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Family came to Canada
from Wexford, Ireland;
settled in Leeds county, Ont. After graduation from the
university, joined C.E.F. in the Royal Flying Corps. Trained at Mohawk
Park, Deseronto. Overseas; 1918; England,
scout and patrol work (second lieutenant). Returned to Canada,
May, 1919. Articled to Knowles, Rose & Johnson, Moose
Jaw. Called to the bar, Dec. 30th, 1920. Came to Assiniboia and formed
partnership with Mr. Hawthorn, Crown Prosecutor. Member of the Canadian Air
Force; captain of Queen's University Hockey Club; intercollegiate champion,
1915-16. Treasurer G.W.V.A. Runner-up in Provincial Tennis Championship. Member
of the Masonic Order. Methodist. Progressive. Recreations, golf, curling and
tennis. Address, Assiniboia.
ROSE: Stewart Mason, M.D., physician and surgeon, Yorkton.
Born near Minnedosa, Man.,
1885, son of Francis and Martha B. (Acheson) Rose. Married Mary A. Wilson, 1911.
Educated at the county schools of Manitoba,
Minnedosa High School, Manitoba
University. U. E. Loyalist stock. Scotch and Dutch ancestry. Family came to America
and settled in the Eastern States. After the Revolution, came to Canada
and settled in Grenville county, Ont., near Smith's' Fills. Dr. Rose's father
came to Manitoba, 1879. At that
time there was no railway west of Winnipeg;
drove to where Minnedosa now stands with ox team. Farmed there for years.
Recently retired and lives in Minnedosa.
Dr. Rose graduated from Manitoba University, 1911; practised at Rossburn
and Arden, Man. Post-graduate work; MacKellar Hospital, Fort William. Practised
at Rapid City, Man.
Came to Yorkton in 1919. Member of
the Canadian Club; member of the Golf Club; I.O.O.F. Methodist. Liberal. Recreations,
tennis and golf. Address, Yorkton.
RIGBY: Charles Collinson, merchant, Balgonie (Rigby, Gadd & Co.)
Born at Lalke, Staffordshire, England,
1871, son of Thomas and Annie Rigby. Mar-
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