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  • Canada's Position In A Changing World
    Canada's Position In A Changing World
    Text  Stewart, James, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1954), 14 Jan 1954, 146-156     A backward look at the Canadian business scene where much has changed since the outbreak of war in 1939. The speaker's view that under the insidious influence of inflation and international uncertainty we have accepted a changing pattern of economic activity as part of the Canadian scene. Developments in the …
    Text  Stewart, James, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1954), 14 Jan 1954, 146-156   A backward look at the Canadian business scene where much has changed since the outbreak of war in 1939. The speaker's view that under the insidious influence of inflation and …
    Empire Club of Canada
  • Let's Be Friends
    Let's Be Friends
    Text  Parker, Cola G., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1954), 18 Mar 1954, 251-265     The Emerson definition of a friend: "A friend is one with whom I may be sincere." The speaker's responsibility in enterprises which have invested a great many millions of dollars in Canada. The basic policy in all of the Canadian operations that "we be good Canadian citizens." The belief that …
    Text  Parker, Cola G., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1954), 18 Mar 1954, 251-265   The Emerson definition of a friend: "A friend is one with whom I may be sincere." The speaker's responsibility in enterprises which have invested a great many millions of dollars …
    Empire Club of Canada
  • An Address by Raymond Daniell and Tania Long
    An Address by Raymond Daniell and Tania Long
    Text  Daniell, Raymond and Long, Tania, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1954), 21 Jan 1954, 157-170     Tania Long: The speaker's understanding that "it is rare that meetings of this group are open to the ladies." Her hope that the members will not regret their decision to make this occasion an exception to the rule. The product that is a newspaper. What goes into it. Newspapering as …
    Text  Daniell, Raymond and Long, Tania, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1954), 21 Jan 1954, 157-170   Tania Long: The speaker's understanding that "it is rare that meetings of this group are open to the ladies." Her hope that the members will not regret their decision to …
    Empire Club of Canada
  • Changing Concepts of Commonwealth
    Changing Concepts of Commonwealth
    Text  Copland, Sir Douglas, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1954), 4 Mar 1954, 230-240     Some personal background. Changes in the Commonwealth in the last fifty years. A great transformation between World War I and World War II when relationships on the periphery were of increasing importance and contact between one Dominion and another was emphasized. Such tendencies strengthened by the circumstances of World War …
    Text  Copland, Sir Douglas, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1954), 4 Mar 1954, 230-240   Some personal background. Changes in the Commonwealth in the last fifty years. A great transformation between World War I and World War II when relationships on the periphery were of …
    Empire Club of Canada
  • The Farnborough Show
    The Farnborough Show
    Text  McGregor, Gordon R., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1955), 18 Nov 1954, 70-75     A description of one of the world's great Trade Fairs: The Farnborough Show. The Farnborough Air Display, with some history. Farnborough itself. Britain's aircraft industry. Successive Farnborough Shows providing an accurate history of post-war aero engine development and giving what is probably a clear indication of the future trends in …
    Text  McGregor, Gordon R., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1955), 18 Nov 1954, 70-75   A description of one of the world's great Trade Fairs: The Farnborough Show. The Farnborough Air Display, with some history. Farnborough itself. Britain's aircraft industry. Successive Farnborough Shows providing an …
    Empire Club of Canada
  • Problems and Future of South Africa
    Problems and Future of South Africa
    Text  Keppel-Jones, Professor Arthur, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1954), 15 Apr 1954, 312-321     Today the anniversary of the hardest fought election in South African history. Some background to this event. The second Nationalist victory and why it was momentous. The problem of the division of the white and black races in South Africa. The premise of the National party that the preservation of …
    Text  Keppel-Jones, Professor Arthur, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1954), 15 Apr 1954, 312-321   Today the anniversary of the hardest fought election in South African history. Some background to this event. The second Nationalist victory and why it was momentous. The problem of the …
    Empire Club of Canada
  • Economic Problems of Common Interest to Canada and the United States
    Economic Problems of Common Interest to Canada and the United States
    Text  Stuart, The Honourable R. Douglas, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1954), 25 Jan 1954, 171-179     A joint meeting of The Empire Club of Canada, The Canadian Club of Toronto and The American Men's Club of Toronto. The speaker addresses the audience as a businessman, about some of the problems which are of fundamental importance to the business system in which both Canada and the United …
    Text  Stuart, The Honourable R. Douglas, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1954), 25 Jan 1954, 171-179   A joint meeting of The Empire Club of Canada, The Canadian Club of Toronto and The American Men's Club of Toronto. The speaker addresses the audience as a businessman, about …
    Empire Club of Canada
  • Christmas Meeting
    Christmas Meeting
    Text  The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1955), 16 Dec 1954, 122-123     Christmas meeting with a musical programme by Dr. Leslie Bell and the Leslie Bell Singers.
