LOG STRUCTURES OF THE EARLY SETTLERS Homestead consisted of half a lot, a 75 acre land parcel, marked by surveyed lines cut through the bush and identified by axe blazed trees. At each corner, where property lines intercepted, was a rough axe hewn square post, with concession and lot numbers carved into it. After […]
Agatha Driedger
Agatha Driedger Dick, born 1918 in Schönfeld, Brasol My parents were Ältester Nicholai N. Driedger, born 1893, and Tina Dueck, born 1897, both in Schönfeld. By the time I came into the world, life in Schönfeld, along with many other Mennonite villages, had changed drastically. Every family feared for their lives because of the Machnov […]
June Sale 2013
The annual June sale, now called Community Festival, is a combined bake sale, quilt sale, food sale, yard sale, and entertainment, all done in the name of charity. Mennonites, mostly, bake pies, Zwiebach, ‘platz’ or whatever, deliver them to the booth at the crack of dawn and, when there is a bit of a pause […]
