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Gwen Hall and Jason **** hauling water to cauldron. It was much handier to heat large amounts of water outside. They heated any water that was needed this way

The Hall's built a new porch to replace the tiny cold one and they also replaced the kitchen floor

In April the large snowbanks melted and overnight it flooded. Betty Kowal and her brother Bob riding in the boat and dodging the trees

Hall's horses that they used to round up the cattle. Buck could jump all the logs and trees out in the bush quarter

Moving the Ellscott elevator to Boyle with 2 caterpillars and wheeled skids

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Ernie built a large tractor shed for the John Deere tractor. Hall's yard is full of flowers and trees that they planted

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Ernie Hall took out a lot of bush on their three quarters and made a dugout

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Ernie and Gwen Hall loved the quad. It was so much stronger for carrying calves on

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Gordon Walker farm. Walker's farm some years ago

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John Kowal made these 400 bundles by hand and stooked them so they would dry. In the fall he put them in the barn loft for feed. To his surprise, when he wanted to use the feed the oat grain was gone as the mice ate it all. Only the straw remained

Hall's painted house and their very small cold porch. Gwen Hall washed clothes outside where her heated water was. They hauled water from the creek and in the winter melted snow

Gordon on the tractor beside the old chicken house.In photo:Clara Jonson, Grandma Clintberg, Nannie Walker. Front of Grandma-Maryanne Walker, Halvar Jonson, Gordon Walker on tractor

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Hall's bought their first Massey Ferguson tractor and cultivator at Walter Mikulan's auction sale. They went to many auction sales for all of their needed machinery

Grade 5 class in Ellscott School with old fashion desks. Students: (left hand row front to back): Lorraine Hupka, Louise Wall, David Kowal, Martha Adcock (right hand row front to back) Lorraine Parson, David Zallas, Linda Raaflaub, and James Engman

In the fall John Kowal would cut logs into blocks with his saw that was run by an engine. These blocks were for the wood heater in the shacks