Jacob milked cows and hauled the milk to the Round Hill cheese factory in the buggy. One day he stopped at the Henry Quail home for coffee. While he was in visiting, Henry's hired man changed the back wheel to the front so the buggy bounced down the road. Jacob drove quite a distance before he figured out why it was so rough.

Jacob dug a ditch by hand to try to drain the big slough into the nearby creek. He was a good friend of Hoflins and together they put up hay on the big slough and all around the country. They used horses and bucking pole. Of course run-aways and adventures of this nature occurred quite often.

Jacob visited the George Undins too and was especially fond of little Ellen and always treated her to special candy. Jacob had many romances. It is told that one time he borrowed Don Campbell's top buggy and horse and went to take Emma Johnson for a ride. The horse wasn't used to Swedish hollering so ran away. Emma fell out and broke her arm. Thus ended one romance.

Jacob had a nice orchard and yard of trees of which he took very good care. Even after he left the farm and others lived there, including Tom Campbells and Edwin Mathinsons, he would come and take care of the yard and trees. His farm animals were well taken care of and anyone would have been proud of them. He died in Jasper about 1948.

LARNESS, Sigvart - Sigvart came from Norway and lived at Mike and Ella Fuglem's for a time. In the 30's he worked for Jack Erickson. Later he went to British Columbia where he did some prospecting and then worked in a logging camp. He returned to Kingman buying the west half section 7-49-19-4. Later on he sold the Northwest quarter to Finn Ness.

His only relatives, apart from those in Norway, lived at Wolf Point, Montana whom he and Bertil Asp visited on two occasions. His cousins were farmers raising grain, sheep and cattle.

If people did not do things the way he thought they should be done his expression was, "Of course it is none of my business, but dem skall learn. " In 1972 he sold his quarter of land to Leonard Wideman and moved to Camrose. He died in September 1973.

LAUBER, Erma (Stutzman) - My parents Milo and Barbara Stutzrnan who lived near Kingman, were in Coal Hill and Farmington districts, so I attended all three schools. Mrs. Martha Anderson was my teacher at Kingman. Miss Adelia Rorem at Coal Hill and Miss Hendrickson at Farmington. In 1919 my parents moved to Kansas. I continued going to school there after my parents came back in 1923. 1 finished my high school, then came back to be with my parents on the farm in 1928.

Elmer Bender and I were married in 1932 and we had one daughter Donna Elaine born in 1934. We lived on a farm in the Grand Forks district. Elmer died in 1937 and I went back to live with my parents.

In 1940 1 married Harold Lauber of the Dodds area, and we farmed there. Twins, Dale and Gail were born in 1942. We lived on the farm until July 1974 when we moved to Tofield. Harold still does the farming.

Donna married Merritt Stauffer and they live in Grande Prairie, Alberta where they are both real estate agents. They have 5 children, 2 are married, and there are two grandchildren.

Dale married Jo Anne Krysanoski of Viking, Alberta and both teach school in Langley, B.C.

Gail married Larry Foshaug of the Bardo district, and they farm there. They have one girl, Paula. Gail also taught school.

LEBOE, Ole (Olson) - Ole was born in Norway, and was the oldest child born to Olaus and Ildri Olson. In 1885 they immigrated to South Dakota where he grew up.

Ole married Anna Johnson in Selby, South Dakota in September 1901. They came to Canada and settled on homestead N.W. 14-48-20. He built a small two storied frame house about half a mile west of his parents home. Here Perry, Ida, Alvin, and Percy were born. Perry died from diphtheria in December 1904.

In 1905, Ole sold his farm for $500.00 and he and Olof moved to Bawlf, where they started a livery stable, catering to the homestead seekers. In 1917 Ole and family moved to Toos, British Columbia and started a saw mill. Here he added the name Leboe to Ole Olson Leboe.

Ole died in 1937, Anna died on Oct. 21, 1979. They had a large family and when she died she had 5 generations of 294 direct living descendents consisting of 5 children, 59 grandchildren. 161 greatgrandchildren, 64 great-great-grandchildren and 5 great great-great-grandchildren. Anna was 93 years when she died and was active and alert until her last few days.

LEE, Henry - In March 1906 Henry and Harriet Lee decided to come west to Alberta to join Harriet's parents, John and Dovena Dunham and family who had come out earlier. They left Beechville, near Woodstock, Ontario along with 4 children, John, William, Martha, and Wallace who were born in Ontario. They loaded their personal belongings, livestock and some machinery on a train headed for Alberta. They came by way of Medicine Hat, Calgary, to Wetaskiwin, then to Camrose where they unloaded their belongings from the train onto wagons. They travelled north to Kingman to a farm in the Farmington area. S.E. 1/4-27-49-19-4. previously owned by a man named James Jones.

After about two years there they took up a homestead S. E. 1/4-2-50-20-4. in the Miquelon district. While there 3 more children, Ethel, George and Alice were born to them. Alice, their youngest daughter died at an early age.

About 1915 they bought S.W. 1/4-12-50-20-4 where they lived for many years. They had many ups and downs in the years after coming to Alberta. Henry spent the last years of his life in a nursing home before passing away. Harriet lived on the farm most of her last years with the last months of her life being spent in Edmonton with her daughter Martha McLellan.

John Lee, oldest son of Henry and Harriet Lee, as a young man worked for farmers in the Bardo district. He homesteaded the S.W. 1/4-2-50-20-4 in the Miquelon area and farmed it for a number of years. He owned and operated a threshing machine, in the fall threshing for a number of farmers for miles around. He also operated wood sawing and grain grinding outfits in the winters. John, along with his youngest brother George buiIt and operated a lumber sawing outfit and did a lot of custom breaking.

After buying S.W. 1/4-1-50-20-4 he married. He and his wife Julia had 2 children Art and Margaret. Art, now living in Vancouver, B.C., is employed as a radar controller in Vancouver airport. Margaret, with her husband Allen Adams and family live on the same farm as John. William Lee left the home farm at an early age settling in the Peace River area, where he fished and trapped in the Slave Lake country. He then joined the Northern Alberta Railway where he worked his way up to be conductor on the passenger train from McLennan to Dawson Creek. He married a Dawson Creek Girl then settled in McLennan. He and his wife Mae raised a daughter, Joyce, a nurse, now residing in Calgary, and a son Bob, a government employee, now residing in St. Albert with his wife Carolyn and family.

William passed away in 1959 at the age of 59 years. His widow now resides in Edmonton.

Martha Lee lived on the home farm with the other members of the family, helping with the many and varied chores. Later she married and moved to a farm at Ardrossan. She and her husband John McLellan had no family. When her husband died she sold the farm and moved to Edmonton. After a few years she bought a farm at Hastings Lake. Eventually she sold that, returning to Edmonton. She sold her house there recently and bought a house in Tofield, where she now resides in her retirement years.

Wallace Lee spent most of his young life at home, then bought N.E. 1/4-1-50-20-4. He then married Christine Bruce and they raised 6 children. After farming for a number of years he sold his farm, bought and moved into a house in Kingman. After a short time he bought a farm at Vilna, Alberta where he still resides. One daughter Elsie Olson lives at Lindbrook, Alberta, Rosemary Broen lives in Camrose and the other children live in various places in B.C.

Ethel Lee lived at home until she was married at an early age, to Herb Arbon. They lived in the Woodlawn district where they raised 5 children, George, Verna, Norman, Evelyn and Ernest. George still lives in the district, Norman lives at Ryley and the others live in Edmonton. In later years Herb spent most of his last years in a nursing home and Ethel bought a house in Edmonton and lived there till both of them passed away in the early 1970's. George Lee was born in the Miquelon District in the year 1911. Three or four years later his parents moved to the Woodlawn area.

Before they moved to Woodlawn he remembers falling into a shallow well. His mother had seen him fall in and was able to get him out in time. He took all his schooling at Woodlawn and helped his parents on the farm after the older family members left home.

He recalls having shot a coyote with a .22 rifle at the age of 6 years. In those years it was easy to hunt partridges with a slingshot. Then sometimes he'd take a shoe lace or string and tie it on a stick to snare partridges from the willows. As a young man he took part in all sports and entertainments. He was also an auctioneer for pie socials, basket socials, and bazzars. George called square dances and was an MC for anniversaries and other events.

He married a local girl, Isabelle Bruce. They lived in different areas for a few years until the bought the farm S.E. 1/4-14-50-20-4 where they still live today. After getting married he bought a threshing outfit and a breaking plow for doing custom work. He also took up carpenter work which he continued doing until his retirement.

He was building inspector for the town of Tofield. At present he is a director on the Tofield R.E.A.

George and his wife Isabelle raised a family of 4 girls. Alice Gould in Sherwood Park, Anne Oliver at Ardrossan, Audrey Schmalzbauer in Edmonton and Phyllis in Edmonton.

Harry Lee is a grandchild of Henry and Harriet Lee and was raised by them. He took all his education in the Woodlawn School. As a young man he loved sports and participated in hockey and baseball for many years. He married-at an early age and he and his wife Marie had 3 children, Brenda, Colleen and Darlene. He owned and operated a threshing machine, also a sod breaking outfit for some years. He owns and lives on S.E. 1/4-11-50-20-4 and also owns N.E. 1/4-2-50-20-4. He does his own farming and loves big game and upland bird hunting. He has worked for Swifts packing plant in Edmonton for a number of years.

LICKOCH, Micheal Lawrence - Micheal Lawrence Lickoch was born March 15, 1900 in Austria. He immigrated to Canada with his mother when he was 8 years old. They settled in Thorsby, Alberta, where Mike attended school and grew up. He worked for Canadian National Railways, mining and lumber camps until he married Marie Barbara Galenza on June 10, 1921, in Hay Lakes.

Marie Barbara Galenza was born August 15, 1907, in Hay Lakes.

Mike and Marie's first daughter, Cecila Mary, was born July 20, 1919. Cecila attended school in Thorsby and Hay Lakes. She married Herbert Frudd in 1941 in Regina, Saskatchewan and they moved to Detroit, Michigan, U.S.A. in 1942. Herbert was a pilot for the Royal Canadian Armed Forces. They had 4 children: Shirley Ann, Barbara Jean, Garth and Jeanie. Mike and Marie are proud great-grandparents of 6 great-grandchildren who all reside in the United States. Herbert Frudd died in 1976 of a heart attack.

Mike and Marie's first son, Steve Joseph, was born on April 3rd, 1923 at Thorsby. Steve attended Brandland and Kingman schools. He served In the Canadian Army overseas in 1940 in WWII. He came home and married Irene Marie Duruso in 1954 and settled on a farm near Kingman until his death in a car accident in 1968. Born to them were 5 girls: Lavina, Laverne, Peggy, Laurie and Elaine. There are 5 great-grandchildren who live in Camrose and Red Deer.

The second eldest daughter, Victoria Freida, was born April 29, 1924 at Thorsby. Vicky attended Brandland school in the Kingman district. She married Albert Yurkowski in 1955 at Camrose. They reside now in Edmonton, Alberta. Albert works for Honeywell Company. Three children were born to them: Gerald, Audrey and Lyle. Mike and Marie have 2 great-grandchildren all of whom live in Edmonton, Alberta.

The 2nd oldest son, Bernard Alan, was born October 29, 1926. Bernard attended school at Brandland in the Kingman district. He also joined the Canadian Army. He now drives a truck for a living. He married Florence Graig in 1968 at Camrose, Alberta. They have 2 boys; Christopher and Brett.

Another son, Edward Gordon, was born April 9, 1930. Edward also attended school at Brandland. He married Sharon Marie Thompson in 1962 at Peace River, Alberta. They reside in Edmonton, Alberta. Edward is a truck driver. Ed and Sharon have two boys: Dale and Derrick.

Mike and Marie's third daughter, Greta Myrtle, was born February 21, 1933. Greta attended grade school in Brandland and high school in Camrose. She married Russell James Fitzhenry in 1955 at Medicine Hat, Alberta. Russ was in the Canadian Army so they were transferred to many places including Germany and Ottawa. Russ and Greta have 4 children: Myles, Cindy, Lynn and Shaun. They are now living in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Mike and Marie are expectant great-grandparents of Myles and his wife, Beverly Chodak.

In 1935, Bertha Irene was born on November 6th at Kingman. Bertha attended Brandland and Dinant schools. She married Nick Joseph Greenstein in 1956 at Medicine Hat, Alberta. Nick owns his business, "Nick's Pumps". Four children were born to them: Murray, Brenda, Melody and Gregory. Murray died in 1979 in a motorcycle accident. All reside in Medicine Hat except Brenda who lives in Calgary, Alberta with her husband, Lyle Treiber.

The 2nd youngest daughter, Lorraine Delores, was born January 27, 1940. Lorraine attended Brandland and Dinant schools. She married Dick William Cayenne of Medicine Hat in 1958 at Edmonton, Alberta. Dick worked for a steel company as a high rigger till his death in 1971 in a car accident. They resided in Hay Lakes, Alberta. Dick and Lorraine had 5 sons and 2 daughters: Ricky, D'arcy, Florence, Kevin, Kenneth, Keith and Michelle, all still living at home. Lorraine is still a widow.

The youngest child, a daughter, Florence Frances, was born January 24, 1943. Florence attended Brandland, Dinant, Kingman, and Round Hill schools. She married Douglas Fedi in 1963 at Vancouver, B.C. They resided in Medicine Hat where Doug died of a heart attack in 1968. Born to them were 3 children: Kimberly, Darin and Darlene. Florence remarried in 1970 to Clayton Agnew and born to them was one daughter, Renee. They reside in Edmonton. Alberta. Clayton drives a truck for a living.

Mike and Marie resided at Thorsby until their move to Kingman in the late 1920's. They resided at Kingman, near Miquelon Lake, on a farm since 1930. Mike worked at Miquelon Lake Provincial Park until his retirement in 1973. They moved to Hay Lakes in 1974 and are still living there.

LIEN, Egil & Ina - Egil came from Alvdal, Norway in April, 1928. He married Ina Selin on October 28, 1933. The following are our children: Vernice works at a library in Edmonton, Alberta. Rodger bought our farm in 1972. Gordon is a Monarch Life Insurance agent and is moving back to Edmonton after farming in Armena for 3 years. Ralph is living at Alix, Alberta and is a heavy equipment operator working on road construction and pipelines. Philip lives at home but works in Calgary and Edmonton as a trucker. Doris Debman lives at Bittern Lake, Alberta and has a full-time job taking care of their two-year old twin boys.

We retired from our farm N.E. 31-48-20-W4 in May, 1973, to Bittern Lake, buying our house from Mr. and Mrs. George Badger. The quarter of land we bought, when we started farming, did not have much to offer us, no buildings, no well, fences in poor shape and only 8 acres under cultivation, which had been poorly done. We managed to get a house built, 14 feet by 20 feet. Egli had cut logs for a farmer so he got some to saw into lumber which was used in building our house. The payment for the land was $120.00 a year. This did not leave much of our savings for the house. However, with free labor it did not cost much. For several years we had only the outside walls and no inside ceiling. We borrowed an old-fashioned stove from a bachelor and Lars Maland brought a small heating stove, so we managed to keep warm. In those years the winters were very cold.

When we were married neighbors and relatives gave us heifers, a pig, a turkey hen and chickens. We managed to keep going but we had no radio or television to enjoy. In the spring Egil borrowed a couple of old horses to work in the field. Because it took so long to get it done the wild oats got such a good start that by the time it was harvest, he had to set fire to the field.

The first winter he earned 50 cents a day by helping a neighbor saw wood. He worked hard and by the end of the year we had made $160.00.

It was 4 years before we had any children so we worked together putting up fences and painting the house with ochre and oil. I also helped make straw barns. Egli worked away from home so I was alone quite often. The second year we had a few acres more in field and the crop got threshed. In 1935 we had managed to save $100.00, so we bought a team of horses. That year our crop had to stay on the field over winter as we did not get it threshed before the snow came.

It did not take long before we had several cows as we rented some from a neighbor and got half the calves. In the winter we sold butter at the store for groceries, but 14 cents a pound did not amount to very much money. Some customers found our butter better than others and paid us 18 cents a pound. In the summer we kept the cream in the well. For a five gallon can of cream and test 40, we were paid $2.50. The first cow we sold brought us $11.00, the first pig six dollars. Our yearly land payment was $102.50. Our taxes were only $42.00. The price of oats was four and five cents a bushel, barley six or seven cents a bushel and wheat was 19 cents a bushel. I seem to remember eggs at five cents a dozen. However, we managed to keep up with the payments and taxes for many years. But one year we did not get threshed and we found we could not make our land payment, so I wrote and told the C.P.R. of our plight. They answered us that we had done so well before, so they did not mind to count it as paid.

