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PHOTO FLASHBACK: FEBRUARY 2, 1967 Clarendon College celebrates silver jubilee

Published:Friday | February 4, 2022 | 5:48 AMA Digital Integration & Marketing production
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The wooden house at Rosebank, just outside Chapelton, where Clarendon College came into being on February 2, 1942, with five girls, five boys, a headmaster and an assistant mistress. Pictured here on the school's anniversary are the school's present principal, Mr C. L. Stuart, and the present occupant of the house, Mrs Altamount Baker.
The two-storey assembly hall and library building of Clarendon College. The hall is to have a capacity of 1,000. Its contract cost is set at 25,000 pounds, with a 30,000 pounds outlay envisaged by the time it is furnished.
The Clarendon College community of about 700 students and 36 teachers, on the occasion of the school's 25th anniversary on February 2, 1967.
Head boy of Clarendon College, Henry Reid, reading the lesson at the Salem United Church on February 2, 1967, on the occasion of the school’s silver jubilee service.
Head boy of Clarendon College, Henry Reid, reading the lesson at the Salem United Church on February 2, 1967, on the occasion of the school’s silver jubilee service.
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On February 2, 1942, in a wooden house at Rosebank, Chapelton, Clarendon College opened with five boys and five girls, under the tutelage of the Rev. Lester Davy and Miss Hyacinth Balfour.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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