Fonds 635 Klukas-Norris Family fonds

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Summary information

Repository: South Peace Regional Archives
Title: Klukas-Norris Family fonds
Reference code: 0635
Date: [1880-2010] (date of creation)
Physical description: 1 cm textual records

79 photographs

Dates of creation, revision and deletion: Added to new database July 2023 – TD
Note: This fonds has been identified as having Indigenous related content. Researchers may encounter language that is outdated and offensive. To learn more about Indigenous records at the South Peace Regional Archives please see our guide.

Administrative history / Biographical sketch

Herman Klukas was born in Russia on July 18, 1892, and came to Canada with his family in 1894. His parents homesteaded in Leduc where his mother died in childbirth. His father moved on to the United States, and Herman went up to the Peace Country over the Long Trail in 1908, driving team for Mr. Henry Roper. He found work looking after the horses at A.M. Bezanson’s Stopping Place near the old townsite of Bezanson, and was there when Dorothy Bezanson died after giving birth to her son in 1908.

In May 1912, Herman filed on the SE 1/4 of Township 71 Range 6, just north of the new townsite of Grande Prairie. He abandoned this in 1913 and moved on to the Bad Heart district where, according to the Grande Prairie Herald, he would build a cabin at the mouth of the Bad Heart on the Smoky River and spend the winter trapping in that district. Later he took a job hauling freight from Edmonton. It was while he was working as a teamster that Herman enlisted in World War I, on July 22, 1915. He was with the 66th Battalion of the Loyal Edmonton Regiment but was later transferred to the 49th Battalion. He was wounded at Vimy Ridge in 1916, but returned to the fight and attained the rank of Sergeant. He was discharged in 1919.

After the war, Herman worked for the Egg Lake Ranch near Eaglesham which used the Bad Heart prairie as their summer grazing lease. Taking a great liking to the land at Bad Heart, in 1920 he filed for a homestead on the SW of Section 28, Township 75, West of the 6th Meridian. This homestead was abandoned in 1922 for a position as game warden in Wood Buffalo Park, in the northeastern corner of Alberta. Here he worked with Malcolm Norris, who was harvesting hay for the winter feeding of the buffalo, and met Malcolm’s sister, Catherine Jessie Norris.

Catherine Jessie Norris was Metis, born in Edmonton ca. 1905 to Euphrosine Plante, an Iroquois-Cree Metis from St. Albert and John Norris, who had come to Canada from Scotland as an indentured employee of the Hudson’s Bay Company in 1946. She grew up in St. Albert with siblings Emily, Malcolm, and Thomas. The Norris home on the St. Albert Trail was a gathering place for the community, and they were recognized as being among the elite in early Edmonton”. In 1924, when her brother Malcolm was working in Wood Buffalo National Park, Jessie decided to go up and visit him, taking her own route by canoe.

In Wood Buffalo Park she met Ranger Herman Klukas. They returned to Edmonton where they were married in May 1925. Their first son, Malcolm, was born in 1926. Around 1930 Herman and Jessie moved back to the Bad Heart district. Herman became a blacksmith and mechanic as well as proving up on his homestead where they raised their six children: Malcolm, who never married; Norman, who married Betty Carter; Campbell, who married Anne Jannie; Johanna, who married Ben Palser of Grande Prairie; Barbara, who married Mathew Wozniak of Eaglesham; and Robert, who married Helen Johnson.

As Herman grew older, the old war wounds became more troublesome and he was confined to a wheel chair at Mackenzie Place for the last few years of his life. He died on February 24, 1979, and Jessie in October 1982. They are buried in the Bad Heart cemetery.

Custodial history

Preserved by Malcolm Klukas, the oldest son of Herman and Jessie Klukas, and passed on to Barbara (Klukas) Wozniak after his death. Records were deposited at South Peace Regional Archives by Mathew Wozniak, husband to Barbara, after her death.

