{"id":156,"date":"2018-04-17T04:02:39","date_gmt":"2018-04-17T04:02:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cusjc.ca\/mrp\/prairieghosts\/?post_type=project&#038;p=156"},"modified":"2023-02-13T14:07:03","modified_gmt":"2023-02-13T14:07:03","slug":"chapter-5-no-more-romance","status":"publish","type":"project","link":"https:\/\/cusjc.ca\/mrp\/prairieghosts\/project\/chapter-5-no-more-romance\/","title":{"rendered":"Chapter 5: No more Romance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; fullwidth=&#8221;on&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_margin=&#8221;||0px|&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;||0px|&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_fullwidth_header title=&#8221;No more Romance&#8221; text_orientation=&#8221;center&#8221; header_fullscreen=&#8221;on&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; title_text_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; title_font_size=&#8221;75px&#8221; background_color=&#8221;rgba(255, 255, 255, 0)&#8221; background_image=&#8221;https:\/\/cusjc.ca\/mrp\/prairieghosts\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2018\/04\/s5-header.jpg&#8221; background_layout=&#8221;light&#8221; title_text_shadow_style=&#8221;preset1&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; button_one_text_size__hover_enabled=&#8221;off&#8221; button_two_text_size__hover_enabled=&#8221;off&#8221; button_one_text_color__hover_enabled=&#8221;off&#8221; button_two_text_color__hover_enabled=&#8221;off&#8221; button_one_border_width__hover_enabled=&#8221;off&#8221; button_two_border_width__hover_enabled=&#8221;off&#8221; button_one_border_color__hover_enabled=&#8221;off&#8221; button_two_border_color__hover_enabled=&#8221;off&#8221; button_one_border_radius__hover_enabled=&#8221;off&#8221; button_two_border_radius__hover_enabled=&#8221;off&#8221; button_one_letter_spacing__hover_enabled=&#8221;off&#8221; button_two_letter_spacing__hover_enabled=&#8221;off&#8221; button_one_bg_color__hover_enabled=&#8221;off&#8221; button_two_bg_color__hover_enabled=&#8221;off&#8221;]&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n[\/et_pb_fullwidth_header][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; fullwidth=&#8221;on&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_margin=&#8221;0px||0px|&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px||0px|&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_fullwidth_header admin_label=&#8221;big photo caption&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; content_font_size=&#8221;13px&#8221; background_color=&#8221;rgba(255, 255, 255, 0)&#8221; background_layout=&#8221;light&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;0px||0px|&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px||0px|&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; button_one_text_size__hover_enabled=&#8221;off&#8221; button_two_text_size__hover_enabled=&#8221;off&#8221; button_one_text_color__hover_enabled=&#8221;off&#8221; button_two_text_color__hover_enabled=&#8221;off&#8221; button_one_border_width__hover_enabled=&#8221;off&#8221; button_two_border_width__hover_enabled=&#8221;off&#8221; button_one_border_color__hover_enabled=&#8221;off&#8221; button_two_border_color__hover_enabled=&#8221;off&#8221; button_one_border_radius__hover_enabled=&#8221;off&#8221; button_two_border_radius__hover_enabled=&#8221;off&#8221; button_one_letter_spacing__hover_enabled=&#8221;off&#8221; button_two_letter_spacing__hover_enabled=&#8221;off&#8221; button_one_bg_color__hover_enabled=&#8221;off&#8221; button_two_bg_color__hover_enabled=&#8221;off&#8221;]What remains at the townsite of Romance, Sask.&nbsp;<em>Photo by Matthew Olson<\/em>.<br \/>\n[\/et_pb_fullwidth_header][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_margin=&#8221;0px||0px|&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px||0px|&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_code admin_label=&#8221;Video &#8211; No More Romance&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/R2qk6VcY_vY\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>[\/et_pb_code][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]Ramona Schoettler was born in the small village of Romance in central Saskatchewan in December 1937.<\/p>\n<p>She didn\u2019t know it had been bulldozed to the ground until she went to visit family that lived nearby.<br \/>\n[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_code admin_label=&#8221;soundcite 1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<link href='https:\/\/cdn.knightlab.com\/libs\/soundcite\/latest\/css\/player.css' rel='stylesheet' type='text\/css'><script type='text\/javascript' src='https:\/\/cdn.knightlab.com\/libs\/soundcite\/latest\/js\/soundcite.min.js'><\/script><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><span class=\"soundcite\" data-id=\"430059852\" data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"3735\" data-plays=\"1\">\u201cNothing left of Romance. It\u2019s off the map now,\u201d<\/span> Schoettler said. \u201cOur home is gone.\u201d[\/et_pb_code][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]Romance was never a large settlement. It was another town that sprung up along the railways in Saskatchewan in the early days of the province. Even into her 80s, Schoettler still remembers the different families that lived in the town. There was the grain elevator agent and his children, the railway section foreman, the store keeper (that \u201cchanged hands\u201d three or four times, Schoettler said).