Family:August Summach and Wilhelmina Ristau (1)

Parents: August Zummach and Marie Noack August Summach b. 18 Jul 1888 Radcliffe & Raglan Twps., Renfrew, Ontario, Canada d. 21 Nov 1973 Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada

Parents: William Ristau and Mary Rose Zummach Wilhelmina Albertina Ristau b. 6 Jun 1888 Killaloe, Hagarty, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada d. 15 Sep 1959 Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada

m. 30 Jan 1912 Killaloe, Hagarty, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada

On or about Monday, Jan. 30, 1927, fifty-two friends and neighbours surprised them at their home for their 15th Wedding Anniversary according to a photo copy of a newspaper clipping in Uncle Ken's possession. They were entertained by a saxophone solo on radio station CJWC, broadcasting from Wheatons Electric in Saskatoon. They played games and were entertained by E I Marriott and James Smith. Elaine Rousell and Hazel Pilgrim presented them with a cut glass bowl from their friends and neighbours. The Avondale Ladies Aid presented them with a cream and sugar bowl. Lunch was served at midnight and the party broke up about 2 a.m.

The following is interesting because it gives a brief glimpse of entertainment in the 1920's: According to a Nov. 1, 1924, Radio Service Bulletin, a publication of the U. S. government, CJWC was an early radio station in Saskatoon broadcasting frequency 910. A Wheaton Family page on the Western Development museum web site includes the following information about this early radio station: The Wheaton Electric Company owned, and operated a radio station known as "The Voice of Saskatoon". It was an AM station broadcasting on wave length 329.5 with a power of 50 watts which was shortly increased to 250 watts. The call letters were C J W C. The station came on the air on September 28, 1925 with the first program being broadcast from the Grey Room of the King George Hotel. The broadcasting station was located at the Corner of Idylywd and 33rd street where the Kelsey Institute is now located. There was a small building housing the broadcasting equipment and a tower for the antenna. The tower was made of four 2x2s held together with lath to form latticework. It was about 100 feet high and was held in place by a set of guy wires. It blew down in a wind storm and I can recall my father and my Uncle CR rounding up a gang of us to hoist it back into place. The first studio was on the mezzanine floor of the Wheaton Electric at 236 Second Avenue South. Later a room about fifteen feet square was constructed behind the store in the warehouse area to serve as a studio. All four walls were draped with unbleached cotton gathered to provide a rough, soft surface to absorb the sound and prevent echoes. It worked very well and was in use long before acoustic tiles were thought of. The first announcer was Miss Martha Bowes who was the bookkeeper for the Company - She was the first lady to announce in Saskatchewan and the third in Canada. She regularly read the news "over the air" at noon having first compiled it from the morning edition of the Star-Phoenix. The "station" was sold to J.H. Speers Seed and Feed Company on July 1, 1928 and the call letters were changed to C.J.H.S. J.H. Speers eventually sold it to A. A. Murphy and it was amalgamated with C.F.Q.C. on October 5 1929. My uncle CR would occasionally walk into the station and remove the record as it was not the type of music to be broadcast on Sunday.

1. ↑ Family History, in Delisle Women's Institute (Saskatchewan). Through the years : Delisle, Donavon, Gledhow and O'Malley, Laura, Swanson. (s.n., 1972?)
   Page 145.

   The Summach Family

2. ↑ Ontario, Canada. Ontario, Canada Marriages, 1801-1928. (Toronto, Ontario, Canada: Archives of Ontario)
   30 Jan 1912.

   August Zummach & Minnie Ristau

   Name: August Zummach
   Age: 25
   Father Name: August Zummach
   Mother Name: Mary Nack
   Estimated birth year: abt 1887
   Spouse Name: Minnie Rustan [I read Ristau]
   Spouse's Age: 23
   Spouse Father Name: William Rustan [I read Ristau]
   Spouse Mother Name : Mary Zummach
   Marriage Date: 30 Jan 1912
   Marriage Place: Renfrew
   Marriage County: Renfrew
   Source: Indexed by: Ancestry.com

3. ↑ ^3.0 3.1 Newspaper clipping, in Fred Summach's Bible
   abt Feb 1927.

   A newspaper clipping about their 15th anniversary celebration was inside this bible.

4. ↑ Canada. 1916 Census of Prairie Provinces
   06 June 1916.

   05, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan Address:35, 9, 3, Loganton

5. ↑ Star Phoenix. (Saskatoon, Saskatchewan)
   Page 32, 22 Nov 1973.

   SUMMACH - The passing of Mr. August Summach, age 85 years, of 261 25th St. West, Saskatoon, Sask., occurred in local hospital on November 21st, 1973. The funeral service will be held on Saturday, Nov. 24th, 1973 at 2:00 p.m. from Asquith Baptist Church conducted by Rev. H. Cassells. The family gratefully decline floral tributes, memorial donations may be made to the Asquith Baptist Church Memorial Fund or the Gideon Society. Surviving on: three daughters, Mrs. Harvey Sage (Jean) of Saskatoon, <names of living individuals have been removed> of Calgary, Alberta, <names of living individuals have been removed> of Delisle; four sons, Harvey of Saskatoon, Wilfred, Ray and <names of living individuals have been removed,> all of Asquith, Sask.; also 25 grandchildren; and 19 great-grandchildren. Mr. Summach was predeceased by his wife Minnie, in 1959, and by a son, Elden, in 1936, and a daughter, Maureen, in 1971; also by two brothers and four sisters. Born in Rosenthal, Ontario in 1886, Mr. Summach came west in 1907 to farm at Asquith where he and the late Mrs. Summach resided until moving to Saskatoon in 1950. Mr. Summach was a member of the Asquith Baptist Church and a popular resident of the Avondale community, and friends and acquaintances will not forget his humorous nature and his wide interest in farming in which he excelled. Interment will be made in the Avondale Cemetery in the family plot. Park Funeral Chapel will be in charge of arrangements.

6. ↑ Family History, in Asquith and District Historical Society (Saskatchewan). The Asquith Record. (Asquith, Saskatchewan: Asquith and District Historical Society, 1982)
   Page 318ff.

   August and Minnie Summach by Harvey ad Wilf