MARYFIELD - We each have a private phone in our room. Thank you SaskTel.
The first telephone for my family was hung on the fence posts between our house and grandpa’s on the opposite road. Soon telephone poles followed the north and south roads to a phone office in Tyvan.
A woman at the switchboard connected one outlying line of settlers to another as well as to a phone in town. Long distance could reach a doctor or hospital in Weyburn or Regina.
A family followed their sister to homestead and took claims to us next door. Each one got a phone in his shack.
While the men were out plowing the fields, Maggie listened to all the neighborhood news and at 10 p.m. the Icelandic family went on the phone. Maggie related all the news she had heard in English to her brothers and sisters.
Today they have added internet for a way of communicating, and my son-in-law and daughter in Philadelphia sends me printouts and pictures. I grew up writing.
We continue to be snowbound and there’s no need to go out in the cold. Thank you to the many visitors. We really enjoy the worship with the four local congregations and many others. Thank you to the dedicated staff Angela has hired to care for us.
We are enjoying the floor curling, shuffleboard and card Bingo each week. We are watching lots of curling on TV. Stay warm and healthy.
