Warm memories (80th supp)
My folks took the Western Producer from its beginning for the rest of their lives.
I remember the starting of the (Saskatchewan Wheat) Pool. The first Pool elevator in Harris was managed by Phil Wright, a returned man from World War I. I remember he had some wartime memorabilia hanging on the office walls. We all took the Producer.
My parents and brothers are gone now. We still take the paper and find it a necessary part of our lives. Our three daughters are grown and married and they also take the Western Producer.
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Fred Selsey
Harris, Sask.
Family tradition (80th supp)
My grandparents, parents, my kids and myself have looked forward to receiving the weekly Western Producer for as long as I can remember.
In the 1960s I remember being very interested in the youth section and reading all the poems and stories sent in by other young readers.
Now I enjoy the Farm Living section, and my family anxiously wait to scan the classifieds and check on the market prices, plus read all the latest farming issues.
Congratulations on your birthday. Keep up the great work.
Cheryl Moore
Rabbit Lake, Sask.
Finding friends (80th supp)
My contact with the Western Producer has spanned over 50 years. When I was a girl living in Glaslyn, Sask., my father subscribed to the paper. When I was nine years old, I started writing to Judy from Ridgedale and Marilyn from Flaxcombe, both of whom I found in the paper’s penpals column.
By the time I was 16, our letters had stopped, and I lost contact with them. However, on my first day of nursing class in Saskatoon in 1963, the roll was called and I recognized Judy’s name. We were in the same class! We found each other that day and became friends again.
Later, Marilyn came to visit some girls at my boarding house in Saskatoon. Again, we recognized each other’s names. I realized despite its size, Saskatchewan is a small community.
When I married a farmer, I found the Western Producer was a big help to a girl raised in town. I received much-needed information through the paper. I had questions answered in the gardening and health columns. I gathered recipes, some of which have turned out to be family favourites. I have also found wanted items through the Mailbox. The Western Producer has been very useful for me.
Gloria Chamberlain,
Tulliby Lake, Alta.
Finding bull in the Western Producer (80th supp)
My family and I receive your paper every week and enjoy reading it.
We look a lot in the livestock ads for bulls to buy in the breeding sale and all the machinery we could possibly purchase. The articles with cattle issues are very important to us.
Congratulations on 80 years.
Bev Robak,
Ethelbert, MB
Retiring soon (80th supp)
Alvin Peterson will be 80 years old on March 25 and is retiring from farming this spring.
Alvin started farming after he returned from the war in 1945. Actually (he) started farming in 1946. We were married in 1951.
Alvin has been an active farmer along with the help of sons but will be selling his equipment by auction in April.
We have enjoyed the Western Producer for many years and Alvin especially liked the articles and letters. It is the one and only paper we subscribe to except our local Gull Lake and Maple Creek papers.
Elaine Peterson
Tompkins, Sask.
