Richard “Dick” Neil Lillico was born May 3, 1921 in Moose Jaw and attended school at Alexandra Public School and Central Collegiate. In 1941, he accepted a position at the Moose Jaw Times Herald. In 1944, he accepted a job at CHAB radio station where he worked in various positions, such as announcer, operator, salesman and writer for sports desk, Confucius Say, and Army and Navy programs. In 1945, Lillico married Florence Webber of Moose Jaw and had one daughter, Michel. After Lillico ran and lost as the liberal candidate for the Moose Jaw-Lake Centre district in 1957, the family moved to England where he worked as a freelance newscaster for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and the British Broadcasting Corporation. They returned to Moose Jaw in 1960. Lillico then worked as an advertising manager for newspapers in the Moose Jaw area. In 1962, he attempted to seek nomination at the Liberal nominating convention, but did not succeed.

William George Wood was born in Hounslow, England in 1895 and immigrated to Canada with his family in 1912. His family tried to book passage on the Titanic; however, they were unable to reserve tickets and left on another ship the following day. The family settled in Moose Jaw and Wood began work at the CPR. In 1918, he joined the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen. Wood retired from the CPR in 1958. He was married to Maye (Atkinson) Wood and they had four children: Joyce, Lynn, Dennis, and Garth. He died April 26, 1985.

The Prairie Pens Writers was established on February 10, 1991. The creation of the group was accomplished due to Gertrude Story (in 1991 she was Moose Jaw’s writer-in-residence) and a grant from the New Horizon’s program. One of the first actions of the group was to petition city hall to declare Robert Currie and Gary Hyland Honorary Poets Laureate. Members participated in their first public readings at the SIAST’s Macoun Lounge in June 1991. This event, called Readouts, is now an annual event held at the library.
Membership is open to anyone; however, due to weekday meeting times, the majority of members are seniors. Meetings are held on the second Monday of each month, excluding July and August.

The St. David’s Society was a Welsh organization established by Welsh citizens of Moose Jaw on October 25, 1913. Their first meeting was held on January 8, 1914. At this meeting the following officers were elected: President – E. Goodman Jones, Vice-President – Lloyd Roberts, Treasurer – W. R. Jones, and Secretary – J. E Thomas. The club’s meetings were held at the Moose Jaw Public Library.

Farrah Banilevic was a student at A. E. Peacock School in 1993.

The Church of Our Lady was established in 1938 at 455 Duffield West. It served the parish for 27 years before the congregation outgrew the building. In 1965, a new church was constructed to accommodate a larger parish. The new facility seats 500 and is located at 566 Vaughan St. Moose Jaw.

Richard Dowson was born in Toronto, Ontario. His early schooling took place in Willowdale and Toronto. Although he enjoyed learning, he did not enjoy school and he dropped out at age 15. Dowson travelled west and spent some time working on a 7L7 Ranch before obtaining his high school diploma in Drumheller, Alberta. He moved around western Canada, specifically British Columbia and Alberta, before receiving his Bachelor of Education in History, Economics and Drama and his Master of Education in School Administration from the University of Alberta. Dowson taught for eight years and was a Principal for 20 years in Alberta. During his career in education, he established many innovative programs, such as the statistical analysis of student data, the creation of test questions banks, and the design of an electronic report card. He also acted as a provincial exam marker.

Dowson is involved in many research projects. He has published a number of articles, including an article entitled “Dyslexia—The Least Known, Most Common Learning Disability” in 2004.

He has won two awards for his extensive work in the community. He won the Hilroy Fellowship for developing a community history for rural St. Paul County and the Saddle Lake and Goodfish Lake Indian Reserves. In 1999, Dowson received the Governor General’s Caring Canadian Award by Governor Adrienne Clarkson.

In 2000, Dowson retired as an educator and moved to Edmonton. There he was involved with mountain hiking. In 2006, he moved to Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan and he began renovations on an older home. He is married with two daughters and five grandsons. He currently lives in Moose Jaw.

