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School Days at Burnside Recalled by a Former Student
Mrs. yean J. Watkins recalls Burnside School west of Portage now in Mission City BC. From 1903 to 1910 she describes teachers Booth Young Ebbern Bell and others, concerts, Maypole dances, games, and daily life from slate to dipper, with memories of Willow Bend Creek, mud, auto scents, and winters of sleds, skates, and frost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yean J. Watkins
Burnside School
Portage
Mission City
B.C
Willow Bend Creek
Rat Creek
Ben Lee
Booth
Young
Mr. Langridge
Richardson
Hansford
Margaret Bell
Hyde Park
Flo
Mr. Ebbern