Relatively Speaking

In This Issue...
In our northerly latitudes, seasons are a strong connection
to the rhythms of life and our memories of them. School has special significance, as it aligns with the end of summer and a return to schedules.
The theme for this issue is school days, and we have stories from Saskatchewan to Wales.
Anne Baines shares her grandfather’s recollections of getting his children to school in a sleigh during cold Saskatchewan winters, and Miriam Roberts takes us to Wales where she started school in a limestone school house with a cloakroom and pot-bellied stoves.
Sharon Aney recalls her and her father’s attendance at a one-room school house in Elmsville, Saskatchewan – where he and his brother were in charge of lighting the school’s fireplace – and its changing uses over the years as a social hall and community meeting space.
Lynne Duigou reveals the importance of one-room schoolhouses in southern Alberta, the teacherages that often had no electricity and her mother’s experiences as a teacher there, while Marilyn Astle shares her memories of her schooling at the original Sangudo School and the panel van
that served as a bus.
For the youth contribution, Ella Fisher shares her joy of finding about her family’s roots in the Ukraine. Under the Methods and Sources column, John Althouse advises us where to look in school registries, archives and more for discovering family history while Elinor Florence shares her experience as a war veteran chronicler to give genealogical researchers tips on how to invite stories from the elderly.
Thanks to all who’ve helped bring another engaging and informative issue to our readers. Marilyn Astle and Wendy Warren reviewed articles and Denise Daubert did the painstaking work of indexing. Marie Vieira brightened its pages with her layout flair and Terry Terlesky and his team once more got mail-outs into people’s mail boxes. Thanks to Shannon Cherkowski at the AGS office, and ongoing
appreciation for Al Bromling who always lends an encouraging message to our membership and Lynne Duigou for her unstinting support.
To the authors, Relatively Speaking wouldn’t be possible without your enduring commitment. We’re, as always, grateful.
Kate Wilson, Editor