WALTER SIMINGTON. 


	Walter Simington, a conductor on the Canadian Pacific Railroad, is
one of the few men prominent in Moose Jaw today who can recall as
part of his boyhood, experiences and events which happened in this city
forty years ago. Although he was born in Thamesville, Ontario, on New
Year's Day, 1876, he came to this city with his parents when he was
only seven years old and has made his home here ever since.  Thus he
can remember Moose Jaw when it was a little frontier town and can
relate many interesting stories of its early history. To him is accorded
the distinction of having played on the first hockey team in the city, on
the first baseball nine and the earliest lacrosse team.
	Mr. Simington's parents, James M. and Isabelle (McDonald) Sim-
ington, were both natives of Ontario, where they grew to maturity and
were married. In 1882 the Simingtons came west as far as Winnipeg
and a year later-in April of 1883-they arrived in Moose Jaw. Two
years later James M. Simington engaged in a bakery and confectionery
business here, which he was still operating in 1900 when he was killed
by an accident which occurred while he was on a hunting trip in October
of that year. He supplied bakery goods to the soldiers that were sta-
tioned here during the Rebellion and served during this uprising as a
member of the Transport Corps. A strong Conservative in politics, he
took a keen interest in the affairs of his party and for a number of years
served as an alderman in Moose Jaw. He belonged to the United Work-
men, while he and his wife were Presbyterians in their religious faith.
Mrs. Simington survived her husband by thirteen years, then, strangely
enough, she also met an accidental death, being killed by a train in Cali-
fornia. She was survived by five sons and two daughters: William, of
Moose Jaw, a conductor on the Canadian Pacific Railroad; Walter of this
review; James A., who is connected with the Nash company and located
in Minneapolis, Minnesota; Edward A., of Moose Jaw, a brakeman on
the Canadian Pacific Railroad; Percy, a broker of Calgary; Mary, the
wife of Harry Miller, manager of the International Harvester Company's
branch at Saskatoon; and Edith, who married John E. Chisholm, a mem-
ber of the Moose Jaw bar.
	Walter Simington obtained his education in the Moose Jaw schools,
following which he entered the office of the Times to learn the printer's
trade. He remained with the paper for three years, but his experiences
there did not stimulate in him the ambition to own and run a newspaper,
so he looked about for a more congenial type of work. In railroad work
he found employment that he enjoyed and that offered him some oppor-
tunity for advancement..  Accordingly, he became connected with
Canadian Pacific Railroad as a brakeman. In 1903 he was promoted
the position of conductor and has now been running a train on that ro
for twenty years. His present run is from Moose Jaw to Portal, Sas-
katchewan.
	Mr. Simington and Miss Elizabeth Mathieson were united in marriage
in 1898. Mrs. Simington was born in Montreal, but spent her girlhood
and was educated in Winnipeg. Mr. and Mrs. Simington have three chil-
dren, two sons and a daughter. The older son, William James, is now
with the Nash Organization in Moose Jaw. For a year during the
war he served in the navy. Edwin and Isabelle, the two younger children
are now in school. The family is affiliated with St. Andrew's Pre
terian church, of which the parents are members. In the Masonic order
Mr. Simington is a Knights Templar and is a Noble of the Mysti& Shrine.
He also belongs to the 0. R. C. and is president of the Moose Jaw Old
Settlers Association. His favorite sport is golf and during the season he
spends much of his leisure time on the links of the Moose Jaw Country
Club.


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