Clinton in Huron County, Ontario — Central Canada (North America)

Bell in Memory of Fred Sloman

Photographed by Tim Boyd, August 22, 2025

1. Bell in Memory of Fred Sloman Marker

Inscription. This bell is dedicated to the memory of Fred Sloman, who taught 39 years for the Canadian National Railway School on Wheels #1, aided by his wife, Cela. In 1954, ten years before his retirement, he asked the CNR if it would donate a bell from a railway engine to the School Car, still traveling its Capreol West Route in Northern Ontario. His request was granted.

Widely acclaimed as an excellent educator, Fred knew that teaching a child to read, and guiding them to the right tools, was the key to enabling them to create lives of their own, full of wonder and new experiences. He taught more than 1000 children to read, and his biggest problem was to get them to go home after school.

He did the same for his own children.

Thank you Dad, from Joan, Elizabeth. Margaret, Bill and Fredda (Toby).

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Education • Railroads & Streetcars. In addition, it is included in the Historic Bells series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1954.

Location. 43° 36.344′ N, 81° 32.25′ W. Marker is in Clinton, Ontario, in Huron County. It is on Victoria

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Terrace 0.1 kilometers west of Matilda Street, on the left when traveling west. The marker is on the property oof the CNR Schools on Wheels Museum in Clinton. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 75 Victoria Terrace, Clinton ON N0M 1L0, Canada. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the Huron-Perth-Waterloo-Wellington Area

and in Southwestern Ontario.

It is also in Central Canada.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once a British colony,

the Viceroyalty of New France,

the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy,

and Rupert’s Land.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 13 kilometers of this marker, measured as the crow flies: The Slomans and the CNR School on Wheels / Les Sloman et le wagon-école du CN (here, next to this marker); Horatio Emmons Hale (1817-1896) (approx. 1.2 kilometers away); The Pioneers of Clinton (approx. 1.2 kilometers away); Dr. Robert Hamilton Coats 1874-1960 (approx. 1.3 kilometers away); The Green Bridge (approx. 6.9 kilometers away); Reverend William Graham

Photographed by Tim Boyd, August 22, 2025

2. Bell in Memory of Fred Sloman Marker

(approx. 12.8 kilometers away); Colonel Anthony Van Egmond (approx. 12.8 kilometers away); The Van Egmond House (approx. 13 kilometers away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Clinton.

Photographed by Tim Boyd, August 22, 2025

3. Bell in Memory of Fred Sloman Marker

CNR Schools on Wheels car at the museum in Clinton

Credits. This page was last revised on August 24, 2025. It was originally submitted on August 24, 2025, by Tim Boyd of Hamilton, Ontario. This page has been viewed 74 times since then and 20 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on August 24, 2025, by Tim Boyd of Hamilton, Ontario. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.