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Box 4035 Station C No. I , AB. T2T 5M9 January 2006 Telephone: 403-261- 3662 ISSN 1205-0350 Fax: 403-269-6029 PMA #400 I003 I e- mail: [email protected]

In this issue Canada's National History Society honours CNHS Honours Hugh Dempsey Hugh Dempsey HSA Award(s) Nominations Call 5-6 The Historical Society of Alberta On October 17, 200 5 the CNHS President's Report 3 congra tulates Hugh Demp sey, Editor of launched For the Love ofHistory, a book Letter to the Editor 4 Alberta History, on recei ving an celebrating the winners of The Pierre Centennial Wilds 4 honorarium and lifetime memb ership Bert on Award and to pay a from Ca nada's Nati onal History Society. centennial tribu te to Hugh Demp sey. HSA Council Nomination Call 6 The laun ch. hosted by the Alberta Archives 8 Honourable Peter Lougheed, was Heritage Canada Foundation 9 held at the recently restored historic site in Calgary. Michener Centre, Red Deer 9 Harry Goodsir Mackid, MD 10-13

Book Reviews & Web Sites 14-15 Photo courtesy Pauline Dempsey CCHS AGM Notice 16 Hugh Dempsey receives honour from E. James Arnett, Chair of the Chapter Reports 16-19 Board of Directors of Canada's Alberta History Needs to Find You 18 National History Society. HSA Calendar of Events 20 Crossword 20

HSA Pin Nominations for HSA 2006 Awards

The The Annual General Meeting of The promotion or deve lopment of Alberta's Historical Historical Soc iety of Alberta will be held history over a period of seve ral years: Society of in May 2006 and the Awards Co mmittee c. perform ance of a single action, Alberta pin is seeking nominations for the foll owing deed or serv ice which is of such is available. categories: significance, uniqueness, or magnitude You can pick it Annual Award: whic h sha ll be that it ranks far above routine or up from the office presented to an individual for his or her regular actions, deeds or services. or mail your cheque or money order in outsta nding co ntributio n to Albe rta Award of Merit: wh ich shall the amount of $5 plus $.50 postage and history. To be eligible, the rec ipient be present ed from time to time by handling to: must qu ali fy in one or more of these the Soci ety to any eligible business. The Historical Socie ty of Alberta categories: Box 4035, Station C co rporatio n, society, government, Calgary, AB. T2T 5M9 a . meritori ou s service to The church, or other corporate body. To be Phone: 403-261- 3662 Historical Society of Alberta over a eligible, the recipient must qualify in one Fax: 403-269-6029 period of seve ral years: or both of the following categories: E-mail: albertahistory @telus.net h. meritorious service to the preservation, continued on page 5 Welcome to new members The Historical Society of Alberta-is Rose Marie Morin, Calgary Dr. Frances Swyripa, a registered charitable organization. Ernest Bastide, Edmonton Rick Jamerson, Edmonton Donatiollsare gratefully-received to .he p Mrs. Gwen North, Calgary Keith Davidson, Lloydminster further the work .of the Society which Lois Nicholls, Calgary Kathryn Merrett, Edmonton includes the publication ofAlberta Ian MacGregor, Calgary Edward Brudo . Ottawa History and this new sletter, History NOW. Donations are tax deductible and Kenneth James Muroc, Edmonton Mary Esposito, Calgary will be acknowledgedin History NOW, Dr. Marian Bialas, Edmonton Dorothy Dale, Lethbridge unless otherwise requested. Betty Ann Spinks, Leduc Lloyd Northcott, Calgary History NOW is published quarterly. ' Marilyn Assheton-Srnith, Edmonton Wayne& Mary Tourneur, Drayton Valley We welcome information about your Barons & District Historical Society, Barons Helen Randolph, Edmonton upcoming or past events, activities, Sheila Bannerman, Red Deer D.D. & Dorothy Lougheed. Calgary publications, etc. They should be in the Anne Franks. Red Deer Universityof Alberta Library - Biblio hands of the editor prior to deadline. Sylvia Muir, Calgary Services, Edmonton Submissiondeadlines: Lew & Dorothy Lockhart, Hanley, SK Allen County Public Library, Fort Wayne, Mar 1 for Apr-Jun issue Sharon Taylor, Calgary IN Jun I for.Jul-Sep issue Sep I for Oct-Dec issue Pierce Phillips. Calgary Alfred Williams, Lethbridge Dec I for Jan-Mar issue Ivan A. Novlesky, Calgary Richard M. Piske, Lethbridge Send copy to: Ms . Billie Milholland, Edmonton LynnSpring, Lethbridge Sherring Amsden, Douglas J. Cowan, Edmonton Henry Hansen, Vulcan Editor, History NOW, Historical Society of Alberta Box '4035, Station C Thank You for Your Donation to the HSA and/or Chapter Calgary, AB T2T 5M9 email: [email protected] Ruth Barker Michael G. & Kathleen Tomyn Phone: 403-261-3662 Elizabeth Marshall Brian Roth Fax: 403-269-6029 Dr. Robert MacBeth David & Diana Ballard Hans Garde-Hansen Marjorie D. Moir Members of Council 2005-2006 Peter & Hilda Lawson Carlton & Barbara Stewart President Ron Williams Stephen Doolan John A. Cunningham lsr Vice-President Linda Collier Terence Brennan Frank Miklos 2nd Vice-President Vivian Sampson Eugene & Marguerite Watson Ruth Kerr 3rd Vice-President Frank Norris Ken & Sheila Grogan Clarence Patton Secretary David Smith Hugh Dempsey Gerhard Ens Treasurer Beverley Leggett Diana Carr George & Audrey Braithwaite Past President Don Hepburn Director at Large Liliane Maisonneuve Elly deJongh John Galloway Director at Large David Leonard Sheila Johnston Alan & Ruth Bryan Director at Large L. Douglas Rae Elizabeth Proudfoot Elizabeth Donald Thomas & Pat Taylor Aileen Halme Committees: & & Alberta History Editor Hugh Dempsey Lorn Joy Droste Ken Bev McKenzie History NOW Editor Sherring Amsden Ian & Pearl Morrison Julia Revak Ed & Bev Kissinger Glynis Grigg For informationcontact: Lynn & Margaret Chambers Rev. V. E. & mary Ellen Eriksson Offlce Coordinator Joseph P. & Ceres M. Yurkiw Neil F. Duncan The Historical Society of Alberta Mrs . Helen J. Green Edgar Wm. Berry #320 Barron Building 610 8th Avenue SW lila Rue Skeith T. E. Giles Calgary, AB. T2P 1G5 Margaret Gibbons Ron Williams Phone: 403-261-3662 Fax: 403-269-6029 Celebrate our Heritage e-mail: [email protected] website: www.albertahistory.org Please watch for our Legacy 2006 Campaign insert as well as the 2006 AGM Brochure enclosed with this newsletter President's Report by Ron Williams

