PROBUS

Pidge McBride is a Charter Member of the Probus Club Vancouver and was our first elected Vice President. He succeeded Fred Cotton our First President to become our second President Sept 15 1998. In 2001 Pidge was elected to serve on the Board of Probus Canada where he served for 2 three year terms. During this time he was instrumental in helping establish the Probus Club on the North Shore as well as the Women’s Probus Clubs in Vancouver and White Rock -South Surrey.

Pidge was born in Vancouver and attended Magee High School. His attendance at UBC in the Arts Faculty was interrupted by the Second World War when he joined the Royal Canadian Navy to begin service in the Atlantic before being assigned to anti-sub duty in the Irish Sea and English Channel. After the war he returned to UBC to complete his education. On graduation Pidge began a life time career with Woodward’s and spent a number of years in Alberta. In the late Sixties he managed the Chinook Centre Food Floor in Calgary where he was considered “Most Popular Manager” because of how he greeted the Ladies as they came in the door. He later became Store manager responsible for opening new stores in Calgary and Lethbridge. He subsequently was transferred to Vancouver as Vice President, Food Operations.

Pidge enjoys Golf and served as a Director of the Point Grey Golf and Country Cub. In his retirement he also travelled extensively and enjoys reading. Pidge is married to Joan. They have had 4 children; Jim, Michael, Debbie and Mary Elizabeth who, in turn, have provided them with 13 grandchildren.