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business with Frank Haultain and John McLachlan. Appointed to present position 1908. He is a past master of Wascana Lodge A.F. and A.M. An Anglican. Independent. Address, Regina Public Library, Regina, Sask.

 

 

 

HAWKES: John, Provincial Librarian for Saskatchewan. Born at Aylesford, Kent, England, January 12th, 1851, son of William and Sarah Hawkes. He married, in 1872, Elizabeth Ellen Parsons, and has had ten children (nine surviving). Educated at Brunswick House, Kent. Articled to literary side of newspaper work on South-eastern Gazette, Maidstone Kent in 1865; came to Canada 1869; worked in Ontario and the States of Michigan, Illinois, Arkansas and Mississippi; returned to England and resumed newspaper work; was editor of Hereford Journal, Hereford Evening News, Maidstone and Kentish Journal and its four branch newspapers; correspondent for Times, Press Association, etc. Returned to Canada in 1885 homesteaded near Percival, Sask. After six or seven years on the farm, Mr. Hawkes moved into Whitewood, as there was no school; was first town clerk of Whitewood; lessee of Whitewood Herald; proprietor of Carnduff Gazette; magistrate, school trustee, secretary and president of various local bodies; candidate for Legislative Assembly; was well known for his active interest in politics and as a platform speaker for many years. Appointed first Legislative Librarian for Saskatchewan in 1907, which office he now holds.

 

HERMANSON: H. P. Albert, M.L.A., Buchanan, Sask. (notary public and real estate). Born at Hasjo Sweden, April 15th, 1881, a son of Herman and Ann~ Hermanson, of Buchanan, Sask. Married Ruby M. I. Harmer, of Kingston, Ont., and has three children. Educated at Hasjo, Sweden. Was secretary-treasurer rural municipality of Buchanan, No. 304, and the village of Buchanan, from 1910-1919 Member of the

 

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