The Centennial Year of our province A source of strength for our Soc iety is and our neighb ouring province has come the continuing patronage of the to an end. Thi s year has provided the Lieutenant Governor. His Honour spoke imp etu s to review our story and to at the Chri stmas banquet of the Ch inook encourage its preservation and publication. Chapter, which I had the honour of It is very important that this impetus not attending. His speech was inspiring as course, they did not. What were the be lost, but co ntinue, as we enter the next was his very presence. For this support, feelings of the young soldiers who stood ce ntury of our co llec tive story. The the Society is gra teful. on top of Vimy Ridge? We know that Ce ntennial has also give n an opportunity Canada's co ntributions to the effort of I also had the opportunity to attend the to compare the stories of Alberta and achi eving victory in 1918 lead to PATHS Co nfere nce in Edmonton Sas katchewan; to note the differences Can ada's becoming a nation in its own October 27-29, 2005. Th is provided an and to explain them . Canada is a diverse right rath er than bein g only a part of the opportunity to take part in discussions of nation and that diversity is a source of Empire. But did the so ldiers on that day the latest methods of histori cal research our strength in the world. think, "Wow, now Canada can sign the and presentation. peace treaty as a nation?" . The next major event for The On a more serious note, it IS Histori cal Soc iety of Alberta is its Wh y did 6,000 residents of Canada important that we view past eve nts in ce ntennial in 2007. It is important to note join the milit ary forces to fight in that their true setting. By doing that, we ca n that at the very beginning of our province strugg le? Was it to advance Canadi an better understand the changes that have the leader s were co nce rned about nati onalism or was it for King and coniributcd to the present situation. I am preserving the history of its peoples. Empire? struck by what I co nside r a dan ger in Looking back on their foresight we look historical presentations. I see a danger of I wish the best of this festive season ahead to the vistas of the future. I projectin g our ideals onto people of the and for 2006 to all. encourage all members to join in this and past. We have much more knowl edge suggest means of obse rving the than did those peopl e as we have centenni al of our socie ty. observed eve nts following which, of

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Alberta Centennial Calendar - a great resource for historians HSA members $19:00, includes shipping Letter to the Editor HSA Members

Calgary, October 27, 2005 News

Dear Ms. Amsden , Dr. Scarlett was most fortunate on I enjoyed the article written by Dr. Robert Lampard concerning the late Dr. E.P. being married to Jean who I am sure Scarlett. which appeared in the October 2005 issue . would have been a great enabler in his Mentioned in the article is the late Frances Coul son (please note the spelling) one life. I knew her as a remarkable woman of the women named who helped him with historical research. of great charm and ability who had a strong sense of responsibility for others. Frances (Mrs. Gordon Coul son) was not an RN but a professional librarian and one Her friend s loved her deeply. of the first to graduate from the Library School at the University ofToronto. Later she worked for the Calgary Public Library and in my opinion was one of the best ever to Please thank Dr. Lampard for this be employed there. article,

I am enclo sing a rather poor copy of a Herald article about from August 17, 1995. Yours sincerely, Ruth B. Barker Dr. Scarlett was fortunate in his assistants. Aileen Fish is named as one of them - I knew her as a very intelligent woman .

Centennial Wilds by Dianne Pachal

I'm emailing you to draw your lasting way to experience our history, President and CEO of the Glenbow attention to the Centennial Wilds website commemorate Alberta's centennial as a Alberta Institute have all written letters www.centennialwilds.ab.ca We contacted pro vince in 2005, and provide a of encouragement to Premier Klein. your society in 2003 during the early centennial legacy of natural and cultural Please feel free to contact me should stages of the project and thought you heritage for the future. you have any questions or comments. would like to see the outcome thus far. . As for the designation of areas, the Please (a) have a look at this project Dianne Pachal, Project Director project has thus far lead to the Alberta through this website, (b) encourage your Centennial Wilds Government considering the establishment members to have a look at it and (c) con­ Phone/Fax (403) 234-7368, Calgary, AB of an Andy Russell I'tai sah kop sider placing a link for it on your own http://www.centennialwilds.ab.ca Wildland Park for the 1,040 square kilo­ website. The Centennial Wilds website meters of the Castle Wilderness in south­ has a link for your society under the west Alberta, located adjacent the north Groups heading in the left side-bar of the boundary of Waterton Lakes National homepage. Park . In addition to individual citizens, This is an interdisciplinary project , the Canada's 16th Prime Minister, the Right goal of which is to work with Alberta's Honourable ; Canada's premier conservation and history communities wildlife arti st Robert Bateman; award (First Nations and non-native) and be the winning songwriters Connie Kaldor, catal yst for a public vision linking in situ James Keelaghan and Ian Tyson; noted history and wilderness preservation, authors Sid Marty and Farley Mowat; resulting in the designation and internationally respected scientist Dr. protection of Alberta's wilderness as a David Schindler; and Mike Robin son, HSAAwards

a. meritorious service to the preservation, period of years. The Honorary Lifetime least one other member supporting the promotion or deve lopment ofAlberta's Membership shall be given spari ngly and nomination to: history over a period of several years; will be most commo nly awarded to a Donald Hepburn, Chair. b. performance of a single action, deed lifetime member who is retiring after Nomination s and Awards Co mmittee having worked diligentl y for the Soc iety. or service to the benefit of Alberta The Historical Society of Alberta history which goes beyond the routine The recipient shall receive a suitable P.O. Box 4035. Station C services expected of the recipie nt. scro ll or certificate from the Soc iety. He Ca lgary. ABT2T 5M9 Honorary Lifetim e Membership : or she shall also receive all benefits of may be presented from time to time by full membership in the Society, includi ng If yo u require further inform ation, the Society to an individual member or the quarterly publication, without the please co ntact the HSA office at: payment of annual dues. former memb er of the Socie ty, Teleph one: 403-261-3662 Please forward your nomin ations in To be eligible, the recipient must have Fax : 403 -269-6029 provided meritorious service to the writing before March 10, 2006, setting e-mail: albertahistory @telus.net Historical Society of Alberta over a out the nominee's acco mplishments with a short biography and the name of at

HSA Annual Awards Honourary Lifetime 1961 Eric L. Har vie. Calgary 1993 Betty Dahlie, Calgary Memberships 1964 James G . MacGregor. Edmonton 1995 Peter D. Hawker. Edm onton 1964 Hugh A. Dempsey. Calgary 1996 Harold Mitc hell. Sm oky Lake 1962 E.S. George. Edmonton 1965 Kerry Wood . Red Deer 1997 Roberta Ryckman. Ca lgary 1963 Hugh A. Demp sey. Calgary 1968 1966 Grant MacEwan. Calgary 1997 Allan Armstrong. Red Deer James Gray. Calgary 1977 1967 Frank Ande rson. Calgary 1999 Raymond Maisonneuve. Donn elly Georgecn Barrass. Calgary 1995 1968 Dr. Jack W. Chalmers. Edmo nton 2000 Gerald M. Hutchinson . Edmonton Fred G. Holbcrton, Calgary 1999 1969 Bruce B. Peel. Edmonton 200I Georgia Green Fooks. Lethbridge Sheila John ston. Calgary 1970 Malvina Bolus. Winni peg 2002 Pauline Feniak. Warspite 2000 Mo rris Flcwwelling. Red Deer 1971 Richard Y. Seco rd. Edmonton 2002 Fred Schutz. Rimbey 3Xn Allenand Shirley Rmagtm Edmooton 1972 T.R. "Pat" McC loy. Cal gary 2003 F. Marie Dorsey 2lXlI Carlton (Carly) Ross Stewart. 1973 Alex Johnston. Lethbri dge 2003 William Bacrgen Lethbridge 1974 Dr. Lewis H. Thomas. Edmonton 2004 Thel ma Chalifoux. 2lXlI James A.N. Mackie. Q.c.. Calgary 2(Xl2 1975 James Gray. Calgary 2(Xl4 Richard H.Shoc kley Helen LaRose. Edmonton 1976 Bruce Haig, Lethbridge 2(Xl5 Cla rence (Clancy) Patton. Ca lgary 2005 Jack and Enid Fitzsimonds 1978 Cat hari ne Whyte. Banff 1979 Jim Parker. Edmonton Awards of Merit 1980 Dr. Lewis G. Thomas. Edmonton 1993 Lac La Biche Mission Historical 1981 Gra nt L. Weber. Calgary Socie ty. Lac La Biche 1982 Balm er Wat Family. Edmon ton 1997 The Lethb ridge Herald. Lethbridge 1983 Sheilagh Jameson. Calgary 1999 Smoky River Genealo gical 1984 Alan Ridge. Edmonton & Historical Society, Smoky River 1985 Lillian Knupp. High River 2(XXl Viking Historical Society and The 1986 Mel Hurtig. Edmonton Town of Viking. Viking 1987 Carlton Stewart. Lethbridge 2(XlI Old Strathcona Foundation. Edmonton 1988Willia m Peters. Ca lgary 2002The Alberta Pioneer Railway 1989 Jim Carpe nter. Lethbridge Association. Edmonton 1990 Charles Denn ey. Edmo nton 2(Xn Big Valley Historical Socie ty 1991 Isabel Campbell.G rande Prairie 21X)4 Fort Edmonton Historical Foundation 1992 Elise Corbet. Calgar y 2lXl5 Alberta Aviation Museum Association 1992 Arlene Borgstcde, St. Albert 2lXl5 Alberta Prairie Railway Excursions The Historical Society of Alberta Annual Awards Program - Nomination Form 2006

