He worked independently, visiting farmers, buying and shipping cattle to Calgary markets.

      He was a well-known, well-respected, honest businessman; his ever- present White Owl cigar was his trademark. Sam was especially close to members of several Hutterite colonies, where he was frequently a dinner and overnight guest.

      Samuel met Blanche Gelfond at the Jewish Community Centre, where they were attending a lecture by Rabbi Katz. He took her out afterwards for a ride and dinner at the Palace of Eats. Blanche soon left for Winnipeg to study nursing, and Sam kept writing her, finally convincing her to return to Calgary to marry him.

      Blanche Gelford and Sam Mozeson were married on December 25, 1938. They had three children: Barbara (Neville), born in 1939;Zena- Irene (Drabinsky), born in 1943;and Charles, born in 1948.

      Sam was a cattle dealer throughout the forties and fifties and into the mid sixties, when he became a Realtor;he later worked as a maintenance technician at SAIT until his retirement.

      Sam enjoyed an active retirement, travelling around Western Canada and to Israel. His sense of humor and his willingness to help friends are both legendary.

      Blanche Mozeson died in 1978;Sam married Belya Bazel two years later. Sam Mozeson passed away in 1992 at the age of 84.

      It was January,1912, when H.N.Sereth, who had returned to Zbaras, Austria to mourn the death of his mother, took his nephew Herman Nagler back to Calgary. Herman has been attending business college in Vienna, but went willingly and soon sent back glowing letters of the "New World."

      His mother Esther persuaded her husband Meir Nagler that their fami- ly's fortune lay in Canada, so he closed the doors of his hardware store and crossed the Atlantic, reaching Calgary in 1912. After working briefly at Riverside Lumber, Meir borrowed some money from his brother-in-law (H.N.Sereth) and opened a grocery store in the Riverside district.

      The next year (1913) he sent for two sons, Saul and Emil, who were followed by his wife Esther, and children Marjorie, Sabine, Sam and Leo. They lived in a home in the Bridgeland district. Herman opened a feed store in Riverside, while Saul married Molly (Shankman) and moved to Winnipeg for a time.

      In 1929 Herman married Fanny Malkin in a ceremony performed by Rabbi Smolensky-the first Jewish wedding held at the Palliser Hotel. The affair was strictly kosher and Mrs. Malkin was allowed to prepare and bring turkeys for the wedding feast. A much exaggerated account of that affair appeared in the January 7, 1929, Calgary Albertan. The young cou- ple were so embarrassed that they registered at their Banff"honeymoon" hotel under an assumed name.

      Herman and his father had by this time gone into partnership (gro- ceries) in the City Hall Market. They eventually rented space in a building on 2nd Street E. between 6th and 7th Avenues. The upper storey was said to house a "house of ill-repute" and one night a fire broke out on that floor. At 2:00 a.m., while watching the building burn, Meir negotiated to buy the property.

      For some years, many family members worked at Nagler's Ltd. Herman Nagler took over the store in the 1950's and continued in business with

his sons Mel and George until 1967, when the store wdas purchased by the City of Calgary for urban renewal. It is now the site of main branch of the Calgary public Library.

      The children of Meir and Esther Nagler were Herman (Fanny Malkin), Sol (Molly Shankman), Marjorie (Jack Cristall), Emil (who had several wives), Sam (Vitty Kesnick) and Leo (Ann Yakness).

      Esther Nagler, born in 1866, passed away in 1942. Meir Nagler died in 1959 at the age of 90.

      Zalman and Eta Pearlman lived in Propoisk, Russia with their seven children: Isaac, Hershel, Chaim, Abe, Molly, Ben and Lou;and with Eta's mother Bobbeh Sora Riva. Sora Riva, a midwife, married at 13 when she was still playing with dolls. Her husband died at a young age, as did Zalman. Sora Riva and her daughter Eta supported the family.

      Hershel left for "America" and landed in Winnipeg in 1910. The rest of the family followed in 1911.

      Isaac Pearlman became a physician by first becoming fluent in English (through his own efforts) and assisting several physicians in Winnipeg. He took a special course in Chicago and completed his study of medicine in Winnipeg. In later years he taught gastro-intestinal medicine at the University of Manitoba and served as head physcian at St. Boniface Hospital.

      Isaac had one son, Sam, with his first wife, and later married Clara Mogel, a pianist. Their son Leonard completed his medical studies, but immediately moved to Vienna, where he became an orchestral conductor. He now conducts in Tucson, Arizona.

      Hershel, who worked as a carpenter, married Adella Perlman (who then became a Pearlman!) in 1913. They had six children: Miriam (Zucker), Esther(Perlman), Sidney(married to Frances Rosenbaum), David (Evelyn), Joseph (Naomi), and Sorch(Tucker)

      Chaim looked after real estate properties through the Mutual Agencies with a cousin, Nathan Selchen. Chiam and his wife Clara had two chil- dren, Ruth(Mitchell) and David(Edie). They remained in Winnipeg.

      Abe Pearlman worked for several years in Saskatchewan but then returned to Winnipeg. In 1916 he married Sophie Leve and in 1925 he and brother Ben purchased the Polar Aerated Water Works in Calgary. Sophie, who worked for many years on behalf of the Peretz School, died in 1956. In 1962 Abe married Mary Rudin.

      Abe was one of the founders of the I.L. Peretz Institute, served as President of the school for many years and was also active in the Calgary Chapter of the Canadian Jewish Congress. Abe died in 1965. Abe and Sophie had three children: Lily (Sam Hamer), Ester (Bill Tax) and Sarah (Ben Torchinsky). There are eight grandchildren and six great-grandchil- dren.

      Molly married Nathan Selchen and remained in Winnipeg. They had two children: Zalman (married to Rivka) and Leah (Krikun), and five grandchildren.

      Ben Pearlman came to Calgary in 1924 and in 1929 married Rowena Perlman, a sister to Adella, Hershel's wife. Ben was a founding member of the Peretz School. Rowena was the school's first kindergarten teacher.

      Ben and Rowena had two children: Marsha Hanen (currently President of the University of Winnipeg), and Ron (a professor of biochemistry at York University). Ben Pearlman died in 1985, Rowen in 1988.