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Lumby Productions Ltd

  • Corporate body
  • 1961-1989

Lumby Productions Ltd began in 1961 as a audio recording service run by John Lumby (1930-2017) and his wife, Helen Hase Lumby (b. 1934). In 1965, it was incorporated as Lumby Productions Ltd. In 1985-1986 the assets of Lumby Productions were transferred to Size Small Productions Inc., a new company formed by the Lumbys in 1981. Lumby Productions Ltd. was fully dissolved in 1988 and was struck from the Saskatchewan Corporate Registry in 1989.

The company produced sound recordings, films, radio and television commercials and jingles, slide-tape presentations, print advertising, including promotional brochures, and photographic work, animation, and other public relations services. During the late 1960's and early 1970's the company did most of the film and news production for CBC Saskatchewan. It also produced films for provincial government departments and for private and crown corporations, and did marketing work for local Saskatoon performers such as the University of Saskatchewan's Greystone Singers and the Saskatoon Boys' Choir.

Harrison, Frederick E.

  • Person
  • 1876-1962

Frederick E Harrison was born in Belleville, Ontario, in 1876. He came to Saskatoon in 1904 to manage the Union Bank. He opened a real estate and insurance business in 1907 and was for a time secretary and president of the Saskatoon Board of Trade. In 1909 he married Zeta Mabel Charlebois, of Edmonton. They were divorced ca. 1922.

Harrison served on City Council from 1911-1912 and was Mayor from 1913-1915, being acclaimed to the position in his first term. He did not seek re-election after his 1915 term. In 1916 he joined the federal Labour Department and moved to Calgary. In 1943 he became a Member of the Order of the British Empire for his work as an industrial dispute commissioner. Harrison died in Vancouver in September 1962 at the age of 86.

Geary, David Stewart

  • Person
  • [Alive in 2022]

David Geary was one of the first two graduates from the University of Saskatchewan Fine Arts program, in 1970. He has been described as "one of the most prolific self-published underground creators in Canada during the 1970s and is responsible for the development of the comic book scene in the prairie provinces, first as a creator and later as a teacher/mentor."

Foss, Wally

  • Person
  • ca. 1932

Wally Foss was a field engineer in the employ of the City of Saskatoon in 1932, and was involved in the construction of the Broadway Bridge.

East, John A.

  • Person
  • 1881-1952

John A. East was born in Grand Valley, Ont., part of a large, farm family. He left home at age 18 to apprentice in an iron foundry (or possibly as a machinist) and thereafter lived and worked in various places in the US and eastern Canada before coming west in 1905, to Winnipeg and later to Edmonton, Alberta. He homesteaded briefly at Innisfree, Alberta, before returning to Edmonton. in 1909, he moved to Saskatoon. He married Elizabeth May Melville in 1903 and had four children: Melville, Wheldale, Dorothy and Rita. He died in Saskatoon on Oct. 18, 1952.

Douglas, A.H.

  • Person
  • ca. 1932

A.H. Douglas is identified as having been an engineer in the employ of R.J. Arrand and was involved in the construction of the Broadway Bridge.

Dominion Bureau of Statistics

  • Corporate body
  • 1918 - 1971

The Dominion Bureau of Statistics was founded in 1918 as Canada’s central statistical agency. It was responsible for conducting annual censuses of industry, decennial censuses of population, housing and agriculture, in addition to providing trade, commerce, crime, transportation and other general statistics. In 1971, the Bureau was renamed Statistics Canada.

Curror, Bill and Stella

  • Family
  • 1897-1988

Stella Curror (nee MacDougall) was born in Battleford, NWT, in 1898 and died in Regina on Feb 4, 1988. She was predeceased by her husband, William L (Bill) Curror (1897-1973).

Cole, Ernest J.

  • Person
  • 1916-2000

Ernest J. "Ernie" Cole was born in Anerly, Saskatchewan in 1916 and came to Saskatoon to attend Normal School (teacher's college). He later attended the University of Saskatchewan, graduating from the College of Engineering in 1944. His wife, Mary died in 2066 after which he moved to Ottawa. They had two children, a son and a daughter. E.J. Cole died on Nov 9, 2000.

Colbert, Percy T.

  • Person
  • ca. 1905-1923

Percy T. Colbert came to Saskatoon from Seaforth, Ontario, in 1905 and established a soft drink manufacturing company here at 418 first Avenue South. He was still running the company, under the name Colbert & Co., in 1923.

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