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Is the little old country schoolhouse of television and movie screens the stuff of romance or reality? That question is answered in this Community Memories Exhibit, “Bentley and Area Schools.”
Every detail of life in a one-room school is told in this history of schools in and around Bentley, Alberta, including the Hutterite Colony school: social activities and playground games and sports, transportation to and from school, means of punishment, school artifacts, students’ and teachers’ fashions, water sources and school outbuildings.
Life was hard in early pioneer days, but with determined leadership these one-room schools flourished.
This exhibit would not have been possible without the help of the members and organizations of Bentley who graciously provided images, memories and stories and the Bentley Museum volunteers who conducted interviews and researched data and artifacts.
