Transcript of audio interview - In 2008, Dick wrote this family history, which is read by Dick’s brother Larry Armfelt. Highlights are stories of their father and mother growing up in Denmark, then moving to Alberta to farm and living in a shack. Roads were poor, so traveling was always challenging, right through to Dick’s high school. He became an Alberta Land Surveyor. Later, he and his wife owned and operated Long Beach Resort on Shuswap Lake (9 pages)
Audio - In 2008, Dick wrote this family history, which is read by Dick’s brother Larry Armfelt. Highlights are stories of their father and mother growing up in Denmark, then moving to Alberta to farm and living in a shack. Roads were poor, so traveling was always challenging, right through to Dick’s high school. He became an Alberta Land Surveyor. Later, he and his wife owned and operated Long Beach Resort on Shuswap Lake
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Transcript of audio interview - Linda lived in Germany throughout WWII. When she was ten years old, she was inspired by care packages received from a family friend in Canada. She decided Canada would be good place to go to, and that is exactly what she did. She met and married Arnold, who was also German, and together they raised a son and a daughter in Edmonton. Linda taught swimming lessons for many years, helped with Girl Guides, took up scuba diving and joined the Edmonton Pottery Guild. Pottery became her main focus and she made pottery, often for 16 hours a day for about 35 years. After moving to Crooked Lake, Linda became very involved in the Athabasca Pottery Club (5 pages)
Audio - Linda lived in Germany throughout WWII. When she was ten years old, she was inspired by care packages received from a family friend in Canada. She decided Canada would be good place to go to, and that is exactly what she did. She met and married Arnold, who was also German, and together they raised a son and a daughter in Edmonton. Linda taught swimming lessons for many years, helped with Girl Guides, took up scuba diving and joined the Edmonton Pottery Guild. Pottery became her main focus and she made pottery, often for 16 hours a day for about 35 years. After moving to Crooked Lake, Linda became very involved in the Athabasca Pottery Club
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Transcript of audio interview - Raised in a small log home on a homestead west of Baptiste Lake, Larry reflects on early memories and challenges of rural farm life. After becoming a teacher, marrying and working around Edmonton, he returned to teach in Athabasca and lives west of Baptiste Lake where he raised Morgan horses. He retired as the Principal at Edwin Parr Composite High School. After, he was active in the Athabasca Lions Club and became Reeve of Athabasca County (8 pages)
Audio - Raised in a small log home on a homestead west of Baptiste Lake, Larry reflects on early memories and challenges of rural farm life. After becoming a teacher, marrying and working around Edmonton, he returned to teach in Athabasca and lives west of Baptiste Lake where he raised Morgan horses. He retired as the Principal at Edwin Parr Composite High School. After, he was active in the Athabasca Lions Club and became Reeve of Athabasca County
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Transcript of audio interview - Talks about his family. Wife was a school teacher. Ran a recycling business; sons still run the business. Sold the weather-stripping business in 2003 and moved to Athabasca. In 2016, sons built a batting and pitching cage, plus a place to buy baseball bats and other baseball-related items (3 pages)
Transcript of audio interview - Great grandparents came to Canada from USA in early 1800s. Family homesteaded in Athabasca in 1894. His father got his own homestead in 1917. Mother became a teacher. Ken went to Vermilion School of Agriculture. In 1969 he took over the family farm. Ken talks about the highs and lows of running a mixed farming operation and a feedlot running up to 6,000 head of cattle. In 2017, the family farm had sold. Ken retired in 2018 (9 pages)
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Transcript of audio interview - Father's family were immigrants from Italy. Homesteaded in Perryvale. He worked on railroad, in the mines, and farmed. Father was MLA for Athabasca. Mother's family moved from USA to Canada, and also homesteaded in Perryvale. Provided local store with milk, cream, and butter. Husband drove truck, and then worked for County of Athabasca (10 pages)
Audio - Great grandparents came to Canada from USA in early 1800s. Family homesteaded in Athabasca in 1894. His father got his own homestead in 1917. Mother became a teacher. Ken went to Vermilion School of Agriculture. In 1969 he took over the family farm. Ken talks about the highs and lows of running a mixed farming operation and a feedlot running up to 6,000 head of cattle. In 2017, the family farm had sold. Ken retired in 2018
Audio - Father's family were immigrants from Italy. Homesteaded in Perryvale. He worked on railroad, in the mines, and farmed. Father was MLA for Athabasca. Mother's family moved from USA to Canada, and also homesteaded in Perryvale. Provided local store with milk, cream, and butter. Husband drove truck, and then worked for County of Athabasca
Audio - Talks about his family. Wife was a school teacher. Ran a recycling business; sons still run the business. Sold the weather-stripping business in 2003 and moved to Athabasca. In 2016, sons built a batting and pitching cage, plus a place to buy baseball bats and other baseball-related items