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Eastend (Sask.), 1920-

  • LGA 31
  • Local Government
  • 1920-

Eastend is an urban municipality originally incorporated as a village on February 26, 1914. Eastend was incorporated as a town on March 15, 1920 under the provisions of The Village Act. The first municipal officials, elected on March 29, 1920, were W.T. Bickerton (overseer) and A.H. Stevens, W.P. Anderson, Ed Youngberg, W. Miller and J. Peterson (councillors).

The town is governed by an elected council that can hire staff to manage daily administration and maintain municipal services, such as roads, utilities and recreation facilities. The responsibilities of the council include enforcing bylaws; waste collection/landfill; fire protection; maintaining public utilities, roads and streets; issuing tax and assessment notices and collecting taxes and other fees.

Eastend is an agricultural based community located on section 31, township 6, range 21, west of the third meridian in southwestern Saskatchewan, about 33 kilometers southwest of the town of Shaunavon in the Frenchman River Valley. It is located on Highway 13 between Shaunavon and Robsart and situated within White Valley Rural Municipality No. 49.

The name Eastend is derived from the North West Mounted Police (NWMP) East End post established on the eastern slopes of the Cypress Hills in 1879. When the NWMP detachment moved a few years later to a site adjacent the Frenchman River (the current town site) the name remained.

The town currently (2006) covers 2.71 square kilometers and has a population of 576. The town council meets twice monthly and consists of a mayor, six councillors and an administrator.

Josiah Dorsey Family [188-?]-

  • PA 368
  • Family
  • 1880-

Josiah Joshua Dorsey was born circa 1880s. On November 4, 1913, he married Annie Laura Grey-Symons in Regina, Saskatchewan. They had four children. During their time in Regina, Dorsey worked as an assistant secretary with the Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) and business manager of the Egg-O-Baking Powder Co. Ltd. After 1915, the family moved to Hamilton, Ontario.

Annie Laura Grey-Symons died at an early age in Hamilton. Josiah Dorsey's second marriage was to Helen Henderson. Josiah Dorsey died in late October 1939.

Joseph Symons Family, [188?]-

  • PA 369
  • Family
  • 1880-

Joseph H. Symons originally lived in Peterborough, Ontario but moved with his wife and family to Regina, Saskatchewan in the late nineteenth century/early twentieth century. In Regina, Joseph Symons was employed as a clerk with the provincial government in thel Department of Municipal Affairs. In 1912, the Regina tornado severely damaged the Symons home at 2344 Cornwall Street. They subsequently rebuilt on the same site with the same design.

On November 4, 1913, Joseph H. Symons' adopted daughter Annie Laura Grey-Symons married Josiah J. Dorsey. They had four children. After 1915, the family moved to Hamilton, Ontario where Annie Laura Grey Symons died at an early age.

Dundurn (Sask.), 1980-

  • LGA 29
  • Local Government
  • 1980-

The Town of Dundurn is an urban municipality incorporated on November 1, 1980. Dundurn was originally incorporated as a village on July 7, 1905 and retained that status until 1980. The town is governed by an elected council that can hire staff to manage daily administration and maintain municipal services, such as roads, utilities and recreation facilities. The responsibilities of the council include enforcing bylaws; waste collection/landfill; fire protection; maintaining public utilities, roads and streets; issuing tax and assessment notices and collecting taxes and other fees.

The Town of Dundurn, named for Dundurn Castle in Scotland, is an agricultural based community located in central Saskatchewan. It is situated approximately 30 kilometers south of the City of Saskatoon on Highway No. 11 and is located in Dundurn Rural Municipality No. 314.

The town is currently (2006) administered by a mayor, five councillors, a treasurer and an administrator. The current population is 596.

Dundurn (Sask.), 1905-1980

  • LGA 32
  • Local Government
  • 1905-1980

The Village of Dundurn was an urban municipality incorporated on July 7, 1905 under the provisions of The Village Ordinance. The first overseer, John Burkitt, was elected on July 17, 1905. F.E. Livingstone was the first secretary-treasurer. The responsibilities of the elected council, consisting of an overseer and three councillors, included enforcing bylaws; waste collection/landfill; fire protection; maintaining public utilities, roads and streets; issuing tax and assessment notices and collecting taxes and other fees. The secretary-treasurer performed administrative duties.

