A Love Story - Joyce

At 4-H calf club we went around and showed our calves, we trained them, bobbed their tails etc. We were about 6-7 years old when we started in 4H while living on the farm.  I started showing at exhibitions when I was 12 years old.  I was a pretty good at showing.

Bob and I attended the same 4-H shows. I took correspondence school for high school. Bob and I would be at exhibitions at the same time. We met here and spent weekends going to dances.

Bob and I 'hooked up' at Kay Sutherland's wedding. Bob was dating my roommate at the time. We had a romantic weekend and had to keep our love under wraps until he broke it off with his other girl.

We were about 19 years old when we started courting.  We were about 22 years old, before we could afford to get engaged so we both worked. I was teaching at Bueno Vista in Grade 1, and Bob was working for extension division at U of S. My first year of teaching was at Dundurn then I got on city staff in Saskatoon.

We went to a Saturday night dance to celebrate our engagement. All around Saskatoon were rural schools and that is where we would go for the dances.