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Frontier and pioneer life--Saskatchewan--Macklin Region
Pioneers--Saskatchewan--Macklin Region--Biography
Stang family
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Macklin, Saskatchewan: W. J. Stang, 1978
Lest We Forget : The Memoires [sic] of a Prairie Pioneer
Stang, Wendelin J.
Table of Contents
Cover
Title page
Table of contents
Introduction
A short history of our ancestors
The spiritual life of the early settlers
The heating system in the pioneer days
The early pioneer days
Working on the railroad
Social functions
Pioneer humour
Education in our time
Credit in the pioneer days
Farming in the twenties
The speculating grain market
Started farming on our own
My experience working for others
The year we were hailed out
The year we got married
Farming in the thirties
What we did in the thirties besides farming
The plight of labour in the thirties
The relief years
Strong winds and dust storms
The grasshopper plague
My hunting experience
Going to the bush for firewood and posts
Going out for the wood in winter
The end of the depression years
Farms mechanized
How things have changed since the pioneer days
Eugenia's young days
My wife, Eugenia
My younger days
The future of our country as I see it
How the ladies can improve this world of ours
The world today
The alcohol problem today
A little bit of wit
A smile
Desiderata
How to worry
The ten commandments of how to get along with people
Afterword
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