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Galloping team crashed through gates
By Nellie Marchuk – Chilliwack, B.C. I recall this incident so clearly in my mind just as if it happened the other day. I was in my teens at that time and I am now 90. [continue…]
January 2014
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Ladies’ social club serves community
By Marge Hewitt – Cowley, Alta. The Livingstone Ladies’ Social Club celebrated 100 years in June 2013. The club was formed in 1913 with 14 members travelling by horse and buggy. We’ve had over 100 [continue…]
Letters from Readers
Can relate to so much in The Senior Paper
Greetings: There are so many things in The Senior Paper that I can relate to. I read it over and over again. The men in my family don’t write letters. Now, computers have made it [continue…]
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Another community to fall by the wayside
By Ed McAree – West Kelowna, B.C. I was advised by a friend, formerly from Richlea, Sask., years ago, that the village was no more. A wonderful community, lost to the ravages of time. In 1950 [continue…]
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‘Gasoline and rubber tires were rationed’
By Mabel (Wheeler) Hobbs – Maple Creek, Sask. Many communities celebrated their 100th anniversary this year, including my old home village and municipality of Carmichael, Saskatchewan. The CPR passed through the area in 1882 and a [continue…]
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Passionate about antique autos
By Art Chamberland – Pincher Creek, Alta. I was born in 1926 to Marian and George Chamberland, and raised by Mr. and Mrs. Art Leduc. My mother passed away when I was 2-1⁄2 years old, [continue…]
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Former students restore school’s charm
By E.J. (Butch) Peterson – St. Walburg, Sask. Moose Head School was built on land donated by J.W. Busby and Harry Snevi and opened in 1915 with Mrs. Annie Croucher as teacher. Early students were Mowery; [continue…]
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‘It seemed so natural to do all those things’
By Peter Durksen – Breslau, Ont. In March 1947, my parents and my younger siblings took a two-week holiday to visit relatives by train in British Columbia. My two older sisters and I, then 10 years [continue…]
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Beautiful blooms
Audrey Seefeldt of Calgary, Alta., couldn’t resist leaning in to sample the fragrant scent of a beautiful peony on display at the popular peony show in Regina.
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Pretty Peonies
Linda Langford of Regina, Sask., admires a row of colourful peonies on display at a peony show in Regina held by the Prairie Peony Society.