EMPLOYEES
If you can help us out identifying people, please let me know at steve@stevebriggs.com. If you have photos of Russel employees from other years, I'd also love to add these to the archive!
| 1940 Photo courtesy The Grey Roots Archival Collection (item PF123S8F2I26).
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Owen Sound & North Grey Union Public Library collection
Photographs and post cards
Photographs
Russel Bros. [Brothers] Ltd. Owen Sound, July, 1940.
File, Item I26 1940 Physical description Photograph/Negative/Slide
General note(s)
(front row, left to right) 8 Unidentified, Cecil (C.A.) Rollings, Harry H. Warkentin, N. E. Hipwell, Eric M. Cordrey, 3 Unidentified, Henderson, 3 Unidentified
(middle row) 2nd from left is Cliff McKinnon, 4th from left is Fred Smith;
Accession # A2008.028
| 1947 Photo courtesy ex-Russel employee Phyllis Brown of Owen Sound.
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| 1952 Photo donated to the Owen Sound Marine & Rail Museum by Donald A. Williams, in memory of his father, former Russel employee George D. Williams. Front row L to R: Cecil A. Rollings, Wilson Shears. 4th from left is Mary McFarlane, who would marry Richard. H. Farley, who not only worked at Russel Brothers as well, but captained the Wm Lyon MacKenzie fireboat in Toronto for 20 years. 10th from left is L. W. Childs, then R. Jardine Russel, Norman E. Hipwell, N. H. Robertson, Harry H. Warkentin.
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| 1957 Photo courtesy ex-Russel employee Phyllis Brown of Owen Sound.
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| 1962 ENGINE DIVISION Employee Photos courtesy Eleanor Barfoot (daughter of Earl Thompson) and Howard Donovan. Identifications by H. Donovan.
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FRONT ROW:
W. Burnett, B. Bailes, A.M. Patrick, E. Brown, R. Smith, M. Pearce, P. Beare, B. Guidi, C. Glen,
H. Schack, J. Hunt, G. Wilkinson, P. Wright, R. Tennent, W. Galbraith, A. Jackola, J. Clarke, R. Bishop.
MIDDLE ROW:
J. Craig, J. Curtis, H. Winter, J. Archer, Gomer Morrison, Geo. Moore, J. Edgar, Bun White, A. Cameron,
Nic Scopis, G. Schack, Earl Thompson, Vance McMillan, Emile Richard, R. Butt, E. Moulton, P. Gamble, unknown.
BACK ROW:
A. Barfoot, F. Koepke, W. (Bill) Wark, Dave Anderson, L. Strutton, T. Couture, Percy Buckland, H. Donovan,
K. Miller, J. McTavish, H. Browne, Jim Henry, G. Bignell, W. Clarke, W. Schack, L. Juniper, G. Wood, Bob Lisk, G. Robertson.
1024 PIXELS WIDE 600 DPI SCANRussel-Hipwell Engines Ltd. assembling four engines for two search and rescue craft for the Dept. of Transport. Emile Richard (left), and Vance McMillan (right).
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BOATSHOP
BACK (5th) Row: C. Wilson, F. Vincent, E. Rutherford, W. Couture, F. Bobzener, W. Legate, W. Holmes, W. Barfoot, D. Frizzell, B. Wark, W. Parker, W. Lester, G. House, E. Kreutzweiser, D. Morrison.
4th Row: E. Krone, A. Cepson, L. Seaman, M. Baird, R. Barfoot, W. Harrison, B. Kerr, Lloyd Smith, J. Dickinson, T. Long, E. Lee, F. Smith, B. Hawke, F. Russel.
3rd Row:A. Richards, W. Hayward, H. Seaman, M. McGill, W. Orr, B. Cottingham, B. Armstrong, D. Harris, J. Barry, R. Cotter, L. Hyndman, Percy England.
2nd Row: W. Cook, J. McComb, H. Walsh, F. Wilkens, L. Foster, F. O'Leary, B. Webber, C. McKinnon, H. Foster, S. Marchello, W. Day, P. Pawlust, M. Campbell, A. Cornett.
Front Row: E. Heft, L. Beckett, G. Nicol, W. Gilberts, N. McMinn, B. Hambly, R. Brown, J. Homeniuk, W. Selman, H. Baird, W. O'Leary, S. Kuchma, H. Tuohy.
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FITTERS E. Teschke, R. Sanderson, L. Jorgensen, W. Burnett, E. Oliver.
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GENERATOR SHOP
STANDING: L. Richards, P. Buckland, L. Galbraith, H. Brown, S. McKim, C. Ramsay, J. Wardell, W. Walker.
KNEELING: G. Moore, G. Fisher, C. Williton, J. McTavish, M. MacMillan, R. McComb.
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MACHINE SHOP FRONT ROW: R. Clark, E. Clements, L. Fair, N. Granfors, A. Clements, Lyman Chatwell, T. Meloche, J. Palmer, J. Aiken.
MIDDLE ROW: I. Fairweather, R. Harrison, M. Huston, H. Wilson, C. McRae, J. Hart, C. England, R. Agnew.
BACK ROW: R. McBride, S. Wilson, A. Monroe, J. McClure, D. Anderson, G. Fenn.
