The Alberta Teachers’ Association

Forty-seven years ago, students attending Esther School, in Esther, Alberta, dressed up in clown costumes made by their mothers and performed in the school’s annual Christmas concert.

The school and community were named after Esther Olsen, daughter of the community’s first postmaster. Esther School closed in 1969.

Front row (left to right): Dennis Tresior, Clayton Foot, Manfred Schroeder and William Foot

Back row (left to right): Ron Parks, Wilfred Pratt, Cameron Stauffer, Murray Pratt and Richard Nelson— Photo courtesy of the University of Alberta Archives

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