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2. IT STARTED WITH A NEED FOR A NEW
SCHOOL IN HAMMONDS PLAINS
• A SCHOOL AND MEETING HOUSE WAS
BUILT IN 1859 AT ENTRANCE TO
GLEN ARBOUR.
• BY THE 1920’S, THE SCHOOL WAS
STARTING TO BECOME A BUILDING
WITH STRUCTURAL ISSUES.
• IN THE 1930’S, THE COMMUNITY
MADE MOVES TO BUILD A NEW
SCHOOL.
3. A NEW SCHOOL
• DURING THE LATE 1930’S, RESIDENTS
OF THE COMMUNITY RAISED FUNDS
TO BUILD THE NEW SCHOOL
(APPROXIMATELY $3000)
• THE LAND THAT WAS CHOSEN FOR
THE SCHOOL WAS DONATED TO THE
COMMUNITY BY SID EISENHAUER.
• SCHOOL WAS BUILT IN 1939.
4. FACTS ABOUT THE NEW SCHOOL
• OPENED AS A TWO ROOM SCHOOL ON OCTOBER
10, 1939. 50 STUDENTS REGISTRATED.
• COST - $2500 - $3000.
• NO BASEMENT – ONLY A LOW CEMENT WALL
CEILING FOR A FOUNDATION.
• HAD TWO OUTHOUSES. NO RUNNING WATER.
• BUCKET WITH DIPPER AND BASIN IN SCHOOL FOR
WASHING HANDS. STUDENTS WOULD GET NEW
BUCKET OF WATER EACH DAY FROM NEARBY
SPRING.
• SCHOOL HEATED BY WOODSTOVE. WOOD KEPT IN
SHED BEHIND THE SCHOOL.
5. ADMINISTRATION OF SCHOOL
• SCHOOL TRUSTEES ADMINISTRATED THE
SCHOOL. TRUSTEES WERE RESIDENTS OF THE
COMMUNITY. EARL HAVERSTOCK, CLIFF
HAVERSTOCK AND WILL SMITH ORIGINAL
TRUSTEES. TRUSTEES HIRED PRINCIPAL AND
TEACHERS.
• A RESIDENT WAS APPOINTED CARETAKER FOR
THE SCHOOL. LIT WOOD STOVES IN MORNING.
• COMMUNITY RAISED MONEY TO OPERATE THE
SCHOOL.
• THERE WAS A SMALL POLL TAX USED TO PAY
FOR SCHOOL OPERATIONS.
6. 1940’S
• IMPROVEMENTS WERE MADE TO THE
BUILDING DURING 1940’S.
• THE BUILDING WAS RAISED WITH A WALL OF
CONCREATE BLOCKS PLACED BENEATH THE
BUILDING.
• TO ACCOMMODATE THE NEW HEIGHT OF THE
BUILDING TWO NEW SERIES OF STEPS WERE
PUT IN LEADING TO THE FRONT DOOR.
• INDOOR CHEMICAL TOILETS AND A WOOD
FURNACE WERE INSTALLED.
• THE LABOUR DAY PICNIC WAS BORN, AS MAIN
FUND RAISER FOR OPERATION OF SCHOOL.
7. 1950’S - OVERCROWDING AND NEW
ADDITION
• AFTER WW2, THE SCHOOL POPULATION INCREASED
SIGNIFICANTLY, LEADING TO AN OVERCROWDED
SCHOOL.
• BY 1952, CLASSES HAD TO BE HELD ACROSS THE
ROAD AT COMMUNITY HALL.
• COMMUNITY DECIDED TO DOUBLE SIZE OF SCHOOL,
RAISED FUNDS THROUGH NUMEROUS FUND RAISERS.
• IN 1955, ADDITION WAS ADDED TO EXISTING
SCHOOL, INCLUDING TWO NEW CLASSROOMS (MAKING
A TOTAL OF 4), FOUR MODERN FLUSH TOILETS, AN OIL
FURNACE AND SINK.
8. SCHOOL TAKEN OVER BY PROVINCE IN 1957
• CONTROL OF BUILDING WAS
TRANSFERRED OVER FROM THE
COMMUNITY TO THE PROVINCE.
9. 1960’S – CONSOLIDATION OF LOWER &
UPPER HAMMONDS PLAINS SCHOOLS
• IN 1963, A DEPARTMENT OF
EDUCATION DECISION WAS MADE TO
CONSOLIDATE THE 2 SCHOOLS IN
HAMMONDS PLAINS INTO ONE.
• IN 1968, HAMMONDS PLAINS
CONSOLIDATED SCHOOL WAS
OPENED
• THE OLD SCHOOL WAS DECLARED
SURPLUS
10. NEW COMMUNITY HALL
• IN 1968, THE OLD SCHOOL WAS TRANSFERRED TO
THE COMMUNITY WHO WANTED TO USE THE
BUILDING AS A COMMUNITY HALL TO REPLACE
THE OLD COMMUNITY HALL, WHICH WAS
LOCATED ACROSS THE STREET.