Nomination Procedure: To be considered, each nomination must be accompanied by this nomination form, as well as any further information that may be relevant. Deadline for nominations is March 10, 2006 Awards Categories: The criteria describing each of the three award categories can be found on pages 1 and 5. Please indicate the category chosen for this nomination: Annual Award Award of Merit _ Honorary Lifetime Membership

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Please return completed form to: Don Hepburn, Chair Awards Committee, The Historical Society of Alberta, P.O. Box 4035, Station C, Calgary, AB T2T 5M9. Please provide information, where possible , in the following areas: and attach to the nomination form): • Brief Biography of Nominee • A description of why this person or organization is being nominated, their roles/accomplishments, and how these fit the criteria of the category you have chosen • Other information or references that might be useful (if you wish)

Join The HSA Council! Call for Nominations The Historical Society of Alberta is seeking nominations from interested persons to serve on its council. The following positions are expiring: Second Vice-President; Third Vice-President; Secretary; and one Director at Large. All positions are two year positions with their terms expiring 2(X)8. Article 5(a) of our By-Laws states: "Any member or the society may submit names and addresses to the (nominating) committee for consideration." Please submit. in writing. your interest in any of these positions along with a c.v. prior to February 20, 2(K)S to: Nominations Committee. The Historical Society of Alberta. P.O. Box 4035, Station C. Calgary. AB T2T 5M9. If you require further information. please contact the HSA office: Telephone: 403-26 1-3662; Fax: 403-269-6029 or by email: [email protected] Prairie Bible Institute Receives Grant with Fundraising Assistance from Metasoft From Bill Barratt, Vancouver Be , November 9, 2005

Metasoft is pleased to announce that its strates our ahility to understand our About Metasoft and GDS fundraising division, Grant Development clients' needs quickly and to provide the Metasoft and GDS are headquartered in Services (GDS), assisted Prairie Bihle cost-effective and individualized service, Vancouver, BC, with offices in Halifax, Institute (PBI) in receiving a $240,000 resources, guidance and support our Nova Scotia; St. John's, Newfoundland; grant from the Bridgeway Foundation. clients require to achieve their fundraising and New Delhi, India. Mctasoft is the This grant will he used for the start-up goals," says Bill Barratt, Senior Manager developer of Foundation Search and costs of the new Prairie College of Applied of GDS."We look forward to continuing BigOnline, which together comprise North Arts and Technology (PCAAT). to assist PBI with their ultimate fundraising America's leading source of foundation, The PCAAT will he a second college goal of $12 million." corporate, and government funding infor­ under the parent umhrellaof PBI. IL<; purpose About Prairie Bible Institute mation. Since its estahlishment in 1988, will he to provide vocational programming Located in Three Hills, Alberta, Prairie Metasoft has helped over 7,000 non-profit in conjunction with a Bihlical curriculum Bihle Institute is a leading Canadian centre and charitable organizations raise almost I that enahles graduates to engage in of higher education for Christians. PBI hillion dollars in foundation and corporate ministries and administer the message of equips students to achieve their life, funding. As the fundraising consulting the Gospel around the world. "We are ministry and career purpose, as well as to division of Mctasolt, GDS delivers a excited ahout the anticipated launch of the fullill their role within the hody of Christ. full range of proven and effective Prairie College of Applied Arts and PBI opened in 1922 with eight students consulting services to organizations seeking Technology in the Fall of 2006, and we are and has since expanded steadily, today foundation and corporate fundin g, thankful for the support we have received reaching out to people in more than 114 lnformation: contact Bill Barratt. Sr Manager. from the Bridgeway Foundation," says Dr. countries around the glohc withtheir mission: GDS. Mctasoft Systems Inc. Tel: 604.683.67 11 c-mail:[email protected] Jon Ohlhauser, President of PBI. "to enahle the Body of Christ to reach the "This initial fundraising success demon- world with the gospel of Christ."

BC Historical Foundation Conference 2006 iEJ JluJIj uJ 1 1l ~ iJ P L.1':; U1EJ -H!JUlll !;U !.lU1P1 J.~ [lU UIJ From Naomi Miller adverti sing Rocks, IncIIIIes: Walks & Talks is the theme for the BC II land locations Historical Federation Conference 2006 to he III dates ofestablishment held May 4 to 6 in Kimherley. III origin of many schools' names • The Rocks stand for the geo logical III names of many first teachers specimens gathered during the 100 years that III anecdotes revealing aspects ofthe the Sullivan Mine was the main employer. schools' personalities and the fate • Walks you will take around the Heritage ofthe buildings Museum, the Platzl, the Sullivan Power House, II bibliography ofover 450 local the Book Fair and the restored rail cars at the histories Canadian Museum of Rail Travel. PI/I.5I11" 124./11_ III large-scale 1948 map showing the • Talks will he by speakers sharing _capy-S40 first school divisions the history of various East Kootenay TWo or more copies-135 Communities. All history huffs are cordially Includ es shipping and GST invited. Allow 2 weeks for delivery Registration packages will he availahle in MAlE lIES PAYAIlf m FII,.IN.-mM January 2(X)6. You may put your name on a William P. Baergen [email protected] mailing list at [email protected], or rind forms 4025 - 57 Street 403.742.2471 onlin e at www.kimherley vacations .ca. or Stettler AB Toe 2Ll phone 1-800-667-0871 Alberta's History Comes Alive News Release December 22, 2005

