24 Jan 1973, Edmonton Journal
Pioneer Edmonton lawyer Dr. Charles H. Grant dies - Funeral services will be held Friday for Dr. Charles H. Grant, a well-known city lawyer, former alderman and early supporter of the Yellowhead Highway. Dr. Grant, of Ste. 602 11007 83rd Ave., died Monday aged 88. Referred to as "Mr. Yellowhead," he was one of three men who drove a Model T car to the Jasper Park boundary in 1923.
The 235-mile expedition took 14 hours and 40 minutes, a trip which today would take no longer than a maximum of four hours. With Dr. Grant, were R. L. Greene, president of the Edmonton Automobile and Good Roads Association, and F. S. Wright, editor of Good Roads magazine. From that time on, Dr. Grant was regarded as a booster of the Yellowhead Highway, and this was recognized in a tribute by former British Columbia Premier, W. A. C. Bennett in the summer of 1970 when the highway was officially opened.
Dr. Grant, a founding member of the Alberta Motor Association in 1925, served as association president until 1929, and was chairman of the Edmonton branch board of directors. He was the first Canadian to become a director of the American Motor Association, holding a director's post form 1937 to 1950.
Born in Oxford Mils, Ont., Dr. Grant was educated in Ontario and came to Alberta in 1905. He read law with the late A. C. Rutherford, Alberta's first premier, and was called to the province's bar in 1910. He never attended university but was appointed a King's Counsel and received an honorary doctor of laws degree from the University of Alberta in 1963. He formed a law partnership with Mr. Rutherford and F. C. Jamieson from 1910 until 1922. He was still practising law in his 80s and in more recent years, was with the firm of Grant and Michaels.
The trip to Jasper Park boundary was made over the abandoned grade of the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway. The journey was undertaken to impress the government with the need for a good road from Edmonton to Jasper.
Dr. Grant, responsible for the termination of the Social Credit "scrip" money scheme when, in 1936, he obtained an Albert Supreme Court injunction forbidding the City of Edmonton to accept what became known as "funny money."
An alderman from 1917 to 1919, he was chairman of the city's safety and health committee in 1919 when civic employees went out on strike in sympathy with the Winnipeg general strike. With the police under his control, he brought the Edmonton strike to an end.
Dr. Grant married Anne Sarah Lopston of Selkirk, Man., in 1922. He is survived by his wife; one son and two daughters, and nine grandchildren.
Funeral services will be Friday from the First Baptist Church. Burial will be in the family plot in the Edmonton Cemetery.
Alberta Vital Statistics death registration # 001-400
Pioneer Edmonton lawyer Dr. Charles H. Grant dies - Funeral services will be held Friday for Dr. Charles H. Grant, a well-known city lawyer, former alderman and early supporter of the Yellowhead Highway. Dr. Grant, of Ste. 602 11007 83rd Ave., died Monday aged 88. Referred to as "Mr. Yellowhead," he was one of three men who drove a Model T car to the Jasper Park boundary in 1923.
The 235-mile expedition took 14 hours and 40 minutes, a trip which today would take no longer than a maximum of four hours. With Dr. Grant, were R. L. Greene, president of the Edmonton Automobile and Good Roads Association, and F. S. Wright, editor of Good Roads magazine. From that time on, Dr. Grant was regarded as a booster of the Yellowhead Highway, and this was recognized in a tribute by former British Columbia Premier, W. A. C. Bennett in the summer of 1970 when the highway was officially opened.
Dr. Grant, a founding member of the Alberta Motor Association in 1925, served as association president until 1929, and was chairman of the Edmonton branch board of directors. He was the first Canadian to become a director of the American Motor Association, holding a director's post form 1937 to 1950.
Born in Oxford Mils, Ont., Dr. Grant was educated in Ontario and came to Alberta in 1905. He read law with the late A. C. Rutherford, Alberta's first premier, and was called to the province's bar in 1910. He never attended university but was appointed a King's Counsel and received an honorary doctor of laws degree from the University of Alberta in 1963. He formed a law partnership with Mr. Rutherford and F. C. Jamieson from 1910 until 1922. He was still practising law in his 80s and in more recent years, was with the firm of Grant and Michaels.
The trip to Jasper Park boundary was made over the abandoned grade of the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway. The journey was undertaken to impress the government with the need for a good road from Edmonton to Jasper.
Dr. Grant, responsible for the termination of the Social Credit "scrip" money scheme when, in 1936, he obtained an Albert Supreme Court injunction forbidding the City of Edmonton to accept what became known as "funny money."
An alderman from 1917 to 1919, he was chairman of the city's safety and health committee in 1919 when civic employees went out on strike in sympathy with the Winnipeg general strike. With the police under his control, he brought the Edmonton strike to an end.
Dr. Grant married Anne Sarah Lopston of Selkirk, Man., in 1922. He is survived by his wife; one son and two daughters, and nine grandchildren.
Funeral services will be Friday from the First Baptist Church. Burial will be in the family plot in the Edmonton Cemetery.