Scope and content

The fonds consists of the records of Herman Klukas, his wife Jessie Norris Klukas, and their daughter Barbara Elizabeth Klukas.

Notes

Title notes

  • Source of title proper: Title of fonds based on contents

Access points

  • Textual record (documentary form)
  • Graphic material – photograph (documentary form)
  • Family and personal life* (subject)

Table of contents

0635.01, Herman Klukas, [1917-1980]

0635.02, Catherine Jessie Norris, [1880-1984]

0635.03, Barbara Elizabeth Klukas, 1947-[2010]

Series descriptions

Series 0635.01: Herman Klukas

Date: [1917-1980] (date of creation)

Scope and content:

The series consists of two certificates from World War I for his War Service Badge and his Service Chevron Certificate; a Weapon Permit for a Colt Auto Revolver dated 1922; some general store receipts from the Richards-McNaughton General Store in Sexsmith dated 1921; thirteen photographs of his time in the war and as a ranger in Wood Buffalo National Park; and a Pioneer Award for Herman Klukas, 1908.

Physical description: 0.5 cm textual records

13 photographs

Access points:

•                Textual record (documentary form)

•                Graphic material – photograph (documentary form)

File / item list
Reference code Title Dates Physical description
0635.01.01 Item – Herman Klukas in World War I  1917 1 photograph : b&w ; 4 x 6 in.
Scope and content:

Copy of a photograph of Herman Klukas taken while he was serving in France, in 1917.

0635.01.02 Item – Wood Buffalo Park
O.S. Finnie
 
1925 1 photograph : b&w ; 3 x 5 in.
Scope and content:

Photograph from Herman Klukas’ period as ranger in Wood Buffalo Park. Description on back reads, “On a visit to the Wood Buffalo Park. Klukas, McDougal, Finnie & Claude Watt.” Added note says: “Herman driving.” N.W.T. & Yukon Branch, Department of the Interior, Photo No. 82.

0635.01.03 Item – At the Salt Springs
O.S. Finnie
 
1925 1 photograph : b&w ; 3 x 5 in.
Scope and content:

Photograph from Herman Klukas’ period as ranger in Wood Buffalo Park. Description on back reads, “At Salt Springs near R.C. Mission. Wardens Claude Watts, Herman Klukas & J.A. McDougal–August 1925.”N.W.T. & Yukon Branch, Department of the Interior, Photo No. 87.

0635.01.04 Item – Buffalo Wallow
O.S. Finnie
 
1925 1 photograph : b&w ; 3 x 5 in.
Scope and content:

Photograph from Herman Klukas’ period as ranger in Wood Buffalo Park. Description on back reads: “A favorite spot near Pine Lake where the buffalo wallow & where they have rubbed bark off trees.” N.W.T. & Yukon Branch, Department of the Interior, Photo No. 93.

0635.01.05 Item – Bridge Over Salt River
O.S. Finnie
 
1925 1 photograph : b&w ; 3 x 5 in.
Scope and content:

Photograph from Herman Klukas’ period as ranger in Wood Buffalo Park. Description on back reads: “Bridge over Salt River near R.C. Mission Farm.” N.W.T. & Yukon Branch, Department of the Interior, Photo No. 95.

0635.01.06 Item – Lookout at Graham’s Yard
O.S. Finnie
 
1925 1 photograph : b&w ; 3 x 5 in.
Scope and content:

Photograph from Herman Klukas’ period as ranger in Wood Buffalo Park. Description on back reads: “The lookout at Graham’s Yard over the Salt River near Pine Lake.” N.W.T. & Yukon Branch, Department of the Interior, Photo No. 100.

0635.01.07 Item – Cabin at Pine Lake
O.S. Finnie
 
1925 1 photograph : b&w ; 3 x 5 in.
Scope and content:

Photograph from Herman Klukas’ period as ranger in Wood Buffalo Park. Description on back reads: “The cabin at Pine Lake in course of construction. Mr. McDougal, Warden & Mrs. Klukas.” N.W.T. & Yukon Branch, Department of the Interior, Photo No. 101.

