By Julie (Friesen) Johnston – Shaunavon, Sask. My childhood school was located in the middle of the village of Schoenfeld, Sask., was called Maharg School. Attending that school has left me with a lot of [more…]
By Cy Lawrence – Melville, Sask. I was around 13 years old when World War II broke out. Being a farm boy, I was soon pressed into driving a stook team for our area. A [more…]
By ELSIE (Horgas) CARRICK – Moose Jaw, Sask. Although more than six decades have passed and many miles separate us, Maxwelton School draws me like a magnet whenever I’m in the area. A feeling of [more…]
By Chuck Morden – McCreary, Man. My amazing mother was born in Germany and came to Canada at the age of 12. She learned to read and write English without going to school, married and raised a [more…]
By Edna Ferguson – Victoria, B.C. It was morning on my grandfather’s farm. There wasn’t the usual happy chatter at the breakfast table. The wind had been blowing for two days straight and although it had [more…]
By Anna Cooper – Macklin, Sask. When my mother became very ill during her sixth pregnancy and was hospitalized in the late 1930s, never to be released, hardship fell upon our family. Dad was devastated and [more…]
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, [more…]
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 [more…]
By Wes Lonoway – McTaggart, Sask. My nostalgic trip began after a summer family barbecue. You know what it’s like after a meal with family. Some of the children are running off their newfound energy. [more…]
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