Ploughshares and Prairie Trails Dilke and District Published by Dilke and District Historical Committee Dilke, Saskatchewan S0G 1C0 Chapter 1 Early History Pre-History of The Dilke Area by W. H. Long Colonization Work in Last Mountain Valley Early Settlement Last Mountain Lake by Alice Laing The Breaking by Eleanor Chance Long Survey System - Homestead Act Chapter 2 Rural Municipalities prepared by Edith and Bob Gardiner RM of Sarnia #221 RM of Dufferin #190 Chapter 3 Early Transportation & Roads By W.S. McArton Chapter 4 The History of the Village of Dilke by Colleen Duesing Chapter 5 Canadian Pacific Railway by Mildred Wolter Chapter 6 Business Development Dilke, 1911-1980 Chapter 7 Grain Trade by Doug Laing Ode to The Agent's Chestfield The Friendly Cow Chapter 8 Post Office Dilke Post Office History 1908-1981 by Margaret Ball Chapter 9 Telephone Dilke Rural Telephone Company by Pat Stopper Chapter 10 Co-op Story Dilke Grain Growers Association Limited Chapter 11 Halls I.O.O.F. Hall by Lillian McArton Dilke Memorial Hall by Lillian McArton Chapter 12 Commerical Fishing Commerical Fishing on Last Mountain Lake Chapter 13 Churches Saint Lucy's Anglican Church by Mrs. E Wilson Saint Lucy's Anglican W.A. by Dorthy Tegart and B. E. Wilson The Anglican Sunday School (Post) by B. E. Wilson The Lutheran Church by Bill Schultz The History of St. Boniface Catholic Church by A. R. Gartner Knights of Columbus (Sub-Council #2430) Catholic Ladies Organizations by Anne Metz The Scandinavian Lutheran Congregation by Malinda (Holland) Ledingham Grace United Church Edwards Ladies Aid (1937-1962) Dilke Ladies Aid (1913-1962) Dilke and Edwards W. A. (1962-The Present) Dilke C.G.I.T. Explorer Group by Winnie Holland Tyro Boy's Club by B. E. Wilson The United Church "Young Peoples" by Peg Mortin Chapter 14 Sports Chapter 15 School Districts Dilke School #2662 by Helen Mortin The Saskatchewan Gazette - Vol. #10 Edward's School #2535 Teachers of Edwards School Goldridge School #3306 by John C. Bull Last School Board School Superintendents Goldridge SD No. 3306 Kenockee School #2315 by Albert Ball K-E-N-O-C-K-E-E Teachers Who Taught at Kenockee (1909-1958) Taft School #2483 by John Fahlman Trustees of Taft School #2483 Two Tree Point School Wilkie Bay School #2560 Chapter 16 Honor Roll Those Who Served World War I World War II Post War The Ladies Auxillary of The Canadian Legion of the British Empire Service League by Rose Eisworth The Royal Canadian Legion From the Craik Weekly News Business Directory - 1913 Chapter 17 Organizations Dilke Cemeteries written by Helen Rogoschewsky Carlton Trail Community College by Helen Rogoschewsky The Dilke Keep-Acquainted Club by John Selinger Dilke Drop-In Centre Dilke Beef Club Dilke 4-H Swine Club The Dilke Junior Grain Club by Frank J. Ziegler Dilke Homecraft Club - 1945 by Velma Stephenson 4-H HomeCraft Club by Oma Doering Hetherington Singers Home and School Club by Pat Stoppler Homemakers Club (1916-1939) by Isabel K. Gardiner The Loyal Temperance Legion by B. E. Wilson Dilke I.O.O.F. Lodge No. 129 by Richard Courtice Welcome ReBekah Lodge by Emmie Wilson Dilke Red Cross Society The Baby Sister - Poem by B.E. Wilson Chapter 18 Last Mountain Beaches and Resorts Our Beaches by Anne Metz Lipp’s Beach Lasal Bay Wee-Too Beach Griffith Beach by Robert Gardiner Alice Beach Summary Summer Resort Village of Grandview Beach by Arthur Boehme Chapter 19 Family Histories Max Ackerman Family