This is Queen's Ward Public Elementary School located on King St., in Paris, Ontario. The demolition began the first week of 2011. The facade with the old school's name had been removed at some point in the fall. I started attending Queen's Ward in January, 1970 and "graduated" from grade six in June, 1972. I was the first rural student to attend the school. Because the last of the baby boomers were in elementary school, the rural Bethel School was past it's capacity. In September 1970, all of us who lived on Hwy. #2 as far as Falkland and the Cleaver Side Rd., had to attend the town school. Being a newcomer to the area just prior to the change, it was decided that I would walk down Hwy. #2 to Queen's Ward for the remainder of my grade four year. I could regale you with my tales of dashing into the ditch in order to miss being hit by the snow plows who would fly past me on snowy days. I could tell you about the times where I was propositioned by dirty old men who would stop and ask me if I wanted to go to Woodstock with them. This was the Trans-Canada Hwy., for heaven's sake! The most heart breaking episode, however was when I dropped my Valentine's sucker in the dirty snow. I found it later in the winter during a mild spell.
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