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    Dec 04, 2018 3 minutes

    My Mother, My Teacher: The First Woss School

    Thank you!!! This is sooo interesting. I have never seen a full picture of the school! It’s so beautiful!

    Jane (Paton) Forin Now that’s the Woss I remember! Merci Mare

    Joel Paton Marg Nelson did a very accurate telling of the history. I was totally impressed that she could remember so much at such a young age.

    Bill Stewart

    Houston

    While reading the Fall 2018 issue! Unfortunately, it was difficult to elicit advertising because of the railway’s regional stranglehold, so the newspaper only lasted for one year.

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