Slater & York Limited was a men's clothing store which was established in 1921 when Ransom L. Slater joined in a partnership with Mervin E. York. Mr. Slater was born in Inkerman, ON, on May 13, 1870. He moved to Moose Jaw in 1890 and went into the tailoring business with Dan McCormack. Later he established his own tailor shop, and in 1913 opened a men's clothing store. Mr. Slater married Florence Annetta Powell in 1895. They had one daughter, Phyllis (Mrs. K.G. Murison). Mr. Slater was a member of Zion United Church, Moose Jaw Lodge No.3, Lodge of Perfection, Rose Croix, the Saskatchewan Consistory, Moose Jaw Shrine Club, Chamber of Commerce and he served as director of the Grant Hall Hotel. He retired from business in 1953. He died in 1962.
Prior to his partnership with R.L. Slater, Mervin E.York was a salesperson, buyer and department manager for various retail businesses in Moose Jaw. He began working as a salesman for R.L. Slater in 1916. Mr. York died in 1953. Slater & York Limited was sold to Geoffrey R. Baskwill and James Stewart Robertson in 1953. They sold the business to Reginald A. Bushell and George Field in 1959, who then sold it to Brian Chadwick in 1987.

During the Second World War, the National War Finance Committee was established by the Minister of Finance to organize, advertise and conduct all public loans used to finance Canada’s war effort.
They undertook a series of nine Victory Loan campaigns, promoting the sale of war bonds, war savings certificates and war savings stamps. Local committees were organized to promote sales in each community.
The chair of the Moose Jaw committee was Guy R. Tretheway, K.C.. The Campaign office was located at 16 High Street East. The Moose Jaw committee produced high per capita results for every drive.

The Moose Jaw Wild Animal Park Society was formed in 1928 following two years of promotion of the subject by Frank McRitchie, a Moose Jaw real estate agent. John R. Green allowed the use of several hundred acres of his property along the Moose Jaw River south of the City.
The park was officially opened on May 25, 1929, with events on the previous day as well. As it had not been officially named, it was called Chief Sitting Bull Park at the time of the opening but this was later dropped and was simply referred to as the Moose Jaw Wild Animal Park.
A number of native and non-native animals were imported and displayed including bison, bears, wolves and a variety of North American fowl. As time went on, more exotic animals were purchased including lions and a hippo which was injured in transport to Moose Jaw and had to be euthanized en route.
Breeding programs with wild turkey and pheasant are greatly responsible for the current populations of these species in Saskatchewan.
The park was owned/operated by several different groups:
From 1929 to 1958 it was operated by a volunteer group but by the 1950's it was felt that the group was too small to handle the operation and some of the service organizations were asked to get involved.
In 1958, operation of the park was taken over by a committee of the Moose Jaw Lions Club.
It was taken over by the provincial government ca. 1965 and operated as a regional park until 1987 when it was privatized by the Devine government.
It was operated by several private owners until 1994 when it was purchased by Dr. You Seuk Sung. He was unable to arrange liability insurance and the park was closed to the public in September 1995. Litigation followed over ownership and the length of time that Dr. Sung had been allowed to pursue insurance.
A Moose Jaw Wildlife Park Society was active in 2001, primarily to explore future use of the park lands.

The Canadian Daughters League (CDL) originated on November 22, 1922 in Vancouver at a meeting convened by the Native Sons of Canada. The gathering was the organizing of Canadian born women striving to work along similar lines to the Native Sons of Canada. The charter was granted at Ottawa to the CDL on June 20, 1923. The aims and objectives of the League were 1) to promote a non partisan, non sectarian influence in the administration of affairs in the Dominion of Canada, 2) to create and foster a distinctively Canadian national spirit and develop Canadian institutions, literature, art and music, and 3) to generally promote the interests of the Dominion of Canada and Canadians. Membership is restricted to those of Canadian birth. Assembly No.1 was formed at the very first meeting. Six more assemblies formed in B.C. that same year. The Moose Jaw CDL , Assembly No.41 formed in 1931. The Moose Jaw Assembly spent countless hours fund raising and made generous contributions in the community, province and country. Included were donations to the national cancer research fund, equipment purchased for hospitals, and scholarships to students. There is no information when the club disbanded.

On January 2, 1979 Moose Jaw city council (Mayor Herb E. Taylor) appointed a committee to plan the 1980 celebrations in Moose Jaw for the 75th anniversary of Saskatchewan as a province. The committee consisted of Jan Sorochan, S.H. (Hub) Gutheridge and A.E. Peacock. Members added to the committee were Mrs. Nan Buchbach, Peggy Pequin, Mary Carty, Cliff Christensen, John McConville, Jerry Kaiser, Deane Hoover, Hugh Colwell, Joseph Karner, Leonard Biden, Penny Tonita, Russ McKnight, and Linda Boudreau. In October 1979 Louis H. (Scoop) Lewry was appointed chairman. The provincial government was extending grants to the city to be distributed among organizations for the celebration of the anniversary. The committee called for representations from organizations for the allocation of the grant money. 41 applications were received. 32 grant requests were approved by the committee and funds were distributed. Before the committee disbanded in 1981, any funds remaining were donated to the Moose Jaw United Way.

