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company to the final objective, with great courage and determination
under most trying circumstances. When the Battalion reached the final objective
he was one of the only two officers who were not casualties. He selected the
line and reported accurately upon it to Battalion H.Q. His gallantry and
ability have been recommended for notice on three previous occasions. Religion, Church of England. Recreations,
curling, golf and rugby. Address, Regina, Sask.
BELL: George Melrose,
Broker (Bell & Mitchell) Regina, Sask.
Born at Brandon, Man.,
Sept. 6th; 1884, son of Hon. George and Elizabeth Bell. Married Edna May Parkin
and has a son and two daughters. Educated at the Melita, Man.,
schools; held the following positions: Rly. mail clerk 1904-09; asst.
postmaster, Regina, 1909-12.
Present business since April, 1912. Mr. Bell is president of The Leader
Publishing Co., Bell & Mitchell Co., Ltd., Sanitary
Bakery, Ltd., Western Implements, Ltd., Canada West Electric, Ltd., Ronald Smith
Cultivator Co., Ltd., Agricultural Insurance Co., Ltd. Is a director MacKenzie
, Supply Co., Ltd., and several other companies. Member of the Terminal
City Club, Vancouver; Carleton Club,
Winnipeg; Assiniboia and Wascana
Clubs, Regina. Rotarian. Presbyterian. Address, 3,000
Victoria Avenue, Regina, Sask.
BALFOUR: James, R.C., barrister. Born at Mount
Forest, Ontario, 1867, a son of
William and Agnes Hayes, and has four sons and one daughter. Mr. Balfour
belongs to the Balfour family of Scotland
that has been prominent in Scottish history for many centuries; on his mother's
side to the Martin family, long identified with Wellington
county in Ontario. His mother,
being left a widow with a young family, came west to the Territories in 1889,
homesteaded on the south bank of the Qu' Appelle river; here, with the
assistance of her elder sons James and John, com-
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