JAMES D. SIMSON.
 


	James D. Simson, founder and head of the Caxton Press, Limited, Re-
gina, seems to have inherited his taste for books and printing presses;
for he is the son of a journalist and author, James Simson.  Born in
Ayr, Scotland, on July 1, 1882, he comes from Scotch parents, his father
and mother both belonging to the highlands of Scotland.  When James
D. Simson was about five years old the family moved to the south of Eng-
land, where the mother is still living, a widow. her husband having passed
away in 1920.  A journalist by profession, James Simson edited the
"Kent Argus", the principal paper in the county, for a number of years.
He was also the author of several books:  "Historic Thanet"; "Eminent
Men of Kent"; "The Kerrs of Kerrshugh"; "Madeleon Fraser"; and a
number of stories. And he was the author of Simson's Syllabic Shorthand,
which passed through several editions.  He belonged to the Institute
of Journalists and was active in Conservative circles in politics.  The
family was identified with the Church of England.  There were seven
children in the Simson family, six of whom are living.
	The oldest child, James D. Simson, was sent to the public schools of
England, following which he engaged in the printing business at an early
age. He worked at his trade in England until he left for Canada, at the
age of twenty-three.  Mr. Simson arrived in Toronto in 1905 and the
following year found him out in Regina. He foresaw a great development
in the city and decided to locate here permanently, where he could de-
velop his individual enterprises to keep pace with the growing com
munity. Accordingly, in 1907, in partnership with others, he founded
Caxton Press, Limited, of which he has been the manager for a number
of years. The Press does general printing of all sorts, enjoying a libeal
patronage from the men and firms who desire printing of a high quality.
A master printer himself, with a thorough understanding of all the fine
points of his craft, Mr. Simpson has always made it his aim to maintain
the high standard of excellence that one almost unconsciously associates
with the name of the first English printer.  Like William Caxton,
views his work as something more than a mechanical trade and tries
elevate printing to the place it rightly deserves as one of the power:
educational and civilizing influences of present-day culture.
	In 1905 Mr. Simson was married to Miss Alice Theobald.  Mr.
Simson was born in Surrey, England, and educated there. By her
marriage she has become the mother of a little daughter, Jessie Agnes
Simson, aged nine and a half, who is attending the Qu'Appelle Diocesan School,
a private institution maintained by the Anglican church.  The family
faith is that of the Anglican church and Mr. and Mrs. Simson belong to
St. Mary's parish in this city.
	Mr. Simson is a Royal Arch Mason and a Knight Templar. He repre-
sents the printing art in the Kiwanis Club of Regina and actively sup-
ports the program of that organization for the advancement of the city
along various lines.  His membership in the Wascana Country Club in-
dicates the nature of his recreational interests, for his particular hobby
is golf and he spends much of his leisure time on the links during the
summer months.  Mr. Simson is accounted one of the substantial men
who have contributed distinctly to the upbuilding of the city's commercial
life by developing a private enterprise of value to the entire community.
His influence has always been on the side of those things that make for
the advancement of the city, commercially, civically and socially, and he
well deserves the place he holds in the esteem of his business associates
and fellow citizens.


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