<\/p>\n<p>She also remembers when the town started to falter.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the 50s they moved a hall and a church into Romance, and then the church closed in \u201964,\u201d Schoettler said.&nbsp; \u201cIn \u201975, the post office closed.\u201d<br \/>\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row use_custom_gutter=&#8221;on&#8221; gutter_width=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_gallery gallery_ids=&#8221;176,171,175,177,178,174,173,172,170&#8243; posts_number=&#8221;9&#8243; show_title_and_caption=&#8221;off&#8221; show_pagination=&#8221;off&#8221; zoom_icon_color=&#8221;#2ea3f2&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; pagination_font_size_tablet=&#8221;51&#8243; pagination_line_height_tablet=&#8221;2&#8243; custom_css_gallery_item=&#8221;margin: 0 !important;||clear: none !important;||width: 33.33% !important;||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/et_pb_gallery][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;photo caption&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; text_font_size=&#8221;14px&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<em>Historical photos courtesy of Barb and Emilee Kowaliuk.<\/em><br \/>\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_margin=&#8221;0px||0px|&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px||0px|&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; column_structure=&#8221;2_3,1_3&#8243;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;2_3&#8243; 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align_tablet=&#8221;center&#8221; align_last_edited=&#8221;on|desktop&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;||5px|&#8221; always_center_on_mobile=&#8221;on&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; align_phone=&#8221;center&#8221;][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;photo caption&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; text_font_size=&#8221;14px&#8221; text_line_height=&#8221;1em&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]Ramona Schoettler looks at old maps.&nbsp;<em>Photo by Matthew Olson<\/em>.<br \/>\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; background_image=&#8221;https:\/\/cusjc.ca\/mrp\/prairieghosts\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2018\/04\/s5-header2-t2.jpg&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;0px||0px|&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px||0px|&#8221; custom_css_main_element=&#8221;height: 500px;&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; 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background_layout=&#8221;light&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;0px||0px|&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px||0px|&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; button_one_text_size__hover_enabled=&#8221;off&#8221; button_two_text_size__hover_enabled=&#8221;off&#8221; button_one_text_color__hover_enabled=&#8221;off&#8221; button_two_text_color__hover_enabled=&#8221;off&#8221; button_one_border_width__hover_enabled=&#8221;off&#8221; button_two_border_width__hover_enabled=&#8221;off&#8221; button_one_border_color__hover_enabled=&#8221;off&#8221; button_two_border_color__hover_enabled=&#8221;off&#8221; button_one_border_radius__hover_enabled=&#8221;off&#8221; button_two_border_radius__hover_enabled=&#8221;off&#8221; button_one_letter_spacing__hover_enabled=&#8221;off&#8221; button_two_letter_spacing__hover_enabled=&#8221;off&#8221; button_one_bg_color__hover_enabled=&#8221;off&#8221; button_two_bg_color__hover_enabled=&#8221;off&#8221;]Train cars on display at the Saskatchewan Railway Museum.&nbsp;<em>Photo by Matthew Olson<\/em>.<br \/>\n[\/et_pb_fullwidth_header][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_margin=&#8221;0px|||&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]In the early 20th&nbsp;century, the railroads were the easiest form of long-distance transportation. Cal Sexsmith, the director of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.saskrailmuseum.org\/\">the Saskatchewan Railway Museum<\/a>, said many small railroad towns were doomed by more convenient transportation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat really killed the branch lines was the highways and the trucks,\u201d he said.<br \/>\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_margin=&#8221;0px||0px|&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px||0px|&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; column_structure=&#8221;1_2,1_2&#8243;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_2&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]According to Sexsmith, when a railway company laid track, they needed many sections that branched off along the main one, which are called sidings. These sidings were needed for trains to slow down for maintenance or loading and were installed every six to 12 miles (about 10 to 20 kilometres). And at many of those sidings, a town would spring up.<br \/>\n[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]One major company \u2013 the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway, which became part of Canadian National Rail in 1920 \u2013 was responsible for the names of many prairie towns. The company assigned letters in alphabetical order to their stations, and the name of the towns that cropped up were named after the station.