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i H&R BLOCK (CANADA) LTD I 5447 YONGE 51., WILLOWDALE I . She then attended Brampton High School, receiving her second class certificate and was required to teach three years before attending normal school. But since there was no room for her in the high school she had to wait until September 1880 before starting her secondary school studies. She received her third class certificate in 1884 and then attended Brampton Model School where she earned a teacher’s certificate good for four years. Child prodigy High school entrance examinations were written twice a year then. Mrs. McConaghy passed these in December 1879 (at the age of 1112). I CLIPAND MAILTODAY. I ---------------- Education in Richmond Hill had its beginnings with James Miles in his Sunday School opened in 1811. She was 10 years old when she transferred to the Richmond Hill Public School. This school had three teachers at that time. Early high school The high school, a red brick building, was also located on the Yonge Street site. in front of and to the north of the public school. It had two rooms. a principal and an assistant. The public school principal received an annual salary of about $450. according to Mrs. McConaghy in The Liberal of July 26. 1956, and the high school assistant the same. The high school principal was paid a slightly higher amount and the public school asssistants a lower sum. His great-niece Mrs. Li'llian Mchnaghy also made a great contribution over a period of more than 40 years to the education of the village’s young p_eople. ' In therrlate 19505 the burgeoning population, of Richmond Hill necessitated the building of additional elementary schools. The public school on Yonge Street in which Mrs. McConaghy taught for more than a quarter of a century was renamed the ML. McConaghy School in recognition of those years of service. Born in 1866 Born at 8 am. July 26, 1866, to Dr. and Mrs. James Langstaff in their Yonge Street home, the little daughter was named Mary Lillian. SHe attended Miss Christina Campbell‘s private school, called a Seminary for Young Ladies for a couple of years u_ntil jg closed_ ir_1 1975. VSl-Ie ther; attended Mrs. O’Brien's private school located on Richmond Street (called Law‘s Lane at the time) for a year. Lillian McConaghy nee (Langstaff) NAME .......... ADDRESS... CITY ............. Please send me free information about your tax preparation course. I understand there is no obligation CHARGEX. MASTER CHAR ACCE PTED tuition cause. . Courses cover current tax laws . Enrolment open to all ages . No previous training or experience . Full or part time employment with us, available to qualified graduates . Morning, afternoon 8 evening courses will be held at Richmond Hill, Agincourt Er Willowdale. H&R BLOCK Income Tax Course FOR DETAILS AND CLASS LOCATIONS PHONE OR WRITE ' DO YOU WANT EXTRA MONEY lEARN T0 PREPARE INCOME TAX RETURNS T0 BEGIN MONDAY, SEPT. 27. 1976 income tax returns in a special 13' week Swanky, bold entarsia deSIgns in high bulk acrylic V necks â€" $20.00. lightweight acrylic cardigans in dashing horizontal all~over stripes “$2500. All very masculine. very contempOr- ary particularly when teamed with young men‘s all-wool flannel dress slacks belted with FALL’S TOP FASHION STORY IN SWEATERS, SLACKS HILLCREST MALL, RICHMOND HILL 884-0933 will teach you to side gate buckle â€" $32.50 0r self-belted tex- tunzed fortrel polyester slacks - $24.95. Sweaters rich in tall colours sized S. M. L. XL. Slacks plain in navy. brown. grey. camel. green sized 28 to 38. Here the young doctor died. In 1900 Mrs. McConaghy and her five children returned to Richmond Hill. They took up residence on Centre Street West. She began to teach Grade 1 in the Richmond Hill Public School in 1906 and retired in 1940. Wartime shortage But the shortage of teachers caused by World War II resulted in her return to duty. Lillian transferred to the Vellore school at Christmas time. She then went to normal school, securing her permanent second class teacher’s certificate. yesterdays by mbry dawson THE LXBERAL, Wednesday. September 8. 1976 â€" A-s