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serv.focus(); } //--> </script> </head> <body leftmargin="0" topmargin="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0"> <div id="stChild"> <div class="sc" id="sc1"> <h4 class="float-left">1</h4> <span class="cmStoryLine"> Country Trail<br />14 April 2003<br /> Melfort district, Saskatchewan, Canada<br /> </span> <div align="left"><A HREF="javascript:;" onClick="remWin('CM_V2_Apps/ui/remWindow.php?remID=69669&remP=%2Fsgc-cms%2Fhistoires_de_chez_nous-community_stories%2Fhdcn-cm%2FABAC%2F0001%2Ftext%2F&remEx=Country+School+Memories&lg=English');" onMouseOut="MM_swapImgRestore()" onMouseOver="MM_swapImage('textIcon_1_1','','English/CommunityMemories2/cm_images/text_over.gif',1)"><img src="English/CommunityMemories2/cm_images/text_off.gif" alt="TEXT ATTACHMENT" name="textIcon_1_1" width="28" height="28" style="border:none;"></A></div> <span class="cmStoryLineText"> </span> <br /> <br /> <a href="#1" onClick="window.open('pm_v2.php?id=display_original&lg=English&fl=0&rd=133991','CM', 'toolbar=no,location=no,directories=no,status=no,menubar=no,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,copyhistory=no,width=471,height=307')"><span class="topNavWhite"><img src="CommunityMemories2/ABAC/0001/image/storycard/ABAC00010011.jpg" ></span></a> </div> <div class="sc" id="sc2"> <h4 class="float-right">2</h4> <span class="cmStoryLineText"> Getting to and from school was an adventure at the best of times but there were occasions when the trip was a real struggle. Roads did exist, but they were often impassible due to flooding or snow cover. More times than not the trip to school involved the path of least resistance - cross country. </span> </div> <div class="sc" id="sc3"> <h4 class="float-left">3</h4> <span class="cmStoryLine"> Rural Telephone Lines<br />14 April 2003<br /> Melfort district, Saskatchewan, Canada<br /> </span> <div align="left"><A HREF="javascript:;" onClick="remWin('CM_V2_Apps/ui/remWindow.php?remID=69670&remP=%2Fsgc-cms%2Fhistoires_de_chez_nous-community_stories%2Fhdcn-cm%2FABAC%2F0001%2Ftext%2F&remEx=Country+School+Memories&lg=English');" onMouseOut="MM_swapImgRestore()" onMouseOver="MM_swapImage('textIcon_3_1','','English/CommunityMemories2/cm_images/text_over.gif',1)"><img src="English/CommunityMemories2/cm_images/text_off.gif" alt="TEXT ATTACHMENT" name="textIcon_3_1" width="28" height="28" style="border:none;"></A></div> <span class="cmStoryLineText"> </span> <br /> <br /> <a href="#3" onClick="window.open('pm_v2.php?id=display_original&lg=English&fl=0&rd=133992','CM', 'toolbar=no,location=no,directories=no,status=no,menubar=no,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,copyhistory=no,width=336,height=412')"><span class="topNavWhite"><img src="CommunityMemories2/ABAC/0001/image/storycard/ABAC00010012.jpg" ></span></a> </div> <div class="sc" id="sc4"> <h4 class="float-right">4</h4> <span class="cmStoryLineText"> When the snow got deep or drifted high after a wind, there were few landmarks to help find your way. Telephone lines and granaries were guides for the rural traveller. </span> </div> <div class="sc" id="sc5"> <h4 class="float-left">5</h4> <span class="cmStoryLine"> Snow Blocked Road<br />7 April 1948<br /> Melfort district, Saskatchewan, Canada<br /> </span> <div align="left"><A HREF="javascript:;" onClick="remWin('CM_V2_Apps/ui/remWindow.php?remID=69671&remP=%2Fmedia%2Fhdcn-cm%2FABAC%2F0001%2Faudio%2FABAC00010014.asf&remEx=Country+School+Memories&lg=English');" onMouseOut="MM_swapImgRestore()" onMouseOver="MM_swapImage('audioIcon_5_1','','English/CommunityMemories2/cm_images/audio_over.gif',1)"><img src="English/CommunityMemories2/cm_images/audio_off.gif" alt="AUDIO ATTACHMENT" name="audioIcon_5_1" width="28" height="28" style="border:none;"></A></div> <span class="cmStoryLineText"> </span> <br /> <br /> <a href="#5" onClick="window.open('pm_v2.php?id=display_original&lg=English&fl=0&rd=133993','CM', 'toolbar=no,location=no,directories=no,status=no,menubar=no,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,copyhistory=no,width=426,height=292')"><span class="topNavWhite"><img src="CommunityMemories2/ABAC/0001/image/storycard/ABAC00010013.jpg" ></span></a> </div> <div class="sc" id="sc6"> <h4 class="float-right">6</h4> <span