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Red Deer Museums' Staff Association

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  • 1993-2008

On February 15, 1989 a group of staff decided to formally organize an association that incorporates the staff of the Red Deer & District Museum, Kerry Wood Nature Centre, and Fort Normandeau under the name "the Red Deer Museums' Staff Association". The purpose of this Association was to "communicate amongst ourselves, represent the interests of staff, and actively communicate with the Board in the interests of the museums' system."

This organization grew out of a change in the Museum Management Board structure and concerns about unionization and merger into the City of Red Deer system. There were meetings and correspondence around these changes and concerns, including requesting that a nonmanagement staff member have a seat at the Board. Following the creation of the Association, they changed that request to have an Association member attend in the capacity of Observer.

The Association dissolved when the members of it became part of the local CUPE 417-06 union, around the same time that the Normandeau Cultural and Natural History Society ended its operations. This took place by 2008.

George, Henry (family)

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Henry George, 1864-1932, was born at Kirton-in-Lindsay, Lincolnshire, England, studied medicine at St. Bartholomew's, and qualified as a physician in 1887. He married Barbara Mary Bernard, 1867-1936, in 1888. They emigrated to Calgary, N.W.T., where Mary's father W. L. Bernard had begun a law practice, in 1889. Dr. George entered into a partnership with Dr. Neville Lindsay, then moved to Innisfail, N.W.T. to establish his own practice in 1893. Henry and Barbara collected First Nations artifacts, natural history specimens, and a wide variety of other items, and opened their collection to the public as the Innisfail Museum. Barbara was an amateur artist who, according to family legend, designed the Alberta coat of arms. Henry and Barbara founded the Alberta Natural History Society in 1906. They moved to Red Deer, Alberta, along with the museum, in 1907. They retired to Victoria, B.C. in 1922, and the museum artifacts became the nucleus of the Calgary Public Museum. They had eleven children who survived infancy: Henry Bernard, Charles Llewellyn, Ernest Scudamore, Desmond St. Clair, Freederick Morton, Barbara Mary Kathleen "Molly" (Macdonald), Norah Hellen (Heeney), Vivian Lizette (Gray), Henriette Caroline Alice (Day), William Godfrey Septimus, and Yule Christine Helliwell

Abbott, Lloyd

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D. Lloyd Abbott was born in the Red Deer, Alberta district, the son of dairy plant supervisor William Reginald Abbott and his wife the former Margaret Eleanor Streatch. In 1958 he was a student in a diploma course in dairying at the University of Alberta. He farmed near Eckville, Alberta. He married Jacqueline Bell, and they had three children, Kimlee Anne, Lori, and Grant

Ad-Viser Publications

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Ad-Viser Publications was a proprietorship established in 1946 in Red Deer, Alberta by Leslie Don Rideout, 1916-1986. The firm published bi-monthly and weekly newspapers and also did job printing and graphic design. Leslie's sons David and Keith were also involved in the business. It published the Red Deer Ad-Viser (1946-1977), Ad-Viser Shop-a-Scope (1976-1977), Weekender (1977-1979), Midweeker (1977-1979), Central Alberta Ad-Viser (1977- ), Red Deer Shopper (1979- ), Sunday Express, and Alberta Farm Life. In 1995 the publishing section of the business was sold to Red Deer Publishing, while the graphics section became Advisor Graphics under the presidency of Keith Rideout

A-20 Army Camp

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  • 1939-1944

A-20 Army Camp was a training ground for 1,500 to 1,800 soldiers that were stationed in Red Deer during World War II. The original army barrack [building] was moved to Knee Hill, Albert in 1948 when locals wanted to create a community hall and curling rink. During a much needed renovation of the 60-year-old roof, these records were found in the attic amongst the wood-chip insulation.

Lawrence, Nigel

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Robert Nigel Lawrence, 1901-1990, was born on a ranch near Pine Lake, N.W.T. He began a career as a banker, then established a farm implement dealership in Red Deer, Alberta. He was a self-taught artist of some renown, specializing in pastels of Prairie landscapes, and he was also noted as a poet and storyteller. He married Gwendolyn Bowman, d. 1975, and they had three sons, Patrick, Michael, and Timothy.

de Wilton, Olive

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  • 25 Mar 1898 - 1968

Edith Doreen de Wilton was born in Ropley, Hampshire, England, on 25th March 1898 to Sussex Gerald de Wilton, (1869-1939) and Edith Juliette Hughenden-Holloway (1871-1955). Just after her seventeenth birthday, Edith married Herbert Warren Cluff of Hardisty, but the marriage was very short lived. In the summer of 1915, she left Alberta and took the stage name Olive de Wilton and joined several touring companies which played in Eastern Canada and in New York State. She was the common law spouse of William Henry Pratt (Boris Karloff) from 1915 to 1919. They were not able to make the marriage "legal' because of the de Wilton's short lived liaison with Cluff. In 1919, she returned to England and became a minor player and business manager with several acting companies. By 1925, Olive had married fellow actor Richard Meadows-White (ca. 1905-1973) and they had one child: Rosalind Edith Charlotte Meadows-White (1929-?). They founded the Northern Repertory Theatre (1925-1929), which collapsed after the couple separated. Between 1939 and 1951, Olive moved between Canada and England to teach drama as well as to direct and act in several plays. In 1952 Olive moved to Montreal, Quebec, where she was involved in Montreal Repertory Theatre, acted on local English radio and television, and wrote for the National Film Board. By 1966, Olive had taken up residence in Lacombe, Alberta. She died in 1968 in Lacombe and is buried in the local cemetery.

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