February 2013 Archives

Downpour followed a ‘perfect summer’s night’

By Art Johnston – Olds, Alta. In the war years, I was stationed at Mossbank, Sask. I played in the station band, so on weekend leave I would get a 72-hour pass instead of a [continue…]

‘Drain the pool! My engagement ring fell into the water!’

By Betty Rugg – Elstow, Sask. It was in about 1971 or 1972 that my husband Barry and I took our two youngest girls, Carol (10) and Lois (8) for a dip in the Chalet [continue…]

Mother didn’t know he was all ‘thumbs’

By John Martens – Oliver, B.C. The stubble fields in the farming area between Winnipegosis and Fork River, Man., were a sea of mud the spring of 1937. Dirty remnants of snowbanks remained in the [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: vacuum the house, do the laundry, make lunch for my family, as well as getting [continue…]

Family forced off farm by government at war

By Fred Tarnasky – Medicine Hat, Alta. I was born in a farmhouse in Bessarabia, Russia in 1939. My father was born in 1908 and my mother in 1914. I was the firstborn to my parents [continue…]

To grandma’s house they went

By Helen Atkinson – Leduc, Alta. As little children, my sister and I sat low in the backseat of the car on our way to our grandma’s farm. Our heads were just high enough to [continue…]

Teacher wondered how to feed 52 storm struck students

By Jacob P. Siemens – Niverville, Man. I was teaching in a rural, one-room country school four miles west of Altona, Man. There was a new house for the teacher’s family only about a 100-feet [continue…]

@ Avonlea centennial

Dale and Amy Burrill of Carbon, Alta., Vivian Wakelam of Nanton, Alta., and Barry Burrill of Buchanan, Sask., at the centennial celebration of Avonlea, Sask. in June 2012.

Queen Mary school memories

By Bette Banks – Sutton West, Ont. Our Grade 8 class of Queen Mary Public School in Prince Albert, Sask. were on our annual picnic. We had all biked across the North Saskatchewan River to the [continue…]

Hockey season, 1947

Hockey season in 1947 at Lintlaw, Sask. These kids were headed on an exciting train ride of six miles for a game against Okla, Sk. Front left: Shirley Evans; Morley Crabbe; Jerry Trobach; Bill Evans; [continue…]

Photographic memories

Get a load of this tractor in the box of a truck from 1938! Can anyone identify the make and model of the motorcycle? The photo was taken in Hittendal, Minnesota in 1912. What would [continue…]

‘Poor mom probably aged 10 years in 10 minutes’

By Barbara (Irwin) Prystupa – Langley, B.C. We lived on a farm eight miles north of Borden, Sask. One fall day in 1948, my father was in town, either with a load of grain or picking [continue…]

Summer Normal School, Lakeview School Regina 1942

By Gusty Chartrand – Regina, Sask. This is Class E of the first 12-week Summer Normal School Session held at Lakeview School in Regina. It ran from July 2 to Sept. 14, 1942. This class was comprised [continue…]

He let out a great scream

By Gordon Phillips – Surrey, B.C. One year my younger brother, Bob, and I received a little red wagon for our birthdays which occurred about two weeks apart in the same month. In fact, all [continue…]

Homesteaders built school

By Grace (Brownell) Schuster – Calgary, Alta. This cairn marks the parcel of land which was donated by the Hutton family for the purpose of erecting a schoolhouse for the district on the southeast corner of [continue…]

Regina, Sask., circa 1919

Snapshots of Regina in 1919 from former soldier, Alfred Meek of Shaunavon, Sask. Top photo: Regina Town Hall where he was discharged; middle: the view from the barracks, looking toward the elevators; bottom: a yacht [continue…]

A smile costs nothing

A smile costs nothing, but gives much. It takes but a moment, but the memory of it usually lasts forever. None are so rich that can get along without it, And none are so poor, [continue…]

Grandfather was area’s first preacher

By Ken Westby – Goodyear, Arizona In 1911, over 100 years ago, the Norwegian, Swedish, and Danish settlers of the Nut Lake area joined together to establish the first church in this frontier area. The congregation [continue…]

Birch Lake School served community

By Carole (Smith) Kyliuk – North Battleford, Sask. Built in 1912 and operated as a school from 1913-1956, the Birch Lake School became a social gathering point for various events like dances, meetings or whatever. For [continue…]

Elevators at Lacombe

All that’s left is the memories of the elevators at Lacombe, Alta. This photo was taken a few days before they were torn down. Photo submitted by Cliff Swarbrick of Lacombe.

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February 2013