The Village of Dundurn, named for Dundurn Castle in Scotland, was an agricultural based community located on section 9 in township 33, range 4, west of the third meridian in central Saskatchewan. It was situated approximately 30 kilometers southeast of the City of Saskatoon on Highway No. 11 and was situated in Dundurn Rural Municipality No. 314.

In 1979, Dundurn had a population of 409 and was governed by a mayor and three councillors. Dundurn was incorporated as a town on November 1, 1980.

Saskatchewan. Cabinet Secretariat

  • GA 63
  • Secondary Agency
  • 1948-

Prior to 1948, administrative support for the activities of the Executive Council was informal. During certain periods, the Premier, as President of the Executive Council, personally documented cabinet decisions and minutes. In some cases, support was provided directly by secretarial staff of the Premier's Office. In other cases, no formal documentation was kept and ministers were expected to remember decisions. During the 1945-1948 period, Minister of Education W. S. Lloyd wrote memoranda for some items discussed in Cabinet. The Legal Adviser to Cabinet on occasion also acted as a cabinet secretary and assisted Premier T.C. Douglas and W. S. Lloyd.

Formal recording of cabinet minutes began on August 31, 1948. In November 1948, Horace Stanley Lee was appointed as Cabinet Secretary and Executive Assistant to Premier Douglas.

Functions of the Secretariat varied over the 16 years between 1948 and 1964 as the position was, at times, combined or separate from the position of Clerk of the Executive Council and Assistant to the Clerk of the legislature.

Development of the structure of the Secretariat was suspended with the election of the Liberal government of Ross Thatcher in 1964. Liberal policy on Cabinet referred to policies in place during its last term in power. No formal minutes were kept of meetings and all decisions and direction centered on Premier Thatcher.

Following the defeat of the Liberal government in 1971, the functions of the Secretariat were restored and procedures reintroduced into practice. In 1972, The Legislative Assembly and Executive Council Act (S.S.1972 L-11.1) formalized the structures and responsibilities of the Cabinet Secretariat. These were renewed in 2005 and 2007.

Henry Thomas Wake Family, 1831-

  • PA 425
  • Family
  • 1831-

Henry Thomas Wake was born in Whittlebury, England on April 29, 1831 to Henry and Ann (Coulson) Wake. He married Lydia Carter in Banbury, Oxfordshire, England on December 28, 1853. Lydia Carter was the daughter of William and Elizabeth (Linnell) Carter of Banbury.

Between 1855 and 1969, Henry Thomas and Lydia Wake had eight children: Elizabeth, Henry, Hugh, Ann, Mary, John, William and Martha. The family moved to Scotby, England and later to Cockermouth, Cumberland, England where Henry Thomas Wake was a bookseller. The Wakes belonged to the membership of the Society of Friends (Quakers). Lydia Wake died in Cockermouth in June, 1875.

Henry Thomas Wake's second marriage was to Hannah Sadler. Wake operated the Chestnut Bank Friends' School in Fritchley, Derbyshire, England. He died in Fritchley on January 1, 1914.

Martha "Pattie" S. Wake was born in Cockermouth on May 11, 1869 to Henry Thomas and Lydia Wake. She was educated at a boarding school for a short time following her mother's death in 1875; but returned home to be educated by her father at the Chestnut Bank Friends' School.

Martha Wake married Joseph Hinde in Fritchley on April 12, 1889. Joseph Hinde was born in Maryport, Cumberland, England on October 3, 1862 to Robert and Ann (Shepherd) Hinde. Between 1890 and 1908, Martha and Joseph Hinde had eight children: Edith Mary, Leonard W., Joseph Edward "Bob", Alfred Carter, Winifred, Henry "Harry" Wake, Elizabeth "Elsie" Linell, and Lydia "Daisie" Margaret. The family immigrated to Canada between 1911 and 1912, and settled in the Halcyonia district near Borden, Saskatchewan. They operated a family ranch, Valley Springs Ranch, where Martha resided until her death. She died in Borden on August 14, 1953; Joseph Hinde died in Saskatoon on March 16, 1955.

