The Pla-Mors Hockey Club was organized by former junior hockey players who still loved the game and desired to play. The possibility of reviving the old Senior Hockey League was discussed. Sponsors considered it a bad risk. In 1959 the players decided to go ahead and organize, even if it meant costing them money personally the first year. Their purpose was to promote their own calibre of hockey and foster minor hockey. They were instrumental in re-organizing the Saskatchewan Senior League consisting of Moose Jaw, Yorkton, Regina and Saskatoon. The first coach of the Pla-Mors was Roy Belbin, captain George Hunchuk, manager Jim Chadwick and trainer Earl Gray. Executive for 1959-1960 were Jim Chadwick, president; Leo Heisler, vice-president; Ernie Webb, secretary-treasurer and executive members Clarence Waldo, Merv Hulse and Dr. Bill Mullen.

The original Women’s Auxiliary was formed in 1907 when the Duchess of York Chapter of the Imperial Order Daughters of the Empire disbanded and its members became the auxiliary to the Moose Jaw General Hospital, now known as the Women’s Auxiliary to the Moose Jaw Union Hospital. The Auxiliary is a member of the Provincial Hospital Association. The main objective of the Women’s Auxiliary is to improve and upkeep the hospital facilities and its staff. Funds are raised mainly through membership drives, teas, bake sales, bridge parties, fashion shows and displays

On Wednesday, March 14, 1956 representatives from interested organizations in Moose Jaw and district held a meeting in the Chamber of Commerce offices for the purpose of considering setting up a local safety council. Previous to this, the council of the Chamber of Commerce discussed and felt there was a need for a coordinating body to promote safety in Moose Jaw.

The convener of the meeting was Stanley A. Ward of the Chamber of Commerce. After discussion it was the consensus of opinion to establish a safety council in Moose Jaw. The Chamber of Commerce offered to supply secretarial services and the use of their offices.

A motion was moved by James E. Adams and seconded by Charles H. North that Moose Jaw Safety Council be organized. The motion was carried. James E. Adams moved and H. Waldman seconded that a steering committee be named to prepare a program of work, recommend the size of executive needed, to prepare a slate of nominations for the executive and to draft the general frame work of the council. The motion was carried. The steering committee consisted of Stan A. Ward, E.H. Stinson, P.J. Stewart, Charles H. North, H.R. Murray, F. Wells, Mrs. Julian S. Marquis, Miss Margaret MacDonald, D. Chapman and L.E. McWilliams.

The first general meeting of the Moose Jaw Safety Council was held on April 11, 1956. In June 1956 Stan Ward was elected chairman and George Friesen was elected recording secretary. The executive elected for 1957 were Stan Ward, chairman, F.J. Stewart, vice-chairman, and Paul Morris and J. Sureau, secretary (they were in Moose Jaw on alternate weeks).
The Moose Jaw Safety Council discussed matters pertaining to all types of home, community, and traffic safety. Recommendations aimed at promoting safer conditions were submitted to provincial or civic authorities. Support of the Safety Council was sought from persons and delegations concerned about unsafe conditions in their areas.

The Moose Jaw Safety Council provided assistance and publicity to nation-wide and local safety campaigns. They submitted press releases to the media during high peak accident times. They provided talks and lectures to local organizations, and distributed literature covering home, traffic, industrial, and holiday safety. Soon after their formation, a representative from the Moose Jaw Safety Council was requested to serve on the City Traffic Advisory Board.

The Saskatchewan Safety Council awarded Charter No. 2 to the Moose Jaw Safety Council on April 14, 1967.

The Women’s Division of the Moose Jaw Safety Council was established in 1961. They were granted a charter by the Saskatchewan Safety Council in 1967. (See MJ-94 Women’s Safety Council Moose Jaw fonds).

In 1977 only two members remained on the Moose Jaw Safety Council, Mrs. Chris Kjarsgaard, treasurer, and Charles V. Stokins, president. On Feb. 22, 1977 they requested that the Moose Jaw Safety Council bank account be closed.

Whimster’s Hardware was established in Moose Jaw in 1923 on 61 River St. W. by Murdo F. Whimster. Before coming to Moose Jaw, Mr. Whimster went into the hardware business in 1902 in Portage la Prairie, Manitoba. In 1906 he moved to Calgary. In 1916 he established a hardware business in High River, Alberta. After two years on River Street, in 1925 Mr. Whimster relocated his hardware store to 23 Main St. N. In 1937 he turned the business over to his son Donald J. Whimster and moved to California. In 1944 Donald J. sold the business to long time employee Austin T. Ellis, and Les Turner. Both Murdo and Donald finally settled in Lethbridge, Alberta.

The Moose Jaw Milk Producers Association was formed in 1924. Membership consisted of all farmers and dairy-men shipping milk to the creameries in Moose Jaw. The object was to promote better relations between the dairy-men and the creamery. Among those involved in the formation of the association were Benjamin Hopkins Thomson, R.H. Jones and Fred H. Jones.

The Association was financed by the creamery deducting one and one-half cents per one hundred weight of milk from each dairyman’s monthly cheque.

