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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jun 07, 1928
Page
5
The Daly Ladies Aid will host its annual Strawberry Social at the home of Mr and Mrs Orlo Brown on Thursday June 71. A varied program of sports and a sale of work will accompany the event. Admission is 35 cents for adults and 20 cents for children.
The May report shows an average attendance of 38.5 with top grades in Grade 1 led by Ruth Muirhead and John Lychney at 100 percent. Other strong performers include Effie Murray 98 and Robert Tivy 97, while several students show lower scores, and a list of names sits in close order for overall standing. Close class names appear in order of standing, with perfect attendance recorded for Stanley Chernos, Willie Treloar, and multiple others.
Room 2 enrolment 41 with average attendance 39.06. Grade 2 list includes Alvaretta McMannis 95.7 percent and many students with scores or values, followed by Grade 1 Sr Ruth Wareham 92 and Tina Tenak 92 with others. A. I. McFadden, Teacher.
Average attendance figures show Grade 3 students with Beth Offen at 93 percent and Wesley Patteson at 88 percent. The list notes top scorers, attendance, and absence status including Grace Coldicott Gwen McCallum Mary Murray Isabella Nash Doris Porteous and others with mixed attendance.
Room 4 lists student names with scores from 83 to 0 and several absentees for three examinations. Grade 5 shows Frances Tufta and others with scores including 88 and 30.7. The record also notes a perfect attendance group including Fred Bradt, Ellen Bradt, Stella Chernon, Vers Gunness, and others.
The Canadian Pacific Railway launches an air mail and Express package service between Gulf Point and major cities including Montreal Ottawa and Toronto. Parcels from Rimouski ships reach Montreal Ottawa and Ulan the same day and are reloaded onto the Vancouver Express in Winnipeg to continue. The bi weekly service aims to grow with domestic traffic, says T E McDonnell CP Express vice president.
The Fifth Annual Across Canada and Back tour promoted by Dean Sinclair Laird of Macdonald College will depart Toronto July 23 on a CP special train west to Vancouver and return via lakes and rail. The 21 day journey emphasizes education through travel with visits to Banff Windermere Emerald Lake and Okanagan. Travel includes motor drives and steamship portions with special news bulletins aboard.
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