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14-013 · Corporate body · 1990-1994

The Wendaban Stewardship Authority (WSA) was created through a Memorandum of Understanding of April, 1990 and an Addendum of May 23, 1991 in which the Ontario and Teme-Augama Anishnabai governments agreed to form a “Stewardship Council” with co-management jurisdiction over four geographic townships in the Sudbury/Nipissing district of northern Ontario: Acadia; Shelburne; Canton; and Delhi. The total land area is approximately 400 square kilometres. The area is located northwest of Lake Temagami and includes the shores of Lakes Wakimika, Diamond, and the northern part of Obabika. (Taken from promotional materials issued by the WSA).

Standen-McQueen (family)
14-014 · Family · ca. 1850-ca. 1970

Sydney (Sid) Helmer Standen was born in 1905 in Minesing, Ontario, the son of Andrew Ronald and Ada Louisa Standen. In 1911, his family moved to Kindersley, Saskatchewan where Sid was later to become a teacher; he also served in World War II.

Euphemia (Effie) Young McQueen was born in 1903 in London, England, daughter of James and Margaret McQueen (nee Drysdale). In Effie’s first year, the McQueens moved to Scotland and then, in 1913, to Canada, where they settled eventually in Yorkton, Saskatchewan. Effie became a teacher and appeared in theatrical performances and recitations.

Sid and Effie married in 1930 and settled in Hanley, Saskatchewan. They had four sons: Philip Andrew, Neil McQueen, Sydney Drysdale (Dale), and Eric James William; Philip died in 1955 at the age of 22 during a tactical flight training exercise near Chatham, New Brunswick. In 1942, Sid and Effie moved to Burnaby, British Columbia where they were to spend the remainder of their lives. After Effie’s death in 1965, Sid married Gladys Marshall; he died in 1975. (Taken from “Standens and McQueens: A Canadian Story of Migrant Families” by S. Dale Standen, 2014).

Allen - Bellamy family
14-016 · Family · 1918-2007

Kenneth Charles Bellamy was born in 1919 in Cramahe Township, Northumberland County, the youngest son of Charles and Olive Bellamy (nee Bland). The Charles Bellamy family lived in the Smithfield/Brighton, Ontario area. Charles owned a farm in Salem, Ontario in his later years and in his younger years, worked for the Grand Trunk Railway as a brakeman. In 1938, Ken joined the Canadian Armed Forces and served overseas in World War II with the Midland Regiment, Hastings Prince Edward Regiment and the Essex Scottish regiment. Upon returning home, he married Ruth Catherine Allen. Over his career, he worked on the family farm, for the Department of Highways, and with Marbon Chemical Corporation in Cobourg, Ontario.
Ruth Catherine Allen was born in 1918 in Cramahe Township, the daughter of Durwood and Beatrice Allen (nee Hennessey). The Durwood Allen family lived on a farm in the Castleton, Ontario area. Ruth attended Peterborough Normal School in 1938 attaining her Teachers Certificate. During the course of her teaching career she taught in Morganston, Frankford, Napanee and South Cramahe Public Schools.
Ruth and Kenneth married 30 June 1947 in Brighton, Ontario. They had two daughters, Mary Margaret and Kathryn Ann, and lived in the community of Salem. After Ruth’s death in 1979, Ken married Joyce Blakley. Joyce died in 1985 and Ken in 2007. (Taken from information supplied by the donor).

Sherwin, Allan L.
15-001 · Person · 1932-

Professor Allan L. Sherwin is Professor Emeritus of Neurology at McGill University and Attending Neurologist Emeritus at the Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital. He was born in Montreal in 1932 and trained at McGill University. He received a Bachelor of Science in Honours Biochemistry (1953), Doctor of Medicine (1957), and a Ph.D. in Neuroscience (1965). He completed training as a Clinical Neurologist and became a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada in 1963. He then practiced Neurology at the Montreal Neurological Institute where he directed research into the causes and treatment of epilepsy. Professor Sherwin has published two books and 140 scientific papers. For many years he was a neurologist at the Lachine General Hospital and often served as a neurological consultant to the nearby Mohawks of Kahnawake First Nation. In 2012 he published Bridging Two Peoples: Chief Peter E. Jones, 1843-1909, the biography of one of the first Aboriginals to obtain a medical doctors degree from a Canadian medical school (Queen’s University at Kingston in 1866).

