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RICHARD ALLEN SCOTT - Through the Years

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<strong>RICHARD</strong> <strong>ALLEN</strong> <strong>SCOTT</strong><br />

THROUGH THE YEARS<br />

1958<br />

We took full advantage of <strong>the</strong> nice wea<strong>the</strong>r in <strong>the</strong> Spring and Summer to find our way around<br />

Regina, going to <strong>the</strong> Natural History Museum, RCMP to see <strong>the</strong> Musical Ride, and <strong>the</strong><br />

Qu’Appelle Valley.<br />

I’ve always considered Regina to be a pretty little city, but <strong>the</strong>n you have to come from Regina<br />

to like Regina. Almost everyone I grew up with now lives in B.C. somewhere.<br />

Regina pretty much emptied out after high<br />

school!<br />

Qu’Appelle Valley – July 1958<br />

We moved in <strong>the</strong> summer of 1958 to a 2-<br />

bedroom house, with a 3 rd<br />

bedroom in <strong>the</strong> basement –<br />

mine.<br />

That year I went to Wetmore<br />

Public School for Grades 6 and<br />

7, about a mile from home.<br />

I had a friend who delivered<br />

newspapers and for 25 cents I<br />

would often help him with his<br />

route. One day returning home<br />

from delivering, I had to pass by<br />

a group of bullies, with a dog.<br />

One of <strong>the</strong> bullies set his large<br />

dog on me and I was bitten on<br />

my ‘privates’. It was winter so I<br />

was wearing thick trousers,<br />

2750 Edgar St. Regina – Aug, 1958<br />

which happened to protect me<br />

somewhat. Anyhow, I limped<br />

home crying. Dad was home and ‘lost it’, going immediately to <strong>the</strong> dog-owner’s home and<br />

doing/saying I-don’t-know what. He also called <strong>the</strong> police and <strong>the</strong> dog had to be put down!<br />

June 2017<br />

58

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