People from Blaby (District) - Charles Avery Dunning, Christopher Hibbert, Terry Spencer, James Ellis, Maurice Tompkin, Rowland Needham, (Paperback)

Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Charles Avery Dunning, Christopher Hibbert, Terry Spencer, James Ellis, Maurice Tompkin, Rowland Needham, . Source: Wikipedia. Free updates online. Not illustrated. Excerpt: Charles Avery Dunning, PC (July 31, 1885 - October 2, 1958) was born in Croft, Leicestershire, England. During his career, he was a successful businessman, a Canadian politician (both federal and provincial), and a university chancellor. Known throughout his life as Charlie, Dunning, a 17-year-old iron worker, followed a friend's advice and travelled to Canada to work as a farm hand. Satisfied that a permanent move to Canada made sense, he convinced the remainder of his family to come to East Central Saskatchewan. Dunning filed for a homestead in the Beaverdale district, west of Yorkton. During his short career as a farmer, Dunning was involved in the local of the Territorial Grain Growers Association, an early proponent of a farmer-owned cooperative grain marketing system. At his first general meeting of the Association, Dunning's enthusiasm was apparent, and he was promptly elected as a director. The following year, he was elected as vice-president of the Association. A co-operative marketing system required physical assets. The Association convinced the Saskatchewan government to assist by incorporating the Saskatchewan Co-operative Elevator Company, and provide it with limited financial backing. Dunning was appointed a provisional director of a Board that had only a few months to raise the necessary capital to build a line of rural grain elevators. At age 25, the youngest man on the Board, Dunning watched as each one of his seniors turned down the critical job of organizing the capital campaign. Dunning took the job and succeeded. The following year, in 1911, he was rewarded for his efforts by being named...http: //booksllc.net/?l=