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; - V The Mowat and Company law firm signed on the young Graham while he was still attending law school, and he graduated from Osgoode Hall in 1921. Graham continued working for Mowat and Company until late 1922. In October of that year Graham moved to Trenton and took over the law offices of SJ. Young. After working in the area for a short time, he became involved in town council, in 1926, and served until 1930. A short time after being a councillor, Graham ran for and won the mayor'r seat, in 1933. Despite his political ambiitons, Graham's military connections remained, through his involve- ment with the militia. He joined the regiment in 1920 and eventually became the com- mander of the Trenton-area regi- ment, the Hastings and Prince Edward Regiment, or the Hasty Ts. Upon the beginning of the Second World War, Graham returned overseas to serve as a major and second-in-command of the regiment. In 1940, he became the com- manding officer of the Hasty Ts and was later promoted to com- mander of the 1st Canadian Infantry Brigade. At the end of the war, Graham continued his military career and in 1955 was appointed chief of general staff with the rank of lieu- tenant-general. After retiring from military service in 1958, Graham served as president of the Great Lakes Waterways Development Asso- ciation and practised law briefly with McCarthy and McCarthy in Toronto. In 1959 he was appointed chief organizer of that year's Royal Tour, and held the position again in 1967. He also served as the Canadian Secretary to Queen Elizabeth II. Later, during the 1960s, Graham served just short of six years as the president of the Toronto Stock Exchange, making radical changes to how the exchange operated. During these other short careers, Graham never lost con- tact with his regiment, the Hasty Ts. He regularly attended func- tions and ceremonies for the group in the Quinte region. Shortly before Graham's death in September, 1986, he completed his memoirs. The book entitled, Citizen and Soldier -- The Memoirs of Lieutenant-General Howard Graham, was published. It details Graham's life from his early beginnings in Buffalo to his reflections after 88 years of life. Entitled to a large military funeral, Graham asked that pro- cessions be kept small and private. He was cremated in Oakville and his ashes carried by his regi- ment to Trenton for interment. The regiment performed tradi- tional burial ceremonies for Graham, including the placement of a single poppy on the container. \ : •;: 0