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Hand-dug well water wasn’t wasted

By Joanne Rawluk – Gypsumville, Man. My parents often spoke of the hardships they, and their parents, endured growing up. When I tell my own grandchildren of my early childhood “pioneering” on the farm, they look [continue…]

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Mom offered ride on motorcycle

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 [continue…]

Photo Memories

Manitoba ladies hockey team circa 1934-35

Ladies hockey team in 1934 or ‘35 at Fork River, Man., when Margret and her sister Gladys were teenagers. Back l-r: Lydia Berkis; Anne Hunt; Eva Morris; Margret Hafenbrak; Gladys Hafenbrak; Helen Berkis. Front l-r: [continue…]

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Family farmers fond of Ford

By Art Klassen – Portage la Prairie, Man. A photo of a Fordson tractor in The Senior Paper reminded me of our Fordson tractors. In the early 1920s, my parents were living with their parents [continue…]