This club, established in 1938, was a social organization for retired, male educators. Its first officers were: W. J. Sisler, C. W. Laidlaw, W. N. Denike, J. W. Gordon, S. S. Newton, Alfred White, Dr. Robert Fletcher, and W. J. Parr, with C. T. Cresswell as founding Secretary until 1961.
Period
President
1953
Charles Walter Laidlaw (1873-1953)
1974
William Friesen (1904-1984)
?
Allan J. Ryckman (1910-1982)
?
Hugh Connolly (1890-1970)
?
Archibald Adam Herriot (1881-1956)
?
Jack Milburn Scurfield (1899-1974)
?
James Henry Kiteley (1871-1955)
?
Claude Elmer Luther Hogarth Law (1881-1959)
?
Duncan Scott McIntyre (1899-1975)
?
Marshall Roscoe “Ross” Thompson (1914-1990)
?
Garnet Milton Morrison (1915-1992)
?
Arthur Foster Brown (1900-1996)
?
Richard Wesley “Wes” McAmmond (1910-2005)
Other members included: F. D. Baragar, H. E. Bletcher, J. W. Clarke, R. M. Cross, J. W. Forhan, C. S. Gow, J. Marshall, J. T. Norquay, L. D. Peto, J. H. Plewes, H. E. Riter, R. H. Wellwood.
Obituary [C. T. Cresswell], Winnipeg Free Press, 13 December 1961, page 33.
“Former Manitoba educationist dies,” Winnipeg Free Press, 2 April 1955, page 24.
“Members of Mentors’ Club keep on talking,” Winnipeg Free Press, 2 February 1974, page 90.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 23 January 2017
