The Senior Paper

Santa was right there in the bedroom!

By Willard Boschman – Saskatoon, Sask. On Dec. 24, 1946, my brother Arnold was 11 years old, Marvin was 10, I was eight, my sister Lola was four, and James was two. We lived at [more...]

Her first batch of bread went where?!

By Janet Reitmeier – Red Deer, Alta. Mom and dad moved the family from Apple Hill, Ont. to St. Brieux, Sask. in 1946. It was quite a change going from a dairy farm, where dad raised [more...]

Rambunctious kids found new teacher tough but fair

By Victor Daradick – High Level, Alta. Can you imagine the poor teachers who had to try teaching these children? We really [more...]

Fall snowstorms had dust in them

By Hilda Hass – Saskatoon, Sask. One storm I remember was in January 1946. It snowed and blew for three days. We were [more...]

Bossy cow was no match for Rover

By Ed Kabanuk – Surrey, B.C. I’d been given the task of bringing the cows home for milking. This meant going about 3⁄4 mile to the pasture at the end of our land. It wasn’t an onerous task [more…]

The piano sailed up and into the loft

By Elva Paton – Moose Jaw, Sask. The 1910s and early ‘20s had good crop conditions. Dad thought he was in good enough financial shape to build some new buildings. He’d always said that a [more…]

Memories of mom’s marvellous marshmallows

Widow sang duets with ‘smart little critter’

WWII shoehorn finds its way home

Santa was right there in the bedroom!

Her first batch of bread went where?!

Rambunctious kids found new teacher tough but fair

Fall snowstorms had dust in them

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