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MANAGEMENT COUNCIL STANDING: H.H. Warkentin, L.R.Cornett, C.A. Rollings, E.M.Cordrey, D.M.Blanchard.
SEATED: L.W. Childs, N.E. Hipwell, N.H. Robertson.
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MONTREAL STAFF STANDING: Guy Marcel, J.P. Claude, Jim Jeffries, Tom Russel, Bill Rankin.
SEATED: Jessie Jeffries, K.F. Klassen, Emily Green.
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OFFICE STAFF SEATED rear: D. Dunn, E. Cordrey, K. Trotter, S. Cossey, C. Glen.
STANDING: N. Robertson, R. Russel, N. Hipwell, R. Childs, H. Warkentin, T. McReavy, B. MacLeod, H. Cole, A Kiff, W. Shears, M. Blanchard, B. MacMillan.
SEATED front: S. Beatty, J. Rennie, L. Featherston, M. Noble, J. Shears, C. Sacerty.
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OFFICE STAFF SEATED: P. Neath, M. Johnson.
STANDING: L. Cornett, D. Seaman, C. Furness, C. Rollings, M. Cassidy, B. White, G. Paterson.
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PAINTERS & CLEANERS KNEELING: A. Rouse, E. Bone, R. Robinson, E. Moulton.
STANDING: R. Bartley, W. Hutton, C. Young, J. Blackshaw, W. Duncan, M. Brett, C. Summers, A. Fraser, M. Baker, A. Best, A. Hutson.
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STOCK KEEPERS KNEELING: W. Puckett, K. Haswell, K. Gibson.
STANDING: F. Koepke, H. Hilts, W. Cole, A. Cameron, M. Duncan.
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WATCHMEN J. Taylor, E. Dell.
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What Is Specialized Service? This Russel-Hipwell brochure gives short biographies of employees in Owen Sound, as well as the Port Arthur, Montreal and Halifax branches. Eric M. Cordrey, Larry Bent, George Moore, Percy Buckland, George Fisher, Ralph Coughran, Bob Douglas, Hilton Westbrook, Lloyd Galbraith, Eric G. Cordrey, Maurice Cassidy, Don Gerhardt, Mac McMillan, Cliff Poulin, Jack McTavish, Dick McComb, Sam McKim, Harry Hilts, Rene Kartner, Hugh Mackinlay, Vernon Kehler, Cliff Ramsay, Bill Rankin, Len Richards, Jack Wardell, Tom Russel, Fred Russel, Bun White, Frank Wilkins, Roy Sanderson, Cliff Williton, Bob Taylor, Cliff Wilson. |
Employee Anecdotes:
Ed Krohn (92), Jan. 26th, 2006
Howard Donovan (84), Sept. 19th, 2006.
Obituaries:
Harry (Henry) Warkentin Sept. 29, 1995 Norman H. Robertson Dec. 15th, 1994
Norval Hipwell Mar. 17th, 1987
Tom Russel April 27th, 2010
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Employees & Hourly Rates 1941
Feb. 22, 1941 |
July 8, 1941 |
Oct. 23, 1941 |
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Apr. 30, 1946 |
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40th ANNIVERSARY At this 1947 event, Colin & Jardine Russel were presented with commemorative clocks as seen above. Colin's now belongs to Tom Russel and is pictured at left (July 2007). Inscription reads: PRESENTED TO COLIN RUSSEL IN COMMEMORATION 40TH ANNIVERSARY RUSSEL BROTHERS 1907 STAFF & FOREMEN 1947600 PIX ENLARGE CLOCK 1024 PIX |
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50th Anniversary Banquet, Paterson House, Owen Sound, 1957.
Company officials and employees of Russel-Hipwell Engines Ltd. celebrated the company's 50th anniversary Saturday night at a banquet held at the Paterson House. Left to right at the banquet table are seen Wm. O'Leary, Bruce MacLeod, Fred H. Russel, Lorne Cornett, Albert Cottingham, Harry Warkentin, Colin Glen, G.D. Fleming, John Homeniuk, Cecil Rollings, Albert Clemts, Colin Russel, Norval Hipwell, and foreground Thomas Russel.
Also attending the banquet celebrating the 50th anniversary of Russel-Hipwell Engines Saturday night were, left to right, Adam Turner, Eric Cordrey, Wm. Osadzuk, John Klassen, Louis Jorgensen, Wm. Telford, Nestor Granfors, Norman Robertson, Eric Oliver and Murray Blanchard. - Sun Times Staff Photo.
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Photo courtesy George Poirier of the "I grew up in Iroquois Falls" facebook group. George comments (March 2018): "Either at Twin Falls or Low Bush. (Abitibi Woodlands)."
Company Picnic, Harrison Park, Owen Sound. Del Seaman as the clown to the right, with face visible, c. 1950. Ray McCallum was the clown facing away, Howard Donovan third from left, and Norm Walker is the fourth runner from the left. Del Seaman Collection. ENLARGE TO 600 DPI SCAN
For more Russel exhibits visit Owen Sound Marine & Rail Museum 1165 1st Ave West, Owen Sound, ON N4K 4K8 (519) 371-3333 http://marinerail.com |
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