Item was created by the Brandon College class of 1925 as part of their commencement activities. The flag, which is made of wool and canvas, features the class colours of burgundy and grey, as well as the class motto "Ministrare est Vincere" ("To serve is to conquer"). The flag has a pocket for hanging.
Notes
Loose translations for the class mottos were provided by Dr. Rosanne Gasse (Latin) and Dr. Steve Robinson (Greek), as well as from googling the mottos in October 2006. Description by Trinity Nylen/Jessica Old (February 2024) and Christy Henry.
Item was created by the Brandon College class of 1960 as part of their commencement activities. The flag, which is made of velvet and cotton blend, features the class colours of black and gold, as well as the class motto “Temptare, Petire, Invenire Neque Cedere” (“To strive, to seek, to find but not to yield”). The flag features the names of the graduates divided by Arts and Science stitched in yellow thread. In the centre of the flag is a laurel wreath and torch. The flag has ties for hanging.
Names include: Sandra Lowe, Clark Mitchell, Donna McDonald, Richard McDonald, Fred McIntosh, Warren McKinnon, Gary Prior, Alden Slawson, Norville Spence, Donna Wilkins, Charles Alford, Malcolm Alford, Stanley Boguski, Cecil Bund, John Chudzik, Robert Melvin, Regina Armstrong, George DeMare, Edward Gillespie, David Halstead, Barry Heselgrave, John Lockie, Jack Mahoney, Wayne Murton, Terence McFadden, Barry McLennon, James Potter, Thompson Ross, Robert Simmons, Arthur Slifka, Larry Smith, Murray Zuk.
Notes
Loose translations for the class mottos were provided by Dr. Rosanne Gasse (Latin) and Dr. Steve Robinson (Greek), as well as from googling the mottos in October 2006. Description by Dayna Lytwyn/Osten Sahulka (February 2024) and Christy Henry.
First and second editions were published for the country elevator section of the Grain Trade only. The general edition was completely revised in 1939 to serve all sections of the Canadian Grain Trade. The 1939 and 1948 General editions cannot be used with any previous edition of the DRP Grain Code
The New era in world agricultural trade : perspectives for the Prairies and the Great Plains : proceedings of a seminar jointly sponsored by the Department of Agricultural Economics, Universities of Minnesota and Manitoba in Winnipeg on November 13-15, 1979
Landseer Co-operative Elevator Association Limited Organizational papers: 1928 - 1967 Certificate of Incorporation, 28 March 1928 Memorandum of Association, 28 March 1928 Minutes of Provisional Directors meeting, 16 May 1928 First meeting of Permanent Directors, 16 May 1928 By-law nos. 1-7, 16 May 1928 Lease, 1 August 1928 Memorandum of agreement, 12 November 1929 Letter re: lease, 27 November 1929 Shareholders meeting, 25 July 1931 By-law nos. 12 and 13, 25 July 1931 Application for one share of stock, 25 July 1931 Agreement between Landseer CEA and MPE, 1 August 1931 By-law no. 14, 4 Novmeber 1931 By-law nos. 18, 19, 20 and General By-laws, 28 October 1941 By-law no. 22, 8 November 1949 Agreement between Landseer CEA and MPE, 1 August 1951 Agreement between Landseer CEA and MPE, 1 August 1952 Application to Minister of Public Works re: sale of land, 2 August 1956 Agreement for sale between MPE and Landseer CEA, 9 March 1960 Memo re: above sale agreement, 3 August 1961 Directors' Resolution, 18 October 1961 By-law no. 26, 9 March 1967 Minutes of Executive Board meetings, volume 1, 17 July 1928 - volume 6, 26 April 1971 Minutes of Shareholders Annual meetings, 1929 - 1968 (9 reports) Financial records and statistics Statement of surplus, 1945 - 1949 (5 reports) Final statements, 1945 - 1948 (2 reports) Auditors' reports, 1929 - 1964 (11 reports) Analysis of Operating Results, 1959 - 1962 (2 reports) Detail of grain earnings, 1963 - 1964 Surplus allocation, 1945 - 1946 Statement of grain account and handle, 6 August 1930 Correspondence, 1947 - 1971 Membership list, 1948 Miscellaneous Directors' attendance lists, 1948 - 1961 (4 reports) Corporate Name: Rural Municipality of Victoria
Postcard is stained and ripped in the right hand corner. A label is taped to the front of the postcard. The postcard has been issued.
History / Biographical
Harry Spafford (b. 22 Oct 1888, d. 10 May 1978) was born in Holmfield, Manitoba. He married Isabella Hawking of Ninga in 1914 and the couple moved to Brandon in 1915 where they continued to reside until 1973. Harry worked as a locomotive fireman and then as an engineer with the Canadian Northern Railway (CN). While with CN, he was an active member of the Brotherhood of Local Engineers and Firemen No. 788 of Brandon. He served as an alderman in Brandon from 1928 to 1945. In 1932, Harry ran in the Manitoba by-election for Brandon as an Independent Labour candidate and lost to the Conservative member George Dinsdale. In 1952, Harry ran as a Co-Operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) member in the provincial election and lost to Conservative party representative Reg Lissaman. Harry Spafford passed away in Burnaby, BC, and is interred in the Ocean View Cemetery. (Source: see obituary in McG 4.1 File 66)
Alva/Alvery/"Alvie" Reddell/Riddell/Ridall Spafford (b. 15 Mar 1891, d. 23 Aug 1985) was born in Enterprise, Manitoba, in the R.M. of Turtle Mountain. In 1911, he married Francis Ethel Harrison (d. 1979) in Killarney and had three children. Alvie farmed in Bannerman from 1902 to 1936, after which he moved to Boissevain to work as a Rawleigh salesman. In 1942, the family moved to Brandon where Alvie worked as a conductor with the CNR until his retirement. Alva Spafford passed away at the age of 94 at the Brandon General Hospital. His funeral was held in Killarney, Manitoba. (Source: Obituary, Brandon Sun, 23 Aug 1985)
Scope and Content
Postcard is a group photograph of some of the members of the Spafford family standing on the front steps of a residence. The four women and four men are dressed in heavy coats and jackets.
Notes
Writing on the front of the postcard reads: Harry Spafford on left, Alvie Spafford in centre, Alf Spafford on extreme right, about 1910; The back of the postcard is addressed to Mrs. Alva (Francis) Spafford of Bannerman, Manitoba. Alvie Spafford has written at brief note to his wife, Francis. The postmark reads November 23, 1912, Winnipeg, Manitoba. The names Aunt Ida, -- --, Uncle Harry, Alf, and Alva are written in pen at the top of the postcard.