Alberta's history comes alive with the serves as a reflection of our province's individually or collectively, its preservation opening of a 1955 time capsule life," said Gary Mar, Minister of Alberta must be thought of with care and Provincial Archives can help Albertans Community Development. "This Golden adequate attention." preserve valuable documents Jubilee time capsule is ju st one of the As part of its focus on preservation , Edmonton many ways our proud past has been the Provincial Arch ives plans and hosts honoured, and it is very fitting that we A time capsule commemorating talks and hands-on workshops to are openin g it during this centennial Alberta's 50th birthday, sealed in 1955, en courage preservation of archival year." was opened Thursday at the Provincial material held in private collections, as Archives of Alberta. The Provincial Archives is responsible well as in public institutions. For more for safekeeping records that arc of information on the se sess ions, ca ll Items in the capsule include souvenirs, historical and cultural significance to 780- 427-1750. a film of Alberta's Golden Jubilee Albertans. The preservation management celebrations, an Edmonton visitor's As part of thi s year's centennial program includes taking all measures guide, and school medallions. The celebrations, a mammoth time capsule to prevent or slow the deterioration capsule was put together by the Golden toured Alberta collecting memorabilia of hold ings, ensuring long-term Jubil ee Committee to be opened in 2005 from over 200 communities. Thi s acc essibility to archival and library and its contents showcase how the capsule will be stored and opened in 100 materials and information. province's 50th anni ver sary was years. While details are still be ing celebrated. The collection of documents "As a new year draws near, Albertans finalized, a permanent home for the and memorabilia is now available for may be thinking about preserving their Alberta Centennial Time Capsule viewing at the Provincial Archives. personal and family legacy," said Leslie Latta-Guthrie, Director of the Provincial "Our rich history is what makes us Archi ves. "If our history is to survive, unique as a province and as a people and

From AB Provincial Archives November 23, 2005

.•• make history explores the importance of Local 120, the Edmonton Glenora : . , - ;" records of everyday people Rotary Club , and a diary of the 1939 ~. ', , " 1" \ I "" . "- .. \\ Brian W. Hutchison royal visit, exhibit visitors can see how . ~ ... make history, a joint exhibit hosted by I -- I the Provincial Archives of Alberta and they will be able to take that journey too. \J£7i. ) e ' $500 Annual the City of Edmonton Archi ves, explores ••• make history is presented by the Genealogical Scholarship how important the records of ordinary Provincial Archives of Alberta, the people are to documenting history. Using Alberta Women's Archive s Association , photographs, displays, audio recordings, the City of Edmonton Archives and the All Canadian Residents Eligible and text, make history demonstrates how Heritage Resource Management Branch these records create a full and rich Community Development. [)eadfille (i,r arrliCtltillllX3/ [)ecemh,'r ] (lfJ6 of Edmonton and Alberta. The exhibit The exhibit is on now until February 28, particularly encourages women, under 2006 , at both the Provincial Archives and Details from: represented in archival holdings, to save and City of Edmonton Archives. Each location Alberta Family Histories Society donate their records. 712 16th Avenue, NW is presenting separate displays on the Calga ry. AB T 2 ~ 1 OJ8 ••• make history profiles gro ups and same theme. The City of Edmonton ww w.aths.ah..:a/schcllarshir individuals who have donated records. It Archives is located in the Prince of emai l: scholarship•.i{alhs.:th.ca also encourages visitors to create, save , Wale s Armouries Heritage Centre at and donate the records of their lives by 10440 - 108 Avenue. showing how easily it can be done. By following the journey from creation to For more information, visit www.edmon ­ donation of records as varied as those of ton.ca/archives or call 780-496-8711 . the United Garment Workers of Ameri ca Michener Centre Red Deer News Release December 20, 2005

Province accepts Health Region's Tran sportation. 'The consolidation will Deer and the Health Region . It will be propo sal to restore historic building at help reduce David Thompson Health financed through current leasing costs thus Michener Centre Red Deer Region's leasing costs and free up space at reducing future lease costs as well," said An historic building gutted by fire two the regional hospital for clinical and pro­ DTHR President and CEO John years ago is being given a new lease on gramming needs." Vogelzang. "We will restore the Michener life, thanks to a partnership of the provin­ "The proposed reconstruction and Centre building to its original grandeur cial government and the David Thompson expansion will preserve the historic and use the revitalized space to serve the Health Region. character of the huilding and re-establish it residents of Central Alberta for years to come." Alberta Infrastructure and Transportation as a productive part of the community," has accepted an $ 11.3-million proposal said Mary Anne Jablonski, Red Deer­ Space in the Red Dee r Provincial from the David Thompson Health Region North MLA. Building currently occupied by the health to historically recon struct, expand and The government will contribute $4.7 region will be returned to the province and eventually take ownership of the south million in cash and $3.6 million in allocated to government departments in adm inistration huilding at the Michener insurance proceeds, and will transfer a need of office space. Centre in Red Deer, consolidating the 13.2-acre parcel of land to accommodate The south admini stration building was health region 's administrative functions the historical refurbishment and struck by lightning in June 2003, causing a under one roof. expansion of the former south major fire, with major smoke and water 'T his exciting partnership will benefit administration building. The health region damage. After concluding there were no the Michener Centre, the community and will contribute $3 million . government programming requirements the healthcare system," said Dr. Lyle "This project is a win-win for the for the building, government issued a Oberg, Minister of Infrastructure and Alberta Government, the residents of Red request for proposals for other uses for the building.

The Heritage Canada Foundation

Natalie Bull Appointed The Heritage Architectural Conservation Advisor, Canada and has participated in man y Canada Foundation's New Executive Busines s Development Manager, Program speaking engagements across North Director Manager and Acting Director with the America. Ottawa, ONT- November I, 2005 ­ Heritage Con servation Directorate, Real "I am very excited about Natalie Bull The Chair of the Board of Governors of Property Program. Last year, Ms. Bull com­ joining the organization." said Mr. the Heritage Canada Foundation, Michel pleted a term as Manager of Certification Grenier. "The Board was very impressed Grenier, has announced the appointment for the Historic Places Program at Parks by her passion for heritage, her energy (effective October 24) of Natalie Bull as Canada. and vision. We, along with members of the Foundation's new Executive Natalie Bull also brings strong non-profit­ the staff, are looking forward to working Director. Ms. Bull brings to the sector leadership experience to her new with her." Foundation over 15 years of experience position. Her active membership in the The Heritage Canada Foundation is a in heritage conservation at the municipal Association for Preservation Technology national, non-governmental charitable and federal levels. International (APT) culminated in her organization which promotes the preservation Born in New Brunswick, Ms. Bull election in 2003 fix a two year term a" of Canada's heritage huildings and completed her studies at the University of President and Chief Executive Officer, historic places through advocacy and Montreal with a master's degree in Applied As an expert in heritage conservation, education. Sciences in Architectural Conservation. She Ms. Bull has participated in a number of For further information: Carolyn Quinn, has worked for Public Works and symposia as a panellist, lecturer and Director of Communications, Government Services Canada since 1992 in technical trainer. She is well known and cq uinn @heritagecanada.org progressively senior positions, including respected in the conservation field in Phone: 613-237-1066; Fax 613-237 5987; Harry Goodsir Mackid, MD, FACS 1858-1916 by Dr. Robert Lampard

