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Lydia Graves, Mrs. Webster, Mrs, Guy, Mrs. Glenn McLeod, Bessie Redpath at a 'Quilting Bee'.
1935

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In the 1920's and 30's, the mather community had a "beef ring". There could be just so many members and each week a member in turn would take a beast to be slaughtered. There was a certain standard they had to measure up to - weight, age, etc. It would be slaughtered Thursday night and and everyone would go Friday morning to pick up their share of the meat. Some people were fortunate enough to have an ice house to keep fresh meat, milk, and cream. Those who weren't, usually had to hang it down a well.

The first burials recorded in Mather Cemetery were in 1904. The Municipality Council paid fro the land in 1905. On November 21, 1905 the Roblin Council passed an order to pay Wm. Gordon $135.00 for four acres. There have been approximately 350 burials in Mather. It is a lesson in Mather history itself to walk through the cemetery and see the names of our early pioneers, and the names of our present families, recorded there.