VICTOR LIVINGSTON LEATHERS Victor Leathers was born at Minto in 1901. He lived four miles north of Minto 12-6-20. Their neighbors were, to the south William Douglas, to the southwest William Dow, to the north Louis Sands, and to the west Wesley Bud. Victor Leathers received his schooling at Riverside, Minto, Brandon Collegiate, University of Manitoba and Sorbonne, Paris. During his university career, he won scholarships in French and English and the University of Manitoba Gold Medal in French. Immediately after graduating, Dr. Leathers worked his way to Europe on a cattle boat for extensive study in France from which he gained his Master’s degree. He then taught for three years at St. Andrew’s College near Toronto while working toward a degree at the University of Paris. After a further period of study in France he received his doctorate in 1931. That year he joined the faculty of Wesley, later United College. In 1971 he retired after forty years with the French Department, but lectured one additional year on the History of Art. The thousands of students who came under his in- fluence during this long career bear testimony to his inspired teaching, to his sometimes mordant but never malicious wit and above all, to his unfailing concern for the welfare of students, not only of his own department, but of the institution at large. Despite a consistently heavy teaching program, Dr. Leathers continued active research. His three published works, while scholarly in nature, are in readable style for the general public. He is a man of many cultural interests. He has made an extensive collection of art reproductions which he shares with the students through exhibitions. His interest in the stage has resulted in numerous productions in French with his students and in miniature student operattas. As a contribution to school drama, he aids teachers with loans from his large collection of costumes as well as with advice. Professor Leathers had held office in various cultural organizations, notably the Winnipeg Poetry Society, the Humanities Association and the Alliance Francaise, and is an active member of the Westminster United Church. He is also Chairman of Manitoba Division of the Save the Children Fund and a member of the national executive of this organization. In 1967 he was awarded the Centennial Medal “for service to the Nation”. He was also awarded fellowship in United College. Victor married Beatrice Lenore who was born in Winnipeg. This summer, Dr. and Mrs. Leathers, whose four children Patricia, Claire, Norman and Burton, all attended United College, will celebrate their fortieth wedding anniversary with another of their artistic pilgrimages to Europe and their customary attendance at the Stratford Ontario Shakespearean Festival. Victor’s eldest brother Frank died in 1955. His second brother John died in 1969. His sister Winnifred was born in 1903 and lives in Eston, Saskatchewan. Victor has been a resident in this area for eighteen years from 1901 to 1919. 174 THE LEPOUDRE FAMILY HISTORY by Margaret Lepoadre, (Mrs. Maurice) Maurice Lepoudre was born in Hooglede, West Flanders, Belgium. His parents with a family of six, five sons and one daughter, immigrated to Canada in the year 1911. They settled on a farm, eleven miles south of Deloraine. Maurice attended Flossie School and in his later years stayed with his parents and began farming. 1, Margaret Lepoudre, “Maurice’s wife” was born in Jackson, Minnesota, USA. My parents with a family of eleven, six daughters and five sons immigrated to Yorkton, Sask., in 1907. They made their home on a farm, nineteem miles NE. of Yorkton. I received my education in Mennofeldt Kamsack High and Normal training in Regina, Sask. In 1926 my ap— plication to teach in Manitoba was accepted. Flossie School was nine miles south of Deloraine in what was mostly a Belgian Community. June 29, 1929, Maurice and I were married and we made our home on Mr. A. Jenning’s farm, eight miles south of Melita, Man. June 9, 1930 our son, Kenneth Leonard was born. In 1930 depression hit the southern province and our neighbors began moving to better places. In 1933 we left the community and made our home on Mr. G. Hen- dersons’ farm, two miles west of Wakopa, Man. Lorne Albert, our second son was born on July 16, 1938. In 1944 we moved to Mr. Fred Stewart’s farm, three miles north of Minto. Lorne and Kenneth attended Minto School. Kenneth later began farming and Lorne was employed with the Royal Bank of Canada. In 1960 we moved to Brandon and from there, worked the farm we bought from Mr. Stanley (Buck) Noble in 1956 until our retirement. November 10, 1962, Lorne married Sonia Fedkiew, Winnipeg. They moved to Minneapolis, Minn., USA. where Lorne is employed with the First National Bank of Wayzata, Minn., a suburb of Minneapolis. Lorne and Sonia have two sons, Bradley Paul, 1965 and Christopher Maurice, born 1966. Kenneth married Margaret Way, Killarney on July 11, 1964. They now reside on the farm they purchased from Mr. F. Flewitt, Minto, Man. THOMAS LITTLE by grandchildren Helen Sissons and Alex Matheson Thomas Little came west in 1881 from Port Hope, Ontario, in search of a homestead. According to our Mother - fifth child of Thomas and Mary Little and at that time a babe in her first year - her Father was looking for a tract of land that had no trees. Dealing with the heavily wooded areas in the east had presented the farmer with a gigantic task of back-breaking clearing, stumping and breaking. Thomas Little was born in Hope Township, near Port Hope, Ontario in 1836. He married Mary Stewart at Millbrook, Ont., on January 26, 1870. They farmed in the adjoining township of Clark until he came west in May, 1881.