Volume III - 1924

WILLIAM PERCY RALLS.
	William Percy Ralls, of the Federal Taxation Department, with resi-
dence in Prince Albert, was born in Surrey, England, on the 20th of
September, 1890. In the pursuit of his early education he attended the
public schools of his birthplace and subsequently enrolled in Whitgift
College, Croydon, England.  In 1906 he came to Canada and took up
a homestead in Henriburgh district in 1907, on which he proved up. In
1918 he opened a gent's furnishings store in Prince Albert but disposed
of that enterprise two years later and became a member of the Canadian
Expeditionary Forces. He saw overseas service for three years and ten
months. In April of the year 1919 he received his honorable discharge
from the army and accepted a position with the accounting department
of Prince Albert, a connection he maintained until the end of the year.
On the 1st of January, 1920, he came into the taxation department with
D. A. Henderson. Mr. Ralls displays great efficiency in the discharge of
the duties of assistant to the Inspector of Taxation and is accorded a
place among Prince Albert's leading business men.
	In April, 1913, Mr. Ralls was married to Miss Ina Hunter Seath, a
daughter of Sheriff David R. Seath, extended mention of whom is made
on another page of this work. To Mr. and Mrs. Ralls one child has been
born: Betty McDonald, whose birth occurred on the 10th of December,
1914.
	Fraternally Mr. Rails is identified with the Masons and the Inde-
pendent Order of Odd Fellows and the Encampment.  He is an active
member of the Kiwanis Club, of which organization he has been secretary
since its conception. He is connected with the Prince Albert Golf Club
and the Curling and Skating Club, and he was secretary of the Prince
Albert Athletic Club during the years of its existence.  The religious
faith of Mr. Rails is that of the Presbyterian church, and for some years
he has been closely connected with the C. S. E. T. Boys' Work Board of
Saskatchewan, being mentor of the Sioux group. He is a great believer
in Prince Albert and its future.  Although he has traveled extensively
throughout the Dominion he has, up to the present time, seen no place
where he would prefer to take up his residence.



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