In 1943 we had a living room and bedroom added to our house. Two years later we had the barn built with a hayloft, making haying easier as we could use slings to unload the hay. All the hay could not go in the barn, so many loads were stacked outside. When we finally got a car, tractor and radio, it made life easier and more enjoyable but there is always plenty of work on the farm no matter how mechanized it becomes.

LINDBERG, Anders & Gertrud - Anders Magnus Lindberg and his wife Gertrud Matilda immigrated to Canada in 1906, from Siksjonas, Wilhelmina.,Vesterbotten, Sweden. Three children, Ejnar, Esther and Ruth, accompanied their parents.

Mr. Lindberg filed on a homestead N.W.-12-49-20-W4., in the Lundemo district. Here they built a one room log house which the family lived in for many years. Three more rooms were eventually added to this house. Alice, Sixton, George, and Magnhild were born when they lived in the Lundemo district.

To supplement their income Mr. Lindberg worked on the railroad when possible. He could not afford to buy traps so to catch rabbits for meat, he dug a hole in the ground about 6 feet deep, covered it over with willow branches and spread hay over this. In the morning there would be 5 or 6 rabbits in the hole. Prairie chickens were so tame and plentiful that they could be snared. This was the main source of meat.

For many years Mrs. Lindberg was a midwife. She had successfully delivered over 100 babies, never losing a mother or a child.

Mr. and Mrs. Lindberg attended the Wilhelmina church where the children were confirmed. The children attended Brandland School.

Mrs. Lindberg, "Tilda" as she was called, died December 20, 1938, when 65 years old. This clipping appeared in the Camrose Canadian.

WILHELMINA Mrs. A. M. Lindberg Wilhelmina. Dec. 31. 1938. A pioneer, a faithful wife and mother, Mrs. A. M. Lindberg was laid to rest in Wilhelmina cemetery, December 23rd last. Funeral service was held at the church conducted by Rev. C. Bernhardson. The choir sang favorite hymns of the deceased: "All the Way My Saviour Leads Me", "We Shall Meet Beyond the River", and "Nearer My God to Thee". A practical nurse, Mrs. Lindberg's services were in great demand in the early days, when doctors and hospitals were far removed. At one time a physician could not be secured for 18 hours. The late Dr. Nordbye once said to Mrs. Lindberg, when she spoke of the weariness of spending long hours at the bedside of some sick person: "Yes, you must go when called." and so she proved an angel of mercy to many who will cherish her memory.

Mr. Lindberg died February 1, 1952.

LINDBERG, Anders Magnus - Ejnar was the eldest of the Lindberg children. He spent most of his life at Hay Lakes where he was a watch maker. EJnar also lived in Kingman where he had a shop and repaired watches. After leaving Kingman he spent 13 years at Vancouver, British Columbia. In 1977 he returned to Alberta and spent the last two years at Bethany Home in Camrose. Ejnar died January 2, 1980 at the age of 81.

Ester was born in 1900. She is now married to Bert Dyer and lives in New Norway. She has 3 children, Richard Erickson farming near Ferintosh, Clarence Erickson of Edmonton, and Janet Snyder of Toronto.

Sten Lindberg was born in Sweden in 1904 but died as an infant. Ruth was born in 1905. She has her own story.

Alice Lindberg was born in 1907 in the Lundemo district. She married August Kruzic and they live in Vancouver, British Columbia. They have two sons Rodney and Ralph living in B.C.

Sixten Lindberg, born in 1909 remained a bachelor and spent most of his life farming the home place which was his father's homestead. Sixten died in 1961.

George Lindberg, born 1911, lives in Toronto, Ontario with his wife Jean. They have a daughter June, married to Mr. Skara. The Skara's have 2 children.

Magnhild was born in 1912 and died in 1914. Magnus.,Tilda, Ejnar, Sixten and Magnhild are all buried in the Wilhelmina Cemetery.

LINDBERG, Charles & Gunda - by Lillian Vague - Mother arrived in Camrose, Alberta from Oslo, Norway in 1905 with her brother, Carl Sandboe, when she was 21 years old. She came to her uncle, Peter Scramstad, north of Kingman and worked for him to pay off her passage. It was quite a change to come from a big city, a secretary for an apartment owner, to a life in a new country. Among the many young bachelors, she met Charles who had arrived from Dalbo, Minnesota with his mother and two sisters to take up a homestead southeast of Kingman. Apparently it was love at first sight.

They were married January 16, 1906. At this time Dad worked with a crew drilling wells while Mother lived on the homestead. Dad's Mother married Charles Mattson and moved to his farm at Westerose, near Pigeon Lake, later retiring to Kelowna, B. C.

The Lindberg farm home became a "stopping" place for mailmen and travellers between Wetaskiwin and Ryley. In the house they had a small store and post office. When threshing time came many a 15 man crew was housed and fed, rain or shine.

Three children were born here, Melvin, Lillian, and Stanley with Mrs. Grandahl, a neighbor, as midwife. All the neighbors were young couples, Biorgums, Heie, Osness . . . There were picnics, box socials, sleigh rides, and fishing. My folks never believed in cards, dancing or drinking.

Later Dad rented out the farm, moved to Kingman and worked on the railroad. Here he erected a building where Mother had a restaurant and post office. They sold the post office to T. J. Rogness. When Dad became a foreman he got the section at Bashaw where we stayed for five and one-half years. Here the 3 of us started school.

The twins, Eddie and Freddie, and Lloyd were born in Bashaw. Mother still kept boarders. She raised chickens and we had a cow, selling milk, cream and eggs.

Mother belonged to the Ladies' Aid and we all attended the only church, Methodist Church. Mr. Clegg and Mr. Hughson I remember were ministers.

Lloyd was 3 months old when Dad transferred back to Kingman. The flu hit Kingman very hard. I had helped Mr. Rogness in the P.O. and when he became sick, I, 11 years old, handled the mail. Mr. Rogness signed the money orders from his bedroom window. Albin Anderson walked me to the train with the mail bags. Mother made many lunch baskets that we put at the doors of the stricken people. From the Thompson family 5 adult people died, 4 Thompsons (one at Cold Lake) and one Tollefson.

The Kingman station was taken over by a station agent so Dad had a big house built on the homestead. Stanley did the farming after graduating from Vermilion Agricultural College. Melvin worked on the railroad with Dad. I became a school teacher. Wallace, Viola and Eileen were born on the farm with Petra Simonson as midwife.

During the second war Stanley, Eddie, Lloyd and Wallace were in the services in Canada. Eddie and Lloyd returned to teaching after University.

Wallace became a Prof. Engineer and Stanley took a Technical Course. During this time Mother cared for the farm feeding some 80 pigs and many cattle till Stanley came back. Dad became Signalman in Edmonton. Later Mother moved there and helped the 5 youngest go through high school and University.

Dad retired to Kelowna, British Columbia where his mother lived. He died of Cerebral Thrombosis at 62 and is buried there next to his mother. Mother died of a heart attack at 84 on June 8, 1968 and is buried in Westlawn cemetery in Edmonton. Freddie died of pneumonia when 3 years old and is buried in Kingman cemetery.

Melvin worked on the railroad, later on farms, and as a laborer in Edmonton. He married Meta Missal and they raised 5 children, Michael (adopted) is the owner of' a plumbing business in Edmonton, Melvina, Marlene, Morris, and Milton. Melvin, since a nervous breakdown, has spent 20 years in a Nursing Home and Alberta Hospital.

Lillian Vague lives in St. Albert, Alberta. Stanley is retired in Burnaby, B. C., Eddie is retired in Victoria, B. C., Lloyd is a teacher in Edmonton, Alberta, Wallace of "Summmit Engineering Sales (Edmonton) Ltd.", Viola (Hauptman) who is a secretary for the Provincial Government in Edmonton, Eileen (Millang) a secretary for the School Board in Edmonton.

The homestead was sold to Willie Bjorgum.

LINDBERG, Eddie - I was born (along with my twin-brother, Freddie) in Bashaw, Alberta in 1912. Freddie passed away in 1915 from pneumonia. Around 1917 our family moved back to Kingman where Dad became section foreman for the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway. (He had worked on the section in Kingman before going to Bashaw.) We lived in the station house until 1919. then moved onto section 33 until our house on the farm (W 1/24-49-19-4) was finished in 1920.

How well I remember the flu epidemic and the trains bringing the troops back from overseas. There were two northbound and two southbound passenger trains running through Kingman in those days. When we moved onto the farm we left Kingman school to attend Coal Hill S.D. 1514, which was located at the S.W. corner, S.E. 1/4 4-49-19.

In June 1925 1 wrote the Alberta Government final exams for grade eight. Results then were announced in the newspapers. Many of the teachers in the province at that time were Permit teachers (many had only grade 10 standing themselves) and were not approved for teaching above grade eight. I attended Coal Hill School in 1925/6 and studied grade nine pretty well on my own with as much assistance as the permit teacher made available. It is a wonder she could give any time, because she had all the classes from one to eight to attend to. What would teachers of today say to that"

While in grades eight and nine, I did the janitor work - carrying water, starting fires, sweeping floors. I don't recall dusting anything except the blackboards. Many a wintery day it was 30 and40 below (Fahrenheit) with drifting snow. Not until noon would the ink bottles be thawed out, or the room warm enough to work comfortably. But lunches would still be icy unless we stacked them around the Waterbury stove. I received $25 per year. One of the purchases I made from money thus earned was a heavy brown and yellow trimmed wool sweater which stayed loyal to me through my whole baseball pitching career.

In 1927/8 1 took grade 10 at Camrose High School. In 1928 Kingman Rural High School was organized and opened, so I was able to study grade I I there. But I was too young to attend Normal School (teacher-training) in 1929, so had to wait until 1930 before going back to Camrose. I got my second class papers in 1931, but was not able to get a school until I was hired by Farmington S.D. 750 in September 1933 on a one year contract at $740 a year. (This was the minimum payment allowed by the government.) Many, many thanks to Mabel Simonson who used to come to Farmington to play for our Christmas concerts and practices. I stayed on until June 1936, when I moved to Hay Lakes area to teach at Sulitjelma School.

Two miles south of the school I discovered a pretty girl and married her in 1937 (Verna Lovgren). Since then we have lived in Hay Lakes, Round Hill, Edmonton, Herronton, Mossleigh, Edmonton again (1952-68), Kamloops, British Columbia (1968-74) and Victoria, B.C.

In the interval 1931 to 1957 I studied correspondence courses, and attended Summer Schools, and obtained first class and professional teaching certificates, B. Ed. and M. Ed. degrees from the University of Alberta. By 1967 1 was similarly qualified in British Columbia. I retired from teaching in Kamloops in 1974 and moved to Victoria.

We have 3 children all sons: Dexter, who is married (no children), living in San Francisco as a Vice-President of Genstar (building and development), Perry, who is married (2 daughters), and manager of a bank in Lethbridge, and Fred (single), a radar air-traffic controller at the International Airport in Edmonton.

LINDBERG, Lloyd Franklin - by Lillian Vague - Lloyd, the 5th. son of Charles and Gunda Lindberg, was born December 29, 1916 in Bashaw, Alberta.

He married Nathalia (Nettle) Golub in 1947. They have 4 children. Janet, her husband, and son live in St. Albert. Joyce, husband and family live in Manitoba. Sons Colin and Thomas and their families reside in Edmonton. Lloyd and Nettle have six grandsons and one granddaughter.

Lloyd received his education at Coal Hill, Kingman High School, Camrose Lutheran College, Normal School, and received degrees from the University of Alberta. He teaches at Dorman School in Edmonton. He sings in a Ukrainian Choir. He is a member of the Masonic Order, Shriners, and A.T.A.

LINDBERG, Stanley - Mr. Kingsbury was the first person to have a post office situated at the northeast corner of S. M. Heie's farm. The log and sod building burned about 10 years ago. Mr. C. A. Lindberg had the post office in his own home on the homestead until he built the restaurant and post office in Kingman. Later the latter was sold to T. J. Rogness.

When the railroad was built, Mr. Lindberg applied for and became Section Foreman at Bashaw. Alberta. Later when the position of Section Foreman at Kingman became available, Mr. Lindberg received a transfer back and lived in the station until 1920. The family moved back to the farm when the new house was built.

After coming back Mr. Lindberg bought a building from the lumber company and had it moved to property across the lane from the post office and restaurant, next to the flowing well. He rented part of it to J. A. Anderson. who was agent for farm machinery, and part to a cream testing station.

A short time after 1918 a fire, starting in the restaurant, burned all three buildings. Mr. Lindberg's new 1918 Ford was parked in the machine shed and he just got it out before the building collapsed. A young couple, Mr. and Mrs. Penn, and their 2 children were able to get out of the upstairs suite over the Post Office. Mr. Penn worked on the railroad.

Kingman just missed the chance of the railroad survey being at the crossroads of the north-south and east-west intersections. My father had a newspaper which showed the plan of the east-west line running close to Kingman from Round Hill to Hay Lakes. Maybe Kingman could have been a city today. During the survey they found that it would be too costly going around Miquelon Lakes and through the hills, so it was surveyed through Camrose. Before the days of the railroad the farmers had to haul their grain to Wetaskiwin and do their shopping there as well.

From about 1924 on to 1950, except for 3 years in the Army. I was charge of the homestead until I sold to Willie Bjorgum and moved to B. C. where I have lived with my wife ever since.

LINDBERG, Wallace (Wally) Lorens - I was born on the farm, now occupied by Willie Bjorgum, May 14, 1921. In 1950 Gladys Moore, of Daysland, and I were married. We have two children, Craig Robert was born October 22, 1956. He graduated from University of Alberta 1979 in Honors Physics. He is attending Massachusetts Institute of Technology for Post Graduate Studies. Glenna Jean was born January 29, 1959. She lives at home and is attending Northern Institute of Technology studying Respiratory Technology.

I attended Coal Hill for grades one to eight inclusive and then took grades nine, ten, and eleven at Kingman Rural High School. I stayed out of school and worked on the farm 1937 until I the fall of 1938 when I completed my grade 12 at Camrose Lutheran College graduating in the spring of 1939. In 1940 1 graduated from the Edmonton Normal School. My first teaching assignment was at Pretty Hill School. During that time I boarded with those fine people Mr. and Mrs. L. Erga. The 1941-1942 year I taught at the Miquelon School.

July 1942 I joined the Canadian Army. During the next three and a half years I moved throughout Canada as a Radar Operator and Technician. I was discharged from the Army in the fall of 1945 in order to attend University. I studied engineering and graduated in 1949 with a degree in Bachelor of Science.

I worked for a major Plumbing and Heating contractor until 1956 and then joined a Supply Company as Branch Manager which position I held until 1963. I organized my own company - Summit Engineering Sales (Edmonton) Ltd." In 1977 1 sold the company to the employees and at present am working for the company and doing consulting work.

It's a real pleasure to hear from former students and to realize that some of them are actually old enough to be grandparents.

LINDER, Ada (Anderson) - In 1907 the Anderson family came to a homestead 6 miles from Tofield. I was 8 years old but I remember clearly our disappointment when we saw the little log shack where we should live. Our first schoolhouse was also a log one but in 1911 the Lindbrook school was built.

When I was 16 I went to Edmonton to Alberta College and the next year I was able to teach on a permit. My first acquaintance with the Kingman district was when I was hired as teacher in the Miquelon school. I taught there three summers, the district could not afford to have the school open all year. This suited me well, because I attended university in the winter.

I spent several years alternately teaching and studying. In 1927 1 decided to attend Library School in Toronto and obtained a job in the Edmonton Public Library. I usually spent my holidays in the Kingman district, first with my parents and later with my brother Helmer.

In 1954 1 left the library and went by cargo boat to Sweden where I visited a number of aunts and cousins as well as sight-seeing. The next spring my brother built a summer cottage for me on his farm. Here I became better acquainted with Sven Linder, a long-time friend of my brothers.

Of all unlikely places, he proposed to me at a drive-in theatre. We bought the Larson farm, we married and moved in October of 1955. The first year was hard, it was very cold, and there was so much snow that sometimes we couldn't even get to Kingman but had to borrow flour from the nearest neighbor.

Every year we added sonic improvement, Calgary Power first. Sven laughed at me when, as he said, I hugged the refrigerator every day. As we could afford it, we got propane heating, insulation, and at last a water system. Sven let me have the first bath in our new tub - what bliss.

After 8 years we moved to Edmonton. We had intended to live there permanently but there were two of the worst winters we had ever experienced. As one of our friends said "No one should retire and live in this climate." After one bitter day with a wind chill of 90 below we decided to look about next summer so we drove through the Okanagan.

Next fall Sven went Out to Summerland, B.C. and bought a house and we moved in September 1966. The first winter was so mild that he built the garage, the fence, laid the sidewalks and finally put the place in shape. We began to plant roses and add to the existing fruit trees. In the summer we had lovely trips around the province and took many snapshots. We were very happy and contented until Sven became ill. He died in June 1979. 1 am still living in our house and have a neighbor doing the yard work. Another neighbor takes me downtown for shopping every week. I am very fortunate to have such good neighbors and I want to stay in our home as Iong as I can.

