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Winnipeg was, this was the western chautauqua and Wallace Graham was the fellow who first started this and made his headquarters in Rouleau because of the printing availability.

He would get the acts, the performers, excellent speakers and soloists, and artist who could draw something one way and turn the picture upside down and it was something completely different.

Us kids thought that was great. Dad worked very closely with Wallace Graham on that. It was so educational. The winter groups that toured through the small towns were a certain type of entertainement and then in the summer they were under canvas.

Did a lot for the small town. And I can see that we didn't keep some of the folders that dad printed.

We had a string quartet from Toronto, a Hawaiian orchestra one summer. It was very varied, but always good, good speakers.

Jessie McBain