Main building of Camp Rayner on Lake Diefenbaker, Saskatchewan; trees in foreground.

Bio/Historical Note: John George Rayner was born 1 Oct. 1890 in London, England. At age 2 his family came to Canada, settling on a farm near Virden, Manitoba. After completing his high school education there, he attended the Manitoba College of Agriculture in Winnipeg and graduated with a BSA in 1913. In 1914 Rayner was employed as agricultural representative with the Saskatchewan Department of Agriculture, his district taking in a large portion of the northwest part of the settled area of the province. With an appointment in 1918 as director of boys' and girls' club work at the Extension Department at the U of S in Saskatoon, Rayner began a 34-year association with the rural young people of Saskatchewan. He was dedicated to the principle of development of the individual, and was one of the founders of the Canadian Council of Boys' and Girls' work in 1933. Rayner served as the council's president in 1937 and 1947, and was instrumental in getting the name "4-H" applied to rural youth clubs in Canada. He served as director of the Extension Department from 1920 until the time of his death in 1952. Rayner was a charter member of the Canadian Society of Technical Agriculturists (now the Agricultural Institute of Canada) of which he became a fellow. He was also a charter member of the Saskatchewan Institute of Agrologists. In 1965 the 4-H Foundation's Camp Rayner was named in Rayner’s honour, and in 1973 he was posthumously named to Saskatchewan's Hall of Fame. John Rayner died in Saskatoon on 30 June 1952.

Members sitting together on grass listening to a morning speaker, perhaps George Porteous; building and trees in background.

George Porteous heads a discussion group as the members sit and lie in a circle on the grass. Building in background.

Bio/Historical Note: George Porteous was born in 1903 at Douglas, Lanarkshire, Scotland. His family emigrated to Canada in 1910 and he attended secondary school in Saskatoon, going on to the University of Saskatchewan, where he was awarded a BA in 1927. He began working for the YMCA as boys’ work secretary in Saskatoon in 1922, later becoming an Army physical education instructor. At the outbreak of World War II he went with the 1st Canadian Division to England as a YMCA Auxiliary Service officer, returning later on to Canada to train others. Porteous was the 14th Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan from 1976 until his death in 1978.

Members sitting, standing, bending in a physical fitness test; building and trees in background.

Members of a Water Safety group: E. DeGraw of Orkney, A.R. Durocher of Beauval, T. Myers of Lafleche and J. Thompson of Wolseley, demonstrating their skills. Sign in background: "Take what you need, but eat what you take".

Group of girls singing, with a man directing the choir. Trees in background

Members standing around a camp fire for closing ceremonies.

John G. Diefenbaker, Prime Minister of Canada, meets with 4-H representatives in his office; members holding certificates. Alvin Hamilton, federal Minister of Agriculture, at extreme left.

4-H provincial team winners standing in a doorway at the Parliament Buildings, Ottawa. M. Hartnett and Lynn Biggart of Wilbert represented Saskatchewan.

Members dress review, sitting and standing in a group. Sign in background: "Saskatchewan 4-H Dress Review, Sponsored by Federated Co-Op Limited". Location unknown.

A group of five Indigenous girls holding their sewing projects on their Achievement Day at Round Plain First Nation, later called Wahpeton Dakota Nation, near Prince Albert.

B. Rothwell of Choiceland and Lynn Biggart of Wilbert, Saskatchewan, representing the Beef Clubs.

I. Dieker and L. Dieker, representing the Sovereign, Saskatchewan Clothing Club. Emblem on jacket pocket, "Saskatchewan Golden Jubilee 1905--1955".

H. Jowsey and E. Wigmore, representatives of Yorkton Dairy Club.

D. Bridges and G. Bridges representing the Tisdale food club. Emblem on jacket pocket, "Saskatchewan Golden Jubilee 1905--1955".