LINDSTRAND, Martin & Eleanor - I, Eleanor am the daughter of Thorvald and Matilda Throndson and Martin is the son of Gustave and Hilma Lindstrand. We were married in 1934. In 1936 we moved to the Dinant district from the Demay area. Morley was one year old. We had rented the SE 2-48-20-4 and the NW 1-48-20-4 from the Soldier Settlement Board, located one mile south of Dinant. The Halls had lived there before us. Our closest neighbors were the McLarens and Greigs across the road, the David Andersons, one-half mile north and the Dandells to the south. During the winter, Martin worked at the Dinant Mine. At that time the wages there were thirty five cents an hour. That seems unreal now in comparison with today's rates. The following spring the farm was sold to the Peter Cebryks and we moved to the Rasmussen farm, located one-half mile north of Dinant. Ron was born in June of that year.

In the spring of 1938, we bought the SW 11-48-20-4 located one mile west and one mile south of the Dinant corner. We lived in a granary the first summer while building a house. We had cleared most of the brush during the winter, so were able to break the land. We had a Hart Parr tractor on steel that we used for breaking and for some custom work. Laurie was born in the fall of 1940.

After a bout of Polio in 1941, Martin decided to rent the farm to David Anderson, and in the fall of 1942, we had an auction sale, conducted by Jim Hannan of Camrose. We moved into the elevator house at Dinant and Martin started buying grain for the Gillespie Grain Company. The following year the United Grain Growers bought the Gillespie elevators. We lived at Dinant for about 11 years. Our 3 girls were born during that time.

In 1953 we moved to our present home, located three miles east of the Dinant corner, being the west half of 17-48-19-4. Martin continued to work at the elevator until 1965.

In 1973 we rented the farm to Ron and Laurie, and Martin worked for a pipe inspection company at the Steel Company of Canada in Camrose, part-time for 6 years. At present, we are enjoying retirement on the farm. Our children are all married.

Morley attended school at Dinant and trained to become a welder. He married Betty Anderson, daughter of Carl and Esther Anderson in 1957. In 1962, they moved to Swan Hills, where Morley worked for a welding firm, later having their own welding, and construction company. In 1976 they sold their interests in Swan Hills and moved to Red Deer where they are all employed at present. They have 2 children, a daughter Cindy employed at Cable TV in Red Deer and a son Kim employed at a welding shop in Red Deer.

Ron attended school at Dinant. He worked for Farm Electric Services in central Alberta. In 1957, he married Marion Maloney, daughter of Arne and Irene Maloney of Camrose. In 1959 they moved to Judy Creek. Later they moved to Swan Hills, working for Home Oil there, and then at their Hardisty plant. In 1974 they purchased the farm owned by Esther and the late Guttorm Rosland, being the E 13-48-20-4. They are presently engaged in farming and active as a partner of Lindstrand Auctions. They have 2 children, a son Randy who is employed with Alberta Power for the last 2 years, and a daughter, Jill, attending high school at Hay Lakes.

Laurie attended school at Dinant and was employed at the Steel Company of Canada in Camrose for 15 years. In 1965 he married Cathy Perosa, daughter of Marco and Rene Perosa of Cranbrook, B.C. In 1967, they purchased the George McPhedran farm, being the SW 19-48-19-4. At present, they are engaged farming and active as a partner of Lindstrand Auctions. They have 3 children: a son Jody, 14. attending Junior High at Round Hill, a daughter, Debbie, 11, attending school at Round Hill and Carrie, four.

Diane attended school in Dinant and Round Hill, also McTavish Business College. She was employed in law offices in Wetaskiwin and Camrose. She rnarried Russel Olson, son of Mrs. Alma Olson of Camrose, in 1968. In 1972 they went overseas, where Russel is employed as an electrician on oil drilling operations. They have lived in Algeria, Canary Islands, Athens, and on the island of Mallorca in the Mediterranean, where they reside now. They have a son, Michael, 11 years old who attends school there.

Loreen attended school in Dinant, Round Hill, Camrose, and N.A.I.T. She was employed as a secretary in law offices in Edmonton, Calgary, and Camrose. In 1970, she married Rob Ellis, son of Ross and Marg Ellis, then of Hinton. Rob is employed with the Royal Bank and at present is in the main branch in Edmonton. They live in St. Albert. They have 2 sons Geoffrey, 9, and Kristoffer, 6, both attending school there.

Ardele attended school in Dinant, Round Hill, Camrose Lutheran College and the University of Calgary. In 1970, she married Len Keohane, son of Dan and May Keohane of Round Hill. Len is employed with the Bank of Montreal and at present as manager of a Calgary Branch. They have two girls, Nicole, 9, and Danielle, 6, both attending school in Calgary. Ardele teaches school.

In the years since we came to the Dinant district, there have been many changes. Then there was a thriving store and post office, two schools, teacherages, a railroad station. community hall and two elevators. The mine was operating with a large number of men working there. The mine was the first to close. With the trend to centralization and when a large amount of land south of Dinant was bought by the Hutterite Colony, the store, the schools, and lastly, the elevators all went.

A marked change took place in farming. Until the 40's, most of the farming was done with horses. Then tractors and combines were becoming more common. There was no electricity on the farms, no gravel country roads and no snowploughs. During the winters, few cars were used, partly because of the drifted roads and partly because of the difficulty in starting and there was no antifreeze. There were no televisions, and no school buses. All this is hard to believe now.

LINDSTROM, Elmer & Alice - Elmer and Alice Lindstrom and children, Doreen, five years old and Garry, three, arrived in Kingman July Ist. 1946. He was elevator agent for the Searle Grain Co.

They rented the house from Stanley Rogness for 3 months then moved into the one purchased by the Searle Grain Company from A. C. Soma. They lived here for 10 years.

Doreen started grade one in the old Kingman school and Garry began in the new school.

Doreen and her husband, Victor Lillo, have their own music studio in Edmonton. They have 4 children. Garry is married and has 3 children. He is Sergeant for the R.C.M.P. at Hanna, Alberta. Elmer and Alice Lindstrom live at Nordegg, Alberta where Elmer is a Corrections Officer.

LIPINSKI, Anna (Rakowski) - Anna Rakowski was born to George and Maria Rakowski on June 11, 1896, in Tarnopol, Buczacz, Austria. She came to Strathcona with her mother when a small girl. She married Fred Hordecky in 1915 and went to Winnipeg where he had work. He died in 1919 and left her with 2 children, Jean and Edward. She married Nickoly Lipinski in 1921 and 3 more children were born to them, Chisley, Helen and Edwin. They moved from Winnipeg to Kelowna, British Columbia, and lived there until her husband passed away. She then moved to Vancouver where most of her family was living. Jean Damstrom, Edward Lipinski, Helen Apland, and Edwin Lipinski all live in Vancouver now, and Chisley Lipinski lives in Terrace, B.C. Anna Lipinski lives in Kobernick Lodge, Vancouver. She is 84 years old and quite frail.

LOKKEN, Rev. O- Rev. Oscar Lokken, his wife Irene and their two sons Arthur and Geoffrey moved into the parsonage in Kingman in July, 1968. Rev. Lokken was the Pastor of the Salem Lutheran Church in Kingman and congregations in Tofield and Round Hill.

They lived in Kingman for eight and one-half years until February 1977 when they moved to Kyle, Saskatchewan. Mrs. Lokken taught Kindergarten in Tofield for several years. Arthur and Geoffrey graduated from the Camrose Composite High School. Arthur attended the Canadian Lutheran Bible Institute in Camrose while Geoffrey took a course in Telecommunication at the Northern Alberta Insititute of Technology, Edmonton, graduating in 1976. He worked as a Radio and TV Technician in Swift Current, Sask. Arthur is presently employed in Calgary.

Pastor Lokken was born in Bella Coola, B.C., where he attended Elementary and High School, later moving to Vancouver. He was employed by the Hudson's Bay Company's Retail Davison in charge of several departments in the service building. He married the former Irene Spencer of Strawberry Hill, Surrey, B.C., in 1945.

After spending several years in Vancouver where their two sons were born they moved to Saskatoon, Sask., where Pastor Lokken prepared for the Christian ministry graduating from the Lutheran Theological Seminary in 1958. They served parishes in Dawson Creek, B.C., and Porcupine Plain, Sask. before coming to Kingman.

A total of ten foster children made their home with the Lokkens in Kingman for different lengths of time from a few months to several years.

LONDIN, Jonas - Jonas Olson Londin (born January 23, 1863) and Ingrid Elisabet (Lisa) Londin (born February 16, 1873) lived at Lingaro Hudiksvall, Sweden. They immigrated to Canada in 1926, along with their daughter Britta, her husband Elis Winquist and their two daughters Mary and Ingrid. They lived in Swan River, Manitoba one winter, then moved to Tofield, Alberta to settle in the Woodlawn area in 1927. In the summer of 1927 their other daughter Anna, her husband Knut Peterson and sons Carl Martin and Stig Erland came from Sweden to join them. The Londins two sons Erik and Olov remained in Sweden.

Jonas Londin was 66 years old when he came to Canada and began farming. When he was 77 years old he had an operation for a large stomach tumor, yet he continued farming until he was 82 years old. While her husband was in the hospital for his tumor operation. Lisa pulled water with a rope and pail from an open well for 40 head of cattle. At this time, while doing chores in a blizzard, she fell on a barb wire fence and suffered a severe cut to one eye. She kept on doing chores and never went to a doctor.

In 1937 Jonas and Lisa moved to the Miquelon district to farm Knut Peterson's land, besides farming their own land in the Woodlawn district. They farmed there until 1944, when they moved to Surrey in B. C. In Surrey they lived on a small farm acreage and milked cows and raised a few pigs until Lisa passed away March 17, 1947. Jonas Londin passed away July 22, 1950 at the age of 88 years. They are both buried in Surrey Centre cemetery.

LOWRY, Martin & Hilma - I, K. Martin Lowry, came to the Kingman district at the age of 3 together with my aunt and uncle Tom and Olena Lowry from the state of Iowa, U.S.A., in the month of April 1, 1909. They purchased the Dominica Starcheski farm 3 and one-half miles SE of Kingman. Tom Lowry, together with Victor Osness, hauled lumber to Kingman town site for Evenson's lumberyard as the railroad was not yet completed. I can recall my first years at Coal Hill school. I shared a desk with Ovel Bjorgum. Our teacher was Dr. Emmett. We had a great time. We were talking Norwegian, so the teacher told us we should learn to speak English. Here are the names of some of those who attended school in the earliest days: Ovel Bjorgum, Agnes and Olaf Heie, Inga Johnson, Ruth and Helen Blyckert, Selmer Grandahl, and others. The Kingman school was not yet built.

In 1940, 1 was married to Hilma Bjorgum. We farmed the home place for a few years before moving to British Columbia, where we bought a farm at Langley near the United States border. We had a small dairy until we retired to Clearbrook. B. C. in 1974.

I, Hilma Bjorgum-Lowry was born at Kingman, Alberta. My Mother and Dad are from Jackson, Minnesota. Dad homesteaded northwest of Kingman for a few years, then later bought the Berge farm SW of Kingman, where I was born and attended Pretty Hill school and later Kingman High School.

We have six children: Theresa (Mrs. Glenn Laube)of Courtenay, B.C. They have 3 children, Charlene, Dwayne, and Kimberly. Glenn has now retired from the Comox Air Base, but now works for the Loomis Parcel Delivery.

Our son Kermit Lowry is married and they have 3 children. They live at Prince George, B.C. He is employed in construction.

Our son Alton Lowry is married and lives at Langley, B.C. He is a painter by trade.

Our daughter Clarine (Mrs. James De Gober) of Lyndon, Washington, U.S.A., has 2 children. Her husband is a marine supply salesman.

Our daughter Olena (Mrs. Felix Kyllingmark) has 2 children and lives on a small farm near Custer, Washington. Her husband works at the Entalco Aluminum plant nearby.

Our youngest daughter Martha is home with us and works up at Seven Oaks as a clothing sales person.

LOWRY, Tom & Olena - Tom and Olena Lowry, together with their adopted son Martin Talbertson, came to the Camrose district from Callender, Iowa in April 1909 with the Weir Osness family who came from southern Minnesota. Tom Lowry together with Victor Osness hauled lumber to the town site of Kingman for the Evenson lumberyard, as the railroad wasn't yet completed.

The Lowry's bought the Dominick Starcheski farm NW 34-48-19-W4 where they farmed for many years until Toni's death. Their son Martin and his wife Hilma Bjorgum and his aunt Olena carried on farming for a few years before moving to Fraser Valley, B.C. They have 6 children, Theresa, Kermit, Clarine, Alton, Olena and Martha and 10 grandchildren. They were members of the Salem Lutheran Church where they took an active part.

Tom and Olena Lowry are buried in the Kingman cemetery.

LUNDEMO POST OFFICE & STORE - written by Arlet Reed -John and Mary Waldum emigrated from Trondheim, Norway to Sioux City, Iowa In 1882. From there they moved to Edmonds County, South Dakota. Their only child, Julia, was born September 27, 1886.

In May 1898, the Waldums loaded a cattle car with animals, farm machinery and household goods and came to Alberta, getting off the train at Wetaskiwin. The spring was very dry and they were able to walk across Pipestone Creek very easily. They lived about 3 miles north of Armena for about one year. Then they homesteaded on N. E. -30-48-20. That September the rain came and they did not see the sun all that month.

One of their earliest recollections of that time was of being at an Indian camp nearby and seeing muskrats tied by their tails, hanging over a stick in a large kettle, being cooked for supper.

In about 1905, they started the Lundemo store and Post Office. Supplies and mail were picked up in Wetaskiwin and hauled by wagon, a two-day trip. Butter was traded for groceries, but many times the butter that had been traded was so rancid that after the people left, it would be dumped out.

John Waldum was very handy at watch making and many an hour was spent mending clocks for the neighbors. Mary WaIdum was very talented at spinning and knitting, she took prizes at the fair for her spinning, and she could look at a peice of complicated knitting and knit it without instructions.

Harold Parsons was the first mail hauler between Bittern Lake and Lundemo. He made these trips regularly with a team of horses'. In later years John Waldum picked up the mail in Bittern Lake and then Kingman.

Julia attended Thordenskjold School and was confirmed at the Lutheran Church on May 1, 1901. She married Frank Johnson at Lundemo on February 13, 1911 and they had 7 children.

Lundemo store was closed in 1916 or 1917 and the Post Office was moved into the Waldum house. John Waldum passed away in 1929 and Mr. Sealund of Kingman ran the Post Office for about a year.

Ralph and Fanny Hatfield then took over the Post Office and moved it to their home, south of the Waldums. They continued to operate it until 1948 when it was closed.

Mary Waldum moved to her daughter's farm at First Miquelon Lake and passed away on June 4, 1942 at the age of 84.

Another part of history in the district in the early nineteen hundreds was the moving of a Belgian fam ily named Rekenzee to the Lundemo area from India. His wife died soon afterwards and is believed to be buried at Duhamel. Mr. Rekenzee was fluent in 6 languages. He had travelled all over Europe and Asia buying stock for an import company. His only child, a son, died when 18 years old after they came to Lundemo and is buried on one of the islands in Miquelon Lake. The last that was heard of Mr. Rekenzee was that he was working west of Edmonton, for the C.N. railroad as an interpreter.

MACKOWOSKY, Mike - I am Mike Mackowosky, youngest son of Pete and Rose Mackowosky. I lived in the Coal Hill district until my parents' accident in December 1949.

From here I went to Drumheller and stayed with my aunt and uncle for two years. Then I went to stay with another uncle at St. Paul. I stayed here until my sister Nettie got married in 1951.

1 got married to Esther Atkinson from Looma, Alberta, in 1958. We had four children, three girls and a boy.

We lived at Looma pretty well all the time. In 1973 we rented a poultry farm about a half mile north and four miles west of New Sarepta. After a year's experience there we bought our own poultry farm. We live about 15 miles east and a half mile north of Viking on NW 4-48-10 W4. Here we have 4000 birds now but next year we will have 8000 birds.

Our oldest daughter Shirley got married in 1977 to Jim Lewis from Irma, Alberta. They live in Irma and he works for Northwestern Utilities. They have a little girl by the name of Connie, one and a half years old.

Our second daughter Bonny was married this year (1979) to Arne Gulbraa. They farm about four miles south and one mile west of Irma (NE 17-45-9 W4). Our next daughter Judith got married this year too. She married Larry Ferguson from Wainwright,Alberta. They live in Viking. Larry is apprenticing as a welder at Kinsella Welding and Judy is working at Parkland Nursing Home in Viking. Our youngest child, Dean, also works at Kinsella Welding and lives at home.