The Association promoted the Moose Jaw Herd Improvement Association and the Moose Jaw Boys and Girls Calf Club. They were also instrumental in promoting cow testing in order to improve the butter fat production in the herd.

In 1968 a new Moose Jaw Milk Producers Association was formed with new by-laws. President was George Fagan and secretary-treasurer was E.R. Champion.
Over the years, producers costs kept rising, but their returns kept falling, as profits were going to labour and distributors.

In 1972 Moose Jaw area milk producers decreased to 21 from 78 in 1960. The Moose Jaw Milk Producers Association disbanded in 1986. A bank account was open until 1992.

Beatrice “Bea” Lett was born January 13, 1923 to Truman and Clara Lett. The family moved from a farm near Strongfield, Saskatchewan to Moose Jaw in 1929. She worked as a secretary and a library stenographer at A. E. Peacock Technical School from 1942-1977 and then at the Public School Board Education Centre. Ms. Lett served the Moose Jaw school board for over 44 years. She currently lives in Moose Jaw.

Gerald “Gerry” F. Carline was born in 1942. He joined the armed forces in 1959 and served with the Saskatchewan Dragoons until 1970. Carline then transferred to the Saskatchewan militia district headquarters as the officer in charge of the training company. In 1974, he joined the 10th Field Regiment as deputy-commanding officer and was later appointed to artillery officer and then Lieutenant Colonel. Carline is presently the Honorary Lieutenant Colonel of the Saskatchewan Dragoons. He is also an author, having written Duncan’s War, the story of Duncan Munro and the 44th Battalion Canadian Expeditionary Force.

Armon Wellington Irwin was born in 1868 in London, Ontario. In 1892, he married Margaret Jane Armstrong of Wiarton, Ontario. They came to Moose Jaw on March 5, 1904 as an agent for Sun Life, however, soon after his arrival he established his own insurance and real estate business. In 1912, when the Walter Scott Block opened, Irwin was the first occupant of the business section of the block. He operated his insurance and real estate business until April 15, 1943, when he sold it to I. C. Sutton. Irwin was an active member of the Moose Jaw community. He was a member of the Moose Jaw School Board and of the Saskatchewan Conference of the United Church.
In 1911, he built a large home at 29 Stadacona St. West (known as 155 Stadacona St. West after 1914) and lived there until around 1950. Armon and Margaret had four children: Marguerite, Annie, Armon F., and Frank. C. Margaret died in 1951. Irwin then married Emma Lydiard of Moose Jaw. He died October 19, 1958 in Victoria.

Ken Bradley played varsity basketball and football for the University of Saskatchewan. He then became a physical education teacher and coach in Moose Jaw. After teaching for almost fifteen years, Bradley accepted the position of physical education consultant at the Moose Jaw Public School Board. He retired in June 1997 after a thirty year career in education. Since retiring, Bradley has had some success in seniors’ golf competitions. In 2008, he competed in the Royal Canadian Golf Association’s Senior Men’s Amateur nation competition as part of the four-man Saskatchewan team. In 2012, Bradley published a book entitled Out of bounds: a century of golf in Moose Jaw about the history of golf in Moose Jaw.

St. Paul’s Presbyterian Church was built in the summer of 1907 in Tuxford, Saskatchewan. The church cost $2 630 to build and Geo. Logan was the head carpenter. Reverend McGregor was the first pastor and there were approximately 20 families in the congregation. In 1925, the Methodist, Presbyterian and Congregational churches formed the United Church of Canada. St. Paul’s became a United Church as a result of this merger. St. Paul’s Church was rededicated on May 6, 1962. In 1971, the Tuxford Pastoral Charge was dissolved and St. Paul’s Church joined the Minto United Church in Moose Jaw to create the Minto Pastoral Charge.

On April 15, 1974 owners and interested parties of property in the Buffalo Pound Lake North shore developments met at the Moose Jaw Co-Op Auditorium. The meeting was called to order by John Finn. Fred Pepper acted as secretary. Charlie North, of the South shore development of Buffalo Pound Lake (Sun Valley) was invited to speak on how the South side formed a hamlet.

It was discussed that an organization was needed to protect the interests of the owners/tenants of the 110 cottages on the North shore. Tax assessment was considered too high in relation to the services received. It was agreed that an association be formed first, and then go to the Government to investigate other forms of organization, such as a hamlet.

A motion was passed that an executive be elected consisting of a chairman, secretary-treasurer, and three members from different sections of the shore. Elected were John Finn, chairman; Fred Pepper, secretary-treasurer; and committee members Vic Myles, Jim Luther and Henry Gebkenjans.

In the first year 103 cottage owners joined the Association. Issues of concern were garbage disposal, road improvements, constructing a boat ramp, moving the Sasktel pay phone from the highway to midway along the road, taxes, obtaining titles to properties, and improvement of administrative problems. In January 1975 a proposed constitution was presented . It was adopted on May 14, 1975.

In 1978 the North Shore had named 5 subdivisions: Ash, Elm, Maple, Oak, and Pine.