class="cmStoryLineText"> "That winter we had a lot of snow and the roads were nearly impassable. I remember one afternoon as I was finishing up my correcting and getting lessons ready for the next day, I looked out and saw something coming down one of the ruts in the road. At first I thought it was a dog and then when I looked closer I realized it was a child. I ran out to meet it and saw that it was one of my grade one students. One of the neighbours had taken her home. They had dropped her off in the yard not realizing that her parents had not arrived home from town yet. I guess she was frightened to go into the empty house and her one thought was to go back to the school. She was very cold and after I had her warmed up I phoned her parents as they were home by then. It would have been a different story if there hadn't been someone at the school that day." </span> </div> <div class="sc" id="sc7"> <h4 class="float-left">7</h4> <span class="cmStoryLine"> Measuring Snow<br />1956<br /> Melfort district, Saskatchewan, Canada<br /> </span> <span class="cmStoryLineText"> </span> <br /> <br /> <a href="#7" onClick="window.open('pm_v2.php?id=display_original&lg=English&fl=0&rd=133994','CM', 'toolbar=no,location=no,directories=no,status=no,menubar=no,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,copyhistory=no,width=567,height=600')"><span class="topNavWhite"><img src="CommunityMemories2/ABAC/0001/image/storycard/ABAC00010015.jpg" ></span></a> </div> <div class="sc" id="sc8"> <h4 class="float-right">8</h4> <span class="cmStoryLine"> Toboggan Ride to School<br />1957<br /> Melfort View district<br /> </span> <div align="left"><A HREF="javascript:;" onClick="remWin('CM_V2_Apps/ui/remWindow.php?remID=69672&remP=%2Fmedia%2Fhdcn-cm%2FABAC%2F0001%2Faudio%2FABAC00010017.asf&remEx=Country+School+Memories&lg=English');" onMouseOut="MM_swapImgRestore()" onMouseOver="MM_swapImage('audioIcon_8_1','','English/CommunityMemories2/cm_images/audio_over.gif',1)"><img src="English/CommunityMemories2/cm_images/audio_off.gif" alt="AUDIO ATTACHMENT" name="audioIcon_8_1" width="28" height="28" style="border:none;"></A></div> <span class="cmStoryLineText"> </span> <br /> <br /> <a href="#8" onClick="window.open('pm_v2.php?id=display_original&lg=English&fl=0&rd=133995','CM', 'toolbar=no,location=no,directories=no,status=no,menubar=no,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,copyhistory=no,width=261,height=176')"><span class="topNavWhite"><img src="CommunityMemories2/ABAC/0001/image/storycard/ABAC00010016.jpg" ></span></a> </div> <div class="sc" id="sc9"> <h4 class="float-left">9</h4> <span class="cmStoryLineText"> "Getting to and from school for eight years.... In winter we first used a toboggan (complete with side arm wooden brakes). We then graduated to a cutter (we covered ourselves with blankets and a cow hide to break the wind) and then near the end we went more luxurious moving up to a van and stove. I know we didn't get a van at first because dad was scared we might tip it some day and with fire in it, burn ourselves up. I also remember how we mixed ashes and coal oil together in a tobacco can to use to light the fire in the stove - it worked really well. I think through all the years we used one horse called Mini - a big Clydesdale who would pull us through anything. There really was no driving; she basically went on auto pilot." </span> </div> <div class="sc" id="sc10"> <h4 class="float-right">10</h4> <span class="cmStoryLine"> Horse and Cutter<br />1948<br /> Pathlow district, Saskatchewan<br /> </span> <span class="cmStoryLineText"> </span> <br /> <br /> <a href="#10" onClick="window.open('pm_v2.php?id=display_original&lg=English&fl=0&rd=133996','CM', 'toolbar=no,location=no,directories=no,status=no,menubar=no,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,copyhistory=no,width=246,height=176')"><span class="topNavWhite"><img src="CommunityMemories2/ABAC/0001/image/storycard/ABAC00010018.jpg" ></span></a> </div> <div class="sc" id="sc11"> <h4 class="float-left">11</h4> <span class="cmStoryLine"> Van and Horses<br />1930<br /> Beatty district, Saskatchewan<br /> </span> <span class="cmStoryLineText"> </span> <br /> <br /> <a href="#11" onClick="window.open('pm_v2.php?id=display_original&lg=English&fl=0&rd=133997','CM', 