MACKOWOSKY, History - When the pilgrims from other countries were coming into Canada and heading west, Nick and Annie Mackowosky were among them. They left their home in Kochybincki, Ukraine and came to Canada in the year 1901 and with them, they brought three children, Alex. Anil and Peter.

They found themselves a homestead four miles SE of Kingman, Alberta, Canada, which they purchased for $10.00. They built themselves a little log cabin on the southwest corner of the farm and proceeded farming. They cleared land, seeded, and threshed - a process all done by hand. Life wasn't easy. Their one means of transportation was oxen or on foot, later buggies and horses. Though tired and worn, they still had time for pleasure, as we see they added another four girls to the family - Maggie, Sophie, Josie, and Mary.

The children attended school in Coal Hill. They delivered grain to Kingman, as well as doing their shopping and using the postal service there. They then built a bigger house, as more room was necessary.

Community gatherings were usually at the Ukrainian Catholic Church (Round Hill). Nick Mackowosky also had a big hand in building this church. The family grew and finally left home, getting married and so on.

Alex. Senior, married Rose Kolishka from Camrose. He was employed as a coal miner. They had three children, Meral, Ann, and Mabel. Alex is now deceased.

Ann married John Walanski from Edmonton. They had no children and she is now deceased.

Peter married Rose Evanciew of Smokey Lake and he worked for the railroad at Radway, Alberta. Later returning to the farm, they had six children. Simon now in Toronto - has three children. Alex of Ohaton, six children, Olga at Forestburg - five children, Nettle in Calgary - four children, Walter in Toronto and Mike in Kinsella - four children. They all went to school at Coal Hill. Both Rose and Peter are deceased.

Maggie married John Huculak, a farmer two miles east of' Round Hill. They had two stepsons, Tony and Paul, also Peter, Alex, Nick, Joe, Mike, Elmer, Elizabeth. Lydia, and Shirley. Maggie now resides in Camrose.

Sophie married Tony Boyanowski - a coal miner from Drumheller and there they made their home. They have two children, Elmer and Norman.

Josie married Walter Taranowski of Round Hill, he was a blacksmith. His shop was located on the east side of Round Hill's biggest water supply: The Round Hill Dam. They lived in a small cabin back of the shop and he fixed plenty of shoes and sharpened lots of knives. Later, they sold their business and moved to Courtney, British Columbia where they now reside. They have two sons, Joe and Clifford.

Mary married Peter Lanuk, a farmer from Innisfree. Later he sold his farm and moved to Camrose where he started a welding business. They had four children, Verna, Sylvia, Edward and Morris. Mary is now deceased.

Nick and Annie Mackowosky farmed their homestead 30 years, were active in community affairs and had many friends.

Peter and Rose then took over the farm and farmed till December, 1949, when they were both killed in a truck-train accident. He farmed the land 18 years.

Alex, who married Elizabeth Dereniuk of Round Hill, took over the farm in 1949. They farmed one year and moved to Edmonton where he took a course in barbering, then moved to Camrose, and now owns and runs the Rose City Barber Shop. They have six children, Arnold, a barber in Edmonton, Dianna a hairdresser in Tofield, Janice, and Barry in Camrose. Rodney and Rose are still at home, which is now in Ohaton.

After Alex left the farm, it was sold to Pete Sereda of Kingman. Then the farm was divided in half. Sereda got one half and the other went to Rose Kozack of Kingman. Then the one half was sold again.

MAH, S, Choon - by Mah Choon - My parents Mah Bing Hon and Mah Bon Land and family came from Pine Falls, Manitoba to Saskatoon, to start farming. We left Pine Falls on Coronation Day, 1937, for Saskatoon. When in Manitoba, my father was chef for the Prince of Wales while His Royal Highness was in Winnipeg, Manitoba. My father also cooked for the Prince when he toured Western Canada. Mah Hon, at that time, was chef for a wealthy family in Winnipeg. This family was Blue Blood Type, as the Prince stayed at their residence when in Winnipeg.

From Saskatchewan, I was sent to attend school in Kingman, Alberta, where I spent some years with my relatives, Mah Him and Mah Dong. I did have the best time of my childhood while in Kingman. The people of Kingman are among the best in the world.

I have been around the world four times. I flew around the world twice in 1979 and intend to go to Hong Kong and Taiwan during the winter. I expect to be starting a new business overseas.I have invented a tri-view, wide angle safety mirror for cars and trucks.

My wife, Yea Won, and I have a market garden near Saskatoon, where we grow bedding plants and vegetables. We have one of the larger gardens in Saskatchewan, where the name Mah Hon is well known.

We have a family of nine: Roland Mah - an electrical engineer in Regina, Saskatchewan. Phillis Lorm - Pharmacist, Co-op Centre, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Pricilla Mah - Pharmacist and General Manager, Booth Drug, Toronto, Ontario. Elsie and Susan Mah - Managing Mah Holdings Ltd., and working part-time on the farm. Leonard Mah - Motor Mechanic, Mr. Speed Shop. Kelvin, Jane and Samson - attending school.

MAH, Quong - I came from Hong Kong in March, 1950 to join my father, Dong Mah at Kingman. After attending the Kingman School for one year I went to Saskatoon. In 1958, I came to Camrose with Sam Mah to go into partnership with Mr. York in the York Cafe.

On February 12, 1961, I was married in the Kingman Lutheran Church. A reception was held in the Kingman Hall with all the local people attending. Now I have two daughters and a son. Their names and Kathy, Sanda and Ricky. They are going to school in Camrose.

In 1905, at the age of 18 my father Dong Mah (known as Jim) came from China to Saskatoon where his father was residing. A few years later his brother Him Mah (known as Charlie) came over. Many years later Charlie came to Kingman and bought the International Grocery Store. Later Dong Mah Joined him. They stayed until 1959 when Dong Mah passed away in Camrose St. Mary's Hospital. The store was then sold.

Dong had three sons - Kee Mah lives in Edmonton and has two daughters and one son. Jimmy Mah lives in Oakland, California. He has two boys and two girls. I am the third and I live in Camrose.

MAJESKI, August - by Edmund Majeski - August Majeski came to Canada as a bachelor in 1912. He worked on railroads, farms, and in hotels, taking whatever work was available. In 1924, he returned to his native Poland. On June 16, 1925, he married Olga Krueger and their oldest son Edmund was born in Poland. In September 1927, the family immigrated to Canada. On their arrival they purchased SE 12-48-20-4, crop and machinery from Lawrence Budinski for $4500.00.

The only things the Budinskis took with them were their suitcases and whatever articles they could pack into them, when they left Dinant for the United States.

In 1928, Mrs. Hulda Krueger, Olga's mother came and she stayed with them until 1955.

The Majeskis sponsored ten families of immigrants. These were all close friends and stayed with the Majeskis until they found work or a permanent home in Canada.

The Majeskis lived at Dinant until 1955, and during this time, twelve more children were born.

In 1955, they moved to Camrose, where they resided in retirement until July, 1962 when August, Olga, and their three youngest children moved to Kelowna, British Columbia.

Mrs. Hulda Krueger died in November 1978, at the ripe age of 94 years. August Majeski is presently in the Good Samaritan Home in Edmonton. He is 88 years young. Olga is still living in Kelowna. Their thirteen children, six boys and seven girls, are scattered throughout Alberta and British Columbia.

Edmund married Freda Shroeder from Barhead. Edmund has taught school for thirty-four years, and is presently teaching high school in Westlock. They have four children.

Robert is still farming in the Dinant area on some of the land amassed by August Majeski. Robert lives on NE 1-48-20-4 and works part-time installing dairy equipment in new dairy set-ups. He married Ida Klapstein from Alcomdale, Alberta. They have three children. Neil was born in March, 1954. He works at the Lacombe Research station. Connie, born in 1957, lives in Camrose, and works for Camrose Department of Agriculture. Allan was born in 1965. He is still at home.

Arthur married Lila Rude. They lived on SE 12-48-20-4, where their three children were born. Arthur sold his land and bought land on the outskirts of Camrose. He is a Driver Examiner for the Provincial Government and hobby farms. Lila is a Librarian at Camrose Lutheran Junior College. They have three children. Darrel was born October 6, 1954. He is an operator at Dome Petroleum in Edmonton. James, born April 27, 1957 is in his fifth year of Agriculture Engineering at the University of Edmonton. Deanna was born February 12, 1959 and is in her second year of nursing at the Misericordia Hospital in Edmonton.

Elsie married Bernie Fossen of Camrose and they live at High River where she is manageress at the Sears Order office. Bernie is consultant for Learning Disabilities and is working out of the Regional office in Calgary. They have five children of their own, three adopted, and three foster children.

Herta married James Stuve of New Norway and they live in Red Deer. Herta is an Avon dealer and Jim sells real estate for Royal Trust in Red Deer. They have two sons.

Adeline married Thomas Korchinski from the Vilna area. They live in Edmonton. Adeline works for Airway Auto Rentals and Tom works as a dispatcher for the C. N. R. in Edmonton. They have one daughter.

Gertie married Larry Thompson of Camrose. Gertie is head cashier for a Safeway store in Edmonton. Larry is a dri ller for Challenger Drilling, and also hobby farms. They have two children.

Edwin married Arlene Britton of Pierceland, Saskatchewan. They live on a farm in the Viking area. Edwin is an I.H.C. Implement dealer in Viking, also a hobby farmer. They have two children.

Ruth married Ken Charters of Montreal. They live in Edmonton. Ruth is a bookkeeper for Norvel Home Improvement Centre. Ken is associated with Industrial Development for the Provincial Government. They have two daughters.

Norman married Joan Sherbaniuk of Kingman. They live in Edmonton. Norman is Principal of the Leduc Junior High School in Leduc. Joan is a lawyer in her own legal firm, They have one son.

Myrna is a nursing aid in the Avonlea Nursing Home in Kelowna, British Columbia. She is not married.

Linda married Greg Alm of Edmonton. Linda is a Registered Nurse in the Kelowna General Hospital. They have one daughter.

Dwayne is unmarried and lives in Edmonton. He is a chartered accountant, and is self-employed.

The Majeskis are very proud of the Dinant district and have innumerable fond memories of the hundreds of people they became acquainted with and associated with in the adjacent areas to Dinant.

MAKAR'S, - by Victor Makar - In the year 1908. Onufry Makar immigrated to Canada from Kopyczynce, Austria. He became a naturalized citizen on September 9, 1913. Onufry worked in the ore smelters in British Columbia until he came to the Dinant district in 1918, where he worked in the coal mines.

He married Kay Starcheskie on May 11, 1919. In 1926 they purchased and moved to a farm four miles south of Kingman. Onufry farmed there till his passing on December 7, 1948. His wife Kay, lived on the farm until she moved to Camrose in 1952. Then, in 1962, she moved to Edmonton. where she still resides.

They had two children. Their daughter Adelia, was born on July 6. 1920 and attended school at Coal Hill. She now makes her home in Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.

Their son Vic, was born on October 17, 1927. He attended school at Coal Hill, Round Hill, and Poznan. He took over the farming operation after his dad's passing, and farmed untill 1954. Vic married Ev Leckelt on December 2, 1950. After discontinuing farming, they moved to Edmonton, where Vic had a construction company until 1973. Then in 1974, they purchased a trading post in northern Alberta in the Big Smoky River Country. They sold out in 1976 and after a short holiday, opened a recreational vehicle sales and service business in Redwater, which they are still operating.

Vic and Ev have three children. Rodney, the eldest, is married and has one son. He lives in Redwater. Rod is the service engineer for Moduline homes for Alberta. Next is their daughter, Carol, who is married and has two daughters. Their home is in Bawlf. Carol works i n the Camrose County Office. Her husband, Jerry operates a construction business and a green house called Cedar Glen Gardens, in Bawlf. The youngest son, Richard is still single and is a heavy equipment operator at the Fort McMurray oil sands plants.

MAKAR, Onufry - Mr. Makar was born in Austria in 1886 and came to Canada in 1908. He first worked in a mine in B.C., and later through friends, got work at the Spicer Mine at Dinant.

On May 11, 1919 Onufry Makar and I, Katherine Starcheski were married and we lived in a shack just south of the Spicer Mine on mine property. When the slack plies started heating and burning, we had to move further east, and we built a new home.

On July 2, 1920, our daughter Adelia was born. In September 1926 we moved our home to our farm SE 29-19-48-4. Here our son Victor was born in October 1927. We later built a new house on this farm.

My husband died on December 7, 1948. 1 later went to Camrose and worked at St. Mary's Hospital for 9 years. I n 1962, 1 moved to Edmonton and am now retired in the Sunset Cottages. Victor lives in Redwater, Alberta and Adelia lives in Los Angeles, California.

MARTIN, Dorothy Irene (Weber) - Dorothy (Weber) Martin, eldest daughter of Abe and Mary Weber, and her husband John Martin live in Duchess, Alberta.

In 1915 when her parents moved to the Kingman district, she started school in Farmington. She was 6 years old that year.

Dorothy has 5 children: Joyce, Bill, Butch, Lorna and Yvonne. Joyce married Stan Dahl (deceased, 1974) and is a secretary living in Calgary, Alberta. Bill and his wife Audrey (Sitler) Martin of Duchess, Alberta is a farmer and machinery dealer. Butch married Marian Yoder and lives at Brooks, Alberta, where he owns Brooks Livestock Auction. Lorna is a housewife married to Larry Meyer living at Brooks. Alberta. Yvonne is a secretary married to Don Mishler and they live at Brooks. Alberta.

MATSON, John - by Alice Klein - John Mathison, son of Mathias Larson and wife Ingerid Johannesdtr. was born in the Parish of Veldre in the district of Brumendalen, Norway on the 28th day of August, 1892. On October 23d. 1892, he was christened into the Lutheran faith at the same parish.

He received his education in this district and at an early age, he apprenticed as a tailor. He remained at this occupation for a while but like so many young and adventurous men, his goal was the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow which at that time was America.

In July of 1910, at the age of 18 years, he set sail for the land of plenty, but alas, little did he and others like him realize the hardships and deprivations they would have to endure before their dreams would come true.

He arrived at the port of New York City on July l2th, 1910 and from there, worked his way westward, where he worked for awhile, laying marble floors in the state of Michigan.

In 1912, he had worked his way as far as Phelps County, Nebraska, where he applied for American Citizenship Papers. Before these papers were granted, the wanderlust again seized him and so north he went to Canada.

I am not certain just when and where he entered Canada, but do recall him telling about working in the wheat fields of Saskatchewan and also the laying of steel to the newly opened coal mine at Nordegg, Alberta.

He then worked his way to Kingman, Alberta, where he worked for Ed. Thompson and where he met and later on April third, 1920, married the girt who was to become my mother. To this union were born 3 daughters, Ester, Alice, Agnes, and 1 son, Emil. Christine Margaret Hoflin, daughter of Eric Hoflin and wife Gertrude, was born July 26th, 1898 at Artur, Minnesota and as an infant, immigrated with her parents to the Kingman district in 1900. She received her three "R's" in this district, attending the old Farmington school.

My mother, like so many of the pioneer sons and daughters, had to neglect her studies in order to help with the work on the homestead. Her mother passed away at an early age, leaving younger brothers and a sister to care for.

After my parents' marriage, they homesteaded in the Lessard district and so began their dream of independence and security. Many are the tales my father would tell us of the hardships they underwent during those early pioneering days. He would tell of days, wandering through the frozen wasteland, looking for the elusive moose in order to put meat on the table, of bartering with the Indians and of the muskrat pelts he would trade at the Lessard Store and Post Office, owned by a Mr. Tollefson, in order to get some coffee, sugar, salt, and flour.

Sister Ester was born on March 11th, 1921 and Agnes and I arrived on October 20th, 1922. After Agnes and I were born, my mother's health started to fail so we were taken in by a Mrs. Iverson. We stayed with this kindly soul for some time and I shall forever be indebted to her for the love and attention she gave us.

In 1925, we moved back to the Kingman district where later, my father bought the farm known as the Pederson farm. At last his dreams became a reality, he now had a home for himself and his family. My brother Emil was born May 26, 1927 and for a time, assisted with the farming.

Our father was active in farming until his passing, after surgery, on April second, 1961, at the age of 68 years. After father's passing, Mother stayed on the farm for awhile, later taking up residence in Camrose until her passing on July third, 1974, at the age of 76 years.

Our family has now scattered. Ester, Mrs. Fred Swanlund, lives in Devon. Agnes, Mrs. Sidney Matson, and Alice, Mrs. Rudy Klein, both reside in Camrose and Emil at Ponoka.

McGUIRE, James Sr. - Mr. and Mrs. James McGuire Sr. left Edmonton and arrived at Dinant in 1920. He was the owner of the Canadian Dinant Coal Company. He died in the early thirties.