Peterman, Michael
15-002 · Person · 1942-

Professor Michael Peterman was born in 1942 and taught in the English department at Trent University from 1972 to 2008. During this period, he served as Chair of the English Department, Associate Dean of Research and Graduate Studies, Principal of Traill College, and editor of the Journal of Canadian Studies. He is also author and editor/co-editor of several articles and books focused on Canadian and American literature of the 19th and 20th centuries. The books include such titles as: Susanna Moodie: letters of a lifetime (1985); Robertson Davies (1986); Letters of a lifetime / Susanna Moodie (1993); Forest and other gleanings: the fugitive writings of Catharine Parr Traill (1994); I bless you in my heart: selected correspondence of Catharine Parr Traill (1996); James McCarroll, alias Terry Finnegan: newspapers, controversy and literature in Victorian Canada (1996); Susanna Moodie: a life (1999); My old friend the Otonabee: glimpses by Samuel Strickland, Catharine Parr Traill & Susanna Moodie (1999); Winona, or, The foster sisters (2007); Sisters in two worlds: a visual biography of Susanna Moodie and Catharine Parr Traill (2007); The elusive Isabella Valancy Crawford (2009); Flora Lyndsay; or, passages in an eventful life (2014); and others. Professor Peterman received Trent University's Distinguished Research Award in 2000 and was elected a Fellow to The Royal Society of Canada in 2006.

Tapscott, Don
15-003 · Person · 1947-

Don Tapscott (b. 1947) is one of the world’s leading authorities on innovation, media, and the economic and social impact of technology; in this capacity, he advises business and government leaders around the world. In 2013, Thinkers50 ranked him fourth among the world’s most influential management thinkers and he was awarded the Global Solutions Award for launching and leading the Global Solution Networks program based at the Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto. Tapscott has authored or co-authored 15 widely read books including the 1992 bestseller Paradigm Shift. His 1995 The Digital Economy changed thinking around the world about the transformational nature of the Internet. Two years later he defined the Net Generation and the “digital divide” in another publication, Growing Up Digital. His 2000 work, Digital Capital, introduced seminal ideas such as “the business web”. Wikinomics: How Mass Collaboration Changes Everything was the bestselling management book in 2007 and has been translated into over 25 languages. In his forward to Tapscott’s newest book, The Digital Economy: 20th Anniversary Edition (2014), Eric Schmidt (Executive Chairman, Google) writes: “Don remains one of the most perceptive thinkers about the way technology is transforming business and society. Several of his predictions—from networked intelligence to the demands on leaders to embrace technology — have taken permanent hold.” For over 30 years, Tapscott has introduced many ground-breaking concepts that are part of contemporary understanding. A Trent alumnus, his work continues as CEO of The Tapscott Group, a member of World Economic Forum, and Chancellor of Trent University. (Taken from the Trent University web site (http://www.trentu.ca/chancellor/), 25 March 2015).

15-004 · Person · 1939-

The Honourable James K. Bartleman was born in Orillia, Ontario in 1939. From 1966 to 2002, he served as a diplomat in Canada’s foreign service and, from 2002 to 2007, as Ontario’s 27th Lieutenant Governor. Mr. Bartleman is a member of the Chippewas of Rama First Nation and was Ontario’s first Aboriginal vice regal representative, devoting much of his time to promoting literacy among Indigenous children and combating the stigma associated with mental illness. He is an author, having written five books of non-fiction, including two which won the Joseph Brant award on multicultural history, and two novels with social justice themes relating to the condition of Indigenous people. Titles include Out of Muskoka (2002); On six continents: a life in Canada’s foreign service, 1966-2002 (2004); Rollercoaster: my hectic years as Jean Chretien’s diplomatic advisor, 1994-1998 (2005); As long as the rivers flow (2011); and The redemption of Oscar Wolf (2013). Citing his connection to the Peterborough area and his recognition of Trent University’s “outstanding native studies program,” Mr. Bartleman offered his papers to Trent University Archives in 2013. (Taken from correspondence received from The Honourable James K. Bartleman, 2013).