Hugh Wake was born in Plaistow, Essex, England on May 14, 1858 to Henry Thomas and Lydia Wake. He married Margaret Kelsall in Fritchley on February 9, 1885. Together they had eleven children: Peter, Ann, Joshua Kelsall, Arthur, Lydia, Henry, John, Margaret "Sissie", William "Billy" Oliver, Lavinia, and Philip.

In 1904, Hugh and Joshua Kelsall Wake immigrated to Canada and settled in the Thistledale district near Borden, Saskatchewan. They were granted patent to homesteads at NE2-40-8-W3 and NW2-40-8-W3, respectively. Margaret Wake and the remainder of the surviving children, with the exception of daughter Lydia, came to Canada in 1913 and settled in the area.

Hugh and Margaret Wake resided in the Thistledale district until their deaths. Hugh Wake died in Borden on January 31, 1934; Margaret Wake died in Borden on November 18, 1944.

Saskatchewan. Select Standing Committee on Library

  • GA 27
  • Secondary Agency
  • 1889-1981

The Select Standing Committee on Library (1892-1897, 1902-1906, 1906-1981) was originally established as the Select Standing Committee on Standing Orders and Library in 1889 under the Legislature of the North-West Territories. It was established to review matters related to its Government Library, and to make recommendations thereon. In its 1892 report to the House, the Committee brought forth recommendations to transfer the control of the Library from the Lieutenant Governor to the Legislative Assembly. The transfer of responsibility was complete by 1893.

In the early period of its history, the Committee was renamed to its original Select Standing Committee on Standing Orders and Library (1897-1902), and to the Select Standing Committee on Education and Library (1906).

Upon the creation of the Province of Saskatchewan in 1905, the Committee reviewed matters relating to the Legislative Library of Saskatchewan. In 1913, the Committee approved the architectural plans for the Library in the newly-constructed Legislative Building.

With the establishment of the Saskatchewan Archives Board in 1945 and as a result of an amendment to the Archives Act in 1949, the Committee also undertook the review of record disposal and retention schedules submitted to the Board by the various departments, boards, bureaus and commissions of government. A Board archivist would appear as witness to the Committee.

The Select Standing Committee on Library was dissolved in November, 1981 and its functions were adopted by a newly-created Standing Committee on Communication.

Joseph Hinde Family, 1862-

  • PA 424
  • Family
  • 1862-

Joseph Hinde was born in Maryport, Cumberland, England on October 3,1862 to Robert and Ann (Shepherd) Hinde. As a young man, Joseph Hinde was employed as a coal merchant and furniture remover in Bournbrook, Birmingham, England. He was a member of the Fritchley Meeting of the Society of Friends (Quakers). Joseph Hinde married Martha "Pattie" S. Wake in Fritchley, Derbyshire, England on April 12, 1889. Martha Wake was born in Cockermouth, Cumberland, England on May 11, 1869 to Henry Thomas and Lydia (Carter) Wake, also members of the Society of Friends.

Between 1890 and 1908, Joseph and Martha Hinde had eight children: Edith Mary, Leonard W., Joseph Edward "Bob", Alfred Carter, Winifred, Henry "Harry" Wake, Elizabeth "Elsie" Linell, and Lydia "Daisie" Margaret.

Joseph Hinde and his family immigrated to Canada between 1911 and April, 1912. They settled in the Halcyonia district near Borden, Saskatchewan. The district already had several Quaker settlers, including Martha Hinde's brother Hugh Wake. Joseph Hinde was granted patent to a homestead at NE36-39-8-W3; his sons Leonard and Joseph Edward were granted patent to NW36-39-8-W3 and N26-39-8-W3, respectively. The family joined the membership of the Halcyonia Meeting of the Society of Friends.