McGUIRE, James "Jimmy" - James grew up at Dinant. He spent at least 4 years in the army overseas. He now works as a commissionaire at a technical school in Vancouver. His wife May works in a hardware store.

McGUIRE, James Jr. - The family came from Edmonton in 1920 and lived in a house near the Canadian Dinant mine. He helped his father at the mine, and when his father died, James became the manager. They lived here until the mine closed in 1942.

They had 3 children, Jean married Melville Cornelius, and Nan married Lawrence Cornelius. James Jr. or "Jimmy" was the youngest.

McKERNAN, Gladys (Hallgren) - I was born on the farm at Camrose, after my parents left Kingman. When I was about 3 years old we moved to Barberville, Florida not far from Orlando, where Disneyworld now is. We were there during the Spanish Influenza epidemic in 1918-19, which killed so many people in Alberta and all over Canada - we luckily missed that. We came back to the farm in Camrose, and among other interesting things which my dad brought back from Florida, was a baby alligator. It had to be kept warm at all times, and fed small bits of raw meat (mostly rabbits and gophers). However the Normal School in Camrose borrowed it to show to the students, and forgot it in the school, and the next morning it had died from the cold.

We moved back to Kingman when I was about 6 years old to a farm at Miquelon Lake next to our Uncle Carl Eastberg's place. My sisters, Ivy, Violet and myself went to Miquelon School, and also my brother Hal for a short time. My first teacher was Miss Annie Brown and my second and one of my dearest teachers was Miss Margaret Hiener, who's home was near Kingman. My dad was secretarytreasurer of the school for some years, and some of the teachers boarded at our home. I still remember our first model T Ford car (about 1922), one of the first with a "self starter". My dad traded it to Mr. Erickson who had the lumber yard in Kingman, for one that you cranked, as Mrs. Erickson wanted to learn how to drive - quite a brave undertaking in those days. What a thrill to go up and down the hills at 25 miles an hour. I also remember our first radio with earphones - it had a wire stuck into the ground outside, and on a cold winter night would somehow freeze up, and the sound would die away, then my brother Hal would run out with a kettle and pour hot water on it, and the faint music and voices would come back. We loved to listen to "The Farmer", and his children's program. Another wonderful invention we had was the gramaphone with a large horn. The highlight of the summer was going to the Camrose Fair, or to a silent movie in the Bailey theatre in Camrose. A favorite summer dance pavilion for my older sisters and brothers was "The Bowery" by Miquelon Lake.

In 1930 we left the farm and operated a hotel in Winfield, Alberta for a short while, when fire destroyed many of the town buildings including the hotel. We then moved to Wetaskiwin where I and my sister Elsie went to school, and lived there until my father and mother passed away in 1933 and 1934.

1 married Douglas McKernan in 1937 and we lived in Gibbons, Edmonton and Tofield where my husband bought grain for the United Grain Growers and the Searle Grain Company.

We have 7 children: Gary married Doreen Mazur of Edmonton and manages Gates Rubber. They have 2 daughters, Charlette and Shannon. Donald married Maureen McAfee of Edmonton. He manages the Union Centre Credit Union in Calgary. They have 2 children, Tamara and Brett. Elaine married Gary Niemetz of Tofield, and are living in Tripoli, Libya, where Gary is Superintendent of drilling for Santa Fe. They have 2 children, Dale and Alana. Allen lives in Medicine Hat, and is a driller for Roberts' Rathole Drilling Ltd. Gregory is attending Alberta College of Art in Calgary taking Commercial Art. Grant in Edmonton is controlman for Texaco Oil Company Refinery. Michelle in Edmonton is working in the office of A.G.T. My husband Doug is retired and I work part time in a Doctor's office. We live in Edmonton.

McLAREN, Alexander - by Richard T. McLaren - My great-grandfather Alexander McLaren (Sandy) was born March 7, 1874 at North Leith, Edinburgh, Scotland. At the age of 16 he Joined the Royal Marines for a service of 4 years. He married Catherine Lamont in 1899. They had 7 children, who were Alexander (Sandy), Annie who died 14 days after birth, Fredrick, James, Margaret, John, and William, all born in Scotland. While in Scotland he worked as a coal miner until the Great War began in 1914 when he enlisted in the army. After the war he spent two years in Ireland with the British Troops. He then returned to Whitburn, Scotland where he continued working in the coal mine.

In 1922 at the age of 40, Catherine Lamont died of influenza and bronchopneunionia. Alexander was remarried to Mrs. Annie Greig in 1924. She had children Norman, Lillian, Charles and Richard (Dickie).

The entire family left Whitburn, Scotland with the exception of Alexander's oldest son Alexander. They left April 15, 1926, on the S. S. Montrose and arrived two weeks later in Saint John, New Brunswick. From there they travelled by train to Dinant, Alberta where he settled on his homestead, a quarter section one mile south of Dinant, SW-1-48-20-4.

The family was attracted to Western Canada, through agents who were in Scotland with the view to bring settlers to Canada, under the Soldiers Settlement Board scheme. Although it seems odd they would put coal miners in a coal mining area to farm.

Alexander didn't work in the Dinant coal mine for long, but spent most of his time farming. On November 25, 1939, Alexander McLaren died in his sleep at home after a fairly long illness.

McLAREN - William McLaren - born - Approx. 1800, married Helen Thom - born - Approx. 1800, children:

Alexander McLaren - born - 1818 - Tranent Haddington, Scotland, died - 1888 - Kiershill Lodge, Currie, Edinburgh Co., married Isabella Naples - born - 1817 - Temple Midlothian, died 1899 - Wilkieston, Kirknewton, Edinburgh Co., children: Jane, b. 1841, Grace b. 1843, William b. 1845, Isabella b. 1847, Alexander John b. 1855.

Alexander McLaren - born - 1849 - Currie, Edinburghshire, died - 1922 - Whitburn, Scotland, married Margaret Whiteford - born - 1851 - Nemphlar, Lanarkshire, died - 1881 - Lapiside Place Leith, children: Margaret b. 1873, Isabella b. 1875, Alexander, John and William b. and d. 1881.

Alexander McLaren - born 1874 - North Leith, Edinburgh, Scotland, died 1939 - Dinant, Alberta, married Catherine Lamont - born - 1882 - Whitburn, Scotland, died - 1922 - West Lothian, Whitburn, children: Alexander, Annie b. 1908, d. 1908, Fredrick b. 1909, James b. 1911, Margaret b. 1913, John b. 1915, William b. 1919.

Alexander McLaren - born - 1900 - Northfigg, Scotland, died - 1937 - Dinant, Alberta, married Margaret Irvine - born 1899 - Black Brase, Scotland, died - 1964 - Camrose, Alberta children: Alexander b. 1919, Catherine b. 1922: Gavin b. 1925, Fredrick b. 1929, James b. 1930, Margaret b. 1933, Lindsay b. 1935, Thomas b. 1937.

McLAREN, Alexander - by Richard T. Mclaren - My grandfather Alexander McLaren (Sandy) was born in 1900 at Northrigg, Scotland, a mining town not far from Edinburgh. Sandy married Margaret Irvine July 10, 1918, at Whiteburn, Scotland.

He came to Canada in May of 1927, a year after his father Alexander McLaren. He arrived with his wife and 3 children, Margaret McLaren M.S. Irvine, Alexander (Sandy), Catherine (now Mrs. B. Manning), and Gavin, aboard the S.S. Montcalm.

Upon arrival in Montreal, Quebec, they were quarantined because there had been a smallpox out break aboard ship. They were in Dinant 2 weeks later. The family stayed on Alexander's father's farm for a while before he started homesteading his land 2 miles south and 1 mile east of the Dinant mine.

He started working in the coal mines with the rest of the family. While in Dinant, Sandy had 5 more children, Frederick, James, Margaret, Lindsay, and Thomas. All their children born in Canada were delivered by their grandmother Annie McLaren.

On March 13, 1937, Alexander McLaren was buried in the Dinant mine after a cave-in that occurred in the section of mine he was in.

Camrose Canadian, Wednesday, March 17, 1937. HEADLINE: Forty Tons Of Debris Bury Miner, "Sandy" McLaren, In Dinant Mine Causing Instantaneous Death.

"The first accident at Canadian Dinant Mine, nine miles north of Camrose, to have a tragic end was that in which A. "Sandy" McLaren was killed instantly on Saturday morning last when a cave-in occurred burying him beneath forty tons of debris and several sets of timbers. McLaren had not yet started to work as his unused tools gave evidence. His working place was Room 14, No. seven east entry, about a half a mile from the pit shaft. L. "Yorky" Price, C. Rovang and 0. Olsen, three miners employed nearby, noticed that "Sandy" had not appeared with his car of coal as usual and an investigation was made. Price immediately reported to W. Hibbert, mine manager, who went below and at once asked the men to begin work to bring the body out, the situation indicated that McLaren could not possibly have survived. Mr. Hibbert told the Canadian that in all his long experience with mining, and mining mishaps he has never been associated with a finer group of miners. Working in pairs and under dangerous conditions, for there was continual movement of ground around them, some twenty miners applied themselves with calmness, courage, and efficiency to the grim task. McLaren had gone in about 8 o'clock. Two hours after the tragedy the body was recovered and brought to the surface. Dr. P F Smith, coroner, who was in attendance stated that death was instantaneous. The unfortunate miner had been struck on the head and chest by failing rock. Inspector of mines. B. Nugent, and local R.C.M.P. officers were also present.

The cause of the cave-in is unknown. McLaren was thirty-seven, amiable his disposition, he was popular with the miners and the people of the community. A competent worker, he had been engaged in mining for 22 years, 12 years have been spent at the Dinant mine. His home is located three miles away from the mine.

As a boy of 14, he enlisted in the 17th Highland Light Infantry Cadet Corps and was for a time posted as a guard of honor at Sandringham House, the home of the British Royal Family at which the late King George V passed away. He was married in 1917 before leaving the old country, and leaves his widow and seven children. He is survived by his parents, and thirteen brothers and sisters. His death marks the first break in the family circle.

Mine workers and neighbors have subscribed generously to a fund to tide the family of the deceased over until such time as compensation is forthcoming. Mrs. McLaren is an expectant mother. Alexander was later buried in the Camrose cemetery."

Soon after Alexander died. the farm was taken by the government because there wasn't an old enough male to run the farm. After leaving the farm, Margaret and the rest of the family rented the Old Stewart farm not far from Dinant, where they lived until they moved to Camrose in 1941, just before the mine in Dinant closed down.

On September 13, 1964, Margaret McLaren passed away at the age of 65, and is buried in the Camrose cemetery.

McLAREN, Alexander - by Richard T. Mclaren - Alexander McLaren (Sandy), the oldest son of Alexander McLaren was born October 23, 1919 at Crosscross, Scotland. He came to Canada with his family in April of 1927 at the age of 7 years. He grew up on this farm two miles south and one mile east of the Dinant mine, and attended Dinant and Poznan Schools. Sandy later worked on the farm while his father worked in the mine during the winter months. Sandy started working in the mine In the fall of 1937. Because his father had just been killed in the mine, they had him working up top keeping tally of' the coal brought up on each car. There was a round tag on each car, this tag credited each man with the amount of coal brought up from the mine. Two years later, on September 3, 1939 he joined the army in Edmonton.

He was sent to Sicily and later fought in Italy. He came back from Italy in 1944 to join the Argylls, and was then sent to France where he received his Military Medal. He fought in Belgium and then Holland. Germany made its stand in Holland and things slowed down during the winter months, so Sandy was sent to Canada on leave. Before he returned, the war had ended. He later moved to Edmonton where he married Jeanne Engley. They had 4 children: Sandra Allison born February 11, 1948 in Edmonton, married Gordon Pearce September 2. 1967. Bernice Margaret born April 28, 1951 in Edmonton, married Dean Hardy January 23, 1971. Jeanne Clarice born September 6, 1954 in Edmonton. married Roger Hannon. Alexander Gerrard born August 4, 1956 in Edmonton, married Marlene MacKenzie August 27, 1977.

Sandy was employed with the Edmonton Transit System for 28 years before he started farming outside of Sherwood Park. On August 5. 1965, Sandy's wife passed away.

On April 21, 1971, Sandy married Agnes Caroline Elliott who also had children: David Keith, D'arcy Brian. Linda Dawne, and Duane Robert. Sandy is now a semiretired farmer and part-time carpenter.

McLAREN, Catherine (Lamont) - by Richard T. Mclaren - My aunt Catherine McLaren was born May 4, 1922 in Whitburn Scotland and married Broder (Bro) Manning born May 24, 1909 in Hamburg,, Germany. Catherine had 10 children: Margaret Rose Irvine, Alexander McLaren, John Thomas, Robert, Fredrick, Catherine and Carroline, twins, James Lindsay, Morris Sonke, and Sidney.

Bro started in the Dinant mine in November of 1938. One year later April 22, 1939, Bro married Catherine. They bought a small house from Ernie Rosland for $75.00 where they lived until 1942, when Albert Middlestead moved their house to Round Hill where Bro continued to work in the mine there.

On May 12, 1948, Bro started working at the Imperial Oil Refinery in Edmonton for 80 cents an hour. In 1949, the rest of the family joined him. Bro continued working for Imperial Oil until 1976 when he retired. Cathy and Bro are living in Edmonton.

McLAREN, Frederick (Lamont) - by Richard T. Mclaren - My uncle Fredrick McLaren was born February 14, 1929 in Dinant, Alberta. He married Frances Helen Kontek, born November 7, 1932 in Daysland. They have 4 children: Donald Irvin, Sharon Maxine, Gary Wayne, and Terrence Allen.

He worked in Camrose before moving to Edmonton where he now resides.

McLAREN, Frederick (Lamont) - I was born in 1909 at Whitburn Scotland and married Jane Anne Hogan. My children are Alexander, Fredrick, William, and Richard.

My father, Alexander McLaren, and his clan, came to Dinant April 15. 1926. Coming to Canada was quite an experience. We were used to a very active and large community. Dinant with its two elevators, school, store, and station house was a bit of' a shock.

Our neighbors, the Rosland family, the Olsens, Dandells, Johnstones, and Cails were all there to meet us at the train station. They took us to our farm where they had fixed a lovely meal for us. We were all away to work the first week, at $15.00 per month because we were classified as greenhorns. We were up at 5:00 in the morning to get the cows milked, horses cleaned and fed before breakfast, then out to the field by 7:00. After the cows were milked in the morning, we had the rest of Sunday off until that night when the cows were milked again.

When we first came to Canada it seemed there weren't too many ways to get around except by horse and sleigh as they didn't open the roads till spring. Cars were few and far between. In the early days we made our own fun, there were no radios and not much else to do, so every Saturday night we would have a dance at someone's house, each family taking a turn.

When we left Scotland, we came from a mining town. When we came to Dinant we were only a couple of miles from two mines, one was the Spicer mine and the other the Dinant Coal Company. We worked every day except Sunday at the mine. When the Christmas and New Year's rush came we still had to work till the orders were filled.

While we worked in the mine some soccer teams were formed which consisted of teams from Dinant, Camrose, Ohaton, Duhamel, and Bittern Lake. The Dinant team consisted of Scots, Welsh, and English. The players were Art Heyworth, Goalie, Alexander (Sandy) McLaren and Jim McGuire, backs; myself, right half: Ernie Heyworth, center half; and Peter Alton. left half, Ned Parker, right wing: Scotty Purvis, inside right. Norman Greig, center, Edmund Heyworth, inside left and Alex Garrett, outside left. The team was quite successful and never lost a game in 2 seasons. Later they formed an allstar team combined of Dinant and Camrose players.

I moved to Edmonton, then to Three Hills where I mined until 1938, then moved back to Dinant where the family continued mining until World War II, where we were quite well represented. Norman Greig (stepbrother) joined in 1942. James McLaren (brother) joined in 1940. Margaret McLaren (sister) Joined the C.W.A.C.'s, Alexander McLaren (nephew) and Dickie Greig (stepbrother) were the first to join in the Camrose district. They joined the Edmonton 49 Battalion. September 3. 1939.

1 have since moved from the Dinant area and reside in Lethbridge, Alberta, where my Iw ife and I are now retired.

McLAREN, Gavin Robert Ervin - by Richard T. Mclaren - My uncle Gavin McLaren was born December 7, 1925 at Whitburn, Scotland. He married Elsie Theresa Baron, born August 6, 1924 at Edmonton, Alberta. They had 4 children: Bonita Carol, Renie Shirley, Valrie Susan, Terrance Gavin Robert Irvine.

While in Dinant he went to the Poznan and Dinant Schools. In 1941, at the age of 16, he moved to Round Hill where he received his coal miners papers.

