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October 4, 2013

Building A Log Structure

LOG STRUCTURES OF THE EARLY SETTLERS   Homestead consisted of half a lot, a 75 acre land parcel, marked by surveyed lines cut through the bush and identified by axe blazed trees. At  each corner, where property lines intercepted, was a rough axe hewn square post, with concession and lot numbers carved into it. After […]

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August 29, 2013

Agatha Driedger

Agatha Driedger Dick, born 1918 in Schönfeld, Brasol My parents were Ältester Nicholai N. Driedger, born 1893, and Tina Dueck, born 1897, both in Schönfeld. By the time I came into the world, life in Schönfeld, along with many other Mennonite villages, had changed drastically. Every family feared for their lives because of the Machnov […]

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August 22, 2013

June Sale 2013

 The annual  June sale, now called Community Festival,  is a  combined  bake sale, quilt sale, food sale, yard sale, and entertainment, all  done in the name of charity.  Mennonites,  mostly, bake  pies,  Zwiebach,  ‘platz’ or whatever, deliver them to the booth at the crack of dawn and, when there is a bit of a pause […]

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