"What is the value of the West to Dr. Mackid was a Charter Fellow of educational trip in 1886/87. In his quest medicine? Does not the answer lie in the the American College of Surgeons and for medical knowledge, he visited words, energy and newness and opportu­ the first from Calgary in 1913. That was Vienna, then Berlin, London, Edinburgh nity. The West is young and lusty, and the same year the three year medical and Glasgow. Through his travels he full of life. It has a love of action, and it training program began at the UoIA. He came to know such famou s physicians has a love of newness. It is unhampered died from diabetes in 1916, one year and teachers as Lister, Pasteur and by traditions, whether of conduct or of after J.B. Collip arrived at the UolA and Billroth. Further trips followed in 1896 science. It will do the things that it thinks six years before Collip would isolate and 1907. right, whether in conduct or in science. I therapeutically effective insulin in The completion of the Canadian really do believe that, in medicine as in Toronto, while on an eighteen month Pacific Railway, and the resolution of the the rest of human endeavour, the West is sabbatical from UofA . 1885 North West Rebellion difficulties going to supply that leaven of originality Youth to MD 1858 and perhaps the Banff CMA convention which , after all, is "the one thing need­ Harry Goodsir Mackid was born on of Augu st 12-13, 1889, stimulated his ful". The West thinks boldly and acts August 19, 1858 in Goderich, Ontario. adventurous spirit - to go west. Mrs. boldly, by· necessity first, then by convic­ His background was Scotti sh and his sec­ Mackid's sister had married William tion, and ultimately by habit. Give the ond name came from his two medieal Pearce, the initiator of the Canadian West a little more time and she will yield cousins, the Drs. Goodsir. One cousin National Parks concept. The first a rich harvest of energetic and trained John Goodsir, wa s a Professor of Canadian national park had already been men who will have in them that invalu­ Anatomy at Edinburgh, when Dr. James created in 1885; as the postage sized able dash of western originality..." H.G. Hector of the Palliser Expedition studied Rocky Mountain (now Banff) National Mackid, MD August 10, 1912 medicine. Dr. Hector named the 3562 Park. The Mackids followed the Introduction meter (11,500 ') twin peaked mountain Pearce's , arriving in late 1889, and Dr. H.G. Mackid was the fifth physi­ twenty kilometers north of Marble adding three more, to the 2400 Calgarian cian and surgeon to come to Calgary and Canyon on the Ottertail Fault , after "The residents. H.G. joined four physicians stay. In 1890 he joined Dr. J.D. Lafferty Goodsirs" in 1858. Richard Virchow, the already practicing in Calgary. Another in the C&E railway medical construction Father of Cellular Pathology, dedicated six would arrive before 1900. contract. Then he assumed the CPR his seminal hook on Cellular Pathology Chief CPR Surgeon 1890-1916 employee medical contract for the main­ to John Goodsir. The size of Dr. Mackid's practice was line from Calgary to Regina. A prime Practice in Ontario 1879-1889 significantly augmented, by his 1890 supporter of the first two public hospitals "H.G." became Dr. H.G. Mackid, after appointment as the CPR surgeon for the in Calgary (Calgary General, Holy graduating in medicine from the Calgary Division (Regina to Calgary). Cross, 189(/9 1), he was a leader University of Toronto in 1879. Mackid He joined and then succeeded Dr. J.D. in communicable disease control, the graduated one year after Dr. G.A. Lafferty, who held the appointment from provision of diagnostic services, and the Kennedy. Following a post-graduate trip 1886-89, but gave it up shortly before he formation of Calgary's first group med­ to Vienna in 1880, he set up practice in was elected mayor in 1890. The division ical practice. Lucknow, Bruce County, Ontario. On west of Calgary was awarded to Dr. RG. Recognized as a leader by his peers, he January 10, 1881 Dr. Mackid married Brett. That same year Dr. Mackid joined was elected the first President of the Matilda Meyer of nearby Seaforth. On Dr. Lafferty in a short term contract to CMA from Alberta, in 1911-1912. As June I, 1882 they had their first son, provide medical care to the CPR con­ President he presided over the second Ludwig Stewart. "L.S." would follow his struction crew building the railroad and CMA annual convention held in Alberta, father into medicine. The family moved rail bridges for the Calgary to Edmonton in Edmonton in 1912. His 1912 CMA to Seaforth in 1885, where they stayed railway. The contract lasted until the rail­ retirement speech described his expecta­ another four years. Dr. Mackid embarked way was completed in 1891 and extend­ tions of those who followed him. on his second international ed to Fort Macleod in 1892. For the next continued from page 10 to Edm ont on mark edl y increased the East. Dr. Mackid's wife org ani zed the twenty-two years , Mackid was the C hief need for bed s to treat accident victims fundraising campaign to equip it. It was­ CPR surgeon for the Calgary di vision. and the expected typhoid fever cases . n't until 1907. that the four acres of land

at the Bow River, secure d durins~ the until it was split in 191 2 and a Res~ ina In 1890. with $ 100 from a Chinese unsu ccessful 1886 based appo intme nt was mad e. Dr. immigrant's estate. a co mmunity ca nvas hosp ital petition . wo uld be the site of the Mackid also pro vided ge neral medical was undertaken by Bishop Pinkham's third and last Calgary General Hospital. care to local CPR fam ilies. wife Jean. It raised enough money to

H.G. Mackid co uld be rightfully called ope n the first Calgary General "cottage" No soone r was the CGH ope ned than the Father of Medicine by Rail in hospit al (CG H) of eig ht to twel ve bed s. Drs. Mackid and Brett went to Euro pe on Western Canada. He would ve nture to in a a co ntinuing medi cal education trip in Medicine Hat or Red Deer to provide converted hou se. It was on 7th Ave nue 1896. During the trip Mackid befriended emergency care, surgical consults or act and 6th Street West. Drs. Mackid and Professor Emil Shcmk, the ph ysician to as a medi cal dignitary. When the patient Lindsay were the first medical staff. Mrs. the Russian Czar. The professor gave could be tran sported by rail from the se N. Houde was the matron. The CGH him his microscope, which was one of centers or from Fort Macleod or Banff. "cottage" hospital. was the second the first ones in Calgary. When asked on approved public hospital in the NWT. his co lleagues Drs. Kennedy and Brett his return if there was an y difference, would ofte n come to ass ist him. The first one was the Medicine Hat between traveling by train through the General Hospital. whi ch started con ­ mountains of Switzerland or Alberta he Mackid was invol ved in all of the CPR struc tion in 1889 and opened in 1890. replied. "Yes. in Alberta the trains still ph ysici an appoi ntme nts wi thin his No t surprisingly the fir st adm ission to wait and run late for Dr. Brett." Di vision. That included his son's the CGH was a patient with Typh oid A Community, Medical and Su rgical appoi ntme nt in 190 3. H.G . became a fe ver. lead er 1891-1911 CPR man through a nd through. His wa it­ Dr. Mackid was appoi nted Coron er for ing roo m was filled with CPR mem ora­ Th ree months later. in Janu ary 1891. the Ci ty of Calgary in 1891. He was a bili a. right down to the hard and upright Dr. Mack id admi tted the first pat ient to member of the Calgary Sch ool Board in wooden chai rs and tabl es. A fter H.G: s the Grey Nun s. four roo m. six bed tem­ 1891/92. In 1892 he confirme d Dr. death in 1916. L.S .. (his son Ludwin porary COllage hospital. The next year ~ Henry George's suspicion, that smallpox Stuart) who was in the CEF in France. ( 1892) the first pat ient was admitted to had arrived on a Vanc ou ver originated immediately returned to Calgary. Lord the new three story twenty-fi ve bed Holy Cross Hospital (HC H), built by the Grey CPR train. carry ing contact s with a Shaughn essy met him in Montreal and recently docked ship from the Orient. transferred the Chief CPR Surgeon Nun s. The HCH's first patient had a When Dr. George quarantined him se lf appointment in Calgary to him . The CPR nosebleed and was follo wed shortly by with all the contacts, for three months, contract with the Mackids lasted over another patient with typhoid fever. That same year ( 1892) Dr. Mackid performed Dr. Mackid looked after his practice. In sixty-one years. Th e onl y contrac t to 1893 Dr. Mackid was elec ted the third exceed it was the one held by Drs. R. one of the first abdominal operations in the city. He rem oved sev eral bullet fran- President o f the NWT Medical R.M. and W.B. Parsons in Red Deer, ~ Association. which started in 1905 and lasted 70 merits. before suturing the intes tinal wounds he found. The patient had a co m­ years. The pressure of his co mmunity prac­ plete recovery. tice. the expa nsion of the number of CPR Calgary Hospitals, 1890 and beyond: employees and families . and the polar­ Dr. H.G . Mackid togeth er with all of Because of its rapid gro wth. Cal gary ization of Dr. Mackids special interest Calgary's physicians. helped lead the was soon sho rt o f bed s. again. So toward surgery, led to Calgary's first sus­ mo vem ent to build early hospitals. The the Mackids helped organ ize another community group, to petition for a larger tained medical partnership. In 1903 Dr. NWMP had built the first one in 1877. It Mackid was joined by Drs. C.J. Stewart co nsisted of 10-13 co ts and pro vided public ge neral hospit al. Thi s led to the and D.O. McLaren. It lasted two years. Cottage hospital or dormitory care for con struct ion o f the new th irt y bed