Amberson Family Gustave and Doris Anderson Harold Anderson Otto and Clara Anderson Anfinson History Jacob Anheliger Jack Archer Family Abe Arsenault The Bachmann Family Albine Ball Family History The Jacob Ball Family Ellis H. Barss History James Barry History Frank H. Bast Family John Bast Sr. History The William Claire Bathgate Story Anne Baukovy Hodgson The Preston Beechy Family Grace Belcher The Jack Belcher Family Stanley Belcher Family Sidney Belcher Family The Bill Belcher Family Herb Birley Family Peter Bitzer Family Theodor Bitzer Family History Thomas Black Anne Elizabeth Bodman W. Arthur Boehme History Fritz Bohme Family History Michael Boehm Family The William Brandon Family The Brewer Family The Brintnalls Herbert and Florence Brook Jack Bryant The Buch Family The Harold Buck Family Will Buck History WM. Budge Family Bunker Family Patrick Burns History Charles Carlson The Wes Carr Family The Carswells William F. Cavanagh Family The Chapman Family Charles Church Family William Chypiska Family Walter Clark Family History George Clarke Family Arthur John Cleal The John B. Coles History Samuel Coles Family Bill and Minnie Copeman John Courtice Chester B. Craig Herbert McDonald Crichton George Curtis The G. C. Daintree Story Alfred and Florence Darby William Daubeney James Dauncey Family John and Elsie Davidson Robert Lawrence Dennis The R. T. Dewar Family Jacob J. Dielschneider Thomas Domaille John Drake John R. Drake James Dubber Family John Dunajski Family Joseph Dunajski Fred Duesing Adam Dyment Family The Anton Eberts Family Edward Eberts Family Ferdinard Eiswerth Family Harry Ell (Henry Ell) The Arthur Embury Family Gottlieb Eutenier Family The Evans Family John Joseph Fahlman The Ben Felbein Family William Firth George Fisher The Don Flavel Story Edgar Flavel History The Conrad Folk Family Edward and Thea Frederick The Rasmus Fredrickson Family The Christopher Frey Family William Fry Family Peter Fuchs Sr. Family George Gardner Glen Gardner Heironymus Gartner Family Peter Gartner Sr. Family George Gelinas Family William Gerris Family Emil Gessell Family Alex Gilmour Family Bob and Theo Greenwood Sebastian Gruber Family Gunnar Gustafson Family John and Alice Gwilym Maynard Hagedon Family Clarence Melford Hall Wilf Hamel Family Mathias M. Hanson The Hassett Family The Heim Family History Earl Hendry Family History Arnott Hepburn William John Hepburn The Frances Hills Homestead Story The Ross Hills Family Henry Hilton-Thorpe Family Peter Hoffart Family Ole Holland Family Earl Holt Family The Horne Family Pete Hornung Family Horwood Family The Housworth Family Carl Huffman Joseph Hungle Family Harold Hunt Wilhelm Jacob Family Brian Jennett Family John Johnson Lewis Jones Family The Erick Josvanger Family Tony and Celia Kavon Margaret Keller Family Peter Keller Sr. Orville Kennedy Edwin Kilgren Family Thomas Kinnear History The John Klein Family Karl Knopp Ed Knudtson Gus Koch Family Joseph Koch Family Joseph Koval John Laing James and Mary Isabella Laing Fredrick W. Lake John Albert Laurence Gary Lawson Family Arnie and Alice Leis Family Ole Leithe Edward Link Sr. Carl Lipp Family Frank Joseph Lipp Family William and Frances Littlewood Harry Lloyd Family Frank and Maud Longbottom Tom Louden Xavier Lutz Family A.W.S MacKay Samuel McAdam Family Henry McArton Family Len McConnell Family Catherine and Lachlan McEachen Finlay McIntosh Story Angus McKinnon William McLeod Family Svend Madson