Struthers, Elizabeth (Betsy)
15-008 · Person · 1951-

Betsy (Elizabeth Jane) Porter was born in Toronto, Ontario in 1951. She received her BA in English in 1972 from Waterloo Lutheran University (which included one year at the University of Toronto on a Letter of Permission). She married James E. Struthers in 1971; they moved to Peterborough in 1977. She became involved in the literary life of the community as a committee member for the Peterborough County Board of Education Poetry Festival, 1985-1991, and especially as the founder in 1987 and first administrator of the Writers Reading Series at Trent University. She organized and hosted Poetry Month readings at various locations in Peterborough throughout the 1990s and early 2000s. Since 1991, she has been a member of the informal Peterborough Women Writers’ Group, which presented a series of talks at the Peterborough Public Library in the winter of 1999-2000. She has also taught poetry workshops in many local schools, at Trent University and Fleming College. After serving as Chair of the Education Committee of the League of Canadian Poets, in which role she co-edited an anthology of essays on teaching poetry, and of the Feminist Caucus, she was President of the League from 1995 to 1997. Since the publication of her first collection of poetry in 1984, she has published nine books of poetry – Still won the 2004 Pat Lowther Award – three novels and a book of short fiction and has conducted workshops and read her work in cities and towns across Canada from Labrador to Victoria. A freelance editor of academic texts, she has worked for Peterborough-based Broadview Press since 1988 as well as other publishers, journals and individuals in Canada and the United States.

1997.172 · Corporate body · 1989-1998

In the summer of 1988, the Town of Napanee requested a revision of its municipal boundaries. Initially, it was planned that the Town would absorb 850 acres from the Township of Richmond on the north, but this plan fell through. Another study of the boundary question was requested with a call for proposals (Oct. 24, 1989). The firm of Peat, Marwick, Stevenson and Kellogg were given the task of the second boundary review. In February, 1990, the consultants suggested that the Township of North Fredericksburgh to the south be included in the discussions about expanding Napanee.

The North Fredericksburgh Ratepayers’ Organization (NORFRO) began as a coalition of citizens in 1989 to provide a forum for a range of concerns, but by 1990 the main thrust of the group was participation in the discussions around the Napanee boundary question. NORFRO was exceedingly active in this regard. A similar group, the Richmond Township Ratepayers’ Association also submitted a brief to the consultants on March 27, 1990, but unfortunately their records do not survive.

NORFRO was incorporated in May of 1992 and continued in operation until 1998. When the Ontario Government under Mike Harris scrapped examination of Napanee’s boundaries in favour of a plan to amalgamate the Town with four other municipalities, NORFRO was disbanded.

