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JENNIE PALMATEER CELEBRATED HER
103RD BIRTHDAY ON JULY 10TH
Jennie was born July 10th, 1920 and
grew up in Queensborough, daughter
of Fred and Janet (Dyer) McCaw.
THE CEDAR SCHOOL
Story provided by Kelly Family of
Malone.
It is located on the site where a one
room schoolhouse once stood called
The Cedar School. It was built in 1837 and in 1850 the subjects
taught were grammar, geography, history, writing,
bookkeeping, measurement, algebra, geometry, elements of
natural history, vocal music and linear drawing. The school
stood for many years at the corner of Queensborough Road and
Cedar School Road.
Queensborough children attended the Union School known as
the Cedar School from 1837 & it remained in operation a long
time into the 20th century. The Queensborough Community
Center is now situated on the property of the old school.
There was another one room schoolhouse in the area, located at
Moores Corners (east of Queensborough), still standing but now
is a private home. Another school was located in the small
community known as The Rockies, northeast of
Queensborough. And a school known as the Red School,
southeast of the village on what is now called Bosley Road.

There were no buses to take the children to school so they had
to walk. During the winter months it was very cold. Jennie
McCaw recalls walking to school and how cold her hands were
from carrying her bookbag and lunch pail. The teacher would
allow them to gather around the woodstove to warm their
hands up so they could write their lessons.
Jennie was the eldest girl she walked with here sister Mabel
through a wooded area that was a short cut to the Cedar
School. Mabel was afraid of everything and constantly asked
Jennie "Whats That?" whenever she heard a sound in the bush.
Jennie was not at all afraid and was always there to comfort her
sister. The long walks to the Cedar School were filled with
wonderful memories, especially the beauty of the arbour of
maple trees, covering much of the section of Queensborough
Road.