a

~ born October 9, 1909, in

Produce market cornered

Honouring Far

mers Market

gardeners on their 50th

The Bahr family is still
one of the mainstays at the
Skeena_ Valley Farmers
Market. John and Gertrude
Bahr and family first came
to Old Remo September 7,
1955 and are still supplying
their wonderful homegrown

produce locally.

Half a century ago, the
Bahrs, Rauschenbergers and
Klukas families arrived at...
Old Remo. And as they ap-
proached Robin Rd.-at Old
Remo, Mr. Bahr said to his
family, “the next time I leave
here you will have to carry
me out.” Both John and Ger-
trude Bahr lived there until
their death.

‘In the 1940s and ‘50s,
many people were encour-
aged by advertisements of

*. the area as being a good ag-

ricultural area with available
land. These advertisements
caught the attention of many

_ prospective settlers.

John George Bahr and_

his wife Gertrude were one

of five families who settled

‘at Old Remo. The other four

families were the-Rauschen- ©
berger, Klukas, Rausers and
the Westerhof. The three
families who arrived first
in 1955 were the Bahrs,

- Rauschenberger and Oswald .

Kluklas family and they all
shared the old Herman Fro-
ese abandoned house. They

, were happy to arrive: and

Start settling on their new.
surroundings” of | approxi-
mately 1,000 acres of wild
land.

John George Bahr was

Berlin and came from a fam-

- ily of three children. His par-

ents, George and Margaret
Bahr, worked for a firm sell-
ing locomotives. Mrs. Bahr,

Gertrude Schirrmeister was

born January: 5, 1907; she .

_had one brother and her par-

ents were Paul and Minna

YVONNE MOEN

a 1951 Plymouth and the .
Rauschenbergers in a 1956 -

Pontiac. They drove from
Calgary taking three days

over the Grand Prairie way,

long way around, then over a

skid road right to Old Remo. |

The families all worked to-
gether and helped each other
and were very glad that they
had a roof over their heads.
, They kept busy working and
" developing their new land
and building homes.’

The lumber used to build
their homes came from the
Sande Lumber Mill in Ter-
race and the following year

_ they set up the chicken

house, raising over 1,500
chickens and sold eggs lo-
cally to the Terrace Co-op.
After the land had been
cleared, the Bahrs started

‘selling fresh produce, travel-

ling to Kitimat every Friday.
They supplied Kitimat with:
fresh vegetables until the
1970s, selling locally since
then.
Many people still come

from Kitimat, Prince Rupert

and surrounding area to buy
their produce. The Bahrs are
very well known gardeners
and have now been in busi-

ness for 48 years. Both Mr...
And Mrs. John Bahr. have |

| THE Bahrs: from left to-right, Jurgen, Anneleise and
-Dieter

CONTRIBUTED PHOTO

passed away: their children
are still continuing mark-

‘ing their wonderful produce ©

grown at Old Remo.
Mr. John Bahr died Octo-

ber 25, 1999 and.Mrs..Ger-

trude Bahr July 27, 1997.
They were married for 63
and a half years plus one
day.

Jurgen, Dieter and daugh- |

ter «Anneleise - Raushen-
berger still live in Terrace,
Dieter and Anneleise at Old

Remo on the Bahr’s original

homestead. And every Sat-
urday you can find members

‘of the Bahr family selling -

homegrown produce from

»Old Remo at the local Farm-
ers Market. The Bahr family

is likely the oldest and pro-
duce the most local grown
produce in the area.

If you have the opportu-

nity to go to the Bahr farm

at Old Remo, just stop at

‘the huge Sitka Spruce tree

at Robin Rd. and you will
see rows of beautiful red
tomatoes, green and yellow

beans, cabbage, lettuce, on-
ions, carrots, beets, broccoli, .

cauliflower, lots of potatoes
and much more. In the early
years, John ‘and Gertrude
Bahr and the boys used to

. 1934, in Berlin, They made

_neleise September 4, 1938.

lives. John later found his

~ near Lethbridge, Alta. John

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Schirrmeéister. 0
John ‘and Gertrude ‘were
married on January 20,

their home in Stettin, which
is now part, of Poland. John
was a horticulturalist and

worked as a gardener at the
airport at Stettin. Three chil-
dren were born there, Jurgen
March 25, 1935, Dieter June
17, 1937, and daughter An-

During the Second World
War, John served for the
German Air Force (Luft-
waffe) in Finland and north
Norway. While John was
away at war, Mrs. Bahr and
the children had to flee many
times hiding in fear of their

family and moved to Neus-
tadt, in Germany. In 1952,
the family immigrated to
Canada. They first lived

worked for two years at
Shaughnessy growing and
harvesting sugar beets.

In the spring of 1954, the
Bahr family moved to Cal-
gary, where John worked as

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Bahr worked as a house- at the

Terrace Volunteer Bureau Boardroom 3235 Emerson St.
(beside the Business Development Bank, across from the Post Office)

keeper; they all worked very
hard to start their new life in
Canada.

In September 1955, they
loaded all their belongings ©
on the train. The Bahrs in -

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‘sell lots of strawberties from |

Old Remo and would sup-
ply berries for the famous
and talked about strawberry
socials held in Terrace, with
fresh cream from the Frank
Bros. Dairy. ~ ;
This year, the Bahr fam-.
ily is celebrating 50 year as
residents of Old Remo. A
reunion was held on Sun-
day, July 31 at the. Bahr
family farm on Robin Rd.
Many family. and friends
came from out of town for -
a wonderful family get to-
gether. Mr. and Mrs. Bahr
lived at Old Remo until their
deaths; both lived to be over

90. Many years of hard work
_and struggle to survive cer-

tainly played a toil on their
lives. They arrived at Old
Remo 50 years ago Sept 7, -
1955. What ‘a legacy they
left behind for their families.
We should be proud, what —
wonderful Canadian citi-

‘zens they became. Thanks

for choosing Terrace . and
thanks for the many years
sharing your wonderful pro-

‘duce. If you see the Bahrs at .

the Skeena Farmers Market, .
congratulate them on their
50th year as good citizens of |
Old Remo.

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