On Aug. 16, the Choiceland Historical Museum unveiled a granite plaque honouring rural schoolteachers who taught in Choiceland’s country schools from 1928 to 1959.

The plaque is dedicated to Elizabeth Leslie Hidlebaugh, one of the district’s early teachers, and was unveiled during Choiceland Museum Day. It displays the names of eight rural schools, 120 teachers, and their teaching dates.

Murray Hidlebaugh, the project coordinator and Elizabeth’s son, said the people involved in the project hope it will preserve a part of the regions rich historical record. They hope it will also preserve the experiences of students and teachers during the formative years of rural education.

“Even in hard times, the collaboration the way communities can come together nowadays from around the world, is pr

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