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Anderson, James Thomas Milton, 1878-1946

  • PA 522
  • Person
  • 1878-1946

James Thomas Milton Anderson was born on July 23, 1878, in Fairbank, Ontario, to James and Mary (Ferris) Anderson. He received his early education in Fairbank and in Toronto. He taught for six years in Algoma, Ontario, before relocating to Manitoba in 1906 and subsequently to Saskatchewan in 1908 where he taught at Gravel Plain S.D. #1492 near Melville. He moved to Grenfell in 1910 where he served as teacher and principal of Grenfell Village School. In the fall of 1911, Anderson was appointed Inspector of Schools by the provincial Department of Education and served in this role until 1918. Concurrent to his employment, Anderson earned a Bachelor of Arts degree (1911), a Bachelor of Laws degree (1913), and a Master of Arts degree (1914) from the University of Manitoba, and a Doctorate of Pedagogy from the University of Toronto in 1918. Also in 1918, Anderson's book The Education of the New Canadian: A Treatise on Canada's Greatest Educational Problem was published. From 1918 to 1922, Anderson served as provincial Director of Education Among New Canadians, and from 1922 until 1924, was Inspector of Schools for the Saskatoon City district and an instructor at the Saskatoon Normal School.

Anderson became leader of the Conservative Party in Saskatchewan at its convention in March 1924. He was first elected to the Saskatchewan Legislature in 1925 as the Conservative Party Member of the Legislative Assembly for the Saskatoon City constituency. He was re-elected in the June 1929 general election. On September 4, 1929, the minority Liberal Government was defeated in a motion of confidence by a coalition comprised of Conservative, Progressive and Independent members of the Legislature. Anderson was sworn in as Premier of Saskatchewan and President of the Executive Council on September 9, 1929. He also served as Minister of Education (1929-1934) and Minister of Natural Resources (1930-1934). In response to the socio-economic crisis of the Depression, Anderson's self-described "co-operative government" established the Saskatchewan Relief Commission and the Debt Adjustment Board in 1931. It also made amendments to The School Act in an effort to make public schools more secular, and to The Public Service Act through the establishment of the Public Service Commission. The formal transfer of the jurisdiction of Crown lands and natural resources in 1930 also occurred during Anderson's premiership. The Anderson Government was defeated in the 1934 general election by the Liberal Party led by James Gardiner.

Although he lost his seat in Legislature in the 1934 election, Anderson continued as leader of the Conservative Party until October 1936. He then operated an insurance business in Saskatoon until September 1944 when he was appointed as Acting Superintendent of the Provincial School for the Deaf. Anderson died in Saskatoon on December 29, 1946. He was interred at Woodlawn Cemetery in Saskatoon.

Anderson married Edith Redgwick on July 26, 1911, in Grenfell. They had two children: Byron and Elaine. Edith Anderson died in Saskatoon on July 12, 1947, and was interred beside her husband at Woodlawn Cemetery.

Charmbury, T. H. J. [Theodore Henry James], 1879-1945

  • Person
  • 1879-1945

Theodore Henry James Charmbury was born on May 14, 1879 in Nuthurst, Sussex, England. He apprenticed as a photographer in Aldershot, Hampshire before immigrating to Canada in 1900. On December 21, 1900, Charmbury arrived in Prince Albert, North-West Territories (now Saskatchewan), where he briefly apprenticed with photographer William James before establishing his own photography studio. Charmbury married Aphra Roundtree Jones in Prince Albert on April 29, 1902. The Charmburys had nine children: Gordon, Robert, Harry, Phyllis, Rose, Pat, Jeanette, Theodora (Mike) and Aphra. Theodore Charmbury also travelled throughout the North-West Territories taking pictures and worked briefly in real estate with Clarence M. Turner.

In 1918, the Charmbury family moved to Saskatoon, where Theodore Charmbury established Charmbury's Studios. Gordon and Harry Charmbury assisted Theodore in operating the studio, which did portraiture work, weddings, funerals, harvest scenes, and theatrical group pictures. Two fires, in 1931 and 1942, destroyed many of the early negatives that Theodore Charmbury had accumulated. Around 1938, Theodore Charmbury retired and his son, Harry, became proprietor of the studio, which he ran until 1970. In 1942, Gordon Charmbury returned to Saskatoon after working as a photographer in Toronto, Ontario to assist Harry in operating the studio. In 1957, Gordon Charmbury moved to Calgary, Alberta to take over the family's studio, which he operated until his retirement.

Theodore Charmbury died in Saskatoon on December 5, 1945. Aphra Charmbury died on May 20, 1946. Gordon Charmbury died on August 7, 1980 in Calgary. Harry Charmbury died in Saskatoon on August 15, 1993.

