Hainsworth, Arthur Thomas

Arthur Thomas (Tom) Hainsworth was born in a log house on N.W. 14-2-23 W. near Deloraine, Manitoba. On October 19, 1943, he and Lucy Jane Ketchum from Arcola, Saskatchewan were married. They raised children Arthur Tom, and Bernie Eileen. He attended Bayview and Grove Schools, and then he began farming. He was elected Councillor in the R.M. of Winchester in 1930 and served in that capacity for 17 years, and as Reeve for 23 years. Mr. Hainsworth was chosen to work on numerous boards: as President of the Union of Manitoba Municipalities, the Deloraine Agricultural Society, the Chamber of Commerce, Secretary of the local United Grain Growers, the Manitoba Good Roads Association, (He was also made a life member of...

Gregor, William

William (Bill) Gregor was born on January 1, 1926, to parents who emigrated from the Ukraine and settled on a farm north of Roblin, Manitoba. He received his education at the nearby Hillcrest School. In 1954, Bill married Loreen (nee McKinnon) and together they raised two children—a daughter, Carla, was born in 1956 and a son, Dean, in 1958. Bill and Loreen lived in Brandon until her death in 1982, following which he married Lila (Moore) Rookes. They continue to live in Brandon. Bill’s working life began in 1944 when he enlisted in the Canadian Infantry. Following the war and leaving with an honorable discharge, Bill trained at Brandon Vocational School as a welder, machinist and tractor mechanic. In 1947,...

Greenway, Thomas

Thomas Greenway was born in Cornwall, England and came to Canada with his parents in 1844. He received his education in public schools of the Township of Steven, County Huron, Ontario, where his father had taken up land. He was later a general merchant at Centralia. Greenway was elected reeve of the township in 1867 and served in that capacity for 10 years. He came to Manitoba and the Crystal City area in 1878, where he purchased a farm of 800 acres. In Manitoba’s early history, Greenway’s outstanding work was along immigration lines. His leadership brought many others to settle in the area and his farm soon became an example of mixed farming on the Prairies. His farm was known...

Gordon, Bob & Joyce

Born and raised in Oak Lake, Manitoba, Robert Henry (Bob) Gordon became a well-known cattle breeder and life-time promoter of agriculture in Manitoba. At an early age, he had a dream of becoming a registered livestock breeder. He showed and judged 4-H calves and mature cattle at fairs all over Canada and the United States. At these events, Bob met Mary Margaret (Joyce) Honeyman who was born at Fairfax, Manitoba. They married in 1959 and raised five children – Lois, Shirley, Sheila, Lynn and Bruce, who are greatly involved in the livestock industry. Under the name Kinnaber Cattle Company, the Gordon’s established a successful Shorthorn breeding operation at Souris, Manitoba. To move their breeding herd to larger framed animals, they...

Gislason, David

David Gislason was born December 22, 1941, in the Geysir district, near Arborg, Manitoba. In 1963, he and his wife Gladys purchased his parents’ farm where they continue to successfully produce grains, oilseeds and forage seeds. David pioneered the use of leafcutter bees in Manitoba for the pollination of alfalfa seed fields and was an early adopter of zero tillage in their area. Early in their farming careers, the Gislasons operated a dairy farm. In 1977 the dairy herd was sold to expand the forage seed enterprise. David is a founding member and shareholder of Northstar Seeds Ltd., which today is a leading marketer of Manitoba forage seeds. He is also a founding member of the Manitoba Leafcutter Bee Association,...

Geddes, Clare & Dorothy

Clare Geddes was born on April 10, 1919 and grew up in the town of Pilot Mound, Manitoba. Dorothy McTaggart was born on September 3, 1924. Clare spent five years in the R.C.A.F. during WW II. He returned home to farm and married Dorothy on June 26, 1947. They raised a family of one daughter and four sons. After reading about Charolais cattle, Clare went to Texas to see this breed, purchasing ten females and one bull. In 1958 these animals were the first Charolais in Manitoba. Clare was president of the Canadian Charolais Association 1964-65, at which time the Import Program for Canada was implemented. He and Dorothy travelled to France to study the Great White Breed in its...

Fulton, Marion

Marion Fulton (nee Tye) was born in Yorkshire, England on March 5, 1921. During the Second World War, she married E. Victor Fulton, a Canadian, and in 1945 they returned to Canada to a farm near Birtle, Manitoba. She and Victor raised three sons of whom they can be justly proud. Her family is an excellent example of that historically important unit that was vital to the growth of Manitoba. Fulton epitomizes citizenry at its best. Her volunteer services were of a widely diversified nature. At home, she served as a Brownie leader, a Sunday School teacher and superintendent. At the provincial level, she was chosen to serve as president of the Manitoba Women’s Institute. Her wisdom and foresight drew...

Fulton, Ernest Victor

Ernest Victor Fulton was born on July 4, 1915 near MacGregor, Manitoba. When he was four, his family moved to a farm south of Birtle. At the age of twenty-three, Victor completed a diesel engine course, and subsequently worked for a mining company in British Columbia. He enlisted in 1940 and served as a Flight Lieutenant in the RAF and RCAF where he completed two tours. While in England he married Marion Tye, a British nurse. On their return to Manitoba, Victor and Marion settled south of Birtle, where they acquired the provincial demonstration farm. This served as the base of their farming operation, Tyton Farm Ltd., and home to their three sons, Craig, David and Sheldon. Victor was committed...