Wilson, Florence Mary
2005.27 · Person · 1911-2005

Florence Mary Wilson (nee Reid) was born January 4, 1911 in Odessa, Ontario to her parents Stanley (1880-1957) and Elizabeth Reid (nee McFarland) (1877-1965). Florence grew up on a homestead in Odessa with her siblings Hazel (m. Denyes) (1905-1993), Vernon (1916-2003), and Harvey (1907-1987). Florence attended Fellows Public School, S.S. 12 and Odessa Continuation School in Ernestown Township before going on to teachers’ college at The Peterborough Normal School with the Class of 1930-1931. She taught briefly in Ernestown until marrying Meredith MacFaul Wilson, son of Thomas Wilson (1859-1943) and Margaret Blanche Wilson (1875-1962), on October 16, 1935. Together they lived in Enterprise, Ontario until Meredith’s death on June 9, 1959 at the age of fifty. Meredith’s death led Florence to return to teaching, working first as a supply teacher in Ernestown, and then as a teacher of students with mental and physical disabilities in the Kingston area from 1963 until 1971. Florence was an active community member within Emmanuel United Church, Odessa and as a volunteer with the Lennox and Addington Historical Society and Helen Henderson Care Centre in Amherstview. Florence was a hobbyist genealogist and great appreciator of history, devoting much of her time to studying her family’s history and that of Lennox and Addington County. Florence Wilson died February 28, 2005 in Kingston at the age of ninety-four, and is buried at Reidville Cemetery with her late husband Meredith.

2006.15 · Corporate body · 1960s

Beatty Telephone Company was established by Dr. Beatty in Garden Hill. The company was later purchased by Bell Telephone Co. Ona Gardiner was a long-time operator at the Garden Hill switchboard for Beatty.

Shane, Mary (nee Ferguson)
2012.30 · Person · 1895-1992

Mary Isobel (Isabella) Ferguson (1895-1992) was born to John Ferguson and Isabella Morrison in Perth County, ON on 3 April 1895. She worked as a teacher in various towns in Ontario, including Brampton and Oakville, at least until she was married. She was married to William Albert Shane (1894-1983) in York County on 4 Jul 1928. W.A. Shane was born to Albert Edward Shane and Ida Milsaf in Lennox & Addington County on 4 Feb 1894; he served in World War I (#26516) prior to marrying. The couple spent time in Bowmanville and Port Hope, and are buried at Cobourg Union Cemetery.

Stalker-Magee Family
2015.10 · Family · 1910-1994

George Roland Stalker (July 10 1910-Nov. 28 1994) was born in Waskada, Manitoba to parents James Benjamin Stalker (b. 1877) and Alma Lavinia Stalker nee Meggison. Jim, Alma, and their three children, George, Reginald, and Lois, left prairie homesteading during the Great Depression, moving to Burnaby, British Columbia for a brief time and later to Ontario, where Jim would work as head wood carver at Gibbard’s Furniture Factory in Napanee. Alma was a dressmaker and supplemented their income further by operating a tea room in Napanee. George Roland and his siblings attended Napanee District Collegiate Institute, Lois becoming editor of the school yearbook, The Torch. In 1928, Roland returned to his uncle George Meggison’s farm in Waskada for work. After his father’s death in 1932, Roland returned to Napanee, working as Assistant Foreman with Gibbard’s Furniture Factory in their finishing and shipping department. From 1935 through 1940 Roland and his brother Reginald rented farms in Selby and then Hay Bay. In 1940, they began renting The Grange, a 150 acre clergy reserve farm in Adolphustown, eventually purchasing the property in 1945.
George Roland Stalker married Muriel Grace Magee (Jan. 12 1918-May 7 1994) of Hay Bay on February 21st 1941, daughter of Robert James Magee and Cora Deborah Magee nee White. Together, Roland and Grace lived on the farm in Adolphustown, where they practiced mixed farming. Roland worked at the Alcan plant in Kingston for a time, to supplement the family’s income. Together they had six children, Moria Anne (b. June 4 1942), Muriel Aileen (b. Oct. 10 1944), Alma Joyce (b. Mar. 20, 1948), Deborah Grace (b. Nov. 22 1955), James Alec (b. Apr. 13 1957), and Kevin Andrew (b. Feb. 1 1959). Grace and Roland Stalker ran a broiler poultry business in the 1950’s, until selling their farm in 1958 and moving to Sandhurst to live with Grace’s parents, Bert and Cora Magee. Roland worked as Inspector of Sewer Installations with Public Utilities Commission in Kitimat from 1956-57, and then became an independent contractor, building three homes in South Fredericksburgh while also working as Sale Manager for Ideal Barn Cleaners, a Quebec based company, from 1959-1963. In 1963, Roland built a bungalow for him and his family in South Fredericksburgh and built and operated a 200,000 laying hen poultry business from their home, expanding the farm in the following years to include crops and Hereford cattle. Upon retirement in 1975, Grace and Roland sold their farm and built another home on a nearby lot purchased from their daughter Anne and husband Darryl MacDermaid. Grace and Roland were active community members throughout their lives, involved in Farm Radio Forum, the South Fredericksburgh Community Club, The Christian Neighbourhood newspaper (Grace was a regular contributor), Adolphustown United Chuch, United Church Women, Adolphustown Women’s Institute, 4-H, and the Lennox and Addington branch of the Ontario Federation of Agriculture (OFA), of which Grace was president. Grace later became vice-president at the provincial level of the OFA. She also ran for political office in 1974, as the federal Liberal Party candidate for Frontenac-Lennox & Addington. The couple had an active retirement as well, volunteering in Sierra Leone as part of a hatchery farm program sponsored by the OFA and World University Service of Canada, and travelling across Europe, Australia, New Zealand, and Canada. Grace and Roland lived out their final years together on Galiano Island, B.C.

