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Related subjects Publication information Maleb: Conquerville Women's Institute, 1965	Conquerville : a growing community Conquerville Women's Institute
	Table of Contents Cover Dedication Our Pioneers We Salute the Past The Chair Preface Table of Contents Prairie Beauty Introductory The Colourful Era Names and Geographical Features of Our Couloos Coal Deposits Brought the Miners Our Farming Industry Got Its Start in the 1909-10 Land Boom The Whalen Land Company Was a Pioneer The Land Boom Built the Towns Winnifred Bow Island Whitla Etzikom Our Doctors Were Pioneers Too Dr. Patterson Dr. Munro Dr. Staples Dr. Mills Dr. Chadwick Dr. Duncan Dr. Bartlett Dr. McLean Dr. Henders Dr. Cherry Dr. John Hunt Dr. H. Nakaido Dr. Steve Carr Dr. Woolnor Our Mrs. Stewart Reynar Tells of her Experiences as a Nurse The Municipal District of Forty-Mile Dates Back to 1911 The Years in Brief from World War I and up to the Present Ranch Histories Murray Ranch - Dates Back to 1899 The "Reed-Paterson-Aktinson "Ranch History The "Foster Ranch" History Our Homesteader Came Later The Jensens Settled at Bar Vee Homesteader Felix Ott Had Many Trades Pioneer Gustave "Casey" Hall The Herrington Family History Many Settlers Came to Bar Vee Thomas Hines George Loken Abel Norborg Ted Pierce Jim Roebuck Nick Velker Mr. Vorbaan Edward and Ernest Walnutt Borden Pioneer "Mrs. Ley" Recalls Bad Years and the Good The Oelkes and Simantons We Took up Farming on Uncle Seva's Homestead Sorrow Prevailed at the Jenkins Home The Hoels Left Homestead to Make Way for National Park The Hansens Decided to Go Homesteading A Boy from Borden Makes Good Conquerville Spelled Hope to the Nordens Michael Dragland Filed the Winter of 1910 The Henchels Left Early The Spring Arrived on a Beautiful Day The Lunseth Story is One of Tragedy Fertile Plains Earliest Settlers The Neil Family The Brustad Brothers The Henry Brothers Daniel W. Kennison Homesteader Gibons was a Teacher The Gibsons Arrived in a Surrey Ole Solberg Promoted Education and Religion Peter Salbert and Sons Shipped up in March 1910 Max Geldreich Helped Build Our Community Pioneer Leo Nowak Settled at Glen Echo Mike Voeller Farmed with Horses for Many Years Louis Sauer has Many Recollections of Homestead Days A Cave-Like Shelter Accommodated the Shlachter Family Spring Turned His Thoughts to the Farm Agnes Pahl Pioneered Many Years Joseph Mastel Worked in Argentina Before Homesteading Many Changes Took Place in Their Time George, Edna and Hal Wares Came West The Weigels Experienced Hardship and Tragedy The Hamms Came from Iowa The Wutzers Settled at Haig Wagon Wheels A' Squeaking The Roths Helped Build Sacred Heart Church The Conquergoods, Jordans and Southertons A War Bride Comes to the Homestead The McNights were Lured by the "Wonders of the West" Grandad Binning's Main Interest was his Homestead We Went to the Last Area to be Opened for Homesteads Three Sewells Homestead at Haig The Reynars Came from Quebec City Lancaster's Fred Nelson has Many Recollections Hans Ignatius Sailed for America My Grandad has Homesteader The Ericksons, Espeseths and Inversons Adolph Rossol Helped Build Homestead Shacks Emersons, Scotts, McLeans and Funks The Petersons, Slessors and Kendalls Bill Friedenberg's Land was Broke by an Ox-Cow Team Glowing Advertisements Brought them to New Dale They were Among Those Who Settled at New Dale The Blanchettes Frand Grund Louis Buffum The Trottors The Wrights Mary Wolfe has Many Vivid Homestead Memories The Keisler-Schlachter Family The Gow Family History The First Stappler Child was a New Year Baby (1910) John and Elizabeth Zacher Went in Search of a New Life Jesse Preskey Stayed and Made Good "Prospy Days" Were Happy Days Matt Chesney has had Many Experiences Dad Ended Up with Number 331 and the "Alkali Slough" Peter Schile Arrived in 1909 Jacob Schile and Bride Built Homestead Shack The Rudkas and Schmidts and their Neighbours The Marchall, Jones and Swanson Families The Fodors were Homesteaders Too Glen Echo's George McWilliams Drilled Wells The Bowens and Their Neighbours Schools The "Little Red School House" and Kids of Yesteryear Bar Vee School District A Former Pupil Writes about Bar Vee Bar Vee School Days Borden School District Conquerville School District Fertile Plains School District Glen Echo School District Haig School District Lancaster School District Newdale School District Irene Calder - Ralson Bessie Ford - Coutts Evelyn Schlachter Prospy School District Little Red School House Memoirs Churches Our Churches Were Pioneered St. Anthony's - Our Parish Church St. Anthony's Church Cemetery The Anglicans Built the Church of the Holy Hope Fertile Plains Lutheran Among Many Organized in the South-East Fertile Plains Cemetery Prospy Cemetery Post Offices Post Offices and Stores were Established in the Rural Area Transportation Sports Conquerville Teams Occupy a Place in South-East Baseball History Forty-Mile Competed with Medicine Hat Forty-Mile Reigned in the 20's Borden Ball Team was Short-Lived Mike Clancy Organized the Tigers Bear Cats Played During the Dirty 30's Haig Team Marked the Softball Era The Conquerville Cubs Revived Hard Ball High Bank - Red Rock Baseball Memoirs Baseball at Red Rock Dates Back to 1915 Seven Persons Became Centre for HB-PR Players Baseball along the Lethbridge - Shaunavon CPR Line and South Mayberries is the Farthest East to Record Orion Baseball History Doondale (5-9), Pendant D'Oreille and Etzikom Combine in 1915 Baseball Under the Inspiring Names if Faith and Hoping Charles and Altorado Players Turn to Nemiscam Foremost Today Gleans Players from Large Area Baseball to the North on the Lethbridge Medicine Hat C.P.R. Line Grassy Lake Ball Club History Brudett Early Chose July 4th Celebration Bow Island Sponsored Baseball and a Band 1910-11 Winifred Ball Club has Colourful History Whitla has Kept Alive the Spirit of Baseball Competition Conquerville Conquerville School and Community After 1945 Nine School District Consolidated and a New Community was Born The Story of 4-H Work at Conquerville Nimble Needlers The Conquerville Grain Club The Conquerville W.I. was Organized 15 Years Ago W.I. Membership Record The Conquerville Lions were Organized 1955 Conquerville Statistics August 1963 Acknowledgements	Go to page: Search this volume search

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