Hirsch School #283
The school was organized June 6th, 1893
It's location was SE 1/4 of Section 16, Tsp 3, Rge 5, W2nd
It opened with a class of 30, with Sim Gladstone as teacher.
Sim Alfred Coldston, an English
Jew, set up the
First Jewish School in Western
Canada at Hirsch.
This school was sold and moved to Frobisher as a private residence.
The second School in Hirsch appears below.
It was opened in 1901.
Located on the right side of the main road into Hirsch
just off the highway.
A big park and School yard
is between the school and the Highway.
This 2nd school closed in 1960,
and the remaining students were bussed
to Frobisher or Bienfait Weldon School
Last classes were held in June 1960.
This was a picture I took in 2003 of the 2nd Hirsch School
My Uncle Ed Gesell taught in the
Hirsch School, and built his
home on the school grounds,
and moved it later to Valley St. in Estevan
where it remains today, 2005.
another picture, not my site
of the
Hirsch School
In 1967 during Canada's Centennial
my Mom and dad held an antique display
in the basement of the school above
Estevan Band performed
My Mom and Dad,
Helen and Phil Gent
in period costumes
Guestbook signed by lots of Hirsch, Bienfait
Frobisher, and other towns residents
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