Fonds 641 Dale Family Scrapbook fonds

93 photographs

The exterior of the Silton Station in Silton, Saskatchewan.

Don with Doneal and Doreen Cowen.

Ivon Dale, with Doneal and Doreen Cowen. Joe Cowen is partially visible, standing behind the children.

The Cowen and Dale families in Silton, Saskatchewan. In the back are Joe, Hilton, Alice, and Ruth. In front are Don, Ivon, Doreen, and Doneal holding a purse.

A car parked by the Silton Station. There is a row of cream cans lined up on the side deck of the station.

Wagon loaded up with household effects. The caption next to the photograph reads, “Last load from Dumas. Aug. 8, 1941 when we moved from Silton to Dad Boyd’s.”

Harold Ross Dale and Christina Boyd on their wedding day in Saskatchewan.

Mabel Conn and Inez Bell, Bill Dale’s friends.

A photograph of an older man sitting on a step and identified as Grandpa Boyd.

Harold ‘Ross’ Dale on Christmas leave in Saskatchewan. He is wearing his uniform in one and has his army overcoat on in the other.

Silton United Church in Silton, Saskatchewan.

Charlie C., Douglas, Fred, Sharon and Doreen Dale playing with a pony hitched to a small wagon.

An unidentified child sits on the rail of a staircase leading to a the front porch of a house.

Sharon Dale sitting on the dray wagon at Grandpa Boyd’s farm.

Doreen, Charlie, and Joe posing in front of a house.

Charlie, Rita Tilley, and Doreen at Saskatchewan Beach.

The Cowen family standing by a truck.

Leslie Baker standing in a vegetable garden.

The memorial window that was placed in the Silton United Church in Silton, Saskatchewan to commemorate the soldiers who fought in World War I.

Two photographs showing the Williamses and Lucases leaving for the trip back to Silton. One photograph shows a group of people in front of a house, while the other shows people loading luggage into the trunk of a car.

Photograph of Bert Williams. A note in the scrapbook states that he was wounded in World War I and farmed at Silton.

Olive and Robert Lucas, probably in Silton, Saskatchewan.

Five women pose for a photograph. The caption accompanying the photograph reads, “Auntie & Mary’s visit Aug. 1946 at 3833 E. Pender. Mary Robertson, Loraleigh Shearing, Aunt Christie Robertson, Alice Shearing, Sharole Wales.”

Two women lean over a gate. The caption accompanying the photograph reads, “Auntie & Mary’s visit Aug. 1946 at 3833 E. Pender. Over the garden gate – Mary & Alice.”

A postcard showing various military themed cartoons from The Observer.

A meeting of the Silton Ladies Auxiliary of the British Empire Services League at Mrs. L. Cowen’s. They are identified as follows: Mrs. Grills, Mrs. Hewson, Mrs. Dale, Mrs. Roxburgh, Mrs. McNie, J.C. Smith, Mrs. Cox, Mrs. Baker, Mrs. Cowen, Miss Smitton, Mrs. Becher, Marjorie Roxburgh, Mrs. T. Metcalf, and Mrs. N. Bell.

Ross Dale hauling lumber for J. Elworthy’s shack, with four teams of horses outside the Lumber Manufactures Yards building the spring of 1920, presumably in Silton, Saskatchewan. Other men in the photograph are identified as Lawrence Reis, Jim Moore, Jesse Elworthy, Ed Jacob, Charles Sinclair, Bert Williams, and Harry Gutteridge.

A meeting of the Silton Ladies Aid at the home of Mrs. A Hatton. They are identified as Mrs. C. Sinclair, Mrs. Batty, Mrs. Roxburgh, Mrs. McLean, Mrs. Moore, Mrs. Oliver, Mrs. H. Burrows, Mrs. P. Young, Mrs. T. Metcalf, Mrs. B. Metcalf, Miss M. Dale, Miss Minnie Dale, Mrs. E. Oliver, Mrs. R. Dale, Mrs. E. Jacob, Mrs. Hewson, Mrs. Sinclair (Sr.), Mrs. W. Morrison, Mrs. H.W. Fancy, Mrs. J. McGeough, Mrs. Clark, Mrs. E. Kidd, Mrs. B. Williams, Mrs. E. Cowen, Margaret Oliver, Mrs. J. Cowen & Charlie, Mrs. A Hatton, & Allan Kydd.