The family later acquired additional land in the area that was more fertile and had a better water source. They named the land Valley Springs Ranch. The ranch expanded to include a livestock business, and was home to several members of the family until the mid-1980s. Martha Hinde died in Borden on August 14, 1953. Joseph Hinde died in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan on March 16, 1955.

Edith Mary Hinde was born in Fritchley, Derbyshire, England on January 29, 1890. She and her brother Leonard immigrated to Canada in 1911, a year ahead of the rest of the family. Edith Hinde married Edward Cronyn McCheane in Borden on September 1, 1920. They moved to Saskatoon where Edward operated a commercial art studio and. They had one son, Gordon. Edward McCheane died in Saskatoon on June 12, 1946. After Edward's death, Edith returned to live at Valley Springs Ranch. She died in Borden on October 22, 1961.

Leonard W. Hinde was born in Fritchley, Derbyshire, England on March 21, 1891. He immigrated to Canada in 1911 with his sister Edith, and settled in the Halcyonia district near Borden. Leonard Hinde married Ruth Pearson Rogers in Thistledale, Saskatchewan on June 9, 1925. They moved to Saskatoon, and then to Ontario when Leonard joined the Royal Canadian Air Force during the Second World War. After the war, they resided in Norwich, Ontario. Leonard and Ruth Hinde had five children: a boy who died at birth, Allen, Kathleen and Leonard (all who died in a house fire in 1933) and Howard "Roger". Leonard Hinde died in Norwich on December 14, 1970. Ruth Hinde died in Norwich on February 2, 1976.

Joseph Edward "Bob" Hinde was born in Birmingham, England on January 19, 1895. He married Susanna Rempel in Borden, Saskatchewan on January 1, 1934. They helped to operate Valley Springs Ranch and later lived in Borden, and Saskatoon and Victoria, British Columbia. Bob and Susanna Hinde had four children: Mary, Roberta, Barry and David. Bob Hinde died in Victoria on May 28, 1978. Susanna Hinde died in Victoria on February 13, 2004.

Alfred Carter Hinde was born in Selly Oak, Birmingham, England on November 6, 1897. He died in Selly Oak on October 14, 1906.

Winifred Hinde was born in Birmingham, England on December 22, 1899. She married Merlin Chamness near West Branch, Iowa on February 12, 1920. They had five children: Harold, Olive, Martha, Mary and Lawrence. Merlin Chamness died in Phoenix, Arizona on February 22, 1964. Winifred Chamness died in Raymondsville, Texas on March 10, 1965.

Henry "Harry" Wake Hinde was born in Birmingham, England on February 5, 1902. He helped to operate Valley Springs Ranch and managed the local community pasture. Harry Hinde married Mary Needler in Toronto, Ontario on July 3, 1964. Harry Hinde died in Saskatoon on February 21, 1981. Mary Hinde died in Saskatoon in December, 1999.

Elizabeth "Elsie" Linell Hinde was born in Birmingham, England on November 26, 1903. She attended Thistle Dale School. As a young woman, Elsie Hinde travelled to Iowa where she lived with her sister Winifred and family for a year. She later attended nursing school, which included employment as a nursing assistant at the Fort San and Saskatoon sanitaria in the early 1930s. Elsie Hinde returned to the family farm and helped in the operation of Valley Springs Ranch. She married Wesley Reginald Ingram, an employee of the ranch, on August 19, 1951. They raised two foster sons, James Olynik and David Horn, and their son David Wesley Ingram at the ranch. Elsie and Wesley Ingram retired from Valley Springs Ranch and moved to Borden in the 1980s. Elsie Ingram died in Hafford, Saskatchewan on December 8, 1995. Wesley Ingram died in Borden on February 4, 2003.