<br \/>\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_2&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_image src=&#8221;https:\/\/cusjc.ca\/mrp\/prairieghosts\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2018\/04\/s5-portrait-cal-1.jpg&#8221; show_bottom_space=&#8221;off&#8221; align_tablet=&#8221;center&#8221; align_last_edited=&#8221;on|desktop&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;||5px|&#8221; always_center_on_mobile=&#8221;on&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; align_phone=&#8221;center&#8221;][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;photo caption&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; text_font_size=&#8221;14px&#8221; text_line_height=&#8221;1em&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]Cal Sexsmith gives a tour of the Saskatchewan Railway Museum.&nbsp;<em>Photo by Matthew Olson<\/em>.<br \/>\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_margin=&#8221;0px|||&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_code _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/oK7_X5ZHjOc?ecver=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>[\/et_pb_code][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]Romance wasn\u2019t built on a main line travelling east to west, but a branch line that travelled north and south. As towns began growing along the major rail lines, branch lines were constructed to connect settlements not built directly on the main line to the rest of the railway.<\/p>\n<p>Romance fits almost perfectly along the branch line according to Sexsmith\u2019s estimates: about six miles northeast on the line is the town of Watson. About six miles back, the town of Leroy. Further along the line, the now-derelict town of Sinnett.<\/p>\n<p>But the development of highways changed transportation in the prairies. Rural roadways started criss-crossing the province in the 1940s and 1950s; Saskatchewan was the first province to complete its section of the Trans-Canada Highway in 1957. For farmers, it made more sense to have a truck instead of having to wait for the trains to pass through. Transporting crops became easier and so did shopping.<\/p>\n<p>And with transportation so much easier, it became less necessary to have towns so close together, Sexsmith said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNow, if you look at the natural spacing on towns \u2026 it\u2019s probably more like 30 or 40 miles,\u201d Sexsmith said. \u201cIf you can do everything you need to do in a bigger town, why stop at the small place in between?\u201d<br \/>\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; background_image=&#8221;https:\/\/cusjc.ca\/mrp\/prairieghosts\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2018\/04\/s5-header3.jpg&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;||0px|&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;||0px|&#8221; custom_css_main_element=&#8221;height: 500px;&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; header_font_size=&#8221;40px&#8221; background_layout=&#8221;dark&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">One rural life for another<\/h1>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; fullwidth=&#8221;on&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_margin=&#8221;0px||0px|&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px||0px|&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_fullwidth_header admin_label=&#8221;big photo caption&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; content_font_size=&#8221;13px&#8221; background_color=&#8221;rgba(255, 255, 255, 0)&#8221; background_layout=&#8221;light&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;0px||0px|&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px||0px|&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; button_one_text_size__hover_enabled=&#8221;off&#8221; button_two_text_size__hover_enabled=&#8221;off&#8221; button_one_text_color__hover_enabled=&#8221;off&#8221; button_two_text_color__hover_enabled=&#8221;off&#8221; button_one_border_width__hover_enabled=&#8221;off&#8221; button_two_border_width__hover_enabled=&#8221;off&#8221; button_one_border_color__hover_enabled=&#8221;off&#8221; button_two_border_color__hover_enabled=&#8221;off&#8221; button_one_border_radius__hover_enabled=&#8221;off&#8221; button_two_border_radius__hover_enabled=&#8221;off&#8221; button_one_letter_spacing__hover_enabled=&#8221;off&#8221; button_two_letter_spacing__hover_enabled=&#8221;off&#8221; button_one_bg_color__hover_enabled=&#8221;off&#8221; button_two_bg_color__hover_enabled=&#8221;off&#8221;]Schoettler&#8217;s front yard in Spruce Home, Sask.&nbsp;<em>Photo by Matthew Olson<\/em>.<br \/>\n[\/et_pb_fullwidth_header][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_margin=&#8221;0px|||&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]When Schoettler was born, she said the population of Romance was only around 20 people. The town became more \u201cactive\u201d in the 50s, she said, with the population climbing to around 50 at its peak, but things started closing down not long after.<\/p>\n<p>Schoettler left Romance in 1963 so her husband could work on the telephone lines. They ended up in Spruce Home, another tiny farming community. Spruce Home, which was never reliant on a rail line or grain elevator like Romance, persists to this day, Schoettler said. It\u2019s also about 20 kilometres from Prince Albert, Saskatchewan\u2019s third-largest city.