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menced farming operations. She kept the home together until the family were all grown and established in life, and still survives at a ripe old age and resides in Regina.

 

Mr. James Balfour taught school in early life. Obtaining his first class certificate, he was engaged by the Territorial Capital (Battleford). Made the journey on: the old Swift Current - Battleford trail travelling by sleigh, the post stations being forty mile~ apart. After some years in Battleford he returned to Regina and was articled in law to D. L. Scott, who is now Mr. Justice Scott, of Alberta. Called to the bar of the N.W.T., he entered into partnership with the late John Secord, Q.C. Has been an alderman of the City; Mayor of Regina (1902-05) ; president of the Regina Hospital Board; President of the Y.M.C.A. ; member of the Regina Collegiate Board since its inception (chairman for some years). Appointed a King's Counsel in 1914. Contested Regina for the Legislature (defeated by small majority). Elder of Knox Church. A keen public-spirited citizen, with the city's welfare at heart. Address, Regina.

 

MAILLARD: Reverend Charles,. V.F., parish priest, Gravelbourg. Born at Montreuil, Sur-Mer, France, March 13th, 1873, son of Jules and Clemence (Vidier) Maillard. Educated at Lille University (France) Ottawa University. Parish priest of St. Lazare, Man.; 1904; Wolseley, Sask., 1907. Promoted to Gravelbourg parish, 1917.

 

BRYANT : James Fraser, B.A., M.A., LL.B., barrister (Bryant and Burrows). Born Glen Allan, Ont., May 19th, 1877, son of the Rev. James and Dora Stewart. (McGill) Bryant. Married Mabel Myra Boyd, Aug. 4th, 1908. Educated at the public schools of Bradford and Toronto, St. Catharines Collegiate, Upper Canada College, Queen's University, Manitoba College. Came to Northwest Territories 1901. Taught

 

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