By Hilda Szabo – Saskatoon, Sask. I had a very intelligent horse called ‘Chester,’ a purebred Arabian. His registered name was Par el Sadat. Chester thought he was invincible and also [continue…]
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 [continue…]
By Sophie Schmidt – Elk Point, Alta. I was born on a farm to a poor farmer in 1931. We had one quarter of land and had very little money, but [continue…]
By Marjory Antony – MacNutt, Sask. A school concert was always a big event in the 1940s. My mother sewed me a new dress for the concert. There was no snow on [continue…]
By Deborah (Letkeman) Welsh – Blaine Lake, Sask. In my last year in country school we were about nine students, from Grades 1 to 8. We started preparing for the [continue…]
By Hilda Zaiser – Winnipeg, Man. Over the last few years I’ve noticed a definite decline in the sending of Christmas cards. Many people have stopped sending cards altogether. Some prefer [continue…]
By Bill De La Mare – Roblin, Man. I had turned 18 by 1935 and my grandfather gave me a box of White Owl cigars at Christmas. Shortly afterwards, he [continue…]
By Cecil Moffatt – Regina, Sask. After two years in the reserve army unit, I stepped forward and volunteered for active duty on July 10, 1941. Full medical and registration came [continue…]
By Audrey Read – Endako, B.C. I had the great honour of being the first woman to drive from Prince George to McBride, B.C. with a carload of kids! We were [continue…]
By Georgiday Hall – Winnipeg, Man. My mother appeared to be a genius when it came to doing her hair. I was fascinated when observing her as a child. The first [continue…]
By Mary Olson – Athabasca, Alta. Christmas Eve was a night of great excitement. Hanging up my old lisle stockings with great anticipation as to what I would find in them [continue…]
By Harvey Jenkins – Powell River, B.C. I was raised in the neighbourhood surrounding Albert School in Regina’s north side in the 1950s. I was attending that school in 1952 in [continue…]
Bob Edwards of Buchanan, Sask. takes a tumble in soft sand after a successful jump in the triple-jump event at the Saskatchewan Senior Fitness Association (SSFA) provincial seniors’ games in [continue…]
Georgie Jones of Saskatoon has a difficult shot from the rail during competitive 8-ball tournament in the Saskatchewan Senior Fitness Association (SSFA) provincial seniors’ games in Saskatoon, Sask. in 2012.
Tiny tyke footballers are colourfully depicted by artist Judy Crawford of Regina, Sask., in her painting titled ‘Winners Never Quit’ displayed at an art show at her city’s Argyle Park [continue…]
Folks representing Heritage House Museum in Avonlea, Sask., paid tribute to the hard-working pioneers. The old wagon was entered in Avonlea’s centennial parade in late June, 2012.
Dozens of colourful entries entertained local residents and hundreds of visitors in a July 2012 parade held to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Preeceville, Sask.
Mounted members of the Skyline Riders, formed in 1993, took part in a centennial celebration at Success, Sask. in late June 2012. The riders are all from the Swift Current [continue…]
Darren Dean of Courtenay, B.C. attracted lots of onlookers as he used a chainsaw to carve a stool from a log at the Prince Albert Exhibition in 2012.
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