In 1979, the Association petitioned to become a hamlet, but it never materialized. It took many years of legal surveying to be completed. In 1988, a petition was submitted to the Minister of Urban Affairs to have the resort area of North Shore on Buffalo Pound Lake (in the Rural Municipality of Dufferin, No. 190) incorporated as the Resort Village of North Grove.

On Wednesday, May 31, 1989 the North Shore Cottagers Association held their last annual meeting. The North Shore area was now the Resort Village of North Grove. A motion passed that was made by Howard Hilts, seconded by John Finn that the North Shore Cottagers Association be dissolved and when their affairs are settled and all debts are paid, any surplus funds are to be transferred to the Resort Village of North Grove.

In 1908 the Government of Saskatchewan enacted the Child Welfare Act. It provided for the establishment of children’s aid societies and required cities with populations of over 10,000 to provide and maintain temporary homes or shelters for orphans, underprivileged, retarded and delinquent children.

The Children’s Aid Society of Moose Jaw was organized in December 1911, due largely to the efforts of Arthur Hitchcock. The first officers were president, Arthur Hitchcock; vice-president, J. W. Sifton; treasurer J.E. Chisholm; secretary, Mrs. E.H. Cuddy. The first honorary solicitor was H.D. Pickett and the first honorary physician was Dr. A. R. Turnbull. The first directors of the Society were Mrs. Sims, Mrs. H.C.Pope, Mrs. Wellington White, Mrs. Radcliffe, Mrs. W. H. Spotten, Mrs. E.N. Hopkins, Mrs. G.H. Maybee, Mrs. Navin, Mr. J.A. Hallan, Mrs. Tobin (later Mrs. J.F. Sheehan), Mrs. Clara Hansberger, Mrs. Nicholson, and Dr. J.M. Hourigan. The first matron of the shelter was Miss Richardson, replaced in little over a year by Miss Rose L Laughton.

The first annual meeting of the Society was held on January 9, 1912.

The work of the society was three-fold: 1) to care for neglected and dependent children. 2) to deal with and help juvenile delinquents. 3) to give temporary assistance to children.

The first shelter was the old nurses residence on the corner of Thirteenth Avenue and Fairford Street East. In 1918 a new shelter was built with money from the City of Moose Jaw, the Government of Saskatchewan and private donations. It operated until 1946 when it was no longer needed. It was returned to the city who sold it to the Moose Jaw General Hospital. Currently it is the Ina Grafton Gage Home for senior women at 200 Iroquois Street East.

In 1946 the Child Welfare Act was amended and the children became wards of the provincial government. Children were placed in foster homes. The work of the Society was lessened but continued to function in other capacities. The society sponsored a probation officer who gave counseling to delinquent children. His duties were eventually taken over by the police department. In 1950, the Children’s Aid Society assisted in the financing of the Housekeeper’s Service of the Family Service Bureau. It helped the bureau to find homemakers to take care of children and homes of mothers who were ill. It also gave legal advice to unmarried mothers.

The Society was approached by parents to establish a school for retarded children. In 1956 they opened a classroom in the basement of Ross Public School. In 1959 it was expanded to a second room and by 1961 they had three classrooms. They named it the John Chisholm School.

By this time the Society saw the need for a separate school for retarded children, but under its charter was unable to raise funds for this purpose, so the Society of the Education of Mentally Retarded of Moose Jaw and District was formed. In September 1964 the Public School Board took over the John Chisholm School that was housed at Ross School. In September 1965 the new John Chisholm School located at 1250 Eleventh Avenue N.W. was opened.

The Children’s Aid Society disbanded in 1965. All their funds and bonds were transferred to the Public School Board for the construction of the new John Chisholm School.

The last president of the Children’s Aid Society was William Whitell and the secretary was Mrs. J.H. Knox.

Mrs. Armstrong Junior Studio Club was a group of piano students of Mrs. Charles E. (Minnie F.) Armstrong. Members were under 15 years of age. There was also a club formed for the piano students that were over 15 years old, called Mrs. Armstrong Senior Studio Club. These clubs were formed on January 25, 1924 at the home of Mrs. Armstrong, 152 Athabasca St. E.

The first officers elected by ballot for the Junior Club were Helen Ogilvy, president; Gertrude McIntosh, vice-president; Helen MacBean, secretary; Patricia Criushanks, treasurer; and social committee Nancy Horns, Mary Leask, Charlotte Hannah, Archie Hill and Maurice Schull. Each member paid fifty cents for a six month membership to cover cost of refreshments. Meetings were held once a month (no meetings in the summer months) at Mrs. Armstrong’s home, followed by a recital and then refreshments were served. Every second month parents and friends were invited to attend. The last written account of this club was in 1931.

Mrs. Minnie F. (nee Ruttan) Armstrong, formerly of Winnipeg, MB was married to crown prosecutor Charles Ernst Armstrong. He unexpectedly died from pneumonia on Christmas day in 1916. They had six children. There is no record of Mrs. Armstrong in Moose Jaw after 1938. It is believed she married an Alex Barrie who passed away in 1956. Minnie passed away in North Battleford in 1957. They are all buried in Moose Jaw.