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Santa was right there in the bedroom!
By Willard Boschman – Saskatoon, Sask. On Dec. 24, 1946, my brother Arnold was 11 years old, Marvin was 10, I was eight, my sister Lola was four, and James was two. We lived at [continue…]
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Team’s nostrils and muzzles were whiskered in white
By Gerald Richards – Brandon, Man. After Christmas at Grandma’s, or the Christmas concert at the village hall, or one of the many house or card parties we attended – after we had said our [continue…]
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Depression-era experiences imprinted on the senses
By Franklin Vick – Prince Albert, Sask. The Great Depression of the 1930s brought difficult economic times upon the families in our community. Money was an extremely scarce commodity. It was a time of hand-me-down clothes, [continue…]
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Many people collected bones for the war effort
By Phil Leidl – Kelowna, B.C. I was seven years old, growing up in Leipzig, Sask., when the military put out a call for animal bones. It was WWII and the bones were being collected [continue…]
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Special night was most magical
By Ann (Lysak) Stoute – Brampton, Ont. When I was about seven years old on our farm in Hazel Dell, Sask., Christmas Eve was the most magical night of the year. Outside the air was cold and [continue…]
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All kinds of creatures could be seen in the shadows
By Don Sizer – Landis, Sask. I’ve been involved in farming most of my life and often think of how little it took to brighten our often boring existence, especially in the cold winter days. [continue…]
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Played hockey with ‘Punch Line’ Lach
By Harold Volen – Burnaby, B.C. The spring hockey playoffs take me back to Saskatchewan, and Weyburn in particular. We had the Beavers senior hockey team that did a good job in the 1930s. Names I [continue…]
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My beautiful Canadian Christmases
By Carol Graychik – Mariposa, CA, USA Where do I go for Christmas? It’s far off to another land – another country – to the silence and beauty of the moonlight on new-fallen snow with [continue…]
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‘We all rushed to examine this marvel’
By Russ Stewart – Victoria, B.C. During the lean years of the 1930s, a ray of light came into our lives in the form of a radio. Dad paid $2 for it at an auction sale. [continue…]
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Mom couldn’t keep track of so many of us
By Grace (Huckabay) Haugen – Sundre, Alta. On the homestead at Meadow Lake, Sask., where my parents lived for 20 years, in the Dunfield school district, we had horses, cows, pigs, a dog, and cat. [continue…]
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Whitelock’s ‘lake’ was really just a slough
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…]