In 1904 H.G. welc omed his so n Ludwi~n everyone in the community. The building Calgary General Hospital (CG H) in 1894/5 at 12th Avenue and 6th Street Stu art into the practice. To signal the of the CPR Railway from Fort Macleod con tinued on page 12 Harry Goodsir Mackid, MD, FACS 1858-1916 continued from page 11 event " H.G." bought son "L.S." a employee per month for medical and Mackid was elected the first President of Hupm obile, the second car in Calgary. hospital care, starting in 1908, It saved the CMA from Alberta in 1911/1 2. Th at same year H.G. co nducted the the CGH, financia lly. Although the Durin g his president ial year he ove rsaw famous inquest, that led to the conviction amount varied ove r the succeeding the unific ation of the CMA Journ al staff and execution of the notorious Ernest decades, the plan was continued until with the CMA secretariat. The CMAJ Cas hel, who had murdered a Red Deer MSI took over the contrac t in the early had started in January 1911. Its first edi­ River rancher. 1950s. Th e tor was Dr. Andrew MacPhail. The first contract wasn' t viewed with favor by all CMA executive secretary was Dr. W.W. In 1905/6 L.S. followed his father' s of Mackid's colleagues. That same year Francis. practice of visiting Vienna and other (1908) the Mackids started the St. John 's Europea n medical ce ntres, before return­ During his 1911/1912 year, the CMA Ambulance training program in the CPR ing to the Mayo Clinic for post-graduate extended the 1908 affiliati on agreeme nt Ogden Yards. It was quickly extended to trainin g in surgery. Apparently H.G. had with Ontari o to Alberta and Manitoba in the Calgary City Police. previously been asked to jo in the Mayo 1911 and the rest of the provincial med ­ Clinic but had declined. Because of his In 1908 Dr, A.H. MacLaren and in ical associations by 191 1/12. He also ex perie nce and training, H.G . was 1909 Dr. G.R. Johnson joined the encouraged town and county medical awarded an FACS in 1913, the first year Mackids. Although the Mackid Group societies , to affiliate with their own they were granted. remained small, it was large enough to provincial associati ons. The South allow H.G. to assume other responsibil i­ Central or High River Medical Society In 1907 H.G.'s personal and profes­ ties. It never reached or exceed six physi­ was an example of one that did affiliate , sional talents were tested, by the arrival cians until 1950, when Dr. W.O. through the efforts of Drs. G.D . Stanley of Sir Ernest Waterloo on the CPR train Rothwell jo ined the group. To keep med­ and G.E. Learmonth. from . Sir Ernest was the Legal ically current, the practice brought the Advisor to the CPR. He had developed During 1911/12, the CMA member­ first x-ray machine in Calgary in 1908, what was suspected to be an acute appen­ ship increased by 33% to 1400 . It cov ­ two years after Drs. E.A. Braithwaite and diciti s. The call went out to Dr. Mackid. ered about 25% of the doct ors in Canada . G.H. Malcolmson brou ght ones to On H.G.'s arriva l, Waterloo informed In his 1912 CMA retirement speech Dr. Edmonton and Frank, respectively. him that "no co lonial will operate on Mackid highlighted what he called "the me." H.G. proceeded to "measure him Major medical challenges at the turn of Western Canadian virtues of energy and up ." When asked why, Mackid said that the century were not trauma or special­ a love of newness." His personal ity per­ he needed the dimensions, for the size of ization but epidemics of infection, In meated the convention, and culminated the box in which he would be returning 1911 three hundred cases of typho id in the gratitude he expressed on behalf of to England. Waterloo acquiesced. The feve r arose in Calgary, from dump ing the 350 attend ees, for the sixteen year surgery was none too soon, as the appen­ direct ertluent or sewage into the Bow effort by Dr. T. G. Rodd ick to pass the dix burst in Mackid's hands when he River. H.G. and L.S. initiated a mass ' Roddick Bill' or Canadian Medical Act. removed it. Conva lescence was unevent­ inoculation campaign, which eradicated The Ac t es tablished the Dominion ful, in the Mackid home. It was a signif­ typhoid by 1914. H.G. was also instru­ Medical Council (MCC), which offered icant operation, but was not the first mental in initiating a separate isolation medical examinations to all final year appendectomy in Alberta. That credit unit for pati ents with smallpox in medical students. A license from the goes to EH. Mewburn in Lethbridge in Calgary. MCC granted eligibility for registration 1893. throughout the Dominion. At the end of As CMA President 1911-1 912: By Dr. Mackids speech, Dr. Forin of When the Calgary Ge neral Hospital 1911 the Canadian Medical Association Edmonton made the motion "to nominate encountered serious financial difficulties had begun a practice o f rotatin g Dr. T.G . Rodd ick as the Honorary in 1907, H.G. organized a prepaid med­ Presidents amongst the provinces and President of the CMA, for the rest of his ical and hospital plan to cover all the 3­ holding the annual meetings in the life" . It was passed with chorus of 5000 CPR employees . They paid 50¢ per province of the retiring President. Dr. continued on page 13 continued from page 12 source of this smell would turn out to be The Mackid Lectures oil. from the Turner Valley oil and gas The legacy of the two Doctor's applause, when Dr. Mackid asked for a field, the first in Alberta. Bob Edwards Mackid (1889-1951) was perpetuated by show of hands. The Canada Act remain s wrote of a bet Dr. Mackid lost with the Mackid Lectures, begun at the the oldest example of a Canadian profes­ Catherine "Mother" Fulham . He met her Calgary General Hospital hy the CGH sion, with a national examination, licen­ on a Calgary street. She complained of a medical staff on May 12, 1967. The sure and registration system. sore foot, so he examined her in nearby annual lectures were supported in part, "H.G ." after 1912: In 1910 Dr. Mackid Templeton's drug store. As the stocking hy a bequest of $ 15,000 hy Dr. L.S. developed the first signs of diahetes. came down he said, "I'Il bet you a dollar Mackid in 1976. At the request of "L.S." Unfortunatel y it was twelve years before that is the dirtiest leg in Calgary." She multiple trauma was the topic of the first Banting, Best and Collip would isolate said "the bets on, put up your money." Mackid Lecture, thus recalling the insulin in 1921/22 and the Eli Lilly She then pulled down her other stocking. involvement of Drs. L.S. Mackid and Company would mass-produce it. Forced Mackid promptly paid his bet. Dr. W.O. Rothwell in the triage and treat­ hack into full time practice. when L.S. Mackid was thought to be the perpetrator ment of the thirty-three rail accident joined the Canadian Arm y Medical of a retaliation prank, to unhitch Mrs. casualties, following the head-on train Corps in 1915, H.G.'s health deteriorat­ Fulharn 's milk cart, pass the horse shafts accident at Southesk near Bassano on ed. He died on August 19, 1916 on his through the fence and rehitched the hors­ December 29. 1949. H.G. would have fifty-eighth hirthday. Rev. A.O. MacRae es on the other side. smirked, had he been there to observe the officiated at the funeral with pallbearers energy and vigor demon strated hy his The memories of Drs. H.G. Mackid Colonel 1. Walker, Messrs. P. Burns, J. colleagues for the welfare of the injured and N.J. Lindsay were acknowledged Hamilton, J.e. Linton, Drs. R.G. Brett passengers, for.. . during the CMA Annual Meeting on June and J.D. Lafferty. L.S.. on hearing of the 18-22. 1934, when Lt. Gov Walsh , on "If you get in any man hroadne ss of news. returned to Calgary from France, hehalf of the Prime Minister R.B. view combined with energ y and the to carryon the Mackid practice. Bennett, pre sented bouquets to their progressive spirit, you get exactly those Friends of the Mackids always talked wives. The small town of Mackid six qualities which make for the advance­ of H.G.' s charisma. Dr. J.N. Gunn wrote miles west of Maple Creek, is another ment of medicine as a whole and the wel­ of his charming manner and great sense reminder of his stature and reputation. fare of the patient in particular." of humor, winsome personality and great repertoire of storie s. "He was a hig hand­ some man with a warm smile. an unfor­ gettahle handshake and a generosity to the extreme. " His knowled ge and reputa­ tion were widely acknowledged. He was an accurate observer, clever diagnosti­ cian and expert operator. Disappointingly a copy of the "very interesting talk on the Life of the Late Dr. H.G. Mackid" given to the Calgary Happy Medical Society by Dr. R.G. Brett on Easter Octoher 2, 1928 has not surfaced. to all members Stories ahout Dr. Mackid were just as memorahle. When John Ware presented him with a whi skey bottle of foul smelling water that his horses wouldn 't drink, he asked the doctor what he thought it was. Mackid suggested it was vegetahle oil. In the years to come the Westminster Heritage Fo unda tio n and Royal City , A he brought his skills to several recent co mmunity project s, incl ud ing New Booksa: Br P ho togra hic Histor y 1858­ West's Raymond Burr Th eatre Society Webslf. ~ 1960 , with an (Columbia Th eatre restorat ion ) and intro ductio n by Burn aby's Friend s of Interurban 1223 Jim Wolf. (B.e. Elec tric tram res toration). 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5.30 pm AGM Meeting Chinook Country Historical Society's 6.15/6.30 pm - Break, Cash bar and Silent Auction 2006AGM 6.30/6.15 pm - Buffet- Slow Roasted Beef, Pork Rolino, Wine Names(s): 7.45/8.00 pm - Break, Silent Auction, Cash bar 8.15/8.30 pm - Program Speaker Alex Graham, President and CEO Topic:History ofthe Calgary Zoo

