Features:

Remembering Rosemary - by Richard Wood
A tribute to Rosemary Duckett, long-time SHFS member and former Society President, who passed away on December 15, 2000.

Oh, How We Danced! - by Jean Hooper
Oh, How We Sang! - by Kay Parley
Jean and Kay recount how simple pleasures provided a world of enjoyment in their respective communities of Edgeley and Moffat.

Star Butte School In Its Heyday - by Laurine Milne
From her first day of fear, to discovering a school full of new playmates, to storm stayed sleep-overs, to every rural school's highlight - the Christmas Concert, Laurine describes her experiences at the Star Butte school (on the bench north of Eastend) during the latter part of the 1920s.

Rubber Ice - by Jean Fahlman
In winter the farm dugouts and sloughs provided natural and free sources of entertainment - even as the temperature began to warm up, turning once solid ice into a springy mass that required daring and skill to cross without getting soaked.

The Grave Finder's Art - by William Wardill
The R.M. of Happyland has instituted a major project to locate, mark and restore many of the neglected cemeteries in its jurisdiction. William describes how he is assisting in the process by using divining rods to locate long-forgotten graves.

A Visit From Dief - by Dorothy Armstrong
Then Prime Minister John Diefenbaker visits a farm in the Star City area in 1962.

Celebrating Easter - by Dorothy Armstrong
Every Easter in the '30s the Weimken family home gets a complete cleaning, from white-washing the walls to waxing the floors.

The Mystery of Engineer 586 - by Phyllis H. White
In 1909, a Silk Train roaring non-stop across the country was involved in a train wreck near Tompkins. The Swift Current Sun reported that three crew members were killed and although an inquest found members of the train crew guilty of negligence, the author wonders why no criminal charges were ever laid.

The Runaway - by Kay Parley
Kay recalls the story from Moffat's past of Lily Turnbull, who in 1918, at the age of three, decided to go for an unaccompanied stroll, resulting in a community-wide search.

Wagon Train To Peace River - by Henri Lebastard
In 1932, with the "Dirty Thirties" reaching their disastrous pinnacle, the Branvold family from Macoun pull up stakes to start over in the "New Promised Land" of the Peace River Country. After three months of arduous travel the Branvold's arrive in Peace River only to be met with new and cruel misfortunes. The survival of this family demonstrates the perseverance and tenacity of our pioneers.

Table-Top Curling - by Peggy Looby
The supper conversation in Peggy's childhood home would frequently change into a shot by shot replay of her father's latest curling adventures.

This Is The Way We Go to Church - by C. A. Krause
In 1939, while helping out at their grandparents farm near Rosthern, the Krause brothers had some interesting times on their mandatory Sunday journeys to church.

Homemade Elevator - by W. T. Smith
The Smith family of Shellbrook was able to construct their own 8,000 bushel elevator in 1931. This elevator, still in use today, became a valuable navigation marker while an Air Commonwealth training base operated in Prince Albert during the '40s.

Mrs. Atter - by Wilma Hayes
A sometimes humorous recollection of one of the eccentrics of Bjorkedale, a proper English lady, who was very definite and single minded in her ways.

The Tower Of Water - by Jean Hooper
In 1928 Martin Bogart of the Edgeley district commissioned the drilling of a water well. After 128 feet of drilling a gushing water well was established