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Winnipeg It stands alone on the wide open Canadian prairie. Winnipeg is the focal point of a territory so vast that you must look at the map of North America to appreciate its full sweep. The nearest metropolis, Minneapolis- St. Paul, lies 450 miles to the southeast. To the west, Regina is 350 miles distant and Calgary and Edmonton are more than 800 miles away. Like ancient Rome, Winnipeg is the center to which all roads lead over a large part of the northern plains. Both of Canada's transcontinental railway lines pass through Winnipeg, and air lanes have inevitably been drawn to this magnetic city, capital of the province of Manitoba. Center of all that can be surveyed for hundreds of miles around, Winnipeg is big, bustling and on the go. The farmland of southern Manitoba is rich, its black soil well moistened by winter snow and summer rains. The country to the north has recently been yielding ever increasing quantities of minerals. The people of the province, energetic and well educated, are ready to step into the future. In such a setting, the prospects of the Deloitte, Haskins & Sells office in Winnipeg are bright indeed. (Before January 1, 1971 the firm name was Deloitte, Plender, Haskins & Sells.) The most significant event in the history of the Winnipeg Office of DPH&S was the merger in 1954 with Millar, Macdonald & Co., a well established Winnipeg firm with thirteen partners and a history going back to 1920. Until 1954 DPH&S had offices in Montreal, Toronto, Winnipeg and Vancouver, but it had become obvious that if the firm were to progress it required a broader base from which to operate. The late Walter J. Macdonald, senior partner of Millar, Macdonald & Co., and Arthur Foye, managing partner of Haskins & Sells, arranged the merger. It became official on June 1, 1954, with Mr. Macdonald becoming senior partner and Winnipeg becoming the DPH&S head office for Canada. Since that time Winnipeg has earned a reputation as a DPH&S training ground. As of 1971, three Canadian offices, in Edmonton, Toronto and Prince George, were headed by ex-Winnipeggers, and all but two offices in Canada had at least one alumnus of Winnipeg on their rosters. Even the Canadian Wheat Board, the government agency which regulates Canada's premier export, reached into the Winnipeg Office to recruit its Executive Director in Gordon Earl and its Treasurer in Peebles Kelly, both former partners. "We are an exporting province," says Don Tomlin, partner in charge of the Winnipeg Office. Don, a partner in the Macdonald firm before the merger, is a native of Winnipeg and a graduate of the University of Manitoba, who declares that he finds Winnipeg a most satisfactory place in which to live and work. He is cordial, energetic and deeply engrossed in professional and com- A few of the crew. In the reception area of the new Winnipeg Office, partner in charge Donald A. Tomlin (right front) gathers some of the professional and clerical staff for an informal portrait. Youth predominates in this summer picture, because student accountants are in the city for university courses while many experienced older people are on a well-earned vacation.