Arnold Dales, originally from Duff, Saskatchewan, was a long-time citizen of Indian Head, serving as town councillor and mayor. He was a member of a Lancaster bomber crew that was shot down near the Dutch-German border. He was badly injured, including a severely broken leg. Treated in a German war hospital, he went to a POW camp until the end of the war. Arnold Dales spent countless hours developing and operating the Indian Head Museum.