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Scammell, Harold L.
Person · 1905-1991

Harold L. Scammell was a physician and senior medical administrator. Born on Island East River, Pictou County, in 1905, he received his early education at Pictou Academy and graduated from Dalhousie Medical School in 1927. After practising medicine in Pictou for one year, he returned to Halifax as resident physician at Victoria General Hospital. In 1929 he was appointed Inspector of Hospitals by the American College of Physicians and Surgeons, which involved appraising over 300 hospitals in Canada and the United States. In 1931 he joined Victoria General Hospital as the Medical Assistant Superintendent and later became the Registrar and Secretary Treasurer of the Provincial Medical Board. In following years, he worked as a medical officer with the Workmen's Compensation Board. Harold Scammell remained closely connected to Dalhousie, serving as registrar and executive assistant to the president and lecturing in the Faculty of Medicine. He was instrumental in developing Dalhousie Student Counselling Services as well as the Bachelor of Science in Nursing. He was named Dalhousie Medical Alumnus of the Year in 1986. He died on21 January 1991.

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Captain Ernest George Schenk was born in Swansea, Wales on 30 September 1853, the son of Augustus James and Maria Schenk. At 16 he was apprenticed aboard the bark Theta of Swansea. At 20 he was an able seaman on the Brigantine Clara. He joined the Bark Speranza in 1874 as bosun. Later that year he served briefly as second officer on the Steamship Thames. In 1875 he was second officer on the bark Marquis of Worcester. By the age of 22 he had rounded Cape Horn four times. He served on Royal Mail ships between Britain and Cape Horn, and became known for his skill as a navigator. Later he was a first officer on the cable repair ship, the Faraday, and later on the Mackay Bennett, another well-known cable repair ship. In 1890 he assumed command of the latter, which was based in Halifax, and remained with it until his retirement. In 1899 he married Carolyn Russell, a cousin of Bertrand Russell. They had three children, Thomas, Ethel, and Rose. He was widowed and subsequently married Maude A. Douglas at Halifax in 1906. She died on 22 July 1909. He died in the 1920s but the exact date is unknown.

Schenk, V. Mary 1887- 1969
Person · 1887-1969

Miss Mary Fraser was born in 1887 to James and Fredrica. In 1911, she, along with Miss Mary Ritchie, formed the 1st Halifax Company, the original Girl Guides of Nova Scotia. They had taken ideas from Scouting and Guiding in England and translated it into activities for the thirty gils under their leadership. They participated in hiking, swimming, camping and other outdoor activities. Miss Fraser, the Company's lieutenant, ended up leaving to be married to Thomas M. Schenk. The company disbanded, but this would not be the end of Guiding in Nova Scotia, nor Mrs. Schenk's inlovement in the organization.
In 1927, Mrs. Schenk became District Commissioner for Halifax. During the summer of 1928, she took Miss Dalby, Dominion Field Representative, on a tour of the province, introducing her to Companies and Packs all over Nova Scotia and using her own automobile. Mrs. Schenk helped many Guides and Guiders in the first Nova Scotia Provincial Camp at Hubbards, on the shores of St. Margaret's Bay in 1929. In July, 1930, she was appointed one of two Canadian representatives to the World Conference at Foxlease. This trip is documented in the photo album contained in the collection, and her account of the trip is in Guiding in Nova Scotia.
In 1932, Mrs. Schenk was appointed Division Commissioner for Halifax. She also assisted at the first Provincial Patrol Leader's Camp in French Village. She was awarded the Medal of Merit and the King's Jubilee Medal in 1935, and attended the visit of Lord and Lady Baden-Powell held at Dalhousie University. During the years of World War II, Mrs. Schenk was very active in the war effort, driving a truck for The Magazine Exchange (giving soldiers leaving from Halifax reading material), working at the Navy, Army and Air Force canteens and the A.N.A Club for women, and encouraging Girl Guides to collect goods. In 1942, she was made Provincial Commissioner, a position she held until 1952. She was then made the Provincial Public Relations Commissioner in 1954. Mrs Schenk was awarded the Beaver in 1957, the highest award given in Guiding. In her retirement, Mrs Schenk still remained active in Guiding, and donated a portrait of herself to the Nova Scotia Association. This portrait hangs on the wall in the archives today. Mrs. Schenk passed away in November 1969 at the age of 82.

