Glimpses into the 21st century Glimpses into the twenty-first century
Notes:
The first section of the book, The prairies remember, edited by Susan Halliday Conly, was previously published separately in 1998. The second section is a collection of columns by Susan Conly, published in The Macklin Mirror from 2005-2009
Contents:
Part one: Grandfather's legacy / Ken Scott "Irish" whiskey / Jim Conly From east to west / Florence (Myers) Scholer Tribute to pioneers Hugh and Helena Ryan / Lloyd Ryan Last big prairie fire / Gary Beaumont Grandpa Fred Dean / Bernie Weidenhammer. Barn / Ellen Halliday Pioneers of Cotswold and their school / Catherine Roadhouse Kitchen surgery / Susan Conly 1918 flu epidemic / Macklin Times Tribute to Dr. Elliott / Ian Wagar Built to endure / Louise L. Hathaway ...only a puddle / Susan Conly. Early history of the "Eid House" / Tom Eid Mom, Dad and the Breadon House / Rosemarie (Stang) Falkenstein Storm / Elvira (Stang) Duncan Living legacy on the prairies / Louise (McLean) Hathaway Singin' in the rain / Catherine Roadhouse Wheat Pool elevator office / Wilfred MacLeod 1930 duplex / Barbara (Stang) Kloster Barbed-wire telephone line / Jim Conly Murder or misfortune, that was the question / Barry Houser Cyclone of 1933 / Elsbeth Penner Bergen Close to the heat / Boyd Webb Seasons of my childhood / Kay Zerr Blizzard of 1935 / Elsbeth Penner Bergen Where's my sucker? / Marvis Borger Saskatchewan teen of the thirties / Louise Hathaway Nurse in training / Edna Johnston My dad, the entrepreneur / Bernie Weidenhammer Dog named Rags / Harvey Housen Hunting with Dad / Tom Eid Akino, the hunter / Bernie Weidenhammer Mrs. David's stovepipe / Dan Greenlay Winter memories from the 50s / Edna Johnston Expanded horizons / Margaret Anderson Traditional wedding of Germans-from-Russia / Barbara Kloster Kitchen psychology / Elizabeth (Graf) Reschny My mission to Argentina / Ida (Gartner) Weber Co-op way 'Tis true... 'tis true / Jim Conly. I am Saskatchewan / Florence (Myers) Scholer