Yorkton Milling Company

We have here an example of the bills used by the Yorkton Milling Company during the late 1950s and the 1960s, this one dated 1958. The bill is made out to Mike Popowich who had brought in some bags of wheat to mill into flour. Mike and Rosie Popowich and family resided on a farm in the Drobot District, which is 12 miles northeast of Theodore. It is a Ukrainian Orthodox country parish that once had a post office. Today, there is still the church and hall, with parishioners taking good care of the buildings and the large cemetery. The donor of 36 flour mill bills to the City of Yorkton Archives is Phyllis Viczko of Yorkton. As a child, she recalls the trips made 6 or so times per year, especially during the nice season from the family farm to Yorkton. While the wheat was being processed into flour, they would go do some shopping and stock up especially for the winter months. A treat was always to buy a loaf of bread, sausage and drinks at a store and find a nearby picnic table to enjoy the novelty meal. Phyllis says "In those days, we thought store bought bread was a treat, and today people consider home-made bread the treat." Her mother made bread for years with the Mill flour, and she was always satisfied. Even after leaving the farm to move into Yorkton in 1967, her parents continued to shop at the Flour Mill.

We are always looking for photos and documents of the history of Yorkton and vicinity.

Contact Terri Lefebvre Prince,
Heritage Researcher,
City of Yorkton, Box 400
37 Third Avenue North
Yorkton, Sask. S3N 2W3
306-786-1722
[email protected]