0635.01.08 Item – Patrol Boat on the Peace River
O.S. Finnie
 
1925 1 photograph : b&w ; 3 x 5 in.
Scope and content:

Photograph from Herman Klukas’ period as ranger in Wood Buffalo Park. Description on back reads: “The patrol boat ‘Ranger’ on the Peace River at Peace Point. Wardens Hughie McDermott, George Milne, Herman Klukas, M.J. Dempsey, Claude Watte, D’Arcy Arden & Supt. J.A. McDougal.” N.W.T. & Yukon Branch, Department of the Interior, Photo No. 105.

0635.01.09 Item – Wood Buffalo Park
O.S. Finnie
 
1925 1 photograph : b&w ; 3 x 5 in.
Scope and content:

Photograph from Herman Klukas’ period as ranger in Wood Buffalo Park. Description on back reads: “In the Wood Buffalo Park–O.S. Finnie, Claude Watte & Herman Klukas–August 1925.” N.W.T. & Yukon Branch, Department of the Interior, Photo No. 110.

0635.01.10 Item – Hay Camp for Buffalo
O.S. Finnie
 
1925 1 photograph : b&w ; 3 x 5 in.
Scope and content:

Photograph from Herman Klukas’ period as ranger in Wood Buffalo Park. Description on back reads: “Putting up hay at Hay Camp for buffalo.” N.W.T. & Yukon Branch, Department of the Interior, Photo No. 115.

0635.01.11 Item – Herman Klukas, Ranger  1925 1 photograph : b&w ; 3 x 5 in.
Scope and content:

Ranger Klukas and two workers in Wood Buffalo Park. Description on back reads: “Warden Klukas in tall hat.”

0635.01.12 Item – Herman Klukas, Ranger  1925 1 photograph : b&w ; 3 x 5 in.
Scope and content:

Ranger Klukas and three other men on a log chute projecting into the river. Description on back reads: “Peter Tompkins, Jack Browning (related to Browning Arms Co, i.e. Remington), Herman Klukas, and Hughie McDermitt.”

0635.01.13 Item – Fire Tower at Wood Buffalo Park  1925 1 photograph : b&w ; 3 x 5 in.
Scope and content:

Log lookout tower built by Herman Klukas in his position of Ranger in Wood Buffalo Park. Description on back reads: “Daddy’s fire tower he built when he was a Warden at Wood Buffalo Park.”

Series 0635.02: Catherine Jessie Norris

Date: [1880-1984] (date of creation)

Scope and content:

The series consists of 54 photographs of the Norris and Klukas families.

Physical description: 55 photographs

Access points:

•                Graphic material – photograph (documentary form)

File / item list
Reference code Title Dates Physical description
0635.02.01 Item – John and Marie Norris  [1880] 1 photograph : b&w ; 4 x 6 in.
Scope and content:

Copy of studio portrait of John Norris and his first wife, Marie Kayattowe, daughter of Kayattowe Cree and Josephte Matche-Ichawe Chatelain. They were married March 11, 1854.

0635.02.02 Item – Euphrosine Plante  [1915] 1 photograph : b&w ; 3 x 5 in.
Scope and content:

John Norris’ second wife, Euphosine Plante, with her chickens and turkeys in the yard beside her Edmonton home. A note on the back says, “Grandma Norris, Jessie Klukas’ mother.”

0635.02.03 Item – Jessie and Emily Norris
R. McCutchon, Edmonton
 
[1915] 1 photograph : b&w ; 2 x 3 in.
Scope and content:

Jessie and Emily Norris in front of their home on the St. Albert Trail near Edmonton. Handwriting on the front of the photo identifies the younger girl on the right as “Mom” and the one on the left as “Emily”.

0635.02.04 Item – Jessie (Norris) Klukas  [1925] 1 photograph : b&w ; 3 x 5 in.
Scope and content:

Copy of a photograph of Jessie Norris about the time she married Herman Klukas in 1925.