Person · 1910-1996

Murrille Edwin Schofield was born on June 30, 1910 in Forest Hill, Nova Scotia (the edge of Gaspereau Mountain) to Thornton Schofield of White Rock, Nova Scotia, and Mamie Schofield of Forest Hill. His father was killed in 1918 when serving as a corporal machine gunner for the Canadian Armed Forces in WW1 leaving Murrille and his sister, Edna to be raised by their mother.

Schofield completed his early education up until the tenth grade at Gaspereau School, and then studied at Horton Academy under Ernest Robinson. He received a Bachelor's degree in theology from Acadia University in 1933, but refused to be ordained.

Murrille Schofield enlisted in the Royal Canadian Air Force in 1940 as a rear gunner but was discharged for a poor sense of balance. He joined the Elgin Regiment of Ontario Tank Regiment in 1942, served in Italy for three years, and was discharged with the rank of Sergeant in 1945. He was employed by the Nova Scotia Light and Power Company (NSLP) in 1954 to work in construction gangs on boilers, turbines, and pumps. He was later recruited to be a corporate writer and became an associate editor for the in-house publication of the NSLP, first known as “Utilect” and then as “Powergram” beginning in 1972. He retired from the Nova Scotia Power Commission (formerly NSLP) in 1975.

Throughout his lifetime, Schofield submitted numerous letters to the editors of Nova Scotia newspapers including the Kentville Advertiser, the Chronicle Herald, and the Acadia University student publication, the Athenaeum. He also coached local tug-of-war teams for fifteen years, was the president of the Gaspereau Cemetery Company for a time, and was as a member of the Dr. C.B. Lumsden branch 74 Royal Canadian Legion in Wolfville, N.S.

Murrille Edwin Schofield died on April 27, 1996 in the Valley Regional Hospital, Kentville, NS.

Corporate body · 1856-

Established in 1856, the School for the Deaf was incorporated in 1862 as the Institution for the Deaf and Dumb at Halifax. By 1877, children from the other Maritime Provinces and Newfoundland were being taught at the schooI, and all four governments were contributing to its operations. In 1913, the name was changed by statute to School for the Deaf. Under the Interprovincial School for the Deaf Act (1960), the governments of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick assumed joint responsibility for the operation of the school, moved it to Amherst, and renamed it Interprovincial School for the Education of the Deaf.

Schooner Bessie L., 1890-
Corporate body · 1890-

The Bessie L. was a 55-foot schooner (45 gross tons) built by Henry Schnare at Mahone Bay in 1890. She apparently was engaged in both the fishery and coastal trading. Her master in 1898 was Captain Lantz (possibly James C. Lantz of Clearland).

Corporate body · 1876-[19--?]

The City Queen was a 65-foot schooner (53 gross tons) built by John H. Zwicker at Mahone Bay in 1876. She was engaged in both the fishery and coastal trading. One of her principal owners was John Bruhm. Her master during the 1888-89 period was Captain Lang (possibly William Lang).

Corporate body · 1968-1983

The Scotian Railroad Society was established in March 1968 "to promote the rail[way] enthusiast's cause"; it was incorporated in July 1969 and dissolved in 1983. Its aims were to provide a social organization in which all railway enthusiasts might meet and enjoy the various aspects of their hobby; to research, compile and publish current and historical information about railway transportation in the Maritimes; to acquire, preserve and display railway artifacts and rolling stock which had particular significance to the region; and to promote public awareness of, and interest in railway transportation by means of events such as railway travel excursions. The Scotian Railway Society (SRS) also sponsored a short-lived railway express car museum near the Mumford Road railway crossing in the west end of the former city of Halifax.

Corporate body · 1912-

In 1850 a parcel of land was purchased at Scots Bay, King's County, Nova Scotia, by the church trustees to build a Union Meeting House in which the Methodist congregation could hold religious services. The church was made free to all gospel ministers. The church was incorporated in 1912.