WALDEMAR BERGSTOM 
by Angus McLean
Waldemar Bergstrom arrived in Elk Point in 1914. He homesteaded in the Lake Eliza district and rode his horse to Elk Point for supplies. He stopped at a few places on his way to town to see if his neighbors needed supplies. Mrs. Hattie Siler was on his route. One day she asked him to bring a plug of tobacco from town. He told of almost falling off his horse when he gave the tobacco to her and she took a jack knife from her apron pocket, cut off a corner and popped it into her mouth. He had never seen a woman chew tobacco before.
He married May Chamberlain in 1918. Their issue:Margaret, born Sept. 21, 1919; Berthe, born July 21,1921;James William, born June 2, 1923; and Eunice Ilene, bornMarch 10, 1933.
Waldemar, known to all as 'Bergstrom', passed away July 15, 1958, in Sacramento, California. He was a carpenter who built many grain elevators, etc. in this area. May Chamberlain Bergstrom is still living
