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Moving In First Dormitory1945
Eston, Saskatchewan
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Time constraints and government controls on war materials prevented the construction of a dormitory. The only hope lay in buying a building and moving it onto school property. This "moving in" of buildings was common practice. A house, large enough to provide dormitory, kitchen, dining and office facilities, became available for the hefty sum of $ 5000.00.29
Sawmill1944
Moose Lake, Alberta
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The house was bought but a basement and lumber for cement forms were needed. Trees were donated from a church camp in northern Alberta (Moose Lake Camp). Volunteers traveled 400 miles to chop, saw, mill and haul the wood back to Eston.31
Location of Moose Lake Gospel Camp6 June 1945
Moose Lake, Alberta
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Sawing lumber1944
Moose Lake, Alberta
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Hauling Logs To Sawmill1945
Moose Lake, Alberta
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Lumber ready to go1944
Moose Lake, Alberta
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Students Help in the Kitchen1945
Eston, Saskatchewan
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There was no way the new dorm could be ready for the upcoming fall term, so the Eston Church people again opened their homes to accommodate the jump in enrollment to forty students - twenty-four from the west coast.37
Watch Your Fingers1948
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Three meals a day were prepared in the home of Wardy and Beulah Johnston, which had become the school cafeteria.39
Moving In Second Dormitory1946
Eston, Saskatchewan
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The initial house was a forerunner of four more that were moved in during the ensuing years. |
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