FAMILY WITH A TEN MILE DIET

Shown in this picture are my parents John F. Krueger and his bride Elsa Dorothy Marie on their wedding day in l915. Eldest son Paul, on the left and Fred, second son, on the right. Middle row: Albert (Al), Helen, and Sophia (Sue). Bottom row: Esther, Harold, and John. During the depression of the l930's a scarlet fever epidemic took the life of our little brother, Harold.

Our family lived on a farm ten miles south of Orion, Alberta. The mail came once a week and the little store in town carried items of food like baking powder, and other items my mother could not grow in her large garden. Chokecherries grew in the sandy hills four miles distant. We raised chickens for eggs and cattle for milk and protein needs. Fast foods were unknown except for a fast trip to the garden for lettuce for a salad.