The material in the records available indicate that the Moose Jaw Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church was active in 1906-1909 and through to the 1970's, as some records were entered in 1975. Most members came to the Moose Jaw area from South Dakota, Wisconsin, and Minnesota. There is no information available where the congregation worshiped. According to the records, pastors who served included Pastor Bergstrom, Pastor Lehart (1909), Pastor Claes Thunberg (1916-1919). Pastor Thunberg resided in Moose Jaw during this time.

Film councils were established in Saskatchewan in the 1950's. Moose Jaw Film Council was established in [1951?]. It was the duty of the film council to provide equipment, films and bring the community together on the matter of utilization so that all organizations in the community knew the uses of films. Moose Jaw Film Council became a member of the Southern Saskatchewan Federation of Film Councils in 1954. The objects of the federation were to operate a film purchase pool, to establish and operate a rotating film library, to act as a clearing house of information for film councils, film libraries, and film depots in the federation, and to promote and coordinate special activities in the federation area. Moose Jaw Film Council was also a member of the Film Council of Saskatchewan. On April 6, 1964 the Moose Jaw Film Council decided to disband and asked the Moose Jaw Public Library to take over its functions and activities.

On July 12, 1912 it was decided in the Farewell (also spelled Fairwell) District to organize a rural telephone company that would provide service to the area residents. It was set up with a capital stock of $1200.00 and had 8 ½ miles of line. There were 10 subscribers each holding 5 shares of stock at $25.00 per share. First subscribers were Wellington Barry, James Barry, H.S. Rowan, Thomas Barry, H.D. Simpson, J.W. Astleford, Mrs. Joseph Astleford, E. Rathwell, N.H. Hatchard, H.E. Gallaugher. In 1919 four other subscribers each purchased 10 shares.
In 1921 the Farewell Rural Telephone Company along with three other rural telephone companies merged with Tuxford under the new “Land Tax System.”

The 210th Battalion was authorized in March 1916 in Moose Jaw when Major W.E. Seaborn of the 128th Battalion was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel, and requested to recruit the 210th Battalion. Recruiting was very popular with the young men of Moose Jaw and district. The new battalion grew very quickly to 521 members. The recruits were accommodated in the Douglas Block on Main St. for summer training of drill and military discipline the battalion moved to Camp Hughes. Owing to the lack of transport, the battalion did not proceed overseas from the camp, but returned to the Douglas Barracks where they underwent further training. On April 12, 1917 the battalion left Halifax on the S.S. Carpathia. A smaller contingent left a week later on the S.S. Northland. The S.S. Carpathia docked at Liverpool on April 22, 1917. The battalion immediately left for Camp Bramshott where they remained as a unit for two weeks. The war situation demanded that the battalion was to be used to provide reinforcements for the hard hit battalions in France. The majority were absorbed into the 46th Battalion and the 1st Canadian Mounted Rifles. Some officers went to the Royal Flying Corps. Casualties of the 210th Battalion serving with the 46th Battalion were 52 killed, 127 wounded, 3 taken prisoner of war. Casualties of those serving in the other units is not available. The 210th Battalion was disbanded and removed from army records.

The Kinette organization was formed in Canada in the late 1930's. It was meant to assist the Kinsmen in their work, and to carry on additional service projects which would not conflict with those of the Kinsmen. In 1942 the official name "Kinette Club" came into being at the national convention in Vancouver. There were 52 clubs in Canada. The first Kinette Club in District 3 (Saskatchewan) was formed in Saskatoon in September 1940. In the 1990's there were 80 Kinette clubs in Saskatchewan with a membership of over one thousand.
The Moose Jaw Kinette Club was chartered in February 1945 with 12 members at a meeting at the Grant Hall Inn. Mrs. A. Patterson was elected chairman of the nominating committee along with Mrs. N. Hodge, Mrs. John Oie, Mrs. P. Douglas and Mrs. J. Ingram. The first executive consisted of Mrs.George Maley, president; Mrs. Frank Kindred, vice president; Mrs. Glen Davis, secretary; Mrs. S.G. Stinson, treasurer; and Mrs. N. Hodge, press secretary. The main objectives of the Kinettes are to be an auxiliary to the Kinsmen Club, to carry out community projects with Kinsmen approval, to assist the Kinsmen with their projects and to promote fellowship among the wives of Kinsmen. Until 1988 women could only become Kinettes if their husbands were Kinsmen. With the change in this rule, enrolment increased. In 1988 a vote was also taken to create a "parallel partnership" which gives the Kinettes the status of being associates with the Kinsmen, rather than an auxiliary group. The community service projects and fund raising efforts of the Moose Jaw Kinette Club have been extensive and successful. Among them include donations for furnishings and equipment for Moose Jaw hospitals, Meals on Wheels, sponsoring the Moose Jaw Kinette Figure Skating Club, "Buckle up Baby" infant car seat rental, assisting Kinsmen in the annual Moose Jaw Kinsmen Band Festival, Telemiracle, hampers for the needy, scholarships to students, and donations to many other charities and projects.