He later joined the army and was stationed in Red Deer. In 1944 he was sent overseas. On August 4, 1946, he was discharged from the army. He rejoined a few years later and has just recently been discharged. Gavin and his family now reside in Wainwright, Alberta where he is working.

McLAREN, James - by Richard T. Mclaren - My great-uncle James McLaren was born in 1911, in Whitburn, Scotland. James arrived with his family in Dinant in April of 1926. He worked on the farm and in the mine for a while. In 1940 he joined the Calgary Highlanders Tank Corps. While overseas, he was discharged after the war and stayed in the British Isles, and is now believed to be living in Birmingham. England.

McLAREN, James Irvine - by Richard T. Mclaren - Uncle James McLaren was born November 15, 1930 in Dinant, Alberta. He married Frances Mary Gibson. They had 3 children: Dennis James, Gayle Terry, and Brian Alexander. James lived in Dinant for 11 years, then moved to Camrose with the rest of the family.

While in Camrose, he took most of his schooling. James joined the Navy and soon was stationed in Edmonton, and then Victoria. He was involved in the Korean War. James retired from the Navy in 1977 after 25 years of service. While in the Navy, he trained to become an engineer which is what he is now doing. James and his family reside in Victoria.

McLAREN, John - by Richard T. Mclaren - My great-uncle John McLaren was born in 1915 at Whitburn, Scotland. He worked in the Dinant Coal mine for a short time, then moved to the coast where he is residing.

McLAREN, Lindsay - by Richard T. Mclaren - Uncle Lindsay McLaren was born April 13, 1935 in Dinant, Alberta. He married Evelyn Turvillia Howard, July 12, 1954. Evelyn was born September 15, 1934 in Blueberry Mountain, Alberta. They had 4 sons: Lindsay Patrick, Alexander Shiredon, James Thomas, and Fredrick Gavin.

Lindsay lived in Dinant until 1941 when he moved to Camrose with his mother and family, where he attended the cottage school. He moved to Edmonton in 1951, where he worked for Canada Packers until 1958, and then worked for Campbell's Furniture.

Lindsay now owns a farm outside Sherwood Park, and owns and operates a garage and restuarant in Tofield, Alberta.

McLAREN, Margaret - by Richard T. Mclaren - My aunt Margaret McLaren was born in 1933 in Dinant. She is living in Edmonton.

McLAREN, Margaret - by Richard T. Mclaren - My great-aunt Margaret McLaren (Meg) was born in 1913 at Whitburn, Scotland. She arrived in Canada with the rest of the family and joined the C.W.A.C.'s while the second World War was on. She married William Steen, a printer for the Camrose Canadian. Both are now deceased. They had a son William Steen who is residing in Camrose.

McLAREN, Thomas Irvine - by Richard T. Mclaren - Thomas McLaren. my father was born May 4, 1937 at Dinant, Alberta. He married Marilyn Karen Hitman born August 14. 1937 in Camrose, Alberta. They have four children. Richard Thomas was born August 14, 1956, in Camrose and married Eva Williams. Daniel Harold was born April 9. 1959 in Edmonton. Judith Karen was born November 10, 1961 in Camrose, and Michael Alexander, October 1, 1973, in Camrose.

Thomas was born soon after his father's death in the Dinant coal mine. He moved to Camrose with his mother and took his schooling in Camrose. He later trained to be a carpenter which is his occupation now. He lives and works in Camrose.

McLAREN, William - I was born September 23, 1919, in Whitburn, Scotland and married Alisa Vivian Puolivali who was born September 20, 1921 at Kuortane, Finland. Our children are Catherine Colleen, Jacquelena, Dayle Sharron, Leslie Maureen.

When I arrived in Dinant, I tried to get into school but was too young at the time and had to wait till Sept., although I already had a year and a half education in the Old Country. My brothers at first worked for farmers around the area and later began work in the Dinant Coal mine. By the time we had enough land broken, the depression hit. Anyone living at that time would remember, if your crops weren't hailed out, they were dried out. When we came to Dinant the store was owned by the Harkness family who later sold to the Calls and they sold to the Ruds who still owned the store when I left Dinant in 1940. During the depression, Dad and some others went up to the North Saskatchewan River to pan for gold, but they were unsuccessful.

Dad was in the Navy in his younger years and went to Africa, and Australia, although he enlisted in the Army during the First World War.

I remember going to school with Ole Rosland, and we were in the same grade. Toger and Ole Rosland, Dickie Greig and myself used to do a lot together, such as skate, ski, play soft and hardball. In the fall the bunch from around the area used to light a campfire and we would have a singsong. There were the Roslands, Andersons, Blombergs, and Hillmans at different times.

I went to work in the Dinant mine operated by the McGuires for a couple of years, then to Round Hill mine then travelled by freight to Vancouver. I am now retired in Vancouver.

McNEIL, Edith (Sikstrom) - I started school in 1940 and finished my grade 10 in 1950. In the fall of 1950 1 attended Alberta College taking a stenography course which was completed in April 1951. Then I worked for Prudential Trust Co. until June 1952. when I quit to go to California with my sister Irene and cousin Pete Sizer. We stayed 6 months and arrived home for Christmas. From January 1953 until 1968 1 worked for the City of Edmonton. Engineers Department.

In the meantime I met and married Ross McNeil and we bought a little house in west Edmonton. I also worked part time for Seven Cities Food Brokers Ltd. and St. Luke Lutheran Parish.

In 1972 Eliza was born. In 1975 we moved to south Edmonton and in 1978 bought a home in the Meadowlark area.

I have a continuing interest in daily affairs, especially in following the exploits of the Eskimo Football team and Oiler Hockey team.

McPHEDRAN, Archibald - Archibald McPhedran and Harriet O'Neil were married June 28, 1893 at Frost, Ontario. In 1920, they moved to Edmonton, Alberta with their children John W., Annie, Jean, Laura, and George.

In Edmonton, Archibald was in the moving and hauling business, and helped to haul the gravel for the girders of the High Level Bridge on 109 Street in Edmonton.

In 1920, the family moved to Dinant and bought the J. Carlson farm - NE 24-48-20-W4M. John "Jack" and Laura came to stay on the farm with their folks. Annie was a schoolteacher and married Bill Heatley - they lived at Beaumont. Jean moved to Juneau, Alaska and owned a Ladies' Wear store there until her retirement. Laura and Gunner Krig live at Grimshaw.

George worked for Olaf Skalin and at the Spicer Mine. He purchased the SW 19-48-19-W4M, which was then raw land.

After Archibald and Harriet passed away, Jack continued farming until he found it necessary to sell and move to Camrose. He was a resident of Stoney Creek Lodge when he passed away on August 2, 1979 at the age of 85 years.

McPHEDRAN, George - George McPhedran and Lilly Slind were married in 1929. Their first years of marriage were spent on the Sizer farm and here their only son Ralph was born.

After a few years, he had a home and buildings on SW 19-48-19-W4M, and the family moved there. Ralph attended Pretty Hill, Dinant, Round Hill, and Camrose Lutheran College.

After his graduation, Ralph played Junior A Hockey in Wetaskiwin and Prince Albert, Saskatchewan. He was then signed by the New York Rangers and played semi-pro hockey and senior hockey in New York, Troy, Ohio; Melville, Saskatchewan; Yorkton. Saskatchewan; and Red Deer, Alberta.

In 1957, Ralph moved to Red Deer and joined the Red Deer Fire Department. He married Esther Howell and they have 3 boys, Evan, Keith, and Neal.

Evan received a Hockey Scholarship at Northeastern University in Boston, and graduated in 1976. In 1977, Evan married Penny Everson. They live in Red Deer where Evan works for the city. Keith is in his last year of Commerce at the U.of A. in Edmonton. Neal is presently going to Sherwood park High School and is goal keeper for the Sherwood Park Crusaders in the Alberta Jr. Hockey League.

George and lilly continued farming until 1967 when they sold the farm to Laurie Lindstrand and bought a home in Camrose where they lived till retirement. George past away on Oct. 6, 1968 and Lilly is now a resident at Bethany Home in Camrose.

McRAE, Clara (Rosland) - Clara Rosland was born at Dinant on December 5, 1920. After her school days she went to work in Camrose. On April 30, 1938 she married Edward McRae. Ed opened his first butcher shop in Ferintosh. They later moved to Biggar, Saskatchewan where he continued his business until retirement.

They have 5 children. Edward was a pilot in the Yukon where he met with a plane accident and was never found. Only a piece of the tail with the plane's number was later found by a prospector. He left a wife and 6 children. Don is married and lives in Biggar, Saskatchewan where he operates a grocery and meat business. Lorne, a dentist is married and lives in Kamloops, British Columbia. Raymond, a salesman, is married, and lives in Edmonton. Diane is married and lives on a farm near Biggar, Saskatchewan.

MELNYK, Olga (Mackowosky) - I am the daughter of Peter and Rose Mackowosky. My home town was Kingman. I married Paul Melnvk from Smoky Lake. We now reside in Forestburg where my husband is a partner In the International Harvester dealership. We had 5 children, the twins are Donald and Ronald. The children are listed in the order of their birth: Rosemarie married Barry Oberg and he is a grain buyer at Forestburg. Pauline is married to Barry Fossen and they make their home in Camrose. He is a certified chartered accountant. Donald married Judy Bowersock and they live in Barrhead. He is a radiographer so works for I.R.I.S. International Radiography and Inspection Services). Ronald married Laurie Tull. He is a heavy-duty mechanic employed at his father's shop. Douglas is the implement mechanic, also working at his father's shop.

MERKEL, Jesse (Cail) - Jessie Cail married Stan Merkel in 1946. Stan was a baker for several years. He later joined the services. Since he returned, they have resided in Edmonton. They have one child, Katherine, who lives in Edmonton.

MICKELSON, Anders - by Esther Rosland - Anders Henrik Mickelson was born May 13,1851 at Hummelgard, Nerpes, Finland. He was the 13 child and when his younger brother Frederick was born their mother died.

Their father remarried and more children arrived. The stepmother ill-treated Anders and Frederick so their grandmother had to take them.

At the age of 10 Anders started peddling tapes, needles, shoelaces, etc. and never again saw or heard from his family. In his wanderings he came to a Russian Military camp. They took him in as a mascot and treated him very well. He was disillusioned with this and one day disappeared to be on his own job of peddling and other work. Finland was then under Russian rulership and when he became of military age he and two pals decided to flee from Finland.

At the water front they were give an alcoholic beverage and hijacked aboard a ship for slave labor. Luckily they came to their senses in time to leap overboard and swim for shore. One never made it. Anders was a good swimmer and very bouyant in water. They finally got a row boat and after an arduouse journey made it to Oland and on to the Swedish mainland.

At Sundsval he got a job as a lathe man and became an outstanding timber man. He also worked in Norway and finally got a job as gardener with millionaire, Paulus Wickstrom in Mordsjon. Anders had no schooling and was unable to write, but could read print.

Margreta Isakson was born September 28, 1853 in Ortrask, Sweden. She was the daughter of an army lieutenant who died of pneumonia 2 months before she was born. Her mother then had to find work and in 1854 married Erik Olaf Nordberg and 4 more children were born to this union. At the age of 12 Margreta had to go out to work.

There was severe famine in Northern Sweden in 1866 and 1867 and at this time they lived on bark bread and reindeer moss. It is said potatoes were only as large as marbles due to lack of rain.

In 1867 Margreta's stepfather left his pregnant wife to find work further south. When he returned in 1874 he had enough money so they decided to go further south. In early spring of 1874, they walked 300 miles pulling a sled loaded with their personal belongings and the youngest child, only six and a half years old. At Mords ion Margreta got a job as cook for millionaire Paulus Wickstrom. She never got any schooling but could read print.

Anders Henrik Mickelson and Margreta Isakson met at Mordsjon and were married in Stugun, January 11, 1879. Children born to them were - August born 1879 and died 1951. He stayed in Sweden. John was born in 1883 and died 1945. He married Bertha "Tillie" Anderson and was buried at Bethlehem cemetery. Anna Alfreda was born in 1886 and died in 1935. She married Olaf Skalin and is buried in Fridhem cemetery. Emanuel "Mannie" was born 1888 and died 1968. He was a bachelor and is buried in Surrey, British Columbia. Maria was born in 1893 and married Oscar Johnson. She is now residing in Red Deer nursing home. Klara was born 1897 and died 1975. She married Evan Grandahl and is buried at Fort Saskatchewan. Two girls died in infancy in Sweden.

In the spring of 1907 a group of 14 decided to immigrate to Canada. They were Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Mickelson. their 5 youngest children. Beda Lendblom. who married Gust Bard: Marie Janson: Mr. and Mrs. Jonas Helgren and family of three. They landed in Quebec and arrived on an immigrant train in Camrose on June 7, 1907, with only $14.00 between them. Mickelson was then 56 years, his wife 54 years and not one of them could speak or understand a word of English.

They luckily ran into Albin Anderson and Mrs. Mickelson told him their destination was to the Charlie Olson place but they did not know how to get there. Albin Anderson went up town and found Olaf Skalin and his father who had come into Camrose that day with a load of pigs. After washing the wagon box in Stoney Creek the immigrants were all picked up and taken to the Charlie Olson farm near first Miquelon Lake. By the way, Jonas Helgren was Mrs. Olson's son by a former marriage and Charlie Olson was Olaf Skalin's uncle. Mrs. Olson prepared a lovely meal for the hungry voyagers, which was greatly appreciated.

Mr. Mickelson walked to Edmonton to file for his homestead N.W. 14-49-20-W 4 and the 4 oldest children got work and with their combined income bought a cow and later more livestock. Mickelson built his first log cabin in the northeast corner of his quarter and they moved in the fall of 1907.

In the spring of 1908 he started prefabricating the logs for a new 2 room, 2 storied home to be built closer to the lake. This log house is unique in that the first floor logs are all vertical and second floor logs are all horizontal.

In the spring of 1909 their first log home was destroyed in a brush fire. They saved their lives by wading into a slough. Mickelson's long beard was burned but he managed to save a young pig that he carried in his arms. In the summer of 1909 they moved into their new home. It was cozy and warm but as with all log houses there was a continuous fight against bed bugs.

This house has been vacant for many years but is still standing. Their first community concern was for a church, and they with several others were instrumental in getting the Lutheran church built in Kingman.

Mrs. Mickelson was president of the Ladies Aid and for several years the church picnics and handicraft sales were held at their home. Mr. Mickelson had erected a flag pole and on all special occasions would raise the Union Jack, Swedish, and Norwegian flags. At Christmas and New Years he would raise a colored lantern.

Mrs. Mickelson was also a mid-wife and her first Canadian baby was Olaf Heie. This couple were my grandparents and I often marveled at my grandparents memories and mental arithmetic. I never heard them complain about any misfortune as there was always something to be thankful for.

At that time the lake came to within a couple of rods of the present road line and when the ice was clear there were numerous skating parties. Grandpa built a swing pole and dad made a sleigh to be attached to the long end, and with skates pushing the short end we would take turns for a wild circle ride. I must also mention the dare devil drives of those days as they took their cars out on the ice for a race.

During the summer grandpa would set out nets and catch suckers to supplement their menu. Berries were plentiful and bears were seen on several occasions.

They raised sheep for wool and that was spun and knit into clothing. Coyotes were a menace but they solved this problem by taking the sheep by boat to an island during the summer months.

Grandma made a little pin money by selling farm produce and baking for the hunters who came down from Edmonton.

MICKELSON, Emanuel (Mannie) - Mannie was born at Stugern, Sweden on June 4, 1888. He died at Surrey, British Columbia November 21, 1968.

In 1927 when his father died "Mannie" took over farm location N.W. 14-49-20-W4 and took care of his mother until her death in 1930. He had previously bought S.W. 14-49-20-W4. He had a model T Ford and during the later years of his parents' life they rode in style.

Mannie made his living from cattle which he pastured on the second quarter where they had easy access to water. It was a daily chore to cut a water hole in the ice during winter.

Mannie had two harrowing experiences as a young man. Once he was knocked unconscious by a bolt of lightning. Another time, while raking hay his team ran away and he was caught and rolled in the rake until his team stopped. Again he was unconscious.

Mannie was a quiet man and a very good housekeeper.

In 1948 he sold his land to his nephews, Bernard Johnson buying the home place and Harold Johnson the other quarter. He then retired to North Surrey, British Columbia where he succumbed to a heart attack.

MICKELSON, Johannes - by Eileen Rosland - John Mickelson was born in Mordsjon Sweden, he arrived at Kingman in June 1907. He filed on a homestead near the north shore of second Miquelon Lake. After losing his home and all his belongings in a prairie fire, he gave up his homestead and went to work on the railroad at Mirror and later worked on the section in Kingman.

Bertha Matilda "Tillie" Anderson was born in Iowa on January 23, 1893. She came with her parents when they homesteaded in the west Dinant district in about 1900.