Lydia "Daisie" Margaret Hinde was born in Birmingham, England on June 13, 1908. In the early 1930s, she attended nursing school with her sister Elsie and was employed as a nursing assistant at the Fort San and Saskatoon sanitaria. Daisie Hinde married Eric Lund in Saskatoon on March 20, 1937. They had one daughter, Carol. Daisie and Eric Lund ranched and later took over operation of the community pasture near Borden from Harry Hinde. They retired from ranching and moved to Salmon Arm, British Columbia. Eric Lund died in Salmon Arm on December 22, 1998. Daisie Lund died in Salmon Arm on October 9, 2000.

Mary Katherine Hinde was born in Borden, Saskatchewan on October 25, 1934 to Joseph Edward "Bob" and Susanna Hinde. She married John "Jack" Mundell Crane in Saskatoon on May 21, 1960. They resided in Victoria, British Columbia where Mary Crane was a homemaker. Mary and Jack Crane had three children: Shauna, Deirdre and John. They divorced in 1993. Currently, Mary Crane continues (2008) to reside in Victoria.

Roberta Edith Hinde was born in Borden, Saskatchewan on December 10, 1935 to Joseph Edward "Bob" and Susanna Hinde. She married David William Revitt in Saskatoon on December 24, 1956. Their post-secondary studies took them to Nova Scotia, Toronto and London, Ontario and Victoria, British Columbia. They have two children: Allegra and Jeffrey. Roberta and David Revitt continue (2008) to reside in Victoria.

Saskatchewan. Dept. of Public Health. Psychiatric Services Branch

  • GA 65
  • Secondary Agency
  • 1950-1974

On April 1, 1950, the Division of Mental Services in the Department of Public Health was reorganized into the Psychiatric Services Branch, with Dr. D.G. McKerracher named as director. The branch's original mandate included administering psychiatric hospitals, training schools and psychiatric short-term treatment units in general hospitals and administering community psychiatric services, including mental health clinics and providing teacher-psychologists to consult on mental health issues in schools.

In 1950, the branch was responsible for two psychiatric hospitals (North Battleford and Weyburn), the Saskatchewan Training School (Weyburn), one psychiatric ward (Munroe Wing, Regina General Hospital), two full time mental health clinics (Regina, Saskatoon) and six part-time mental health clinics (Moose Jaw, Weyburn, Yorkton, Swift Current, North Battleford and Prince Albert). Two teacher-psychologists were added in 1950, bringing the provincial total to seven, located at Weyburn, Swift Current, Moose Jaw, Saskatoon, Prince Albert, North Battleford and Yorkton.

In the early 1950's, the branch expanded its mandate to include the provision of training programs for its professional staff in all institutions. A psychiatric research program was also established. Research was conducted in the various psychiatric institutions and focused primarily on schizophrenia, senility, anxiety and depression, and alcoholism. In 1955, the Research Unit headquarters were transferred from the Munroe Wing at the Regina General Hospital to University Hospital, Saskatoon.

Around 1964, the branch adopted a regional approach to the delivery of its programs and services. The province was divided into three regions (Yorkton, Southern and Northern), each overseen by a regional director with staff of various disciplines offering a range of psychiatric services to the population in that area. By the late 1960's there were eight psychiatric regions (Moose Jaw, Saskatoon, Prince Albert, Weyburn, North Battleford, Yorkton, Regina and Swift Current).

Around 1970, the branch director and deputy director became known as the executive director and associate director.

In 1972, the psychiatric nursing training program was transferred to the Department of Continuing Education. On December 1, 1972, all programs for mentally challenged individuals, including the training schools at Prince Albert and Moose Jaw, were transferred to the newly organized Core Services Administration within the Department of Social Services.

By 1974, the branch continued to offer services to the eight psychiatric regions. It was responsible for administering the Saskatchewan Hospital, North Battleford, five psychiatric wards in hospitals (Saskatoon, Regina, Moose Jaw, Yorkton and Prince Albert), eight full time mental health clinics and 39 part-time clinics. Psychiatric research continued to be centered out of University Hospital, Saskatoon.

On July 1, 1974, the Department of Public Health was renamed the Department of Health. The Psychiatric Services Branch continued to operate in the new department.

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