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Ellen Stafford (nee Elsie Good) was born in Staffordshire, England in 1910. As a small child she emigrated to Calgary, Canada with her family. At the age of 17, she married Lawrence Anderson and proceeded to have a family. During the marriage she lived in Calgary, Edmonton and Vancouver where she was involved in political activism and theatre. She also wrote in newspapers, from approximately 1933-40, using the name Linda Claire (or Clare). In 1945, Ellen separated from her husband (it was not until 1960 that they legally obtained a divorce). From 1945 to 1949 she worked as a freelance editor in New York for publishing houses such as Dial, Harper and McGraw. Stafford returned to Canada in 1949 and was Editor in Chief at McClelland and Stewart. From 1952 to 1960 she moved to London and was employed as the Editor of Books of the Month. During that time she went by the name of Ellen and/or Elsie Anderson, as well as writing short pieces under the name Solveig Peters. Upon returning to Canada, Stafford was again employed as a freelance editor, while also writing and reviewing. In 1964 Stafford became the public relations officer for the Canadian Book Publishers' Council. She left the Council in 1967 to open Fanfare Books in Stratford Ontario. Upon moving to Stratford she legally changed her name to Ellen Stafford. She remained in Stratford until her retirement in 1980.
At the age of 80, Ellen Stafford published her first novel, Was That You at the Guggenheim?, which was followed by Always and After in 1990. Ellen Stafford passed away in Kingston in 2002.

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Meadowbrook Area Community Association encompasses the Meadowbrook, Fermoor and Arbour Ridge neighbourhoods in the City of Kingston, Ontario. This area is located north of Bath Road, between the Little Cataraqui Creek to the east, and Gardiner's Road to the west.

The Association's Mission Statement reads: "The Meadowbrook and Area Community Association is dedicated to establishing and fostering a sense of community and a safe, wholesome living environment for the residents of Meadowbrook, Fernmoor and Arbour Ridge. We further believe that, as a community, we look out for our neighbours, our environment and our neighbourhood."

Every year the Associations announces a sereis of "plans", and have included working with the City to improve parks in their area; undertaking a 'Community Clean-up Day' as part of larger initiatives such as 'Pitch-in Canada Week'; and community garage sales.

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Vojtech Jirat-Wasiutynski was born in Penley, Wales, the son of a Polish army officer and a Czech industrialist's daughter, both dispalced in the aftermath of World War II. Educated in both london, England, and Montreal, Quebec, he graduated from Princeton University, with his Ph.D., in 1975. His doctoral dissertaion was entitled "Paul Gaugin in the Context of Symbolism", which was later published in the series 'Outstanding Dissertations in Fine Arts' (New York). He had begun teaching at Queen's University, in the Department of Art, in 1972, and has been described as a pioneer in the collaboration between art historians and conservators. Over the years too, he was inspried by his wife, Dr. Thea Burns, a paper conservator and art historian in her own right, who co-authored articles with her husband on Gaugin, and artists' use of of charcoal in drawings.
Dr. Wasiutynski co-authored two important books, the first, with paintings conservator H. Travers Newton entitled, "Vincent Van Gogh's Self-Portrait Dedicated to Paul Gaugin: An Historical and Technical Study" (1984), and the second, with the same author, entitled, "Technique and Meaning in the Paintings of Paul Gaugin", published in 2000. Both these works sought to understand how the artist's technical and material choices might contribute to the understanding of the cultural meaning of the works they created. He also wrote and lectured extensively, in both English and French, on a variety of related, and other, topics.
In his latter years, Dr. Wasiutynski sought to understand historical problems surrounding art in terms of cultural geography. At the time of his death, he was working on a book entitled, "Modernity and Region: Representing Provence in Nineteenth Century Visual Culture." This work was an examination of how Provence came to be at the cross-roads of the extremes of modernity and tradition.
Dr. Vojtech Jirat-Wasiutynski died suddently at his home in Kingston, Ontario, on 8 July 2006. He is survived by his wife and a son, Andrew, who lives in London, England.

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Donald R. (Don) McQueen was born in Toronto in 1938, and raised in Brockville, Ontario. He received his Bachelor of Arts in History from Queen's University (1963), and moved to London, Ontario to teach in secondary school. He was a charter member of the Forest City Railway Society, which formed in 1968, and served as the editor of the organization's monthly publication, "Tempo Jr."

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Son of George W. Jundson and Lucinda Alguire, Arthur Hamilton Judson was born in the late 1800s. He attended McGill University in Montreal, where he graduated with his medical degree in 1904. On 29 June 1909, he married Lena Kate Mallory, of Mallorytown, Ontario. Following his residency, he settled in Brockville, Ontario, in 1907, where he carried on the practice of medicine, as well as in the Mallorytown, Prescott, and Smith Falls, Ontario areas, until shortly before his death in late 1973.

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