On May 10, 1916 John and "Tillie" were married and they lived in the station at Kingman. In early 1917 they moved to Deville where John got a job as section foreman. In May 1919 they moved to the Dinant district, renting the farm from S. Carter and in June he bought NW 27-48-20 from the C.P.R. and fenced the land, bought a house from a miner at Dinant, and moved it to his farm. Later this house was enlarged to become a cozy little home.

John passed away April 9, 1945 and Tillie moved to Camrose in 1948 where she still resides. They had two children, Robert and Eileen (see Ole Roseland).

They took over his dad's farm and their 4 children were born there.

Robert drove the bus for the Dinant School for 3 years and then got first hand experience working at the Miquelon Lake Provincial Park.

In 1966 he became park warden at Big Knife Provincial Park near Forestburg. He has served as park warden in several Provincial Parks in Alberta and is presently park warden at Sir Willaim Switzer Provincial Park near Hinton.

Their oldest son Raymond is presently attending a college in Lethbridge for a degree in Forestry. Glen is working in the new Kananaskis Provincial Park. Connie is working in Red Deer and Leon is still at home and attending high school.

MIKAELSON, Henrik - Henrik Mikaelson was born at Kristinehamn, Sweden, on July 3, 1904. He was the oldest grandchild of Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Michelson.

In July 1923 he arrived at Kingman and made his home with his aunt and uncle Mr. and Mrs. Olaf Skalin. His first enthusiasm was over all those cute little animals running along the roadside. He had never, seen a gopher before.

One evening in July 1923 at about 11 p. m. there was a violent hail storm when windows shattered and hail stones came clattering into the bedrooms to awaken all. He thought the world was coming to an end.

Henrik was possibly best remembered by the big Cello he brought along from Sweden. He played along with other local musicians at church programs and parties.

He worked on the railroad section at Kingman for a while. He attended the Pretty Hill school to learn to speak and write English. In 1928 he decided to go home to Sweden for Christmas. He got work as a railroad employee and went on to become a locomotive engineer.

He married Alice Johnson and they had 2 children, May, who is a school teacher and Lars Henrik, who passed away at the age of 10 years. Henrik is now retired in Kristinehamn. Sweden but is confined to a wheel chair having had both legs amputated.

MILLANG, Eileen Luelle (Lindberg) - I was born in Kingman November 11, 1926 to Charles and Gunda Lindberg. I attended Coal Hill School from 1933 to 1940 with teachers Olive Heffren. Gladys Christenson, and Bent Berild. I spent 1940-1943 at the Kingman High School. My teachers were Viola Kellner and Mrs. White. In 1943-45 1 completed my education in Edmonton at Victoria Composite High and McTavish Business College.

From 1945 to 1951 1 was employed as a comptometer operator at Alberta Livestock Co-op. and secretary at Veteran's Land Act, Income Tax Department and Department of National Defence. For 18 years I was a homemaker and did casual secretarial work. One year I worked as secretary to the Debtor's Assistance Board and from 1971 to the present I serve in that capacity to the Superintendent of Schools Canadian Forces Base Edmonton.

On July 8, 1950 at Central Lutheran Church in Edmonton I married Chester U. Luverne Millang of Camrose. He was born in Ellsworth, Iowa, July 5, 1921. He came to Canada in 1923 and became a Canadian Citizen in 1961. His education was obtained at Poznan 1928 to 1936, and Kingman High 1937-38. For 7 years he worked as a farmer and trucker. The next five years he was employed as a locomotive fireman for Canadian National Railways. From 1951 to the present he is locomotive engineer for C. N. R.

We have 2 sons and 2 daughters. Lyle Wade who was born April 1953 attended schools in Edmonton and Mount Royal College in Calgary. His employment is that of Assistant Manager, Mathew & Co., Edmonton. Gerhard Lee (Gary) born June 1954 had all his education in Edmonton finishing at N.A.I.T. Presently he is employed as an electrician with the city of Edmonton. He married Corinne MacDougall at Mount Zion Lutheran Church in Edmonton on August 23, 1975. They have 1 son Robert Scott Ubert, born November 10, 1976. Sharlene Ann born June 30, 1960 attended schools in Edmonton from kindergarten to grade 12, worked part-time at K-Mart, Furniture Clearance Centre, Eaton's. and one year in the office of Crosstown Motors. Presently she is attending the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology in a two-year secretarial arts program. Gail Casandra was born July 2, 1964. She is in grade 10 at Queen Elizabeth High School in Edmonton and plans to enter the accounting field.

All of us live in Edmonton and have been active members of Mount Zion Lutheran Church since its organization in 1955, serving on Council, with the Church Women's Group, Youth Groups, Sunday School, and with the choir.

MILLANG, Lester - The Millang family ties with this area go back, to 1905. The Reverend Thomas Torger Carlson came to Camrose from Davis, South Dakota to investigate a call to serve as pastor for the early settlements of Scandia, Bardo, St. Joseph's, Salt Lake (or Trondhjem), Bawlf, New Norway, and Camrose.

In Oct. 1906 he moved his family, his wife Martha and children Caspara, Camuel, Thomas, Mollester, Martha and Luella, to Canada.

The following spring in Mar. 1907, he purchased from the C.P.R. Section 21-48-19-W4. In early 1916 he resigned from the Camrose parish and with his family returned to St. Paul, Minnesota. A family friend and farmer John Hall was hired and came to Canada to rent the land. Later Camuel Carlson farmed the land and also worked in the Dinant coal mine between 1920 and 1923.

Later while working in Williams, Iowa. Caspara met Ubert Millang. a young farmer. In September 1916 they were married. It was during their stay there that Mirriam (Mrs. Harold Kjelland), Oliver, and Luverne were born. In February 1923 they moved to Camrose and farmed the land owned by Rev. T. T. Carlson. At the time of their moving, Ubert had 3 children, 9 horses and a few cattle. There were approximately 20 acres cleared that could be used as crop land.

During the years several more children arrived: Beulah (Mrs. Gordon Anderson). Alvina, (Mrs. Calvin Eckford), Lester and Harriet (Mrs. Jack Campbell), Mirriam, Oliver, Luverne and Beulah attended the Poznan school for the elementary grades then Kingman for high school. Alvina and Lester attended Poznan until its closure in the fall of 1943 when they were bussed to Round Hill. Harriet attended the Round Hill School.

In 1961 Lester married Agnes Moen and in 1962 they purchased the farm maintaining it in the family for the 3rd generation. Lester and Agnes have 3 sons. Jeffery, Mark and Darryl and together run a grain and cattle operation.

MILLANG, Oliver - The Poznan School was located 1 mile south of the Millang residence - where Miriam, Oliver, Luverne, and Beulah took grades 1 to 9 with neighbors' children of the district. They then went to Kingman High School for grade 10 and 11 where they met many new friends. As years passed it has been a joy to meet these friends of school days in different places. The community spirit of the people of Kingman area was a rewarding experience. Much fun was had at the carpet ball games and also at the gymnastic club. Many times memories of Kingman School days drift back and teacher Simon Simonson is to be highly commended for a job well done. The Cafe and General Store were frequent meetings places.

Years have passed since those school days of the 1930's and later on the Millang children married and all have families now.

Miriam went on to be a nurse and married Harold Kjelland of Viking - they have a son Jerry and a daughter Judy. Oliver went into farming - married Elvera Eckstrand of Sedgewick, they have sons Lonnie and Colin, and daughter Karen. Luverne became a railroad Fireman - married Eileen Lindberg of Kingman and have sons Lyle & Gary, daughters Sharlene and Gail. Beulah went into bank employment and married Gordon Anderson of Camrose, they have sons Toni, Terry, and Curtis. Alvina took stenography training and married Calvin Eckford of Pembroke, OntarI o and they have daughters- Debbie, Shelly, Mary, and Karen. Lester went into farming. He married Agnes Moen of Stewart Valley, Saskatchewan and they have sons - Jeff, Mark and Darrell. Harriet took stenography training and later married Jack Campbell, they had a daughter Kari.

In this year, 1980, the sons and daughters of Ubert and Caspara Millang are enjoying reasonably good health and have much to be thankful for.

MOLLER, Helen (Blyckert) - My memories of childhood days in Kingman are many, if space permitted a book could be written.

One incident is of the prairie fire close to Kingman. Everyone had to go out to fight it. How frightened we were because the fire was so close, soon it was brought under control. I have fond memories of our first Christmas of 1911 in our new land. On Christmas Eve some of the thoughtful neighbours and friends gathered for a Christmas party and program in the hall above Lars Johnson's Store. Gifts were under the tree and later in the evening they were distributed to the children. This was new to us but with wide eyes of anticipation, yes at last our names were called, Ruth's and mine. I received a beautiful ceramic horse and my sister's gift was a ceramic log house. What joy, thanks to Mrs. Charlie Lindberg whose thoughtfulness will never be forgotten.

On Christmas Day in the early morning dad and mom and their two daughters had the loan of a horse and buggy from the livery barn owned by Hans Haugland and Thor Horte to drive out to Mr. and Mrs. Nels Johnsons' farm west of Kingman. We were to attend "Julotta" held at Mickelsons' farm across Miquelon Lake from Johnsons. Upon opening the gate and entering Johnsons' farm, the horse started to balk and prance almost upsetting the buggy and the four of us. Hilder Johnson came to our rescue and led the horse in so all went well. The Johnson and Blyckert families piled into a bob sled and drove to "Julotta" at the cozy Mickelson home. There were many neighbours gathered to hear Pastor Hallberg give the Christmas message. After the service the Blyckerts were invited to Nels Johnsons for a good Christmas dinner prepared by kind and thoughtful Mrs. Johnson.

Many times some of us used to hike down the railroad track to visit old Mr. Dalberg. He lived one and one-half miles south of Kingman where he had a quaint little place. He raised chickens and in the summer he had a beautiful garden and flowers. One day when the Lars Johnson sisters, Laura and Hilda, also Ruth and I visited Mr. Dalberg, Laura decided to bake a cake with the rest of us helping. She forgot the baking powder. It was edible but rather a letdown on Laura's baking ability.

There is the memory of another old-timer, bachelor Nels Nelson, who lived on a farm near Kingman. He used to drive to the village with a horse and an oxen hitched to a lumber wagon. He moved from Kingman in the 1920's. George Welch became the owner of' the land which in later years became the property of Mr. and Mrs. Merlin Simonson.

During school terms 2 little girls, Helen Swanson and Helen Falconer, stayed at our home. Helen Swanson attended Kingman School till 1915 when a school was built closer to her own home west of Miquelon Lake. Her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Swanson farmed in that part of the hills in the spring of 1916. They sold their animals and farm and moved back to Minneapolis, Minnesota, where he started a butcher shop. They and their daughter have since passed away.

Helen Falconer stayed at our home till 1917 or '18 when she went to live with her parents south- west of Miquelon Lake to attend school near there.

At the age of 15, 1 left home to earn my own living. As a housemaid I worked in Edmonton and in Camrose. I worked many years for Dr. and Mrs. Nordbye. In 1931, I got married to Magnus Lundberg. We settled on a homestead in the Enilda district in the Peace River area, living there till 1935. We sold our few cattle, rented out our quarter of land to a neighbour, and moved back to Camrose. Later we moved to the Ponoka district where we farmed. Our 4 children took all their schooling there.

In 1949 or '50, we disposed of our cattle and machinery and went to live in the town of Ponoka. My husband worked at constructing school buildings until his sudden death from a heart attack in 1958. He was 61 years of age.

We had 4 children. Lenard, employed by an oil exploration company, resides in Edson. He has 2 daughters and 1 son. Carol Hougleton lives in Edmonton. Her husband is a salesman. They have 2 adopted sons. Marva Uhrich lives at Fort St. James, B.C. She and her husband operate a dining lounge at Stewart Lake. They have 3 boys and 1 girl. Verniel Pushak lives in Fernie, B.C., where her husband is foreman at Kaiser's Exploration in coal. They have a son and daughter.

In August 1960 I married Eric Moller who died February 22, 1974 at 84 years of age. I make my home at Valley Lodge, Bashaw, Alberta. I have many fond memories of my childhood days while living in Kingman

MOLVIK, Gordon Parnell - I was born in Kingman, on October 13, 1926. 1 attended school there for 10 years. In the summer of 1942 1 left home and went to La Glace and Sexsmith where I worked for Alberta Wheat Pool. I was transferred to the north side of the Peace River and served as agent in Gage and Whitelaw. After leaving the elevator I went to work on road construction with Thordarson Bros. Construction and McLarty Construction, working from Northwest Territories border to Grande Prairie area.

I was married to Eunice Ross on June 10, 1952 at Brownvale. We lived in Berwyn until 1954 when I went to work for Century Geophysical of Calgary, staying with them until 1974, when we moved back to Berwyn. While working with Century Geophysical we lived in Grande Prairie, Edson, Whitecourt, Kingman, Dawson Creek, and finally in Calgary for the last 12 years. I now have a trucking and welding business in Berwyn.

Six children were born during these years, Brian, Mavis, Allison, Norman, Kenneth and Laura.

Brian Leslie Molvik was born in Peace River in August, 1953. He went with us to Calgary in 1962 where he completed High School while playing hockey for Calgary Centennial Junior A Hockey Club. He was drafted by New York Ranger Organization in 1972 and played pro hockey for 3 years, then he moved back to Calgary. He started working with a plumbing company, which he is now doing. He and his wife, Judi, and 1 year old son Michele Gordon live in Calgary.

Mavis Marda Gummow and 2 sons, Greg and Gerry, now live in Brooks. Mavis was born in Grande Prairie. She completed her High School in Calgary.

Allison Merit Stroshiem and husband Bill live in Wetaskiwin. Allison was born in Camrose and moved with us back to Berwyn in 1974 where she completed her High School.

Norman Scott Molvik now lives in Calgary and is apprenticing in the plumbing trade. Norman was born in Dawson Creek in June, 1960. He completed his schooling in Berwyn.

Kenneth Stanley, and Laura Joan Molvik live with their mother in Brooks. They are completing grade 12 this year. The twins were born in Calgary in September 1962.

MOLVIK, Gunda - I was born in Moorhead, Minnesota, on May 18, 1893. In 1901, I came with my parents, Dorothea (nee Simonson) and Peter Scramstad, and brother Daniel, to Wetaskiwin. With the help of land guide, Edmund Thompson, we settled north of Kingman on what is known as the Oscar Simonson place. We got our mail and groceries at the Finseth store in Bardo. The creek by our place was like a river then, and I remember my father swam the horse across and lost his overcoat. There was lots of brush around and hordes of mosquitoes. Several people used oxen and they sometimes used masks on the horses and made smudges for the cattle.

We had been there for some time before enough families moved in to open the Willow Flats School, later called Farmington School.

In 1905 we moved to Camrose where my dad had the Farmer's Inn and Livery Barn. Later, he had a large skating and curling rink, which collapsed under the weight of melting snow. Luckily, it happened during the supper hour when it was not in use, as a big hockey game was scheduled for that night. After that, my dad, Pete Scramstad, worked at the Normal School until he retired.

In 1916 1 married Alfred Thompson and lived at Cold Lake for 3 months. We then moved back to Kingman to the Thompson farm. Many men worked on the farm at the time of the flu epidemic of 1918, and it certainly hit the Thompson household. First, 18 year old Mabel died, then Theodore, Alfred and Johnnie, followed by a cousin, Oscar Tollefson. It was a sad time with so many deaths. I also had the flu. Our daughter, Dorphy, was almost a year old then.

I bought a house from Hans Haugland and moved it onto 20 acres of land on the outskirts of Kingman. I kept cows, chickens and pigs and always had a good garden. I also took in boarders, including the first station agent, school teachers, storekeepers, elevator crews and others. There was also a banker once a week. Kingman, was a busy place then, with 2 stores, station, garage, post office, hardware store, lumberyard, school, and churches and we must not forget Dettwiler's shoe shop for repairing shoes and harness. There were also daily trains.

In 1924, I, Gunda Thompson, married Roy Molvik, a carpenter by trade. Several homes and barns in the Kingman, Bardo, Dinant and Round Hill districts were built by him and helpers. We had 4 children, Norman, Gordon, Nora and Jean. Norman passed away when he was three and one-half years of age.

Many students from the surrounding district stayed with us to go to school.

In 1934 Dorphy went to the Peace River District to work, as times were hard and money was scarce. Dorphy spent 4 years working in the store for Carl and Selma Larson. She then married Harvey Bekkerus and has lived in La Glace ever since. They have 2 children, Darrel, who farms at La Glace and Doreen, married to Miles Kuryvial also at La Glace. They have 2 daughters, Loralee and Karen.

