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ship with W. H. Duncan, another pioneer from the Ottawa Valley, and this association has been carried on until the present day. He was also the senior partner in the firm of Willoughby & Mollard, which existed from 1894 to 1905, when it was dissolved. He was also the moving spirit in the Regina Lumber & Supply Company. Mr. Willoughby had long meditated the formation of a strong company to engage in the lumber business, and in 1897 amalgamated the Regina Lumber & Supply Company with Prairie Lumber Co., and the Gibson Lumber Co., forming the Beaver Lumber Co., which has spread its yards and branches all over Western Canada. In 1889 he paused in the midst of a busy career to go home to Almonte, where he married Miss Mary Ellen Rea, who ever since that time has been a well-known figure in the social and religious life of Regina. Mr. Willoughby served three terms as an alderman, and his strong common sense, and his thorough knowledge of the business, made him one of the most useful members who ever sat at a council board. In politics he has always been a consistent Conservative, and was a close friend, and staunch supporter of the late Nicholas Flood Davin. In religion he is Methodist and has long been identified with Freemasonry. Quiet, unostentatious, attending carefully to his many business affairs, he is generosity and kindness itself, and one of the worthiest of our Western citizens.

 

ZINNG: Edward S., editor, Wapella Post. Born New Hamburg, Ont., 1872, a son of Mr. and Mrs. F. J. Zinng. Married Emma Scott, of Newstadt, Ont., 1899. Educated at Hanover and Walkerton schools. Learned the printing trade with W. H. Ashley, of the Hanover Post travelled for several years and established Hanover Manufacturing Co. (furniture). Came west in 1899, located at Wapella and established the Wapella Post, of which he is still the editor. In addition he carries on an extensive insurance and real estate busi-

 

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