Alberta Vital Statistics death registration # 001-400
24 Jan 1973, Edmonton Journal
Pioneer Edmonton lawyer Dr. Charles H. Grant dies - Funeral services will be held Friday for Dr. Charles H. Grant, a well-known city lawyer, former alderman and early supporter of the Yellowhead Highway. Dr. Grant, of Ste. 602 11007 83rd Ave., died Monday aged 88. Referred to as "Mr. Yellowhead," he was one of three men who drove a Model T car to the Jasper Park boundary in 1923.
The 235-mile expedition took 14 hours and 40 minutes, a trip which today would take no longer than a maximum of four hours. With Dr. Grant, were R. L. Greene, president of the Edmonton Automobile and Good Roads Association, and F. S. Wright, editor of Good Roads magazine. From that time on, Dr. Grant was regarded as a booster of the Yellowhead Highway, and this was recognized in a tribute by former British Columbia Premier, W. A. C. Bennett in the summer of 1970 when the highway was officially opened.
Dr. Grant, a founding member of the Alberta Motor Association in 1925, served as association president until 1929, and was chairman of the Edmonton branch board of directors. He was the first Canadian to become a director of the American Motor Association, holding a director's post form 1937 to 1950.
Born in Oxford Mils, Ont., Dr. Grant was educated in Ontario and came to Alberta in 1905. He read law with the late A. C. Rutherford, Alberta's first premier, and was called to the province's bar in 1910. He never attended university but was appointed a King's Counsel and received an honorary doctor of laws degree from the University of Alberta in 1963. He formed a law partnership with Mr. Rutherford and F. C. Jamieson from 1910 until 1922. He was still practising law in his 80s and in more recent years, was with the firm of Grant and Michaels.
The trip to Jasper Park boundary was made over the abandoned grade of the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway. The journey was undertaken to impress the government with the need for a good road from Edmonton to Jasper.
Dr. Grant, responsible for the termination of the Social Credit "scrip" money scheme when, in 1936, he obtained an Albert Supreme Court injunction forbidding the City of Edmonton to accept what became known as "funny money."
An alderman from 1917 to 1919, he was chairman of the city's safety and health committee in 1919 when civic employees went out on strike in sympathy with the Winnipeg general strike. With the police under his control, he brought the Edmonton strike to an end.
Dr. Grant married Anne Sarah Lopston of Selkirk, Man., in 1922. He is survived by his wife; one son and two daughters, and nine grandchildren.
Funeral services will be Friday from the First Baptist Church. Burial will be in the family plot in the Edmonton Cemetery.
Alberta Vital Statistics death registration # 001-400
Pioneer Edmonton lawyer Dr. Charles H. Grant dies - Funeral services will be held Friday for Dr. Charles H. Grant, a well-known city lawyer, former alderman and early supporter of the Yellowhead Highway. Dr. Grant, of Ste. 602 11007 83rd Ave., died Monday aged 88. Referred to as "Mr. Yellowhead," he was one of three men who drove a Model T car to the Jasper Park boundary in 1923.
The 235-mile expedition took 14 hours and 40 minutes, a trip which today would take no longer than a maximum of four hours. With Dr. Grant, were R. L. Greene, president of the Edmonton Automobile and Good Roads Association, and F. S. Wright, editor of Good Roads magazine. From that time on, Dr. Grant was regarded as a booster of the Yellowhead Highway, and this was recognized in a tribute by former British Columbia Premier, W. A. C. Bennett in the summer of 1970 when the highway was officially opened.
Dr. Grant, a founding member of the Alberta Motor Association in 1925, served as association president until 1929, and was chairman of the Edmonton branch board of directors. He was the first Canadian to become a director of the American Motor Association, holding a director's post form 1937 to 1950.
Born in Oxford Mils, Ont., Dr. Grant was educated in Ontario and came to Alberta in 1905. He read law with the late A. C. Rutherford, Alberta's first premier, and was called to the province's bar in 1910. He never attended university but was appointed a King's Counsel and received an honorary doctor of laws degree from the University of Alberta in 1963. He formed a law partnership with Mr. Rutherford and F. C. Jamieson from 1910 until 1922. He was still practising law in his 80s and in more recent years, was with the firm of Grant and Michaels.
The trip to Jasper Park boundary was made over the abandoned grade of the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway. The journey was undertaken to impress the government with the need for a good road from Edmonton to Jasper.
Dr. Grant, responsible for the termination of the Social Credit "scrip" money scheme when, in 1936, he obtained an Albert Supreme Court injunction forbidding the City of Edmonton to accept what became known as "funny money."
An alderman from 1917 to 1919, he was chairman of the city's safety and health committee in 1919 when civic employees went out on strike in sympathy with the Winnipeg general strike. With the police under his control, he brought the Edmonton strike to an end.
Dr. Grant married Anne Sarah Lopston of Selkirk, Man., in 1922. He is survived by his wife; one son and two daughters, and nine grandchildren.
Funeral services will be Friday from the First Baptist Church. Burial will be in the family plot in the Edmonton Cemetery.
Alberta Vital Statistics death registration # 001-400
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