Giants from a bygone era, a photo of the large elevators that once dotted the prairies landscape in Kinistino, Sask., from Lois Erickson of Winnipeg, Man. Lois’ brother-in-law, Lloyd Hansen, used to run the Searle elevator [continue…]
By Mary Lou Alton Nordstrom – Nanaimo, B.C. My sister remembers what it was like on the home-front supporting our troops, and watching our neighbours board the train along with a car full of uniformed [continue…]
By June Chamberland – Prince George, B.C. My brother and I were so excited to ready the story by Mildred Bruce from Matheson Island, Man., in the July 2012 issue of The Senior Paper. Her [continue…]
By Rickey Fiesel – Saskatoon, Sask. Our father was George Nelson Nurse. He served in WWI with the 28th Northwest Battalion CEF having signed up in Wapella, Sask., on Dec. 2, 1915. He served in France, [continue…]
By Rudy Krauss – Kindersley, Sask. Janet Leclaire’s pencil sketch of Lindy’s store in Mazenod, Sask., [in the July 2012 issue] brought back many happy memories. Mom and dad, Mary and Godfried Krauss, had a [continue…]
By Irene Degenstien – Battleford, Sask. My daughter recently visited me from Ottawa and she took us to see the ‘Crooked Bush’. It was on my list to see or visit while I was still able. [continue…]
By Gladys McCarthy – Tisdale, Sask. When I read Gayla Brigley’s story in the June 2012 issue about her and her brothers playing the outlaw game, I was reminded of a very similar happening in my [continue…]
By Velda Currie – Morden, Man. Carlton Junction School was located four miles south of Carlyle in southeast Saskatchewan. My first teacher was Miss Alice Nichol. Alice now is Mrs. Van Hiklome of Manor, Sask. Alice [continue…]
By Lauren (Lebeau) Marcq – Winnipeg, Man. Before the advent of consolidated schools, the convent boarding school of Ste. Marie, Bruxelles was well-known – nestled in a small town that could have rivalled an Alpine [continue…]
By Jean Phillips – Duncan, B.C. A little over 90 years ago, I was born in Henribourg, Sask., to an immigrant family and remember distinctly my Granny Nelson. She was from Glasgow, Scotland and brought [continue…]
By Susan Yaschuk – Biggar, Sask. Talk about modes of transportation! This is one of the ways we travelled to school, called Lizard Lake. The cart was made out of an old car body, I [continue…]
By Sandra Rudoski – Yorkton, Sask. My husband, Ron, cleans our barn and goat pen with his team of Norwegian Fjord horses, Nissen and Lance, hooked to a 1933 Oliver manure spreader. The old manure [continue…]
By Ervin Davis – Rimbey, Alta. Imagine 13 people, yes, 13 people — my parents, Maude and Percy Davis, 10 siblings and me — in a 1918 Touring Dodge car. It was the end of April, [continue…]
This old building was once a hotel in Reliance, South Dakota. Butch’s grandfather, J.P. Peterson, with his partner, Charlie Peterson, built it sometime between 1905 and 1910 before moving to Saskatchewan. J.P. was a master [continue…]
By Helen (Forbes) Hoszouski – Innisfail, Alta. My friend, Helen Cutting, and I both worked at the Bank of Montreal in Maple Creek, Sask. in 1945. When we got married, we went our separate ways. [continue…]
By Sophia (Zabalski) Raczynski – Sedley, Sask. Being the oldest, celebrating Ukrainian Christmas Eve on Jan. 6 brings back many memories when I was at home living with our parents, sisters, and brothers. The kitchen [continue…]
By William Baryluk – Estevan, Sask. The winter of 1947 was one of the hardest and coldest winters that I’ve experienced. The location of this snapshot was 2-1⁄2 miles northeast of Bienfait, Sask., on the [continue…]
By Mathew Wozniak – Grande Prairie, Alta. When I was a Grade 3 student at Wanham, Alta., School in 1935, the Department of Highways erected a bridge about 70-feet long on the Burnt River. Our teacher, [continue…]
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 [continue…]
By Frank Vick – Prince Albert, Sask. I enjoy reading The Senior Paper and I look back with a great deal of nostalgia at many of the similarities that appear in our childhood life experiences. [continue…]
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