0635.02.05 Item – Malcolm Klukas  [1927] 1 photograph : b&w ; 3 x 5 in.
Scope and content:

Copy of a photograph of Malcolm Klukas, first child of Jessie & Herman Klukas, outside of their log home in Wood Buffalo Park. Malcolm was born in 1927.

0635.02.06 Item – The Klukas Children  [1940] 1 photograph : b&w ; 3 x 5 in.
Scope and content:

Copy of a photograph of the Klukas children after the family had moved back to their farm in the Bad Heart area. From left to right: Johanna, Campbell, Norman, Malcolm, and Buddy Nearstead.

0635.02.07 Item – Bad Heart School Students  [1940] 1 photograph : b&w ; 4 x 6 in.
Scope and content:

Copy of a photograph of the student body at Bad Heart School. Four children are identified with X marks. They appear to be Campbell, Malcolm, Norman, and Johanna Klukas.

0635.02.08 Item – Heart Valley School Students  [1940] 1 photograph : b&w ; 4 x 6 in.
Scope and content:

Copy of a photograph of the boys of Heart Valley School District 4356 on the front steps of the school.

0635.02.09a Item – Bobby Klukas  [1940] 1 photograph : b&w ; 3 x 5 in.
Scope and content:

Copy of a photograph identified as “Bobby Klukas” the youngest of the Klukas children.

0635.02.09b Item – Bobby Klukas  [1942] 1 photograph : b&w ; 3 x 5 in.
Scope and content:

Copy of a photograph of a preschooler identified as Robert Klukas. Quality is poor and print is dated 1955.

0635.02.10 Item – Malcolm Klukas  [1942] 1 photograph : b&w ; 3 x 5 in.
Scope and content:

Malcolm Klukas in army uniform with a team of horses and sleigh in the yard of their farm home.

0635.02.11 Item – Malcolm Klukas  [1942] 1 photograph : b&w ; 2.5 x 3.5 in.
Scope and content:

Image shows Malcolm Klukas in World War II uniform posing with an unidentified woman and child.

0635.02.12 Item – Malcolm Klukas  [1942] 1 photograph : b&w ; 4 x 6 in.
Scope and content:

Copy of a photograph of Malcolm Klukas in World War II uniform posing with a man and child.

0635.02.13 Item – Unidentified Men & Boy  1 photograph : b&w ; 4 x 6 in.
Scope and content:

Copy of a photograph showing two men and a small boy posing in front of a car with a grain elevator in the background.

0635.02.14 Item – The Home-Made Boat  1945 1 photograph : b&w ; 4 x 6 in.
Scope and content:

Copy of a photograph of Herman, Campbell, Norman and Malcolm with the home-made boat, taking it down to the river.

0635.02.15 Item – The Home-Made Boat  [1942] 1 photograph : b&w ; 3 x 5 in.
Scope and content:

Campbell, Herman, Norman and Malcolm Klukas with the boat they built on the farm, ready to take it down to the Bad Heart River.

0635.02.16 Item – The Klukas Men  [1942] 1 photograph : b&w ; 3 x 5 in.
Scope and content:

Herman, Campbell, Malcolm and Robert Klukas with Mark Rycroft on the banks of the Bad Heart River.

0635.02.17 Item – Herman Klukas  1945 1 photograph : b&w ; 3 x 5 in.
Scope and content:

Herman Klukas in the yard of their Bad Heart Farm.

0635.02.18 Item – The New Tractor  1945 1 photograph : b&w ; 3 x 5 in.
Scope and content:

Copy of a photograph of Campbell and Herman Klukas with the new 15-30 tractor.

0635.02.19 Item – The Klukas Children  [1950] 1 photograph : b&w ; 1 x 2 in.
Scope and content:

The Klukas children, from left to right: Campbell, Barbara, Norman, Bobby and Johanna.

