The Senior Paper

Old country school draws her ‘like a magnet’

By ELSIE (Horgas) CARRICK – Moose Jaw, Sask. Although more than six decades have passed and many miles separate us, Maxwelton School draws me like a magnet whenever I’m in the area. A feeling of [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...]

Grandfather was area’s first preacher

By Ken Westby – Goodyear, Arizona In 1911, over 100 years ago, the Norwegian, Swedish, and Danish settlers of the Nut Lake [more...]

Young life was busy and happy for these farm kids

By Margaret (Kopeck) Gentle – Saskatoon, Sask. I started dressing and playing with our orange Tabby cat after I lost my rag doll. [more...]

Dad thought I’d been attacked by bear

By Edwin Bronsch – High River, Alta. At the age of 18, the stage of life when a teenager thinks himself invincible, I was riding horseback to take dad’s cattle to the summer pasture, about four [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…]

She was mistaken for one of her students

Widow sang duets with ‘smart little critter’

Love found where and when it was least expected

Old country school draws her ‘like a magnet’

Dances often went until early morning

Grandfather was area’s first preacher

Young life was busy and happy for these farm kids

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