BALJENNIE — Sympathy goes out to the Parkinson and Schaefer families on the recent passing of Jeanine Schaefer of Saskatoon. Jeanine took her grade school at Baljennie, later attending high school in Ruddell. In her spare time, she worked at the telephone switchboard. She married Bill Schaefer in 1960. She also worked at Canadian Government Elevators as a stenographer. They had one daughter, Lorraine. They made their home in Saskatoon where Bill worked for 26 before he passed away. Jeanine had been living on her own in the family home until she ran into some health problems before her passing. A funeral service for Jeanine was held at Hillcrest Chapel and interment was in the Hillcrest Cemetery on Aug. 25.
Periodically there are two full moons in a month. That means this month of August there will be what is called a blue moon. It being a little closer to Earth will make it a big moon.
A graveside funeral service was held at Willowmoor Cemetery Aug. 26 for Kay Robertson of Bjelde Creek. Kay passed away at Battlefords Regional Care Centre.
Now near the end of August, the school buses will be getting tuned up for the first day back at school. The teachers will be preparing for another term and children are busy gathering school supplies and new clothes. It’s just too bad everything is so costly.
It was a busy weekend Aug. 19 and 20 at the Western Development Museum in North Battleford when History in Motion was held. There were a good number of people visiting over the two days. There were heritage demonstrations at many of the village homes and stores.
There were horse-drawn wagon rides and rides offered in the 1928 fire truck. Kanaweyimik Child and Family Services hosted teepee teachings. There were many children’s activities such as pedal car courses, potato sack races, horseshoes, balloon creations, face painting and more.
The corn maze was alive with children hunting for alphabet letters. There was a vintage vehicle show and shine Century 21 porch sessions, concession booth, mini threshing demonstrations and rope making. There was a Discovery Co-op Parade of Power each day at 2 p.m. Activities wrapped up with prairie dog relay races with prizes given out.
A big thank you to all the volunteers who came out to help. Also to the ladies who catered the noon meals for volunteers.
Many volunteers returned the next day to help clean up. They will be trying to get more interesting things operational for next year’s show. There is always a lot to be done.
The museum staff also did a wonderful job of making the two-day show what it was.
Sympathy goes out to the Parkinson and Schaefer families on the recent passing of Jeanine Schaefer of Saskatoon. Jeanine took her grade school at Baljennie, later attending high school in Ruddell. In her spare time, she worked at the telephone switchboard. She married Bill Schaefer in 1960. She also worked at Canadian Government Elevators as a stenographer. They had one daughter, Lorraine. They made their home in Saskatoon where Bill worked for 26 before he passed away. Jeanine had been living on her own in the family home until she ran into some health problems before her passing. A funeral service for Jeanine was held at Hillcrest Chapel and interment was in the Hillcrest Cemetery on Aug. 25.
Periodically there are two full moons in a month. That means this month of August there will be what is called a blue moon. It being a little closer to Earth will make it a big moon.
A graveside funeral service was held at Willowmoor Cemetery Aug. 26 for Kay Robertson of Bjelde Creek. Kay passed away at Battlefords Regional Care Centre.
Now near the end of August, the school buses will be getting tuned up for the first day back at school. The teachers will be preparing for another term and children are busy gathering school supplies and new clothes. It’s just too bad everything is so costly.
It was a busy weekend Aug. 19 and 20 at the Western Development Museum in North Battleford when History in Motion was held. There were a good number of people visiting over the two days. There were heritage demonstrations at many of the village homes and stores.
There were horse-drawn wagon rides and rides offered in the 1928 fire truck. Kanaweyimik Child and Family Services hosted teepee teachings. There were many children’s activities such as pedal car courses, potato sack races, horseshoes, balloon creations, face painting and more.
The corn maze was alive with children hunting for alphabet letters. There was a vintage vehicle show and shine Century 21 porch sessions, concession booth, mini threshing demonstrations and rope making. There was a Discovery Co-op Parade of Power each day at 2 p.m. Activities wrapped up with prairie dog relay races with prizes given out.
A big thank you to all the volunteers who came out to help. Also to the ladies who catered the noon meals for volunteers.
Many volunteers returned the next day to help clean up. They will be trying to get more interesting things operational for next year’s show. There is always a lot to be done.
The museum staff also did a wonderful job of making the two-day show what it was.
While enjoyable, the event made me pine for the good old days of Those Were the Days at the WDM. Old steam tractors are not running like they used to and having those out of circulation makes for a briefer parade of power, and lacks the shrill whistle from the steamers. The threshing demonstration is all but gone.
The calliope used to be brought in from Saskatoon and it would be tootling away at Those Were the Days. A need for repairs and a lack of a piano player combine to remove this attraction.
The selection of animals for children to visit is also much diminished. No one wants to volunteer for these things.
Due to safety and health regulations, the good old pancake breakfast is gone as are the funnel cakes. These are only a few things not there anymore. There are lots more I did not mention. It makes it tough for the volunteers to work and plan.
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