'toolbar=no,location=no,directories=no,status=no,menubar=no,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,copyhistory=no,width=285,height=202')"><span class="topNavWhite"><img src="CommunityMemories2/ABAC/0001/image/storycard/ABAC00010019.jpg" ></span></a> </div> <div class="sc" id="sc12"> <h4 class="float-right">12</h4> <span class="cmStoryLine"> Winter Innovation<br />1947<br /> Dover district, Saskatchewan<br /> </span> <div align="left"><A HREF="javascript:;" onClick="remWin('CM_V2_Apps/ui/remWindow.php?remID=69673&remP=%2Fsgc-cms%2Fhistoires_de_chez_nous-community_stories%2Fhdcn-cm%2FABAC%2F0001%2Ftext%2F&remEx=Country+School+Memories&lg=English');" onMouseOut="MM_swapImgRestore()" onMouseOver="MM_swapImage('textIcon_12_1','','English/CommunityMemories2/cm_images/text_over.gif',1)"><img src="English/CommunityMemories2/cm_images/text_off.gif" alt="TEXT ATTACHMENT" name="textIcon_12_1" width="28" height="28" style="border:none;"></A></div> <span class="cmStoryLineText"> </span> <br /> <br /> <a href="#12" onClick="window.open('pm_v2.php?id=display_original&lg=English&fl=0&rd=133998','CM', 'toolbar=no,location=no,directories=no,status=no,menubar=no,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,copyhistory=no,width=711,height=553')"><span class="topNavWhite"><img src="CommunityMemories2/ABAC/0001/image/storycard/ABAC0001001a.jpg" ></span></a> </div> <div class="sc" id="sc13"> <h4 class="float-left">13</h4> <span class="cmStoryLineText"> Where there's a will, there's a way! </span> </div> <div class="sc" id="sc14"> <h4 class="float-right">14</h4> <span class="cmStoryLine"> Toboggan Travel<br />1940<br /> Argus district, Saskatchewan<br /> </span> <div align="left"><A HREF="javascript:;" onClick="remWin('CM_V2_Apps/ui/remWindow.php?remID=69674&remP=%2Fmedia%2Fhdcn-cm%2FABAC%2F0001%2Faudio%2FABAC0001001c.asf&remEx=Country+School+Memories&lg=English');" onMouseOut="MM_swapImgRestore()" onMouseOver="MM_swapImage('audioIcon_14_1','','English/CommunityMemories2/cm_images/audio_over.gif',1)"><img src="English/CommunityMemories2/cm_images/audio_off.gif" alt="AUDIO ATTACHMENT" name="audioIcon_14_1" width="28" height="28" style="border:none;"></A></div> <span class="cmStoryLineText"> </span> <br /> <br /> <a href="#14" onClick="window.open('pm_v2.php?id=display_original&lg=English&fl=0&rd=133999','CM', 'toolbar=no,location=no,directories=no,status=no,menubar=no,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,copyhistory=no,width=800,height=600')"><span class="topNavWhite"><img src="CommunityMemories2/ABAC/0001/image/storycard/ABAC0001001b.jpg" ></span></a> </div> <table id="scNav"><tr> <td width="172" style="text-align:left;"><a href="pm_v2.php?id=story_line_child&fl=&lg=English&ex=00000557&sl=4390&pos=1&scpos=1" id="scJumpFirst" class="scLink"><img src="English/CommunityMemories2/cm_images/sc_start.gif" width="10" height="9" /></a></td> <td width="170" style="text-align:right;"><a href="javascript:;" onClick="flip(this.id, 0, 1, 29);" id="scPrev" class="scLink"><img src="English/CommunityMemories2/cm_images/sc_prev.gif" width="9" height="9"></a><a href="pm_v2.php?id=story_line_child&fl=&lg=English&ex=00000557&sl=4390&pos=1&scpos=0" id="scJumpPrev" class="scLink"><img src="English/CommunityMemories2/cm_images/sc_prev.gif" width="9" height="9" /></a></td> <td width="174" style="text-align:left;"><a href="javascript:;" onClick="flip(this.id, 0, 1, 29);" id="scNext" class="scLink"><img src="English/CommunityMemories2/cm_images/sc_next.gif" width="9" height="9"></a><a href="pm_v2.php?id=story_line_child&fl=&lg=English&ex=00000557&sl=4390&pos=14&scpos=1" id="scJumpNext" class="scLink"><img src="English/CommunityMemories2/cm_images/sc_next.gif" width="9" height="9" /></a></td> <td width="172" style="text-align:right;"><a href="pm_v2.php?id=story_line_child&fl=&lg=English&ex=00000557&sl=4390&pos=28&scpos=1" id="scJumpLast" class="scLink"><img src="English/CommunityMemories2/cm_images/sc_last.gif" width="10" height="9" /></a></td> </tr> </table> </div> <div class="scSplit" id="scSplit" /> </body> <script type="text/javascript" language="javascript"> var scCount = 14; var scShowing = []; flip("scPos", 1, 1, 29); </script>
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