Two brothers, Gus and Richard Noel came from Volhynia, Poland to Canada around 1906. They stayed at the Gottlieb Bischke farm. Gottlieb and Augusta Bischke were the brothers’ aunt and uncle. Richard Noel met Ida Jobb when Ida was working in Whitemouth at Stillman’s store, or while she worked at Bayse’s store. They were married in 1914, at the old Oldenburg church. They lived at the Bischke farm for one year, and then took up a homestead at Seven Sisters.

Rose’s earliest memories of the homestead are of the heavy bush, muskeg, sand flies, and mosquitoes. The family had oxen, and would drive them with a cart to Whitemouth for groceries. Before oxen, the pioneers walked to Whitemouth carrying crocks of butter on shoulder yokes. Supplies would then be carried home the same way.

Rose’s memories of the old falls are of many tourists and local people coming down to fish or relax at the beach. Father (Richard) made ice cream, and sold it. He also sold some butter, cream, milk, and eggs to the people down at the falls. Father had a rowboat that the children spent many hours in just below the falls.

School (at Art Schultz’s farm) was over seven miles away, which was too far to walk every day. Rose and Sister Hertha went to live with Uncle Gottlieb Bischke on the farm east of Oldenburg to be close to school. The girls lived there permanently, walking home to Seven Sisters many times, especially in the summer. The roads were good, and occasionally the girls would catch a ride with passing horses and buggies or cars. The Seven Sisters and “Tin Town” areas were growing fast at the time, due to the power house construction. Each visit was interesting, because there were always new buildings. Rose remembers especially the Tourist Hotel building being built.

Starting in 1929, Rose took organ lessons from Freda Herzog (Mrs. Ewald Kosloske) and Ed Lange. The lessons lasted three years. In 1930, Rose started playing the organ in the pioneer Oldenburg church for Pastor Voss, and started giving organ lessons to neighbours. She still plays the organ at St. Paul church at River Hills and at Ross United church in Whitemouth.

Rose came to live with the Bischkes when she was 6 years old, and never left the farm. She took the farm over in 1937 from the Bischke’s; Gottlieb and August never had any children of their own.

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