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Jones, Harold F.
Person · 1900 - 1984

Harold F. Jones was an athlete during his youth in Halifax. He was born on 31 October 1900 in Halifax, Nova Scotia the son of Frederick Henry and Jane (Carter) Jones. He was educated in public schools in Halifax and went on to work with Eatons, the Bank of Commerce and subsequently joined the Halifax Rifles, becoming a Sergeant Major at Aldershot. He first married Dorothy Millett Hawboldt on 10 December 1928 in Halifax, Nova Scotia and was later married to Flo Manson. He served for twenty-five years as the Town Clerk in Canning, Nova Scotia and later became the comptroller of the Sherbrooke Village restoration project. He died on 20 September 1984 in Sherbrooke, Nova Scotia.

Jelfs, Frederick
Person

Rick Jelfs has collected transit company ephemera - mostly maps and schedules - and taken pictures of transit vehicles while on vacation. His interest in transportation started as a child when he could rattle off the names of cars as they went by. In 1970, he went to university in Vancouver where he used and studied the city transit systems. After graduating, Jelfs moved to Toronto and discovered the Toronto Transit Commission with its iconic PCC streetcars. He decided that he wanted to operate them and thus started a 30 year career in the transit industry. After retiring to Vancouver Jelfs 'downsized' his collection through donations to local archives, museums and libraries across North America.

James F. Snell

James Frederick Snell was a Nova Scotian entrepreneur who founded an innovative housing design and manufacturing company that exported world-wide from its base in Hubbards. Born in Montreal, P.Q. Snell married Elizabeth Tolson in the 1960s, fathered a daughter Jaime Mendoza-Pollendine (Snell), and died in July 2013. In the early 1960s he took over his father's F.W. Snell Lumber Ltd. company that produced sawn spruce for the British lumber market. H then established a small house manufacturing company that became a division of The Colonial Homes Ltd. in Toronto. In 1972-74 he built Yachtside One, a waterfront property complex in Bedford, N.S. which won a Canadian Housing Development Council national award. In 1974 he made a successful submission to restore and revitalize the Privateer's Warehouse of Historic Properties on the Halifax waterfront and took the first private office space in its Sail Loft Building. In 1974, James Snell built a construction plant in Hubbards, N.S. and formed Habitations International (Interhabs Ltd.) with Scottish architect David Forsyth, a company for the manufacture of architecturally-designed housing units. These homes were sold domestically and exported to the international market, including shipping 20 homes complete with heating and plumbing to Chile in 1981, manufacturing the first wood-framed house in Germany in 1983. As part of Interhabs Ltd., James Snell collaborated with Ikea, participated in the 1987 NS Trade Mission to the UK and Europe under auspices of Hon. Ronald Thornhill, and participated in Bowater Mersey’s Forest Fire prevention ads. Interhabs Ltd. won the 1984 Nova Scotia Home Award for their Solarhab project, as well as Export Achievement Awards in 1995 and 2004, for their success in international markets such as Scotland, Budapest, Germany and India. James Snell was on the 1983 Canadian Housing Design Council jury panel, a founding member of the World Trade and Convention Centre, 2000 member of the Board of the Nova Scotia Business Development Corporation under the John Hamm government, and a former president and majority shareholder of both Yachtside Development Ltd. and Dockside Development Ltd. He was president of the Halifax Junior Bengal Lancers, on the Saint Mary’s University board of governors for 12 years, and heavily involved with sailing, participating in the Canadian Yachting Association, Bedford Basin Yacht Club and the formation of the Nova Scotia Yachting Association in addition to representing sailing at both Sport Nova Scotia and the Canada Summer Games.

Home for Aged Men
Corporate body · 1904 - 1977

The Home for Aged Men was incorporated in 1904 and began operations in April 1905. The Home's purpose was to provide a safe residence and nutritious meals for elderly Protestant men in good health. The Home was originally located at 297 Gottingen Street in Halifax, in the building formerly known as the Rosebank, later Clairmont. Rules and By-Laws for governing the Home were published in 1928. The daily operations of the Home were run by a Matron under the authority of a Board of Directors and a Ladies Committee.

In 1943 the Canadian Navy purchased the building to use as a nurses' residence and it was renamed the Russell House. The Home for Aged Men moved across the street to the Montague property located at 338 Gottingen and continued operations until 1977. The Board remained active following the closure of the Home by financially supporting organizations and individuals that promote the physical and social well-being and comfort of senior citizens.