Women of Silton, Saskatchewan gathered for Phyllis Roxburgh’s shower. They are identified as Mrs. Moore & Billie Dale, Mrs. Harrison, Mrs. Cowen, Mrs. Roxburgh, Mrs. Hatton, Mrs. Morrison, Lilian Russell, Mrs. B. Thompson, Mrs. Gilchrist, Mrs. Finlay, Mrs. B. Metcalf, Miss Goldsmith, Meta Hermann, Nell Hosie, Veda Baber, Olive Williams, Rita Tilley, Ruth Cowen, [?] Ehmann, Phyllis Roxburgh, Jean Hatton, Grace Hayword, Marion Hayword.

Unidentified group of women posing outside a house.

A picture of men relaxing in barracks. A caption on the photograph reads, “New Barrack Black, S.E. Wing, No.5 A.O.S. Winnipeg, Oct. 28, 1941. (The night everyone stayed in.)”

A series of photographs depicting Prince George, the Duke of Kent’s visit to Winnipeg. The photographs start with his plane’s arrival (a Lockheed 12A), disembarking from the plane, meeting officials, inspecting officers and men, and personally talking to some of the men.

The exterior of the straw curling rink that was built in Silton in 1936. The rink was constructed with marsh grass that was cut and baled, and poplar poles cut for uprights and branches. A discarded box car was the waiting room and electric lights were installed. The rink was quite famous and was reported on in the U.S.A and overseas. In 1937, a grass fire destroyed the rink.

Note:

Information found on p. 100 of the book “From Buffalo Grass to Wheat: A History of the Long Lake District.” This photograph is used on p. 101 of the book.http://www.ourroots.ca/e/toc.aspx?id=2786

The interior of the straw curling rink that was built in Silton in 1936. The straw roof, branches, and wooden poles and clearly visible. The rink was quite famous and was reported on in the U.S.A and overseas. In 1937, a grass fire destroyed the rink.

Note:

Information found on p. 100 of the book “From Buffalo Grass to Wheat: A History of the Long Lake District.” This photograph is used on p. 101 of the book.http://www.ourroots.ca/e/toc.aspx?id=2786

Mr. and Mrs. J. Cowen on their 15th wedding anniversary. There is also a photograph of their children Charlie and Doreen.

Two men in uniform standing by railway tracks in Red Rock, Ontario. One of the men is Private N.B. Anderson of the Veterans Security Guards. The other man is assumed to be Ross Dale.

Holiday card with an image of a snowy landscape. The text on the card reads, “Best Christmas Wishes and Happiness throughout the Year. Kenrick Maule Cole.”

Aerial photograph of Regina. The caption below the photograph reads, “Regina – Summer 1941. Looking South over Parliament Bldgs.”

A group of people gathered outside the house. The people are identified on the photograph as Nelson Beggs, Bertie Ingram, Emma McLeod, Grandma, and Lizzie Beggs. The caption next to the photograph reads, “Summer 1950. 3 daughters. 1 son. 1 son Campbell died 1946.”

Photograph of a visitor’s pass for the Duke of Kent to visit the No. 5 Air Observer School, Stevenson Airport, St. James on August 15, 1941. A caption on the back of the photograph reads, “Issued to Hilton Shearing while in training at St. James.”

A curling team at the Junior Bonspiel in Silton, Saskatchewan. They are identified as Willie Gottschal, Leslie Baker, Naida Supynuk, and Pauline Ball.

A curling team at the Junior Bonspiel in Silton, Saskatchewan. They are identified as Allan Davis, John Dale, Helen Baker, and Crispin Ball.

A curling team at the Junior Bonspiel in Silton, Saskatchewan. They are identified as Donnie Thompson, Thelma Harvey, Blanche Ball, and Willie Supynuk.

A curling team at the Junior Bonspiel in Silton, Saskatchewan. They are identified as Mr. O. Baker, Mary Watkins (teacher), Inez Bell, and Norm Bell (skip).

A curling team identified as Walter Doege, Dan Dale, Mary Bell, and Harry Merritt in Silton, Saskatchewan.

Curling team identified as Evelyn Tanner, Percy Baker, Ruth Cowen, and Joe Cowen (skip) in Silton, Saskatchewan.

The Dale children: Lloyd, Harold, Bill, Fred, Sharon, and Douglas in Silton, Saskatchewan.

