The Senior Paper

Father’s honesty was long remembered

By Millie Duncan – Killam, Alta. It was 1951 and at nine years old, I’d just learned in school how to write a friendly letter. I’d determined I would write to my cousin in Canora, Sask. [more...]

Dances often went until early morning

By Stan Peterson – Cabri, Sask. We used to have fun dances at Venlo School near to the town of Abbey, Sask. I remember these times and the good crowds we used to get. The admission [more...]

Winnipeg ballgame crowd circa 1913

By Jim Smyth – Kipling, Sask. The faint writing on the back of this postcard states, “This is me at the opening [more...]

Hand-dug well water wasn’t wasted

By Joanne Rawluk – Gypsumville, Man. My parents often spoke of the hardships they, and their parents, endured growing up. When I tell [more...]

Puny porker was a farmyard fugitive

By Anne Sturby – Edmonton, Alta. Every time I watch the movie Babe, I am reminded of the predicament my father found himself in with a pig he purchased from a local farmer for the [more…]

I learned new words during my short farming career

By Herb (Buster) Brown – Pinawa, Man. I had a short, but very enjoyable, farming career. In 1945, farm help was scarce. I was asked to drive a tractor on a farm west of Holland, [more…]

Summons for jury set off a flurry of worry

Widow sang duets with ‘smart little critter’

Horse led her through brutal snowstorm

Father’s honesty was long remembered

Dances often went until early morning

Winnipeg ballgame crowd circa 1913

Hand-dug well water wasn’t wasted

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