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Bridge group continues to meet

By Helen Kosmonek – Foam Lake, Sask. Our ladies bridge club as it was known was organized by Susie Stevenson in 1958 with 12 interested players. This made three tables. Each one hosted the group [continue...]
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Bucking stallion tested his strength and endurance

By Herman Neufeld – Penticton, B.C. Horses had been a part of my life since the day I was born. Our family always had several to work our fields and to get us from Point [continue...]
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Little boy let out screeching howl

By William Thomas – St. Albert, Alta. In the spring of 1954, I was teaching a school in west-central Alberta. As one old-timer put it, the community was “natural and primitive”. The parents made their [continue...]
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Memorable family vacation

By Mildred Balzer – Saskatoon, Sask. For our 25th wedding anniversary, my husband and I decided we would give ourselves and our family a treat, so on July 14, 1972 we set out for Disneyland. We [continue...]
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Fascinated and amused by lovely decor

By Sylvia Williams – Summerland, B.C. There were many homesteaders from Europe living in eastern Alberta. When they left their homes in the old country, they probably didn’t realize that living in a rural area [continue...]
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Train got stuck in snowbank

By John Rehm – Maple Creek, Sask. I remember the winter of 1946-47 had a lot of snow. The train was stuck in a bank of snow several miles east of Weyburn, Sask. It took [continue...]
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‘I jumped in after him, but I couldn’t swim!’

By Elizabeth Goertzen – La Crete, Alta. When I was about eight years old in 1945, my brother, who was 10, built a raft. We lived close to a small river, so when it was [continue...]
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His sister told tales of sinkholes and kidnappers!

By Herman Simrose – Moose Jaw, Sask. My sister, Ruth, who was four years older than me, was a great storyteller. She would gather us younger siblings together and tell us stories. There was heavy bush on [continue...]
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Mixed farming in the 30s and 40s

By Bob Patmore – Oliver, B.C. My dad and mom had a mixed farm in northwestern Saskatchewan. They had us three children – my two sisters and me. Everyone in the district had some livestock [continue...]
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Exceptional mother a ‘jack-of-all-trades’

By Dorothy (Corey) Nichol-Hack – Oliver, B.C. Our family of four was very lucky to be living in southern Alberta on an irrigation farm during the Dirty ‘30s. My mother was exceptional. She could do [continue...]

‘I heard a long, drawn out me-o-o-o-w’

By Ruth Towill – Fort MacLeod, Alta. It was going to be a busy morning as I planned my day: [continue...]

Trampled manure platter with bare feet

By Jacob Fehr – Swift Current, Sask. Times were tough on the prairies during the 1930s. Most people were poor [continue...]

To present generation, past is ‘just a story’

By Anne (Kurkowsky) Cohoon – Wilberforce, Ont. My brother, Michael Kurkowsky, was a soldier. He was born on a farm north [continue...]

Funny laugh came from henhouse

By Dorothy (Miller) Hunsley – Mississauga, Ont. When our daughter was about three years old we drove west one summer. [continue...]

Farm girls raised owl chicks as pets

By Lorene Ruymar – Vancouver, B.C. I’m a new subscriber and saw my first copy of The Senior Paper at the airport in Calgary while waiting my time to fly. Reading in [continue…]

Splendid Stagecoach

A scene similar to an old western movie appeared in Radisson, Sask. when this old stagecoach appeared in the town’s centennial parade.

Footprints

By Bernice Douglas – Carnduff, Sask. Once upon a time When I was just a lad, I longed to be all grown up And work beside my dad. He had [continue…]

Wonderful memories in every issue!

Bridge group continues to meet

Bucking stallion tested his strength and endurance

Little boy let out screeching howl

Memorable family vacation

Fascinated and amused by lovely decor

Train got stuck in snowbank

‘I jumped in after him, but I couldn’t swim!’

His sister told tales of sinkholes and kidnappers!

Mixed farming in the 30s and 40s

Exceptional mother a ‘jack-of-all-trades’

‘I heard a long, drawn out me-o-o-o-w’

Trampled manure platter with bare feet

To present generation, past is ‘just a story’

Funny laugh came from henhouse

Memories of mom’s marshmallows

Sketched Memories

Let’s Play Baseball

Words of wisdom

The Donkey In The Well

Songs of Yesteryear

Farm girls raised owl chicks as pets

Splendid Stagecoach

Footprints

Uncle was ‘man of the world’

What’s Popular

Family of 13 journeyed across the prairies

What’s New

Pompy found the way home

Taught ‘Frankie’ the hawk to fly

Dad worked for other farmers

Reader’s Recipes

Tuna Burgers

The Lighter Side

What’s in a name?

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