There was a little error in my last news report on the Frerichs family of Turtle Lake and not Turtleford.
The Western Development Museum in North Battleford are all busy each week with their Friday work bee for the volunteers. They are no putting on the last touches to be ready for Threshing Day on Sept. 27. It takes a lot of time to get everything prepared to do the threshing, gathering up machinery all in working order.
They are still getting a lot of interest from visiting tourists to the museum. An older couple came searching for a special antique car and museum staff were able to locate it for them and it brought back a lot of good memories for them.
Recently a group of hunters from the United States stopped in one day to see what the museum was all about. They were taken into the workshop where the volunteers were working. They were amazed at what they saw and wondered how the museum had acquired so many antique items. There was a lot for them to see.
One day the museum had some head managers of the Territorial Centre, part of the Western Development Museum in Saskatoon, stop in to check thing out. They are the ones to give permission on what antique can be worked on and ones that are special antiques that they cannot touch until they do get permission.
The outdoor village will soon be closing for the season. Once they get done the threshing and everything back to order, there are plans for the upcoming Halloween night. Watch for the dates coming soon 鈥� Great Pumpkin Masquerade and Fright Night.
Plans are in the making for another Christmas drive through the village of lights. They are starting to prepare and setting some things up before the real cold weather sets in. They are hoping to set up more lights this year.
Sympathy goes out to the Schmidt family of Rockhaven on the recent passing of Toni Schmidt at the Battlefords Union Hospital on Sept. 13. He was the beloved husband of Sally Schmidt for 62 and a half years. They lived on the Davies farm at Rockhaven and had lived in various other places. They had a family of four children. While Toni and Sally lived in North Battleford, they were members of the former Battlefords CB Radio Club. Being members ourselves, we had meetings once a month at different members鈥� homes. We all helped the club sell hamburgers and coffee at the annual Kramer horse auction sales That was done in one of the Ag Society barns. As a group, we took in some annual CB Radio Club Jamborees in various towns in Saskatchewan, Manitoba and Alberta. We all had a great time one day each summer to meet at a club member鈥檚 cabin at Murray Lake. We also put together floats for the yearly parade in North Battleford.
Funeral services were held at the St. Vital Roman Catholic Church on Sept. 21 in Battleford, with interment at the Battleford cemetery.
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