 The Breadalbane S. D. (pronounced bruh-dal-bun)was first settled in approximately 1890. The S.D. was organized in 1907, after a number of men were granted permission to withdraw their land from the Nord S. D. #1042 (later known as Caron Town).A petition was made on March 9, 1907, signed by Maxwell Smart, J. Cunnington and V. A. Young to have a school district with the proposed name of "Hope" to be located on the SW 9-17-29. As the name "Hope" had already been chosen elsewhere, the name Breadalbane was suggested by John McLaren after his home - Breadalbane Estate, where his father had his farm in Scotland. On Jan. 14,1908, the district borrowed $1200,to build a school. The contractors who built the school were Frost and Kat. The desks were double, and were bought from Christies in Manitoba. School opened May 19, 1908, with the first teacher being Miss Christina Young. She boarded at the home of W. Thomson. The teachers following her boarded at the Charles McGhie home, 3.5 miles east of the school, a distance which they walked. In those days, it was a summer school as winters were so severe.  In 1923, there were not enough children to open the school. Breadalbane became a part of the Moose Jaw School Unit in 1949, and officially disorganized on April 30, 1971. The last year the school was open (1961), Miss E. Steinhauer was the teacher. The children are now bused to Mortlach for their education. Breadalbane School #1836 has gone the way of most one-roomed schools of its kind. It has been moved off its foundation, to serve a different use - that of a shop on the farm of Gordon Anderson. |