The first school site was on NW 26-17-28, North West Territories on land owned by James Campbell. There are no available records that document what year the school was built or when it opened. A debenture for $450.00 was obtained from the Imperial Bank of Canada, Winnipeg on November 13, 1893. It was signed by Joseph Getty, chairman, and Isaac Griffith, trustee. A receipt for the eighth and final payment was dated November 18, 1901. Early records show that James Campbell was the first secretary. The early teachers were Cidna Simpson, April-November 1898; H.W. McDonald, April-November 1899; A.W. Lindsay, March-December 1900; L.A. Banks, February-December 1901.

Family names of students attending were: Griffith, Armstrong, Wilson, Hans, Campbell, Banks, McKeown, Dalrymple, Getty, Hurlburt, Lyons, Battel, Forsythe, Perkins and Gilmour.
In 1913 the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway went through the district and the hamlet of Archydal was established. The site of the new school was chosen to be here. It was built in 1914 on NE 35-17-28. It was a one storey, brick veneered building. The chairman was William Battel, the secretary-treasurer was George McKeown. The old school building was sold to James Gilmour. Three sections of land 3-17-27, 6-18-27 and 7-18-27 were taken out of the Moose Jaw Rural Municipality # 161 and added to the Summerside School District. In 1918 the main room of the new school was divided into two rooms. In 1921 a second storey was added to the school. This was used as a high school. The high school closed in December 1939.

In 1946 the Moose Jaw Larger School Unit formed and Summerside was incorporated into the unit. George W. McKeown was sub unit #5 trustee from 1946-1953.

In 1946 a teacherage was moved in. In 1962 a cottage type school was moved in and the two storey school was demolished.

Summerside School closed on June 30, 1964. It was moved to Grayburn to be used as a community hall. The school children were bussed to Moose Jaw. The last teacher was Mrs. Inga (Myklebust) Dalrymple and the last secretary-treasurer was R.E. Hancock.

Stanley Gutheridge was born in England in 1873. Correspondence indicates his siblings were named Hamond, Laura and Mabel. Stanley received his early education at Falmouth British School. In 1894 he obtained a second class in the advanced stage certificate in applied mechanics. In 1899, in London, England, Stanley married Florence Jane (surname unknown). They had three children, Leonard, Hilda and Stanley Herbert “Hub”. The family came to Canada in 1910 to a farm near McLean. In 1912 they settled in Moose Jaw at 913 Caribou St. West.
Stanley was employed by Robin Hood Mills as an operating engineer and machinist. He left that employment in 1915 and it appears he went to Scotland for the remainder of that year, as there are health insurance cards and an unemployment book in his name, issued in Renfrew Scotland. From spring 1916 to July 1918 and again from August 1919 to May 1930 he was employed as an operating engineer at the City of Moose Jaw Power Plant. In 1930 the plant was acquired by the National Light & Power Company Ltd. In May 1932, due to the Depression, many employees, including Stanley were laid off.
From February 1933 to November 1933 he was temporarily employed at the Saskatchewan Co-Operative Creamery in Moose Jaw. In December 1933 he wrote exams and successfully obtained a Refrigerating Engineer’s Certificate. In the 1940's he was employed again at the Saskatchewan Co-Operative Creamery.
Stanley passed away on September 26, 1949. Florence passed away on Jan 6, 1955. They are both buried in Moose Jaw.

King Edward School opened in 1906 with two classrooms, however, the number of students in the area continued to grow and by 1912 the school had eight classrooms. Construction began again at the school in 1958, when an annex was built beside the original building. In 1978, a gymnasium was connected to the annex. In 1980, the original school building was demolished, however, the main entrance archway of the school was relocated to Crescent Park. King Edward School closed in 1999 due to declining enrollment.

Bill Heselton was born and raised in Moose Jaw. He worked for thirty years as a teacher and school administrator in Moose Jaw. Ann was born in The Hague, Holland and in 1952 her family moved to Moose Jaw. She managed a desktop publishing business. The Heseltons share a passion for history, and particularly collecting railway memorabilia. This led to the publication of a historical account of the electric railway in Moose Jaw, entitled “Not to exceed 10 miles per hour”: The story of the Moose Jaw Electric Railway 1910-1932 and Public Transportation in Moose Jaw to 2003. They have also published a book entitled Windows to the past: historical notes: Moose Jaw Brewing & Malting Co. Ltd. & building at 960 Home Street West, 1906 to 2010.