0635.02.20 Item – Barbara Klukas and Friends  [1950] 1 photograph : b&w ; 1 x 2 in.
Scope and content:

Barbara Klukas second from left.

0635.02.21 Item – Campbell Klukas and Friends  [1950] 1 photograph : b&w ; 1 x 2 in.
Scope and content:

Campbell Klukas on far left.

0635.02.22 Item – Barbara and Bobby Klukas  [1950] 1 photograph : b&w ; 3 x 5 in.
Scope and content:

Copy of a photograph of Barbara and Bobby Klukas after he broke his arm.

0635.02.23 Item – The Klukas Children  [1950] 1 photograph : b&w ; 3 x 5 in.
Scope and content:

Copy of a photograph of Barbara and Bobby Klukas on horses and Johanna Klukas holding their pet dog.

0635.02.24 Item – Johanna Klukas  [1950] 1 photograph : b&w ; 3 x 5 in.
Scope and content:

Copy of a photograph of Johanna Klukas with their pet dog.

0635.02.25 Item – Campbell Klukas  [1950] 1 photograph : b&w ; 3 x 5 in.
Scope and content:

Copy of a photograph of Campbell Klukas holding one of his nephews on a goat. In the background is Johanna and the farm home at Bad Heart.

0635.02.26 Item – The Klukas Family  [1950] 1 photograph : b&w ; 3 x 5 in.
Scope and content:

Copy of a photograph of Campbell Klukas and one of the Bad Heart teachers, with Barbara and Bobby standing to the side.

0635.02.27 Item – Barbara and Robert Klukas  [1950] 1 photograph : b&w ; 3 x 5 in.
Scope and content:

Copy of a photograph of Barbara and Robert Klukas with two small boys, possibly their nephews.

0635.02.28 Item – Robert Klukas  [1950] 1 photograph : b&w ; 3 x 5 in.
Scope and content:

Copy of a photograph of Robert Klukas with their pet dog.

0635.02.29 Item – Barbara Klukas and Friends  [1950] 1 photograph : b&w ; 3 x 5 in.
Scope and content:

Copy of a photograph of three friends: Kay Bryce, Barbara Klukas, and Thersa La Blonde.

0635.02.30 Item – Campbell and Kay  [1950] 1 photograph : b&w ; 3 x 5 in.
Scope and content:

Copy of a photograph of Campbell Klukas with Kay Bryce.

0635.02.31 Item – Johanna and Barbara Klukas  [1950] 1 photograph : b&w ; 2.5 x 3.5 in.
Scope and content:

The Klukas girls in the yard of their Badheart farm. Note on back says: “Barbara in back, Johanna front.”

0635.02.32 Item – Campbell Klukas  [1950] 1 negative : b&w ; 1.5 x 2.5 in.
Scope and content:

Negative of Campbell Klukas in boots and western wear in the yard of their Bad Heart farm.

0635.02.33 Item – Campbell Klukas  [1950] 1 photograph : b&w ; 3 x 5 in.
Scope and content:

Photograph of Campbell Klukas in boots and western wear on his horse “Slim”.

0635.02.34 Item – Robert Klukas  [1950] 1 photograph : b&w ; 2 x 4 in.
Scope and content:

Photograph of Robert Klukas in dress jacket and slacks in the yard at their farm home in Bad Heart.

0635.02.35 Item – Campbell Klukas  [1950] 1 photograph : b&w ; 2 x 4 in.
Scope and content:

Photograph of Campbell Klukas (on the right) haying.

0635.02.36 Item – Barbara Klukas  [1950] 1 photograph : b&w ; 2 x 4 in.
Scope and content:

Image shows Barbara Klukas being carried on the back of an unidentified man.

0635.02.37 Item – Barbara Klukas  [1950] 1 photograph : b&w ; 2 x 4 in.
Scope and content:

Image shows Barbara and Malcolm? standing outside on a snow cleared walkway with shovels in their hands.

