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1.\u00a0 Mother and I would make homebrew in the bush and creek many many times.\u00a0 I wish I would have watched how she made it now as she didn’t use a recipe and it was the best home brew.\u00a0 I always had home brew to take with me when there was a dance or curling game.<\/div>\n
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2.\u00a0 Whenever anyone came to visit mom and dad they always made sure the company had a meal before they left.\u00a0 There was never a shortage of food.<\/div>\n
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3.\u00a0 Mother always sat in the chair by the oven and laughed along with everyone and made sure we were all happy and fed.<\/div>\n
4.\u00a0\u00a0 Dad enjoyed playing cards with us, sometimes throughout the night.\u00a0 We played bid wist or poker.\u00a0 If dad had a poor hand, he would throw it in but if he had a good hand, he would bid; he couldn’t bluff well.<\/div>\n
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5.\u00a0 Mother would always make breakfast with a smile on her face after a long night of card playing.<\/div>\n
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6.\u00a0 When I would go cutting wood in the bush I remember mom making me a frozen fried pork sandwich with a bit of salt on it and even though it was still half frozen when I ate it, it was still really good.<\/div>\n
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7.\u00a0 Dad and I would be hauling wood and I wouldn’t cut the logs in half and dad would say “they are too dam hard on the horses”.<\/div>\n
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8.\u00a0 At harvest time if something went wrong, dad would just stop and roll himself a cigarette and think about it – not in a rush.<\/div>\n
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9.\u00a0 If there was a loose grain sheath, dad would pick it up and put it in the grain binder as he didn’t want to waste anything.<\/div>\n
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10.\u00a0 One weekend when I went home to visit dad, he wanted to go to Russell to have a beer.\u00a0 We met Isabel and her friends and had 3 or 4 beer\u00a0 at the Russell Hotel.\u00a0 When we left, I was driving and we were near the grain elevator and the RCMP put their lights on and stopped us.\u00a0 I thought for sure that I lost my license. They asked for my license and said “Oh, you are from Regina?”\u00a0 I aid, yes, just visiting my dad for the weekend.\u00a0 They said “OK, have a good trip home”.\u00a0 Boy, I was lucky!<\/div>\n
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11.\u00a0 Mother and dad always enjoyed dogs and grandchildren and called them “guys” and gave them money “$0.25” and candy and called the dogs “hounds”.<\/div>\n
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12.\u00a0 One time when we were playing cards, Phil and Bill were acting crazy at the table and dad got mad and he said to them, “If you guys want to play cards, quit acting like a bunch of kids!” – they kept quiet after that!<\/div>\n
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13.\u00a0 Brother, George, went to war and that day was very sad.\u00a0 He came home at Christmas and when he returned for good, he continued farming.\u00a0 I remember he used to cut our hair with ordinary scissors. I remember one time we went to George and Anns for a meal and George was drinking tea and all of a sudden he couldn’t breathe and passed out and fell off his chair.\u00a0 That was scary.<\/div>\n
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14.\u00a0 Sister, Mary, and John lived close to the Highway 83 by the Alexanders.\u00a0 I babysat James a few times and rode a horse to their house when I worked at Hartley, MB at Sommerville Brothers.\u00a0 Mary was a cook there in 1954 and Isabel was 2 years old.\u00a0 Mary was a really good cook.\u00a0 One time she got her finger caught in the meat grinder making hamburger.\u00a0 People used to love her food.\u00a0 At harvest time there would be 25-30 people out in the field and she would send food in a tin container with a plate on top to keep it warm to them.\u00a0 They loved her food.<\/div>\n
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15.\u00a0 On Sunday, I would take Mary to Ninette, MB to see John as he had TB..\u00a0 They had a new 1953 Ford.\u00a0 She was a great sister.<\/div>\n
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16.\u00a0 We played alot of cards with Gerry, Phil and Elsie until late in the morning.\u00a0 Mostly we played Kanasta.\u00a0 After Gerry passed away, I would go to Margarets, and she would say “What are you doing here?”\u00a0 She was a great coffee drinker but don’t ever talk about politics as she would get so upset!<\/div>\n
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17.\u00a0 One time I went to Winnipeg and took Margaret home to Shellmouth and we stopped at the Club Cafe that served Chinese food and Margaret hadn’t had Chinese food so she didn’t know what to order.\u00a0 I told her to order the Chicken Fried Rice and she really enjoyed it. Some time later she wanted to go and have it again.<\/div>\n
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18.\u00a0 Lots of time, later in the evening, you would find Margaret watering the trees and flowers.\u00a0 That was a favourite thing for her to do in the evening.\u00a0 We would go for breakfast in Russell or Roblin and I would help her eat her pancakes as she would get a big plateful.\u00a0 Margaret and Gerry were very proud of their children.<\/div>\n
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19.\u00a0 Brother, Davey, came to Regina later than I did and we played ball together on two different teams and lots of times we would go for a few drinks and to parties with Davey’s friends.\u00a0 David and Carol moved to Kipling and he had an older friend that he would bring with him to Regina for coffee and he was a good friend of Daveys and we met them at Northgate Mall for coffee.\u00a0 Davey was a good counsellor to the people of Langenburg and Kipling and was well liked.<\/div>\n
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20.\u00a0 Elsie and Phil came to Winnipeg from the East and we saw them alot in Shellmouth in the summer.\u00a0 We played alot of cards and they were great company.\u00a0 Elsie especially enjoyed having the kids around and was a great cook.\u00a0 After Phil passed away we phoned each other 365 days a year.<\/div>\n
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21.\u00a0 One time I drove my car and trailer down below the Hoopers to get a load of manure and almost got stuck so I had Rosemarie and Elsie sit on the trunk of the car to put weight on it and they looked so funny and were laughing and almost fell off as I got the car and trailer out of the manure pile.<\/div>\n
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22.\u00a0 Whenever I went to visit Elsie in Winnipeg we would go for breakfast and shopping with her and her friend and then would watch Young and Restless.\u00a0 I still watch that show today.<\/div>\n
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I miss them all and have good memories and love them and I am sure they are all having good Kanasta games in Heaven and are looking down on us.<\/div>\n
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Thanks for the memories<\/div>\n
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