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Zonta Club of Truro
Zonta Club of Truro · Corporate body · 1980 - 2017

The Zonta Club of Truro was formed in 1980, as a chapter of Zonta International, which works to advance the status of women and children worldwide. Their primary fundraising activity was an annual craft fair, in which they raised funds to provide scholarships to local graduating students and support local organizations of a similar cause.

Zonta Club of Halifax
Corporate body · 1951 -

The Zonta Club of Halifax, founded in 1951, is part of Zonta International, a worldwide organization of executives in business and the professions working together to advance the status of women. There are approximately 34,000 members in more than 1,200 clubs in 71 countries. The organization was founded in 1919 in Buffalo, New York. Zonta takes its name from a Sioux Indian word meaning "honest and trustworthy". The individual Zonta Club is the basic organizational unit of Zonta International. Clubs exist to promote the objectives of Zonta International, and to initiate, adopt, and implement policies and procedures to attain these ends in their own communities, and throughout the world. Members volunteer their time, talents, skills, and energy to local and international service projects designed to advance the status of women. Halifax Club projects have included preschool classes for hard-of-hearing children, shut-in library service, Meals-on-Wheels, second-stage housing for women and children fleeing violence; a self-managed resource centre for women in a public housing complex; and a scholarship encouraging young women to enter careers of influence. Notable past presidents of the Zonta Club of Halifax include Helen Creighton, Abbie Lane, and Phyllis Blakely.

Corporate body · 1859-1979

The first meeting of the Truro Young Men's Christian Association (Y.M.C.A.) was held on 17 November 1859 in a school room adjoining the Truro Presbyterian Church. The first president was Dr. A. Forrester, who was also the principal of the Truro Normal College. In the 1860s the originally male-only association was opened to women. In 1873 a lot was purchased and a building was constructed for the association. In 1928 the association went out of business due to lack of support and the building was in desperate need of repairs. The building was then taken over by the national body and from 1940-1945 was used for war-time related activities and in 1947 was demolished. In 1956 the defunct Truro Y.M.C.A inherited thirteen thousand dollars from the estate of Emmaline A. Harrison. In 1979 these funds were turned over to the Colchester Y.M.C.A and the Truro Y.M.C.A was officially dissolved.

Year 2000 Project Office
Corporate body · 1998 - 2000

The Year 2000 Project Office was created in response to the "Y2K problem" which resulted from the widespread practise in information technology systems of representing year dates by their last two digits, with the century implied. The fear was that when those systems use dates after 1999, they might be confused with dates 100 years earlier, resulting in serious errors or systems failures. The role of the Year 2000 Project Office was to oversee and facilitate Year 2000 operability of critical business functions within the Halifax Regional Municipality, as well as promoting awareness about and identifying vulnerabilities of potential Year 2000 problems. This included inventory of equipment and personnel, triage, assessment of business units and facilities for disaster preparedness, testing, remediation, and contingency planning for HRM.

Corporate body · 1906-1968

The Yates Photographic Studio was founded at Annapolis Royal, Annapolis County, Nova Scotia circa 1906 by Paul Yates. Yates was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1863. He began working in the U.S. as a commercial photographer. During this period he married Dorothy Sailer, a widow, who had one son, William. The couple had one son together, Paul Yates Jr. In 1908 Yates began a studio in Digby, called 'The Little Art Gallery.' He continued to operate both studios until the Annapolis shop was destroyed by fire in March 1921. Then he continued to work in the Digby studio, which provided a variety of services. Yates took portraits on location and at the studio, scenic photos and he offered the use of the studio dark room to amateurs. He also offered free instruction. For a time the studio also served as a shop for sheet music, instruments and music books. Yates was closely involved in the music community of the area. Yates' photographs were sold through local hotels in the form of post cards. The Studio employed several assistants. They included Edna McMorgan, Edith James, Jeannette Yates, Gordon Mounty, Eldred Thibbidao and William Sailer. Yates' wife Dorothy died in the 1920s and in remarried Jeannette W. Van Tasselll, who had been an assistant in the Digby studio. Yates died in 1946 and his wife Jeannette continued to operate the studio until circa 1968 and she closed to Digby studio.

