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March 1, 2014

Trut Hohn

turkey

Please Note: The following story has been taken from John Wiens’ book: Along The Way  with the permission of the author. Some of the names have been changed. TRUHT HOEN The Penner family had a pet turkey; they called “Truht Hoen” (meaning gobbler). Truht Hoen was a giant bird and ruled the Penner yard. One […]

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February 19, 2014

Story of Cornelius Driedger

Cornelius Driedger born 1921 in Tiege, Ukraine My parents were Abram Nicholai Driedger born in Schönfeld in 1890 and Margaret Friesen born in Schönfeld in 1895. I was three years old when we came to Canada. We went to Newton Siding, west of Winnipeg, Manitoba where we had a 2,000 acre farm on which we […]

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February 1, 2014

January 2014

Travelogues at the Heritage Centre at 7:00 pm Travelogues with the EKMHA are an interesting and entertaining way to spend a Friday night! This is a chance for you to see pictures and hear stories about places around the globe that have been recently explored by members of our local community.  Admission is by donation, […]

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