Anne of Green Gables Encyclopedia Page - W

People

White, Mrs. James

White, Lauretta

White, Mrs. Milton

White, Mrs. Theodore

Places

White Way of Delight

Em White: Her name was written up with Charlie Sloane's on the porch while Anne was gone from school, and she was "awful mad" about it.
AoGG:Chapter 16
Emma White: Emma White according to Anne is supposed to play a march on the organ while the Avonlea schoolchildren march into the school hall for a concert that they are given to raise money for a flag for the school. She and Ruby Gillis stop being friends after the concert because they "quarreled over a point of precedence in their platform seats."
AoGG:Chapters 24, 26
Mrs. James White: She tells Anne and Diana about Lorenzo White's new baby son when she stops for a visit at Mrs. Robert Dickson's house.
AoA:Chapter 6
Lauretta White: Lauretta was sitting at church one Sunday, "...her head slightly bent and her fair hair hanging in two long braids, between which a tempting expanse of white neck showed, encased in a loose lace frill. Lauretta was a fat, placid-looking child of eight, who had conducted herself irreproachably in church from the very first day her mother carried her there, an infant of six months." She was unfortunate in that Davy Keith dropped a caterpillar down her back. She interrupted Mr. Allan's prayer with piercing shrieks.
AoA:Chapter 8
Lorenzo White: Normally, Mr. White would not contribute to subscriptions like the one Anne and Diana were conducting that day when his baby son was born. When Anne heard that Lorenzo had just had a son, she knew that that would be the only time Lorenzo would contribute to anything. He was extremely happy about his son and gave 5 dollars to the re-shingling and painting of the Avonlea hall.
AoA:Chapter 6
Mrs. Milton White: Mrs. White tells Anne that "she never met a perfect person, but she's heard enough about one...her husband's first wife."
AoA:Chapter 3
Mrs. Theodore White: Mrs. White is definitely the neatest woman alive who doesn't want Anne and Diana to dirty her spotless house by putting down newspapers for them to walk on. She does give 2 dollars for A.V.I.S. to re-shingle and paint the Avonlea hall.
AoA:Chapter 6
Mrs. White: The mother of Lauretta, she had to get Lauretta out of her church once her daughter had had a caterpillar dropped down her back by Davy Keith.
AoA:Chapter 8
Mr. Wiggins: According to Rachel Lynde, Mr. Wiggins "sells everything off the place that can be sold and brings his family up on skim milk."
AoA:Chapter 7
Mrs. Wiggins: According to Davy Keith, Mrs. Wiggins would never put any plums in her cakes that she baked for the Keith's.
AoA:Chapter 8
Lewis Wilson: He was one of the three serious gold medal contestants at Queen's along with Anne and Gilbert.
AoGG:Chapter 35
Mamie Wilson: Diana was telling about events that happened at school, and one event mentioned Mamie Wilson. "...Lizzie Wright didn't speak to Mamie Wilson because Mamie Wilson's grown-up sister had cut out Lizzie Wright's grown-up sister with her beau; ..."
AoGG:Chapter 16
Bessie Wright: Josie Pye told Bessie that "Julia Bell's bow when she got up to recite made her think of a chicken jerking its head, and Bessie told Julia. This caused Josie and Julia not to "speak" to each other for three months.
AoGG:Chapter 26
Cliffie Wright: Cliffie is one of Anne's students at the Avonlea school. He learned on his first day "that A is A". Anne says he "never knew it before".
AoA:Chapter 5
Eben Wright: Eben Wright is where Mr. Phillips boards. One September day after Anne has started teaching at the Avonlea school, he was cutting fence poles. He wanted A.V.I.S. to persuade Josiah Sloane to keep his whiskers trimmed.
AoGG:Chapter 15
AoA:Chapter 6
Elisha Wright: Mr. Wright ridiculed A.V.I.S. by suggesting a more appropriate name would have been "Courting Club".
AoA:Chapter 6
Fred Wright: Fred Wright belongs to the Avonlea Village Improvement Society and serves as vice president.
AoA:Chapters 6, 9
Lizzie Wright: Diana was telling about events that happened at school, and one event mentioned Lizzie Wright. "...Lizzie Wright didn't speak to Mamie Wilson because Mamie Wilson's grown-up sister had cut out Lizzie Wright's grown-up sister with her beau; ..."
AoGG:Chapter 16
Mr. Wright: Mr. Wright's field provided some "dainty little wild orchids" which were called "rice lilies" for Paul Irving to give to Anne after her first day of teaching.
AoA:Chapter 5
Ned Wright: He had a bet with Jimmy Glover over whether Gilbert or Anne would come out first in the Queen's examination.
AoGG:Chapter 32
Rob Wright: Diana tells Anne that Gertie Pye went home with Rob after practice the previous evening.
AoGG:Chapter 25

White Sands: A town where Marilla goes to see Mrs. Spencer about the mistake made in sending a girl instead of a boy from the asylum. White Sands is about 5 miles from Avonlea. The road from Avonlea to White Sands is called the shore road.
AoGG:Chapters 4-6, 22, 29-30, 33, 34, 38
AoA:Chapters 1-2, 6-7
White Sands Hotel: Mr. Kirke runs the White Sands Hotel. Lots of Americans come there for the summer.
AoGG:Chapters 22, 29-30, 33
White Way of Delight: The White Way of Delight is the stretch of road between Bright River and Newbridge that is commonly referred to as the "Avenue" by the people of Newbridge. Anne names it the Whtie Way of Delight on the drive from Bright River where Matthew picks her up.
AoGG:Chapter 2
Willowmere: Willowmere is the "little round pool" over in Mr. Barry's back field. The name came from a book that Diana lent Anne about a heroine who had five lovers. The heroine "was very handsome and she went through great tribulations. She could faint as easy as anything."
AoGG:Chapters 13, 15, 31, 36
AoA:Chapter 4

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