Corporate body · 1935-1970

The Yarmouth Royal Store Limited was purchased from Mr. Robert F. Guest in 1935 by George Killam, Samuel Williamson, George Kenney, Stan O'Brien, and Todd Creighton. These five individuals were well-known Yarmouth businessmen and were known as the 'Big 5' within the local business community. By 1935 the business owners included: Mr. George Killam, Dr. Samuel W. Williamson, Mr. C. Wilmont Dean, Mr. George W. Kennedy and Mr. Clyde E. Nickerson. Mr. Killam owned Killam Brothers, Mr. Dean and Mr. Kenney were both part owners in the Grand Hotel, Mr. Nickerson later owned the Yarmouth Wool Shoppe and Dr. Williamson was a well-known medical practitioner. Mr. Dean originally had worked for a Saint John company that dealt with the Royal Store; he was hired as manager and later got the opportunity to purchase shares. When the store was purchased in 1935 it contained only eight departments. The store's product line included department store and grocery items. The new owners continued to expand and by 1960 the street address of the store included 310, 326, 328, 330 and 332 Main Street. The main store building was located on the corner of Main and Central Streets in a ca.1856 brick building which was the first brick commercial building to be built in Yarmouth. In 1970 the store was sold to Stedmans Department Store.

Corporate body · 1870-1966

The Yarmouth Marine Railway Company existed from 1870 to at least 1966 on Water Street, Yarmouth, N.S. Vessels of 800 tons capacity or less, requiring repair or maintenance, would be hauled out of the water by steam power using a capstan and a cradle. Once out of the water, the ship could be repaired. The first ship to grace the cradle was the 166-ton brig Alexander William, owned by G. W. Allan. The slip was purchased by Sweeney Fisheries in the late 1930's. In 1966 Sweeney Fisheries owned 18 scallop draggers plus a number of smaller vessels which provided most of the work of the Marine Railway.

Corporate body · 1809-1848

On 5 June 1809 fifty resident land owners in the Township of Yarmouth, N.S. joined to form the Yarmouth Lock Company. They united to construct a lock at Cape Forchue Falls which connects the Harbour with Lake Milo. The main purpose of the lock was to provide easy transportation of inland timber to the harbour and to allow for the building of vessels in the Lake Milo chain. The company was divided into one hundred shares, hoping to raise five hundred pounds to finance the building of the lock. The principal investors were John Killam Jr., Henry Landers, Miner Huntington and Jacob Tedford. Of the fifty subscribers, five were chosen as commissionaires and were responsible for the administration of the project. Construction began on the lock on 27 August 1810. The company was incorporated in 1811. By 1812 enough of the project was completed to allow vessels to pass. However, only two locks were ever finished and the system was never properly completed. The company later changed its name to the Inland Navigation Company. The completed locks eventually fell into disrepair and the project was abandoned ca. 1848.

Corporate body · 1950-

The Yarmouth County Weavers' Guild was established in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia in 1950. The purpose of the guild was to provide a monthly meeting place for local weavers to exchange patterns and plan exhibits, as well as to procure weaving supplies at discount prices. Mrs. Brad Eldridge was the first president. The organization became the Yarmouth County Craft Guild in 1975. Patricia Cann was for many years the secretary of the Yarmouth County Weavers' Guild and was probably the treasurer for a time.

Corporate body · 1950-

In January, 1949, fire struck the old Yarmouth Academy, in Nova Scotia, the high school which had developed out of the Yarmouth Seminary established in the town more than eighty years earlier. The Academy was destroyed, but at least one contemporary account indicated that most of the school's administrative and student records were saved. For some time prior to the blaze, the Board of School Commissioners for the Town of Yarmouth and the Yarmouth Municipal School Board had been discussing how best to address the strain on Yarmouth Academy's facilities which had resulted from the practice of conveying ever-increasing numbers of high school students from the municipality to the school. In March, 1950 the Board of School of Commissioners for the Town of Yarmouth, the Yarmouth Municipal School Board, and the Nova Scotia Department of Education agreed that the school replacing the Academy would serve as a joint central high school for both the town and the surrounding municipality, and that part of the cost of the new school would, therefore, be borne by the municipal school board. The Yarmouth Consolidated Memorial High School (YCMHS) was opened in the fall of 1950, on the site of the old Academy building. The YCMHS was one of only two high schools in Yarmouth Municipality, the other being the francophone Ste. Anne du Ruisseau, and the only high school in the town of Yarmouth itself. YCMHS was originally under the jurisdiction of the Board of School Commissioners for the Town of Yarmouth, but a Yarmouth Regional High School Board was formed in August, 1970. This latter board was replaced in 1980, along with the Yarmouth town and municipal school boards, by the newly-created Yarmouth District School Board.