Eunice, a sister of Charlie’s, taught the Junior
room in Mather for six years in the 1930’s. A sister
Merle, taught school at Sinkerville a few years also in
the 30’s.

Keith. a nephew, helped out at the store for a
couple of years in the 1960’s. He left the store to
become a grain buyer for the Saskatchewan Wheat
Pool and is presently agent at Rocanville, Sas-
katchewan.

Don C. Argue, a brother of Charlie’s. worked in
the store for a year before going to Saskatchewan to
buy grain for the Pool. He returned to Mather in 1935
and was agent of the Ogilvie Flour and Milling Com-
pany until the close of the Second World War when
he returned to Saskatchewan. Later he returned to
Pilot Mound, where he bought grain for the Ogilvie
Co. and where he lived until the time of his sudden
death of a heart attack in 1970.

Don married Margaret Andries of Medicine Hat
in 1936. They had one son, Wayne, who married
Shirley McKay of Pilot Mound in 1959. They have
three sons. Terry, Dale and Jamie. Wayne now makes
his home at Flin Flon where he is employed with
Manitoba Telephones.

Dave Armstrong

Dave Armstrong was born at Clinton, Ontario in
1878. He came to Manitoba with his parents, George
and Jane Armstrong, and his four brothers, Willie,
Joe, Jim, Harvey and two sisters, Gertie (Mrs. Tom
Daniels) and Annie (Mrs. Thomas Cox). They home—
steaded on the farm now owned by Stewart Shaw. In
later years the Armstrong family moved to the farm
known as the Thomas Cox farm in Mylor. Dave
attended the Mylor School and farmed in the Mylor
district. He was married to Ella McCallum in 1916.
They lived there until 1933, and then moved to the
farm known as the Graves farm, which is now owned
by George Dyck in the Mount Prospect District.

Mr. and Mrs. Dave Armstrong, their two daugh-
ters Thelma and Gertie. and granddaughter Marlyne
moved to the Don Richmond farm (now owned by
Edwin Young) in 1939.

Gertie married Sandy Graham of Pilot Mound
and Thelma married Stan Kemp of Mather. Marlyne
married Bob Bramwell of Cartwright.

Mr. and Mrs. Armstrong retired and moved to
Mather in 1948. Dave passed away in fall of 1949.
and Ella stayed on in Mather until she remarried in
1954 to Ray McCallum of Neepawa, and now they
reside in the Yellowhead Manor.

Samuel Arthur Sr. Family
Mr. Samuel Arthur and his wife Susanna came to
Mather, Manitoba, from Ontario in 1900. Their

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daughters Ellen (Nellie) and Gertrude and a grandson
Wesley McGee came with them.

Their daughter Rebecca, (Mrs. Eucre McGee)
was Wesley’s mother. A son Samuel (Sam Jr.) had
settled near Mather earlier.

Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Sr. had sixteen children but
only these three daughters and their son Sam had
survived.

Mr. Arthur bought a blacksmith shop from Herb
Argue and hired Edward Ford to help him. Their
daughter Ellen was organist for Church services held
in the community during some of these early years.
She married Edward Ford and they had one son
Presley Graham. Gertrude married Lorne Caul, they
had a family oftwo sons and three daughters. Sam Jr,
his wife Martha (McGee) and son Harvey lived on
the Wesley Howard farm N.W. Sec., 19—1-13 in 1910.

In 1907 Mr. Arthur left the blacksmith business
and decided to go farming. He rented Donald
McKinnon’s farm N.E. Sec., 18-2-13 now known as
the Don Yake farm. In 1910 he bought a farm from a
Mr. Moore N.W. Sec., 3-3-14.

Mrs. Arthur died in April, 1915 and is buried in
Mather cemetery. That fall Mr. Arthur sold his farm
to Mr. William Lowry and he and his grandson Pre-
sley Ford moved to SE. Sec., 18-3-13. This farm was
known as the Ed Schell or Ewen farm. While living
here Presely attended Rock Lake school.

On July 24, 1916 Mr. Arthur left the Rock Lake
area and moved back to Ontario, his grandson Pre-
sley went with him and they settled near Feronia,
Ontario.

Mr. Arthur died in February 1933, Presley then
moved to his present address near Redbridge, On-
tario. He farmed, worked as a carpenter, millwright,
and licenced hunters guide, operating a licenced
hunting camp for fifteen years. He married Mary
Kelly of Hamilton, Ontario September 6, 1934. They
had three children —~ Blanche (Mrs. J. R. Rowly),
Edward Bryce, deceased, and Robert Arthur.

Three grandsons — Edward, and Barry Rowly,
and Trevor Ford.

Mr. and Mrs. Arthur’s grandson, Wesley, even-
tually went to England. He married in 1912, returned
to Canada and settled near Rosetown, Sask.

* This early history was compiled from memo-
ries of Mr. Arthur Sr. ’3, grandson Presley, and a
former classmate of his grandson Harvey.*

The Avery Family

Joe Avery lived with his parents, Joseph Avery,
one brother and five sisters near Port Perry, Ontario
before coming west with his brother, Bill. They came
to North Dakota, then across to Manitoba, living on
Little Prairie, north of Clearwater. Joe and Bill did