1930s - Edwin and Marguerite Haid - Bell /Holden Farm neighbours
Edwin and Marguerite Haid lived on a portion of the Bell Farm located on a half section just south of the former Bell Farm headquarters from 1935 until 1949. Their family included: Edith (1917-1955), Lloyd (1919-2001), Norman (1923-1992), Marjorie (1929-), Fred (1932-) and Edwin Jr. (1941-).
Edwin Joseph Haid (1896-1967) was originally from Hawksville, Ontario and his wife Marguerite Honora Schmous (1899-1981), came from Wellesley Township, Ontario.
During the early 1920s, they farmed between Briercrest and Moose Jaw, and their family continued to operate that farm until 2010.
In 1935 the Haids bought a second farm, this one located just north of Indian Head, also on land once farmed by Major Bell. (The E.J. Boooks family reportedly lived in the Bell Farmhouse at that time.) The Haid's farm came with three granaries which stood in a row, one being used as a chop bin with a chopper; the other two held grain. There was a Texaco Service Station located at what was called “The Haids’ corner” -- which was later moved to a new location in town, on Grand Avenue. The Haids had built a larger granary near the Texaco Station. When Texaco moved away, they offered to the Haids a building where they had kept the soft drinks. The Haids pulled it with the tractor over near that larger granary. Fred Haid called the Texaco building the “Coca Cola” building.
SOURCE:
Haid family e-mail correspondence - Oct.-Nov. 2017- between Frank Korvemaker and Jahzi [Haid] Van Iderstine.
RESEARCH BY:
Jahzi Van Iderstine and Fred Haid, Alberta; and by Frank Korvemaker, Regina, Sask.