    Text  The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1955), 16 Dec 1954, 122-123   Christmas meeting with a musical programme by Dr. Leslie Bell and the Leslie Bell Singers.
    Empire Club of Canada
  • The British Commonwealth and Canadian Wheat
    The British Commonwealth and Canadian Wheat
    Text  Jones, Stanley N., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1954), 7 Jan 1954, 133-145     Being fortunate enough in Canada to be able to take for granted our daily bread. The history of wheat and a little of the history of the development of the wheat producing industry in Canada. The place of Canadian wheat production in the economy of the British Commonwealth and in …
    Text  Jones, Stanley N., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1954), 7 Jan 1954, 133-145   Being fortunate enough in Canada to be able to take for granted our daily bread. The history of wheat and a little of the history of the development of the …
    Empire Club of Canada
  • Our Son's Heritage
    Our Son's Heritage
    Text  Fauteux, The Honourable Gaspard, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1954), 8 Apr 1954, 299-311     The speaker addresses the audience not so much as the Queen's representative in French Quebec but as a citizen of our great Kingdom of Canada and a humble member of the British Commonwealth of Nations. Being proud of our Past, confident in our Present and with faith in our future; …
    Text  Fauteux, The Honourable Gaspard, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1954), 8 Apr 1954, 299-311   The speaker addresses the audience not so much as the Queen's representative in French Quebec but as a citizen of our great Kingdom of Canada and a humble member of …
    Empire Club of Canada
  • Railway Highlights
    Railway Highlights
    Text  Gordon, Donald, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1955), 4 Nov 1954, 56-69     A joint meeting of The Empire Club of Canada and The Canadian Club of Toronto. Interest in Canada's railways. The impact of railway actions taken from time to time discernible in much of our business and personal life. A review of railway highlights. A consideration of the major problems that …
    Text  Gordon, Donald, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1955), 4 Nov 1954, 56-69   A joint meeting of The Empire Club of Canada and The Canadian Club of Toronto. Interest in Canada's railways. The impact of railway actions taken from time to time discernible …
    Empire Club of Canada
  • Pakistan To-day
    Pakistan To-day
    Text  Baig, His Excellency Mirza Osman Ali, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1954), 4 Feb 1954, 180-190     The country of Pakistan, a country at the opposite end of the earth and, of necessity, somewhat unfamiliar to the majority of the audience. A description of the Indo-Pakistan subcontinent. The policy and the destiny of any country governed mainly by its geographical situation; the position of Pakistan. Pakistan considered …
    Text  Baig, His Excellency Mirza Osman Ali, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1954), 4 Feb 1954, 180-190   The country of Pakistan, a country at the opposite end of the earth and, of necessity, somewhat unfamiliar to the majority of the audience. A description of the Indo-Pakistan subcontinent. …
    Empire Club of Canada
  • The Commonwealth and Britain's Economic Recovery
    The Commonwealth and Britain's Economic Recovery
    Text  Swinton, The Right Honourable The Viscount, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1955), 15 Oct 1954, 16-26     A joint meeting of The Empire Club of Canada and The Canadian Club of Toronto. The "realization that together the countries of the Commonwealth and Empire have a strength and power for good, their own and other people's, far greater than any of us could enjoy in isolation." Relating some …
    Text  Swinton, The Right Honourable The Viscount, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1955), 15 Oct 1954, 16-26   A joint meeting of The Empire Club of Canada and The Canadian Club of Toronto. The "realization that together the countries of the Commonwealth and Empire have a strength and …
    Empire Club of Canada
  • Teaching Contract Between Ethel Wettlaufer and the Trafalgar School Area, 1954
    Teaching Contract Between Ethel Wettlaufer and the Trafalgar School Area, 1954
