at our home and when the voting came …

      This comment accompanies the photo in the presentation: “I remember one afternoon we were allowed from school to see the picture, Birth of a Nation. This was not my first movie as I sometimes went to the Wonderland, which was one of the first theatres in Ontario, and charged 5 …

      George C.R. Hall standing outside. A digital copy of this photo was provided by Marylou Hall as part of a presentation on her family.

      "Finally a new school of two rooms was built around 1913. By then I was in the senior room and we had washrooms in the basement." George C.R. Hall's words.

      “Our teacher was a renowned character throughout the area, very strict but fair. Ink spots on the floor or desk were not left for the janitor. The unlucky one who did the mischief cleaned it up and kept at it until Mr. Charles was satisfied. Carving initials on furniture was …

      1915 George C.R. Hall passed the Junior High School Entrance exam. “I remember only a few details of my years at Lindsay Collegiate Institute. Outstanding are not important, but Monday after having been home and if returning by train, a Late By Train slip signed T.A.K. gave credit for full …

      This is a copy of Dr. George C.R. Hall's Junior High School Geography entrance exam from 1915. A digital copy of this photo was provided by Marylou Hall as part of a presentation on her family.

      This is a copy of Dr. George C.R. Hall's Junior High School Entrance Exam for Writing in 1915. A digital copy of this photo was provided by Marylou Hall as part of a presentation on her family.

      Dr. George C.R. Hall had an interest in automobiles throughout his life. When he was 15 years old he rebuilt his dad’s old car using a box as a seat. A driver’s license was not necessary, and the car only traveled a few miles-- usually to a swimming hole at …

      “Running the blower, which blew out the straw, usually fell to my lot, and it was generally an easy job, unless those building the straw stack were particular and did not mind having themselves covered with the outcoming straw occasionally. These were the days when the stomach was always empty, …

      Portrait of Dr. George Wesley Hall and his wife Mary Jane and children Edith and George C. R. A digital copy of this photo was provided by Marylou Hall as part of a presentation on her family.

      “My father returned to school late in life, 19 years old, after tiring of farming. He was one of those men born 30 years too soon and was a great psychiatrist without knowing it." "My early memories of school were of doing work on slates and the screeching of the …

      Photographs of Dr. George C.R. Hall's life from 1940 to 1984. This material was provided by Marylou Hall as part of a presentation on her family.

      Dr. George Wesley Hall was the Mariposa Medical Officer of Health for many years. Dr. George Wesley Hall also served on the school trustee board. My grandfather (Dr. George C.R. Hall) had hoped one day his life would be published. He wrote parts of his early life on scrap paper, …

      Built 1913, originally as a two room school, but due to high attendance an extra room was added. Described as “a modern school, with new equipment and an excellent library.”

      Destroyed by fire in March 1928, at a cost of $13,000. Cause of fire unknown. Newspaper clipping revealed that an individual ran into the building and brought out 1500 rounds of ammunition and rifles used by the cadets at the school.

      The school was located beside the current Baptist Community Church (Eldon Road, north of four corners.) It was built in 1913 and destroyed by fire in 1928.

      A collection of photographs provided by Marylou Hall on the life of Dr. George C.R. Hall from 1918 to 1940.