<br \/>\n[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=&#8221;https:\/\/cusjc.ca\/mrp\/prairieghosts\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2018\/04\/s5-pair.jpg&#8221; show_bottom_space=&#8221;off&#8221; align=&#8221;center&#8221; align_tablet=&#8221;center&#8221; align_last_edited=&#8221;on|desktop&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;||5px|&#8221; always_center_on_mobile=&#8221;on&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; align_phone=&#8221;center&#8221;][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;photo caption&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; text_font_size=&#8221;14px&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Ramona Schoettler and her daughter Barb Kowaliuk go through old photos.&nbsp;<em>Photo by Matthew Olson<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]Barb Kowaliuk, Schoettler\u2019s daughter, was raised in Spruce Home. For her, growing up in a small town provided something that the big city never could.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know my kids don\u2019t have the sense of community that I did,\u201d Kowaliuk said. \u201cYou don\u2019t know your neighbour liked you used to \u2026 you kind of just all checked on each other and knew what was going on.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think Saskatchewan is losing that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Though Kowaliuk didn\u2019t grow up in Romance, she still has fond memories of visiting relatives or going to see where her mother and grandmother used to live. It had been falling apart for years and she remembers moving her grandmother into the nearby town of Watson.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen Romance was dying, Granny was devastated. She was hoping it was coming back,\u201d Kowaliuk added. \u201cShe absolutely adored Romance \u2026 she did not want to leave. They carried all the stuff out of her house around her.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Schoettler and Kowaliuk said they believe the reason the remains of Romance had to be taken down was because the rural municipality had deemed it a fire hazard.<\/p>\n<p>Nonetheless, it didn\u2019t prepare her for the shock of seeing the town simply wiped off the face of the Earth, like it had never been there.<br \/>\n[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_code admin_label=&#8221;soundcite 2&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<link href='https:\/\/cdn.knightlab.com\/libs\/soundcite\/latest\/css\/player.css' rel='stylesheet' type='text\/css'><script type='text\/javascript' src='https:\/\/cdn.knightlab.com\/libs\/soundcite\/latest\/js\/soundcite.min.js'><\/script><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><span class=\"soundcite\" data-id=\"430059594\" data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"9560\" data-plays=\"1\">&#8220;It&#8217;s kind of devastating,&#8221;<\/span> Kowaliuk said.[\/et_pb_code][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_margin=&#8221;0px||0px|&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px||0px|&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; column_structure=&#8221;3_4,1_4&#8243;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;3_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]Kowaliuk and her daughter Emily had started working on a family history book in recent years, and, fortunately, finished it before the town was taken down.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the old family home being gone, the memories are preserved.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s kind of what I wanted, was when people looked at this it would spark memories of things they remember about Granny and Grandpa, or [things] they remember us doing together,\u201d Kowaliuk said.<br \/>\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_testimonial author=&#8221;- Barb Kowaliuk&#8221; quote_icon_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; quote_icon_background_color=&#8221;#055610&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; background_color=&#8221;#004413&#8243; background_layout=&#8221;dark&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">&#8220;It&#8217;s kind of <strong>devastating<\/strong>.&#8221;<\/h1>\n<p>[\/et_pb_testimonial][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]For Schoettler, Romance hasn\u2019t been her home since she moved to Spruce Home in 1963. She\u2019s one of only a few people left in Spruce Home today, though she said she doesn\u2019t expect her home to go the way of Romance in her lifetime.<\/p>\n<p>But Schoettler admitted that Romance still comes to mind from time to time \u2013 and her daughter\u2019s family history book helps with the memories.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSome days you sit down and look in the book there and you think back and\u2026 we had a good life,\u201d Schoettler said.<br \/>\n[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_code admin_label=&#8221;soundcite 3&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<link href='https:\/\/cdn.knightlab.com\/libs\/soundcite\/latest\/css\/player.css' rel='stylesheet' type='text\/css'><script type='text\/javascript' src='https:\/\/cdn.knightlab.com\/libs\/soundcite\/latest\/js\/soundcite.min.js'><\/script><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><span class=\"soundcite\" data-id=\"430060047\" data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"6008\" data-plays=\"1\">\u201cYou were a community. 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