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Chew, William

  • SCAA-SCM-0137
  • Persoon
  • 1911-1972

William H. Chew was born April 15, 1911. He immigrated from Hong Kong, China to Swift Current, Saskatchewan in the late 1930s or early 1940s and became a prominent business man. His two eldest sons, Andrew and Charles Chew, were born in China and received permission to immigrate to Canada in 1948. His youngest son, Victor William Chew, was born in Canada in 1940. In the summer of 1948 Mr. Chew returned to Hong Kong for a year sojourn.

William H. Chew passed away on December 14, 1972 (age 61) and is buried in Memory Gardens Cemetery in Swift Current. His son, Victor William passed away on August 24, 2007 (age 63) and is buried in the same cemetery

Source: http://sites.rootsweb.com/~cansacem/swiftcurrent.html

Burt, David

  • SCAA-SCM-0140
  • Persoon
  • [19--] - [20--]

Batco Orioles

  • SCAA-SCM-0156
  • Instelling
  • [19--] - [20--]

Saint George's Society

  • SCAA-SCM-0159
  • Instelling
  • 1980s - 1990s

The Sons of England and Daughters of England societies existed in Swift since at least 1915 and until the 1940s. Like the early Fraternal Societies, Sons of England offered insurance policies. The S.O.E. regularly competed against other local clubs and organizations in sporting events, and Carpet Ball in the Masonic Temple.

The St. George’s Society was a more recent society than Sons of England, but was a similar type of organization. St. George’s Society only existed in the 1980s and 1990s, but the group brought together people with a similar heritage. The Society sponsored a local soccer team and held an annual Guy Fawkes night.

Swift Current Royal Purple Lodge Number 93

  • SCAA-SCM-0163
  • Instelling
  • 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.

Junior Fortnightly Club√

  • SCN00087
  • Instelling
  • 1947-2015?

The Junior Fortnightly Club was formed on January 21, 1947, in Swift Current, Saskatchewan, by members of the Fortnightly Club (which then became known as the Senior Fortnightly Club). It had 11 charter members and a maximum of 20 members at any one time. Meetings were held every two weeks in a different member's home. Dues were collected at each meeting. The Club was formed mainly for the purpose of study, as intellect was important to the Club. One or two members would present a talk or a paper at each meeting. In later years, each member was assigned a topic on a rotating basis to present on at the next meeting. Some of the topics were women, books and authors, household hints, science, education, entertainment, and local, national, and international news. The Club was involved in the community in various ways, including sponsoring students, participating in charitable works, hosting baby showers, and providing funeral lunches. Members also met as a lunch social club.

James, Aline

  • SCN00116
  • Persoon
  • 1917-2008

Helmina Hansina Aline Moen, known as Aline, was born the third of nine children on January 28, 1917, in Beaver Flat, Saskatchewan. Aline trained at the Calgary General Hospital to become a nurse, completing her program in April 1943. Her nursing career started in Calgary but soon moved to a doctor's office in Olds, Alberta. After eight years there, she became a practical nurse in Whitehorse, Yukon, for three years, where she mainly attended to the health of the Indigenous people. When her contract in the north was over, she worked as a nursing supervisor at Ridley College in St. Catharines, Ontario, for a few years and then as a placement officer at Kawartha Lakes Girls Training School in Lindsay, Ontario. She retired in January 1982. She married Bertram (Bert) Vincent James on December 13, 1969. Aline died on July 28, 2008, in Lindsay, Ontario.

Bye, Alf

  • SCAA-SCM-0008
  • Persoon
  • [19--] - [20--]
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