Fred Brown
2017.021 · Person · 1877-1968
Guelph Harmony Club
52 · Corporate body · 1943-2005

The Harmony club was established in 1943 and functioned as a dance club with styles ranging from waltzes, fox trots and square dances. Early organizers included James Richmond and Mac Ferguson with Ed Young serving as first chairperson in 1947. The first dances occurred at the Sons of England Hall near St. George's Square. Eventually the club moved to Old Fellows Hall and Orange Hall on Albert Street and Waterloo Avenue respectively. The club's final activities where held at Eden Mills Community Hall.

In addition to dances, the club participated in organizing showers, gatherings to celebrate weddings, birthdays, picnics, euchres and even baseball games. Membership fees were charged to attend the dances often to help pay for the live bands and to raise money for various charities the club donated to. Membership consisted largely of Guelphites, but over time it grew to include interested individuals from Fergus, Cambridge and Hamilton. In the beginning the club held a membership of about 75 persons. At one point membership reached about 200.

Unfortunately the club was unable to maintain its membership and disbanded in 2005.

Journal of Canadian Studies
87-005 · Corporate body · 1964-

The Journal of Canadian Studies started off as an idea for a "Learned Journal" similar to the Queen's Quarterly but called the Trent Quarterly. As ideas were formulated by President T.H.B. Symons and others it came about that the need for a learned journal in Canadian Studies was necessary to the field of Canadian Studies. On June 1st, 1964 during the first meeting of the Committee of the Learned Journal it was decided to call the new journal "The Journal of Canadian Studies". Professor S.G. Denis Smith was chair of the meeting and other members in attendance at the meeting were Dean M.G. Fry, Mr. J.D.P. Martin and Professor J.S. Pettigrew. In the press release on July 7, 1964 given by Trent University the Journal was to cover such Canadian topics as history, politics, anthropology, art, literature, theatre, economics and sociology. The Journal of Canadian Studies was first published in May 1966. It was, and still is, published quarterly in February, May, August and November by Trent University. The Journal solicits manuscripts ranging from 2 000 to 10 000 words in length, English or French, dealing with some aspect of Canadian Society or history and of general as well as specialized scholarly interest. The first editor of the Journal was Denis Smith and the associate editor was Bernard R. Blishen. A number of Trent faculty members, such as Kenneth E. Kidd, T.H.B. Symons as well as Ronald J. Thom, sat on the editorial and advisory boards. The Journal was "founded in the belief that the life and history of Canada, still largely unexamined, deserve[d] common study by persons of many approaches and attitudes." (The Journal of Canadian Studies Vol. 1, page 2). The symbol used to represent the Journal of Canadian Studies is Samuel de Champlain's astrolabe which he had lost in 1613 while crossing a portage in the upper Ottawa River valley. The astrolabe now resides in the Canadian Museum of Civilization.

