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Mary Isabel Mackey Kelly (b. in Thornbury, Ontario ca. 1898-d. Sept 1987) was a teacher at Port Arthur Collegiate Institute from 1922 to 1962 and retired as head of the mathematics department. She was educated at Meaford and the University of Toronto where she graduated in 1919 with a degree in mathematics and physics. She earned her M.A. in those subjects from the U. of T. in 1920 and later received a Ph.D. Lack of opportunities for female physicists led her to become a high school teacher. She was known as a "strict disciplinarian" in her approach to teaching. She served as a trustee on the Lakehead Board of Education from at least 1968-1970. She married John Kelly in 1961-1962 and died in Sept. 1987. Her principal hobby was collecting material for a history of the Port Arthur school system and, in particular, Port Arthur Collegiate Institute and its forerunners.