Betty Kowal

John Kowal bought this second-hand truck for $850 in Edmonton in 1962. Today (2008) it is still running as a hunting truck for Fred Lachance

John Kowal was sawing logs into lumber at the age of 22. Even some neighbors came to get their logs sawed into lumber for their buildings. This is on Kowal""s homestead in Alpen

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

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

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

The Kowal family: Debbie, Betty, John and David, in front of the barn which was standing since 1910. It was built by John Ross who homesteaded here

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

Photograph - John Kowal paid $25 for this good running tractor to break his field of willows. The breaking plow is a Massey Harris that Betty Kowal inherited

This is one mile south from Ellscott. Betty Kowal's dad built a raft to bring hay to feed to the cows, which were trapped on the other side of the creek. He also brought cream cans and pails to pick up the milk. Betty Kowal and her brother Bob, walked one and a half miles to cross the creek on the railway bridge so they could help their dad milk the eight cows. Their dad went back on the raft while Betty and Bob walked back on the railway bridge