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She grew up in Edson until 1951 when she was 18 or 19 and she went into nursing school. Mary's family came to Canada between 1908 and 1912. She thinks her father came in 1908 and her mother came in 1912. They arrived in a village east of Vegreville called Innisfree. Both sides went to that area. Mary's father was born in western Ukraine, but she doesn't know exactly where. The same is the case with Mary's mother. Mary does know, however, that the area was once under Austrian rule. Mary's husband was born in Edmonton. Mary lived in Winnipeg from 1954 to 1961. Mary went to public school until grade 12, then she had nursing training for 3 years. Mary's occupation was nursing. Mary lived with her parents, 2 brothers (though 1 died), and 4 sisters. 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They had a full dinner at noon that was a big meal. At supper, they would have a lighter dinner that was soup and leftovers from lunch. They would also have perogies occasionally and cabbage rolls on special occasions.\n\nChristmas dinner was turkey, mashed potatoes with gravy, cabbage rolls, and something with wheat and honey in it. On Ukrainian Christmas, they had the other foods like goose, the \"horrible wheat stuff\", and there was something with cornmeal. Mary celebrated 2 Christmases and the Christmas tree stayed up for both. The tree was decorated with paper chains and clip on candles which the kids weren't allowed to light because they could go up in flames. ","format":"text/plain","label":{"en":["Synopsis"]}}],"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1776/collection_resources/58726/file/133047#t=327.0,530.0"},{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1776/collection_resources/58726/file/133047/index/52079/annotation/5","type":"Annotation","motivation":"supplementing","body":[{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Foods purchased and preserved","format":"text/plain","label":{"en":["Title"]}}],"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1776/collection_resources/58726/file/133047#t=530.0,694.0"},{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1776/collection_resources/58726/file/133047/index/52079/annotation/6","type":"Annotation","motivation":"supplementing","body":[{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Mary's family lived on the outskirts of town so they always had a cow and thus they had their own milk and cottage cheese. They had a big garden as well. Mary's father would purchase a pig in the spring, raise it until fall and butcher it for winter. They always had chickens, as well. The family still had to purchase everything else like flour, sugar, coffee, or tea. Mary's mother canned some stuff, but they still had to buy canned foods from the stores. The stores back then did not have fresh fruit like they do today. What fruit there was came by train. They did pick blueberries and they made their own dill pickles. 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Girls did not wear overalls or trousers in those days so they always wore dresses. Winter was cold and they always had to wear long underwear. They had winter boots during the winter and running shoes during the summer and they weren't allowed to skip with their shoes on, lest they wear out. Clothes and fabrics were ordered via catalogue. They lived in a small village, so specialty stores were not present. They used the Eaton's catalogue.\n\nMary was responsible for dishes, washing the floor and furniture (every Saturday), working the garden, bringing in the wood, bringing in the water, and ironing clothes (once they were older). The distance to school was nothing special, though they did take their lunch to school on very cold days.\n\nMary's father worked in track maintenance for CN. Mary's mother was a full time housekeeper.","format":"text/plain","label":{"en":["Synopsis"]}}],"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1776/collection_resources/58726/file/133047#t=694.0,908.0"},{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1776/collection_resources/58726/file/133047/index/52079/annotation/9","type":"Annotation","motivation":"supplementing","body":[{"type":"TextualBody","value":"House, crafts, religion","format":"text/plain","label":{"en":["Title"]}}],"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1776/collection_resources/58726/file/133047#t=908.0,1092.0"},{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1776/collection_resources/58726/file/133047/index/52079/annotation/10","type":"Annotation","motivation":"supplementing","body":[{"type":"TextualBody","value":"The house they lived in was small and all the walls were wallpapered. They didn't have anything extra as theirs was a large family and they slept 3 children to a bed (until some of them became old enough to move out). There was a couch in the living room that became a bed, and there was one other cot. There was no extra furnishings: they just had the basics. Mary's father built the house.\n\nMary was the only one in her family to do crafts. Her mother sewed, but that was more out of necessity than it was a craft. Mary started embroidery and knitting when she was young, but just the basics back then.