I am so sad to have the news that Western People has been discontinued. The Western
Producer has been part of my life for as long as I can remember.
I grew up in Kinistino, Sask., and my father R. J. (Bob) Humphrey, subscribed to it so I
read it and liked it. After 1930 when I went to train to be a registered nurse at the Saskatoon
City Hospital, Dad would send me clippings from it. He wrote me every week for 31 years
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until his death on Dec. 6, 1961.
At that time I had his subscription transferred to me and I have been receiving it ever since
and have grown to love it. I share it with other Prairie people and send copies of Western
People and clippings to our daughter who is a kindergarten teacher in Whitehorse, Yukon.
Of course I am not a farmer, living on a little inner city lot, but growing up on the beautiful
Prairies in my beloved home town where all our lives were influenced with weather and
those who were farmers, some of the interest brushed off on me; I read a great deal of the
farm news.
I wrote to Michael Gillgannon and cherish his lovely reply. I will really miss his (columns.)
And now I sadly say goodbye to Western People. I feel like I do when I receive the news
that another friend has passed away. Again, thanks for many happy hours of real prairie
reading.
– Catherine Stalker
Edmonton, Alta.
