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TOWNSEND: Hugh, Mayor of Ogema, theatre and garage. Born London,
England, 1877, a son of
Danie1 Robert and Emma (Young) Townsend. Married Evelyn Idele Cameron and has a
son and a daughter. Educated at London,
Dulwich, College. Came to Canada, 1894, to Killarney, Man. Farmed for two
years; came to N.W.T. and ranched in the Big Muddy Country in southern
district; 10,000 acres; stock 1,000 horses. For ten years there were no other
settlers between the ranch and Regina;
received mail once a month. Was postmaster at Surprise
Valley, and delivered the mail
within a radius of one hundred and fifty miles, receiving $7 monthly. Has many
interesting stories of these days; is a real pioneer and has seen Southern
Saskatchewan develop into a settled and prosperous portion of the
West. Came to Ogema in 1916; member of the School Board; an Oddfellow.
Anglican. Elected Mayor, 1923. Address, Ogema, Sask.
SHARPE: Wm.. Edward, editor and publisher, Shaunavon Standard. Born Leeds, England,
1884, a son of Thomas William and Mary Elizabeth (Hainsworth) Sharpe. Married
Gertrude Violet Carey, 1910, and has one son and a daughter. Educated Leeds,
England. Worked at the
printing trade with Sporting Chronicle, Leeds; in London,
with Love & Malcolmson. Came to Canada,
1902, and worked on Morden, Man.,
Chronicle-Empire. Started Miami Herald, 1903; returned to England
for eighteen months; returned to U;S. and attended Inland Printer's School
of Linotype, at Chicago.
Went to Melfort, Sask.,
1909, and purchased The Moon. Edited it until July, 1914. Swift Current took
over The News, as The Herald, Jan., 1915, to May, 1919; disposed of it and went
to California. Came to Shaunavon
in 1920 and purchased The Standard, founded in 1913, by C. A. Davis, which the
company have issued; continuously improving plant, until to-day it is one of the
most complete in Southern Sas-
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