Gordon married Eunice Ross and they have 6 children. Brian and Judy have 1 son Michael and live in Calgary. Mavis and Gary Gummow have 2 sons, Greg and Jerry and live in Wetaskiwin as do Allison and Bill Strosheim, Norman, Laura and Ken live in Brooks.

Nora married Iver Olson and they had 4 children. Judy and Elmer O'Dell and their 2 daughters, Rhonda and Danielle, live in Victoria, B.C. Patti Lynn is in Edmonton as are Vicky and Richard Watchman with their son. Ragen. Ricky and Judy and their children, Clint and Karrie live at Beaverlodge. Sadness came on Dec. 5, 1975 when Nora passed away at age 46.

Jean married Phil Haukedal, they have 3 children. Cheryl and Jack Janzen and their daughter Heather live in Calgary. Cathy is in training at the U. of A. in Edmonton. Bradley lives at home in La Glace.

In 1963 Roy and I decided to sell our house in Kingman and move to L Glace where some of our family lived. It wasn't easy to leave my home of 45 years and it was a sad farewell, many friends turned out with good wishes.

At La Glace we were welcomed in a friendly way and settled in to a new house Roy and helpers built. Here we celebrated our 40th. wedding anniversary.

On Oct. 10, 1970 Roy passed away and I lived alone for a year. Then I decided to move to the Hythe Pioneer Home, where I'm very happy.

There were times of sorrow and happiness but through the years I have appreciated good neighbors. I spent many hours writing to old friends and am happy to get letters, and better still a visit.

MORRISON, Evelyn (Myhre) - When I was 7 I started school at Miquelon even though I could only speak Norwegian. The children in those days packed their lunches in Rogers Golden Syrup pails and in the winter the food was always frozen.

My fondest memory is of the cold winter evenings when Mother would have us sit around the kitchen table and have my brothers play some music and all of us would sing the good old hymns. This was a delight because Mother loved to sing.

Another memory is of Father who would drive a team of horses 18 miles to Round Hill in 40 below weather to pick up coal and groceries. He left early in the morning and wouldn't return until the next day. He would stop at Mr. and Mrs. Ole Bjorgum's to rest the horses and spend the night. With anticipation we waited for his return. The barking of the dogs would signal his arrival. We knew that Mah Him and Mah Dong at the International Store had put a big bag of candy in with the groceries. The candy would be put in seven lines on the table so each would get a fair share.

I remember how Mother would sometimes have to stay up all hours of the night baking bread, 15 loaves at a time, because she was very busy during the day with the farm and children.

I got married when I was 17 and had 2 daughters, Violet and Joyann. Violet was born on the old Andrew Hoflin farm and Joyann was born in Camrose. They attended Kingman School before continuing their education in Edmonton.

In 1949 1 married Donald John Morrison who was from the Ohaton and Camrose area. We have 3 sons, Kenneth, Gary, and Glenn, who were born in Edmonton. Presently my husband and I are retired and living in Edmonton.

Violet and her 5 children live in Edmonton: Joyann and her 2 children live in Burnaby, British Columbia. Kenneth and Glenn are working in Edmonton. Gary, an electrician, is married and has 2 children and living in Edmonton. We have 9 grandchildren.

MOSTOWICH, Harry - by Annie Romanissan - Harry Mostowich came to Canada June 6, 1904, from the Ukraine in search of a better life. He was born May 6, 1880, and worked his way across Canada by working on railroads along the way, until he reached Round Hill. On Jan. 24, 1908, he married Sophie Kozak. Sophie was born Sept. 21, 1891. She came to Canada with her parents. In Oct. 1908 he homesteaded on SE 36-49-20-W4, which was all bush and sloughs. They built a tworoom house in which they lived for many years. All their family were born there. There were 7 boys and 2 girls, also 2 children died in infancy.

Each year Harry cleared some land and built more buildings. In the winter he would cut logs, hew them and build more buildings. He made his own bobsleighs, cutters and whatever he needed. He would buy rawhide and sew his own harness.

In the summer till late fall, he worked on the Bardo section to make some extra money. He stayed in the section house all week and walked home on the weekend. Sunday evening Sophie would take him back with team and buggy, come back and stay with the family and look after everything. There were quite a few bears around then and when Sophie saw one coming she would put the children up in the attic and stay there with the family until the bear decided to leave. She kept milk down the well to cool in a milk cooler. When the bear discovered this he pulled the cooler out and drank the milk. After a few rounds of this. Sophie got tired of it and filled the cooler with water. When the bear pulled the cooler out of the well and found it filled with water, he ripped the cooler wide open with his claws.

The Mostowich family always milked a lot of cows, raised chickens, geese, ducks, turkeys and pigs for sale and for home consumption. They also had a lot of horses as farming and other work were done with horses in those days.

As times got a little better they bought more land, broke more land and built better buildings on the farm. In 1936 and 1937 Harry built a new house. By now the boys were older and were able to help a lot, so things got a little easier. They got their first car in the 1940's and their first tractor in 1939.

Harry and Sophie did a lot of work for the Catholic Church in Round Hill where they were members. Sophie passed away September 14, 1958 and Harry March 27, 1969. Their oldest son Steve is retired and lives in Kingman. John farmed in the Tofield area for many years and passed away in March 1972. Sam is living on his land in the Tofield area, renting his land out and doing a lot of carpentry work.

Annie married Pete Romanissan. They farmed in the Miquelon and Woodlawn districts. They are now retired and live in Tofield. They have one daughter Edna who is an R.N. She married Jim Swaffield of Edmonton and presently they are living in Sherwood Park. They have 4 children, the oldest of whom works at Simpsons-Sears, the others are still in school.

Arthur lives in Calgary and works for Fred Mannix Co. He has worked there for many years. He married Violet Coles in 1950. They have 6 children: Barbara is a teacher, married to Ray Lambert, and they both teach in Calgary. Allan is a captain with Air Canada and lives in Montreal. Philip and Ken are both married, living in Calgary. Jeff is attending university while John is still in high school.

Victor is married to Mary Clark and they now live in Westbank, British Columbia. Joe farmed the home place till his passing on July 22, 1974. Anton farmed at home for a long time, then he went to work on various oil rigs. He married Esther Tate of Camrose and they lived at Fort St. John, B. C. till his passing on May 17, 1978. They have 5 children, all attendiing school. Esther and family now live in Camrose.

Carrie is married to Bernard Barton who is a high school teacher. They have 4 children, the oldest boy in university and the other 3 still attending school. They live in South Delta, B. C.

In those days there were a lot of hard times, but a lot of good times too. Like our Christmas gatherings when everything was homemade and very much appreciated.

MURRAY, Donald & Muriel - by Carol Schmidt - In the summer of 1952, the Donald Murray family arrived in Kingman. Accustomed to a life style that reflected British customs, it was quite a jolt to find ourselves in the midst of a Little Scandinavia. It didn't take long to learn that 'God dag' was not swearing, lefsa was not leftovers, and coffee was drinkable anytime and was never too strong.

Dad had been hired by the County School Board to teach the Industrial Arts classes in Kingman, so our home was the little white teacherage north of the pump house. He also had to teach Junior and Senior High classes from Dinant, Hay Lakes. Armena, and Round Hill.

Life in a small town, in a smaller house, with no running water or sewer and a family of 4 young children from ages 2 through 8, kept Mom very active. One year she baby-sat for the Home Economics teacher's 2 children. That fall all 4 girls came down with the chicken pox at the same time. Life was a busy round of hauling and heating water and bathing one itchy invalid after another.

The 4 of us children have happy memories of playing Kick-the-Can late into the warm summer evenings, climbing around the no longer used loading platform, and stock corrals along the railroad tracks, and sailing homemade boats through the culverts and ditches. Phil got to be a crack shot with his B.B. gun, we skated on Ness's slough in the winter, and biked all around the countryside in the summer. Since Dad was a teacher we were able to travel during the summer vacations and we had many memorable trips into various parts of Canada and the U.S., in the ungainly-looking trailer that Dad had built.

We attended the Baptist Church and worked with ministers such as Herb Montgomery, Jake Johnson and Walter Kokot - all of whom have remained good friends over the years. When we first started frequenting the church the meetings were held in the building which now houses Asp Draperies. In 1956 a new church was purchased and moved in. Dad acted as Sunday School Superintendent for many years and Mom was one of the pianists and sang in various singing groups. In the fall of 1955(?) Mom started a club called Pioneer Girls and a large group of girls between the ages of 8 and 14 received lasting training in cooking, sewing, outdoor life, and scripture.

Not to be forgotten were the summers we spent at the Bible Camp at 3rd Miquelon Lake. For many years Mom worked as one of the cooks and has fed well over a thousand hungry campers. The summer monsoons always seemed to arrived about the time the campers were ready to go home and the 70 to 100 kids would be loaded up in cattle trucks and wallowed out to dry land. Every vehicle had to he personally escorted through each mud hole, gully, and slough with the help of at least 8 pairs of strong arms. Those were the 'good old days'.

Leaving Kingman in 1960, we built a house in Ponoka and lived there for 5 years. The family returned to live in Camrose in 1965 where Dad taught in the Industrial Complex of the Camrose Composite High until his retirement in 1975. Mom and Dad still reside in Camrose with winter breaks spent in Arizona.

The eldest daughter, Diana, is married to Walther Trithart of' Edmonton, has one daughter and is employed at the General Hospital. Lynn, is married to Dr. Harold Roth, lives in Rocky Mountain House, and has 2 boys. Carol, married to Donald Schmidt of Kingman, has a son and a daughter. Phil, the Youngest son, married to Gladys Lempke of Camrose, lives in Vancouver where he operates two Insta-Lube businesses.

MYHRE, Floyd - by Helen Myhre - Floyd went to Miquelon School. He left home in 1947 to work with a construction firm. He has been living in Calgary since 1949 where he now has a small construction business.

We have three children, all living at home. Wayne and Wade are twins, 21 years old, who are employed with Con-Force products. Sheldon is 16 years old and a student.

MYHRE, John & Elin - by Esther Ovelson - In 1924, my parents began making preparations for their immigration to Canada. Our name was changed from Erickson to Myra. Dad took this name from the land we lived on, which was called "Myra". A son Harry John Myra was born shortly before they set sail. So it was in 1926 with a family of 3, that John and Elin Myra left Rjukan, Norway, for the land of opportunity. Evelyn was five. I was three, and Harry was just a baby. Mother often spoke of the rough time she had on the trip. Evelyn came down with whooping cough and Mother was seasick most of the way She said how lucky she was that Harry and I never got sick.

Loneliness for the homeland was only one of the hardships they encountered. Old Country songs were remembered and often sung. One of these being, 'Kan DU Glomma Gamla Norga, Ja du Alrig, Glomma Kan.'

Dad got back to Norway in 1964, but Mother never did manage to get back to her homeland of Stockholm, Sweden. Mother had left Sweden to work in Norway, where she met and married Dad.

The old ways still held, Dad seldom called Evelyn and I by our given names, he gave us nicknames, which held till we were out of school. Evelyn was 'Stor Tulla' and I was, 'Lill Tulla'.

In May 1926 they arrived in the Bardo District, at the John Anderson farm. Mother kept house for Mr. Anderson, which Would be the same as paying rent today. Evelyn and I were at the age, when we got a bang out of chasing Mr. Anderson's chickens. We had never seen chickens before, so to chase them and make them run was a lot of fun. Mother had quite a time to stop us from playing our new game.

Dad cut brush in the area for a few pennies a day. The most paid in those days was a dollar an acre, but Dad, instead of money, would work in exchange for our first horse and cow.

One day Dad had been in the Kingman area and met Mr. Oscar Thompson, who offered Dad a house to live in on Section 12, a few miles southwest of Kingman. The old house is still standing and Clifford Christenson now owns the land. They left John Anderson's farm with their 3 children, a large wooden crate (called a 'kassa') which held our belongings from Norway, Mom's old Singer Sewing machine and her fancy work. It was here on Section 12 that our first Canadian, Mabel Elvera Myhre, was born. Ruth Hovelson delivered Mabel.

The day finally came when Dad had cut enough brush to get our first horse (Baldy). Dad got Baldy from Jack Erickson, who lived just north of Kingman. Leonard Wideman now owns that land. Our first cow (Lady), Dad got from Jonas Helgren, south of Miquelon Lake.

In 1929 T. J. Rogness was the man who showed the newcomers their new land. Our land was six and a half miles northwest of Kingman, on C.P.R. land. This land is now owned by Elmer Sitler's sons, Glenn and Harold. Mom and Dad began building at once. They chose the highest hill overlooking First Miquelon Lake. They had the cellar dug and two walls up when a big wind came and blew it down. Seeing that this spot was unsafe, they chose a spot a half mile north and built our 12 feet by 24 feet, two-roomed house. Dad later found out that the site they had originally chosen was not even on their land.

In March, 1930, another son Floyd Frank Norman Myhre, was born. Mrs. Andrew Ovelson was midwife She was paid with a 100 lb. sack of flour. Floyd was the first baby born in our house in the hills.

By now, Dad had cleared about ten acres of land, with Baldy pulling stumps. The breaking was done by Pete Winder, who was always there when you needed a hand. Since we had no barn at this time, we stored our grain in a small granary which also housed our farm animals. Dad and Baldy would haul the grain all the way to Camrose to Byers Flour Mill. In 1932, Dad started building our barn.

Evelyn and I didn't start school till we were 8 years old. We had quite a hike and in the winter time, the older ones would have to break trail for the younger ones. We attended school at Miquelon and since we knew no English, we had quite a time. Gustav and Frank Nelson would often translate to the teachers for us, which helped a lot. Our teachers were: Hazel Hillerud (who could understand some Scandinavian), Mr. McDonald (a terror with the strap). Eric Hansen, Bernice Osness, Berit Berild and Clifford Simonson. In 1932, another son Oliver Harold Myhre was born. Mrs. Anna Hoflin delivered him. I remember quite well how scared we were when Fred Ewanchew came over and said he would take the baby because he was born on Halloween. We were quite relieved when he said he was only teasing.

In 1932, Dad started cutting props for the Round Hill Coal Mine. The props were needed for underground support. With the help of Evelyn and I Dad would cut the props and haul them to the mine, a distance of 16 miles. In return he would get a load of coal for our home heating. Sometimes we exchanged the coal for groceries at the International Store in Kingman (mostly called the Chinaman's Store and was operated by Charlie Mah Him and Jim Mah Dong.)

Friday night Young People's meetings were held in homes, mostly at the Pete Winder's, Oscar Broen's, Andrew Ovelson's, Carl Ekdahls, Eric Winders, or John Myhres. We Would sing and play games till all hours of the night. We looked forward to these evenings very much.

Once a year, at Christmas we would hold our Christmas Concert. The teachers worked with the children for a month training them for this big night. Everyone would take part. Santa would always make his call and there were gifts for everyone. Christmas Eve at home was a big night for us. Dad would walk through deep snow, axe in hand, to find just a perfect spruce tree. The odor of a fresh spruce was something else. The tree was set up Christmas Eve and Mother would do the decorating with decorations saved through the years. Those days we used and lit candles on the tree. When the tree was all decorated we would join hands and dance around the tree and sing while Mother would light the candles. We sang 'Nu Tenner Modar Alla Lyse' and 'Silent Night' (Stilla Natt, Helliga Natt). There were always gifts for everyone under the tree, no matter how hard it was for Morn and Dad to get the money for them.

In 1936, twins Gunner and Ruth were born. They were delivered by Mrs. Anna Hoflin. However, the twins passed away shortly after birth. Dad had no money for coffins, so he drove down to see Thomas Rogness, who lived in Kingman. He made the twins nice, small, white coffins out of apple boxes. In 1939, another son, Alfred George Myhre was born. He was born in Mrs. Gray's Nursing Home in Tofield. We were now a family of 7.

Mother became sick with cancer and had an operation in May of 1943. In October, she passed away at the age of 44. Dad managed well and kept farming with Floyd, Oliver, and Alfie still at home. In 1947, Floyd went out to work. Oliver and Alfie were left home with Dad.

Harry the eldest son lives in Surrey, B. C. and is employed in a Gypson plant. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Myhre raised a family of 4.

Oliver is married to Yvonne Nelson and they have raised 2 children. He is employed at the Forestry School in Hinton as well as being partly selfemployed.

In 1949, we entered Alfie in the Search for Talent Show at the age of 11. He did very well. Alfie stayed at home until he finished school, then C.F.R.N. Radio Station, Edmonton managed to keep him well occupied. Now he is self employed in the music profession. Mr. and Mrs. Alfie Myhre live in Sherwood Park. They have 3 children.

In 1957, Dad had an auction sale, and sold the land to Harry Hubach. He in turn later sold to Elmer Sider. Dad moved to Edmonton and was employed as a caretaker at the Administrative Building. He retired in 1961 and moved to Collingwood Acres in Devon, Alberta. There he worked until his passing in 1964.