GOLDEN MEMORIES

ful efficiency. Even the children knew how to take down
their tents, roll them in tight bundles, and "pitch" them
again at the new campsite. The cook and cookies of course
were the most important personages on the gang. Just
imagine the planning and preparing in advance, enough
food for camp—moving time.

The winter of 1908—1909 was spent in Rapid City,
Manitoba and the following summer was the last time the
family followed the work, as Mrs. Winslow died in Sep—
tember 26, 1909, at the home of her sister, Mrs." J. L.
Hettle at Fairfax, Manitoba. Mr. Winslow was working
north of Prince Albert, Saskatchewan at that time.

After the death of their mother, the children were
separated. Ella, six years old, lived with the Hettles
during elementary school days, the two oldest boys went
with their father and attended school in Prince Albert; the
other four were, for a time, with their grandfather Wins-
low and aunt, Miss Winslow, at Souris. Willie died in
1912 at Souris at the age of 15. Dave died in 1915 in his
twenty—first year. By this time Isabel and Margaretta '
were in Cartwright where they attended high school. Ella
also attended high school in Cartwright. Margaretta at—
tended Havergal (now Rupert's Land School for Girls) in
Winnipeg; Isabel attended Manitou Normal School and Ella
attended Winnipeg Normal. Charlie spent a term at St.
John's College, Winnipeg.

Mr. Winslow continued railroading. His last was
on the Hudson's Bay Road that had reached 550 miles
north of The Pas, when work was stopped during World
War I. He came back south and put in the railroad yards
in The Pas, then disposed of his outfit. He bought a bush
farm at Newton Siding, Manitoba, cleared and broke up
the land, and had a very fine farm. When highway con—
struction began, he couldn't stay on the farm. He built
highways in many parts of Manitoba but still kept the farm.
He had remarried in 1916 and his wife died in 1936. In
1940 he moved to a farm at Brookdale, Manitoba and from
1946 spent summers at the Brookdale farm with his son
Charlie and family and winters with his daughter, Mrs.
W. D. Wallace (Isabel) at Cartwright, where he went to
sleep in his armchair on February 6, 1952.

His youngest daughter, Mrs. Cyril Baker (Ella)
died in Cartwright in 1929, leaving a daughter, Jean, six
years old, who became a member of the Wallace family.
The members of the family remaining are Philip A. on a
farm at Souris. He is a widower with three adult stepsons.
Charles H. is married and has. five of a family and a step—
son and daughter, all married. He and his wife live on a
farm at Brookdale. Mrs. Colin McDougall (Margaretta)
lives at McIntosh, Ontario where her husband has a store.
She has a son and a daughter by a former marriage, and
they are married. Mrs. Wallace (Isabel) has been in
Cartwright since 1910 and a widow since 1942. She has
two married sons, both in Cartwright, and a niece (fos-
ter daughter) married and living in Virden.

THE G. WOODS FAMILY
Written by Mrs. G. Woods

I came to Canada in the spring of 1912, arriving in
Winnipeg on April 2. I was met there by my husband who
at that time worked for J. Vandusen at Hartney. We only
stayed there a few months and the following year lived with
Enoch White, who farmed across the railway track from
Dand. It was while we were there that the C. P. R. rail
was completed. I believe it was around the winter of 1914.
The day the first train went through, anyone who cared to,
had a free ride to Boissevain and back, on the newly con—
structed line.

Y Our son was born in December of that year.
ert Fogal opened the general store at Dand. It was a
rough, stormy winter and the trains bringing supplies for
the store were often days late. I believe I was almoet the
first person to buy from him. We moved in the spring to

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a small farm in the Bidford district, but we still bought
all our supplies from H. Fogal and kept an interest in the
Dand district.

Our eldest girl was born there. In 1918 we moved
to the [arm owned by the late Donald Livingstone. This
farm was situated right across from the farm owned by H.
Cassils.

Our second daughter was born while we were there.
Like all farmers in that era, we grew wheat, oats and
barley, kept a herd of cows, shipped our cream via Dand
as there were no trucks in those years, and raised poul—
try. By this time, 1920, our son, Arthur, started his
education at Dand Consolidated School and in due time the
girls joined him. Their memories of their first school
still stay with them. The children had to leave Dand School
and our close association was severed when we rented a
farm in the Hazeldean district. However, we made and
kept a lot of the friendships formed there. Some have
passed away—Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Day, and our dear
friends, Mr. and Mrs. Warren Hathaway, although I keep
in touch with their families.

Mr. Woods passed away in 1960 and I live in Car—
berry where we retired after leaving Hazeldean. Our son,
Arthur, is living in Vancouver, has a thriving business
and a family of three boys and a girl. Winnifred (Mrs.
Paddock) is living at Rivers, married to a farmer and has
a family of three sons and two daughters. Frances (Mrs.
Truax) is also married to a farmer and living at Mountain-
side. They have two sons and two daughters.

In closing may I say I knew Mr. and Mrs. James
Dand for whom the village of Dand was named. They were
a very wonderful couple and we spent many happy hours
visiting them.

MR. AND MRS. CHARLES WOOD HISTORY
By Iva M. Johnsen

My grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wood,
came to Manitoba in the year 1898. They arrived with
little in the line of possessions. They settled on the east
half of 7-4-23. There were seven children, one of whom
was my father, George Leslie Wood, who was the second
youngest of the family. My grandfather was a mason by
trade. He worked on several brick and stone buildings in
the town of Deloraine, one of which is now the Municipal
Office today.

My grandmother (Sarah MacDonald) was a frail
woman who spent a lot of her time in bed, until she passed
away in September, 1913 at the age of 65.

My grandfather went in for Purebred Clydesdale

horses. He used to show them at the fair. Those were the

.days when horses were really a pride and joy to the old-

timers.

Grandfather loved to putter in the trees and many
of the trees on our farm were planted by him. He lived to
be 84 and died in February, 1930. .Both my grandparents
are buried in the Deloraine Cemetery south of the town.
The last member of the family, Uncle Wilfred, died in
June, 1965 at Dresden, Ontario.

G. L. WOOD AND V. 0. JOHNSEN FAMILY HISTORY
By Mrs. Vern Johnsen

I was born on June 2, 1917 in Belfast, Ireland. My
mother, Mrs. Mary Wood, was visiting with her mother,
father and family so we didn't return to Canada until I
was 10 months of age. It was during the First World War
that she was in Belfast. Due to so many German subma—
rines it was dangerous sailing on the ocean, so we did
not return to Canada until 1918.

As a young girl, I was very fond of horses and
spent many an hour riding horseback. As I had no broth—
ers, I also was my dad's helper in the field at times.