![]() He especially liked making railroad ties. In the 30’s he went to work in Lacombe in the fall to work on threshing crews, and in the winter was off to Edson to bring home some extra money in the logging camps there. Simon’s sisters recall him as being quite a tease, but also remember him as being very good to them and bringing home little treats in his pocket. He helped them maintain their hold on the shield that had been theirs for four years, taking first place in the 100-yard dash in grade eight and second place in grade nine. He had become a good athlete by this time and the school asked him to come back for the sports competition for the Amisk School District. Oscar had suffered a fractured pelvis and collarbone and was laid up for some months. In grade eight at 14 years of age he had to quit school to go threshing to make some money for the family as his father had been injured when his horse had slipped in the mud and fallen on him. ![]() His first good riding horse he named Spider, and they became good pals and he rode her everywhere he had to go to baseball games – wherever. The Oscar Fuglem home was given to hospitality and they always had lots of company with baseball games in the back, and listening to the radio as they were one of the first families in the neighbourhood to have one. ![]() There was also another brother Orville, who died in infancy of pneumonia.Īfter moving from Edmonton, they lived in the Bardo District, and then later, moved to Hughenden. He was the eldest of six children of which there was one brother Milton, and four sisters – Connie, Donella, Joy and Olea. Simon was born on Januto Oscar and Mamie Fuglem in Edmonton. ![]()
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