The original homestead was adjacent to the farm of Jules Remmery, who was Joseph and Madeleine’s brother in law. They decided to move to Rosser because their brother in law offered half his dairy barn and it was close to the City of Winnipeh to ship the milk. They originally purchased 5 acres of prairie and 32 milk cows with proceeds from the sale of their grain farm machinery and horses.

In June, 1924 they built their first house. They lived in this house only four weeks when a fire was caused by a pot of jam which biuled over the stove. At the time, Madeleine and Joe were milking in the barn with two-month old Julian in his carriage. Albert, who was asleep in the house, had fortunately just learned to crawl out of his crib. Joe found him on the floor beside his crib and both escaped. Not one single item was saved.

The family moved into the second home in October of that year. The home consisted of three bedrooms, a large kitchen, and a full basement. Joe built the cupboards for the new house.

Albert and Julian walked to Ulster School which was only one tenth of a mile away. The teachers often used to board at Madeleine and Joe’s. Miss Beatrice Kenny boarded for four years and paid $12.00 per month. Joe and Madeleine were active in the school district. Joe was one of the three trustees along with Paul Grenkow and Charles VanSteelant. Madeleine was school secretary for six years.

In 1926, they built a temporary barn with a straw roof. The first permanent barn was built in 1928 and was 102 feet long. Another 80 feet were added in 1944. The barn is still being used today.

Lots of labour was required in the early days. Joe’s brother, John, and one hired hand plus an extra for haying helped to get the farm going. Initially, all the hay was made at the bog, 15 miles north of the farm, past Stony Mountain. The hay was put up in the bog and stacked. Over the winter they would go with the team of horses to pick up feed for the cattle. John would leave at 5:30 am and sometime return with no hay due to the fact he could not find the haystacks in a storm.

Milk from the dairy was shipped daily to Cresent Creamery in Winnipeg. Two teams of horses were used alternating on different days. The original cans were dropped off at the CPR Orpa siding just east of the farm. The train came every second day and would stop to pick up passengers at 10:00 am and would return 5:30 pm. If the missed the train back to Orpa, it was a long cold walk home in the dark.

The Gamby’s first truck was a Chevrolet half ton purchased in March, 1928. It was used to haul the milk to Winnipeg every day, and bring back a few bags of feed which cost only $9.00 per ton for the cows. Their first car was a Nash bought in 1930.

While the mode of transportation improved, the roads left a lot to be desired. Washouts were common on Highway No.7 and on Rosser Road. Joe was hired by the local councillor. Jack Stewart, to repair and grade the roads in various years throughout the 1930′s. Joe won a $10 gold piece for having the best graded mile on Highway No.7. The night the he won the gold piece, they held a banquet at the Fort Garry Hotel. He decided to go along with the crowd and smoke a cigar even though he didn’t smoke. He came home as white as a ghost. The gold coin was later spent on a “rainy day”.

As the farm prospered, the Gambys continued to purchase more land and more cows. Their first tractor was purchased in 1934, in Internation Harvester, boughth from Mr. Percy Beachell in Rosser.

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Quebec City. Eight day of voyage, America can be seen through the telescope. The people were overjoyed in the hopes to set foot on solid ground again. At two in the afternoon a small blank line can be seen and it gradually came nearer. As they entered a gulf that was locked in the by high mountains on both side, the gulf got narrower and narrower and mountains came closer. There were fishing boats heading to start their business.

Soon countless lights shone and the old Mennonites knew that they reached the port of Quebec. Three times the ship sent a flare skyward. It sailed into harbor. The gates were opened for disembarking. A crowd of people were there, there to welcome those leaving the ship. Then the travelers were received as Canadian immigrants.

Duluth. This is where the travelers were recommended to buy tools, cook stoves and cooking utensils. So purchases were made and packed into the freight car. They spent one or two days there. From there, they continued to rail and came to a small town. It had only recently been founded and construction was in progress. It was called Fisher’s Landing.