The Red Cross Society was founded by Swiss citizen Henri Dunant in 1863. A Canadian branch was formed in 1896, but was not officially recognized as an independent national society until 1927. It is a non-profit , humanitarian organization dedicated to helping Canadians and the victims of conflicts and disasters throughout the world.
The Moose Jaw Canadian Red Cross Society was formed in 1914. The first executive elected were Mr. L.G. Knowles, Member of Parliament, honorary chairman; Mr. H. Dorrell, chairman; Mrs. Spotton, 1st vice-chairman, Dr. McCulloch, 2nd vice-chairman, Mrs. F. Simpson, secretary, Mr. L. Grayson, treasurer. At first the Moose Jaw Red Cross was occupied in making clothing for service men and war victims. Work on behalf of refugees began in 1918. In 1919 the charter was changed to allow for peace time work. During the Depression the local Red Cross was very active in aiding families on relief with clothing, household items, medical supplies and eye glasses and whatever else they were able to help with.
Local volunteers ran blood donor clinics during the Second World War. After the War, all the equipment was sold, but blood clinics resumed again in the early 1950's. Blood was made available at no cost to hospital patients. In 1998 the Canadian Blood Services replaced the Red Cross as the sole blood collector.
As well as supplies and monetary support to disaster victims at home and abroad, the Red Cross made hospital dressings for the local hospitals and produced special garments to promote human dignity for the elderly and infirm. A sickroom equipment lending program was available which included the lending of wheelchairs, walkers, canes and commodes. This program was taken over by the Victorian Order of Nurses when the Moose Jaw Red Cross office closed in 1991. Other services that were sponsored and supported by the Red Cross were first-aid, water safety, baby-sitting courses and a bicycle safety program. These programs were taken over by other groups.
Local aid was administered after the plane crash over northeast Moose Jaw in 1954, the floods of 1948, 1955 and 1974, and the 1980 Gulf Oil refinery fire.
The office of the Moose Jaw Red Cross closed in 1991. The local coordinator, Janice Lorge then conducted the business of the Red Cross out of her home as a volunteer until 1992.
Many of the programs and services of the Red Cross continue to operate

Tuxford Lodge No.87, Independent Order of Odd Fellows (I.O.O.F.) was instituted on January 9, 1912. Charter members were David Reekie, Roy T. Lowther, William D. Boyd, A.G. Kepner, J.H. Storry, John B. Calver, R.E. Spicer, Don Kilpatrick, John D. Fraser. The Lodge hall was built that same year. During its existence, 130 men joined the Lodge. The charter was surrendered to the Grand Lodge of Saskatchewan on November 28, 1939. At the same time the Lodge hall was sold to the Village of Tuxford.

Tuxford was incorporated as a village on July 19, 1907. The SW quarter of Section 5 in Township 19, Range 26 was chosen as the best location for a townsite and railroad station. CPR officials named the town Tuxford, for George Stuart Tuxford whose untiring efforts with railway officials got the railroad routed through the Buffalo Lake wheat growing area. In 1905 an insurance and real estate office was set up on the townsite. Plans were under way for the construction of grain elevators and by fall 1905 the railroad was within a mile East of the townsite. The first overseer of the Village of Tuxford was D.E. MacIntyre. Secretary-treasurer of the Village Council from 1907-1912 was J.B. Calver.

Talk of starting a Faculty Club at the University of Saskatchewan started in 1921, but a club was not established until 1927. The centre for the club was a reading room in the administration building; and the club's major purpose became sponsoring a series of lectures by faculty members. Until 1947 it was for males only with the exception of one open meeting per year. Slowly, over the years, the club was also opened to other than faculty members: in 1937, government researchers were allowed to join; as were 'senior administrative personnel' in 1959; and by 1962, a degree was no longer a requirement of membership. In 1962, the club moved into the dean of Agriculture's house (its current location). On 19 May 1962, it was decided not to sponsor any more papers. From that point onward the club began to concentrate on providing food and drink. By 1974, 'most administrative officers' were permitted to join. The faculty club became a restaurant and bar on campus that secretaries, janitors, and students could not join. [Hayden, p.219-220].

On 31 October 1960, the University of Saskatchewan Graduate Student Society wrote the Canadian Film Institute, seeking advice on establishing a film society. Their initiative was successful, and in February 1963, the Graduate Student Society changed its name to the "University of Saskatchewan Film Society." Membership was open; several members of faculty eventually served on the executive. During the 1960s and 1970s film series shown by the Society were well-attended, but by the mid-1980s membership had declined to the point that the Society no longer appeared feasible.