This Moose Jaw Quilt Guild was established as a result of a quilt show in the summer of 1990. In June 1990 seven ladies met to discuss the formation of a guild. They were Bernice Robinson, Marg Shepley, Ruth McIntyre, Hilda Krause, Adeline King, Edna Mowchenko and Marj Nicholle. A registration-coffee night was held on September 6, 1990. During the following months membership grew to 87. The Guild set up a constitution and incorporated under the Saskatchewan Non-Profit Organizations Art. The first executive were president Bernice Robinson, vice-president Ruth McIntyre, secretary Marg Shepley, treasurer Marj Nicolle, program co-ordinator Marg Shepley. The annual membership fee was set at $20.00. The meetings were held on the first and third Thursdays of each month at St. Michael and All Angels Church Hall. Beginner classes were conducted the first eight meetings. On March 21, 1991, the Guild decided on the name “Prairie Hearts”, and the members guild badge was a crazy patch heart.

The Welcome Wagon Newcomers Club was organized on September 1, 1977. Anyone who had been a member of Welcome Wagon Newcomers Club for two years and wanted to continue the socialization was eligible to join. The first executive were Muriel Wood, president; Bernie Krueger, vice-president; Jean Button, secretary; Gerry Bowler, treasurer. The objective of the Club was to promote sociability among members, allowing them to take an active interest in the civic, social and moral welfare of the community. Once a month they organized a bingo and lunch for the residents of Extendicare. Whist and bridge parties were held during the year and proceeds donated to worthy projects in Moose Jaw. In 1984 the “Welcome Wagon” was dropped from the name and the membership was opened to anyone wishing to join. In 1996 discussions were held regarding the Club’s future. There are no minutes of meetings after September 19, 1996.

The Eastview District is east of Moose Jaw and west of the villages of Belle Plaine and Stoney Beach. In 1936 the Eastview Methodist Church was closed, church activities ceased and the women’s auxiliary disbanded. There were ten women who realized there was a need in the district to still have a social outlet. Plans were made to form a Homemaker’s Club, part of a provincial organization known as the Saskatchewan Homemakers’ Clubs, which were formed in 1911 by the University of Saskatchewan’s Extension Services. Mrs. B.J. Thomson of Pense assisted with forming the Eastview Homemakers’ Club on October 20, 1936. The motto was “for home and country”.

The first president of the Club was Mrs. B.M. Johnson. By 1937 the Club had twenty-eight members. The Homemakers’ Clubs were non-partisan and non-sectarian, welcoming women of all faiths and racial backgrounds.

During the Depression, the Eastview Homemakers’ Club did deeds of goodwill for those less fortunate, during the War years they were actively involved in the war effort. After the War the Club focused on agriculture, arts and literature, education, health, home economics, citizenship and legislation, and international relations. They hosted many guest speakers on these and other interesting and informative topics. They have continued working for a better rural life and have expanded their social efforts into community service.

One of the largest projects of the Eastview Homemakers’ Club was when it joined with the Moose Jaw Agricultural Society and many other rural women’s clubs in 1967 to sponsor a portion of the “Old Time Display” prepared for the Centennial Heritage Day project.

In 1971 the name “Homemakers Clubs of Saskatchewan” changed to “Saskatchewan Women’s Institutes” to conform with usage in the national organization. The Eastview Homemaker’s Club was not the Eastview Women’s Institute. The Eastview Homemakers’ Club changed its name to the “Eastview Women’s Institute”. With women being much more mobile and well educated it was felt that the Club was no longer needed. It disbanded in January 1993.

The remaining members decided to form a social club to keep in contact with each other and to serve the community when needed. This new club was named “The Eastview Social Club”.

The Eastview Social Club held between one and four meetings per year until November 2004. At a meeting in April 2008, the Eastview Social Club decided to disband the due to low membership.

Keeler was originally called Rutland. When the railroad was built in 1908 and the store and post office moved from four miles north (Keelerville), the village was named Keeler, in honour of Joseph Keeler Sr
The Village of Keeler was incorporated in 1910. The first regular
meeting of the Village Council was held on July 29, 1910 in the Phillips Bros. Hall. The first Overseer was W.R. Fowle. Councillors were H. McBride and C.B. Arneson. A.W. Fumerton was appointed secretary-treasurer.