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If there was no well, ice from rivers or lakes was stored in the ice house and used for drinking water. There was usually a dipper at the water crock that everyone used.

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A Small Class
1937
Flett's Springs School, Saskatchewan

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"In the spring it was so nice to see the little yellow buttercups peeking through the sod in the school yard. Another thing peeking through were the gophers which 'the boys' dearly loved to catch and to chase us girls with them. I learned a good trick at this time - if you didn't run it ceased to be fun for them and they quit."

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The Smiling Team
1948
Lenvale, Saskatchewan

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"Other things that stick out are all the games we played at school. I don't really remember them all, but we played Red Light- Green Light, marbles in the winter between desk rows and marbles in summer shooting into a hole in the ground. There were others like Anti-I-Over the barn plus the odd wood house in the edge of the school tree line with a roaring fire in it - I don't think that was authorized by the teacher. Also, there was lots of tunnel digging in the large [snow] drifts across the road from the school. The big thing is we made our fun back then as there were few places to go and few games to buy."

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The Snow Hill
1949
Lund School, Saskatchewan

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The Posed Team
1940
Star City, Saskatchewan

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School Ball Team
1954
Naisberry School, Saskatchewan

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"I recall one incident at school. Some of the younger students wanted to play softball but the older students were playing ball and there weren't enough softballs to go around. So, we decided to use a stone. I was batting and my sister was pitching. I don't remember whether it was a wild pitch or I moved the wrong way but the stone hit me on the nose. I wound up with a broken nose. That ended our game. It was the very first pitch and we never played ball with a stone again."

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The Rainbows
1935
Lenvale, Saskatchewan

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"We had a girl's baseball team called the Rainbows. I don't know where the name 'Rainbows' came from, but I do remember that some of our opponents said it was because we didn't know enough to come in out of the rain."

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Field Day
1956
Star City, Saskatchewan

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One of the big events of Spring was the Field Day (or Sports Day). It was primarily an opportunity to compete against neighbouring schools in track and ball events but could also involve uniforms, banners, school yells and marching. Competition was obvious in both the individual events and the team games. The students took satisfaction in personal victories particularly if they led to their school winning the shield or trophy.

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A Large Class
1933
Berlin School, Saskatchewan