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Estevan Saskatchewan Canada Old Poems ca 1928-1930's |
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NO Reproduction in Whole or in Part,
on ANY, and ALL of my Pages, This is a Collection of old
poems, written to my mother.
I Thought
of scanning these, One thing I have noticed, letter writing and
poems like these, I hope you enjoy them as much as I do. Estevan Hospital Jan 28, 1936 Dear Helen, I dream't I died, And to heaven did go, "Where did you come from?" Saint Peter wanted to know, "Estevan", I said and St Peter did stare, "Come in", He said, "You're the first one from there!" Signed:Sincerely Peggy Bissett (Manitoba Gold Mine my Mother worked at) Oct 21, 1934 Dear Helen, I'd like to live in a cozy house that's built on friendship street. Where the folks like you & Emilie are apt to come & we could often meet. I'd always leave my lach string out & my door would open wide. The day that N. Luxmore would bring you as his bride. Signed: A friend W. E. M. San Antonio Hotel (Bissett MB) Room 28 Dear Helen, Life is like a bubble on a stream Keeps drifting all the while It's those cheerful smiles of yours Which makes life seem Worthwhile. Signed: Clarence Keeffe (or Kerffe?) Dear Helen Friends may come Friends may go True friends are hard to find But you are one of the Friends I got I will always keep in mind Signed: Norman Bissett Man Hotel San Antonia Dearest Helen The world is wide and the world is grand And there's little or nothing new But the Sweetest thing Is the Clasp of the hand Of a friend that is tried and true signed: Lovingly Emilie (Mom's sister) Dear Helen I wish I was the China Cup From which you take your tea, And every time you take a sip Twould mean a kiss for me signed: Mrs. M. MacKenzie Jan 27, 1935 Dear Helen Here's to the blood of your health, Here's to the health of your blood, But you can't have good health, without good blood, So Here's to your Bloody Good Health Signed: Mary Dukart Bissett MB Oct 22, 1934 Dear Helen When the golden sun is setting and your mind from care is free When of others you are thinking Will you sometime think of me. Sincerely Inez Holman Estevan Dec 6, 1934 Dear helen As cheerfulness lengthens the summer of life To thou dost the Season of flowers When the year waxeth old thou with beauty art rife And thou smilest though dark thy sky cours Cheerfulness Mrs W H Turner Bissett Man Oct 23, 1934 Dear Helen Like as a plank of driftwood Tossed on the watery main Another plank encounters Meets, touches, parts again. So it is with man forever. On lifes stormy sea. We meet, greet, and sever, Drifting eternally Signed: Mrs Waisanen Estevan Sask 3/17/35 Our argument you remember concerned some crooked capitalists You thought it would last till december therefore left and joined with souambulist By your beauty sleep you are the richer and we thru loss of words the poorer Signed: A. E. Koslowsky Bissett Man Sept 15, 1934 Dear Helen Remember me early Remember me late Remember the kisses You left at the gate Signed: Joe Jenkins Estevan Sask Sept 3, 1935 Dear Helen I wish you Wealth I wish you Health I wish you gold in store I wish Heaven when you die What can I wish you more. Signed: Sincerely Pearl Brovold Estevan Sask June 17, 1935 Dearest Helen I wonder does everyone feel about friends Just the way that I do about mine I wonder do other hearts warm at the thought Of a friendship that is lasting and fine I wonder do others know all of the joy That one loyal friend can be giving I wonder does every one know that a friend Is the Sweetness and Sunshine of living. Signed: Always your friend Christine Hoffer note in corner says: our last few hr's together at the "Empire Hotel" Carman Man Oct 29, 1934 Good Luck Dear Sis, Sugar for sweetness, and Brooms for strife If you choose wisely- well- And if unwisely, never tell. Signed: Your loving sister Till Tillie (nee Gesell) Saunderson, Mom's oldest sister This one has 2 hand drawn cats and 2 pumpkins
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