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4-H Clubs - Wakaw Camp

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.

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