\n\nMary's family was not religious but went to a Pentecostal Church in those days because it was close and Mary's mother wanted them to go to a church, but it didn't matter which one. There was no Ukrainian Church nearby. An orthodox priest would come out maybe every 3 months. Mary just went with her friends to church. Her father was not religious at all: he said priests in the old country would take 5 cows from you if you had 10. The priests took half of everything. He said that they took too much, so he never had much time for the priests. Mary's mother insisted the kids go to church, though her father didn't think it was necessary.","format":"text/plain","label":{"en":["Synopsis"]}}],"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1776/collection_resources/58726/file/133047#t=908.0,1092.0"},{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1776/collection_resources/58726/file/133047/index/52079/annotation/11","type":"Annotation","motivation":"supplementing","body":[{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Holidays and celebrations","format":"text/plain","label":{"en":["Title"]}}],"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1776/collection_resources/58726/file/133047#t=1092.0,1403.0"},{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1776/collection_resources/58726/file/133047/index/52079/annotation/12","type":"Annotation","motivation":"supplementing","body":[{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Mary's family celebrated Easter, but in Canada they aren't religious holidays. They didn't celebrate the birth of Christ or the resurrection; it was just another holiday. Easter was celebrated with paska, but that's all Mary can remember besides a large meal with ham. Mary's mother made the paska.\n\nMary's family celebrated birthdays. They had a birthday cake and there was money inside that cake. Mary made a money cake for her grandchildren and they thought it was great.\n\nDominion Day was celebrated with a big sports day at the school and everyone would go. There was a small fair there as well. The sport was baseball.\n\nThanksgiving was celebrated with a big turkey dinner. Mary's aunt from the farm always sent them a turkey.\n\nHalloween was a big deal. They would get dressed and go out to get treats, but there was a party at school where they would bob for apples or eat apples on a string.\n\nNew Years was celebrated, but it was just another big meal, not a religious holiday. Mary's family did not celebrate Ukrainian New Years.\n\nVictoria Day was a sports day that was just a day off school.\n\nWeddings were a big deal as well.","format":"text/plain","label":{"en":["Synopsis"]}}],"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1776/collection_resources/58726/file/133047#t=1092.0,1403.0"},{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1776/collection_resources/58726/file/133047/index/52079/annotation/13","type":"Annotation","motivation":"supplementing","body":[{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Singing, storytelling, immigration to Canada","format":"text/plain","label":{"en":["Title"]}}],"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1776/collection_resources/58726/file/133047#t=1403.0,1859.0302"},{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1776/collection_resources/58726/file/133047/index/52079/annotation/14","type":"Annotation","motivation":"supplementing","body":[{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Mary's mother used to sing with Slovenian and slavic people as they made down quilts together (they also told dirty jokes). The languages they sang in were Ukrainian, Czech, Slovenian and more. Mary thinks that, after a while, they had their own language together. Mary is the only one who can't sing as she is tone deaf. The brother that died always sang and people always knew when he was coming or going.\n\nMary's family often spoke about Ukraine. Her grandmother really didn't want to come to Canada as she was one of the few people to own land in Ukraine. Her grandfather, however, really wanted to go, so he came to Canada first. Mary's mother would sometimes talk about Ukraine and the fruit trees they had. Her father wouldn't talk about Ukraine unless it was about the priests, who he did not like. They came to Canada for a better life, so they didn't reflect on their old lives too much. They wanted the kids to fit in so they encouraged them to be Canadian. The only regret they had in leaving Ukraine, was not going back to visit. Travel was much harder in those days and the Soviet Union made visiting difficult. Mary's father was able to contact one of his brothers after the war; that brother had become a professor at the University of Kyiv. After Mary's father died, all contact was lost.\n\nMary's family was happy in Canada. Mary's grandfather could read and would read people's letters for them on weekends, so it was a pleasant visit for everyone.","format":"text/plain","label":{"en":["Synopsis"]}}],"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1776/collection_resources/58726/file/133047#t=1403.0,1859.0302"}]}]},{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1776/collection_resources/58726/file/133048","type":"Canvas","label":{"en":["Media File 2 of 2 - 2004-091-1759.mp3"]},"duration":1729.59347,"width":640,"height":40,"thumbnail":[{"id":"https://d9jk7wjtjpu5g.cloudfront.net/collection_resource_files/thumbnails/000/133/048/small/audio-default.png?1640634550","type":"Image","format":"image/png"}],"items":[{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1776/collection_resources/58726/file/133048/content/1","type":"AnnotationPage","items":[{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1776/collection_resources/58726/file/133048/content/2/annotation/1","type":"Annotation","motivation":"painting","body":{"id":"https://aviary-p-ualberta.s3.wasabisys.com/collection_resource_files/resource_files/000/133/048/original/2004-091-1759.mp3?1660935292","type":"Audio","format":"audio/mpeg","duration":1729.59347,"width":640,"height":40},"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1776/collection_resources/58726/file/133048","metadata":[]}]}],"annotations":[{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1776/collection_resources/58726/file/133048/index/52078","type":"AnnotationPage","label":{"en":["Part 2 [Index]"]},"items":[{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1776/collection_resources/58726/file/133048/index/52078/annotation/1","type":"Annotation","motivation":"supplementing","body":[{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Dances, plays, concerts","format":"text/plain","label":{"en":["Title"]}}],"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1776/collection_resources/58726/file/133048#t=0.0,357.0"},{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1776/collection_resources/58726/file/133048/index/52078/annotation/2","type":"Annotation","motivation":"supplementing","body":[{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Mary's parents never went to dances, but they were popular in the community. They took place in the community hall, the Legion hall, and school halls. Dances happened almost every Saturday night. They did the jitterbug, waltzes, foxtrots, conga lines, square dances, two-steps, but it was mostly jitterbug. At the dances, there was always a piano and sometimes trumpet or trombone, drums, saxophone, accordions, or violins. The music played was whatever was popular and current.