Monthly Archives: July 2014

1909

            With thanks to Okanagan Historical Society and Don Fisher, this 1985 photo shows one of the original Scouts of 1st Summerland Troop 1st Summerland… Read more »

Jack Stocks

Jack Stocks Photo courtesy Pentiction Herald Born Penticton 1922 Owner/Manager Stocks Camera Shop. Business started by Father Lumb Stocks. Active in Summerland Singers and Player’s Group (took lead roles in… Read more »

Jim Laidlaw 1906-1986

Jim Laidlaw (received a 50 year pin in 1985) More on the personal life of James Brown Laidlaw (Jim) later. For now, let’s just consider his amazing contribution to Scouting…. Read more »

Harley Hatfield

Harley Hatfield (received a 50 year pin in 1987) from annual report of the Okanagan Historical Society Mount Hatfield, photo from Okanagan Historical Society

James (Jim) H. Mitchell

James (Jim) Harper Mitchell  (1896-1982) Mitchell began his long and storied association with Scouting as a youth member of a Boy Scout Troop in Saskatchewan in 1909. The family moved… Read more »

Carlton MacNaugton

Carlton MacNaughton: era 50’s/60’s/70’s   Spokane Spokesman – Review ( link to a Spokane newspaper article)

Dr. Donald V. Fisher

Dr. Donald V. Fisher 1914 – 2007     Don Fisher was one of Canada’s leading horticultural scientists. He worked for 42 years at the Summerland Research Station, and achieved… Read more »