Ground hog day has passed by for another year. In some areas he did see his shadow, but here there was a mixed bag of clouds and clear skies. Whether he saw his shadow or not in this area of Canada we are still in for at least two more months of winter. We never see much warm spring weather until at least April. We are pretty well past the extremely cold days now, as we are well into the month of February.Â
Sympathy goes out to the family of Shirley Miller of Saskatoon. Shirley Miller (Bright) was born in Baljennie in 1922. Her mother was Irene (Sis) Megaffin, daughter of Jim and Catherine Megaffin, who established the first ranch in Baljennie area in 1898. Shirley's mother married Stanley Bright. His dad William Bright and family came to Canada from Minnesota in the late 1880s. They farmed from 1915 to 1932. Shirley and her brother and sister attended the old Baljennie School for a few years.
Her dad, Stanley Bright, ran the Denholm ferry and she attended Herringay School and then to Baljennie. Later her dad moved and ran the Maymont ferry, so she attended Gunness School and later Maymont.
She married Ches Miller and they farmed and raised a family at Fielding. They retired from the farm to live in Maymont and later they moved to Saskatoon where she passed away Jan. 18. Ches died in 2006. A funeral service was held in Saskatoon on Jan. 28. Burial will be at a later date in the Maymont Cemetery. Shirley was 94 years old.