Kansas.The travelers got here and were received by a large group of people. Among them were many Mennonite brethren who lived in Kansas. During the time when their forefathers moved from Germany to Russia they had moved to America. They came and tried to persuade them not to get to Manitoba. They said that two settlements had been made there before and these settlers had to turn back. They could not survive there because of the cold, raw, long winter.

Kansas Brethren insisted that other Mennonites should come to Kansas. The climate was milder there. Although many allowed themselves to be persuaded and went along to the south others remained firm. It had once negotiated their freedoms with the Queen but they hold true to it. The majority remained on their side.

Fort Dufferin. Nothing special in this town. There are only few plain houses. The main town can be found on the east side near the river. The travelers resided on the west side where the government told them so.

Life of the people at Fort Dufferin was quite a tough. Children weren’t able to recover fully from sea sickness and day after day, the little angels pass away. Food was one of the main concern, especially milk for small children. The Old Mennonites also offered to keep some of our poor people there to earn some money since they were in need of labourers for their large orchards.
When the cattle arrived and there was great joy, sick children will now have proper nutrition. To a degree this necessary supplement rejuvenated the children. But the sadness of the time was not completely taken away.

Reinland. The farmer had planted an orchard of wild cherry trees. Fehr, who so vividly recollected the fruit orchards in his native Russia, comments:”The fruit was in clusters and yet different than wine grapes.”

Since the fruit was now ripe one after another undertook to taste it and one after another drew his face into contortions and spit out the cherries. The general opinion was that this fruit could not be eaten. The immigrants had made their first encounter with chokecherries.

The group was warmly received at the farm. The cooking utensils were taken from the wagon and a meal was prepared. Fresh potatoes were purchased here at price of 80 cents per pail.

Fehr then described the arrival at Reinland. Because we could travel only with oxen, everything was slow. At last we came to the land. The land had been surveyed few days before and numbered. Our lot was the name of Reinland. After a three day journey we arrived at Reinland and pitched our tent. The government had ordered these terms for the immigrants at a very small cost to us.

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At a meeting in 1900 adequate protection against the importation of infectious diseases, through foreign immigration to Manitoba was discussed. As a result Municipal and Health Officers were sent a circular on the benefits of vaccination as protection against smallpox.

In April, 1916 the Provincial Board of Health passed a regulation to “select a sufficient number (of District Health Nurses) to meet the present requirements of health administration throughout the province.., at salaries not to exceed $75 per month and traveling and living expenses while on duty outside their respective regular places of domicile.”

Before there were Nursing Stations in Rosser, the District Health Nurse lived in Selkirk and covered the Interlake area. At that time duties would include school inspections, immunizations clinics, etc.

The Nursing Station and resident Public Health Nurse came about because many doctors were signing up to serve in the armed services in World War II and it was often difficult to get medical attention when needed. A request by the Rosser Women’s Institute to Rosser Council and Provincial Department of Health resulted in the arrival of Public Health Nurse Helen Patterson in Rosser. She was followed by Phyllis Hammond and then Margaret Leslie.

The nurse worked from 9:00 am. to 5:00 p.m., Monday to Friday, and from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. on Saturday. She was expected to spend most weekends in the community and take an active part in community life. As well the nurse was on call for any emergency that might arise. Her duties included: regular inspection of each child in each school in the municipality, with notes sent home to each child’s parent about any health problems encountered followed by a home visit; home visits to ex-TB patients, all newborns, pregnant mothers, diabetics and seniors; immunization clinics for school and preschool children as well as baby and preschool clinics; quarantine for communicable disease; emergencies.

In July of 1946 the Provincial Department of Health set up the Health Unit system now in place. The nursing station was closed and the resident nurse moved to another location. With the Health Unit, the Health Department phased out the emergency service for Rosser. Rosser Municipality was served by the Public Health nurse from the Stonewall Health Unit Office and this continues today.

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