and as Sarah had decided she wanted to be a Missionary, they both enrolled at a California College. They married in 1927, and came back to Beausejour where Manford taught. Their first child Miriam was born while they were there. Man- ford was called as an assistant Minister to the North Presbyterian Church in Winnipeg. On the death of the Minister of that Church, the people selected Man- ford as Minister. He was there for a year and a half. Mark, their eldest son was . born in Winnipeg. Because of his need for more education, Manford went to Dallas in I929, and they remained there eight years. John and Elizabeth were born in Dallas. Manford was called to Columbia Seminary in i939,where he taught Bibie History. In 1966, he retired from this college and devoted full time to “The Bible for You.” This started at a meeting in Winnipeg and the name was chosen from many entries. Manford’s son Mark is an ordained minister, and an . executive of this organization. Sarah died in 1977.

Dad, from his experience in Ontario, and particularly after buying a hun— dred acres on the north east quarter of 29-3—5, was completely satisfied with his 260 acre farm. It was his all, his life. My dad and I used to have some great arguments. He was a positive thinker whose theory was that next year would always be better. ’

My mother died in 1939, Dad in 1955,

Walter Gutzke

After I completed High School, I stayed home to assist my father on the farm. When my mother passed away, Dad and I continued to batch together. We were very close, enjoyed the same things, and our conversations and arguments were stimulating. I continued to farm after he passed away, but found it too much for me, and too lonely. So I hired Mr. and Mrs. Abe Unrau, and they have remained with me since.

I have many happy memories of my pro—school days. Miranda and Laura were very good to me and I en— joyed being with them when they did their homework. The words they were learning became a part of my vocabul- ary, probably a little big for my age once, but useful later. When I was in High School and beginning geometry, I was quite amazed at how simple it seemed to be for me, until I began to realize that many of the geometric figures had been explained to me very thoroughly by Miranda and had some— how been tucked away for the future. I v . . remember when my parents w0uld go to Manford Gutzke' 1920

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