1955-1956 was the year of the “big” snow and it
was a continual struggle for Bill to haul feed from
the Birnie Place and valley for the livestock. The
snow started on Hallowe'en and by the end of
November all roads were blocked and it continued
to snow and storm all winter.

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Les and Verne on bikes.

Our daughter, Hazel Elizabeth was
welcomed into the family on April 12, 1964.
When she was 3 1/2 years old all the family went
through a traumatic experience when a calf died of
rabies.

The Doole family was involved in 4-H for
28 years, showing 4—H commercial cattle at
Dauphin, Foxwarren and Roblin. The Beef Club
always took top priority, but they were involved in
Swine, Handicrafts, and Conservation Clubs. All 3
members of the family took part in the Calf
Scramble at Brandon Winter Fair and all were
successful in catching a calf. They also were
involved in 4—h exchange trips to USA and all
across Canada. Participation in public speaking
was a highlight, with Hazel competing at
Provincial Level in Winnipeg in 1979. The Doole
family was the third generation in 4-H, starting
with Grandmother (Hazel Stauffer) in 1917, then
Mother (Buryle) in the late thirties and our family
since 1958.

Our boys attended schools in Dropmore
and Roblin. Hazel attended Roblin schools as
Dropmore school closed in 1968. A note of
interest here is the fact that she was the third
generation to start school in the same room in the
old Public School in Roblin. Her grandmother
Hazel Stauffer went into this room after several
school districts consolidated around 1912 or 1913,
and her mother Buryle Doole started there in 1931.

Mixed farming through the years with
grain, cattle, horses, pigs, and poultry as well as a

    

big garden kept the family fed and clothed. Many
changes were made on the farm through the years.
In the late fifties, the old blacksmith shop from
Dropmore was moved and used for a barn, then in
1968, with the flooding of the valley Bill,
purchased the big barn on the former Archie
Goodbun and George Dietrich place in the valley
and moved it over the ice on the lake in the winter
of 1969. In 1971, when the Pool Elevator was to
be taken down, Bill bought the office and shed and
moved it to the farm for a shop. The old house
which had been the lumber yard house in
Dropmore, had been moved to the farm sometime
in the thirties. In 1971 and 1972 we built our new
home and really enjoyed the running water and
many more conveniences.

 

  
   

   

The Doole Family...

The family participated in all community
activities through the years including church,
curling and 4—H. Bill served on the elevator,
school, church, rink and hall boards as well as 14
years on the board of Roblin Residences Inc. at
Roblin. Buryle was also involved with the RDCG
Ladies Church Club, curling club, 4-H and
Dropmore Chicks during the 10 to 11 years they
were active.

   
 

 

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Buryle and Bill's 40th Anniversary.
Bill never retired from farming but rented

the land out for three years for health reasons prior
to 1991. He then went back farming until his