After being held as a Prisoner of War in the West Fawcett or Chisholm Mills logging camps several of the men found that they liked the area and returned.
Art Scheffler was one of these. He worked at Chisholm. He and his comrades were given jobs such as driving tractors, piling lumber, checking and shipping and the like. They worked well with the Chisholm residents as many were from Europe and they spoke several different languages. They fished and swam in the Athabasca River and soon found that they liked being there.
When the war ended all of the ‘prisoners’ were sent back to Lethbridge and were gradually sent home. Art told all of the residents that he intended to return. He was sent via Hull Quebec where he escaped. (Funny how escaped in his way home). He was captured and sent to England. He was from East Germany where the Russians were and had no desire to go home.
He stayed in England where he met his wife Irene. In 1952 he was able to return to Canada. The summer they spent working in Quebec to earn enough to return to Chisholm. In December of that year they arrived to the astounded faces of the Chisholm residents. He worked there until the mill cookhouse closed down at the end of 1960 and he and his wife moved to Fawcett. He passed away several years ago in Westlock, Alberta