Yukon who is who

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Malcolm "Mac" Munroe. (1906 - 1981)
	
Mac Munroe and his wife, Lillian [Lil], lived in Dawson for 34 years. He was a druggist, agent and liquor vendor for the Yukon government and a mining recorder. He was a member of the Yukon Order of Pioneers and the Kiwanis Club, and a founding member of the Klondike Visitors Association. Mac also played in the orchestra in his early years in Dawson.(("Former Dawsonite Dies." //Whitehorse Star// (Whitehorse), 6 December 1981.)) They were charter members of the Dawson City Museum and Historical Society. Mac was famous for his recitations of “The hooting of Dan McGrew” at the Palace Grand.((//The Klondike Sun// (Dawson), 12 September 2000.)) 
As road access to Dawson improved in the 1950s, campers, trailers and even tents parked all over Dawson. Volunteers came to the rescue and set up an auto court and campground at the former wood yard site near the Klondike River. A large bear was constructed out of plywood and Lil Munro painted it pink to direct people to the outhouses.(("Arctic Brotherhood: social crossroads of the North." //The Whitehorse Star// (Whitehorse), 19 July 2002.))

Geraldine Van Bibber remembers when her foster family lived upstairs in what is now the KIAC School of Fine Arts. As territorial agent, Mac was liquor vendor, liquor license issuer, Justice of the Peace, and register of motor vehicles He sold license plates and performed other duties as assigned to keep the town legal and operating for the government. The liquor warehouse was in the back of the building and the apartment entrance was up a flight of stairs at the back. The public health nurse had a clinic next door and she had an apartment upstairs next to the Munroes. Down the hall was the teacherage with many rooms including a large kitchen and living rooms at the opposite end from the Munroes. All the single teachers were housed here when they arrived in Dawson. The single male teachers tended to congregate here with Principal Gartside ever watchful. A small room downstairs was the Public Library. Van Bibber praised the initiative and vision that restored the condemned building and keeps history alive.((Dan Davidson, "Commissioner Van Bibber recalls her childhood home." //The Klondike Sun// (Dawson), 26 September 2007.))

Mac and Lil moved to Surrey, British Columbia but still spent summer months in the Yukon.  Son Robert [Bob] of Mission B.C., and daughters Heather of Mayo, Geraldine of Whitehorse, and Carol of Richmond B.C.(("Former Dawsonite Dies." //Whitehorse Star// (Whitehorse), 6 December 1981.))