Davey, Alfred William, 1907-1986

  • PA 571
  • Person
  • 1907-1986

Alfred William Davey was born in Countesthorpe, England on March 9, 1907 to Frederick William and Ethel May (Marriott) Davey. He received his early education at Burnham Westgate Boys School in Burnham Market, Norfolk, England where his father was an art instructor. In 1920, he emigrated to Canada with his father and brother and eventually settled in the Birmingham, Saskatchewan district near Melville. His mother and other siblings arrived several months later. Between 1922 and 1925, the family resided in the Semans and Grasswood districts to allow Frederick Davey to teach for the local school districts. By 1925, the family had relocated to the Nutana neighbourhood of Saskatoon. Alfred Davey worked as a gardener and labourer, and in May, 1927 was hired to fill the position of gardener at the University of Saskatchewan made vacant by the death of his father. Alfred Davey also studied art at the University of Saskatchewan under Augustus "Gus" Kenderdine. Additionally, he studied art at the Winnipeg School of Art and the Saskatoon Technical School.

In 1942, Davey relocated to Regina and was employed by Regina Industries Ltd. as a draftsman designing tools and illustrating manuals for the British Admiralty during the Second World War. After the war, he was hired by the Government of Saskatchewan as a clerk, draftsman and illustrator with the Department of Co-operation and Co-operative Development. In 1951, he was reclassified as a commercial artist with the Bureau of Publications, and in 1958 was appointed commercial art director for the Department of Travel and Information (later the Department of Industry and Information). In his employment with the Government, Davey was responsible for designing and illustrating works for inclusion in publications, brochures, and ephemera and on maps and illuminated scrolls, and for creating emblems used for the province's golden and diamond jubilees, as well as for the Canada centennial celebration. Davey retired from the Government on July 1, 1964.

While employed with the Government and after his retirement, Davey maintained work as a freelance artist and art instructor. His artistic works appear in the permanent collections of the Saskatchewan Arts Board, the University of Regina, the Government of Saskatchewan, and the University of Manitoba, among others. He was the founding director of the Exhibition of Saskatchewan Civil Servants' Art, was a founding member of the Western Canada Art Circuit, and a former president of the Federation of Canadian Artists, Regina Branch. His drawings and paintings in oil, watercolour and acrylic were shown in exhibitions throughout Saskatchewan, Canada, and the northern United States. He was employed as an art instructor for the University of Saskatchewan, Regina Collegiate Board, University of Regina Department of Extension, Coteau Range Community College and the Regina Plains Community College.

Davey continued to reside in Regina until his death on February 28, 1986. He is interred at Riverside Memorial Park Cemetery in Regina.

Dyck, Beverly Milton, 1936-2012

  • Person
  • 1936-2012

Beverly Milton Dyck was a New Democratic Party member of the Saskatchewan Legislative Assembly from 1971 to 1982, representing the ridings of Saskatoon City Park (June 23 1971 to June 11, 1975) and Saskatoon Mayfair (June 11, 1975 to April 26, 1982).

Hammond, Leslie Herbert, 1908-1998

  • Person
  • 1908-1998

Leslie Herbert (Les) Hammond was born on March 22, 1908 in Saskatoon to Frederick and Hannah Hammond. After being raised on the family farm near Elrose, Saskatchewan and attending the local elementary and high school, Hammond earned a degree from the University of Toronto and proceeded to work as an accountant for several companies. This included working for the Royal Bank from 1924 to 1930, Purity Dairy from 1931 to 1940, and as department manager for Simpsons Sears from 1940 to 1973. In 1942 he joined the 2nd A.C.T. Company of the RCAFC Army Service Corps until being discharged in 1946.

After World War 2, Hammond entered local politics and from 1947 to 1952 he was a councilor (alderman) for the City of Regina and then became its mayor from 1954 to 1956. He would once again serve as a Regina City councilor from 1971 to 1973.

Hamond participated as a member and an executive of many community organizations, such as the Junior Chamber of Commerce, Canadian Mental Health Association (Regina Branch), St. John Ambulance Association of Regina, Royal Canadian Legion, Wa Wa Shrine and the YMCA Campaign Committee.

Hammond and his wife Mae were married for 68 years and had two sons (Robert and Freddy) and a daughter (Carolyn).

Les Hammond died on December 31, 1998.

Hume, Allan Clare, 1909-2004

  • PA 90
  • Person
  • 1909-2004

Allan Clare Hume was born on April 9, 1909 in Bloomfield, Missouri to Dr. R.A. and Mary Ann Hume. He moved with his family to Ontario in 1912 and to Saskatoon, Saskatchewan in 1921. Hume attended King George School, Bedford Road Collegiate and the Saskatoon Normal School. He earned Bachelor of Arts (1940); Bachelor of Education (1943) and Master of Education (1946) degrees from the University of Saskatchewan.

After graduating from the Saskatoon Normal School, Hume taught in rural Saskatchewan until 1929, when he was employed by the Saskatoon Board of Education. He taught at Beuna Vista; Albert and Sutherland schools before serving as Superintendent of the School of the Deaf (1948-1952). In 1952, Hume became an administrator of Saskatoon elementary schools and served in that position until his retirement in 1971.

An avid photographer, Hume was a member of the Saskatoon Camera Club. During his professional career, he was involved with the Saskatchewan Boys' Work Board, an organization that provided church based activities to boys as an alternative to the Boy Scout program.

Hume died in Saskatoon on December 12, 2004.

Hume and his wife, Clara, had three children: Lorraine; Valerie-Jean; and Gordon.

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