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Annual General Meeting Maker 1870 - 1920. by Irma Dogterorn co nference hrochure with registrati on The Lethbridge Historical Society held and Bill Lingard. The 2 16 page hook return is include d with th is mailing. its Annua l Gen eral Meet ing on is a guide to the first fifty years of We 're planning a n inform at ive a nd November 22, 2005, and elec ted its co mmerce in Lethbridge. It includes over entertaining co nference and we hop e yo u Executive O fficers for 2005-2006 and 300 ph ot ographs and illus tra tio ns. will join us to ce lebrate our City's 100th three co unci lIors. Jean Johnston e was Appropriate ly. the Round Street Ca fe Birthday. For an add itional co py of the elected Presid ent. with Bel inda Crowson hosted the launch ; now in the historic 5th brochure and registrati on form, or for as Vice-President. Irma Dogterom as (Ro und) Stree t building that in 191 3 more information abo ut the co nfe rence. Secretary. and Dave Dowey as Treasurer. became the ge neral office and show roo m please ca ll Marion S nowde n at 403-327­ Lana Lonseth and BilI Lin gard were for the Internati on al Harvester Co. An 2662. elected for three -year terms as co uncil­ ex cerpt from the book : " In 1913 the IHC Anyo ne wishing more in format ion lors. and Helen Kovacs will complete a was selling Titan and Mogul tract or s and ab out an y of the above or other two-year term. They will join Pat Brown. ran a tractor sc hoo l that year for local Lethhridge Histori cal Society happen­ Marion Snowde n and Alan Thompson farmers." ings. ca ll Jean Johnstone at 403 -328­ who co ntinue as co unci llors on the Th e Le thbridge Historical Society is 6279 or email jeana ndi @shaw.ca . Executive Committee . Barry Snowden pleased to ha ve laun ch ed these two will serve as Past-Presid ent. Members publicati ons in . late 2005 to ce lebra te ex pressed appreciation to ret iring co un­ hot h the Provin ce's Ce ntennial and the ci lIor Jim George, Vice-President Joe City's 100th Annive rsary in 2006. Kadczabck . and to all who served in Please Join Us To Celeh rate Winter Programs 2004-2005. On January 24, 2(X)6. following the OUR CENTENNIAL ROOTS Following the business meeting, members busin ess sess ion of the regular meeting. LETHBRIDGE 1906 - 2006 and guests enjoyed a prese ntatio n by Dr. Barhar a Lacey will speak abo ut member and author Georgia Fooks , "Let " Epide mics: Th en and Now." Dr. Lacey The 2006 Conference and Us Remember" foc used on the "Veterans' is a retired Fa mi ly Physician and Annu al General Meeting of the Guard" and its role at the Lethbridge Med ical Officer of Health for the Cit y: Historical Society of Alberta Prisoner of War camps. A slide presentation she is now serv ing her fourth term on the was included. Lethhridge City Council. At The Galt Museum Books Launched Th e LH SAnnua l Banquet wilI be held Two more book s ! on Tue sd ay. Fehrua ry 28. at the Ch ief and Wednesday, No vember 16 - Members Crowfoot Room. Top of the Grandstand, The Lethbridge Lodge Hotel of the Soc iety and special guests joined Ex hihition Park. The gues t speaker wi ll May 26th, 27th & 28th LH S book chairman Carly Stewart and he Ruth Pro vost and her top ic will he author Gary Allison at the Nord -Bridge "The Blackfoot Co nfede racy : Cultural Se niors Ce ntre to launch My Side OfTown. Preservati on , Protiles and Progress." Hosted by The Lethbridge Historical Society Writte n fro m the autho r's pe rso nal Our Centennial Roots - Lethbridge perspec tive, the book deals with some of 1906-2006 the key businesses. people and institutions Our we lco me is out - to the 2006 See brochure and registrat ion form along the main street in north Lethbridge Histor ical Society Confe re nce a nd with this iss ue or ca ll over the seven or eight decades of its first Annual Gen eral Meeting to he held May Marion Sn owden developm ent. Thi s is the first publi cation 26 . 27 & 28 . in Lethbridge, with sessions 403 -327-2662 about North Lethbridge. and event s at the soon to be co mpleted. On December 15, the Soc iety laun ched ren ovated and expa nded Ga lt Museum The Butcher: The Bake r. The Candy and the Le thhridge Lod ge Hotel. A Central Alberta Historical Society Write to c/o Red Deer and District Museum by .Janet Walter 45-47AAvenue, Red Deer, ABT4N 6Z6

