Vidpust services were held outdoors because there were too many people making the pilgrimage to Yorkton to have it indoors. It was usually on the same day so a lot of times it fell on a week day. Businesses such as Croll's Department store had specials and probably had one of their best days of the year (Quote-Gene Denischuk.) Photo Circa 1940. Source Gene Denischuk
Contact Terri Lefebvre Prince, Heritage Researcher,
City of Yorkton Archives,
Box 400, 37 Third Avenue North,
Yorkton, Sask. S3N 2W3
306-786-1722 [email protected]
