Folklore Magazine - Summer 2007

Poetry:

Pemican and saskatoon pie
River mist
Abandoned farmhouse

Features:

She was worth four tons of coal
The author explains how he and other young men earned money to take young ladies to the town’s Saturday night dance and lunch.

The rise and fall of Heward
Mr. Dickey’s review of the history of Heward from the turn of the 20th Century to 2006.

Gas and oil on the farm
The evolution of the use and delivery of fuel to the farm, including purple gas.

The Oakland
The author’s family use of an Oakland automobile, including her brother’s bribe to let her see how fast he could make the car go.

Peddlers
The Rawleigh and Watkins men were only a few of the many farm to farm salesmen that visited.

The Wolseley News
An after school job in the 1950s reveals how a weekly newspaper was operated and the owner’s support of the community.

Grandpa's slough
Trying to pull on underwear on his wet body is but one of Mr. Krause’s boyhood recollections of a farm slough.

Pacific or bust with a Model T
In 1940, Mr. Lambert and pal Alvin Grasdal travel to B. C. in search of employment in a well worn Model T.

A tribute to Dr. Jukes
The author tells the story of Lyle Tesky, the actor that played Dr. Jukes in the play, "The Trial of Lois Riel."

Rhubarb forever
Accidental and deliberate attempts to eradicate a rhubarb plant from the farm garden.

Columns:

Depression Ingenuity
A description of Cornelius Epp’s home made machine to puff wheat into cereal.

Looking Back
If various home remedies or patent medicines didn’t help when one was ailing, a visit to the doctor was the last resort.