0635.02.38 Item – Campbell Klukas with Baby  [1950] 1 photograph : b&w ; 2 x 4 in.
Scope and content:

Image shows Campbell holding his firstborn child.

0635.02.39 Item – Anne Klukas with Baby  [1950] 1 photograph : b&w ; 2 x 4 in.
Scope and content:

Image shows Anne (Jannie) Klukas holding her and Campbell’s firstborn child.

0635.02.40 Item – Ben and Johanna Palser  [1950] 1 photograph : b&w ; 2 x 4 in.
Scope and content:

Ben and Johanna Palser with their daughter Cathy.

0635.02.41 Item – Norman and Betty Klukas  1957 1 photograph : b&w ; 3 x 5 in.
Scope and content:

Norman and Betty Klukas with their children.

0635.02.42 Item – Norman and Betty Klukas  1963 1 photograph : b&w ; 3.5 x 3.5 in.
Scope and content:

Norman and Betty Klukas with their children and Betty’s parents, the Carters, pose in front of a house.

0635.02.43 Item – Herman Klukas  1971 1 photograph : b&w ; 3 x 3 in.
Scope and content:

Herman Klukas with one of his grandchildren.

0635.02.44 Item – Herman and Jessie Klukas  [1965] 1 photograph : colour ; 3 x 5 in.
Scope and content:

Early colour photograph of Herman and Jessie Klukas. Photo is heavily damaged due to removal from a photo album.

0635.02.45 Item – The Klukas Ladies  [1965] 1 photograph : colour ; 3 x 5 in.
Scope and content:

Jessie Klukas having coffee with her daughters Johanna Palser and Barbara Wozniak, and with Barbara’s mother-in-law Maria Wozniak.

0635.02.46 Item – Motorhome Trip  [1965] 1 photograph : colour ; 3 x 5 in.
Scope and content:

Barbara Wozniak with Jessie and Herman Klukas in front of their motorhome.

0635.02.47 Item – Robert & Helen  [1965] 1 photograph : colour ; 3 x 5 in.
Scope and content:

Robert married Helen Johnston, a widow with four children.

0635.02.48 Item – Malcolm Klukas  [1965] 1 photograph : colour ; 3 x 5 in.
Scope and content:

Malcolm Klukas with unidentified woman.

0635.02.49 Item – Herman and Jessie Klukas  [1965] 1 photograph : colour ; 3 x 3 in.
Scope and content:

Image shows Jessie standing behind Herman. There is a cake on the table in front of them.

0635.02.50 Item – Malcolm Klukas and Snowmobile  [1980] 1 photograph : colour ; 3 x 5 in.
Scope and content:

Malcolm Klukas with a snowmobile

0635.02.51-52 Item – 50th Anniversary  1975 2 photographs : colour ; 3 x 3 in.
Scope and content:

Two photographs of the Klukas family celebrating Herman & Jessie Klukas’ 50th Anniversary.

0635.02.53 Item – Ed & Eileen Klukas  1984 1 photograph : colour ; 3 x 3 in.
Scope and content:

Ed Klukas, Herman Klukas’s first cousin, poses among flowers.

0635.02.54 Item – Ed & Eileen Klukas & Great-grandchildren  1984 1 photograph : colour ; 4 x 6 in.
Scope and content:

Copy of a photograph showing Ed (Herman Klukas’s cousin) and Eileen Klukas with some of their great-grandchildren. A note on the back of the photograph reads: “Ed & I with 5 of our 11 great grandchildren. Taken Oct. 21st celebrating our 60th wedding anniversary. ‘84. Our 11th one arrived Nov. 4th ‘84, tiny boy Michael James Klukas. We have 2 grandsons carrying the Klukas name, 3 great grandsons – that makes Ed happy. The two oldest here are twins 16 years old, Brett & Stefanie Pemble. The smaller 3 – Joshua, James, & Jeana Marlette.”