    Text       The teaching contract between Mrs. Ethel Wettlaufer and the Trafalgar school area signed March 12, 1954. The yearly salary was $3300.00 beginning September 7, 1954. Ethel Wettlaufer attended Normal School (teacher’s college) in Hamilton. She and Eckhardt lived at 2467 Bronte Road in Palermo. She taught at the Palermo school, …
    Text     The teaching contract between Mrs. Ethel Wettlaufer and the Trafalgar school area signed March 12, 1954. The yearly salary was $3300.00 beginning September 7, 1954. Ethel Wettlaufer attended Normal School …
    Trafalgar Township Historical Society
  • Opening Meeting, Season 1954-55
    Opening Meeting, Season 1954-55
    Text  Pike, Rev. Canon V.J., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1955), 7 Oct 1954, 6-15     Some details of the speaker's job, offering a picture of the commitments of the British Army within the Empire and within the Commonwealth of Nations. Conceiving of Russia as a great kind of volcano that might erupt at any time or any place with all around the circumference the Armed …
    Text  Pike, Rev. Canon V.J., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1955), 7 Oct 1954, 6-15   Some details of the speaker's job, offering a picture of the commitments of the British Army within the Empire and within the Commonwealth of Nations. Conceiving of Russia as a …
    Empire Club of Canada
  • Obituary for Hulda Catherine Allen - June 1954
    Obituary for Hulda Catherine Allen - June 1954
    Text       Obituary for Hulda Catherine Allen born Novermber 6, 1864 and died June 6, 1954, she was the widow of William Frederick Allen.
    Text     Obituary for Hulda Catherine Allen born Novermber 6, 1864 and died June 6, 1954, she was the widow of William Frederick Allen.
    Huron Shores Museum
  • Obituary for Fred Allen - June 3, 1933
    Obituary for Fred Allen - June 3, 1933
    Text       Obituary for Hulda Catherine Allen born Novermber 6, 1864 and died June 6, 1954, she was the widow of William Frederick Allen.
    Text     Obituary for Hulda Catherine Allen born Novermber 6, 1864 and died June 6, 1954, she was the widow of William Frederick Allen.
    Huron Shores Museum
  • Waterloo College frosh orientation programme, 1954
    Waterloo College frosh orientation programme, 1954
    Text       Wilfrid Laurier University is located in Waterloo, Ontario. It began in 1911 as the Evangelical Lutheran Seminary of Canada. In 1924 Waterloo College was established, providing courses in post-secondary education. In 1960 Waterloo College became Waterloo Lutheran University, and in 1973 changed its name to Wilfrid Laurier University.
    Text     Wilfrid Laurier University is located in Waterloo, Ontario. It began in 1911 as the Evangelical Lutheran Seminary of Canada. In 1924 Waterloo College was established, providing courses in post-secondary education. …
    Wilfrid Laurier University Library
  • Waterloo College graduation programme and baccalaureate service invitation, 1954
    Waterloo College graduation programme and baccalaureate service invitation, 1954
    Text       Wilfrid Laurier University is located in Waterloo, Ontario. It began in 1911 as the Evangelical Lutheran Seminary of Canada. In 1924 Waterloo College was established, providing courses in post-secondary education. In 1960 Waterloo College became Waterloo Lutheran University, and in 1973 changed its name to Wilfrid Laurier University.
    Text     Wilfrid Laurier University is located in Waterloo, Ontario. It began in 1911 as the Evangelical Lutheran Seminary of Canada. In 1924 Waterloo College was established, providing courses in post-secondary education. …
    Wilfrid Laurier University Library
  • Invitation to opening and dedication of the Arts and Science Building at Waterloo College, October 1954
    Invitation to opening and dedication of the Arts and Science Building at Waterloo College, October 1954
    Text       Wilfrid Laurier University is located in Waterloo, Ontario. It began in 1911 as the Evangelical Lutheran Seminary of Canada. In 1924 Waterloo College was established, providing courses in post-secondary education. In 1960 Waterloo College became Waterloo Lutheran University, and in 1973 changed its name to Wilfrid Laurier University.
    Text     Wilfrid Laurier University is located in Waterloo, Ontario. It began in 1911 as the Evangelical Lutheran Seminary of Canada. In 1924 Waterloo College was established, providing courses in post-secondary education. …
    Wilfrid Laurier University Library
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