This handbill lists the top students from various regions of Ontario. Of the 31 boys listed on the scholarship hand bill, 8 registered for the army. That means almost 1 in 4 of the boys enlisted. Imagine if a quarter of the boys you had gone to high school with left to fight in a war. Look through their attestation papers to see where these boys were from and when they joined up.
Click on the links to see the Attestation papers for the boys that are listed below:
| Allan MacDonald – York | Roy Gray - Lambton |
| Egbert Zarnke – Waterloo | Roy Sowers – Middlesex |
| John Armstrong – Perth | Vernon Baker - Toronto |
| John Cumming – Kent | Victor Johnston – Huron |
Look for the names listed above in the Scholarship Handbill below, their counties are listed on the left in the pamphlet.
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Examination Circular No. 144
500. Nov., 1916
Department of Education
Carter Scholarship
1916
The Minister of Education announces herewith the third award
of the Scholarships provided for by the Will of the late J. I. Carter,
of Sarnia. These Scholarships are awarded to the three candidates
who obtained the highest marks in the 1916 June Upper School
examinations in the city of Toronto and in each of the twenty-four
counties, or groups of counties named below. The values of the
Scholarships are as follows :—
(1) To the competitor who obtained the highest aggregate of marks $100.00
(2) To the one who ranked second on the aggregate. $60.00
(3) To the one who ranked third on the aggregate. $40.00
Cheques for the amounts awarded will be issued by the Pro-
vincial Treasurer, in due course, to those named below and will
be sent in care of the Principal of the School from which they were
candidates.
Toronto, Nov. 10, 1916.
County | Rank | Name | School |
|---|---|---|---|
Brant | First | Dunn, Gertrude | Paris |
Brant | Second | Deagle, Ross | Brantford |
Brant | Third | Adams, Grace | Brantford |
Bruce | First | Sutcliffe, Ruby A. | Chesley |
Bruce | Second | Halliday, Anna D. | Chesley |
Bruce | Third | Ross, Nellie | Chesley |
Dundas, Stormont & Glengarry | First | Grant, Jean | Cornwall
|
Dundas, Stormont & Glengarry | Second | Rosenfeld, Rose | Cornwall |
Dundas, Stormont & Glengarry | Third | Hilliard, F. Ruth | Morrisburg |
Elgin | First | Moorehouse, Edna L. | St. Thomas |
Elgin | Second | Ferguson, Donald H. | St. Thomas |
Elgin | Third | Jackson, Helen K. | St. Thomas |
Essex | First | Bain, Lulu G. | Essex |
Essex | Second | Tully, Oral L. | Essex |
Essex | Third | Shepley, Addie M | Essex |
Grey | First | McLean, Myra | Owen Sound |
Grey | Second | Briggs, Joseph B. | Owen Sound |
Grey | Third | Campbell, Frank C. | Owen Sound |
Haldimand | First | Inmar, Marjorie E. | Dunnville |
Haldimand | Second | Laidlaw, Luella H. | Dunnville |
Haldimand | Third | Buzza, Florence L. | Caledonia |
Hastings | First | Thompson, Marjorie E. | Belleville |
Hastings | Second | Dempsey, A. Evelyn | Belleville |
Hastings | Third | Elliott, Norah E. | Belleville |
Huron | First | Bell, John C. | Seaforth |
Huron | Second | Johnston, W Victor | Wingham |
Huron | Third | Johnston, Muriel K. | Goderich |
Kent | First | Twobey, Eleanor | Chatham |
Kent | Second | Cumming, John F | Chatham |
Kent | Third | West, George | Ridgetown |
Lambton | First | Lambert, Edith M. | Sarnia |
Lambton | Second | Gray, Ross W | Sarnia |
Lambton | Third | Sharpe, Jessie M. | Sarnia |
Lanark | First | Millar, Bertram 0. | Smith’s Falls |
Lanark | Second | Robertson, Marion E. | Perth |
Lanark | Third | Rabb, Kenneth S. | Perth |
County | Rank | Name | School |
|---|---|---|---|
Leeds | First | Russell, Estella E. | Brockville |
Leeds | Second | Mitchell, Vida G. | Brockville |
Leeds | Third | MacLeod, Muriel | Kemptville |
Middlesex | First | Sowers, Roy V. | London |
Middlesex | Second | Lucas, George H. W. | London |
Middlesex | Third | Hodder, William J | London |
Ontario | First | Watson, Mary E. | Port Perry |
Ontario | Second | Long, Hilda M. | Whitby |
Ontario | Third | Warne, William H. | Oshawa |
Oxford | First | Edgington, M. Jean K. | Woodstock |
Oxford | Second | Thornton, Edith M. | Woodstock |
Oxford | Third | Alderson, Bessie | Ingersoll |
Perth | First | McTavish, Wilson C. | Stratford |
Perth | Second | Armstrong, John M. | St. Mary’s |
Perth | Third | Bell, David W. | Stratford |
Renfrew | First | Imbless, J. Laurent | Renfrew |
Renfrew | Second | Stevenson, Muriel G. | Renfrew |
Renfrew | Third | Fisher, H. Elizabeth | Pembroke |
Simcoe | First | Mort on, Mary I. | Barrie |
Simcoe | Second | McDermid, Ina E. | Collingwood |
Simcoe | Third | Giffen, Robert J | Collingwood |
Waterloo | First | Sachs, Alphonse | Galt |
Waterloo | Second | Lang, Harold W. | Kitchener |
Waterloo | Third | Zarnke, Egbert E. | Kitchener |
Welland | First | Bracken, Evelyn G. | Niagara Falls |
Welland | Second | Kellam, Margaret C. | Niagara Falls |
Welland | Third | Lowry, Charles A. | Niagara Falls |
Wellington | First | Dawson, Grace L. | Guelph |
Wellington | Second | Bowman, Mary E. R. | Guelph |
Wellington | Third | Oakes, Walter A. | Guelph |
Wentworth | First | Fisher, Edith M. | Hamilton |
Wentworth | Second | Coutts, Martha J. | Hamilton |
Wentworth | Third | Lewis, John H. | Hamilton |
York | First | Eagleson, R. Laverne
| Markham |
York | Second | Macdonald, Allan | Weston |
York | Third | Clark, Marion L. | Markham |
Toronto | First | Williamson, Mary E. | Parkdale C. I. |
Toronto | Second | Eadie, Hazel | Parkdale C. I. |
Toronto | Third | Baker, Vernon E. | Oakwood C.I. |
Examination Circular No. 144
580, Nov. 1916
Ontario Department of Education
Carter Scholarship
1916
The Minister of Education announces herewith the third award of the Scholarship provided for by the Will of the late J. I. Carter, of Sarnia. These Scholarships are awarded to the three candidates who obtained the highest marks on the 1916 June Upper School examinations in the city of Toronto and in each of the twenty-four counties, or groups of counties named below. The values of the Scholarships are as follows: -
- To the competitor who obtained the highest aggregate of marks 100.00
- To the one who ranked second on the aggregate 60.00
- To the one who ranked third on the aggregate 40.00
Cheques for the amounts awarded will be issues by the Provincial Treasurer, in due course, to those named below and will be sent in care of the Principal of the School from which they were candidates.
Toronto, Nov. 10, 1916