History of Central Alberta Wood Workers Guild:

 

When Hughie Letourneau moved to Lacombe and built his wood working shop in 1989 he thought of starting a wood workers guild to meet and interact with fellow wood workers.

 

The group first met at Letourneau’s shop on January 22, 1992. Present at the first meeting were:

Hugh Letourneau, Ralph Prins, Ron Biel, Dan Hunter, Merdie McGrandle, Orval Abma, George Land, Dave and Don Wierenga, Rob McCoy, George Munn and Howard McRobbie.

 

The group used to meet on Saturdays in members shops or at the Lacombe Composite High School shop. They brought in speakers, shared wood working ideas, built lots of toys and doll cribs for Santa Anonymous and the Christmas Bureau, and bird houses for Kerry Wood Nature Centre.  

 

Hughie Letourneau was president for the first few years followed by Howard McRobbie,  Rob McCoy,  Ernie Daviduct , Gerry Whitehead, Tom Denis, to the current president in 2010, Jim Beach. 

 

The club currently meets evenings on the third Thursday of the month at members shops or at the Canadian University College shop. The guild continues  the tradition of inviting guest speakers to share their knowledge on wood working topics, building Christmas toys for the Lacombe and Red Deer Santa Anonymous, and socializing at the end of each meeting.