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Sudbury Police Association Annual Picnic
1960
Sudbury, ON Canada

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Christmas

At Christmas, the police association would hold an annual party for their families. It was called the Christmas Tree Party. Shown here is Detective Bruce Greenfield with his son Paul and Trudy Hanwell, daughter of Sgt. Hanwell. At the party, there would be a Christmas carol sing-along, games and a visit from Santa Claus, which would include gifts distributed to the children. Later on in the years, other Christmas parties involved renting a pool for swimming or renting an arena for ice skating.

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Sudbury Police Association Christmas Tree Party.
1954
Sudbury, ON Canada
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Ladies Auxiliary

In every police association in Ontario, the wives of the officers form an auxiliary. They assisted in many functions that the police held, such as police dances, Christmas parties and fundraising. They would also provide a luncheon if a police officer passed away.

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Ladies Auxiliary of the City of Sudbury Police Association.
1955
Sudbury, ON Canada

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Members of the Ladies Auxiliary shown here are:
Seated, left to right: Betty Cummings (Secretary/ Treasurer), Janet McLeod (President), Kathleen Greenfield (First Vice President) and Helen MacKey (Second Vice President)

Standing, left to right: Irene Cullum (Executive Board), Lois Nault (Executive Board), Irene Turpin (Social Convener) and Mary Cooke (Executive Board).

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Ladies Auxiliary
1955
Sudbury, ON Canada
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"This picture shows the Ladies Auxiliary of the City of Sudbury police Association and it was 1955. Every police association in Ontario also had the wives of the various police officers as members of the association and they had executive positions as well. This was dated 1955 in the City of Sudbury."

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Ladies Auxiliary
1955
Sudbury, ON Canada
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"The Ladies Auxiliary of our police force assisted in many of the social functions that we had like the police dance, our Christmas parties and things of that nature, and they assisted in fundraising and if there were major things such as a police officer's funeral or something, they always had sandwiches for visitors."

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Police Association's Annual Ball

Every year, the police association hosted a ball. It was organized by the Ladies Auxiliary. Any profit from the ball would be used towards the Christmas Tree Party and to help local charities.

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Police Association Ball at the Nickel Range Hotel
6 February 1941
Sudbury, ON Canada

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Police Officers at the Annual Ball
1955
Sudbury, ON Canada

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Constable Sandy Dicaire of the Greater Sudbury Police Service speaks about how her family and friends feel about her work.