Ethel Wettlaufer On The Steps Of The Palermo School.
Description
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- Description
- Ethel Wettlaufer taught at the Palermo school, S.S. #2, Trafalgar Township, Halton County, during the 1940s and 1950s.
Ethel Wettlaufer was born and raised in Merton, which was near what is now the Queen Elizabeth Way and Bronte Road. As a young lady, she attended Normal School (teacher’s college) in Hamilton. She and Eckhardt lived at 2467 Bronte Road in Palermo. She taught at the Palermo school, S.S. #2, Trafalgar Township, Halton County, starting in 1944 and through into the 1950s. Her teaching contracts are shown as individual records in this internet collection.
She was also very active in leading the music of Palermo United Church and in the area women's institutes.
- Notes
- S.S. #2, Palermo, Trafalgar Township. This building is the third school on the site; it was constructed in 1942-1943. It still stands today and is the home of the Trafalgar Township Historical Society, restored to be a working one-room schoolhouse. The extensive Glenorchy Conservation Area is behind it.
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- Ethel Wettlaufer
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- TTOIKW0014
- Collection
- Trafalgar Township Historical Society
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Ontario, Canada
Latitude: 43.43341 Longitude: -79.78293
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- Ethel Wettlaufer On The Steps Of The Palermo School.
- Contact
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Trafalgar Township Historical Society Sponsor: Jeff Knoll, Local & Regional Councillor for Oakville Ward 5 – Town of Oakville/Regional Municipality of Halton
