(died Oct. 1952, aged 61), teacher. (Mabel R. White; Ruth has also been found for her middle name) Born at Roebuck, Ont., which is near the town of Prescott. Parents: Nathan White and his wife Mary Fraser. She attended elementary school at Roebuck, high school at Prescott, and by correspondence and summer school obtained her B. A. from Queen’s University. She was principal of Maxville Continuation School from 1925. When the Continuation School was raised to high school status effective 1 Jan. 1929, Mabel R. White remained principal, becoming thus the first principal of Maxville High School. She resigned the principalship in1945 but continued to teach till her death. In Oct. 1951, Mabel R. White was honoured at a gathering of some 500 ex-pupils and friends. (Glengarry News 12 Oct. 1951) She was known to her students as “Mabel R.” There was a student belief that she had lost both her brother and her fiancé in WWI. (MacInnes) She died unexpectedly at her home in Maxville, after being taken ill in the classroom. She belonged to the United Church. Burial was at Maynard Cemetery, near Roebuck. She was unmarried.

Maxville (1991) 257 (portrait), 273-276, 304, 311 * MacGillivray & Ross 257-258 * private information * Lauchlin MacInnes, Any Verb at All at Maxville High School (1992) 15-16 etc. * see also notes to entry for Dr J. W. Bernard Villeneuve * there was probably no Glengarry News obituary, but a notice dated 17 Oct. for settlement of the estate appeared GN 31 Oct. 1952