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Show and Shrine!
Antique fire trucks and Shriners are always a popular sight in summertime parades. This truck belongs to the Brandon & District Shrine Club.
mar 2012
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Smilesville School
We wonder how many smiles there were for kids attending the now-abandoned Smilesville School – located nine KM west of Kenaston, Sask., on Highway 15. Built in 1906, it closed in 1942. Schools like this [continue…]
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Splendour in Spalding
Nature scenes adorn the facade of this building in Spalding, Sask. They are a colourful attraction to the downtown area of the small, central Saskatchewan community.
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Silent Seeder
Antique seeder near the old railway station at Cudworth, Sask. will likely revive memories of days spent on the farm long ago for many prairie folks.
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Brother was a big Slim Wilson fan
By Gerald Erickson – Sundre, Alta. My dad and mother homesteaded north of Big River, Sask., in the spring of 1932. There were 11 children then, which increased to 15 by 1940. There were eight [continue…]
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I couldn’t even remember being so dirty
By Bonnie Patterson – Owen Sound, Ont. My parents, Hilmer and Minnie Darroch, farmed two miles west of Mount Forest, Ontario. Early in April, on a Saturday morning, I would milk five cows then take my [continue…]
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Uncle froze getting her to hospital
By Loretta Oddan – Medicine Hat, Alta. My dad had an auction sale in 1947 with his friend Jack Heilman. They needed money to go to Vancouver to work, and for money to keep things going [continue…]
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Rumblin’ Rumely
Looking like something from a post-apocalyptic movie set, this old Rumely tractor from the 1920s – 30s, built by the Advance-Rumely Company of La Porte, Indiana, bears only a slight resemblance to modern farm machinery.
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Four year old taken on wild ride
By Lorne Buchanan – Winnipeg, Man. Growing up on a farm at Francis, 42 miles southeast of Regina, Sask., I remember many of the living conditions during the 1930s. I recall how hard my parents and [continue…]
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Button Box reminds me of a repair era
By Joyce Hayko – Lethbridge, Alta. When I was growing up in the 1940s, our home owned a sewing repair kit called the Button Box. Almost any tiny item found its way into the button [continue…]
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Fowl play at a quilt show!
Myrna Rosebrook of Regina beside a homemade quilt on display at a Melville, Sask., quilt show.
Martha Morgan
Things gone, but not totally forgotten
By Martha Morgan Some time ago I bragged about being old enough to remember silent movies and challenged readers to see if they could match my antiquity. Quite a few old-timers took up the challenge. [continue…]
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Homemade Cheese
From Anne Onrait – Balcarres, Sask. 4 cups dry cottage cheese 2⁄3 cup sour cream 1⁄2 cup butter 1 tsp salt 1-1⁄2 tsp baking powder cheddar cheese or Cheese Whiz With hands, mix together dry cottage [continue…]
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Potato Pyrohy
From Jean Chmarney – Wadena, Sask. 12 medium potatoes 2 eggs 1 tsp baking soda 2 cups flour Peel and boil potatoes. Mash well. Cool until lukewarm. Add remaining ingredients. Mix as a dough. Roll [continue…]
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Low Calorie Quiche
Mary Palynchuk – Leader, Sask. 4 eggs 8 oz creamed cottage cheese 2 cups chopped cooked ham 1⁄2 tsp dry mustard 1 tbsp chopped green pepper dash of pepper 1 tbsp chopped chives Preheat oven to [continue…]
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Steak Bake
From Noreen Kimery – Kipling, Sask. 1 large steak, cut into bite-sized pieces 1 pkg dry onion soup mix 1 can cream of mushroom soup Place steak pieces in a large casserole dish. Sprinkle with soup [continue…]
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Cheesy Spinach Party Loaf
From Andre Claude – Weyburn, Sask. 1-1⁄2 lb round sourdough bread loaf 1 lb Velveeta cheese, cubed 1⁄3 cup margarine 1 pkg (10 oz) frozen chopped 2⁄3 cup chopped red or green pepper spinach, drained [continue…]
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Hot Cross Buns
From Marian Cole – Camrose, Alta. Mix together and set aside: 3 cups lukewarm milk 4 tbsp sugar 4 tbsp melted butter 1 tsp salt In another bowl, mix together: 1 cup lukewarm water 1 tsp [continue…]
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To the present generation, our past is ‘just a story’
By Anne (Kurkowsky) Cohoon – Wilberforce, Ont. My brother, Michael Kurkowsky, was a soldier. He was born on a farm north of the village of Hyas in east-central Saskatchewan, and attended Lake Helen School. During the [continue…]
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Thrilling hang-gliding flight taken at 80
By George Hennessy – Falkland, B.C. I was born in January 1918 to pioneer parents on their homestead farm, 12 miles southwest of historic Battleford, Sask. Mother, as a young woman, walked (mostly behind a covered [continue…]