In the summer of 1952, we moved to our new house at 10957, 141 Street in West Edmonton.  I think Dad bought it with a $6,000 mortgage.

The front street was not paved when we moved in and it frequently became a quagmire whenever it rained but it did come equipped with all the modern conveniences like running water, tub with shower, gas stove, gas furnace and cement basement which Dad finished off the next year.








This is me in the backyard in 1952 with my cousin Lee, son of my Uncle Ralph (Dad's younger brother) and Aunt Enid.








This is Grandfather, Grandmother, Dad and Grandmother's brother-in-law, Beber shortly before Grandmother's death in 1953.












Dad, Beber (Grandmother's brother-in-law), Mother, Peggy, Grandfather, Fred, Ralph, Glenn and Bob.

Funeral party at Grandmother's death from cancer in 1953.












Katherine M. Ursel

1887 - 1953














This is Dad hosing Bob and I down some years later.













This is me standing and Bob kneeling while we diligently paint
the backyard fence sometime about 1955 I think.














This is Bob on the trombone, me on the accordian with our cousins Wendy on the trumpet and Shelley on the miniature guitar.  This is also about 1956.













This is my infant sister, Wendy, born on May 6th, 1957.















This is Wendy getting a bath with her dog, Mitzi's help.















This me holding my 3 year old sister's hand at the gravesite
of my grandfather who died in 1960 at the age of 72 years.












After I went off to UBC in 1962
to study forestry and Bob joined the RCAF band, two things happened.  The parents and Wendy moved to this house on the south side of Edmonton and Wendy got a dog she named Mitzi.  This picture was taken about 1964.










And here she is with her favourite doggie, Mitzi.














This picture was taken in the late fall of 1965 when I took a year out from UBC Forestry to work.  I bought this 1957 Buick in Winnipeg while I was working at Riding Mountain National Park in a Federal student program during the summer.  Wendy is sitting on the back fender.

Shortly after this, my dad sold the Atlas Book Bindery and they moved to a semi-retirement lifestyle near Cobble Hill, BC.