Corporate body

The Halifax-Dartmouth Regional Authority was incorporated under the provisions of Chapter 72 of the Statutes of Nova Scotia, 1962. It was composed of six members, broken down as follows: 1) two members, appointed by the Council of the City of Halifax, who shall be the Mayor and an alderman, for a term of three years; 2) two members, appointed by the Council of the Municipality of the County of Halifax, who shall be the warden of the county and a councillor, for a term of three years; and 3) two members, appointed by the Council of the City of Dartmouth, for a term of three years. The Authority had the power to accept and discharge any municipal responsibilities conferred upon it by by-law duly passed by two or more of the participating bodies and was responsible for correctional facilities, waste management, and parks and recreational facilities. It met twelve to fifteen times a year. The Authority had to submit a financial report no later than January 31 each year and make an annual report to the participating bodies. The Halifax-Dartmouth Regional Authority became the Metropolitan Authority in 1978 and its composition changed. Bibliography City Clerk’s Office. Halifax (N.S.). City of Halifax. Committees, Boards and Commissions. February 1996. p. 85-90. City Solicitor. Halifax (N.S.). The City Council, Its Committees, Boards and Commissions, and the Civic Administration of the City of Halifax for the year 1964. February 17, 1964. p. 60-61.

Corporate body · 1943 - 1945

The Women's Voluntary Services Bureau was inaugurated in 1943 within the Halifax Citizens' War Service Committee. Mrs. Edith B. Girouard was Chairman of a Board comprised of leaders of various Halifax social agencies. She succeeded in getting funding for the organization through Warren Publicover of the British War Relief Society of the U.S.A. Canadian (Maple Leaf) Division.

The WVS Centre was a recruiting centre and manning pool for volunteers needed in the many war-time service agencies. They registered the skills and availablility of volunteers and requisitioned them to permanent and emergency volunteer positions. The Centre responded to urgent requests from any war-time effort; a big project was assisting the Department of National War Services with the distribution of Family Allowance to Halifax servicemen's families.

There were Women's Voluntary Services organizations throughout Canada and the United Kingdom.

The Centre appeared to wrap-up after the war, but there was mention of it as a model for a volunteer service bureau for the City of Halifax.

Corporate body

The Ward One Residents Association is known to have been active between 1975 and 1981. The association had a Board of Directors from whom the officers of the association were elected. They included a chairman, vice-chairman, secretary, and treasurer. The purpose of the society was to provide a means for residents of the City of Halifax's Ward One (South End) to discuss community issues and to promote and protect the best interests of ward residents. The association participated in the formulation of the city’s Municipal Development Plan and with the Neighbourhood Improvement Program II. Known persons to have served as chair include Gordon Hebb and Ian Muncaster.

The Halifax Urban Greenway Association (HUGA) was formed by citizens to preserve the natural area along the CN Rail corridor in the Southend of Halifax, and create a multi-use trail. There are three phases of development for the trail, the first will be constructed along Beaufort Avenue sidewalk between South Street and Marlborough Woods. Phase two will include Marlborough Woods to the Oaks, Saint Mary’s University, pedestrian bridge across railway cut, along sidewalk allowance south side of Francklyn Street to Point Pleasant Park, along south side Point Pleasant Drive to Port of Halifax entrance, also along north side Pine Hill Drive and Harbourview Drive to Young Avenue. The final phase will extend the trailway along the east side of railway cut from South Street to Quinpool Road, under Quinpool and ending at Chebucto.

Corporate body · 1995 - 1996

In response to concern about the fate of heritage items during the process of amalgamation, the HRM Commissioner of Regional Planning brought together a Heritage Project Team to conduct an inventory of objects belonging to each of the pre-amalgamation four municipal units that reflected the cultural, social, and political identity of these governments, and to develop a Heritage Material Policy. The project co-ordinator was Dr. Richard Field, Director of the Dartmouth Heritage Museum. The Team consisted of a representative from each municipal unit, a representative from the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, the Nova Scotia Museum, the Public Archives of Nova Scotia and the Heritage Unit of the Nova Scotia Department of Municipal Affairs.

An inventory of what became known as the "Civic Collection" was completed by project staff in 1996, and the Team held its final meeting in November 2006, but the policy was never passed.

Corporate body · 1996 - ca. 1998

The Halifax Regional Municipality Corporate Services department was formed in 1996 upon the creation of the regional municipality. It consisted of four divisions (or sections): Administration and Legal Services, Finance, Human Resources, and Information Services. The department was headed by the Commissioner of Corporate Services.

Corporate Services apparently was short lived. In 1998, the commissioner was no longer a signing officer for municipal bank accounts. The regional municipality's organizational chart for 2000 shows the divisions of the department reporting directly to either the chief administrative officer or a deputy chief administrative officer.