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...]

Mother baked bread in an outdoor oven

By Syl Kulyk – Saskatoon, Sask. Growing up on a farm 10 miles west of Wakaw, Sask., in the district of Sokal had advantages and disadvantages. We learned to adapt and make things work. Baking [more...]

Small school was focal point of community

By Olga (Lukawesky) Hrycun – Penticton, B.C. My first posting as a teacher in Alberta was in 1942 at Hollow Lake School. The [more...]

Her first time away from home was tough

By Gladys McCarthy – Tisdale, Sask. I’ve always loved to hear the words “home for Christmas,” whether in a song or even [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…]

Nell and Doll were our favourite team

By Lloyd Kitching – Carman, Man. My brother and I were just teenagers when our father died. Along with mother, we took over the operation of our small mixed farm. We had no tractor and [more…]

To bee or not to bee was the question on a hot August day!

Widow sang duets with ‘smart little critter’

Odorous surprise greeted them in the morning

Father’s honesty was long remembered

Mother baked bread in an outdoor oven

Small school was focal point of community

Her first time away from home was tough

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