R.J. "James" Arrand came to Saskatoon from Ontario in 1906, forming a short-lived construction company with his cousin, Walter Thomas Arrand (1868-1952). Later, James Arrand specialized in concrete construction, working on several high profile projects in Saskatoon in the 1920s and 1930s, including the University Memorial Gates, School for the Deaf (now the R.J.D. Williams Building), the Capitol Theatre, the Broadway Bridge and the Borden Bridge.

Albert Joseph Wheaton was born near Thorndale, Ont. He came went in 1904 and was married in 1907 to Electa Jane Rutledge. They moved to Saskatoon in 1911 and had two sons, included Cecil Wheaton (later a Saskatoon alderman) and D.H. Wheaton, and two daughters, identified as Mrs. F.C. Thompson (Vancouver) and Mrs. I.H. Stocken (Langham). He was a member of Grace United Church and served on the official board and in various other capacities within Saskatoon's religious establishment, and was a member of the Saskatoon Rotarty club, the Saskatoon Construction Association, and various lodges and associations.