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Newspaper
Wilkie Press
Location
Wilkie, Saskatchewan, Canada
Date
May 31, 1917
Page
11
Notice to creditors in the estate of Henry Born deceased. The administrator will not be for the estate or any part to any person distribution. Dated near the Post Office of Handle in the Province this list day of May.
The half holiday plan begins in Wilkie this Wednesday and runs through August 16. Stores close at one PM and reopen the next day, with locals urged to plan trips accordingly and avoid late shopping on these days.
The Lake Scheel report shows grade VIII and grade II results with students Orval Hoar Clarence Mullett and Gladys Ramm in top conduct and attendance. It notes 19 teaching days, attendance of 235.5, average 12.39, and an 82.63 percent rate. teacher Mrs. J. W. McCowan oversees.
Readable text shows prize lists issued for local school districts with student names and award categories. Details are fragmentary but indicate classroom and merit recognitions announced by school officials for the current term.
Mrs Arch ie Dewar and Irene visit Baskatoon for a few days. warmth would be welcome. Wm Olsen and Thos Muir drove to Leipzig. C C Stollecker did business at Asquith. Mr and Mrs A A Backus rode a train to Wilkie and returned by tin back. George Calahan did Saskatoon business. Mrs F L Michael had an operation and is recovering. Mrs Harry Michael has her house painted this week.
A fragmented text fragment suggests a historical notice or note. Readable elements point to a brief item possibly noting a place or event with minimal context. Further readable items are too sparse to identify a clear person, organization, or date.
Miss Ferne Knoff visited Miss Elle Wallace in Wilkie for a few days. Geo Calahan bought a McLaughlin car last week. A Swarthmore Homemakers garden party at Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Weir on Friday June 1 raises Red Cross funds. Owing to a Sunday storm there was no church service. Mr. Raynor will hold services every other Sunday at 7.30 p.m. Charles Oatway bought a Ford and wonders how he managed before. Miss Winnie Letts spent a day in Baskatoon. The Nottawa Red Cross Society met May 24 with poor attendance yet notable generosity. fortyone dollars and fifty cents in fees and donations plus new members.
A list of names appears including W. J. Andersen and Cama Aking wounded, H. A. Boddy, Jeck Hobbe, Arthur W. Hazel, Samuel EB killed, and others such as Wm Heal, J. G. Hetherington, F. Harrison, Robert Justice, G. W. Johnston, M. B. Johnson, E. P. Johnson, A. K. Hunter, and A. Jackson. The roster notes status and affiliations in a wartime memorial context.
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