Dear Sue and Mary, I was saddened to hear of my sweet "Miss Briges" passing away. Your mother was my Grade One teacher in 1954, at Albert Street School. Throughout my 17 years of schooling, never did I know a teacher that I loved more than Marie.(she asked me to call her Marie when I would visit her within the last ten years). Your father was my art teacher at Smythe St. School, from 1956 to 1960. My aunt and uncle, Lorraine and George Evans, first introduced your mother and father to each other, as Lorraine had been at Mt. Allison with your father and George and your mother had known each other since kindergarten. I used to love getting Christmas cards from your parents, with your father's lovely watercolour illustrations on the front. When I went to a Sunshine Gardens reunion several years ago, your mother let me borrow a Smythe St. School yearbook from the 1950's, so I could copy some photos for the get-together. I still have a copy, from The Daily Gleaner, of your mother and all we lucky children, on our first ever day of school in 1954. We were all so fortunate to be in "Miss Bridges" class, for she was every child's dream of a loving, kind, creative and patient teacher. I shall miss my visits to Saunders St. Covid prevented my visiting Marie this past summer. My deepest condolences to both of you and to your families. Sincerely, Cathie Evans Weldon Lachine, Quebec
