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The glory of friendship
There was once an elderly, despondent woman living in a nursing home. She wouldn’t speak to anyone or request anything. She merely existed – rocking in her creaky old rocking [continue…]
NOV 2012
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Bombed hotels had not windows or doors
By William Ruf – Prairie View, Sask. I was 21 years old when called to the army on April 17, 1941. I reported in Regina to the Regina Rifle Regiment [continue…]
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Fourth off landing craft ramp at Juno Beach
By Garth Combs – Airdrie, Alta. I was born on Sept. 10, 1922 at Deloraine, Man., and joined the Royal Winnipeg Rifles Regiment on Jan. 6, 1942. I was a rifleman [continue…]
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Young men volunteered for war service
By Lorraine (DeBruyne) Weise – Gibbons, Alta. Private Thomas Ernest Hone (1896-1917) was killed in action during WWI. Thomas Hone was an uncle of my late husband, Allan Weise. Thomas [continue…]
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Exhibit symbolizes air force sacrifices
By John Fefchak – Virden, Man. At the 15 Wing Military Museum at CFB Moose Jaw, there’s an exhibit that symbolizes the sacrifices of our Air Force personnel. In the darkened [continue…]
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Boys played rough soccer
By Doug Sanderson – Regina, Sask. Hello to fellow Senior Paper reader Chuck Morden of McCreary, Manitoba! I remember going to his home farmyard northwest of Elm Creek a couple [continue…]
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‘Horse turned out to be one fine animal’
By Don Tataryn – Scarborough, Ont. I was 17 years of age in 1951 when I was working at the Bill Kooistar farm about five miles north of Durban, Man. [continue…]
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‘Mom couldn’t keep track of so many of us’
By Grace (Huckabay) Haugen – Sundre, Alta. On the homestead at Meadow Lake, Sask., where my parents lived for 20 years, in the Dunfield school district, we had horses, cows, [continue…]
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Every point counts!
Crib players at 2012 Saskatchewan seniors’ provincial games are (left) Emma Tokarowski, Saskatoon; Dorothy Knock, Stoughton; Doreen Uhl, Saskatoon; and Gladys Rolufs, Stoughton.
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Army pay sent home to mother
By Dorothy McLeod – Saskatoon, Sask. My husband, Keith, was the third eldest in a family of 13 children, two of whom died in infancy. At a very early age, [continue…]
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Strong bonds of friendship were made
By Lorna (Rogers) Finstad – Armstrong, B.C. Harry Milan Finstad served active duty from July 1941 to Feb. 11, 1946 in England, Burma, and India. During WWII, hundreds of young women and [continue…]
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He lied about age to enlist in army
By Yvette Desnoyers Hayes – Fruitvale, B.C. My father, Eugene Desnoyers, was born Sept. 2, 1898. He lied about his age so he could get into the Canadian army. At 17, [continue…]
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RAF airmen welcomed into hearts and home
By Mary Olson – Athabasca, Alta. I was 6 to 12 years old during WWII and so remember quite a bit that went on here in Alberta. The RAF Flying Training School [continue…]
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‘Alice’ raised morale aboard Korean War ship
By Leonard (Scotty) Wells – Scarborough, Ont. I was born in Rapid City, Man. in 1930 and joined the Royal Canadian Navy in May 1948. While serving onboard HMCS Ontario [continue…]
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Escort group accepts U-Boat surrenders
By Leo Grudinski – Lethbridge, Alta. WWII ended in Europe on May 8, 1945 and was commonly known as VE (Victory in Europe) Day. At that time, I was serving [continue…]
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The difference between memoirs and memories
By Martha Morgan – What’s the difference between memoirs and memories? Well, memoirs have to be pretty factual, whereas memories may rely totally on the imagination. For instance, when grandpa [continue…]