Mexborough and Swinton Times October 15, 1937

Headmaster’s Retirement

Past and present pupils under Mr. J. T. Lewis, headmaster of the Schofield Street School, will learn of his retirement at the end of this month with mixed feelings. They will feel regret that Mr. Lewis will no longer continued to pilot the citizens of the future(through that most difficult period of their lives and pleasure in that he will now gain the rest he has so well earned.

Like his successor, Mr. F. Williams, Mr. Lewis is a native of Mexborough, although his education was received at Parkgate, whither his parents moved when he was six years old. He returned, however, when he was 21, and he has taught in Mexborough ever since; at the old Central School, at Adwick Road, where he was temporary head, at Garden Street Senior Mixed School, where he remained as head for six years, and at Schofield Street, where he has been head for the past 12 years.

Mr. Lewis has taken a keen interest in school sport as well as educational activities, and he is a past president of the local School Sports Association. Schofield Street has stood high in the matter of scholarship, and Mr. Lewis has had the assistance of a most capable staff. It was a great blow to him when a colleague, Mr. A. H. Woodward, died last year.      The school has always been to the fore in winning County Minor Scholarships, although it is comparatively small. Mr. Lewis is a prominent Methodist and is a trustee of the Trinity Methodist Chapel.

The “Times” learns that Mr. and Mrs. Lewis, who live in Adwick Road intend to stay in Mexborough, at least for the time being.