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Colonial Institute; Kiwanis Club; Knights of Columbus;
Golf Club. Appointed Crown Prosecutor, 1913, a K.C., 1917. Roman Catholic and a
Liberal.
BRUNNER: Frank, Balmoral Hotel, Yorkton.
Born at Dingolfig, near Munich, Bavaria,
1878, a son of Frank and Rosalie (Strasser) Brunner. Married Lucy Schuman in
1906, and has one son and a daughter. Educated at the Bavarian schools. Came to
the U.S.A.,
1895, to Baltimore, Maryland.
Learned the brewing trade and worked at it. Came to Canada,
Sept., 1896, to Winkler, Man. Farmed for three years. Morden, Man.,
with Manitoba Hotel; worked for a land locating company Clarendon Hotel, Winnipeg.
Came to Regina, 1906, and purchased
the Victoria Hotel,
Vons Hotel, Craik 1909, Waldorf Hotel. Returned to Regina,
opened and ran the Metropole Hotel, now Kitchener:
ran it. for several years. Came to Yorkton
June, 1918; assumed control of the Balmoral Hotel. This hotel under his very
efficient management has become the leading Hotel of
Eastern Saskatchewan. Home of
the Canadian Club and Board of Trade dinners. Mr. Brunner is a life member of
the Red Cross; member and on finance committee of the Board of Trade; ex-member
of the Regina Board of Trade; treasurer of the Hotel Men's Association,
1912-1915. Life member Knights of Pythias; Deputy Grand Knights, Knights of
Columbus. Member of the Elks. A Roman Catholic and a Liberal. Address,
Balri10ral Hotel, Yorkton.
BLAIKIE: Charl.3s William, Chief of Police, Weyburn. Born at Kelso, Roxboroughshire,
Scotland, June 4th, 1874, a son of Charles and
Euphemia (Henderson) Blaikie. Married Sarah Renton, 1900, and has three sons
and three daughters. Educated at Sandystones and Lillie Leaf; Scotland.
After leaving school joined the forestry dept. of the Duke of Buccleuch estate
in Banx Hold near Hawick, in Roxboroughshire; remained here for upwards of five
years, and was en~
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