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Swift Current Emergency Measures Organization

  • SCAA-SCM-0010
  • Corporate body
  • 20th cent.

Formed c.1950s as the Swift Current Civil Defence Organization to deal with the prospect of a nuclear war. Later became the Emergency Measures Organization in 1970s, and focussed on disaster prevention and relief as well as search and rescue operations.

Swift Current Homemakers' Club

  • SCN00097
  • Corporate body
  • 1931-

The Swift Current Homemakers’ Club was a local club founded in 1931 by former members of the Victorian Order of Nurses after the V.O.N. disbanded. The women wanted to keep working together and maintain social relationships. The Club was part of the Association of Saskatchewan Homemakers’ Clubs, which was part of the Federated Women’s Institutes of Canada, which in turn was part of the Associated Country Women of the World. The objectives of the club were to help women acquire sound and approved practices for home efficiency; to develop a more abundant life in rural communities and a deeper appreciation of things near at hand; to discover and train leaders; and to develop better, happier, and useful citizens. The Club had eight committees: agriculture, arts and literature, home economics, international relations, legislation, public health and welfare. These committees arranged stimulating programming throughout the year. The money that the Club earned through occasional bazaars, teas, and rummage sales was put back into the community.

Swift Current Indians

  • SCAA-SCM-0100
  • Corporate body
  • 1983-1986

The team was created in the wake of the Swift Current Broncos becoming the Lethbridge Broncos in 1974. Originally dubbed the "Broncos", the team changed their name to the "Indians" in 1983. The team folded in 1986 when the original Broncos came back to the City of Swift Current in 1986. The "SJHL Broncos" won the SJHL Championship in their first ever season in the league.

Swift Current Museum

  • SCAA-SCM-0037
  • Corporate body
  • 1937-

Since 1937, the Museum has collected artifacts and produced exhibitions and programming to preserve and promote the history of Swift Current and the surrounding region.

Swift Current Music Festival Association

  • SCAA-SCM-0038
  • Corporate body
  • fl. 1933-2003

The first adjudicated music festival took place in Swift Current in 1930, and these festivals have continued ever since, even during war years. G.E. Bowers and Dorthea Horton were named President and Secretary-Treasurer in 1931.

Swift Current Royal Purple Lodge Number 93

  • SCAA-SCM-0163
  • Corporate body
  • 1946-2014

The Swift Current Royal Purple Lodge Number 93 existed from 1949-2014. The Royal Purple's were the ladies auxiliary for the Elks of Canada. The Royal Purple's work in tandem with the bother Elks to support local, national, and international charities. The Swift Current Lodge supported the purchase and set up of Christmas lights in memorial park. The supported Speech and hearing programs, D.A.R.E, social events at the Palliser Regional Care Centre, as well as support for the local Saskatchewan Abilities Centre, in addition to the various national and international charities supported by the Elks and Royal Purples on a national level. Their mission statement was: A Nation fraternal and charitable organization promoting and supporting community needs through volunteer efforts of local lodges "We do adhere to the principles of justice, charity, love and fidelity to the best of our ability."
The Swift Current Lodge Number 93 dissolved in 2014 at which point there was a shifting and changing of the organization at the national level.

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