MN1067 GLENORA (SCHOOL)

POSTCARD

Date: Posted. Handwritten note dated November 11, 1912 Sent from W. Lawrence in Glenora to Mr A. C. Ralston in Petersburg, North Dakota

Publisher / Photographer: Unidentified

Notation: Handwritten note on reverse reads; "I suppose you will be surprised to hear from me. It is a long time since I wrote you. am not very busy at present Mr Lindsay is teaching school and I mind the store All pretty well here sorry to hear Mr. Ralston is not very well. hope to hear better news next time. threshing all done here (?) prices for grains no dances or anything here All the young people in WPG your (?) W. Lawrence Hope you voted for Taft."

I came across an interesting note online that explains that Mr. Lawrence's name was William and that the Mr. Lindsay in his note was his son-in-law:

"Arthur Lindsay was born in Bolton, Ontario on December 22 1884. He was the
youngest son of William and Jane Lindsay. Arthur's older siblings were two
brothers and one sister. When Arthur was two weeks old his mother passed
away. In 1888, his father remarried and they had two additional children:
Roy and Elgin. Arthur graduated as a school teacher and taught for two
years in the country school known as "Purpleville". In 1908 he moved to
Winnipeg.

Arthur chose to teach in Glenora, Manitoba and on October 25 1911 he married
Gertrude Lawrence, eldest daughter of William and Jemima Lawrence. They had
two daughters Dorothy and Anne. Arthur passed away on November 15 1961."

(Source: listsearches.rootsweb.com/th/read/LINDSAY/2005-08/1124036626)

On page 159 of "Gleanings of the Past", a community history book of Glenora (http://manitobia.ca/resources/books/local_histories/026.pdf), I learned that Mr. Lindsay, in addition to being a teacher, owned a store in Glenora - apparently the one Mr, Lawrence, his father-in-law, was minding. On page 165 of this same book there is a very complete bio of Mr. Lindsay including the story behind his purchase of the store - and several pictures.