Curling team identified as Joe Cowen, R. Brown, Ruth Cowen, and May Burrows in Silton, Saskatchewan.

Curling team identified as Trevor Jones, Evelyn Fancy, Mrs. L. Cowen, and Ted Ball in Silton, Saskatchewan.

Curling team identified as M. Thomson, Tommie Metcalf, George Metcalf, and Rev. Lalond in Silton, Saskatchewan.

Curling team identified as Ross Dale, Earny Catheart, Mrs. Supynuk, and Mrs. R. Dale in Silton, Saskatchewan.

Curling team with the Grand Aggregate trophy in Silton, Saskatchewan. The team is identified as Mrs. L. Cowen, Dick Tingey, Walter Doege, and George Supynuk (skip).

Curling team with the Grand Aggregate trophy in Silton, Saskatchewan. The team is identified as Gus Brandt, Betty Jones, George Lewis, and Reece Jones.

Curling team identified as Bill Dale, Guy Tanner, Ray Lewis, and George Lewis in Silton, Saskatchewan.

The foundation is laid for the curling rink in Silton, Saskatchewan. The men are moving rocks and there is also a large stack of planks where they are working.

A group of men, horses, and wagons in the distance hauling stones and gravel to begin building the Silton United Church in Silton, Saskatchewan.

A series of photographs that show the building of the Silton Curling rink. It was built by volunteers in the fall of 1937. Workers in the pictures include Dave Dale, Bill Hibbert, Bob Brown, Harold Burrows, Norm Bell, and Lloyd Dale.

Curling team identified as Bill Dale, Ruth Cowen, Mrs. M. Thomson, and Joe Cowen in Silton, Saskatchewan.

Curling team identified as Jesse Elworthy, Bert Williams, Mrs. Gottschall, and John Gottschal (skip) in Silton, Saskatchewan.

Curling team identified as Rev. Davis (skip), Mrs. J. Don, Mrs. L. Cowen, and Lloyd Dale in Silton, Saskatchewan.

Curling team identified as Murray Thomson (skip), Dave Dale, Mrs. Supynuk, and Leo Levinski in Silton, Saskatchewan.

Three photographs of Christmas 1945 in Ottawa. A small girl named Betty Anne is shown on her own with a bicycle and doll in a carriage, with Eric and Eleanor (possibly her parents) in front of a Christmas tree, and with her Gramp and Grannie in front of a Christmas tree.

The clean-up crew taking a break at the Fairmede Cemetery in Saskatchewan.Mac and Majorie McLeod, Uncle Tom Boyd, Chassie Ross (Doreen’s daughter), Tena McLeod Dean, Godfrey Reynolds, Fae, and Alex McLeod are identified on the back.

Tom Boyd working on a carpentry project outside a workshop. The caption on the back of the photograph reads, “ Tom Boyd making a garbage stand for Jon Bonar. His last 1978.”

Lina Boyd, Mary Robertson, Kate Bonar Brooks, Mable Shakleton Sprague, and Jean Warner at Robertson’s.

Alex Doyle and his wife holding a bouquet of pink flowers on the occasion of their 60th anniversary.

Three girls posing on a photograph. The caption on the back of the photograph reads, “Janine (7 1/2) & Karlee (9 mos) in chair. Celeste standing.”

The Boyd Reunion was held at Langbank, Saskatchewan on July 31 and August 1 for the descendants of William Boyd and Isabella McLeod. Their children are listed as Thomas Boyd, Mary (Boyd) Reynolds, Margaret (Boyd) Kidd, Lina Boyd, Christina Boyd (Dayle), James Boyd, William Boyd, and Ann (Boyd) Matheson. The people identified in the photograph are Edith Kidd, ? Bustard, Marion Kidd, ? Atwell, Walter Reynolds, Doreen Boyd, Lavona Dayle, Adele Doyle, Aunt Fae, Erma Dale, ? Kidd (Jim’s wife), Doreen Boyd’s husband, Alex Doyle, Amy Reynolds (Walter’s wife), Stewart Kidd, Marjorie (Kidd) Fillyk, Ron Nondorf and Lois (Kidd), Jean Kidd, Isabel Kidd, Christine and Godfrey Reynolds, Don Doyle, ? Fillyk, Bill Dale, Jim Kidd.