Page: The eldest son in this family. He purchased N.E. of 5 and was a teacher. He married Gladys SPARKS in 1915 and in 1929 sold out to Otto ALBERS. They moved to W1/2 of 29, which he farmed with his son Percy. He promoted the Wheat Pool and other co-ops, and served on various boards, including the school district and phone company. Page and Gladys had two children: Percy and Eileen.
Eileen is a teacher (1973) and married a fellow teacher, O.V. JONES. They live at Bow Island (1973), and have three children: Kathryn, Richard and David.
Percy went to Calgary to take a Farm Mechanics course at teh Provincial Insitute of Technology, where he met his wife Janett PEARSON, whose father was teaching his course. Percy taught for a year in the Tractor Mechanics and Construction department of the "Tech" , and also worked in the shop at Wilkerson & McClean. Percy and Janett were married in Calgary in July 1948, and in the spring of 1949, they moved to Ponoka to farm with Percy's father Page. They have 4 children: Gordon, James, Ralph and Mary Ellen. Percy is an active supporter of co-ops and Unifarm.

For more information about Percival Baker, see the article on the Church of Christ and the page on Federal and Provincial representatives.
For more information about Paul Baker, see the page on local government.

On morning in early March 1905, a young man of Welsh origin was standing at the bow of an ocean liner in mid Atlantic, thinking of the past but looking into the future. No doubt there was a bit of bitterness in his thoughts and who can blame him for that. After all he had spent years studying for the ministry only to be told near the end of his studies that he was going deaf with no hope of cure and deafness in teh ministry is a hard handicap. But with "Jeff's" enthusiasm for life it did not dishearten him. No one losing his hearing overcame the handicap much better than he.
He came directly to Ponoka and took the last homestead in the Eureka district, proved up on it and lived there for all but three years of his Alberta stay spent in Calgary as a minister of a church there. Other than these three years beginning in 1921 he was minister of the Magic field, later known as the Zion church, until 1939. He also ministered in Climax and Eureka in the early days.
Jeff loved the farm life and was most fortunate to have his nephew, Iola Jeffries came to live with him about the mid twenties. As he grew older Iola very capably took over the farm work. His companionship gave Jeff a great deal of pleasure. It was a sad blow to him when Iola passed away in 1931.
In 1933 Jeff left the single state and married a Mrs. Davis of Calgary. Mrs. Jeffreys very quickly won the friendship of all who came to know her and was a big help in Jeff's church work. Her mother spent a number of summer with the Jeffries and ultimately made her home with them.
One of Jeff's marked characteristics was his humour even as it might be related to his handicap, deafness - two incidents that he loved to tell about were as follows: He once wanted some information about the C.P.R. so went to the station to ask Tom WEST, station agent about it . West replied but Jeff could not hear him so he very quickly brought out the speaking tube and handed it to Tom to speak into. West, thinking it to be a gun and a hold up, dropped to the floor much to Jeff's surprise and later his humour. The other incident was in a Chinese cafe that was located about where the present MacLeod building stands. Jeff was having dinner with Levi Davies and I think Robin Williams. They were using the speaking tube which was getting the best of the young Chineses waiter's curiosity. After a bit he gathered up enough courage to put the end of the hearing tube to his ear to see what was happening. Jeff on seeing this, picked up the other end and yelled into it. Our young Oriental friend went about three feet straight up and came down running, disappearing into the kitchen. And Jeff used to get as much kick out of telling this part as the rest. After a bit the young waiter came back and asked of Levi and Robin as he pointed to Jeff, "Is he clazy?" Humour and read wit were a marked part of Jeff's nature.
In 1940 Jeffries' sold out on the farm and moved to Ponoka living there until 1945 when they went to live in Victoria. Mrs. Jeffries' mother accompanied them, where Mrs. Jeffries still lives. Mrs. Jones lived until close to a hundred years of age passing away in Wales. Mr. Jeffries passed away in 1967 having lived to be 89 years old.