Alex Mangel Family Andrew W. Mangel Family Michael Massine Sr. Family Carl Menzenhauer George A. Metz Family Martin Metz Sr. Family Sebastian Metz William Meyer C.R. Miller Mr. And Mrs. John Miller The Minielly Family The Fred Monaghan Family The Evans Mortin Family The Hugh Naldrett Family Eli Nault Family Newdick History Nugent Family George Howe Osborne George Martin Osborne Emil Pankonin Family Ross M. Park Herbert Alexander Pasquire Pennington History Fred Perry James L. Peterson Peter Petruic Family David Pfoh Family David and Rose Pike Samuel Rands George Rectenwold Charles D. Reid Melville and Ethel Roach Cress Robertson The Murdock Robertson Family William Austin Robertson Torbjorn Rogne Joe P. Rogoschewsky Family Leo Rogoshewsky Family Bill and Willie (Horwood) Roth William Rowan James Spencer Rowand Family The Austin Rusk Family Ryerson Family John Schatz Family Christof Schmiedge Family Jacob Schmiedge Family Paul Schmidt Family August Schultz Family John Schumacher Miss Jessie Self Meinrad Selinger Family Ludwig (Louis) Senger Edward Shimek The Side Family Sylvester B. Silverthorn William Silverthorn Fred Simpson Norman Simpson Family George Sinclair Elmer Smith History John Smith Family John Manie Smith Family W.E. Smith Family Anton Stark Family George Steif Family Albert Stockmal Family Stoppler Family Stouffer Family Ed Stulberg Family John Squires Ernie Swanston C.A. Sweet Family The Symes Family The Tait Family The Charles Tate Family John Thomas Tate Joseph Thauberger Sr. Family Peter L. Thauberger Family Max Thomas Fernie Thurmeier Family Theodore B. Vangsness Alfred Van Meer Jacob Wetstein Sr. The Wilkie Family Benjamin Wiseman Family Elmer and Emmie Wilson Harry Wilton Family Harry Witheron Ted Wolter Gordon Woodley Jean Young Anton Zahn Family Christian Ziegler Sr. Family Chapter 20 Everyday Living by May Hendry Chapter 21 A Childhood on the Praire Spring Summer Fall Winter Chapter 22 Reminiscences Father John Boser Father Augustine Meier Father George Walliser Reverend Bill Calderwood Teacher Reminiscences Alma Steif - Goldrigde and Kenockee Schools Katherine (Schatz) Joyce - Taft School Mary Reitler - Dilke School - 1955-1969 Florence Ball - Two Tree Point - 1960-1966 Marjorie (Paproski) Eisenkirch - Kenockee School K. (Ronnie) Setrum - Kenockee School Dorothy (Styles) Loverock - Kenockee School Ethel Tait - Wilkie Bay School - 1939-1941 Noreen (McEacherns) Moore - Wilkie Bay School Mrs. Mary Belcher - Wilkie Bay School Reminiscences By Wm. (Bill) Littlewood Pioneer Days 1906 By Mrs. Louise (Schultz) Steif By L. (Davidson) Rose Homesteading Days by Pat and Anne Burns and Family Reminiscences by Sally Scherer Direct Hit My Fondest Memories of Playing Softball Beef Ring Threshing Days by Orville Holland Recollections and Reflections by Charlotte (Boehme) Freeman A Personal Experience by Charlotte (Boehme) Freeman Berry Picking by Linda (Holland) Ledingham Reminiscences by May (Naldrett) Hendry Memories of Wilkie Bay School by Charlotte (Boehme) Freeman Rabbit Hunting by Frank Ziegler Reminiscences of School Days at Dilke by Allan Mclead The Devil Sends Cooks by Emmie Wilson April Fool’s Joke Reminiscences by Linda Ledingham Crash Landing by Frank McLead Jack Naldrett’s Journal Starting December of 1919 to November of 1920. Chapter 23 Generation Picture and Anniversaries Four Generations Five Generations Double Weddings 40th Wedding Anniversaries 50th and 60th Anniversaries