The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

Canadian Agricultural Hall of Fame ' _ , honors T city Woman Helen McKercher ._ . ' '. . 1 d the late Dr. the women's. institutes across be awarded this year for the Byffary Ntyl: ' $83,112:} ngvsge were also Ontario. She is described by first time. It will be given to i Sta repor e M named bringing the number of Mrs. Clarence Diamond, someone. who has graduated i 2e,1felfriheigr. st Die persons honored over the last 18 president of therttdtr.a.tio.n,, ag after four years of, home i McKercher! 0 7 . If Eh: home _ years to 102. ' t . "the one with most of the ideas economics and plans to do post i a forme.r 's'irte'c,'f, of the l Miss McKercher, ’who retired When it came to. implementing Is.ra.duatt.or extenSion work in I 'i'jfll1fli'J1rfii'ndl,ry" of agriculture, as director of the home programs.” . l d thitpartieylar field. ' be . d food was named Thursday economics branch at the "MISS McKercher a so serve Miss McKercher was m on 'l? the Canadian Agricultural .minstry of agriculture and food on the..nationa) board of the, a Huron County farm, near [gall of Fame in 1976, was nominated by the federation. . . " Seaforth. She graduated from ‘ Miss McKercher 'a long time Federated Women's Institutes' . When she retiredrfrom the the Maemnaid Iyt/ty.tein 1930 resident of Stratford, joins just of Canada, for whom she served ministry m .1976, a campaign and i.r!ttred."t.r?.d.iett,tiy! at the iiiiirirthG. women to receive as honorary president' and was started by the federation of Hospital, for' Sick Children P the honor in the hall of iame's adviser for many years. women s institutes to set up a Toronto and the Ottawa Civie 18-year history. Miss McKercher has been . scholarship fund in her name. Hospital. . . Two other people, the late responsible for many Since then over $10,000 h.a.s been _ In 1931, she joined the Robert McCain of Floren- nutritional programs set up by raised and the seholarshiIrwill See new d.-. page 2 . _ Women's Institute branch of the Miss McKercher once said a. r - 4 t P, , C' Ontario Department of that her greatest ac- E‘Lt- - ' 'iri'i,r,, 'm a 'a, 'Agriculture and became home complishment was her ability to ',id , cur', I ' . ' _ l economist for the counties of administer change. Her l l w 4 Wellington, Middlesex, Dufferin programs operate through _'iiC, _ ' . ‘ . '* and Perth. . various women's institutes, V " '. " te l ll . In 1943, Miss McKercher agricultural societies and I " enlisted in the Women's Naval, assoc1ations. .' F L. ' . _ Service as one of Itiietitiyp; "The making of dresses and i. 'ae". it ~ B, - and found herself responsible the showing of calves is just a . . ter,, W, " for feeding 20,000 men at a means to an end," she once s-.'-", "l,. ' I naval base at Cornwallis, N.S. said. “The philosophy of the tt t 5 - ‘ A' year after she was program is to develop people, . 'c.Cit lil discharged as a lieutenant, she 3"" them a more satisfying ' N - enrolledatCornell Universityin life, create leaders In the . 't k' New York State where she community. ci, . B' completed her. bachelor of “Miss McKercher is a . i. -'-; ' i' " ,'ltl science in foods and nutrition leader," says Mrs. Diamond, "f/ici',' T his“ and h.er masters degree in Through her work, Miss d. ' ihi'ti . _ 4 IB, . , :}.;.. extension education. ibtltr/,1"'r, has Egan Tti and ' r"a1'.ilaGttiairtW- . . = In 1951, she became,ehlet of onorary me.nlr. r 0 many 'iteilltiit2ltl, £5 consumer services for the women's societies. She was . ; BillllMii - E s _ ., "2N Canada Deparhnent of honorary presxdent ot.. The Helen McKercher Fisheries and then in 1956, .Federated Women s Institutes t . 7 7 returned to the Ontario of Ontario, and an honorary life . T-.. Department of Agriculture. _ member of the, Canadian Ca' li C,',-' T _ - Society of Rural Extension. She Car Ing Wes"fs She expanded the department is also a life member of the Ma rk ii . from l'i'stsst/ht,, of il,. “a“ that? can, Women of economis s o , an m ma on e or , w ie as a memd, Mr. and Mrs 1122 lVe rSGry of increasing' demand in rural btr.s.r.hip of more than nine celebrated mar 60 lf west behalf of the government of areas for education in the ever- million. _ ding anniversary at the: Ontario. . changing art. and science of ' home on March 21 1978 en The bride and groom home economics. Received a' cable 1:81., presented each other with a In 1976, there wer.e 50,000 ' from Buckingham ‘Palgcem diamond ring to remember ruralfwomen and girls par- Best Wishes from'Mr iii the 60 years. . biCipa mg m programs directed gClark, leader of the 0p fl' _ Mr. and Mrs. West wer e: y Miss McKercher. sition, Mi. William will: married 1n London, Ont. in Premier of Ontario Dr, 1918. T .Bruce Halliday M D , M ' They farmed near Ches- for Oxford; ,Dr. .Har'r' ley, .Ont.,. before coming lo T Iarrott, D'.D.S., iipit, my Medina 23 years ago. ,~.0xford and Aaa; ir1ldflf. Relatives and friends came ‘ 'Aon, Lieutenant Gov'ernor of Irom Port Stanley, London, Ontario. Prime Minister f, oronto, Durham, Hanover, "Canada ME .. o qheslef, Elmwood Gal thr t ' .Triideau senta C . , t, plaque. , -ambridge,, Fort Erie, St. ' Mrs. Harry Parrott pres- girl-2;” and surrounding . rented an '1lfftvtiiplaqi, on . - a I N