\n\nThere were plays. There was a group from New York that travelled across the US and Canada that would come through and do plays. A lot of the community plays came from the schools or churches. Every public institution (school grades) had a Christmas concert. Mary participated in the school concerts as they were compulsory. The concerts had little plays, and a Birth of Christ play. Mary usually had background roles. Sometimes, they had to recite poetry or sang songs. The children with the best voices were the ones that sang solos. 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Mary took compulsory French lessons in high school.\n\nMary's neighbours across the street were a Czechoslovakian family. Next door, there was a Ukrainian family. There was another Ukrainian family also across the street. There was an English family, as well.\n\nMary names her best friends growing up. Together, they rode bicycles, played tennis, went skating, played ball, played tag, they made houses and cabins in the bush, went swimming, and they caught frogs.\n\nMary's parents' friends were their neighbours. Her father wasn't really friends with his coworkers.\n\nAs a family, they would go to sports days, listen to the radio, and played cards. They got the radio before Mary was born. The radio ran on batteries so it was only used sparingly. They listened to news and radio plays.","format":"text/plain","label":{"en":["Synopsis"]}}],"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1776/collection_resources/58726/file/133048#t=357.0,674.0"},{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1776/collection_resources/58726/file/133048/index/52078/annotation/5","type":"Annotation","motivation":"supplementing","body":[{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Education and school","format":"text/plain","label":{"en":["Title"]}}],"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1776/collection_resources/58726/file/133048#t=674.0,1493.0"},{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1776/collection_resources/58726/file/133048/index/52078/annotation/6","type":"Annotation","motivation":"supplementing","body":[{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Mary started school when she was 5 (almost 6) years old. The school was over a mile from Mary's home. They went to school from 9:00 till noon, then from 1:30 to 4:00, so it was 5 and a half hours per day. They had 2 recesses at school. Mary describes a typical day at school. The school was a 2 story building with a basement. The main floor was the junior grades, the 2nd floor was junior high, and the high school was in the basement. The rooms had desks in rows with the teacher's desk at the front. The school was heated via a central furnace which was fuelled by coal or wood. They had water in school, but not at first: they had to wait for the town to get plumbing. There were 18 to 20 kids in a class. Subjects taught in elementary school were reading, writing, arithmetic, language arts, social studies (history), physical education, music, and geography. Subjects taught in high school were home economics, the diversified sciences (physics, chemistry, biology), French, typing, music, algebra, geometry, trigonometry, and language arts.\n\nParents supplied all the school supplies: school supplied nothing except for readers and textbooks. Mary doesn't know what the supplies cost.\n\nThere was no punishment for speaking a language other than English at school, but Mary is aware of other places that did punish students for speaking something besides English. Mary's siblings went to school before her, so it was not hard for her to pick up English.\n\nMary doesn't remember all of her teachers' names as there were many teachers. The teachers lived around Edson: they were responsible for their own accommodations. Mary wasn't always in the same grade as her friends. Mary played basketball, baseball, tennis, went skating, skiing, and curling with her friends.\n\nMary's classmates' backgrounds were varied. There were Irish, English, Ukrainian, Czechoslovakian, German, \"the whole spectrum\". She doesn't remember any problems. ","format":"text/plain","label":{"en":["Synopsis"]}}],"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1776/collection_resources/58726/file/133048#t=674.0,1493.0"},{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1776/collection_resources/58726/file/133048/index/52078/annotation/7","type":"Annotation","motivation":"supplementing","body":[{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Nurse school, genealogy, end of interview","format":"text/plain","label":{"en":["Title"]}}],"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1776/collection_resources/58726/file/133048#t=1493.0,1729.59347"},{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1776/collection_resources/58726/file/133048/index/52078/annotation/8","type":"Annotation","motivation":"supplementing","body":[{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Mary always wanted to be a nurse when she grew up. 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