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| Gordon Lee was acclaimed to a seat representing Whitehorse on the Yukon Territorial Council in January 1947.((//Whitehorse Star// (Whitehorse), 17 January 1947.)) In November 1947, Lee moved his Whitehorse Yukon Jewellery and Novelty Shop to new quarters on Main Street. The Whitehorse newspaper congratulated him on his faith in the future of Whitehorse and thought his new neon sign a great acquisition to the town.((//Whitehorse Star// (Whitehorse), 14 November 1947.)) | Gordon Lee was acclaimed to a seat representing Whitehorse on the Yukon Territorial Council in January 1947.((//Whitehorse Star// (Whitehorse), 17 January 1947.)) In November 1947, Lee moved his Whitehorse Yukon Jewellery and Novelty Shop to new quarters on Main Street. The Whitehorse newspaper congratulated him on his faith in the future of Whitehorse and thought his new neon sign a great acquisition to the town.((//Whitehorse Star// (Whitehorse), 14 November 1947.)) |
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| | In 1949, Gordon Lee was a director on the Whitehorse Board of Trade. The president was Alan MacGregor, the vice-president was Keith Johnson, and the secretary was R.J. Rowland. The other directors were Rolf Hougen, Jim Norrington, D. Cavaye, E. Lortie, W.D MacBride, George Van Roggen, and Ed Harper.((//The Whitehorse Star// (Whitehorse), 6 May 1949.)) Whitehorse was a White Pass & Yukon Route company town until 1950 when the community was incorporated. Until then, the Board of Trade acted in the absence of an elected municipal government. |
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| Gordon Lee retired in 1956 and sold the Novelty Shop to Jack Needham.((Doreen Lee responding to Jim Robb in “Can you Identify?” //Colourful Five Percent, The Whitehorse Star// (Whitehorse), 7 June 1996.)) The Lee's retired to Brentwood Bay, British Columbia. Daughter Katherine (Katy) married Canadian ambassador Terry Bacon.((Linda E.T. MacDonald and Lynette R. Bleiler, //Gold & Galena.// Mayo Historical Society, 1990: 403.)) Gordon served two terms as mayor of Central Saanich. Doreen Lee lived in Victoria in 1996.((Doreen Lee responding to Jim Robb in “Can you Identify?” //Colourful Five Percent, The Whitehorse Star// (Whitehorse), 7 June 1996.)) | Gordon Lee retired in 1956 and sold the Novelty Shop to Jack Needham.((Doreen Lee responding to Jim Robb in “Can you Identify?” //Colourful Five Percent, The Whitehorse Star// (Whitehorse), 7 June 1996.)) The Lee's retired to Brentwood Bay, British Columbia. Daughter Katherine (Katy) married Canadian ambassador Terry Bacon.((Linda E.T. MacDonald and Lynette R. Bleiler, //Gold & Galena.// Mayo Historical Society, 1990: 403.)) Gordon served two terms as mayor of Central Saanich. Doreen Lee lived in Victoria in 1996.((Doreen Lee responding to Jim Robb in “Can you Identify?” //Colourful Five Percent, The Whitehorse Star// (Whitehorse), 7 June 1996.)) |
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