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Upper Island Cove Petition
Date 1910

Source: Provincial Archives GN 2.5.19 File 19C
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To the Honorable House of Assembly in Legislative session convened:
The Petition of the undersigned residents of Upper Island Cove in the electorial
district of Harbour Grace humbly showeth as follows:

Petitioners are very much interested in the cause of education, believing,
as they do, that much of the present and future welfare of the Colony and its
people depends upon the proper education of its children.

Petitioners believe that our present system of Education can be improved
without adding materially to the amount now annually expended by the Colony
upon this important service. Even if the improvements suggested call for a
larger expenditure of public money, petitioners believe that this expenditure
will be thoroughly justified as being in the best interest of the people.

  1. Free Elementary Education
  2. Compulsory attendance by children between the ages of seven
    and fourteen during a definite portion of the school year.
  3. Efficient and systematic government inspection of school buildings.
  4. Medical inspection of school children at least once a year.

And petitioners, as in duty bound, will ever pray.



NAME NAME
John Lundrgan of RUpper Island Cove
Archibald Crane
Elnert Jones
Wm Grealy
Eldred mercer
Wm Bradbury
John Coombs
Wm Lundryan
Joseph Coombs
Arch Janes
John Jones
John W Lynch
Page 2
Archibald MercerUpper Island Cove
Josiah Crane
John Lundriga of Joh
Albert Mercer
Esau Adams
James Mercer
Moses Drover
Henry Mercer
John Y Lynch
Selby Osborne
Robert Hussey
John Coombs of C
Eloil Mercer
Nath Clane
James Mercer of Thos
Joh Coombs of Janes
James Coombs
George Coombs
Uriah Hussey
Albeert Drnr
Drover??
William Adams
Abneza Mercer
Arch Lynch
Walter Drover
Page 3
John AdamsUpper Island Cove
Esau Young
Arch Neuman
Stephen Parsons
Elijah Mercer
George Mercer
Wm Mercer
James Mercer
Joseph Mercer
George Adams
Wm Mercer of Jonathan
Thomas Hussey
Wm Mercer
John Lundrigan of James
James Drover
Nath Drover
Joseph Drover
John Janes
Joghn Wn Adams
Wm Mercer
Wm Coombs
Wm Mercer
Nathie Mercer
James Stone
John C Drover
Eugean Coombs
Page 4
Albert AdamsUpper Island Cove
Henry Coombs
Albert Hussey
Albert Young
Edward Drover
Norman Coombs
Gelbert Janes
George Coombs
Wm Crane
John Mercer
Albert Young
Joseph Crane
J Showbridge (teacher)

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