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KLCVI - Kirkland Lake's Public High School
Circa 1950's
Kirkland Lake, Ontario, Canada


Credits:
Image from Museum of Northern History Collection

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In 1967, she took a year sabbatical leave of absence from KLCVI planning to travel the world visiting schools. When she returned to KLCVI in 1968, she saw a need for an up to date textbook for the Home Economics classes and wrote the Home Management & Nutrition textbook.

In 1972 she retired from KLCVI and headed to Ghana in West Africa for two years to train teachers in family life science. It was a post offered to her by the Canadian Universities Services Overseas (CUSO).

Miss Wattie passed away in October 2009 at age 98.