Retiring teachers leave legacy to Medicine Hat students
A feature on Medicine Hat educators retiring in June after long careers. Norma Nelson and Stella Dunn with 37 and decades of teaching, plus Ralph Palmer Kathleen Pratt Emilia Peters and others reflected on service, ATA involvement, and plans for travel and community work in the years ahead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lesmeisters
Lesmeister
Kathleen Pratt
Kay Conner
Riverside School
Kate MacDonald
Alexandra High
Calgary Normal School
Royal Conservatory of Toronto
Amos School
Gros Centre
Bamill School
Alcondale
Redcliff
Alexandra Junior
Medicine Hat
University of Alberta
MHHS
Pratt
Emilia Peters
Ernfold
Saskatchewan
Community club notices and events around Hat area
St John Ambulance Society meets Monday at 7 30 p m in the CRC building. Minus One Club social and dance June 13 9 p m at the Eagles Hall with music by Key of C. Senior Citizens and Golden Friendship picnic June 18 2 p m Lions Park with pot luck supper 5 p m at Veiner Centre rain indoors. Retirement Tea June 24 2 30 to 5 30 p m Central Park School for Miss Norma Nelson. Ladies Auxiliary F C E night June 22 supper 6 30 p m pin presentation after meeting reservations by June 18. Folk and Bluegrass Society folk night June 26 8 p m Corona ballroom. Sex and stroke comment from Kingston doctor notes recovery and self esteem can improve with appropriate discussion and support.
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Stella Dunn
Medicine Hat
Winnipeg
Manitoba
Matlock Beach
Teacher’s College
Dunn
Duck River
Darveau
Minitonas
Steep Rock
Nesbitt and Myrtle
Baldur
Dauphin
Gilbert Plains
Centra Park
University of
Joseph Lesmeister
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Prelate
McKenzie
Lesmeister
St. Thoms College
Battleford
Signal Corps
Battleford Light Infantry
Moose Jaw
Neufeldt
Roosenthal
Millard
Clearwater Lake
Schuler
Regina
University of Alberta
ATA
AGM
St. Patrick’s Church
Knights of Columbus
Marlene
Stettler
Linda
Janet
Clinton
Calgary
Eagles Hall
Key of
Golden Friendship
Lions Park
Veiner Centre
Central Park School
Norma Nelson
Kids write book on divorce by Cambridge teens
Four Cambridge youths from Fayerweather Street School coauthored The Kids Book of Divorce. The 14 of 20 classmates with divorced parents share experiences and offer guidance on telling children, custody, and coping amid rising divorce rates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nathan Cobb
Boston Globe
Field News Service
Hannah Gittleman
Sarah Steele
Martin Albert
Laura Spiro
Fayerweather Street School
Cambridge
Mass
Fayerweather Street
U.S
Fayerweather
Eric Rofes
Tual
Cambridge Rindge and
Latin School
Harvard
Marriage break up described as horror story in court
Vancouver woman Helen Anderson details a five year custody dispute with an ex husband who abducted their children, threatened her life, vandalized her property, and evaded child support. She says courts fail to enforce maintenance while she bears legal costs and seeks automatic payroll deductions.
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Vancouver
Helen Anderson
Anderson
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Gull Lake
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Drever
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MHCH
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Drevers
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Corona Ballroom
Kingston
Ont
D. M. Laidlow
Queen’s University
Roses
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