The Senior Paper – Wonderful Memories in every issue!

Former sweethearts marry 62 years later

By Skip Fennessy – Fort Steele, B.C. Our story began in 1953 when two young ladies from White Fox, Sask., Ann Pawluck and Hazel Moonie, arrived in Cranbrook, B.C. They both found work at the St. Eugene [continue...]

Remains of WWI soldiers finally laid to rest

By Gavin Wood – Regina, Sask. Sgt. Archibald Wilson was born on Feb. 12, 1892 in Wilten, Stirling, Scotland. He came to Canada in the early 1900s along with several siblings and eventually they took homesteads [continue...]

‘Teams’ nostrils and muzzles were whiskered in white’

By Gerald Richards – Brandon, Man. It happened often in my youth: it happened after a house party; after Christmas day at Grandma Duncan’s; after a Christmas concert at the village hall; after a card [continue...]

Dad excited about his first fairly-modern tractor

By Ralph Barker – North Battleford, Sask. In 1945, my father, John (Jack) Barker of Sandwith, Sask., found and bought an W4 International gas tractor and an eight-foot one-way discer. He arranged to have them [continue...]

Sad looking dog was loyal family member

By Sylvia Williams – Summerland, B.C. It all began when I was in high school when I was about 16. We lived in an isolated area northeast of Edmonton, so I had to go to school [continue...]

Found a new pen pal

Hi Folks: My story about my family was printed in the July/August 2012 edition of The Senior Paper and much to my delight, I received a very special pen pal because of it. Her name [continue...]

Can relate to so much in The Senior Paper

Greetings: There are so many things in The Senior Paper that I can relate to. I read it over and over again. The men in my family don’t write letters. Now, computers have made it [continue...]

Senior Paper made wonderful reunion possible

Dorathea (Riecken) Little – Regina, Sask. In July of 2011, a lady on Vancouver Island, by chance read a letter I had sent in to The Senior Paper. This was a shock for her as [continue...]

$50 was welcome!

Hi Everyone: I’ve often heard the term easy money, but never really ever received any before. That changed a few days ago when I received a letter from The Senior Paper and to my surprise [continue...]

Heard Vancouver ship explosion

Hi Folks: I was very interested by the story in the November (2013) issue by Walter Melnyk referring to the ship explosion in Vancouver at CPR Pier C. I, too, was there to witness the [continue...]

‘Teaching was for me’

By Viola Larson – Melfort, Sask. I was brought into this world on June 28, 1933, by a midwife in the Brockington, Sask. district. I attended North Star School No. 1844 from Grades 1 to 8 and then [continue...]

Railway yards, river was their playground

By Virginia Neish – Abbotsford, B.C. In my pre-teens, my family lived in Surrey, B.C. within walking distance of the Fraser River and the Port Mann railway yards. Summer fun for me and my brothers was [continue...]

Wonderful Memories in every issue!

Giving ‘er a good pull!

Precious Memories

Former sweethearts marry 62 years later

Remains of WWI soldiers finally laid to rest

‘Teams’ nostrils and muzzles were whiskered in white’

Dad excited about his first fairly-modern tractor

Sad looking dog was loyal family member

sketched memories

Moonlight Sleigh Ride

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