Summary information
| Repository: | South Peace Regional Archives |
| Title: | Woking Willing Workers fonds |
| Reference code: | 0028 |
| Date: | 1961-1999 (date of creation) |
| Physical description: | 23.5 cm of textual records
4 photographs 5 blueprints |
| Language: | English |
| Dates of creation, revision and deletion: | Added to new database Feb. 2022 – SF |
Administrative history / Biographical sketch
The Woking Willing Workers club was organized at a meeting November 23, 1956 at the home of Mrs. Erna Zahn, partly as a result of the disbanding of the Legion Auxiliary. There were 26 members with Harriet Herrick, president and Ursula Delfs, secretary-treasurer. Mabel Tracy gave the club their name. The club has involved itself with addressing many needs of the community. As well as taking full responsibility for the operation of the hall and eventually constructing a new hall in 1983, they also facilitated the formation of the Woking and District Board of Trade which accomplished getting water and sewer installed into the hamlet. In the early 1990s, they planned and sponsored the building of a community playground. They have always been involved in supporting charitable groups such as the Red Cross. Woking School and Central Peace Hospital. Income to support the club has come from grants, hall rentals and catering to community and private functions. One of their annual fundraisers has been a harvest supper. The WWW are still a fully functional group, ready to celebrate their 50th anniversary soon.
Custodial history
The records of the Woking Willing Workers were donated to the South Peace Regional Archives by Marjorie Ferguson in 2004 and 2005
Scope and content
The fonds consists of legal documents from 1975-1999, club minutes from 1961-1998, financial records from 1976-1997 (financial records from 1961-1976 are included with minutes), and correspondence from 1974-1997. It also includes documents related to fundraising for and the building and maintenance of the community hall from 1978-1999, the building of a playground, hall activities from 1976-1997, and records from the Woking and District Board of Trade.
Notes
Title notes
- Source of title proper: Title based on contents of the fonds.
Restrictions on access
There are no access restrictions.
Table of contents: Series
0028.01, Legal Documents, 1972-1999
0028.03, Financial Records, 1961-1999
0028.04, Correspondence, 1974-1997
0028.05, Community Hall, 1978-1999
0028.06, Playground Project, 1982-1992
0028.07, Hall Activities, 1976-1997
0028.08, Woking & District Board of Trade, 1963-1980
Series descriptions
| Series 0028.01: Legal Documents
Date: 1972-1999 (date of creation) Scope and content: The series consists of Incorporation Annual Returns, yearly licences permitting the hall to occupy public land, certificates of title, agreement with the I.D., offers to purchase and requests to subdivide lots, development permits, agreement to sell earth and a Public Health Inspector report on the hall as a food establishment.It also contains a license to operate the hall (1972), a fire inspection report and a copy of The Societies Act (1955). Also included is a blueprint of planned subdivisions of one end of WWW property. Physical description: 3 cm of textual records 1 blueprint |
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| Reference code | Title | Dates | Physical description |
| 0028.01.01 | Item – Woking, Alberta
Beairsto Stewart Weir Engineering Ltd. File W.796 S135 |
1980 | 1 blueprint (24 x 36 in.) |
| Scope and content:
Plan showing survey of subdivision of part of C. of T. 762055349 in the N.W. 1/4 Sec. 18, Township 76, Range 5, West of the 6th Meridian. Plan made for the Peace River Regional Planning Commission. |
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| Series 0028.02: Minutes
Date: 1961-1999 (date of creation) Scope and content: The series consists of minutes including some financial records from 1961-1999. Physical description: 6 cm of textual records |
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| Series 0028.03: Financial Records
Date: 1961-1999 (date of creation) Scope and content: The series consists of financial statements and some general ledger accounts from 1976-1996, municipal and school taxation records from 1980-1994, insurance records from 1983-1995, lottery licenses from 1975-1997. Physical description: 4 cm of textual records Note: There are also financial records in the minute books from 1961-1976. |
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| Series 0028.04: Correspondence
Date: 1974-1997 (date of creation) Scope and content: The series consists of correspondence concerning property ownership, hall use, fundraising, projects undertaken and charitable donations. Physical description: 2 cm of textual records |
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| Series 0028.05: Community Hall
Date: 1978-1999 (date of creation) Scope and content: The series consists of documents related to the hall construction and operation: project description, budgets and statement of accounts; applications for assistance, and records of receiving funds, estimates and major invoices. Also included is a blueprint of the floorplan and front view of the hall with proposed addition and 4 photographs of the hall kitchen and workers Physical description: 3.5 cm of textual records 4 photographs 1 blueprint |
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| Reference code | Title | Dates | Physical description |
| 0028.05.01 | Item – Woking Community Hall Epec Western Consulting Ltd. | [ca. 1983] | 1 blueprint |
| Scope and content:
Diazo plan for proposed renovation to the Woking Community Hall. |
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| Series 0028.06: Playground Project
Date: 1982-1992 (date of creation) Scope and content: The series consists of playground design proposal, requests for financial assistance and project budgets, notification of receipt of funds, financial statements, and information on equipment choices. Also included is one blueprint. Physical description: 2 cm of textual records 1 blueprint |
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| Reference code | Title | Dates | Physical description |
| 0028.06.01 | Item – Woking Willing Workers Playground Childspace Manufacturing Ltd. | 1991 | 1 Diazo print |
| Scope and content:
Diazo plan for the Woking Willing Workers Playground. |
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| Series 0028.07: Hall Activities
Date: 1976-1997 (date of creation) Scope and content: The series consists of a summary of club/hall activities, a brief and school board minutes from a meeting concerning a proposed reduction of teaching staff in the school, records of money received for Alberta 75 anniversary celebrations, registrations, letters, program of events, news articles, and financial statement from WWW 25th anniversary event, news articles from the 40th anniversary, and a Heritage Day, 1981, report. Physical description: 1 cm of textual records |
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| Series 0028.08: Woking & District Board of Trade
Date: 1963-1980 (date of creation) Scope and content: The series consists of records of a project to provide water and sewer service to the hamlet of Woking. Included is a minute book (1975-1978) including memberships and some financial information, correspondence with the Alberta Municipal Waterworks Assistance Program, the Department of the Environment and the engineering firm; plan details including cost estimates and 2 blueprints, copies of petition forms and lists of residents by lot number, a newspaper article showing the trench work underway, and correspondence inviting dignitaries to the official ribbon cutting in July, 1980. Physical description: 2 cm of textual records 2 blueprints |
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| Reference code | Title | Dates | Physical description |
| 0028.08.01-02 | Item – Hamlet of Woking Coulthard & Associates Engineering Ltd. | ca. 1980 | 2 blueprints (18 x 24 in.) |
| Scope and content:
Blueprint showing the proposed sewer system for the Hamlet of Woking ca. 1980. The blueprint was completed at the request of the Woking & District Board of Trade |
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