• THE COMMUNITY WAS AWARDED THE BUILDING
WITH THE CONDITION THAT THE OUTSTANDING
MORTGAGE ON THE BUILDING BE PAID OFF.
• IT WAS DECIDED THAT THE BUILDING WOULD
BEST BE SERVED IF IT WAS ALIGNED WITH THE FIRE
DEPARTMENT (LOCATED ACROSS THE HIGHWAY).
• IN 1969, THE OLD SCHOOL WAS CONVEYED TO
THE FIRE COMMISSIONERS, WHO PLANNED TO
OPERATE THE OLD SCHOOL AS A COMMUNITY
HALL.
11. HAMMONDS PLAINS FIREMEN’S HALL
• BUILDING WAS RENOVATED TO
ACCOMMODATE A COMMUNITY HALL.
• CLASSROOMS WERE REMOVED TO
CREATE AN OPEN AREA, A KITCHEN WAS
INSTALLED WITHIN ONE OF THE FORMER
CLASSROOM, A STAGE WAS PUT IN AND
BAR SERVICE ROOM WAS SET UP.
• A WOMEN’S AUXILIARY GROUP WAS SET
UP TO SUPPORT THE RUNNING OF THE
COMMUNITY HALL.
12. 1996 – INCORPORATION OF HRM
• IN 1996, UPON THE INCORPORATION OF THE
HALIFAX REGIONAL MUNICIPALITY ALL SERVICE
COMMISSIONS WERE DISSOLVED AND VESTED TO
THE MUNICIPALITY, AND AS SUCH THE
HAMMONDS PLAINS FIRE COMMISSIONAIRES,
BEING A SERVICE COMMISSION, WAS DISSOLVED.
• HRM DECIDED TO TRANSFER ALL PREVIOUS
ASSETS OF THE FORMER FIRE COMMISSION TO A
NEWLY FORMED SOCIETY SO THUS ON FEBRUARY
29, 1996, THE HAMMONDS PLAINS FIRE SERVICES
SOCIETY WAS FORMED FOR THE PURPOSE OF
ACQUIRING THE ASSETS OF THE FIRE
COMMISSIONAIRES.
• BUILDING STILL OWNED BY HRM. NAME CHANGE
TO HAMMONDS PLAINS FIRE HALL.
13. TRANSITION TO A NON PROFIT OPERATION
• THE SOCIETY VOLUNTARILY DISSOLVED IN
2002.
• IN 2003, RURAL FIRE AREA RATES WERE
DISCONTINUED AND THE DELIVERY OF
MUNICIPAL FIRE SERVICES CONSOLIDATED
UNDER HRM FIRE & EMERGENCY SERVICES.
CAPITAL AND OPERATING BUDGETS FOR FIRE
STATIONS AND FIREFIGHTING EQUIPMENT
WERE INCORPORATED UNDER THE GENERAL
TAX RATE. HRM OPERATED THE FIRE
STATION BUT THE HALL CONTINUED TO
OPERATE INFORMALLY UNDER THE
STEWARDSHIP OF LOCAL VOLUNTEERS.
14. HAMMONDS PLAINS COMMUNITY CENTER
ASSOCIATION
• IN 2009, THE HAMMONDS PLAINS FIRE HALL AND
COMMUNITY CENTER ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED
AS A NON-PROFIT SOCIETY.
• THE SOCIETY PLANNED TO OPERATE THE PREMISES
SUSTAINED BY BAR PROCEEDS, RENTALS, AND
FUNDRAISING.
• THE SOCIETY PUT FORTH A LONG TERM
RECAPITALIZATION PLAN WITH CAPITAL INVESTMENT
TO ADDRESS SAFETY CONCERNS AND OPERATING
INEFFICIENCIES.
• MONEY WAS OBTAINED THROUGH GOVERNMENT
GRANTS.
• IN 2014, HRM FINALLY TRANSFERRED THE PROPERTY
OVER TO THE ASSOCIATION. BY THEN THE FIRE HALL
PART OF THE NAME HAD BEEN DROPPED.
15. A REFRESH & RENOVATIONS
• OVER THE PAST THREE YEARS, THE INTERIOR
WAS GIVEN A REFRESH, INCLUDING PAINTING
AND NEW CHAIRS. NEW STEPS LEADING TO THE
EXTERIOR DOORS, AND AN ACCESSIBLE RAMP
LEADING TO THE BACK DOOR WERE INSTALLED.
UPGRADED SEPTIC SYSTEM WAS PUT IN.
PLANTED BOXES ALSO INSTALLED IN FRONT OF
BUILDING, ALONG WITH COMMUNITY SIGNS.
• THE COMMUNITY CENTER WAS REBRANDED
WITH A NEW LOGO PACKAGE.
• A MEETING ROOM COMPLETED WITH NEW
KITCHEN FACILITIES WAS COMPLETED IN 2016.