Sorry for the delay in reporting the Baljennie news, but I have had a few various health problems so was not able to get my news done up.
Sympathy and sincere thoughts go out to the Peters and Snyder families of Rainbow Lake Alta., and the Battlefords on the recent sudden passing of Glenn Peters of Rainbow Lake on Jan. 31 at the age of 64 years old. Glenn Peters came from Assinboia to the Baljennie area 30 years ago. He married Eileen Snyder shortly after her husband Terry Snyder had passed away. He helped Eileen raise her family of six children and took over the farm work. Together they had a herd of cattle to care for. Both Glenn and Eileen were 4H leaders for the Baljennie Multiple 4H club that ran for a good number of years. It was hard to make a good living on the farm, so Glenn took a job in North Battleford for a few years, then he got into the busy oil patch work and ended up at Rainbow. When Eileen retired from SaskTel in North Battleford, she moved to be with Glenn in Rainbow Lake, where she got a job as a social worker for the local native people. They lived there until Glenn passed away so suddenly. The funeral was held in North Battleford on Feb. 7. Burial will be at a later date at the Baljennie St. Bridget’s churchyard.
Sympathy goes out to the Bailey families of Sonningdale on the recent passing of Robert Bailey of Sonningdale at the age of 94. Robert was born and raised in the Baljennie area and attended the old Baljennie school. Robert stayed on the farm to help his dad, Westly Bailey, build a round workshop out of stove wood blocks. In there, Robert did a lot of different woodwork projects such as building cutter cabooses on runners for different people to purchase as in those days it was the only transportation. Horses and cutters were very popular for means of travel. He also operated a D8 Caterpillar bulldozer used to build the old trail from the eight miles bridge in Willowmoor district along the North Saskatchewan River to Baljennie on through to Spinney Hill in 1947. He then got married to a lady from Sonningdale area and raised a family. He lived there until his passing on Feb. 8. The funeral was held for Robert Bailey in Sonningdale.
The Western Development Museum in North Battleford is holding another work bee for the volunteer gas engine group on Friday, Feb. 23. They just finished building a new hay rack deck for the harvest season. Now they are back to fixing old stationary engines and on antique gas tractor. They have more projects lined up to do in the near future work bee shop days. They do welcome any new volunteers.
We got through Ground Hog Day with not much change in the weather. Been through some pretty chilly days with one strange warm day that did not last long. Sounds like it’s to remain cold to the end of the month. Better to have it now and not later on when the milder air arrives. There is not a great lot of snow about. The winds make the day so much more colder. Just hang on, it will soon be gone.
School children are out of school to celebrate family day and their mid winter break. Some are attending the Saskatchewan Winter Games being held in North Battleford.
