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The 4 Point Trucking Co-operative Limited (Ltd.) was formed in July 1963 in the Andrew, Alberta area. The membership of the association consisted of the Andrew, Lamont, St. Michael, Mundare, and Park co-operative associations. The purpose of the association was to provide trucking services to and from member co-operatives and any other businesses for the benefit of the 4 Point Trucking Co-operative Limited, subject to the approval of the board of directors of the associations concerned. The head office of the 4 Point Trucking Co-operative Ltd. was in the offices of the Andrew Co-operative Association, and the manager of the Andrew Co-operative Association was the manager for the 4 Point Trucking Co-operative Ltd.

The 51st Battalion Association was formed circa (ca.) 1918 and was located in Edmonton, Alberta. The association was composed of members of the 51st Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force (CEF), which was formed circa (ca.) January 4, 1915 and served overseas during World War I. The association organized yearly reunions for the veterans. A.E. Goodwin was the secretary-treasurer during the years 1951-1970, and A.A. Allbright was president during 1965-1968.

Ranson Photographers was formed in 1949 in Edmonton, Alberta, by Denton (Denny) C. Ranson. Ranson Photographers focused initially on industrial and commercial photography. The company expanded to include commercial, portrait, wedding and aerial photography. In 1953, Ranson Photographers branched into filmmaking, producing documentary motion pictures. Ranson Photographers productions include films for the Boeing Aircraft Corporation, Pacific Western Airlines and the Alberta Government. Ranson Photographers Limited was incorporated April 16, 1956 under the Companies Act. Ranson Photographers operated until 1991.

Reed's Tea and Bazaar Store was opened on November 26, 1905 by Russell F. Clarke and William Henry Reed. The store initially sold household goods including tea, coffee, glassware, fancy goods, stationery, cutlery, enamelware and smallware. By 1927 Reed's had turned its focus to fine china and glassware and as a result, the name of the store was changed to Reed's China and Gift Shop in 1927.

Stanley “Stan” Charles Waters was born in Winnipeg on 14 June 1920, but attended school in Alberta at
Strathcona Composite High School and later the University of Alberta, in Edmonton. In 1941, he enlisted
in the Canadian Army, becoming a member of the 14th Army Tank Battalion, and later was posted to
the First Special Service Force. At the conclusion of the war, Waters decided to remain in the army and
rose quickly through the ranks, ending his career as a Lieutenant-General and Commander of Canadian
Forces Mobile Command from 1973-1975.

In 1975 he joined the Mannix Organization in Calgary, eventually becoming president of the Loram Group, which was a subsidiary of the Mannix Organization, (also known as the Mancal Group). The Loram Group of Companies began in the heavy construction industry in 1898 and soon moved into coal mining, oil and gas, building construction, real estate, and more. Additionally, Waters was the co-founder of the Bowfort Group of companies, which was involved in farming, real estate and investment operations. He held a variety of executive positions until his eventual retirement from business in 1989.
Politically and socially, Stan Waters held strong conservative views. He first entered politics in 1987 when he became a founding member of Preston Manning’s Reform Party. Though he did not participate in the 1988 federal election, he was perceived to be the party’s most popular early spokesperson, appearing at multiple rallies and events between 1987 and 1991.
In 1989, he ran for the vacant Alberta Senate seat, winning with 41.7% of the non-binding votes cast by Alberta voters. His win was unprecedented, as he became the first person to be elected by a provincial population to be the Prime Minister’s recommendation for appointment to the Senate. On June 11, 1990, Waters was sworn into the Senate, becoming the first member of the Reform Party to enter the upper house. He remained in the Senate for one year, during which he pushed for the end of official bilingualism, urged healthcare reform, opposed federal funding grants to artists, and pushed Prime Minister Brian Mulroney to adopt a Triple E Senate, (Elected, Effective, and Equal). Additionally, he was pro-choice on abortion, putting him at odds with many of the Reform Party’s Christian supporters.
On 25 September 1991, Stan Waters passed away due to complications resulting from a brain tumor. When the Liberal Party took control of the federal government under Jean Chrétien, Senate reform was abandoned. Stan Waters’ son, Mark Waters, later served as leader of the Alberta Political Alliance, a small provincial party.

The Canadian Federation of University Women (CFUW) Edmonton was founded in 1909 as a charitable organization of University of Alberta women graduates acting to promote the role of university women in the community. The activities of the Edmonton organization have since taken place in the following areas: education, public affairs, status of women and human rights, and better understanding among women university graduates. The Canadian Federation of University Women, which included the Edmonton Association, was later formed in 1919 when clubs of university women gathered in Winnipeg to collaborate.

The Edmonton members are committed to the pursuit of knowledge, human rights, promotion and funding of public education, abolition of library fees and increased library funding, community involvement, participation in public affairs, preservation of historic sites, environmental awareness, improvement of public health care, co-operation between women, and improvement of the status of women, irrespective of their race, religion or political opinions. They take particular interest in all levels of schooling, citizenship, justice, welfare, social security, child support, childcare, women's poverty, equal rights for women, libraries and archives. Some highlights of the CFUW, Edmonton are as follows:

In 1914, the Edmonton members formed a Standing Committee on the Franchise of Women and local women were asked to become involved; a series of talks were then presented, leading up to women's suffrage in Alberta. In the 1930s, the members began broadening their interests, and some new interests included birth control, disarmament and penal reform. In the 1940s, the members became involved in the war effort, once again resuming their other interests when the war came to an end. In the 1960s, the Edmonton CFUW helped advocate for the establishment of the Provincial Archives of Alberta. In 1998, the members joined the protest to keep the Provincial Archives of Alberta in Edmonton following a proposal by the Government of Alberta to move the institution to Stony Plain as a solution to a lac. The association also annually award scholarships and bursaries to female students at the University of Alberta.

The CFUW Edmonton is now one of 122 clubs throughout Canada comprising the Canadian Federation of University Women. This national organization operates as a voluntary, non-profit, self-funded bilingual society of 10,000 women university graduates, and is an affiliate of the International Federation of University Women, maintaining 140,000 members in 78 countries. The local, provincial, national and international levels of the organization are represented in the Canadian Federation of University Women, Edmonton fonds.

John William Hope, a Barr Colony settler, was born in Manchester, England in 1875. The son of a craftsman, Hope was forced to drop out of school at the age of 12 to provide for his brother and three sisters when his father died unexpectedly at age 40. After a series of labour jobs, including stints at a leather works and steel mill, Hope learned of the Barr Colony plan of settlement in Canada. Desiring to escape from brutal working conditions, and aspiring to find a new home for his wife, Louisa Cox, and their growing family, Hope left for Canada in 1903.

Hope arrived in Saint John, New Brunswick, on April 12, 1903 along with thousands of other would-be settlers. He traveled with an assortment of middle-class and working-class Britons to Barr Colony, in northwest Saskatchewan. He left the settlement, which is now named Lloydminster, soon thereafter, journeying to Edmonton in search of work. However, Hope soon found himself reliving the arduous working conditions he endured in England after labouring in lumber camps and coal mines around Edmonton. After saving enough money, he resumed his education and took a course in accountancy and stenography at the Alberta College.

After graduating from Alberta College in 1905, Hope worked as a stenographer and traveling car service agent for Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) in Alberta and Saskatchewan. He moved to Vancouver in 1909 assuming a variety of posts with CPR and the North Vancouver Ferry Company until his retirement in 1940. John William Hope died in North Vancouver in 1956.