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LONG : Cecil Mark, Mayor of Morse (real estate and insurance broker). The Morse Realty Company. Born Davenport, Iowa, Jan. 21st. 1881, son of Lewis E. and Margaret J. Long. Married Ada Albert Bowers, Nov. 21st, 1914; has two sons and a daughter. Educated at Davenport, Iowa. Mr. Long was secretary to the Fuel Agent of the Illinois Central Railroad, Chicago; secretary to the Superintendent of the Associated Press, 1904-05 commercial traveller International Cutlery ,

Co., North-western States and Canada. Homesteaded land in the Morse District and finally entered real estate and insurance business in Morse, 1911. Member Morse Town Council one year; Reeve of the rural municipality of Morse two years by acclamation; mayor of the Town of Morse, 1921-22, by acclamation. Secretary various clubs and associations. Protestant. Address, Box 391, Morse, Sask.

 

LANCASTER: Samuel Charles, editor and publisher, Melfort Journal. Born at Hewstead, parish of St. Johns, London, England, 1880, son of Samuel Charles and Sarah (Glover) Lancaster. Married Florence Leadbeater, 1902, and has four sons. Was educated at the Hampstead schools. Apprenticed to the printing business with Huggins & Wells, commercial printers, of Kentish Town, London. Enlisted in the South African war with 2nd Battalion, 7th Royal Fusiliers (Queen's medal and three bars). Was with the City Press of London; Wymans' King's Printers, Reading. Came to Canada and worked on the Prince Albert Advocate. Moved it to Melfort. Purchased the plant 1912. This paper is to-day one of the brightest weeklies in the north country. Has most up-to-date and modern machinery; linotype, electric power, homeprint. with a large and growing circulation. Covers the district and is a splendid medium of advertising. Published in the Conservative interest. Mr. Lancaster is a member of the Saskatchewan Press Association. Member of the Melfort School Board; member of the

 

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