Series 0635.03: Barbara Elizabeth Klukas

Date: 1947-[2010] (date of creation)

Scope and content:

The series consists of a 1947-1948 report card from St. Joseph’s R.C. Separate School; 14 photographs of Barbara Klukas’s adult and married life; her memorial card in 2001; and a biographical account of her life written by husband Mathew Wozniak.

Physical description: 0.25 cm textual records

14 photographs

Access points:

•                Graphic material – photograph (documentary form)

•                Textual record (documentary form)

File / item list
Reference code Title Dates Physical description
0635.03.01 Item – Sisters of the Holy Cross  [1950] 1 photograph : b&w ; 4 x 6 in.
Scope and content:

Copy of a photograph showing teaching Sisters on the steps of St. Joseph’s Academy, the dorm for girls, when Barbara took her high school at St. Joseph’s in Grande Prairie.

0635.03.02-03 Item – Girls Graduating from St. Joseph’s  [1950] 2 photographs : b&w ; 4 x 6 in.
Scope and content:

Barbara Klukas with the girls of her graduating class ca. 1950.

0635.03.04 Item – Mr. & Mrs. Mathew Wozniak  1950 1 photograph : b&w ; 4 x 6 in.
Scope and content:

Wedding photo for Barbara Klukas and Mathew Wozniak on the steps of the Eaglesham Catholic Church. From left to right, Cecilia Wozniak, Barbara, Mathew, Campbell Klukas.

0635.03.05-06 Item – Eaglesham Co-op Store  1966-2000 2 photographs : b&w ; 3 x 3 in.
Scope and content:

Barbara Wozniak, manager of the Eaglesham Co-op Store, in the office and in front of the safe.

0635.03.07 Item – Trudy Pazuik  1966 1 photograph : b&w ; 4 x 6 in.
Scope and content:

Trudy Pazuik (later Paszkowski) in the Eaglesham Co-op Store.

0635.03.08 Item – Eaglesham Santa  1966 1 photograph : b&w ; 4 x 6 in.
Scope and content:

Mathew Wozniak as Santa Claus in the Eaglesham Co-op Store.

0635.03.09-10 Item – Annual Co-op Pancake Breakfast  1965 2 photographs : b&w ; 3 x 3 in.
Scope and content:

Two photographs of the Eaglesham Co-op’s Chuckwagon for the “Annual Pancake Breakfast sponsored by your Co-op Store and UFA Agent.” The breakfast was served on Fair Day in front of the Eaglesham Co-op. One photograph shows a group of people sitting around a table, the other photograph shows a sign advertising the event.

0635.03.11 Item – Eaglesham Co-op Chuckwagon  1966 1 photograph : colour ; 3 x 5 in.
Scope and content:

Eaglesham Co-op’s Chuckwagon for the Annual Pancake Breakfast. On the side of the wagon it says, “Shop for Savings, Service and Satisfaction, only one purpose the welfare of its members.” Barbara Wozniak is behind the wagon, Glen Knudson and John Noga driving.

0635.03.12 Item – The Tobacco Tin Bank  1966 1 photograph : colour ; 4 x 6 in.
Scope and content:

The Eaglesham Co-op’s tobacco tin which held the Co-op monies, as well as the key to the door, during the time Barbara Wozniak was manager. Barbara managed the Co-op from August 1966 to December 1969. One night in 1966 three guys from Grande Prairie broke into the safe. They used an axe from the store and broke into Donaldson’s Garage and stole a sledge hammer. They stood the axe on the safe and pounded with the sledge and made a hole large enough so they could reach in. The safe had a partition in the middle and they were into the side that had the float. In the other half this tobacco tin held thousands of dollars that she had to cash Wheat Pool cheques. The thieves missed it, but they did get caught and one served 18 months in jail. The store burned on December 27, 1969 and this tobacco tin got hot enough to change colour.

0635.03.13-14 Item – Eaglesham School Students  1966 2 photographs : b&w ; 4 x 6 in.
Scope and content:

Two photographs of the students at Eaglesham School. In the photo of the two boys, Patrick Wozniak is on the right.