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The Edmonton Big Sisters Society was created in October 1971. Its purpose is to develop one-to-one relationships between girls aged 8 to18 from troubled homes and adult female volunteers providing social support and mentoring.
The organization is now under the umbrella of Big Brothers Big Sisters (BBBS) of Canada and is known as BBBS of Edmonton with an office located at 10135 – 89 St., Edmonton.

Gladys Walker (nee Graves) was born in New Brunswick on March 16, 1895 to Wallace Graves and Minne Webster.
In 1921 Gladys was living in Edmonton, Alberta and working as a stenographer. In 1923 she was working as an executive secretary for Hon. R.G. Reid, Minister of Municipal Affairs for Alberta. During her time with the provincial government, Gladys traveled to Europe and inspected the restoration of battlefields in France and Belgium. During her three month trip she also spent time in England and Ireland.
In 1926, at the age of 31, Gladys was living in her own apartment and was well known in Edmonton as an accomplished equestrienne. During this time Gladys took part in local horse shows, hunts, played golf, and drove cars.
Gladys became the first woman in the Edmonton and Northern Alberta Aero Club in November of 1927. The Club was created by Wop May and had a number of students in their ground school, one of them was Gladys. Gladys aimed to become the second woman in Canada to gain her pilot's license. In June 1928, she passed her ground school test.
Gladys married George A. Walker in September 1928. George was a lawyer for the Canadian Pacific Railway in Calgary.
In September of 1929 at the age of 34 Gladys passed her flying test, making her the seventh female pilot in Canada. The following year Gladys and George had a daughter, June.
Gladys passed away in 1982 at the age of 87.

Audrey Bourget was married to Bernard Bourget (1939-2012) who worked as a truck driver. The couple lived in Edmonton and upon Bernard’s retirement moved to Victoria, B.C.

Robert J. Raymond worked as a superintendent in Edmonton in the 1960’s and was married to Roberta M. Raymond. He was retired at the time of donation.

Morrish Studio in Neepawa, Manitoba was founded by photographer Albert E. Morrish (1880-1968), in the 1930s. Morrish was an experienced photographer who called several Canadian and American cities home over the course of his lifetime. It is not known who took over the studio after Morrish's death in 1968. The studio existed into the 1970s.

The Alberta Aviation Council was founded in 1962 to promote the development of aviation in the province.

Bryce Van Dusen was born 5 February 1915 to Miner and Mary Frances Van Dusen. In 1903, the Van Dusens had moved from Ontario to homestead in Saskatchewan where they raised a large family of ten children (six boys and four girls) on a farm near Griffin.

Bryce moved to Calgary in 1932, then to Edmonton in 1933 to work with his brother Wes, who had worked for Conklin Shows. They formed the Van Dusen Bros and placed slot and pinball machines in Central and Northern Alberta and Saskatchewan. In 1937 the business expanded to include equipping Edmonton businesses with jukeboxes. Bryce and Wes operated several companies over the years, including Sun Specialty and Acme Novelty (ANC), working out of the Dreamland Theatre. In 1968, they sold Acme Novelty to Neonex, but continued to run casinos for the Calgary Stampede and Edmonton's Klondike Days from 1967 to 1977.

Bryce married Florrie Eccleston in 1940 and they had four children. After retiring to an acreage, Bryce and Florrie raised horses and collected antiques. Bryce Van Dusen died in 2011.

The Citizens Cenotaph Committee was created in 1935 to complete the project to erect a cenotaph to honour the war dead of World War I that had been initiated by an earlier committee ca. 1929. It raised funds by public subscription and the cenotaph was unveiled by Lord Tweedsmuir, Governor-General of Canada, at a ceremony on Aug. 13, 1936. It was re-dedicated by Viscount Alexander of Tunis, Governor-General of Canada, on Aug. 26, 1946, to honour the war dead of World War II.

John Paterson was born in Fallside, Scotland in 1887 to William Paterson. He obtained his education in Coatbridge and Dumfriesshire, Scotland. While living in Scotland John worked for John Brown and Company, the builders of Queen Mary, and for Symington's.
In 1911, John immigrated to Canada and settled in Edmonton. John lived on 97 Street, now known as Spruce Avenue, and in 1912 became an employee of the City of Edmonton. John also served in the First World War in the 49th and 202nd battalions as a sergeant machine-gunner. During his service he married Jeannie on December 20, 1916. John was wounded at Passchendaele in 1917.
John retired from the City of Edmonton as the Superintendent of the Land Department in 1952 after 40 years of service. John was also a member of the Strathcona Masonic Lodge No. 77 A.F. & A.M. in Edmonton, a past master at his home lodge, and a District Deputy of The Grand Lodge of Alberta.
Following his retirement John and his wife relocated to Victoria, British Columbia. Together they had two children, a daughter, Joan Christian Alloway and a son, William Quinton. Jeannie passed away in 1968 and John passed away on October 5, 1972 at the age of 85.

Robert Gary (Gary) Stretch was born in 1938 to Florence M. Rees and Jewel R. Stretch. Gary served with the Edmonton Police for many years. At the time of donation, Gary was a Labour Standards Officer.
He married Helen Menduk, a teacher, in the mid-1960s and they had three children. Gary and Helen divorced in the mid-1970s
Gary Stretch died in 1998 and is buried in the Forest Home Cemetery in Ponoka.