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Newspaper

Melfort Moon

Location

Melfort, Saskatchewan, Canada

Date

Oct 06, 1915

Page

2

Diligent Pupils Named by Town and District Teachers

In town and district lists, Grade V to Grade VII pupils show high attendance and exam scores. Notable names include Senay Smith 92, Jean Monsees 41, Mabel Lovell 86, Laura Lovell 84, Verne Leake 70, and Harold Diwson 87 among others. Total enrolled 34 with attendance 86.9 percent under teacher M. V. Johnston.

Senay Smith Jean Monsees Jessie Conyers Jack Dawson May Englesby Willie Grainger Carrie Meo- Naughton Willie Atkinson Agnew Fieber Arthur Dickie Dowel Anderson George Lancaster Willie Login Mabel Bwain Henry Clark Edythe Purdy Roth Strendwick Anna W Verne Leake Kathleen Slion Mabel Lovell Laura Lovell Leona Harms Hazel Rusk Loveta MccNaughton Donald Blakely Reggie Lancaster Doris Broome M. V. Johnston Grade IV Sr Vivian Price Batti Whitmore Verdie Smith Willie Jameson Effie Lee Lewis Davis Jean Wood Cecil Wittig Gladys Hutson Edith Jameson Mabel Pollock Clara Hill Marjorie Fatler Grade IV Jr Harold Diwson Gertie Loggin Meta Mo- Bwee Wesley Aikenbend Jack Armetroms May Hunter Lila Prits Florence Smart

Grade Reports Show Mixed Scores Across Classes

The document lists grade totals and student scores for Root, Grade LI Lot, Grade I Jr, Grade I Sr, Grade 1 Jr, and Grade A groups. It records attendance, numbers enrolled, and notes teachers M. C. Stark and Mrs. B. Tate.

Vaughan S D No 319 Grade VII Award List

School notes show Kenneth Arthur and Marion Boyle as Grade VII recipients. Grade VI honors go to Isabelle Stewart Laura Cowell and Garnet Stinson missing in action. Grade IV Dorothy Younghusband. Grade I Sr Cecile Cowell and Grade I Jr Chifford Heath Mary Cowell and Bessie Harms absent. Wm V Dyer listed as teacher.

Kenneth Arthur Marion Boyle Isabelle Stewart Laura Cowell Garnet Stinson Dorothy Younghusband Cecile Cowell Chifford Heath Mary Cowell Bessie Harms

Rothwell School Report Grade VII Through I Jr

Enrollment 28. Attendance 79 percent. Teacher Alice Arnold reports student scores by grade: VII Reggie Hurley Irma Fennell Albert Dykatra Rutledge Woolsey. VI Garret Eidt 69 Royden Woolsey 4. V Tressa Braden 54 Irene Dykstra 46 Wally Schhaler 28 Violet Braden. IV Mervyn Woolsey 55 John Eidt 47 Eliza Fennell 22. II T Warren Harley 75 Emma Eidt 74 Frankie Crampton Ti Fred Schuler 62 Christie Cathers 60 Ida Dykstra 57 Victoria Dykstra 54 Perley Fennell 42 George Braden. I Se James Cathers 92 Dolly Crampton 79 Gomer Braden Ti. I Jr Estella Woolsey 87 Mary Hurley 84 Erica Schaler 77.

Reggie Hurley Irma Fennell Albert Dykatra Rutledge Woolsey Garret Eidt Royden Woolsey Tressa Braden Irene Dykstra Wally Schhaler Violet Braden Mervyn Woolsey John Eidt Eliza Fennell Warren Harley Emma Eidt Frankie Crampton Fred Schuler Christie Cathers Ida Dykstra Victoria Dykstra Perley Fennell George Braden James Cathers Dolly Crampton Gomer Braden

Prodded Cow With Loaded Rifle in Rural Accident

Anton Abrahamson, a farmer about eighteen miles south of interior City, was brought to Lady Minto hospital with a gunbot wound in the left leg above the knee. He fired at cattle to frighten them from his grain, using a loaded rifle with a soft nosed bullet. He lay injured for hours before neighbors found him. Doctors treated him and attempted to save the limb.

Anton Abrahamson Hawke

Local church notices outline midweek gatherings

On Sunday October 10 a farewell is noted. Today at 3 PM the Ladies Aid meets at Mrs Macarthur’s. Friday the Missionary Society gathers at 3 PM, and a thank offering meeting follows.

Ladies Aid

Drafts Ready for Overseas Service Urgency Urges Camps

A new draft from the 53rd Battalion is drafting the 58th Overseas Battalion for immediate overseas service. All men on harvest leave must report to camp at once to join the contingent.

Xmas Puddings For Soldier Boys

The Red Cross Society acknowledges donations from Stoney Creek Sunday School Rush and Price and others for tea rooms and distribution of yarn. Ladies managed sewing and tea rooms, with proceeds of 6.25 dollars. They request ongoing wood, monthly shipments of finished work, and Christmas cake and puddings for soldiers, urging town and country aid.

