Felix Currier was helpful in initiating what is now Highway 41, running north and south between Highways 13 and 14. The Currier farm was, and still is, just south of the Camp’s southern boundary. Until 1941 when a grade was finally constructed to allow a straight passage from north to south, a very inconvenient detour around the camp area was necessary. This jogged about two and a half miles east of Currier’s, then north a few miles and back to the west and Park Farm before joining the main road again. There were several gates to manhandle in the process. When finally it was approved, the grade was built and for a time was labelled “Currier Avenue” by some of Felix’s cohorts. Problems with a new road were to be expected and certainly existed on the fledgling route. It was sandy in most places which caused considerable grief to wheeled vehicles, and a clay laden incline during wet weather was responsible for many a traveller having to hoof it to Currier’s in search of “horse” power to remove their automobile from its slippery entrapment. “Zip-a-dee-doo-dah” and “Shoo-Fly Pie and Apple Pan Dowdy” were tunes perking up the nation’s spirits in 1946. With Buffalo National Park no longer used for park purposes, it was made available for oil and gas development under special arragements. Mott Lake area appeared productive in seismic surveys conducted in 1943. There had been two producing wells in this area, Wainwell No. 1 (oil) and No. 2 (gas) but for unknown reasons the flow rapidly decreased and the wells were abandoned. In 1943 an Admiral well still existed in township 44 range 7 W4M. Leanna Foerger, widow of Paul Foerger Sr., resides in Wainwright with many memories of the war era. As a young single woman, she lived in Germany during World War II and corresponded with Paul, interned in Lethbridge from 1940 until the end of 1946. The submarine in which Paul was stationed took a torpedo hit and its men were captured as prisoners of war. He was not an officer and was not interned in Wainwright. When Paul was finally discharged in April of 1947, he met Leanna for the first time. Having lost his immediate family during the war, he began his new life with his long-time correspondent. Foerger was not a member of the Nazi party, had a strong military background and spoke English fluently after being in his Canadian confines for so many years. With this experience, he was accepted by the British Intelligence Service as an interpreter. In 1951 the Foergers moved to Edgerton where they became a welcome part of the community, Paul working frequently at the military camp as its expansion and construction continued. In 1958 Paul set up a plumbing shop in Wainwright, but a year later was killed in an automobile accident, leaving his bereaved wife and six children. Leanna managed to raise her family and stayed in Wainwright. She has never regretted her move to Canada. Leanna confirmed that in Germany, wedding bands are worn on the right hand, as some of the POW pictures have shown. Noted in the War Diary June 1945, Capt. Ashbury issued a warning after inspection of POW quarters, “that in case of fire, they would be held responsible for all losses if they persisted in hanging blankets on beds, in disregard of orders”. _________image_________