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Newspaper
Wilkie Press
Location
Wilkie, Saskatchewan, Canada
Date
Sep 13, 1917
Page
2
The Wilkie School hosts a Wednesday fair as part of the Teachers Convention with a parade from the school to the fairground at 10 o clock followed by 100 and 75 yard dashes. Float displays from Wilkie and other district schools, sports events, and an evening social are planned to attract attendees.
A local call for funds to aid French wounded emergency relief appears in the Press. Donations may be given to Imperial or Union Bank managers in Wilkie, with personal canvassing planned. A delegate report from French towns evacuated by Germans highlights urgent needs such as pillows, cushions, blankets, medicaments, and milk. TD Neahitt, injured in a train accident, is improving at the Longheed hospital. Bishop Newnham was seen in Wilkie en route east.
Town Council meets September 71 1917 with Mayor Scott and six members. Posts include rebates on a license and hotel rate approvals, plus salary raise for the constable and tender advertising for coal. Fire engine repairs, waterworks changes, and monthly sanitation taxes also discussed.
The September 10 1917 meeting in Wilkie adopts August 6 minutes. A tax sale is scheduled for November 5. A $200 grant is approved to the Great War Veterans Association in Saskatoon. Bills 502 to 507 are passed. The council adjourns to October 1.
Minutes document a September 1917 school trustees meeting with members Gunn Schaab Colwell Ford Hermann and action to procure furniture and advertise for the Normal School session. A committee was named to review teacher accommodation. The Saskatchewan Red Cross reports August donations of 35294.60 with 3970.58 to the French Red Cross and 302 cases sent east and overseas.
German airmen dropped poisoned confection in a French town near Rheims causing multiple child deaths. The report recounts Allied and civilian casualties, naval actions off Jutland, and ongoing wartime measures including political and labor developments across Britain, Canada, and Australia.
A notice invites all interested to attend the Teachers Convention sessions next Thursday and Friday. An overflow public evening session features Professor Rose and Dr Hogg with an intellectual program described as the finest inspiration and education. The event is at 8 o'clock in the Auditorium of the Public School and aims to attract a large turnout.
The Civic Holiday is proclaimed from 1 pm to 4 pm on Wednesday next September 19 1917 School Fair Day Citizens are urged to observe the holiday A J Scott Mayor.
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