Red Cross Society Stoney Creek Rush Price Steel H. J. Neale Dawson Mortimer Mesdames Naylor Wild Millard Spence Gray Miss Beatty Christos Red Cross

Pastor Elliott Returns From Holiday Visit

Rev. H. M. Elliott B A a former Anglican missionary at Pathlow and Pleasantdale missions visited All Saints church over Sunday and preached. He spent the summer in New Ross Nova Scotia where he served as chaplain to a military hospital and prison in Halifax amid wartime naval activity. He toured Boston Toronto and the Great Lakes on a pleasant trip and now proceeds to Blaine Lake Sask after a brief stay with friends in Pathlow and Pleasant Valley.

H. M. Elliott Pathlow Pleasantdale All Saints Church Elliott New Ross Nova Scotia Halifax Boston Toronto Great Lakes Pleasant Valley Blaine Lake Sask O. L. Mortimer

Thanksgiving Monday Observance Noted

A public notice mentions Thanksgiving Monday with reference to a holiday observed on October adjacent to the date. The text emphasizes the observance and public acknowledgement without detailing specific events or procedures.

Threshers Busy at Valparaiso

Valparaiso Sask October 4 Tony Reiderer of Star City and other visitors like R Yager E Sande and A G Sands stopped in. Yager brothers moved threshing gear from Melfort to Valparaiso. James Clanie bought a threshing outfit and started work. Local merchants urged home ad notes while church and preacher duties resumed after absences.

Valparaiso, Sask Tony Reiderer Star City

Beatty And Anderson Nuptials at Grande Prairie Alto

Lucille Christian eldest daughter of Mr and Mrs N N Anderson wed Ross Beatty in a Sept 15 ceremony at the Presbyterian manse Grande Prairie Rev A Forbes officiated. The couple, now on a farm near Lake Saskatoon, are warmly greeted by friends. Both natives of the Melfort district with ties to Melfort and Grande Prairie.

Grande Prairie Alto Lucille Christian N. N. Anderson Ross Beatty Manilla Ralph Johnston A. Forbes Saskatoon Beatty Melfort Mr. Beatty Reginald Beatty

Methodist Thanksgiving Services Remembrance of God’s Goodness

Sunday morning at 11 Methodist services feature Thanksgiving theme Remembering God’s Goodness with choir special singing and a Sunday school session at 230 including readings and short addresses. Evening service includes a drawn up account of the farewell inviting young people and adults.

Holiness Movement Pastor Sets Services on Next Tuesday

Rev. H. H. Childerbose of the Holiness Movement will hold services in Clapton at 10.40 a.m. and in Melfort at 8 p.m. at South Church. A Tuesday 8 p.m. prayer meeting is planned at South Church followed by a Friday 8 p.m. town meeting.

H. H. Childerbose Holiness Movement Clapton Melfort South Church

Teachers Meet In Star City At Carrot River Valley Convention

The eighth annual Carrot River Valley Teachers Association convention will be in Star City Thursday and Friday October 7 and 8. Events include an At Home at Starkey's hall, talks on teaching geography and arithmetic, school hygiene, storytelling, and curriculum topics with presenters from Star City Saskatoon Melfort Beatty Birch Hills and more, plus a convention dance in the evening.

Carrot River Valley Teachers’ Association Star City Thoreday Starkey’s Hall Norman Haynes E. Hodgson Tisdale Fanway Ocross T. W. Halligan Melfort EB. P. Brooks Birch Hilla

Annual Meeting of Red Cross at Mel Fort Branch

The Mel fort branch of the San Red Cross Society will hold its annual meeting on Tuesday October 12. Officers will be elected for the ensuing year and the treasurer's balance sheet will be presented along with the usual business. All those interested in Red Cross work are urged to attend. Meeting starts at 8 pm.

Melfort The San Red Cross Society San Banenae Moonee Red Cross uSpm

Newborn Brides and Recruits List from Melfort

New recruits Curr-Is at Melfort October 4 greet Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Clift with a son. Swain at Melfort October 8 welcomed a fourth daughter to Mr. and Mrs. R. D. Swain. Taylor at Lady Minto hospital September 30 near Bett at Star City October to Mr. and Mrs. Taylor. Dewron at Melfort October 4 greeted Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Dewron. Oakson at Melfort October 4 welcomed a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Lyon.

Melfort J. W. Clift R. D. Swain Lady Minto Hospital Thoreday Caes Taylor Bett Star City Mrs. Thos

Improvements At C N R Station In Melfort

The C N R carpenter gang works on proposed alterations to the Melfort station including a new bonded warehouse waiting room and related facilities.

C.N.R. Carpenter Gang Melfort

Sale of Lands for Arrears of Taxes on October 29

Town council meets in regular session chaired by Mayor Hatton. Debentures of Mount Forest Rural Telephone Co acquired for 102.62 with $7000 accrued interest. sinking fund funds used. Public accommodation bylaw passed. licenses required for hotels and similar venues. Chief McLaughlin appointed inspector. Multiple items on municipal operations and staff positions noted.

