In Memoriam

Late members of our Society.
They are greatly missed.

Colin Semel "The Galloping Major" Our friend Colin Semel died on October 24th, age 72. He was, at heart, a Thespian and he has now gone to the ultimate green-room, for a well deserved rest. An active former member of the Montreal West Operatic Society and the Montreal Welsh Male Choir, he also sang in his synagogue choir. But we of The Bimetallic Question, The Sherlock Holmes Society of Montreal, will remember him fondly as The Galloping Major, in whose persona Colin often entertained us at our annual dinner, resplendent in high collar, waistcoat and handle-bar moustache. Goodbye dear friend, we will miss you. Colin Semel: born in England 1933, died Montreal 2005
	Charles Purdon It is with great sadness and a deep sense of loss that members and friends of The Bimetallic Question (Montreal's Sherlock Holmes Society) mark the passing of the singular Charles Purdon in August, 2002. He served as Sovereign, Shilling and valued adviser for over 15 years and was a driving force in calling out the troops to such functions as our two colloquiums, annual birthday dinners, billiard nights and airgun shoots. Charles recently tallied up our accounts as our treasurer and was a great sounding-board and doer in our Society. To paraphrase Doctor Watson, Charles was one of the best and wisest men we have ever known: he will be sorely missed. Thank you, Charles, for making our Society so much richer.

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