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During the late 1950s, the work began to replace the two aging public schools in Rosetown at the time: the Smith and Stewart Schools.
James Rose learned that his son Frank had been discharged, having been incapacitated for further war service. Frank Rose had been wounded in the knee…
As we head into the graduation season, I want to share some of our school photos, of which we have plenty. In this photo, an unidentified teacher and nine students…
Twenty-one women organized a chapter here of the Imperial Order Daughters of the Empire. Besides Red Cross, Belgian and Russian relief work, the chapter was to assist D Company…
This photo of Rosetown, viewed from the southwest, was taken ca. 1958 and looks like it’s a photo of a completely different place!
A fire of unknown origin broke out in the rear of Dubé’s Shop-Rite around 6 p.m. on May 12. Firefighters and volunteers contained the fire to the store.
Do you remember dunking Dad's Cookies in a glass of milk? Those cookies were first produced in a factory in Regina, Saskatchewan.
People complained of drivers running their cars at night without front and rear lights on and without licence numbers displayed.
A vignette from the Harris Ruby Rush Days plays out inside the rink due to poor weather in 1999. This scene takes place at the Commercial Hotel (now the Harris Hotel)…
The Rosetown Northern Telephone Company awarded a contract to the Northwest Construction Co. of Saskatoon to put up 48 miles of phone line in the rural district to the north and northwest of town.
In 1989, as part of a promotion by a dairy company, every house in Rosetown received a milk carton in which to collect Care & Share stamps from Palm milk cartons.
Rosetown council determined to enforce the 10-mile-per-hour town speed limit. D. P. Kerr was driving slowly on April 24 when his car hit young Cecil Hawes who was riding a bicycle…
Early Rosetown resident Linus Kunkel (right) and his brother-in-law George Long stand with their shotguns and their haul of geese and other fowl, hung up on racks, in either 1937 or 1938.
A photo showed the high-water mark from spring flooding, just below the the Highway 4 bridge on Eagle Creek on April 16. Within two hours of this picture, the water level dropped about six inches.
In July of 2000, Rosetown held a huge Homecoming celebration. There were sidewalk sales, a parade with live bands, pancake breakfast, dances, fireworks, plays…
Albert Kessel’s best horse was found dead that morning. It was thought that it had eaten something that caused its death, wrote the Marriott correspondent.
This photo was taken during the grand re-opening of the Rosetown Co-op Shopping Centre in June 1999 after renovations were finished to the main level…
Mr. and Mrs. Louis Montreuil learned by a telegram that their son Theodore had a leg broken in a mine in Butte, Montana.
Many folks recognize the sight of BOB, the Big Orange Bridge crossing the South Saskatchewan River near Outlook. BOB was built in 1936 and closed when the new, current bridge…
Snowdrifts 10 feet high could be seen on 27-15, wrote the Ivor correspondent who also noted some livestock purchases. R. Deitz had bought a pair of mules. “He evidently has no liking for power machinery.”
Watching the destruction of a grain elevator tends to stir something in prairie folk. Some kind of emotion, whether it be sadness, nostalgia, or frustration, always rises to the surface.
Aerial view of Fiske in the 1950s, showing the village along the Canadian National Railway line west of Rosetown. The rail line reached the district in 1909…
A two-day tractor school put on by the Ford Motor Co. attracted about 150 people to the Unique Theatre on Monday and around 75 to the Rosetown Machine & Auto Co. showrooms…
Spring has (hopefully) sprung in the Rosetown area, bringing with it plenty of puddles around town. In this photo, spring runoff pools in the drainage ditch at the north end of Young Street…
A jar of molasses was a common ingredient in the household of every pioneer, primarily because it was an affordable sweetener compared to refined sugar.
The Kingsland school, as it stood in 1999. The Kingsland School was located at NE 16-32-16 W3rd and classes began in April 1909. The first teacher was Mr. W.H. Goodger…
George Shaw of Rosetown took a film of the 1955 Brier on a recent holiday to Iowa and Oklahoma, he said after returning. Shaw ended up showing the film 17 times.
The Fortune Bachelors Club planned to put on a dance on March 10 at Hillside School. Admission was free and the ladies attending would supply refreshments.
On March 4, 1912, one of Saskatoon’s railway bridges collapsed while a train was crossing it. The Canadian Northern Railway bridge gave way beneath the CNR sleeper “Kipling,”…
Gary Blanke (right) tracks the time for this skier and others during a timed race at the 25th anniversary celebrations of Twin Towers Ski Area in January 1999.