Hatton Mansell Moore Dawson Morphy Naisberry J. Whittig Connec Ba. m Power House Mount Forest Rural Telephone Co McLaughlin Hill M HO Spence W. Clift

New High School Board Elected in Melfort

The town of Melfort elected five trustees for the high school. A E Wild J S Greenwood W H Jameson A H Humphries and A R Babington will serve terms ending December 31 1916 or 1917. The board meets at 7 30 this evening in the school.

Melfort Messrs A. E. Wild J. Greenwood W. H. Jameson A. H. Humphries A. R. Babington

Alberni Visit and Local Notices Highlight Town Activities

Mra. 8 Lyle of Alberni visits the Presbyterian manse. A bell sale is planned for the town hall on Friday October 15 and a heap sale at the Presbyterian Manse on Saturday October 9 at 2 50 p m Registrar Macarthur reports September statistics with one marriage twelve births and two deaths The W C T U met at the Methodist church and Mrs G B Adamson read a paper Why Men Are Tempted To Go To Hotels meeting adjourned to next month at Mrs Aikenheads home.

Macarthur W.C.T U G. B.damson Willouroml Mee R. Aikenhead

Unusual Police Court Case In South Melfort

In a unique Monday hearing, bL. K. Canaday of South Melfort accuses H. J. Laughlin of theft. Laughlin kept Canaday's marriage certificate after refusing to return it until Canaday paid 200 owed, with Magistrate Greenwood ordering Laughlin to pay 9.55 in costs.

Bl. K. Canaday South Melfort H. J. Laughlin Greenwood Laughlin Canaday

Fractured Collar Bone After Auto Turns Turtle

Last Friday Bernard Howie a Star City liveryman met with a serious accident about five miles east of Melfort when the car he drove turned turtle Hegre sustained a fractured shoulder blade and a dislocated collar bone others escaped with minor injuries The party was brought to town by H Gillespie who was nearby A hospital recuperation follows at Lady Minto Hospital Rev J H Comming preached at the Methodist church and urged the town to attend upcoming Missionary Society activities The Presbyterian Woman's Missionary Society plans its annual meeting pending details All invited

Bernard Howie Star City Melfort Hegre Lady Minto Hospital H. Gillespie Bnrareman

Also Mentioned on This Page

Melfort Public School Room Mrs. May Boom Ferne Brown Ethel Smart Isabelle Monsees Elias Aikenhead Gerald Pardy Marjorie Loggin Gordon Young Mariel Hutson Willie Blue Rosie Tipney Verla Lorna Price Bert Baker Watson Harney Mabel Childerhowe Fred Wittig Willie Robinson Glurye Clift Bruce Sefton Grade TI Sr Phyllis Pallerton Silva Stewart Evaline Foster Lorne Kraebling Edigar Gillespie Vera Gillespie Bertha Foster Roberta Gillespie Marion Wilcox Edwin Denton May Wood Grade LI Elsie Aikenhead Tom Loudy Fanny Foster Weldon Stewart Joe Hamilton George Weaver Annie Abooed Leonard Hunter Pansy Tipney Harley Pyett Emma Irvine Randolph Browne Alec Broome Ada Pyett Mary Sefton Wilfred Kealey Aldous Hunter Hobs Dawson George Roediger Warren Graham M. C. Stark Venton Humphries Robert Atkinson Earth Mansell Ethel Mansell Cecil Pollock Clifford Clagget Vera Davis Emanuel Gherman Edith Robinson Grade 1 Jr Sandy Cowie Warren Monger Nora Mathews Harold Haney Philo Englesby Electa Smith Olive Rush Arthur Perry Willie Swain Edgar Clift Bert Code Willie Taylor John Abooed Alice Hamilton Elsie Stewart Georgie Johnston Eva Pyeitt B. Tate Wm. V. Dyer Rothwell School Report Estella Woolsey Mary Hurley Erica Schaler Alice Arnold Soldier Boys Ladies of Valparaiso Yager E. Sande Lightwood, Sask A. G. Sands A. G. Yager John Cirps Fred Yager, Sr Mrs. Gould M. Johnston F.C. Peterson Party Yager Brothers James Clanie Order of the Day Valparaison Tisdale Presbyterian Church E. Olson OC. EB. Green Mr. Young Beatty-Anderson Splendid Program Rose M. Y Johnston Rescbers Mra. Anderson Hooton Bird J. Macdonald FP. Bird Mrs Cross Misys Book Mra. Litepatrick H. H. Sherriff Mra Thomas “ Trepenier Dewron Layon New High School Board Lyle Alberni, B.C National Light Coal Jameson's Hougel Hlef Presbyterian J. H. Comming Comming GB. Jameson Woatin's Missionary Society of the Presbyterian Church
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