Located on the former Victoria School grounds is a complex of three senior citizen facilities--Queen Elizabeth, Victoria and Fisher Courts.

Fisher Court is situated almost on the same piece of ground as the Victoria School, which was demolished in 1972 to make way for the complex.

From 1921 to 1957, John (Jack) Fisher was first vice-principal and then principal of Victoria School.

It is most appropriate that the Fisher Court was named after this well respected and loved man who had such an influence on the many students that passed through Victoria School.

Mr. Fisher was born in Ninga, Manitoba, in 1892. He obtained his early education in Ninga and went on to Brandon College.

In 1914 he accepted a teaching position at Sheho and taught there until 1916. In 1916 he returned to Brandon College and there joined the Royal Canadian Service Corps. After a period of time in Winnipeg, he went overseas, transferring to the 27th Battalion.

On August 21, 1917 he received severe chest and back wounds and spent some time in a hospital in England.

He returned to duty shortly before the armistice was signed and marched with his company into Germany as the army of occupation.

In 1919 he returned to Canada and for a short time settled on the family farm. However his health, due to the aftermath of his war wounds, made farming impossible.

He returned to teaching and took up a teaching position at Willowbunch, Sask.

In 1921 he moved to Yorkton with his bride Violet and accepted the vice-principalship at Victoria School. Later he became principal and remained in that position until his retirement in 1957.

In the early years before a minor sports organization was established in the city, Mr. Fisher as principal of Victoria School, Clarence Drake of Burke School and Ernie Crosthwaite of Simpson School organized inter-school athletics. Many Yorkton young people who went on to win fame as athletes got their start in these interschool activities.

A dedicated member of the First Baptist Church, Mr. Fisher was a Sunday School teacher, a superintendent of the Sunday school, a trustee and a deacon. He was on the board that negotiated with the city when the First Baptist church was relocated at the time Smith Street was widened.

At the bus stop near the First Baptist Church, at the corner of Third Avenue and Smith Street, is a bench dedicated to the memory of Mr. Fisher.

Mr. Fisher was an active member of the General Alexander Ross Branch of the Royal Canadian Legion. He was president of the Melville-Yorkton Teachers' Association and was a member of the Retired Teachers organization in Yorkton.

In 1957 he was presented with the Centennial medal for his work in education and community. Mr. Fisher died at the age of 88 in October of 1980.