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Sept. 16, the Western Development Museum held threshing day at the museum. It was again open for the school children to come and see and even take part in some of the old ways of harvesting. It was a fun day for them all.

Many volunteers came to help out. It turned out to be a beautiful day. Some of the teams of horses came all the way from Alberta. It is a shame some of the local people did not volunteer. The volunteers came from all over the province, Alberta and even British Columbia. Our son Glen Mills from Penticton, B.C. was there to help where needed. They had a good turnout of 300 children and their teachers and chaperones.

Work continues on after the summer activities at the museum grounds and workshops. Many of the volunteers are doing repairs on the antique tractors, machinery and stationary engines.

A big thank you goes out to all the volunteers who take the time to help at the museum and to the hard-working staff.

Our deepest thoughts and sympathy goes out to all the Prescesky families of the Battlefords area and Ruddell on the recent passing of Laura Prescesky. Laura was known to the local area as she was a country schoolteacher of Grades 1 to 8 at the Baljennie School in 1945-55. She also taught at many other country schools in the Ruddell area, where Laura and her husband Pete farmed.

We just received the sad news of one of our distant relatives, Mary Ann O鈥橠onnell of Abbotsford, B.C. passing away. Her husband Lyle O鈥橠onnell鈥檚 mother was Monica, the youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles MacLaverty, who came to the Baljennie area at the same time as the Barr Colonists passed through the area. They settled on a quarter of land near the North Saskatchewan River. The land is now owned by the Parkinson family.

Monica MacLaverty married Eddy Horwood and they had a family of three boys, Reg, Allen and Lyle.

The Barr Colonists came through the area in 1903 to make a new settlement and to homestead. They were on their way to Lloydminster, but a few were getting tired of the long trek and dropped off in Baljennie and other areas along the trail. A few farmed land they liked in the Baljennie area and stayed. Others went on and stopped in other communities before they got to Battleford, let alone going on to Lloydminster.

The Harry Fisher family stopped in the Willowmoore district on SE-17-42-15. The children attended the Willowmoore School in 1916. From there they moved back to Ontario where Harry Fisher passed away. His wife Mary Jayne Fisher and family moved to White Rock, B.C. Distant family members often come back to see the old place the family first settled. Recent visitors were Don and Jane Borbridge (Fisher) of Calgary, Alta. and George and Claire Fisher of Ottawa, Ont. They made a brief visit at the farm of Sam and Margaret Parrish of Willowmoore. Sam Parrish now farms the land. They had a tour of the area.

Visiting with Stanley and Dorothy Mills was their son Glen and grandson Devin Mills of Penticton, B.C. Our grandson was on his way to Winnipeg, Man. to be a supervisor at the new Save On Foods store opening up in November.

Glen stopped off in the local area to visit family and friends.

There are all sorts of changes taking place to let us know fall is here. Some trees are taking on the rich yellow colours. The crows are flocking and stopping to feed on the swathed crops that have not been combined. The full harvest moon has come and gone and now we are into the equinox from Sept. 16 to 21. Let鈥檚 hope it will bring some nice warm, sunny harvesting days.

Harvest in the area appears to be close to 50 per cent done. Due to the changeable weather conditions it has taken much longer to harvest. Days are getting shorter and the combine hours are cut back. In spite of the weather throughout the growing season, the crops are yielding close to normal. The cattlemen who had hay bales out are hauling them into the feed yards. Any bales of straw will come after the crops are combined. We hope it can all be completed before the snow flies.

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