A2009.069 · Corporate body · 1971-

The property owners of Gould Lake, Amabel Township, met in July 1971 to voice their concern for the future of Gould Lake. It was agreed to form the Gould Lake Ratepayers Association, with the aim to protect the lake from pollution and to set down some rules to ensure as much safety on the lake as possible. The first elections were held July 4, 1971 with Frank Benn president; George Allen, vice-president; Reta Hough, secretary treasurer. Wib Anthony was appointed to head a water committee to take samples at regular intervals so the members could be informed as to the quality of the water in the lake.

Gould Lake Ratepayers Association was incorporated in April 1982. There were 9 permanent families living on the lake and 65 summer families in spring 1982.

The GLRA began publishing a newsletter in 1990. In 1991, GLRA Lake Stewardship was initiated by John Edwards. From 1995 to 2005, regular water testing was reported annually to the Ministry of Natural Resources. In 2009, the GLRA passed a Lake Management Plan to assist in its work to protect the health of Gould Lake.

Schmalz, Peter Stanley
A2010.099 · Person · [19-- - ]

Dr. Peter Stanley Schmalz resides in Walkerton, Ontario.

His education includes the following:
1962 Bachelor of Arts, University of Western Ontario
1962 Secondary School Teacher’s Certificate
1972 Master of Arts Degree, University of Waterloo
1985 Doctor of Philosophy Degree from the University of Waterloo.

Dr. Schmalz taught for five years at John F. Ross C.V.I., Guelph (1962-1967). In 1967, he began teaching at Walkerton District Secondary School. He became the Head of the History & Contemporary Studies Department at the school, a position from which he retired in or around 1995. In addition to his daily teaching job, Schmalz taught summer courses at Queen’s University in Kingston, and night courses for Georgian Collage and the University of Waterloo. He also developed and taught a course called “Man in Society” for the Ontario Ministry of Education, Correspondence Division.

From 1991 – 1992, he was seconded by the Bruce County Board of Education, through a grant from Employment and Immigration Canada, to develop a native Co-operative Education Pilot Project with two reserves for the Bruce County Board of Education.

In 1993, Dr. Schmalz received the 1993 Hilroy Fellowship for Innovations in Education award for a computer role-playing simulation which develops non-Native empathy for the century-long Native experiences on reserves.

Dr. Schmalz has researched local native land claims and issues extensively. In the 1990s and 2000s, Dr. Schmalz was hired to create reports for the Ministry of Natural Resources, First Nations communities, the provincial government and federal government.

In addition to various published articles and book reviews, his works include the following books:
• The Ojibwa, Toronto: Umbrella Press, 1995
• The Ojibwa of Southern Ontario, Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1991
• The County Town Question, Wiarton: The Walkerton Historical Society, 1982
• The Impact of the Great Depression on Walkerton, Wiarton: The Walkerton Historical Society, 1982
• The History of the Saugeen Indians, Ottawa: The Ontario Historical Society, Research Publication No. 5, 1977

Dr. Schmalz was “honourably mentioned” by The Canadian Historical Association in 1991 in relation to his book, The Ojibwa of Southern Ontario, which also won the 1993 Joseph Brant Award, given by The Ontario Historical Society, as “the best book dealing with Ontario’s multicultural history published in a three-year period.”

Freeman, Robert G.
A2013.028 · Person · 1918-1974

Robert G. Freeman, known as “Bert” was born on May 2, 1918 to William J. Freeman and Mary E. Johnson. He married Marnie [surname unknown]. They had no children.