The Ce ntral Alberta Chapter, at its a remarkable film, Escape from Sumatra, chaired by our immediate past president, AGM in September, we lcomed about the wartime heroism of the late Joan Dr. Bob Larnpard, is hard at work Marguerite Watson to the Board of Bam ford-Fletcher, long a resident of selecting the co ntent and plannin g the Directors. Although Marguerite is new to Regina, who organized the rescue of some layout of the historical plaqu es, and the Board , she has been a member of the two thousand Dutch prisoners of war at the meeting with the architect and engineers Society for many years. She comes from end of World War II. For the December to move the project forward. an illustriou s early Red Deer family, meeting, Shirley planned a "homestead Another past president , Dr. Bill being the daughter of Ca mille Lerouge, Christmas dinner" circa 1905 , Bacrgcn, continues to raise the profile of who ca me to Ce ntra l Alberta from complete with kerosene lamplight and Louis Riel in Central Alberta and eve n France in 1907 and for many yea rs period entertainment. furth er afield wit h his dram atic wor ked for the CPR in Red Deer. He was For seve ral years the Central Alberta reenactment of Riel' s final address to the a very active person in the community Chapter has been at work on a project to court at his trial in 1885. The reenactment ove r many yea rs, and now Ecole Ca mille develo p a park on the former railway has been presented on at least thirty Lerouge Sc hoo l is named afte r him . lands in downtown Red Deer, including occasions to a wide variety of audiences, Marguerite is very active in the community the re-installat ion of the fountain that for and Dr. Baergen has bee n made an as well, and a long-time member of the many yea rs stood in front of the CPR honorary memb er of the Metis Nation of Red Deer and District Museum Society. station at the west end of Ross Street. Alberta. In mid-November, as part of Our Board has good representation Flower bed s will honour the CPR's Metis Awareness Week,Bill was invited fro m aro und Ce ntra l Alberta, we ll contribution to horticulture in the West, to be Louis Riel once aga in, this time in beyond the city limits of Red Deer, with and a series of arches, reminiscent of the the foyer of the Alberta Legislature, to an representat ion from Rimbey, Rock y old railway roundhouse, will bear etched asse mblage which included the Premier, Mount ain House, Ste ttler, Sylvan Lake, metal plaques tellin g the story of the several cabinet ministers, MLAs and Heisler, and Laco mbe. Moreover, our area's first hundred years. A substantial man y gues ts. Well done, Bill. (See board members have co nnections with a grant from the CPR Foundation got the photographs of this eve nt on Page 19). numb er of other important organizations project underw ay, the City has built the On other fronts things continue to and projects in the area, including the park and reinstalled the fountain, and move along. Th e Hisioric Red Deer Red Deer and District Museum, Red now the Chapter is making plans for the Week Committee is at work plann ing the Deer Co llege, and the David Thompson "rou ndho use" installa tio n. We were 2006 version, the Bus Tour Co mmittee is Bicentennial Committee. It is an interesting delighted to receive a grant of $ 125,000 considering the possibilities for a June and produ cti ve Board . from the Alberta Governm ent through tour, and the Publi cations Co mmittee has the Co mmunity Facilities Enhanceme nt Program Coordinator Shirley Dye has two new manuscripts in the works. It program . It will go a long way toward the deve loped a full program of speakers for looks like a busy winter! completion of the project. A committee the year. The November program featured

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"The Historical Society of Alberta wishes to contact past and present contributors to Alberta Hi~t01Y concerning the digitization of their articles, us they originally appeared in the magazine, for educational purposes." If yo u, or someo ne you know, have authored an article that appeared in any past issue ofAlberta History, please contact: Debb ie Goodine, The Historical Socie ty of Alberta PO Box 4035, Stn C, Ca lgary, ABT2T 5M9 email: albertahistory@ telus.net Phone: 403-261-3662. Fax: 403-269-6029 Write to Edmonton & District Historical Society PO Box 1013 Edmonton. AB. Bradley McDonald, President, EDHS T5J 2M)

Photos by Rachel Hohn of the Metis Nation of Alberta on November 16, 2005,at the ceremony marking the 120th anniversary of the hanging of Louis Riel at the Alberta Legislature

Filumena, Composed by John Estacio Libretto by John Murrell

An Opera About Alber ta. An Opera Abo ut Ourse lves. Murder, passion and tragedy: Filumena is the fascinating true story of Filume na Lassandro , the last wo man to he hanged in Alberta. Set in the Crowsnest Pass region of Alherta in the early 19(X)s.Filume na hecomes involved in a hooll eggi ng scheme; the plan goes awry. a constable is murdered, and Filumena hangs. But what really happ ened that fate ful night? Watch for "Filumcna" from the Edmonton Opera on CBC TV on 9 Marc h 2006. "Opening Night". at 8 p.m. HSA Calendar of Events - 2006 Jan 19106 CAHS "With Transit, Chains and Endurance: Land Surveyors Tackl e Alberta's North". 7:30 pm. Red Deer & District Museum Jan 24 CCHS "High River, Three Centuries, One Centennial," 7:30 pm at Ft. Calgary. 7509 Ave SE. J an .24/06 LHS "Epidemics: Then and Now". 7:15 pm. Lethbridge Public Library Com munity Room J an 31106 EDHS "History of Jasper Avenue" 7:30 pm. North Glenora Com munity Hall Feb . 16106 CA HS "The Tom & Norman Stewart Story", 7:30 pm. Red Deer and District Museu m Feb. 28106 LHS "Cultural Preservation, Profiles and Progress (Heritage): The Blackfoot Confederacy in Ca nada and the U.S.A" and AGM. 6:00 pm. Chief Crowfoot Dining Room Feb 28 CCHS "Early Photography in Alberta" 7:30 pm at Fort Calgary, 7509 Ave. SE Feb. 28106 EDHS "Black History Month". 7:30 pm. North Glenora Co mmunity Hall Mar. 16106 CAHS "Bones and Things: Fur Trade Reburial at Rocky Mountain House", 7:30 pm. Red Deer and District Museum Mar 21 CCHS "History of the Calgary Zoo" and AGM, 5:00 pm Safari Room. Calgary Zoo Mar. 28106 EDHS "Leisure Times Over the Years". 7:30 pm. North Glenora Community Hall Apr. 20106 CAHS "Canadienne-francaise de l'Alberta", 7:30 pm. Red Deer and District Museum Apr 25 CCHS " Unmentionable History of the West" 7:30 pm at Fort Calgary. 750 9 Ave. SE Apr. 25106 EDHS John Rowand Night and AGM. "Historical Gardens", 6:00 pm. Faculty Club. UofA May 18/06 CAHS "Ten Grandmothers ", 7:30 pm. Red Deer and District Museum May 23 CCHS "Preserving the Pioneer Homestead " 7:30 pm at Fort Calgary. 7509 Ave.SE

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