Drayton, Philip Henry, K.C., Official Arbitrator and Chairman of the Court of Revision for the city of Toronto, was born in Barbados, West Indies, the son of Henry Drayton, a landed proprietor, and Jane (Holinsed) Drayton. He was educated in England by private tuition at Cheltenham College and the Royal Military College at Sandhurst, from which he graduated with honours. On leaving Sandhurst, he was appointed to a commission in the 16th Regiment, from which he exchanged into the Royal Canadian Rifles. On their disbandment by the Imperial Government, he commanded a company in the Army Service Corps at Woolwich, England. Having sold out his commission, he spent some time on his estate in the West Indies, then came to Canada and studied law with the well-known firm of Bethune, Osier and Moss. During his student career he achieved the remarkable record of winning a scholarship in each of four successive years. On graduating, he entered into partnership with the late W. B. McMurrich, who was Mayor of Toronto in 1881-2. He subsequently practised for a number of years as head of the firm of Drayton & Dunbar, and was appointed to his present position in September, 1907. He first married Margaret Coverton, daughter of C. W. Coverton, M.D., by whom he had two sons and four daughters, the eldest son being Sir Henry Drayton, K.C., formerly Chief Commissioner of the Board of Railway Commissioners for Canada, and now Minister of Finance at Ottawa. In 1907, he married Isabel Griffith, daughter of the late W. E. Griffith, of the Ontario Civil Service, the issue being one daughter, deceased. For some time he was alderman for old St. Thomas’ Ward, and for three years chairman of the Board of Health. He was six years lecturer and examiner of the Ontario Law School. He is a member of the Sons of England and of St. George’s Society, of which he is a past-president. His position as official arbitrator is very onerous and responsible. While at college and in the military, Mr. Drayton was an ardent devotee of athletics, and won many prizes in different classes of sport, still retaining his reputation as a crack shot. His recreations are fishing and shooting. The family reside at 296 St. George Street, Toronto.
JACOB L. ENGLEHART
Petrolia, Ontario
Wright, George Craig (Hamilton, Ont.), Manufacturer, was born in Hamilton, January 11, 1891, the son of H. G. Wright, manufacturer, and Kate Wright. He was educated at the Hamilton Collegiate Institute, graduating from there in 1908. In 1910 he became Lieutenant of the 13th Royal Regiment and, when the war broke out, enlisted with the First Contingent in the 4th Battalion and served continuously in France from February 11, 1915, until wounded in April, 1916. He went to the front as a Lieutenant and was made a Captain, April 23, 1915. Since July 5, 1916, he has been employed on Staff work in Canada. Mr. Wright is a member of the Barton Lodge of Masons, attends the Centenary Methodist Church, and belongs to the Hamilton Golf and Country Club.
Detwiler, Noah Bechtel (Kitchener, Ont.), was born June 3, 1858, at Roseville, Waterloo Township and County, Ontario, the son of the late Rev. Enoch R. Detwiler, preacher and farmer of that place, and Abigail Bechtel. He received his education in the public schools and then took a course in a Toronto Business College. He married, December 14, 1880, Mary, the daughter of the late Jacob Y. Shantz, manufacturer in Berlin (now Kitchener), and a pioneer in the development of the Canadian North-West in the eighties and early nineties, and has one son and three daughters—Elden, Doctor of Osteopathy, London, Ont.; Lenora and Ethel at home, and Elizabeth, the wife of Prof. Herner, of Manitoba Agricultural College, residing in Winnipeg. Mr. Detwiler is a Protestant, worshipping with the United Brethren in Kitchener. In politics he is a real Independent, favoring no party, but always for to support the right man and the right principles if fortunate enough to have the opportunity of doing so. He was an early advocate of public ownership and his brother, D. B. Detwiler, of Kitchener, is the pioneer Hydro promoter in Canada, and is President of the Algoma Power Co., Ltd., and Chairman of the Great Waterways Union of Canada, and the proud father of two sons, with the Canadian Expeditionary Force in France. Mr. Noah B. Detwiler is actively engaged as President and Treasurer of the Hydro City Shoe Manufacturers, Limited, with office and works at No. 117 Weber Street, and as Secretary-Treasurer of the Algoma Power Co., with head office in Kitchener and plant at Michipicoten, Ont. When not engaged in business, Mr. Detwiler’s pursuits lie very largely along the line of social and religious work. He has been a director of the Y.M.C.A. for many years, also for a long time Sunday School Superintendent. Is local Secretary of the Social Service Council of Canada, and has always been an advocate of temperance. His reputation for good judgment and reliability is shown by his being executor or trustee for several estates, and while Mr. Detwiler is mild and affable in manner his clear cut style shows that confidence in him will not be misplaced. The family reside at No. 105 Queen Street North, where at this point the environment is quite in harmony with its name.