Snapshots and Articles on Summerberry
These first 2 pictures are from the 1990 Summerberry reunion (the newspaper article lower down makes reference to the subsequent reunion in 1995). Folks from far and wide came back to take a trip down memory lane, relive their youth and catch up with old friends and nieghbours.
1990 Town reunion – looking north toward CP rail tracks
1990 Town reunion – looking toward school from former elevator location
The Elevators
The old grain elevators were long gone by the time the reunion happened. Here is a winter picture of how I remember the elevators. This photo was taken in about 1974. At the time the Pool, United Grain Growers and Paterson Elevators were still standing. The last elevator was closed in 1985 and eventually torn down in 1988.
Picture of 3 women on top of a snow fort. This appears to be mid 19th century.
Picture of gardener looking after typical English garden in Summerberry. Again mid 19th century.
A garden gate in Summerberry
Picture of old stone church in Summerberry. It burned down in 1949.
A group of Summerberry ladies about mid 1900s. It appears they are posing outside the stone school.
First school in Hazenmore, Sask. Interesting that Summerberry would build a field stone based school considering typical schools of the day were wooden.
This appears to be a post card or copy of a drawing of Summerberry. It looks like the newspaper article below so was apparently painted by Gordon Matthews in 1961. Gordon was the last School Principal when the school closed in 1966. He then moved to Grenfell. The painting is based on a time when Summerberry was still thriving. You can see the 3 elevators. In the center is the railway station, which was torn down around 1965. On the left is the enclosed skating and curling rink. Summerberry had 2 sheets of curling ice and hosted some incredible Bonspiels.
The following 2 items were in the Tuesday July 25, 1995 issue of the Grenfell Sun (Grenfell is just 8 miles east of Summerberry).
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