After graduating from a college Business Administration Course in London, Ontario, Bert worked for Empire Life in London, Ontario in or around 1938 and early 1939. He made a decision to leave Empire Life and work with his family's business on March 3, 1939. He returned to Teeswater in early April 1939 and worked with his father at Superior Foods grocery store, at 6 Clinton St., Teeswater.
Bert also served in the R.C.A.F. during WWII. He was training in Belleville in fall 1941. In January 1942, he was at No. 11 Elementary Flying Training School. In early October 1942, he was training in St. Thomas and then touring Montreal in late October. At some point in 1941 or 1942, he was also at No. 8 Service Flying Training School, Moncton and No. 5 Initial Training School, Belleville, Ont. In October 1942, he was at Halifax collecting a photograph of an usherette at Casino Theatre.
By November 1942, he was in England. He was at R.A.F. Acaster Malbis, England in December 1942. On March 12, 1943, Bert was rushed to Edinburgh City Isolation Hospital with Spinal Meningitis. Information written in his diary from March to April 1943 indicates that he was not expected to live on the way to the hospital. Notes made in the diary are "as per nite nurse Marg Gillies" and he was noted to be "out of danger" by March 16, 1943. He remained in the hospital until April 9, 1943. He mentions "Marg" several times in his hospital entries and he met her socially outside the hospital after his release. He notes that he took pictures with Marg at park Edinburgh on April 15, 1943. He also met Sister Bain on April 16.

Bert was promoted to Flying Officer on March 26, 1943, with pay back to December 19, 1942.
A note in his diary for Feb. 3, 1944 indicates "Med. Board passed [???] with no limitations except non-ops."

He returned home to Teeswater on May 30, 1944. In September 1944, he was posted to Pat Bay, British Columbia. While in B.C. he appears to have made notes and taken photographs of grocery store displays.

His father, William J. Freeman, retired from the grocery business in 1945 and passed ownership of the Teeswater business, Superior Food Store, to Bert. Bert sold it in or around 1959 to Douglas McDonald. After that, Bert worked in the investment business in Teeswater and Florida where he and his wife spent the winter months.

In 1960, he purchased 91 Clinton St. where he and his wife resided. Their home was a Gold Medallion home, the first of its kind in Teeswater.

Bert was also involved in municipal matters. He was a Director for Teeswater on the Saugeen Valley Conservation Authority from 1971-1974.

Bert died in September 1974 in Teeswater, Bruce County, Ontario and is buried in Durham, Ontario.

A2013.037.031 · Corporate body · 1952-2012

The White Cloud Chapter of the Imperial Order Daughters of the Empire was formed in May1952. The Bestowal ceremony took place at the Pacific Hotel, Wiarton. The first regent was Mrs. C. Gildner. Other members of the first executive include: Mrs. A. Whicher (1st vice); Mrs. F. Williamson (2nd Vice ), Mrs. Helen Ewals (Secretary); Mrs. John Good (Treasurer) and Mrs. D. Kruzweiser (Echoes). The group ceased to operate in 2012.

The geographical area in which members resided included Wiarton and areas in South Bruce Peninsula, Bruce County, Ontario.

The objects of the Imperial Order Daughters of the Empire are to:
a) "promote education of all kinds, particularly the study of history and rrent questions ...";
b) "to care for the widows, orphans and dependants of Canadian Commonwealth soldiers, sailors and airmen during war, int imte of peace or under sickness, accident or reverses of fortune;"
c) "To forward all such good work as may be for the relief of those in poverty or distress irrespective of race, colour, creed or sex;"
d) "to assist in the progress of the arts;" and
e) "to give donations for charitable purposes."

Some of the fundraising events of the White Cloud Chapter included: bridge and euchre parties, art in the park events, quilting bees, strawberry socials, fashion shows, French Cafes, baking for events, mitten trees, strawberry socials, benefit performances / plays / theatre nights, and hat contests.

Some of the organizations supported through goods, volunteer time and/or finances include seniors' homes / nursing homes, local hospital, local schools (providing bursaries / scholarships), adopting non-local schools (for example, at Muskrat Dam), Salvation Army (quilts, knitted goods, and more), Bruce-Grey Women's Centre, Redmen hockey team, Girl Guides and Boy Scouts.