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Monson, George Thomas

  • Ath 94.09
  • Family
  • 1880 - 1987

George (Mickey) Thomas Monson was born September 4m 1880 in Killarney, Ireland. He immigrated to Canada in 1899 and joined the North West Mounted Police (NWMP) in Regina, Saskatchewan. From 1909 - 1914 he was a prospector and also worked for Dayton Hydraulic Co. In 1915 he enlisted in the Canadian Expeditionary Force, returning to Canada in 1919. He then returned to the RNWMP for two years. In 1924 he became a telegraph operator working at House River, and later, Calling River, Alberta, from which he retired in 1945.
In 1925 he married Julia Powder who died in 1928. They had three daughters. In 1935 he married Salome (Sally) Marquette who was born in Edmonton in 1908. They had two daughters. The family moved to Athabasca in 1945 where Mickey Monson worked for Imperial Lumber and Plains Western Gas until 1957. He was a member of the BPOE (Elks) and the Royal Canadian Legion. At the time of his death in 1976 he was the oldest RCMP member in Canada.
Salome Monson worked for the Athabasca District Agricultural office until 1973. She was a member of the Anglican Church and the Royal Canadian Legion. She died in 1987.

NEWS 4Kidz

  • Ath 94.19
  • Corporate body
  • 1994

The Athabasca Economic Development Association's "I Want to be a Millionaire Program" encouraged a number of student initiatives in Athabasca, Alberta in 1994. One of these was the publication of a kids' newspaper by two girls who were going into Grade Seven; Catherine Mol and Rachelle Smalldon. Local businesses that sponsored the paper included Value Drug Mart, Athabasca Video, Donna's Hairstyling and the Athabasca Medical Centre. The cost was $0.50. The newspaper published poetry, reading and colouring contests, events, movie reviews, recipes, puzzles and articles.

Daoust, Phillias

  • Ath 95.05
  • Person
  • 1880 - 1957

Phillias Daoust was born in Three Rivers, Quebec, 1n 1880. At age 15 he came west and started a trapline northeast of Athabasca. In 1902 he settled on NW 36-66-24-W4 in the Parkhurst District, and built a house. He retired from farming in 1950 but continued trapping. He died in 1957.

Mahood, Robert and Florence

  • Ath 95.15
  • Family
  • 1917

Robert Fisher Mahood served with the Ambulance Corps in France during WWI. His sister Elizabeth was married to William Dent who owned a sawmill in Athabasca, Alberta. This may be why Robert sought work in Athabasca and became the engineer at the waterworks plant. Robert married Florence Martin, a native of PEI, who was a nurse at the Athabasca hospital. When their son Alexander Martin Fisher Mahood was three, the family moved to Anioch, BC, a mining community in northern BC.

Davies, Percy Griffith

  • Ath 95.18
  • Person
  • 1902 - 1992

Percy Griffith Davies, (1902 - 1992), was Captain and Adjutant for the University of Alberta Contingent of C.O.T.C. (Canadian Officer Training Corps). He graduated from the bar in 1927 and moved to Clyde, AB to start a practice. In 1932, Percy Davies was elected as MP, Conservative, for the riding of Athabaska. He served his term and did not run again in 1935. In 1938, he bought the legal practice of Patrick W. L. Clark in Athabasca in preparation for the graduation of his brother Trevor from the Faculty of Law, U of A. They had a suite of rooms on the second floor of the Taylor Block. In 1952, Davies announced the opening of a law office in Athabasca in partnership with Lloyd Chamberlain under the name Davies and Chamberlain. Davies died in Edmonton, AB in 1992.

Home Outreach Society of Athabasca (HOSA)

  • Ath 96.13
  • Corporate body
  • 1987 - 1990

In Athabasca Town and County, a need for an emergency support system for the elderly and those with severe handicaps was identified and the Home Outreach Society of Athabasca was formed to identify and fund raise for an emergency support system. The system was designed to summon assistance 24 hours a day, seven days a week, and to be available in either private homes or institutionalized settings. HOSA opted for the Apello System which was Canadian made and did not require a central monitoring or answering service to forward distress calls. Society members were President, Barb Wilkinson; Vice President, Nola-Jean Paterson; Treasurer, Mike Chute; and secretary, Denise Armstrong. The society operated under the leadership of 14 directors with four representatives from the Athabasca General and Auxiliary Hospital, three representatives from the Athabasca Health Unit, one representative from Athabasca Family and Community Support Services, one representative from the Athabasca Senior Citizen’s Society and six representatives from interested community groups including the Athabasca Hospital Auxiliary. To raise funds for the project the first annual Athabasca Canada Day Canoe Race was conceived. Eight people in Athabasca Town and County were identified as being in need of an emergency support system and the system the society decided to purchase was the Apello System at a cost of $1,115.00 per unit.

Howells, Margaret Joan (nee Lawrence)

  • Ath 98.02
  • Person
  • 1932 - 1999

Margaret Joan (Jody) Lawrence was born to Samuel and Margaret Lawrence in Victoric, BC in 1932. In 1953, she married Howard James (bud) Howells. They had two sons; Randy and Stephen. In 1979, they retired to Baptiste Lake, Alberta. Jody worked as a secretary at the Town of Athabasca, later retiring to play golf and volunteer at Athabasca Archives. Jody died in 1999 and Bud died in 2008.

Right Reverend Arthur Henry Sovereign

  • Ath 98.06
  • Person
  • 1881 - 1966

Arthur Henry Sovereign MA DD FRGS (1881 – 16 May 1966) was an Anglican priest in the mid-20th century. He was born in Woodstock, Ontario in 1881 and educated at the University of Toronto. Ordained in 1906, his first post was as a Curate at Christ Church Cathedral, Vancouver after which he was Rector of St Mark's, Vancouver. He was Professor of Divinity at the Anglican Theological College, Vancouver from 1930 until his appointment to the episcopate as Bishop of Yukon in 1932, but only held the post for ten months. From 1933 until 1950 he was Bishop of Athabasca.

Renaissance Energy, Ltd.

  • Ath 98.48
  • Corporate body
  • 1982 - 2000

Renaissance Energy Ltd was incorporated on January 28, 1982, amalgamated with Pinnacle Resources Ltd. (incorporated January 17, 1986) in 1998 and merged with Husky Energy Inc. in June 21, 2000. Husky Refining Company was created in 1938.

Athabasca County Fringe Festival

  • Ath 99.26
  • Corporate body
  • 1999 - 2007

Athabasca County Fringe Festival was imagined by two local Athabascans while they walked around the Edmonton Fringe Festival in 1998. Producers Christina Grant and Doug Dunn organized volunteers and presented the first Athabasca County Fringe Festival “Do North of the Fringe,” on July 23 – 25, 1999. There were ten acts at either the Nancy Appleby Theatre or the Athabasca United Church. The festival was organized by a 12-member board and included performances geared for children and adults.

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