SASKATCHEWAN AND ITS PEOPLE
1924

         HENRY J. FOIK.  
                                   
         
           Henry J. Foik, barrister and town solicitor of Humboldt, exemplifies
         in his life the many sterling characteristics of his German ancestry.  lie
         was born in Gleiwitz, province of Upper Silesia, Germany, on the 15th
         of October, 1872, a son of John and Johanna (Damek) Foik, natives of
         that country.  In 1877 Mr. and Mrs. Foik and their family came to
		 Canada and located at Stratford, Ontario. There the father engaged
         the tailoring and furrier business and achieved substantial success.
         death occurred in 1899 and Mrs. Foik died in 1900.
            In the pursuit of his early education Henry J. Foik attended the public
         schools of Stratford, Ontario.  Upon graduation from high school he
         enrolled in Toronto University and he also attended Queen's University
         from which he obtained his degree of Bachelor of Arts in 1905. Prior
         to taking up the study of law he engaged in educational work and taught
         in Ontario and Manitoba. For three years he taught in the rural schools
         and the balance of the time was an instructor in the high schools of those
         provinces. His earliest ambition was to study law and subsequently he
         withdrew from educational work and moved to Regina, where he took
         up the study of law. In 1910 he was articled in law to J. N. Fish, K. C.
         of the firm of Turgeon, Fish & Calder, and later transferred his articles
         to Mr. S. P. Grosch, who was at that time city solicitor of Regina, and
         he was employed in the city solicitor's office until 1913, when he was
         called to the Saskatchewan bar.  He came to Humboldt on the 1st of
         February, 1913, where he has since practiced.  As a representative os
         the legal fraternity he has made continuous progress and the public
         recognition of his ability has won for him a large and representative
         clientele. He has been town solicitor of Humboldt since taking up resi-
         dence here.  Mr. Foik is a stanch advocate of education and has been
         active in the furtherance of many movements for the betterment of edu-
         cational facilities here.  He is a member of the high school board, of
         which he has served as chairman for three years.
            In 1898 Mr. Foik was married to Miss Annie Reive, a native of On-
         tario and a daughter of John and Ellen Reive of Colborne, Ontario. To
         them one daughter has been born: Anna Isabel, born in Regina, August
         10, 1910.  Fraternally Mr. Foik is identified with the Masons and is
         readily conceded to be an exemplary member of the craft. He is an active
         member of the local Board of Trade.
         
         
         
         
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